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From: Bob Tiller <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) DOE reorganization
Date: 01 Jul 1999 14:34:36 -0400

One of the key issues pending in Congress is the reorganization of the
Department of Energy in the wake of the Cox and Rudman reports.   Sen.
John Kyl (R-AZ) is pushing a dangerous plan which has far-reaching
implications for those who are concerned about either nuclear
proliferation and nuclear facilities clean-up.

Kyl expects to offer his plan as an amendment to the Intelligence
Authorization bill, which will probably be on the Senate floor in
mid-July.  He expects broad support because many Senators who are
concerned about security lapses will not study the content of his
legislation carefully.  Though we have voiced many criticisms of DOE
over the years, PSR (with other organizations) is actively opposing
Kyl's proposal, because it provides for less oversight and
accountability of DOE's nuclear weapons activities, not more.  This
legislation would enhance, entrench and protect the nuclear weapons
establishment in this country.

A different version of DOE reorganization has already passed the House
as part of the Defense Authorization.  Some Republican committee chairs
(Commerce and Science) were miffed that their jurisdictional issues were
swept under the rug, and they may revisit the issue.

Below is a letter that was sent to all Senators by PSR, ANA, NRDC and a
dozen other groups.  Feel free to use it.  Your contacts with Senators
on this issue during the upcoming ten-day recess could be very helpful.

Shalom,
Bob Tiller, PSR
June 30, 1999
Dear Senator:

  We strongly urge you to oppose the proposed Kyl-Domenici-Murkowski
measure calling for the establishment of a semi-autonomous "Agency for
Nuclear
Stewardship" at the Department of Energy (DOE). The sponsors intend to
offer this legislation as an amendment to the Intelligence Authorization

Bill. We believe that the proposed legislation will adversely affect
efforts to
achieve the safe, secure and environmentally sound management of the
Department of Energy.

  The recently released "Science At Its Best -Security At Its Worst"
report of a Special Investigative Panel of the President's Foreign
Intelligence
Advisory Board (PFIAB report) provides a cogent analysis of many
problems at the Department of Energy's weapons labs. The PFIAB report
highlights
the need to reform what Senator Warren Rudman characterized as a
"culture of
arrogance" at both DOE headquarters and the laboratories.

  Unfortunately, this proposed legislation does not address the serious
problems that lead lab and contractor personnel to disobey, avoid, and
deflect Presidential and Secretarial directives. Instead, this proposed
legislation elevates those same recalcitrant bureaucrats to new levels
of authority with less oversight. The proposed Agency for Nuclear
Stewardship would bury essential security, non-proliferation,
environment, safety,
and health operations within a new semi-autonomous agency reminiscent of
the
Cold War days of the Atomic Energy Commission. It is that era that gave
us a legacy of disasters ranging from secret radiation experiments on
human
guinea pigs to widespread nuclear contamination which continues to pose
a threat and burden to the public.

  We have many concerns about the proposed Senate legislation. These are

some of the most egregious problems:

          The same "culture of arrogance" at DOE that creates security
problems, also leads to compliance problems with fundamental
environment, health
and safety standards which are often cavalierly regarded as a hindrance
to
the weapons program work. This results in mishaps that injure and kill
workers, and contamination that is seeping into the ground and polluting
the air.
Rather than granting the labs more autonomy to regulate themselves, the
Office of Environment, Safety and Health, reporting directly to the
Secretary, should be given greater enforcement authority to ensure lab
compliance with fundamental health and safety safeguards.

         The proposed legislation places nuclear non-proliferation
programs
within the Agency for Nuclear Stewardship. This creates a dangerous
conflict of
interest by allowing the same programs generating the technologies and
materials that create proliferation concerns to monitor and control
their own activities.  In order for DOE's nuclear non-proliferation
programs
to provide effective advice and carry out essential non- proliferation
work
with other countries, these programs should have an independent and
unbiased mandate.

         The security and counter-intelligence programs report to the
Director of the Agency for Nuclear Stewardship under this proposed
legislative
scheme. This leaves in question how the security and counter-
intelligence
issues at the rest of the DOE complex, including sites and operations
not
reporting to the Agency for Nuclear Stewardship, will be addressed. For
example,
what about safeguarding plutonium at former production sites such as
Hanford
and Rocky Flats, or unregulated release of information about
reprocessing
technologies? The Senate should be concerned about preventing
proliferation of sensitive technologies,  information, and nuclear
materials from the
entire DOE complex; but this requires a new approach which ensures that
security and counter-intelligence programs provide oversight for the
entire DOE complex and report directly to the Secretary of Energy.

         The proposed legislation would provide the new Agency for
Nuclear
Stewardship unique authority to bypass the standard budget process. The
Agency for Nuclear Stewardship is directed to send its budget wish list,

along with supporting legislative comments to Congress, unedited by the
Secretary of Energy  or the President's Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). This will serve to ensure that the Agency for Nuclear Stewardship

never competes with other funding priorities at DOE such as cleanup.
Further, there will be less information and opportunity for lawmakers to

identify and challenge wasteful programs and policies. It is even
possible that policies in direct conflict with the views of the
Secretary or the
President would be sent to Congress. This provision reveals the true
intent of the sponsors of this legislation: giving as much unrestrained
power
and authority to the nuclear weapons programs as possible.

  The best way to address mismanagement and disarray at nuclear weapons
labs,  production facilities, and the entire DOE  is more oversight, not

less. All of DOE's programs need to be held accountable to the public,
and to Congress.  They should not be elevated and removed from most
oversight as a reward for their failures in management and lab
security.  Removing
the ability to exercise oversight, and shine public light on the labs
and
production facilities, would re-create the same set of problems that led

to the current state of affairs.  Indeed, the new isolated structure
could
lead to even greater abuses and errors of judgment. Therefore, we
strongly urge you to reject this measure calling for establishment of
the Agency for
Nuclear Stewardship at DOE.



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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) DOE + Labs-Wrong Rx
Date: 01 Jul 1999 15:07:37 -0700 (PDT)

Hi. One of the issues in the following article is a wrongheaded approach to
DOE reorganization. Please, please consider calling your Senators or Rep.
to oppose it. Read on....

Wrong Medicine Prescribed for What Ails Weapons Labs

by Marylia Kelley
from Tri-Valley CAREs' July 1999 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

Let no one say that politics does not offer up a bounty of irony.

The nation's nuclear weapons design labs at Livermore and Los Alamos are
embroiled in a scandal over U.S. nuclear secrets that have allegedly been
leaked to China. Yet the individual scientist at the center of this
particular maelstrom has not been charged with any crime let alone
convicted as of this writing.

It is well understood by weapons physicists and their critics alike that
the term "nuclear secrets" is a bit of an oxymoron. When any of the
nuclear-armed states makes a significant advance in its weaponry, the
how-to information becomes known to other interested nations within five
years. So says Edward Teller, co-inventor of the hydrogen bomb and
co-founder of Livermore Lab, to give but one example.

Weapons design data leaks out in numerous small dribbles: in the
publication of unclassified papers on nuclear phenomena relevant to weapons
advances, in the margins of discussions between scientists at international
seminars and conferences where one mistakenly believes the other already
knows a piece of information, and so on. Furthermore, once an interested
nation knows that a particular advance in a warhead design is possible, its
physicists can postulate pathways and conduct experiments to come up with
the same result independent of leaked information.

These facts have enormous implications when one considers the nuclear
proliferation risks of the U.S. "Stockpile Stewardship" program.

It is a central goal of "Stockpile Stewardship" to attract more University
and other researchers to weaponeering by providing facilities, like the
National Ignition Facility and supercomputers, along with the financial
means to conduct unclassified experiments that yield data of interest to
the nuclear weapons program. Weapons designers call this "spin back" as
non-military sources are used for military purposes, the opposite of
"spin-off." Common sense tells us that anything of use to the U.S. nuclear
weapons program is likely to be of some interest to other countries with a
technological base (e.g., a nuclear reactor) and nuclear aspirations.

Moreover, the U.S. government has been, and is now, officially sharing our
"nuclear secrets" selectively with other countries. Exactly with which
countries we share what information shifts over time as our geopolitical
goals and alliances change. "Stockpile Stewardship" will exacerbate the
situation. Our government has made promises, both formal and whispered,
regarding NIF and other "Stewardship" data to a number of countries. This
needs to be called by its real name - nuclear proliferation.

Practically the only thing that can be said for certain about the security
scandal at the labs is that current U.S. nuclear weapons policy will lead
to more nuclear proliferation, with or without espionage. Yet, "Stockpile
Stewardship" is just about the only angle not being covered by the
mainstream news media, the pundits or Congressional hearings.

 Cold Warriors and agendas

Witness the hearings going on now in the Senate and the House of
Representatives. Testifying in the Senate on the President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board Report, the chair of the panel that produced
the report, former Republican Senator Warren Rudman characterized the
weapons labs as having a "culture of arrogance" that contributed to
security leaks and needed to be reformed. A chorus then went up from Rudman
and Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and John Kyl (R-AZ) to reward that
arrogance by giving Defense Programs and its weapons labs semi-autonomous
status and increased authority within DOE- making the scandal-ridden
bureaucracy even more self-regulating and less accountable than at present.

Later in that day, when Rudman appeared before the House with his same
autonomy message, Rep. Dingell (D-MI) brought a small measure of reality to
the discussion when he declared: "None of us wants to use these serious
security problems as an excuse to put the inmates in charge of the asylum."

Watchdog groups including Tri-Valley CAREs were quick to respond, charging
the Republican proposals to "reorganize" DOE were really an attempt to go
"back to the future," returning the agency to the bad old days when Defense
Programs was in charge of its own environment, safety and health programs -
and massive contamination in communities across the nation, including in
Livermore, was the result.

Then, almost as if scripted to underscore our objections, Domenici offered
a reporter the name of someone he thought might run the new,
semi-autonomous weapons agency, James Schlesinger. Schlesinger directed the
Atomic Energy Commission, the notorious predecessor agency to the DOE.
More recently, he has been writing editorials advocating a return to
full-scale nuclear testing.

The truth is that DOE's Defense Programs, which still generates huge
volumes of plutonium and other nuclear waste, as well as chemical waste,
has been unable and unwilling to protect the environment and the public.
Past scandals connected to nuclear weapons programs have included milk
supply contamination from above ground testing, radiation experiments on
humans and the dumping of nuclear wastes directly into streams, rivers and
the ocean floor.

The best way to address mismanagement at the nuclear weapons labs is more
oversight, not less. Weapons programs need to be held accountable to the
public. Unfortunately, that is not the tenor of discussion going on this
month in the hearing rooms and halls of Congress.

In a related development, the head of Defense Programs, Vic Reis, was
rumored to be a supporter of the Republican proposals. This put him in
direct conflict with his boss, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, who has
been testifying against the reorganization proposals - and in favor of his
own plan - at every opportunity. Reis resigned, effective July 30.

On June 25, the FBI put forward its own proposal to benefit from the spy
scandal. The plan calls for a separate FBI division for counterintelligence
to root out spies and protect our nation's nuclear secrets.

One wonders, what if the morning papers reported some fine day that the FBI
has arrested the entire U.S. weapons establishment for sharing sensitive
"Stockpile Stewardship" data? Naw, probably not.

(Copies the Rudman report, letters, press releases and more are available
on request.)

++ Please note that my email address has changed to <[e-mail]>
on 3/1/99 ++

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!
Our web site will remain at this location. Only my email address has
changed on 3/1/99.

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Nuke waste facility/Lab/letters needed!
Date: 01 Jul 1999 15:16:42 -0700 (PDT)

Hi. Can you write a short note to the Governor's office supporting our
request for an Environmental Impact Report on Livermore Lab's hazardous and
radioactive waste? We have about a 30 day window, and your letter could
make a huge difference. Please read on for details. The address and contact
person at the governor's office are at the end of the article. Thank you.
Peace, Marylia

Governor Fails Important First Test

by Marylia Kelley
from Tri-Valley CAREs' July 1999 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

Last month, newly-elected Governor Gray Davis made his first big decision
under our state's key environmental law, the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA). This law is California's equivalent of the federal
National Environmental Policy Act. CEQA governs decisions made by state
agencies, and was enacted expressly to protect public health and our
communities.

The Governor's decision?
Davis' senior staff reportedly pressed the state Dept. of Toxic Substances
Control (DTSC) to grant Livermore Lab a final permit to build and operate a
new $32 million hazardous and radioactive waste treatment facility.
Further, the governor's office and DTSC decided it was not necessary to
conduct an Environmental Impact Report before making the permit
determination, instead relying on information provided by the Lab that is
years old, inaccurate and/or incomplete.

The published rationale?
According to the permit decision, the state certifies that Livermore Lab's
hazardous and radioactive waste operations could not possibly have a
negative impact on workers, the surrounding community or the environment.
This, at a site that sits on the EPA's Superfund list as one of the most
heavily polluted places in the nation. This, at a major nuclear weapons
research & development center with 880 pounds of plutonium (enough to make
nearly 100 modern nuclear weapons), 440 pounds of highly-enriched uranium
and a multitude of other radioactive and toxic materials on hand. This, at
place with a long - and continuing - history of accidents, spills to the
environment, employee injuries and safety violations involving hazardous
and radioactive wastes.

Tri-Valley CAREs' response?
Our organization, with the assistance of a fine team of attorneys, will
file a petition appealing the permit decision before the July 2nd deadline.
The DTSC will consider our petition, and the Lab will be prohibited from
going  forward with construction during the process. The state usually
responds to appeals in a reasonably quick time frame, about 30 days. One
very important point: based on our appeal the state can, if it chooses,
reverse its current decision, revoke the Lab's permit and require an
Environmental Impact Report before any new decision is made to grant or
deny the Lab a permit. If the state rejects our appeal, we will have the
further option of filing  a lawsuit.

What do we urgently need?
Over the next 30 days we have an opportunity to convince the governor's
office and DTSC of the wisdom of reversing their decision. Write a letter
today to Governor Gray Davis, Attn: Lynn Schenk, Chief of Staff, State
Capitol Bldg., Sacramento, CA 95814. The fax for Ms. Schenk is (916)
445-4633. She may be reached by phone at [phone].


++ Please note that my email address has changed to <[e-mail]>
on 3/1/99 ++

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!
Our web site will remain at this location. Only my email address has
changed on 3/1/99.

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Date: 02 Jul 1999 11:38:18 -0700 (PDT)

G R A S S R O O T S    N E W S L E T T E R    J U N E     1 9 9 9



*** NEW ABOLITION 2000 ORGANIZATIONS

Welcome to the following organizations, and thanks to all who have joined
in the effort to reach 2000 organizations...

People with Disabilities Uganda/Africa
Pujehun Youths for Development/Africa
WCPA/GREN Youth/Canada
Toronto Raging Grannies/Canada
Jubillenium/Canada
Peace Movement of Esbjerg/Denmark
Nuclear-Free Future Award/Germany
SEEDS/India
Milli Parliament/India
International Council for Adult Education/India
Chernobyl Relief Group of Kansai/Japan
Global Peacemakers Association/Japan
WISE Amsterdam/Netherlands
Tibet Group (in Exile)/Nepal
Thosey Youth Club/Nepal
Service Civil International/Nepal
South Asian Forum/Netherlands
Rainbow Valley Community/New Zealand
Tui Community/New Zealand
All Pakistan Federation of United Trade Unions
Citizens Peace Committee/Pakistan
UPCH Universidad Pervano Cayetano Heredia/Peru
Sociedad Cientifica de Estudiantes de Medicina/Peru
St. Petersburg Peace Council/Russia
U.S. Military Base Return Committee/South Korea
Bicommunal Citizens Group for Peace in Cyprus/Turkey
Eirene Community/UK
Nation 1/UK
Burlington Association for Nuclear Disarmament, VT/USA
Canadian Campaign to Free Vanunu, VT/USA
Citizens Opposing a Polluted Environment, CA/USA
Cleveland Peace Action, OH/USA
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, MN/USA
Little Friends for Peace, MD/USA
Peabody Watch Arizona/USA
Peace Links, Washington DC/USA
Public Citizen/Washington DC/USA
Resource Center for Nonviolence, CA/USA
Sing Sing Quaker Worship Group, NY/USA
Women for Peace, East Bay Chapter, CA/USA
Villa Montessori School, AZ/USA
Washington DC Area War Tax Resistance/USA
World Citizen Diplomats, NJ/USA

*** NEWS

*HAP-Exciting News! The Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice - now a UN
Document!
     As of Wednesday, June 23, the "Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice
for the 21st Century" (the action plan discussed and launched at the
Hague Appeal Conference) will be available in all of the United Nations
languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
     The UN reference for the Hague Agenda is A/54/98.  Because this is now
an official UN document, it will be delivered to all UN delegates and
Secretariat staff upon its release.

*    Mr. Tom Rauch, the president of the Colorado Coalition for the
Prevention of Nuclear War, announced that as of November 17th, 1998, the
mayor of Denver, Wellington E. Webb declared, "DENVER IS A NUCLEAR FREE
ZONE".  Mr. Rauch also will bring a resolution similar to the one signed by
the mayor before the Denver City Council this fall to seek their support.
In the past, the resolution was turned down by the City Council because it
did not have the mayor's support.  Mr. Rauch is optimistic that the
resolution will pass in the Denver City Council now that the mayor has
signed a similar proclamation.

*    Ottawans in Nanoose Bay have united to oppose renegotiating a lease
extension on a seabed owned by the province  The seabed has been used as a
torpedo testing range by U.S. and Canadian Forces since 1965.  However, the
Federal lease on the seabed expires on September 4th of this year.  To
date, more than 150 official objections have been filed by peace activists,
community groups, church affiliated organizations, native bands, labor
unions, environmental groups and other concerned citizens.
     Since B.C. legislative approval in 1992, the province has been a
Nuclear Free Zone.  This recent attempt to expropriate provincial lands has
sparked a new peace movement in B.C. that highlights the need to ban
nuclear weapons and the desire of activists and citizens alike to achieve
it.  For more information related to this issue or to obtain a copy of the
petition, please refer to the Nanoose Conversion Campaign Website for a
Nuclear Free Georgia Strait at:
http://www.user.dccnet.com/lagasse/Nuclear_Free_Georgia_Strait/nanoose.html


*** PETITION UPDATE

ABOLITION 2000 PETITION COUNT
June 1999


Argentina        162

Austria            12,000 (Soka Gakkai)

Australia        9000

Belgium        1175

Canada            845

Costa Rica        30

Czech Republic    10

France            34,375 (Mouvement de la Paix)
            17,000 (Soka Gakkai)
              5,388    (Stop Essais)

Germany        1220

Greece            17

India            260

Italy            55,819 (Soka Gakkai)
                 968 (in house)

Japan            13,016,568 (Soka Gakkai)
                     3,800 (in house)

Malaysia        80

Netherlands        10

New Zealand        70,000 (Soka Gakkai)

Phillipines        10

Puerto Rico        134

Russia            10

Singapore        15

South Africa        70

Sweden        67

Switzerland        230

Ukraine        40

U.K.            940

U.S.             37,000 (in house)
            10,000 (Maine)

Miscellaneous (on-line + conferences)    3,475


Total: 260,350

Total including Japan: 13,280,718





*** ACTION YOU CAN TAKE

*      Peace Action's Nuclear Abolition Petition can now be signed on-line at
http://www.peace-action.org/abolitionpetition.html.  Please circulate this
message widely. We are collecting as many signatures as possible to present
to presidential candidates in the 2000 election.

*     July 16th marks the 54th anniversary of the first nuclear test in New
Mexico. This July 16th you are encouraged to call your U.S. Senator and ask
them to do everything in their power to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty (CTBT).  Make sure to speak directly with your Senator's Aide who
manages issues relating to CTBT and leave your name and address with them.
Aide's names are listed at http://www.psr.org/ctbtaction.html.  For more
information, contact:
Joan L. Wade
Disarmament Clearinghouse Coordinator
202-898-0150 (phone) or via email: [e-mail]

*     Sign an International Appeal opposing US and French Explosive Nuclear
Fusion Programs.  For more information and to obtain  a petition is
available at the Tri-Valley CARE (Communities Against a Radioactive
Environment) web site at http://www.igc.org/tvc or call Tri-Valley CAREs at
925-443-7148.

*     Fax Interior Secretary, Bruce Babbitt at 202-208-5048 and ask him to
instruct the US Delegation to the World Heritage Committee to actively
support an "In Danger" listing for Kakadu National Park in Australia.

*** EVENTS
July

 23-25th-The 4th Tokyo forum on nuclear non proliferation and disarmament
takes place.
 26th -The third session of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) begins.

August

3rd-8th-Tromp Trident Trek III is a 52 mile peace walk commemorating the
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  It begins in Ashland and ends at
Project ELF.  For more information, contact Nukewatch at 715-472-4185 or
email at [e-mail].

6th-Hiroshima Commemoration at Livermore Lab. It begins at
2:30 PM at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where nuclear
weapons are designed and a new weapons facility is currently under
construction that is intended to create thermonuclear blasts in a reactor
vessel, called the National Ignition
Facility. The gathering will be at the corner of East Avenue and Vasco
Road. After a program of speakers and music, there will be a procession to
the gates of the Laboratory. This annual commemoration is sponsored by many
San Francisco Bay Area peace and
environmental organizations, including the Livermore-based Tri-Valley
CAREs. For more information, call  925-443-7148.

6th-9th-Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund National Congress are
calling for students, activists and concerned citizens form across the
nation and from around the world to join them in Albuquerque, New Mexico to
commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  For more information,
please contact:
Peace Action  www.peace-action.org 202-862-9740 ext. 3038
1819 H St. NW Suite 420 Washington, DC 20006

September

24th-Anniversary of the signing of the CTBT.
27th-Clinton to address the UN General Assembly in New York.
29th-1st-CTBT Ratification States to hold first conference.

October

25th-NGO Committee on Disarmament to hold a symposium throughout the week
in New York.


December

Millennium 2000:  Walking the Ways of Peace-December 29,1999 to January 2, 2000
Join a midnight candlelit procession onto the Nevada Test site on December
31st.  For more information, contact:
Nevada Desert Experience
[e-mail]     [phone]
P.O. Box 4487 Las Vegas, NV  89127


***SPECIAL

*    Special thanks to Jan Harwood and the committee of Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom for their continued efforts in
Santa Cruz, CA to educate and bring to the forefront the Abolition 2000
petition to abolish nuclear weapons.

*    A special thank you to Lori Beckwith for all her hard work as the
Abolition 2000 coordinator located at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and
a welcome to Carah Ong who will be her replacement.

***RESOURCES

*     The 47th edition of Houseman's Peace Diary 2000 will be published in
September.  The Peace Diary is a complete directory of 2000 organizations
in 170 countries.  It includes calendars, a forward planner and notes.  To
request a copy, please write:
HOUSMANS, 5 Caledonian Road, London NI 9DX,  England, UK

*     Esther Farnsworth has recently completed a book about the Vermont
Walk to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which took place last August. The book is
entitled Grass Routes and contains speeches given by speakers along the
way.  Some of the speakers include: Jonathan Schell; Dr. Victor Sidel, from
the International Physicians to Prevent Nuclear War; The Rev. William Sloan
Coffin; Ambassador Thomas Graham, former negotiator for the U.S.; Stephen
Dycus, a law professor from Vt Law School and David Montgomery, a physicist
from Dartmouth.  The book is available at $10.00 US per copy.  To obtain a
copy, please contact Esther Farnsworth at [e-mail].



Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
Santa Barbara CA 93108

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) NEW! On Web! From Tri-Valley CAREs!
Date: 03 Jul 1999 10:00:11 -0700 (PDT)

New! On the Web! From Tri-Valley CAREs! Greetings peace and enviro friends
and web browsers. We are happy to announce that the following NEW items are
up on our web site at http://www.igc.org/tvc.

FIRST:  Our June newsletter is now on our web site, including:
                        (1) "Livermore Lab to Build Nuclear Waste Complex
Without Environmental Review." *** Action Alert *** We are asking
Californians to write our new Governor Gray Davis to ask that the permit be
reconsidered and an Environmental Impact Report be required before the new,
$23 million facility is built. Details on our web site, or contact us by
phone or email. Letters are needed in the month of July!
                        (2) "Newly Discovered Accidents Give Lie to
Livermore Lab Safety Claims." This articles details accidents wherein a
chemical waste container explodes and burns worker, and another where
wastes are inappropriately "bulked" together and sent off-site without
proper treatment.
                        (3) "On the Job." Get reports from Tri-Valley CAREs
members from the Hague Appeal for Peace and the Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability's "DC Days" in Washington, DC.

SECOND:         The international petition to stop two new nuclear weapons
facilities -- the National Ignition Facility in the United States and the
French Laser Megajoule is now on our web site. It is easily downloadable.
Please help us gather signatures!

THIRD:  Read our analysis of the current lab security scandal. Learn how
conservatives are using this for their own agenda, and why giving the
weapons labs more autonomy and less oversight is exactly the wrong
prescription! Additional articles from our hot-off-the-press July
newsletter will be up on the web soon.


++ Please note that my email address has changed to <[e-mail]>
on 3/1/99 ++

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!
Our web site will remain at this location. Only my email address has
changed on 3/1/99.

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Now it's only 181 days!
Date: 03 Jul 1999 20:36:55 EDT

Thanks, Jan, for your message! I am pleased to hear that another group is
really serious about taking the Abolition 2000 message to the people. And I
am very impressed with your signature count of nearly 10,000. Our group had
originally planned to petition for Abolition 2000, but changed to de-alerting
because it is a much less complex issue with a simple solution and a critical
deadline for action before Y2K. Unfortunately, not many others in the USA
appear to be concerned about it. They must still be pacified by the knowledge
that all US and Russian nuclear missiles are "de-targeted" as I was for far
too long, until I realized that re-targeting takes about one second!

When de-alerting has been accomplished, we will work for Abolition 2000, but
we see de-alerting as an essential, crucial first step.

If you would like, I will be glad to s-mail you a copy of our petition and
information brochure, or send them as e-mail attachments in Word 97 format.
I'll need a mailing address for s-mail.

Tell me briefly, what has worked well in your campaign, and what has not?

Peace!

Bill Santelmann
Metro-Boston Committee to De-alert Nuclear Weapons
2600 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA 02421-6798

In a message dated 1999/06/29 5:13:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

> Here in Santa Cruz, CA, we've been getting signatures on the Abolition 2000
>  petition to abolish all nuclear weapons worldwide for over a year now,
>  every Saturday downtown, and have gathered nearly 10,000 of them.  Our
>  group, a committee of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
>  has also held public meetings, made talks at churches, and got as much as
>  we could into the local media. De-alerting may be our next big push.
>
>  Now we're doing radio spots, and your clear and eloquent letter is going to
>  be a take-off point for one of them.  Thanks for your efforts and your
>  energy.  Peace, Jan Harwood
>

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From: Jan Harwood <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Now it's only 181 days!
Date: 03 Jul 1999 19:48:08 -0700

Dear Bill:  A very encouraging response!  We would love to have a
snail-mail copy of your brochure and petition, or you could send it email
by cutting and pasting--but I probably couldn't open that kind of
attachment you mention.

We had a public meeting, like a town-hall meeting last November, with
speakers and songs and Q&A, and that seemed really successful, although
only about 70 people came.  Tomorrow we're marching in a local 4th of July
parade, lots of signs and banners, as we did last year, and we are
undertaking a small speakers' bureau project, getting dates to talk to
various church and other organizations, and to get them signed on as Ab
2000 members. Also, on Tax Day (April 15th) we had a table with lots of
graphs and leaflets showing expenditures on nuclear weapons versus how
little we spend on useful things, and on Mother's Day, we dressed up in
long skirts and flowered hats (the women, that is), and gave out copies of
the original Mother's Day disarmament proclamation by Julia Ward Howe.

I'm afraid I don't know how successful any of our efforts are in terms of
concrete results, but we have faith that keeping the issues in the public
mind as much as possible has got to be helpful and gradually build up a
grassroots movement.

Will you please send me your email address, as I don't want to pollute the
Abolition-usa list with too much correspondence?  Thanks, and peace.  Jan



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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Typo alert. It's a $32 million waste facility
Date: 04 Jul 1999 13:07:57 -0700 (PDT)

Dear peace and enviro friends:

In my note, titled, NEW! On the web! I typed that Livermore Lab had been
granted a permit to build and operate a new $23 million hazardous and
radioactive waste facility. OOPS. That's $32 million, folks. One more proof
we need smart keyboards and not smart bombs!

Peace,
Marylia

++ Please note that my email address has changed to <[e-mail]>
on 3/1/99 ++

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!
Our web site will remain at this location. Only my email address has
changed on 3/1/99.

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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From: Timothy Bruening <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) New brochure
Date: 04 Jul 1999 17:59:23 -0700 (PDT)

At 04:46 PM 3/5/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Our Abolition 2000 Committee (WILPF, Santa Cruz) would like 50 of your
>brochures.  We've reviewed them and think they're a vivid introduction to
>the subject.  Please send them to Jan Harwood, 312 Elm St., Santa Cruz, CA
>95060.  Thanks very much, and good work!

Please send me some too at 1439 Brown Drive, Davis, CA 95616
>
>
>
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Activists Appeal Livermore Lab Permit + action alert
Date: 05 Jul 1999 18:05:00 -0700 (PDT)


Note the address of the govenor's office, and the request for you to write
a very needed, short letter in support of our appeal follow the text of
this local news story. Thanks. Peace, Marylia

ALAMEDA NEWSPAPER GROUP
(from the TRI-VALLEY HERALD web site at herald-ang.com)

Activists appeal lab's waste permit
Saturday July 03, 1999

By Glenn Roberts Jr.
STAFF WRITER

A Livermore-based watchdog group has appealed to a state regulatory agency
in an effort to block a permit allowing a $32 million hazardous waste
treatment facility at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.

Physicians for Social Responsibility's San Francisco chapter also supports
the appeal.

Marylia Kelley, director of Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive
Environment, said that she hopes the appeal will spur the state Department
of Toxic Substances Control to conduct a more thorough environmental
review.

She said the environmental report should provide an "in-depth analysis" of
all hazardous waste operations at the lab -- to help protect the community,
the lab's workers and the environment.

There should be more public involvement in the process, she added.

The state department approved the permit allowing treatment of a variety of
hazardous materials, including some waste with low levels of radioactivity.
The 10-year operating permit won't let the lab generate more waste.

Some waste operations in other areas of the lab will be consolidated if the
permit is issued. The permit also will allow an existing lab building to be
used for the storage of hazardous and "mixed waste," which includes
low-level radioactive waste. Portions of another building would be used as
a temporary waste storage area.

"We are not convinced that the treatments are the most benign possible,"
Kelley said. The appeal will give the state another chance to change the
way the lab handles waste, she added.

Michael Veiluva, a Walnut Creek lawyer representing Tri-Valley CAREs, said
the study prepared by the toxic substances department for the lab facility
is "the slimmest environmental document that the law allows."

Ideally, the agency will reverse its decision and hold a public review;
otherwise, the group may sue, he said.

Kelley said several accidents at the lab within the past three years
highlight the dangers of handling hazardous waste. The problems may
continue with the new plant unless a more thorough review is conducted, she
said.

Ron Baker, a spokesman for the Department of Toxic Substances Control, said
the deputy director for the department will consider the appeal and
determine whether to issue the permit.

end of article
--------------
ALERT: Please write a short note to Governor Gray Davis asking that the
state of California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control grant the appeal and
conduct an Environmental Impact Report. Write to: Governor Gray Davis,
Attn: Lynn Schenk, Chief of Staff, State Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA
95814. Thank you.

++ Please note that my email address has changed to <[e-mail]>
on 3/1/99 ++

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!
Our web site will remain at this location. Only my email address has
changed on 3/1/99.

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: Call for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day Action
Date: 06 Jul 1999 03:15:43 EDT

In a message dated 7/6/99 2:06:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Subj:     Call for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day Action
 Date:    7/6/99 2:06:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time
 From:    [e-mail] (antiatom)
 Sender:    [e-mail]
 To:    [e-mail]

 Dear friends,

 We call on you to join the "Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days International Joint
 Action for Nuclear Free 21st Century" on Aug.6 and 9, 1999.

 The action will take place at all corners of Japan and around the world in
 solidarity with the 1999 World Conference against A & H Bombs which will be
 held from Aug. 3 to 9 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, appealing for the
 elimination of nuclear weapons.

 Please send your solidarity message supporting the 1999 World Conference,
 and your plans, if any, for the commemoration of this year's Hiroshima and
 Nagasaki Days.

 We will be posting the list of "International Joint Action for Nuclear Free
 21st Century" on our website: http://wwwtwics.com/~antiatom/

 For your information, please find attached the Call by Organizing Committee
 of the World Conference released February 10, 1999.

 In peace,

 Yuki SATO
 Staff
 Organizing Committee
 World Conference against A & H Bombs


 *******************************************
 Call on the Friends in Japan and the Rest of the World
 to Join and Cooperate with the 1999 World Conference
 against A & H Bombs for a Nuclear Weapons-Free 21st Century

 February 10, 1999
 Organizing Committee, World Conference against A & H Bombs


      As the new century approaches, the call for "a 21st century free of
 nuclear weapons" is being heard throughout the world.  Our task now is to
 further develop solidarity and cooperation based on grassroots action in
 Japan and the rest of the world to develop the road for getting nuclear
 weapons abolished.
      As part of this effort, the 1999 World Conference against A & H Bombs
 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki will take place from August 3 to 9 (the
 International Meeting on Aug. 3-5 in Hiroshima; Hiroshima Rally on Aug.
 5-6; the World Conference - Nagasaki on Aug. 7-9).  We call on our friends
 in Japan and abroad to support and participate in the World Conference.

 Friends,
      Last year's nuclear tests by India and Pakistan increased the danger
 of yet another nuclear arms race and the possibility of nuclear war, which
 evoked great fear and criticism among the people.  These tests also showed
 that the continuing nuclear weapons monopoly by 5 nations is irrational and
 constitutes the root cause of such danger, and give proof that there can be
 no end to nuclear threats unless nuclear weapons are abolished.
      In spite of this the pro-nuclear forces are adamant about maintaining
 their nuclear arsenals well into the 21st century.  In particular, the
 United States maintains a dangerous preemptive strike strategy as shown by
 its unilateral preemptive attacks on Iraq last year without regard for the
 United Nations.  The U.S. has openly declared its strategy of first-use of
 nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states on the pretext of
 preventing the "proliferation" of weapons of mass destruction, and is
 continuing its subcritical nuclear tests.
      We cannot allow such a tyrannical policy to continue to prevail.  Let
 us grasp the opportunity of increasing opinion and movement for nuclear
 weapons to be abolished and strengthen grassroots action throughout the
 world to turn the tide in favor of a nuclear-weapons-free world.
      This is an achievable goal, as has been shown in international
 politics. The 53rd United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution by
 an overwhelming majority, proposed by the New Agenda Coalition, a coalition
 of some of non-nuclear nations, which "called upon the nuclear-weapon
 states to demonstrate unequivocal commitment to the speedy and total
 elimination of their nuclear weapons," alongside resolutions proposed by
 non-aligned states calling for the total elimination of nuclear weapons
 within a set time. Criticism of U.S. nuclear policy and calls for it to be
 reviewed is even developing among some U.S. allies.
      And in Japan, criticism is increasing of the Japanese government's
 pro-nuclear policies, which ignore what the people of the only A-bombed
 country want.
      The Japanese government not only refuses to support U.N. resolutions
 calling for nuclear weapons to be eliminated but has gone as far as arguing
 that proposing the "abolition of nuclear weapons within a set-time" will
 impede nuclear disarmament.  Japan's government is also moving towards
 committing itself deeper to the dangerous U.S. preemptive strike and
 nuclear strategy by their new "Guidelines" for Japan-U.S. military
 cooperation related bills which represent measures for war.  The Japan's
 movement against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs has over the years conducted
 various activity, including the campaign to collect signatures to the
 "Hiroshima and Nagasaki Appeal" which calls for the total elimination of
 nuclear weapons, and for which almost half Japan's population has now
 expressed support. This movement is also promoting the idea of
 municipalities declaring themselves nuclear-free (so far this has been done
 by 2,407 municipalities) and resolution for an international treaty to
 eliminate nuclear weapons (adopted in 1,451 municipalities), plus making
 ports nuclear weapons-free. We believe that we play a greater role to
 achieve peace for Japan and in the world without nuclear weapons.

 Friends,
      Let's overcome any differences there may be in belief, creed and
 political position to work together to develop far-reaching cooperation for
 common goals in order to push the pro-nuclear forces into destroying their
 nuclear arsenals.  Let us work together to make this year's World
 Conference a success and to develop the movement and a consensus of opinion
 for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
      On the occasion of the 54th anniversary of the atomic bombing of
 Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we call on you to use it to conduct various
 activities at grass roots level on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days of Aug.6
 and 9, in Japan and throughout the world.  Let us achieve an advance with
 wider cooperation in the campaign to collect signatures to the 'Hiroshima
 and Nagasaki Appeal," and in the campaign to make the damage and
 after-effects of the atomic bombing and nuclear tests known to the people,
 and in the Nationwide Peace March against A and H Bombs.
      We once again call for your support and participation and for greater
 cooperation and solidarity with the 1999 World Conference against A and H
 Bombs.

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Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) NEW! On Web! From Tri-Valley CAREs!
Date: 06 Jul 1999 08:45:20 EDT

Congratulations, it looks great!

Colby Lowe

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Nukes/NIF Target Chamber dedication
Date: 07 Jul 1999 08:00:14 -0700 (PDT)

Dear Friends: The following short article details the involvement of the
French and British governments in the building of a new nuclear weapons
facility in the U.S. -- the National Ignition Facility. Will the 21st
century become an era of ever more sophisticated nuclear weapons research
and development tools, or will we move to abolition? Everything is at stake
here. Read on, and then do whatever you can to stop this new nuclear
weapons facility. Peace, Marylia

Megalaser Officials Cheer Proliferation

by Marylia Kelley
from Tri-Valley CAREs' July 1999 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

Picture an elaborate stage, a video screen and newly laid artificial grass
dotted by 800 chairs, mostly filled with Livermore Lab employees and
officials from various federal agencies, like the Strategic Air Command. As
backdrop, visualize a huge, 130 ton spherical target chamber designed to
contain thermonuclear, or fusion, explosions suspended behind the stage.
The  sphere spans 30 feet across. Its aluminum-alloy walls are 4 inches
thick, constructed of 18 welded plates. The sphere is pockmarked by 118
holes of various sizes intended to accommodate 192 focused laser beams and
a plethora of sophisticated diagnostic instruments. Eerily, as the giant
object's dedication ritual begins, Lab laser chief Mike Campbell compares
it to the Death Star from Star Wars. On this day, June 11, 1999, the
National Ignition Facility (NIF) target chamber is pure theater.

Soon, however, it will be lowered into a hole 3 stories deep. The sphere is
the reactor vessel, the "business end" of NIF. Pellets stuffed with
radioactive tritium and deuterium will be placed in its bowels, one at a
time, to be detonated by an intense x-radiation field generated by NIF's
multiple lasers.

The football stadium-sized NIF machine will stand about 8 stories tall at
its peak. The installation of the target chamber now marks the half-way
point in NIF construction. It will be completed in 2003, says the Lab. NIF
will be used to advance nuclear weapons design knowledge and to train a
"new generation" of nuclear weaponeers, according to Lab and Dept. of
Energy documents.

Furthermore, these enterprising young weapons scientists will not all work
for the U.S. government; some will be employed by the nuclear establishment
of Great Britain and some by France.

Generally speaking, when one nation shares information and technology that
could allow another nation to upgrade its nuclear arsenal, that is called
nuclear proliferation. Yet, during the NIF target chamber dedication,
staged to boost Lab employee morale and garner "gee whiz" science
publicity, the sharing of nuclear weapons secrets-to-come "shows the
importance of international cooperation," according to U.S. Energy
Secretary, Bill Richardson.

Graham Jordan, acting Chief Scientific Advisor to the United Kingdom's
Ministry of Defence and Jacques Bouchard, Director of Military Applications
for the French Atomic Energy Commission stood on the ceremonial center
stage with Richardson and Livermore Lab Director Bruce Tarter.

Jordan called NIF an "international resource." The U.K. will invest several
million dollars in NIF, and will share directly in its nuclear experiments,
he confirmed. British money will make it possible to increase the number of
"shots" using the current target chamber, he said. Moreover, his country
will look into the feasibility of also building a second target chamber, in
order to increase NIF's "flexibility." A second target chamber has long
been the desire of U.S. weapons designers. NIF's  rising price tag, now
standing at $1.2 billion for construction alone, had made Lab and DOE
management leery of asking Congress for this expensive "add on."
Apparently, they found an alternate funding source.

Bouchard said France has anted up 200 million Eurodollars to share in NIF.
This Fall,  the Parliament will take up the question of funding the French
Laser Megajoule, a near replica of NIF to be built in the Bordeaux region.
The French megalaser effort is dependent on the U.S. sharing key
technologies, including, say news reports, a computer prohibited as too
"sensitive" for export by the U.S. Commerce Dept.

This tri-national nuclear cooperation "is going to be the key to preventing
proliferation in the future," Secretary Richardson, told the crowd.

Indeed.


Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) US Campaign Facilitators' Group call notes: 6/14/99
Date: 07 Jul 1999 18:02:02 -0700

US Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons=20
Facilitators' Group Conference Call Minutes, 6/14/99

Facilitator and timekeeper, Jackie Cabasso; Note taker, Jan Harwood.
Present on call: Dave Robinson, Alan Haber, Esther Pank, Sally Light, Ali=
ce=20
Slater, John Burroughs, Jackie Cabasso, Jan Harwood

Jackie reviewed the agenda. Minutes from 5/28 and 6/7/99 were accepted an=
d=20
approved.

Old Business:

1. Lori has sent Jackie a list of Santa Barbara conference participants w=
ho=20
are not on the Abolition Caucus list-serve, about thirty people. Jackie w=
ill=20
make a =93nickname list=94 of those people and send them the minutes and =
other=20
important information.

2. Responses to Working Group posting: Alice got one from Janet Cuevas of=
 =20
Promoting Enduring Peace, who volunteered to convene the Star Wars group.=
=20
Andy Lichterman, convenor of the =93bottom-up=94 working group, has  had =
a lot=20
of requests for his strategy paper on organizing an abolition movement in=
=20
the U.S. No other responses were received by people on this call; convene=
rs=20
will be asked if they had  responses and a report will go out to the=20
list-serve.=20

3. Next meetings: Jackie summarized that we had come close to an agreemen=
t=20
about a plenary meeting in October at Ann Arbor, in connection with a=20
teach-in there, but we were unsure about a "facilitators and friends"=20
meeting prior to that. Jackie had not yet drafted a proposed  agenda for=20
such a meeting, but gave some ideas: we would have as many members of the=
=20
Facilitators=92 Group and Working Group conveners there as possible, we w=
ould=20
start with our Mission Statement and our Democracy Statement; try to figu=
re=20
out what structures and resources we need to carry out our mission. She=20
suggested we might select five priorities to work on during the next=20
year--activities in addition to the working groups--and fashion a structu=
re=20
to carry them out. We would also develop a structure for fund-raising.

John noted that campaign planning would justify a face-to-face meeting. H=
e=20
added that we could plan the Ann Arbor meeting; plan for staff or organiz=
e=20
ourselves to carry out the campaign without staff; try to find a structur=
e=20
to help all the groups work together. He suggested we could break into sm=
all=20
groups to work on these different aspects.

4. It was noted that Kevin Martin and Karina Woods have been hired by the=
=20
Abolition Project of the Fourth Freedom Forum to work on abolition issues=
. A=20
discussion followed about how best to work with them. Alan will talk with=
=20
Kevin Martin about the Michigan teach-in, and Alice, as a=20
representative of the US Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, will talk w=
ith=20
David Cortright to see if resources could be made available for the teach=
-in=20
and if they think that's a good venue to launch a US Campaign. They will =
try=20
to get this done before our next call, July 7th.=20

5. Campaign or Network?: John noted that an established organization, suc=
h=20
as Project Abolition, NAPF, AFSC or Pax Christi, would need to take the l=
ead=20
in a national campaign, doing a lot of the basic work, or that we would h=
ave=20
to hire staff ourselves; otherwise, we should recognize ourselves as a=20
network, rather than a campaign. Alan notes that there's space to house=20
staff at Ann Arbor. Sally suggests we put together two "strategy and=20
structure" models, campaign and network, before we "launch" ourselves at =
the=20
October meeting. She will try to come up with drafts of these.

6. Staff Job Description: Alan has written a first draft of a job=20
description for hired staff, which was agreed to be wide-ranging and full=
 of=20
important ideas for a campaign. Staff would, among other things, do=20
coordination, financial planning, delegate duties, "hold everything toget=
her."

7. John asked if, in planning a campaign, we want to focus on a particula=
r=20
issue, such as de-alerting? He suggests we find a way to plug people who=20
come to any of our events into meaningful work for abolition.

8. Alan will write up a report on the planning and development of the Ann=
=20
Arbor teach-in and post it on the list-serve.

9. Next Conference Call: July 7th, 1 P.M. eastern, l0 A.M. western time.=20

Jackie, John and Alice will be freshly back from Russia--and bon voyage!

US Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons=20
Facilitators' Group Conference Call Minutes, 6/14/99



******************************************************
Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
1440 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, California USA 94612
Tel: +[phone]
Fax: +[phone]
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From: "William F. Santelmann, Jr." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) US Campaign Facilitators' Group call notes: 6/14/99
Date: 07 Jul 1999 22:49:25 -0400

Jackie Cabasso wrote:

> 7. John asked if, in planning a campaign, we want to focus on a particular
> issue, such as de-alerting? He suggests we find a way to plug people who
> come to any of our events into meaningful work for abolition.
>
Hey, get with it, please!! DE-ALERT NOW!! THERE ARE ONLY 176 DAYS BEFORE Y2K.
Do you know what the Russian (or our) nuclear missiles will do then? The risk
is simply unacceptable. PLEASE, WORK TO DE-ALERT....

Bill Santelmann
Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
[e-mail]
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From: Peacework <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Kosova Analysis / nuclear link
Date: 30 Jun 1999 09:44:47 -0400

I'd like to see it.  Attachments are always tricky (sometimes they do,
sometimes they don't). Can you just paste it into the body of a message,
please.  thanks, patricia



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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Events Commemorating the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Date: 09 Jul 1999 14:07:31 -0700 (PDT)


                                                    July 9th, 1999
Dear Friends and Activists,

     The following is a list of events that will be taking place in
rememberence of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on or around the
dates of August 6th through 9th.  This is by no means an extensive list.  I
ask that you please send me any information that you may have on other
events so that we can post them on the list- serves, in newsletters and
circulate the information as much as possible in order to encourage
support.   I thank you for your continued support of Abolition 2000.  I
hope that during this time of rememberence we can all reflect on the
implications of a just world without nuclear weapons and be encouraged to
renew our efforts to strive for a more peaceful world.

Yours In Peace,

Carah Ong

3rd-9th-The World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs will be held
in Tokyo.  For more information, please contact:  [e-mail]

3rd-8th-Tromp Trident Trek III is a 52 mile peace walk commemorating the
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  It begins in Ashland and ends at
Project ELF.  For more information, contact Nukewatch at 715-472-4185 or
email at [e-mail].

6th-Hiroshima Commemoration at Livermore Lab. It begins at
2:30 PM at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where nuclear
weapons are designed and a new weapons facility is currently under
construction that is intended to create thermonuclear blasts in a reactor
vessel, called the National Ignition
Facility. The gathering will be at the corner of East Avenue and Vasco
Road. After a program of speakers and music, there will be a procession to
the gates of the Laboratory. This annual commemoration is sponsored by many
San Francisco Bay Area peace and
environmental organizations, including the Livermore-based Tri-Valley
CAREs. For more information, call  925-443-7148.

6th-9th-Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund National Congress are
calling for students, activists and concerned citizens form across the
nation and from around the world to join them in Albuquerque, New Mexico to
commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  For more information,
please contact:
Peace Action  www.peace-action.org 202-862-9740 ext. 3038
1819 H St. NW Suite 420 Washington, DC 20006

For the 17th consecutive year, a fast on water will take place from 6 to 9
of August in Tavery, North of Paris, headquarters of the french "force de
frappe".
Please, send by mail your own information, support and projects to the
fasters :
je√ne du 6 au 9 ao√t 1999
Maison de Vigilance
135, rue de BΘthemont
95150 - Taverny
France
The fasters demand an end to the MΘgajoule project for the modernization of
nuclear bombs, and an really independent and thourough environment and
health survey in Polynesia and in the Sahara, with compensations for the
victims.

Brandywine Peace Community is commemorating the bombings of Hirsoshima on
Friday August 6th, with a vigil from 8am til Noon at Lockheed Martin, Mall
Blvd in Valley Forge, PA.  At Noon, friends and activists are invited to
participate in "Through Hiroshima Eyes", a nuclear age remembrance and
nonviolent civil disobedience.
On Monday, August 9th, there will be a vigil from 7:30am til 11am at the
Lockheed Martin Aegis warship site on Centerton Rd. in Moorestown, NJ.  A
ceremony for the victims of US war-making will follow at 11am.  For more
information please contact:
Brandywine Peace Community
P.O. Box 81
Swarthmore, PA  19081
610-544-1818
email:  [e-mail]

Hiroshima Day Bike Tour to Livermore Labs will be held on Friday, August
6th and to be followed by a rally and Non-violent Direct Action at the
Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory.  For more information, call
510-832-4347 or visit the web site at:
http://www.bikesummer.org


Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
Santa Barbara CA 93108

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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Events Commemorating the Bombings of Hiroshim
Date: 09 Jul 1999 16:14:27 -0500

The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper will be running a special edition on the
bombings, with some new findings by a team of investigative reporters. =
I
spent Saturday morning with one of them. Maybe people can keep their =
owns
open and try to post it. fab.

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 4:08 PM
Cc: [e-mail]
and Nagasaki



                                                    July 9th, 1999
Dear Friends and Activists,

     The following is a list of events that will be taking place in
rememberence of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on or around the
dates of August 6th through 9th.  This is by no means an extensive =
list.  I
ask that you please send me any information that you may have on other
events so that we can post them on the list- serves, in newsletters and
circulate the information as much as possible in order to encourage
support.   I thank you for your continued support of Abolition 2000.  I
hope that during this time of rememberence we can all reflect on the
implications of a just world without nuclear weapons and be encouraged =
to
renew our efforts to strive for a more peaceful world.

Yours In Peace,

Carah Ong

3rd-9th-The World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs will be =
held
in Tokyo.  For more information, please contact:  [e-mail]

3rd-8th-Tromp Trident Trek III is a 52 mile peace walk commemorating =
the
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  It begins in Ashland and ends at
Project ELF.  For more information, contact Nukewatch at 715-472-4185 =
or
email at [e-mail].

6th-Hiroshima Commemoration at Livermore Lab. It begins at
2:30 PM at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where nuclear
weapons are designed and a new weapons facility is currently under
construction that is intended to create thermonuclear blasts in a =
reactor
vessel, called the National Ignition
Facility. The gathering will be at the corner of East Avenue and Vasco
Road. After a program of speakers and music, there will be a procession =
to
the gates of the Laboratory. This annual commemoration is sponsored by =
many
San Francisco Bay Area peace and
environmental organizations, including the Livermore-based Tri-Valley
CAREs. For more information, call  925-443-7148.

6th-9th-Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund National Congress =
are
calling for students, activists and concerned citizens form across the
nation and from around the world to join them in Albuquerque, New =
Mexico to
commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  For more =
information,
please contact:
Peace Action  www.peace-action.org 202-862-9740 ext. 3038
1819 H St. NW Suite 420 Washington, DC 20006

For the 17th consecutive year, a fast on water will take place from 6 =
to 9
of August in Tavery, North of Paris, headquarters of the french "force =
de
frappe".
Please, send by mail your own information, support and projects to the
fasters :
je=FBne du 6 au 9 ao=FBt 1999
Maison de Vigilance
135, rue de B=E9themont
95150 - Taverny
France
The fasters demand an end to the M=E9gajoule project for the =
modernization of
nuclear bombs, and an really independent and thourough environment and
health survey in Polynesia and in the Sahara, with compensations for =
the
victims.

Brandywine Peace Community is commemorating the bombings of Hirsoshima =
on
Friday August 6th, with a vigil from 8am til Noon at Lockheed Martin, =
Mall
Blvd in Valley Forge, PA.  At Noon, friends and activists are invited =
to
participate in "Through Hiroshima Eyes", a nuclear age remembrance and
nonviolent civil disobedience.
On Monday, August 9th, there will be a vigil from 7:30am til 11am at =
the
Lockheed Martin Aegis warship site on Centerton Rd. in Moorestown, NJ.  =
A
ceremony for the victims of US war-making will follow at 11am.  For =
more
information please contact:
Brandywine Peace Community
P.O. Box 81
Swarthmore, PA  19081
610-544-1818
email:  [e-mail]

Hiroshima Day Bike Tour to Livermore Labs will be held on Friday, =
August
6th and to be followed by a rally and Non-violent Direct Action at the
Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory.  For more information, call
510-832-4347 or visit the web site at:
http://www.bikesummer.org


Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
Santa Barbara CA 93108

Phone [phone]  FAX[phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website http://www.abolition2000.org

To subscribe to the abolition-usa listerve, send a message (no subject) =
to
[e-mail]
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To post to the list, mail to: [e-mail]



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) ITALY HELPS AUST. UNDERMINE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION MONDAY
Date: 11 Jul 1999 19:43:55 +1000

Dear People,
Hopefully this is the last request you will get to act on Kakadu World
Heritage stuff.

The full body of the World Heritage Committee meets on Monday.

The Australian government has exerted unprecedented pressure against an in
Danger listing.

There is now a danger that this pressure may be working.

The 'In Danger' listing, twice strongly reccommended by the World Heritage
advisory bodies, may fall vicitim to the politics of pressure and
manipulation.

There is one delegation that especially needs to hear a message.

That is the Italian delegation.

They need to hear that their delegate, mr Gabriele sardo,
([phone]), has been consistently undermining the sirit and intent
of the World Heritage convention, by siding with Australia against an 'in
Danger' listing.

This is especially shocking, as the Italians, under Professor francesco
Francioni, were responsible for the original Kakadu mission report that
reccommended an 'in danger' listing.

You should ask that the Italian delegate cease undermining the convention
and support the reccommendations of the advisory bodies.

Tell them that if Kakadu National Park is not listed as 'in danger', then
this will signal to the whole world that uranium mines in the middle of
world heritage national parks are acceptable.

Tell them this will compromise both the spirit and intent of the entire
World Heritage Convention.

Tell them that their delegation should continue to uphold the once high
standards  previously adopted by italy when their delegation was led by
Pofessor francesco francioni.

Tell them that short-term political considerations have no place in a
decision such as this.

The fax number of the  Italian delegate is 33-1-45-66-41-78.

Let them know how you feel about the Italian delegations actions.

A letter sent by Friends of the Earth to the Italian Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister follows.

MR MASSIMO D'ALEMA PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY,
[phone]

MR EDO RONCHI, MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
[phone]

DR. LAMBERTO DINI, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[phone]

We are writing to express our dismay that the leader of the Italian
delegation to the World Heritage Bureau, Mr. Gabriele Sardo, is undermining
the World Heritage Convention by actively lobbying to assist the Australian
Government to develop a uranium mine in the middle of Australias preeminent
National Park, Kakadu.

This is particularly disturbing, given the strong role Italy's chair of the
World Heritage Committee Professor Francisco Francioni played in leading a
mission to Australia to investigate the damage being caused by the Jabiluka
uranium mine to Kakadu. The mission found the Jabiluka mine to be of
sufficient concern to warrant placing Kakadu National Park on the list of
World Heritage In Danger.

The complete turnaround in the Italian governments position appears to be
the result of a massive international lobbying campaign by the Australian
Government (at foreign minister or higher level) to gain support for this
mine going ahead. Australias lobbying campaign runs directly counter to the
advice of the World Heritage Mission, and to the unequivocal advice of the
three world Heritage technical advisory bodies (IUCN, ICOMOS and ICCROM),
that Kakadu should be immediately placed on the 'In Danger' list.

Where Italy once led the world in helping to uphold the highest
international standards for World Heritage protection, its reputation as an
outstanding leader in this field is fast being destroyed.

How can it be that a country which placed so much store on maintaining the
integrity of the World Heritage Convention can have given in to pressure
from the Australian Government and placed short- term political expediency
head of the high standing the Italian Government had achieved in this area
under Professor Francioni?

Please ensure that your delegation upholds the high standards previously
adopted by Italy, and supports an In Danger listing for Kakadu National
Park."

John Hallam,
Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth,
Sydney, Australia.






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From: Timothy Bruening <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) On Sexy Missiles
Date: 11 Jul 1999 04:37:02 -0700 (PDT)

During the bombing of Yugoslavia, a missile blew up a block of flats.  NATO
said "the missile was seduced from its target".  Was there a lady missile
with lipstick and perfume wandering over Yugoslavia?

The above quote comes from a War Resisters League (339 Lafayette St., NY, NY
10012) article entitled "Death, Bombs, and Videotape: Making Sense of the
Balkan War" written by David McReynolds ([e-mail]), senior staff
Emeritus, War Resisters League.


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From: Carole Gallagher <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) On Sexy Missiles
Date: 11 Jul 1999 11:49:36 -0400

Must we be repulsive on this listserv? So sad!

Timothy Bruening wrote:

> During the bombing of Yugoslavia, a missile blew up a block of flats.  NATO
> said "the missile was seduced from its target".  Was there a lady missile
> with lipstick and perfume wandering over Yugoslavia?
>
> The above quote comes from a War Resisters League (339 Lafayette St., NY, NY
> 10012) article entitled "Death, Bombs, and Videotape: Making Sense of the
> Balkan War" written by David McReynolds ([e-mail]), senior staff
> Emeritus, War Resisters League.
>
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) On Sexy Missiles
Date: 11 Jul 1999 14:58:36 EDT

Dear Carole and Timothy - and others to try to contain this discussion before
it goes further!

NATO did refer to the bomb as being seduced from its target and my own words
in the piece I wrote just said something about "what, Freud in the
pressroom?". Some wrote me to say that "seduced" is a military term for
"counter-bomb stuff" when there are various ways - heat, light, metal
reflectors, etc. (and I'm not sure exactly which) "seduces" the guided
missile into attacking a fake target.

That, of course, is lame help to the folks who had been alive in the block of
flats. And the use of its by NATO's now fairly infamous press room just
looked foolish to the general public. But it seems to be a simple military
term.

Peace,
David McReynolds

<<
 Must we be repulsive on this listserv? So sad!

 Timothy Bruening wrote:

 > During the bombing of Yugoslavia, a missile blew up a block of flats.  NATO
 > said "the missile was seduced from its target".  Was there a lady missile
 > with lipstick and perfume wandering over Yugoslavia?
 >
 > The above quote comes from a War Resisters League (339 Lafayette St., NY,
NY
 > 10012) article entitled "Death, Bombs, and Videotape: Making Sense of the
 > Balkan War" written by David McReynolds ([e-mail]), senior staff
 > Emeritus, War Resisters League.
 >

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From: Timothy Bruening <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) On Sexy Missiles
Date: 11 Jul 1999 16:24:08 -0700 (PDT)

On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 at 11:49:36 -0400, Carole Gallagher
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>Must we be repulsive on this listserv? So sad!
>
>Timothy Bruening wrote:
>
>> During the bombing of Yugoslavia, a missile blew up a block of flats.  NATO
>> said "the missile was seduced from its target".  Was there a lady missile
>> with lipstick and perfume wandering over Yugoslavia?
>>
>> The above quote comes from a War Resisters League (339 Lafayette St., NY, NY
>> 10012) article entitled "Death, Bombs, and Videotape: Making Sense of the
>> Balkan War" written by David McReynolds ([e-mail]), senior staff
>> Emeritus, War Resisters League.

I apologize to anyone who was offended.  Should I have asked if a male
missile had seduced a female missile over Yugoslavia?


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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) bill bradley
Date: 12 Jul 1999 15:40:47 -0400

Dear Friends,
I just checked out Bill Bradley's website, www.billbradley.com and he asks
for our personal stories.  How about flooding him with our stories of how
we are working for nuclear abolition?  Did anyone check out any of the
other websites? ie, Bush, Gore, etc?  Maybe we can start putting nuclear
abolition on the agenda right now.  Regards,
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) On Sexy Missiles
Date: 12 Jul 1999 16:17:14 -0400

Dear Friends,

I refer you to the writings of another Carol--Carol Cohen who attended four
weeks at the US Military College and wrote a distressing magazine article
(I no
longer have the citation) on the use of sexual and religious metaphor by the
weaponeers when referring to these instruments of destruction.  Cohen thinks
it's a way to further distance themselves from the lethal terror they are
playing with.  Seduced indeed!  Alice Slater

At 02:58 PM 7/11/99 -0400, [e-mail] wrote:
>Dear Carole and Timothy - and others to try to contain this discussion
>before
>it goes further!
>
>NATO did refer to the bomb as being seduced from its target and my own
>words
>in the piece I wrote just said something about "what, Freud in the
>pressroom?". Some wrote me to say that "seduced" is a military term for
>"counter-bomb stuff" when there are various ways - heat, light, metal
>reflectors, etc. (and I'm not sure exactly which) "seduces" the guided
>missile into attacking a fake target.
>
>That, of course, is lame help to the folks who had been alive in the block
>of
>flats. And the use of its by NATO's now fairly infamous press room just
>looked foolish to the general public. But it seems to be a simple military
>term.
>
>Peace,
>David McReynolds
>
><<
> Must we be repulsive on this listserv? So sad!
>
> Timothy Bruening wrote:
>
> > During the bombing of Yugoslavia, a missile blew up a block of flats.
>NATO
> > said "the missile was seduced from its target".  Was there a lady
>missile
> > with lipstick and perfume wandering over Yugoslavia?
> >
> > The above quote comes from a War Resisters League (339 Lafayette St.,
>NY,
>NY
> > 10012) article entitled "Death, Bombs, and Videotape: Making Sense of
>the
> > Balkan War" written by David McReynolds ([e-mail]), senior staff
> > Emeritus, War Resisters League.
> >
>
>-
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Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: (Fwd) NAFTA for the Military?
Date: 12 Jul 1999 18:07:11 -0400

>Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 03:01:43 -0400
>Subject: (Fwd) NAFTA for the Military?
>To: [e-mail]
>X-FC-Forwarded-From: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>
>http://www.thestar.com/thestar/editorial/news/990707NEW01b_FO-ARMY7.html
>
>In Toronto Star:
>
>Exclusive
> `NAFTA' for military proposed
>
> U.S. war college report urges joint command with Canada, Mexico
>
>By Linda Diebel
>Toronto Star Latin America Bureau
>
>MEXICO CITY - A United States military report
>advocates a joint command for  American, Mexican and Canadian forces, in
>the same way the three countries are  united under free trade.
>
>The report, by Lt.-Col. Joseph Nunez for the U.S.
>Army War College in Carlisle,  Pa., also suggested a North American
>peacekeeping force, headquartered in the U.S.,with deputy commander
>positions rotating between Canada and Mexico.
>
>``Moving from bilateral arrangements to a (military) organization that
>reflects regional economic and security concerns is a better strategy,
>particularly considering our burgeoning trade through NAFTA (North
>American Free Trade Agreement)and the growing threat of terrorism that
>can penetrate through our
>borders,'' the report said.
>
>  The war college study is the first to publicly advocate the sensitive
>issue of integrated military command - a matter of sovereignty in Canada
>and Mexico, as well  as countries throughout the hemisphere.
>
> Such a command would co-ordinate military action on terrorism,
>insurgency,
>security threats and drug trafficking.
>
>`It's an important issue and it's time   to take a good, hard look at
>how we  currently operate. If we fail to  change our current strategy,
>the
>country could become less stable .   . . . '   - Lt.-Col. Joseph Nunez,
>for the U.S. Army War College.
>
>
>Nunez said the joint command would replace, for example, NORAD (the
>North
>American Aerospace Defence command) which ``is getting pretty
>out-of-date
>when it  comes to drugs, terrorism and other threats.''
>
>``The U.S. does not have the kind of working arrangement with Canada and
>Mexico  that it should.''
>
>Nunez admitted the proposed unified command ``may be a U.S. defence
>arrangement, but a lot of things would evolve to the benefit of Canada
>and Mexico - that would be  my hope.''
>
>Most major initiatives in Canada in recent years -
>from free trade with the UnitedStates to the ongoing initiative of a
>hemisphere-wide economic pact - began with reports from think-tanks or
>academia.
>
>The report comes during debate over other
>controversial free-trade issues, such as  whether Canada should adopt
>the
>U.S. dollar as advocated in a recent report by the  C.D. Howe Institute,
>a
>conservative think-tank in Toronto.
>
>`A lot of the geographic considerations are a bit out-of-date'
>
>
>
> Canadian nationalists have seen free trade as the
>tip of an iceberg that put Canada at risk in other areas, from culture
>to
>monetary policy.
>
>``A lot of the geographic considerations are a bit
>out-of-date and do not reflect current realities,'' Nunez, 43, a former
>West Point instructor, told The Star yesterday.
>
> He said his report, which carries a stamp saying it
>does not necessarily reflect the  views of the U.S. Defence Department,
>has
>garnered a lot of attention in recent days.
>
>The war college has received requests for copies
>from the Canadian and Mexican governments, as well as several U.S.
>government departments, including state and defence.
>
>``It's an important issue and it's time to take a
>good, hard look at how we currently operate,'' he said.
>
> In Ottawa yesterday, Lt.-Cmdr. Denise Laviolette,
>defence department spokesperson,  said she had never heard of the study,
>adding it was not an ongoing concern of the  Canadian Forces.
>
>She added the report would carry more weight if it
>had come from the Pentagon,  rather than the war college, a teaching
>institute that focuses on strategic perspectives.
>
>Nunez, a 22-year army veteran, said a joint North
>American command would expand  as free trade involved more countries in
>the
>hemisphere. If, for example, the proposed Free Trade Area of the
>Americas
>becomes reality, the military command would stretch from Alaska to
>Tierra
>del Fuego.
>
>Asked whether he foresaw the joint command leading
>to an integrated armed force, with everyone marching under one flag,
>Nunez said:
>``I see it growing, with all of the change and integration of new ideas
>. . . what
>it achieves depends on the types of missions it is assigned.''
>
>
>`It's time to take a good, hard look at how we currently operate'
>
>
>
>The report has created a stir in Mexico since it was
>published by the Mexico City daily, El Financiero.
>
>Nunez' report is called ``A New United States
>Strategy for Mexico,'' and details current revolutionary movements in
>Mexico and the threat to U.S. national interests here.
>
>``If we fail to change our current strategy, the
>country could become less stable, thus jeopardizing the viability of
>NAFTA and the Free Trade Area of the Americas,'' it  said.
>
>Nunez said yesterday a joint peacekeeping force
>could be deployed wherever it was  needed, ``without people thinking the
>United States - or any other country - was trying to influence things
>too
>much.''
>
>U.S. intervention is a touchy subject in Latin
>America. Because of the history of  U.S. involvement in the region, any
>kind of military co-operation, or shared duties with the U.S., is viewed
>with suspicion.
>
>Whenever the Mexican government approves joint
>manoeuvres with the U.S., for  example, there is a storm of opposition
>and
>media criticism.
>
>Recently, the U.S. has been criticized for taking a
>stronger military role in Latin America after an apparent cooling-off
>period.
>
>In his report, Nunez said a new North American
>peacekeeping force - which might be  funded 60 per cent by the U.S., 25
>per
>cent by Canada and 15 per cent by Mexico -  would be used for everything
>from human rights work to hurricane disaster relief.
>-
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Action Alert-last chance-Food Irradation
Date: 12 Jul 1999 20:25:46 -0400

Dear Friends,
Listed below is a good sample letter urging the government to clearly label
irradiated food and to stop the efforts to deceive the public while allowing a
whole new nuke industry to spring up! Our responses are pouring into the FDA
but we need to do more.  Did you write your letter?  Did you forward the info
to your lists and friends.  Please write today.  URGENT!!   Many thanks.
Alice
Slater

>Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305)
>Food and Drug Administration
>5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061
>Rockville MD 20852
>Email:  [e-mail]
>
>Dear Dockets Manager,
>
>I'm writing regarding the proposed regulation on labelling of irradiated
>food.
>
>As an agricultural economist trained at the University of California, Davis
>who has worked for Cargill and now has an environmental consulting firm, I
>feel it is very important that food treated with radiation must continue
>to be
>clearly labeled with the international irradiation symbol radura and a
>statement indicating it was treated with radiation.
>
>As a former Congressional and White House aide, I feel the absence of such
>a statement would be misleading because irradiation destroys vitamins and
>causes changes in sensory and spoilage qualities that are not obvious or
>expected by the consumer.  Irradiation creates a new class of unique
>radiolytic products that have never been tested for the possible
>carcinogenic effects on humans.  New volumes of radioactive waste from
>Cobalt-60 and Cesium will
>plague our nation, exposing workers to toxic radionuclides when we haven't
>a clue as to what to do with the nuclear waste we already have.
>
>I'd also like to request that public comments be placed on the Internet so
>that the public can be informed about who is participating.
>
>Thanks for your consideration of my comments.
>
>Sustainably,
>Terry Gips
>President, Sustainability Associates
>2584 Upton Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55405
>[e-mail]
>
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

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From: peter weiss <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) bill bradley
Date: 12 Jul 1999 23:05:22 -0400

Good idea, and let's think of other ways to inject abolition into the
Presidential campaign, which is already in full swing. And by the way,
if Hilary can answer -wrongly - a question about the status of Jerusalem
from a minor Orthodox group in New York, why can't she answer a question
about nuclear abolition submitted by Grace, LCNP etc.?

                    Peter

ASlater wrote:
>
> Dear Friends,
> I just checked out Bill Bradley's website, www.billbradley.com and he asks
> for our personal stories.  How about flooding him with our stories of how
> we are working for nuclear abolition?  Did anyone check out any of the
> other websites? ie, Bush, Gore, etc?  Maybe we can start putting nuclear
> abolition on the agenda right now.  Regards,
> Alice Slater
> Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
> 15 East 26th Street, Room 915
> New York, NY 10010
> tel:  [phone]
> fax:  [phone]
> email:  [e-mail]
>
> GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
> to eliminate nuclear weapons.
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From: "Joan Wade" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) REMINDER: CTBT CALL-IN DAY THIS FRIDAY
Date: 13 Jul 1999 11:26:16 -0400

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Greetings Disarmament Activists!

This Friday, July 16th is Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) call-in =
day.  The event will mark the 54th anniversary of the first nuclear test =
in New Mexico.  Over 15,000 action alert postcards have been sent around =
the country to alert people about the event. Let's re-define the legacy =
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* The U.S. needs to be at the special conference for treaty ratifiers =
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* It is essential that the treaty is ratified before the Presidential =
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) bill bradley
Date: 13 Jul 1999 17:31:21 EDT

I sent the following to George:
Mr. Bush, Twenty nine years ago the US and the four other nuclear weapons
states promised to negotiate the elimination of nuclear weapons (Article VI
of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty). On July 8, 1996, the International
Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion and held, unanimously, that there
is an unfulfilled legal duty to negotiate the abolition of nuclear weapons.
What plans do you have to change US and NATO policy regarding nuclear
deterrence and globally eliminate these devices of mass destruction? I
suggest your Dad got it right by obtaining the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Bravo, George senior! Hope you can follow his footsteps. What shall you do?
Jonathan Granoff

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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Date: 13 Jul 1999 15:50:04 -0700 (PDT)




                                                    July 13th, 1999
Dear Friends and Activists,

The following is an updated of the email sent out on July 9th.  Thank you
to all who have contributed to the list of events.  I hope that many will
be encouraged to join in on events during these days to demonstrate their
support for the Abolition 2000 network and for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.

Yours In Peace,

Carah Ong


**New** The World Conference against A & H Bombs invites you to join the
"Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days International Joint Action for Nuclear Free
21st Century" on Aug.6 and 9, 1999. There will be a posting entitled
"International Joint Action for Nuclear Free 21st Century" on their
website:   http://www.twics.com/~antiatom/


**New** Princeton New Jersey -- Coalition for Peace Action will commemorate
the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 5th at the Woodrow Wilson
School Plaza on the Princeton University Campus. The picnic will begin at
6pm and the program at 7pm. Youth for Peace will be on hand to fold paper
cranes with children of all ages. Susan Tenney and her dancers will open
the program. Then a moment of silemnce will be held at 7:15. Speakers
scheduled will include Zia Mian, a Pakistani physicist; 2 Hibakusha, one
each from Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and (possibly) a Gulf War Veteran. Music
will be supplied by the Solidarity Singers. At the end of the program, the
dancers will present "Shadows," a piece Sunsan Tenney composed for the
event. Then all will float candles on the reflection pond.
For more information, please contact:
LL Morgan-DuBreuil, Associate Director, Coalition for Peace Action
40 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ  08542
[phone] voice, [phone] fax
[e-mail]

**New** The Long Beach Peace Network will hold a demonstration at the Seal
Beach
Nuclear Weapons Station on Seal Beach Boulevard at 11 am on Saturday,
August 7, in memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For
information all Gene Ruyle at 562 438-6505.

**New** The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper will be running a special edition on the
bombings, with some new findings by a team of investigative reporters.

3rd-9th-The World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs will be held
in Tokyo.  For more information, please contact:  [e-mail]

3rd-8th-Tromp Trident Trek III is a 52 mile peace walk commemorating the
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  It begins in Ashland and ends at
Project ELF.  For more information, contact Nukewatch at 715-472-4185 or
email at [e-mail].

6th-Hiroshima Commemoration at Livermore Lab. It begins at
2:30 PM at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where nuclear
weapons are designed and a new weapons facility is currently under
construction that is intended to create thermonuclear blasts in a reactor
vessel, called the National Ignition
Facility. The gathering will be at the corner of East Avenue and Vasco
Road. After a program of speakers and music, there will be a procession to
the gates of the Laboratory. This annual commemoration is sponsored by many
San Francisco Bay Area peace and
environmental organizations, including the Livermore-based Tri-Valley
CAREs. For more information, call  925-443-7148.

6th-9th-Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund National Congress are
calling for students, activists and concerned citizens form across the
nation and from around the world to join them in Albuquerque, New Mexico to
commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  For more information,
please contact:
Peace Action  www.peace-action.org 202-862-9740 ext. 3038
1819 H St. NW Suite 420 Washington, DC 20006

**New** On Nagasaki Day Peace Action will host a major direct action
at the Los Alamos lab! The contact email for more info is
[e-mail].

For the 17th consecutive year, a fast on water will take place from 6 to 9
of August in Tavery, North of Paris, headquarters of the french "force de
frappe".
Please, send by mail your own information, support and projects to the
fasters :
je√ne du 6 au 9 ao√t 1999
Maison de Vigilance
135, rue de BΘthemont
95150 - Taverny
France
The fasters demand an end to the MΘgajoule project for the modernization of
nuclear bombs, and an really independent and thourough environment and
health survey in Polynesia and in the Sahara, with compensations for the
victims.

Brandywine Peace Community is commemorating the bombings of Hirsoshima on
Friday August 6th, with a vigil from 8am til Noon at Lockheed Martin, Mall
Blvd in Valley Forge, PA.  At Noon, friends and activists are invited to
participate in "Through Hiroshima Eyes", a nuclear age remembrance and
nonviolent civil disobedience.
On Monday, August 9th, there will be a vigil from 7:30am til 11am at the
Lockheed Martin Aegis warship site on Centerton Rd. in Moorestown, NJ.  A
ceremony for the victims of US war-making will follow at 11am.  For more
information please contact:
Brandywine Peace Community
P.O. Box 81
Swarthmore, PA  19081
610-544-1818
email:  [e-mail]

Hiroshima Day Bike Tour to Livermore Labs will be held on Friday, August
6th and to be followed by a rally and Non-violent Direct Action at the
Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory.  For more information, call
510-832-4347 or visit the web site at:
http://www.bikesummer.org





Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
Santa Barbara CA 93108

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From: antiatom <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Correction on Hiroshima/ Nagasaki Day actions
Date: 14 Jul 1999 16:24:34 +0900

Thank you for your e-mail and valuable information.

For your information,
The 1999 World Conference against A & H Bombs will be held
in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, not in Tokyo. =20

Please make a correction accordingly.

I will send you our list of Hiroshima and Nagasaki day =20
International Joint Actions as soon as it is completed.
Let us keep up with our work.

In peace,
Yuki SATO
Staff,
Organizing Committee, World Conference against A & H Bombs

At 15:50 99/07/13 -0700, you wrote:
>=20
>=20
>=20
>                                                     July 13th, 1999
> Dear Friends and Activists,
>=20
> The following is an updated of the email sent out on July 9th.  Thank y=
ou
> to all who have contributed to the list of events.  I hope that many wi=
ll
> be encouraged to join in on events during these days to demonstrate the=
ir
> support for the Abolition 2000 network and for the elimination of nucle=
ar
> weapons.
>=20
> Yours In Peace,
>=20
> Carah Ong
>=20
>=20
> **New** The World Conference against A & H Bombs invites you to join th=
e
> "Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days International Joint Action for Nuclear Fre=
e
> 21st Century" on Aug.6 and 9, 1999. There will be a posting entitled
> "International Joint Action for Nuclear Free 21st Century" on their
> website:   http://www.twics.com/~antiatom/
>=20
>=20
> **New** Princeton New Jersey -- Coalition for Peace Action will commemo=
rate
> the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 5th at the Woodrow Wil=
son
> School Plaza on the Princeton University Campus. The picnic will begin =
at
> 6pm and the program at 7pm. Youth for Peace will be on hand to fold pap=
er
> cranes with children of all ages. Susan Tenney and her dancers will ope=
n
> the program. Then a moment of silemnce will be held at 7:15. Speakers
> scheduled will include Zia Mian, a Pakistani physicist; 2 Hibakusha, on=
e
> each from Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and (possibly) a Gulf War Veteran. Mu=
sic
> will be supplied by the Solidarity Singers. At the end of the program, =
the
> dancers will present "Shadows," a piece Sunsan Tenney composed for the
> event. Then all will float candles on the reflection pond.
> For more information, please contact:
> LL Morgan-DuBreuil, Associate Director, Coalition for Peace Action
> 40 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ  08542
> [phone] voice, [phone] fax
> [e-mail]
> =20
> **New** The Long Beach Peace Network will hold a demonstration at the S=
eal
> Beach
> Nuclear Weapons Station on Seal Beach Boulevard at 11 am on Saturday,
> August 7, in memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Fo=
r
> information all Gene Ruyle at 562 438-6505.
>=20
> **New** The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper will be running a special edition o=
n the
> bombings, with some new findings by a team of investigative reporters.
>=20
> 3rd-9th-The World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs will be =
held
> in Tokyo.  For more information, please contact:  [e-mail]
>=20
> 3rd-8th-Tromp Trident Trek III is a 52 mile peace walk commemorating th=
e
> bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  It begins in Ashland and ends at
> Project ELF.  For more information, contact Nukewatch at 715-472-4185 o=
r
> email at [e-mail].
>=20
> 6th-Hiroshima Commemoration at Livermore Lab. It begins at
> 2:30 PM at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where nuclear
> weapons are designed and a new weapons facility is currently under
> construction that is intended to create thermonuclear blasts in a react=
or
> vessel, called the National Ignition
> Facility. The gathering will be at the corner of East Avenue and Vasco
> Road. After a program of speakers and music, there will be a procession=
 to
> the gates of the Laboratory. This annual commemoration is sponsored by =
many
> San Francisco Bay Area peace and
> environmental organizations, including the Livermore-based Tri-Valley
> CAREs. For more information, call  925-443-7148.
>=20
> 6th-9th-Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund National Congress =
are
> calling for students, activists and concerned citizens form across the
> nation and from around the world to join them in Albuquerque, New Mexic=
o to
> commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  For more informatio=
n,
> please contact:
> Peace Action  www.peace-action.org 202-862-9740 ext. 3038
> 1819 H St. NW Suite 420 Washington, DC 20006
>=20
> **New** On Nagasaki Day Peace Action will host a major direct action
> at the Los Alamos lab! The contact email for more info is
> [e-mail].
>=20
> For the 17th consecutive year, a fast on water will take place from 6 t=
o 9
> of August in Tavery, North of Paris, headquarters of the french "force =
de
> frappe".
> Please, send by mail your own information, support and projects to the
> fasters :
> je=1B$B=95O=1B(Je du 6 au 9 ao=1B$B=95U=1B(J 1999
> Maison de Vigilance
> 135, rue de B=1B$BqU=1B(Jhemont
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Armed Services Committee hearing on DOE reorg.-July 14th
Date: 14 Jul 1999 18:38:15 -0400

Dear Friends,
Read this and weep!  Alice Slater

>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:30:29 -0400
>Subject: Armed Services Committee hearing on DOE reorg.-July 14th
>Priority: non-urgent
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>Folks,
>
>Yet another hearing on DOE reorganization.  Very different than the
>Commerce and Science committees, however.  Nearly everyone on Armed
>Services, after praising Vic Reis, the father of the stockpile stewardship
>(how did he make it through this China scandal unscathed, by the way?)
>approved of AT LEAST a semi-autonomous agency for the labs, if not totally
>autonomous or moving the labs to DoD.
>
>What follows is a statement by Dr. Reis...
>
>The question and answer period was littered with praise for Reis and rage
>at Secretary Richardson for "letting go the only person at DOE who knows
>anything about weapons".  The most important things coming out of the Q&A
>is that Reis supports either semi-autonomous, autonomous, or even moving
>labs & production complex to DoD.  Also of importance is that
>Representatives Thornberry (R-TX of Pantex) and Tauscher (D-CA of
>Livermore) strongly support making labs semi-autonomous or outright
>autonomous.  Thornberry asked Reis what would make the new agency truly
>autonomous, as his fear was that it would only be so in name.  Reis
>replied: "budgeting; general counsel; counterintelligence; contracting &
>procurement; and their own badges (yes, their own badges); in other words,
>those things critical to the mission."--he didn't mention environment,
>safety & health.  Tauscher also noted that she was hoping someone with
>great experience and expertise would fill the role of Director of the new
>agency, and that she was "sorry to hear that that won't be a job you will
>have."  Also of note, however, is that Reis indicated that he would be
>working with the committee as they work on this issue in the "coming weeks
>and months"-Rep. Duncan Hunter, who wants to use the labs for missile
>defense.
>
>Statement of Dr. Victor H. Reis
>
> Thank you Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to speak to you on the
>possible reorganization of the Department of
> EnergyÆs national security programs. These are my personal views and not
>those of the Department. While much of
> the discussion of such a reorganization has revolved around security and
>counterintelligence at the nuclear weapons
> laboratories, my testimony today is focused on how the structure of
>national security within DOE can be reformed,
> not only for security, but to better accomplish the primary mission of the
>nuclear weapons laboratories - Stockpile
> Stewardship. I believe such a reorganization is essential if we are to
>fulfil our responsibility to maintain our nuclear
> deterrent; what President Clinton has called "the supreme national
>interest."
>
> I support the concept of a semi-autonomous agency within the DOE as
>proposed by the PresidentÆs Foreign
> Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) report, as proposed in the Kyl,
>Domenici, Murkowski amendment to the
> Intelligence Authorization Bill, and as proposed in the Thornberry
>amendment to the House National Defense
> Authorization Bill.
>
> During my confirmation hearings to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for
>Defense Programs on July 30, 1993
> Senator Warner stated:
>
>           "Dr. Reis, you have had a fascinating career, and you have
>devoted much of that to
>           public service, which is fortunate for the citizens of our great
>Nation. You have managed
>           to stay alive in both political camps, maintain your own
>integrity and your own conviction
>           to do what is in the best interest of the Nation, the political
>process be damned. I do not
>           know of a higher goal that any person can achieve than that you
>pursue regularly."
>
> Senator Warner then asked me to commit that if for any reason I felt that
>the nation must return to nuclear explosive
> testing, I would inform the President and the Congress without hesitation.
>I committed to do so, and I believe I have
> fulfilled that pledge faithfully. It is in the spirit of that pledge that
>I testify to you today.
>
> The thrust of my testimony today is not "what did Notra tell Betsy, and
>when did he tell her," or even specific details
> of how to manage security at the DOE. I will testify on what I believe the
>debate should be about: how will our
> nation maintain our strategic posture, nuclear deterrence, arms control;
>the underpinning of much of our national
> security efforts for the twenty first century.
>
> It is almost impossible to exaggerate the importance of this effort.
>Indeed, one good thing to come out of the Chinese
> espionage affair is that there are few people, regardless of political
>party who do not recognize the importance of our
> nuclear weapons and the institutions that must maintain them. How these
>institutions are to operate is the underlying
> issue that the Administration and Congress must come to grips with.
>
> To frame this debate on the best path for the future, IÆll summarize the
>history of Stockpile Stewardship.
>
> On July 4, 1993, President Clinton extended the moratorium on nuclear
>explosive testing as the Administration sought
> a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. He subsequently directed the Department
>of Energy to begin a Stockpile
> Stewardship program to ensure the reliability, safety and security of the
>nuclear weapons stockpile, indefinitely, but
> to be able to return to testing and production if so required.
>
> This was, and is, an extraordinary challenge, especially considering the
>state of the weapons complex at that time.
> Rocky Flats, the only facility capable of producing plutonium pits was
>permanently closed. Oak Ridge Y-12, the
> nationÆs uranium factory, was soon to shut down for safety concerns, and
>there was no source of tritium and no
> money in the budget to develop a new source. And to top it off, the
>weapons laboratories were being strongly
> encouraged by the DOE to turn their attention to non-defense missions and
>they were doing so.
>
> Frankly, it was not a pretty picture and few gave the program much chance
>for success. On August 6, 1993, I was
> confirmed to my current position by the U.S. Senate, and on August 9, I
>was sworn in. Since that time I have served
> under four Secretaries (one acting), four Deputy Secretaries and three
>Under Secretaries, but my job has remained
> constant: Stockpile Stewardship.
>
> Stockpile Stewardship consists of two interlocking parts, restoring and
>modernizing the production capability of the
> complex, and being able to perpetually certify the reliability, safety and
>security of the nuclear weapons in the
> stockpile. Together they represent what is now probably the largest
>scientific - technical program in the world, and is
> generally recognized as among the finest. President Clinton signed the
>Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in
> September 1996, though it has yet to be ratified by the U.S. Senate. For
>three years running we have been able to
> certify to the President and the Congress that the stockpile is safe and
>reliable. We have been able to modify and
> deploy a version of the B61 bomb to replace the very old, and very large
>B53. We have started deliveries of a
> refurbished W-87 to the Air Force; Y-12 is up and running. We have
>re-established neutron generator manufacturing
> at Sandia, tritium gas bottles at Kansas City, and are on schedule to
>produce tritium with the TVA and Savannah
> River, and plutonium pits at Los Alamos. Savannah River is operating the
>new tritium refill facility, and since 1990
> we have safely dismantled over 10,000 weapons at the Pantex Plant.
>
> But restoring the systems production capability and certifying the current
>stockpile is just part of the stewardship
> effort. The really hard part comes in maintaining the ability to refurbish
>and certify in the future, when the designers,
> engineers and technicians who were involved in the original designs,
>production processes, and most important, the
> underground nuclear tests are no longer available. Our approach to this
>continuing problem is to understand how
> nuclear weapons work in exquisite detail; understand how aging affects
>their performance, how and when to
> refurbish, and how well the refurbished weapon will perform. Without
>testing, the only way to do this is with
> simulation, and the simulation must be validated with data from new
>experiments and archived nuclear tests. This
> requires a whole new set of tools and the Stockpile Stewardship program is
>building them, from the worldÆs most
> powerful supercomputers to a new group of advanced experimental facilities
>such as the National Ignition Facility
> and the subcritical experiments at the Nevada Test Site.
>
> Looking to the future, we must train a whole new set of designers,
>engineers and production folks. This ability to
> attract and train the next generation of stockpile stewards who must have
>the competence, integrity and judgement
> to maintain and certify the stockpile was pointed out by the
>Congressionally mandated Chiles Commission as the
> major long term vulnerability of the Stockpile Stewardship program. I
>agree wholeheartedly with their assessment.
> Indeed, as we think about reorganizing the DOE, I believe we must keep
>this specific long term people vulnerability
> foremost in our minds. This is the primary reason, not just improved
>security, why I believe that the semi-autonomous
> agency within the DOE provides the nation the best method of accomplishing
>this truly awesome task.
>
> The advantages of a semi-autonomous agency within DOE have been discussed
>in the various Congressional
> debates, so I wonÆt repeat them, but let me summarize what I wrote to
>Secretary Richardson on May 10.
>
> The root cause of the difficulties at DOE is simply that DOE has too many
>disparate missions to be managed
> effectively as a coherent organization. The price of gasoline,
>refrigerator standards, Quarks, nuclear cleanup and
> nuclear weapons just donÆt come together naturally. Secretary after
>Secretary has tried to pull the Energy
> Department together into a coherent organization, inevitably using a
>variety of "cross cutting" organizations:
> environment, safety, health, field management, security, information
>management, policy, quality, etc. and then since
> this is too much for any Secretary to handle, he/she adds his/her own set
>of advisors, and an elaborate staff structure
> to handle the whole kit and caboodle, to say nothing of a Deputy and Under
>Secretary and their respective staffs and
> advisors. And on top of this is sits a multilayered, geographically
>diverse field structure, which at each level mirrors
> the headquarters organization!
>
> Because of all this multilayered cross cutting, there is no one
>accountable for the operation of any part of the
> organization but the Secretary, and no Secretary has the time to lead the
>whole thing effectively. By setting up a
> semi-autonomous agency, many of these problems go away. If the agency
>screws up, the agency director is directly
> accountable and if heads must roll, his/hers is the head. An important
>benefit is the semi-autonomous agency could
> clearly recruit top talent, since leading such an agency would be among
>the best technical management jobs in the
> nation. DARPA, NOAA and the NSA are successful organizations that fit this
>mold.
>
> The PFIAB report, and other witnesses have raised the issue of a lax
>security culture at the laboratories; the
> adjective arrogant is frequently mentioned. I wonÆt deny that brilliant
>scientists can be egotistical and arrogant - it
> sometimes comes with the brilliance, and we need every bit of that
>brilliance if we are to succeed in Stockpile
> Stewardship and maintain our nuclear deterrent. Scientific inquiry by its
>very nature is curious, probing, and sharing,
> in many ways antithetical to the secrecy imbedded at the heart of many
>national security programs. This inherent
> tension between secrecy and open science is real and must be managed as
>part of an integrated enterprise. The
> practice of good security, like the practice of good safety must be built
>into the way people work. They must
> understand the "why" of security and they must believe that it is an
>essential part of their job. This is best done by
> imbedding the security apparatus within the organization that has the
>responsibility of getting the job done. Security,
> like safety, then becomes part of the team that is focused on the mission,
>not entrusted to an external group that is
> looking to play "gotcha." Indeed, if we look at what is now, and what will
>continue to be the most severe threat to
> security - cybersecurity - it will require all the brilliance and
>creativeness of our best and brightest if we are to meet
> this particular challenge.
>
> So, Mr. Chairman it all comes down to this. The mission of the nuclear
>weapons complex is national security at its
> most profound and long lasting. The task of maintaining the nuclear
>weapons stockpile indefinitely, without
> underground nuclear explosive testing, Stockpile Stewardship, is
>extraordinarily difficult and inherently risky. We
> have placed the responsibility for fulfilling this task on a small number
>of very special people. We must trust them to
> do the job well, and we must give them the tools to do the job. Those
>tools include not only the best computers and
> scientific apparatus, but the best management system. It has been my
>experience, and the experience of many
> others that organizations perform best when there is a clear, compelling
>mission, where resources fit expectations
> and where responsibility and authority are aligned. A semi-autonomous
>agency within the DOE will provide that
> alignment and focus. On the other hand, removing security operations out
>of the line, blurring lines of authority and
> responsibility, will not. That is the dominant lesson of the Chinese
>espionage affair, and the message from the myriad
> of reports on DOE management throughout the years.
>
> Let me conclude on a personal note. I have been in the national security
>business for almost forty years and during
> that time I have been truly privileged to have participated in many of the
>NationÆs most important programs. None,
> however, have been as important, or as challenging as helping to develop
>the Stockpile Stewardship program over
> the past six years. The people on the Defense Programs team - all 25,000
>of them - serve their country with
> exemplary skill and dedication. We owe them much. Lastly I would like to
>express my gratitude and admiration to
> the many members of the Senate and House of Representatives who have been
>full and active partners in creating
> this remarkable enterprise. This committee, its members and its staff, has
>been particularly helpful.
>
> I thank you, I shall miss working with you, and I am prepared to answer
>any of your questions
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Short query
Date: 14 Jul 1999 23:51:38 EDT

On Monday AOL fixed on technical problem on their connection and in the
process erased my address book and all the back mail. (Including two posts
from a from in friend in Japan). If any of you had asked me a question and
are waiting for an answer, or asked for a copy of "Death, Bombs and
Videotape" (my take on the Balkan mess) and never got it, please drop me a
note.

And of course this gives me a chance to test the newly recreated address
book, address by address!

It happens to all of us sooner or later!

Peace,
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From: peter weiss <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) bill bradley
Date: 15 Jul 1999 07:20:05 -0400

This is OK, Jonathan, but we need to send him and the other candidates
communications signed or endorsed by as large a number of organizations
as possible, focusing on the increasing danger of the nuclear thing
getting out of hand, with quotes to that effect from William Cohen, Ken
Galbraith etc. Otherwise they'll just say "thank you for your interest"
(while you're still alive to have an interest).
                                Peter

[e-mail] wrote:
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> I sent the following to George:
> Mr. Bush, Twenty nine years ago the US and the four other nuclear weapons
> states promised to negotiate the elimination of nuclear weapons (Article VI
> of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty). On July 8, 1996, the International
> Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion and held, unanimously, that there
> is an unfulfilled legal duty to negotiate the abolition of nuclear weapons.
> What plans do you have to change US and NATO policy regarding nuclear
> deterrence and globally eliminate these devices of mass destruction? I
> suggest your Dad got it right by obtaining the Chemical Weapons Convention.
> Bravo, George senior! Hope you can follow his footsteps. What shall you do?
> Jonathan Granoff
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From: "Janet Bloomfield" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) A2000 Co-ordinating Committee Conference Call Minutes July 1999.
Date: 15 Jul 1999 14:35:43 +0100

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MINUTES OF ABOLITION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE CONFERENCE CALL JULY 8, =
1999.=20

(Action items in Capitals)=20

1.Present: Janet Bloomfield, Alice Slater, Ross Wilcox, , Jackie =
Cabasso, John Burroughs (substitute for Alyn Ware), Carah Ong =
(substitute for David Krieger)=20
Apologies: Hiro Umbeyashi, Richard Salvador=20
Facilitator - Jackie, Note taker - Janet.=20


2. Financial update: No firm information as David was not on the call. =
CARAH will ask David to circulate a report on e-mail when he gets back =
to the office. We need to really make an effort with fundraising.=20


3. The New Co-ordinator: We welcomed Carah who reported that she was =
engaged in learning about the job. We stressed that we are all available =
for help and advice and support. Carah asked about how we should respond =
to requests for a hard copy mailing of the HAP minutes. It was AGREED =
that we should circulate the minutes with a covering letter etc as a =
hard copy mailing as soon as possible. ALICE will put up a list of items =
that should go in the mailing. The circulation would be handled as =
follows:=20

USA - Alice=20
Europe - Xanthe (need to check if this would include Russia)=20
UK - Janet=20
Canada - Ross=20
Rest of the World - Carah=20

4. Global Council:=20
The following names were added to the Global Council GC):-=20
Dave Knight - CND (UK)=20
Myrla Baldonado - (Philippines)=20
Amos Guirtz - (Israel)=20
Andy Lichterman - (USA)=20
It was AGREED to invite Vera Brovinka (ALICE) and Boris Bonderenko =
(ROSS) to join the Global Council=20
It was AGREED that ROSS would set up a listserv for the Global Council. =
ROSS and ALICE would discuss the technicalities and costs of setting up =
an Abolition bulletin board to reduce the amount of postings to the main =
listserv.=20
The relationship between the ACC and Global Council and the functioning =
of both was discussed at length. It was AGREED that when these minutes =
were circulated that they stress that the ACC needs the advice, counsel =
and=20
feedback of the Global Council. It was also AGREED that the ACC should =
put concrete suggestions to the GC for further discussion and agreement =
and should solicit their concrete suggestions for action. (SEE LIST AT =
THE END OF THESE MINUTES)=20

5. Action Items from the Hague Meeting:=20
(a.) The Week of Action - March 1 to 8, 1999. CARAH would contact the =
people identified in the Hague minutes agreed to work on this and find =
out if they were doing anything. The proposal should be re-circulated to =
the abolition-caucus with a request for ideas and input and the GC =
should be asked to consider this. It was AGREED that CARAH should =
re-post the Calendar every month to the caucus.=20
(b.) Working Groups Status: It was AGREED that CARAH would contact all =
the Working Group Convenors to establish their true status. JANET would =
help CARAH draft a letter. We discussed both the new groups established =
at the Hague. The Y2K group was active. Need to check with Daniel Durand =
what is happening with the CD monitoring group=20
(c.) NPT Review Plan of Action: ALICE would put up her proposal for =
discussion. JANET would contact Zia as to how we can get a discussion on =
the Amendment Proposal moving. Jackie reported that WILPF are trying to =
get funding to provide a better infrastructure and co-ordination for NGO =
activity at the Review.=20
(d.) John Burroughs reported that a HAP Steering Committee was being =
established to carry forward the work of the Hague conference. Each =
campaign strand would have a representative. Admiral Ramdas had been =
suggested as a possible Abolition rep. There was support for this name =
but we asked John to find out more and keep us informed.=20


6. Action items from St Petersburg Meeting:=20


The report and declaration had been sent to the Documentation Centre of =
the OSCE by Ross. This will be forwarded to the meeting in St =
Petersburg. It was AGREED that we should propose to the Global Council =
that the St Petersburg Declaration be circulated for endorsement as =
widely as possible for presentation to the Istanbul OSCE Summit in =
November. In the meantime lobbying of OSCE parliamentary representatives =
should be encouraged. JANET would circulate the action ideas on the OSCE =
produced in St Petersburg.=20


7. Other Action Items:=20
(a.) Concern was expressed about the nuclear dangers of the =
confrontation in South Asia. We ask the Global Council to consider what =
action A2000 could take on this in addition to what people are already =
doing.=20
(b.) New Agenda Coalition Resolution will go the UN in October. There is =
work to be done to pressure NWS's and to move abstentions to positive =
votes.=20
(c.) ICJ Resolution also needs support.=20


A.O.B.=20

CARAH to ask David Krieger to circulate his proposal for a Handbook for =
discussion on the next call.=20

NEXT CALL:=20


August 12.13 (depending on your time zone!) at 10.00pm GMT, 5.00pm EST.=20
CARAH will set up.=20
JANET to circulate draft agenda one week before.=20
EVERYONE PLEASE USE E-MAIL TO CIRCULATE IDEAS AND OPTIONS BEFORE THE =
CALL.=20
CARAH to contact Pol and find out why he has missed our calls.=20

N.B ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION BY GLOBAL COUNCIL:=20
(a.) The March Week of Action=20
(b.) Circulation of the St Petersburg Declaration=20
(c.) Work on the UN resolutions=20
(d.) Activity at the NPT Review 2000=20
(e.) Situation in South Asia=20
(f.) Fundraising=20


Janet Bloomfield=20
25 Farmadine=20
Saffron Walden=20
Essex=20
CB11 3HR=20
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Tel/Fax: [phone]=20
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Alice=20
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<P>3. The New Co-ordinator: We welcomed Carah who reported that she was =
engaged=20
in learning about the job. We stressed that we are all available for =
help and=20
advice and support. Carah asked about how we should respond to requests =
for a=20
hard copy mailing of the HAP minutes. It was AGREED that we should =
circulate the=20
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possible.=20
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circulation=20
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the World - Carah <BR><BR>4. Global Council: <BR>The following names =
were added=20
to the Global Council GC):- <BR>Dave Knight - CND (UK) <BR>Myrla =
Baldonado -=20
(Philippines) <BR>Amos Guirtz - (Israel) <BR>Andy Lichterman - (USA) =
<BR>It was=20
AGREED to invite Vera Brovinka (ALICE) and Boris Bonderenko (ROSS) to =
join the=20
Global Council <BR>It was AGREED that ROSS would set up a listserv for =
the=20
Global Council. ROSS and ALICE would discuss the technicalities and =
costs of=20
setting up an Abolition bulletin board to reduce the amount of postings =
to the=20
main listserv. <BR>The relationship between the ACC and Global Council =
and the=20
functioning of both was discussed at length. It was AGREED that when =
these=20
minutes were circulated that they stress that the ACC needs the advice, =
counsel=20
and <BR>feedback of the Global Council. It was also AGREED that the ACC =
should=20
put concrete suggestions to the GC for further discussion and agreement =
and=20
should solicit their concrete suggestions for action. (SEE LIST AT THE =
END OF=20
THESE MINUTES) <BR><BR>5. Action Items from the Hague Meeting: <BR>(a.) =
The Week=20
of Action - March 1 to 8, 1999. CARAH would contact the people =
identified in the=20
Hague minutes agreed to work on this and find out if they were doing =
anything.=20
The proposal should be re-circulated to the abolition-caucus with a =
request for=20
ideas and input and the GC should be asked to consider this. It was =
AGREED that=20
CARAH should re-post the Calendar every month to the caucus. <BR>(b.) =
Working=20
Groups Status: It was AGREED that CARAH would contact all the Working =
Group=20
Convenors to establish their true status. JANET would help CARAH draft a =
letter.=20
We discussed both the new groups established at the Hague. The Y2K group =
was=20
active. Need to check with Daniel Durand what is happening with the CD=20
monitoring group <BR>(c.) NPT Review Plan of Action: ALICE would put up =
her=20
proposal for discussion. JANET would contact Zia as to how we can get a=20
discussion on the Amendment Proposal moving. Jackie reported that WILPF =
are=20
trying to get funding to provide a better infrastructure and =
co-ordination for=20
NGO activity at the Review. <BR>(d.) John Burroughs reported that a HAP =
Steering=20
Committee was being established to carry forward the work of the Hague=20
conference. Each campaign strand would have a representative. Admiral =
Ramdas had=20
been suggested as a possible Abolition rep. There was support for this =
name but=20
we asked John to find out more and keep us informed. </P>
<P><BR>6. Action items from St Petersburg Meeting: <BR></P>
<P>The report and declaration had been sent to the Documentation Centre =
of the=20
OSCE by Ross. This will be forwarded to the meeting in St Petersburg. It =
was=20
AGREED that we should propose to the Global Council that the St =
Petersburg=20
Declaration be circulated for endorsement as widely as possible for =
presentation=20
to the Istanbul OSCE Summit in November. In the meantime lobbying of =
OSCE=20
parliamentary representatives should be encouraged. JANET would =
circulate the=20
action ideas on the OSCE produced in St Petersburg. <BR></P>
<P>7. Other Action Items: <BR>(a.) Concern was expressed about the =
nuclear=20
dangers of the confrontation in South Asia. We ask the Global Council to =

consider what action A2000 could take on this in addition to what people =
are=20
already doing. <BR>(b.) New Agenda Coalition Resolution will go the UN =
in=20
October. There is work to be done to pressure NWS's and to move =
abstentions to=20
positive votes. <BR>(c.) ICJ Resolution also needs support. <BR></P>
<P>A.O.B. <BR><BR>CARAH to ask David Krieger to circulate his proposal =
for a=20
Handbook for discussion on the next call. <BR><BR>NEXT CALL: <BR></P>
<P>August 12.13 (depending on your time zone!) at 10.00pm GMT, 5.00pm =
EST.=20
<BR>CARAH will set up. <BR>JANET to circulate draft agenda one week =
before.=20
<BR>EVERYONE PLEASE USE E-MAIL TO CIRCULATE IDEAS AND OPTIONS BEFORE THE =
CALL.=20
<BR>CARAH to contact Pol and find out why he has missed our calls. =
<BR><BR>N.B=20
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION BY GLOBAL COUNCIL: <BR>(a.) The March Week of =
Action=20
<BR>(b.) Circulation of the St Petersburg Declaration <BR>(c.) Work on =
the UN=20
resolutions <BR>(d.) Activity at the NPT Review 2000 <BR>(e.) Situation =
in South=20
Asia <BR>(f.) Fundraising </P>
<P><BR>Janet Bloomfield <BR>25 Farmadine <BR>Saffron Walden <BR>Essex =
<BR>CB11=20
3HR <BR>England <BR>Tel/Fax: [phone] <BR>e-mail: </FONT><A=20
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Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) bill bradley
Date: 15 Jul 1999 10:12:13 EDT

Peter, I agree, Jonathan

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From: Peacework <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Short query
Date: 15 Jul 1999 08:56:32 -0400

Good morning.  I don't seem to be able to receive the type of attachments
you send, so could you either paste "Death, Bombs..." right into the text
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From: "Bob Kinsey" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: A2000 Co-ordinating Committee Conference Call Minutes July 1999.
Date: 15 Jul 1999 17:13:24 -0600

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particular the nuclear people--who are making large profits from their =
activities and subverting the democratic process via campaign =
contributions.  How exactly we would use the information may be a =
subject of discussion but perhaps at the very least we could attempt to =
make known within their local environment that this is what these folks, =
neighbors, etc are doing and that they should be known -- in part -- for =
their creating this particular definition of human being.  (see Sartre). =
 In any event, I wonder if folks support the creation of such an =
annotated list and if so would they send me any info they have to be =
added to such a list.  Also, does anyone have some research that would =
help ferret out the Corps and their CEOs names and information.  Perhaps =
we could be calling them as well as the Senators they influence on call =
in days.
_________________________________________________________________________=
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Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force
United Church of Christ, Rocky Mountain Conference
[e-mail]
303-425-0348
"Two paths lie before us.  One leads to death, the other to  life."  =
Jonathan Schell
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Aug 6/message/event listing
Date: 15 Jul 1999 22:56:56 -0700 (PDT)

About a week ago, there was a posting requesting messages of solidarity for
events in Japan, and, also for news of other commemorations of the atomic
bombings. Here is a short announcement about an Aug. 6th event at Livermore
Lab...

Greetings: My organization, Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a
Radioactive Environment), located in Livermore, California, USA, continues
to be inspired by the efforts of the Japanese people to abolish nuclear
weapons. We offer you our heartfelt sorrow -- and also our best hopes and
wishes -- on the occasion of your commemorations of the U.S. atomic
bombings of Japan. This is a solemn time for all the peoples of the world,
a time to look at the devastating effects of nuclear weapons and to say,
"never again." It is also an important time to look at the destruction
wrought by the entire nuclear cycle -- from uranium mining to weapons
research and testing to warhead production and deployment to the use of
these horrific creations. At every phase of the nuclear cycle all life has
been harmed. August 6 and 9 are days to look also to the future: let us
take this time to rededicate ourselves to changing global policies. Let us
convert or close all nuclear weapons laboratories and facilities,
retraining workers for more socially productive tasks. May our combined
efforts lead us to a nuclear weapons-free 21st century!

Here in Northern California -- On August 6, 1999 there will be a
commemoration, rally and nonviolent direct action in Livermore, held at the
Lawrence Livermore nuclear weapons Laboratory. The event this year is
titled: "Abolition 2000 -- Ending the Nuclear Threat." It begins at 2:30 PM
local time with speakers. Following the speakers will be a procession to
the gates of the Livermore Laboratory where some of the rally participants
will be prepared to risk arrest. We are holding this event at Livermore Lab
because this is where the U.S. is building a giant, new nuclear weapons
facility -- called the National Ignition Facility. It will be used to
create thermonuclear explosions inside a reactor vessel in order to advance
U.S. weapons design knowledge of the secondary, or fusion, part of the
bomb. It will be used to train new nuclear weapons designers as well. Our
goal is to stop this program! This event is sponsored by Tri-Valley CAREs,
Livermore Conversion Project, Western States Legal Foundation, Greater San
Francisco Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility and many other
wonderful groups.

Please wish our activities here in the U.S. success as you hold your
commemorations in Japan. We are united in our goal for the complete and
enduring elimination of nuclear weapons!

By the way, I will be a guest of Professor Fujioka as part of a Peace
Seminar he and his students are planning August 4 - 10 in Kyoto, Hiroshima
and Nagasaki. Therefore, it is possible I may have the pleasure of seeing
you during this time. I hope so.

Peace,
Marylia Kelley


Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Short query
Date: 16 Jul 1999 07:53:56 EDT

me too,
\Colby Lowe
120 Federal St
Fairfield CT 06432

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From: "Ross Wilcock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Re: A2000 Co-ordinating Committee Conference Call Minutes July 1999.
Date: 16 Jul 1999 14:20:31 -0400

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Wait a minute, I think we have slight factual problem here.

Major Barbara refers to GB Shaw's play in which Major Barbara is a Salvation
Army officer and his arms manufacturer was 'Andrew Undershaft.' Shaw made
out that there was some sort of coniving.

There used to be a conflict in Shaw's day between materialist socialism and
Christain socialism that the Salvation Army - once called the left hand of
the Chruch might exemplify. This is what Shaw was getting at in his play.
Materialism turned into Socialism with violence ie Bolshevism. This was in
the time frame of WW I and the days of the British Empire - long past.
Shaw's treatment of the matter was cynical and propagandistic.

The Salvation Army was the recipient in Moscow of US Desert Storm food
supplies only because the Bush administration was prepared to deliver it to
a reputable international organization that they understood. The officer in
Moscow at the time was a Swedish-American who offered to distribute it.  I
know how much this gesture was appreciated in Moscow.

The Salvation Army is on record today as supporting World Peace, and
supporting the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons - on the basis of plain
Christian theology - just as Pope Jouhn Paul II does.

All spiritual leaders of every calling need to support the good principles
on which human spirituality and  decency is based.

If you don't think they are doing the job - write or see them and ask why
not! Or better still - do something practical to help!

The Andrew Undershafts of this world are of course another problem, and
unfortunately, their motivation seems the same as in Victorian times. Sad to
recall - this is what laid the foundations of Marxism.  Winston Churchill
worked with William Booth presenting as a result the world's first Welfare
State legislation to the British parliament around 1915.

I think the most important lesson is that a stupid game continues without
apparent a capacity of learning from mistakes of the past.  You need only to
study the lessons of history to see where we are heading.

Winston Churchill was a very enlightened person. He received both Nobel
Prizes for both Peace and Literature. How interesting it would be to consult
Winston Churchill and William Booth today - and why not also Marx also since
his work as an economist may be out of favor currently, but who can speak
for the furture - if there is one?

This is why it is so important to learn from the lessons of history.  Ours
may be times of last hope.

Ross Wilcock

  -----Original Message-----
  From: [e-mail]
[mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of Bob Kinsey
  Sent: July 15, 1999 7:13 PM
  To: Janet Bloomfield; Abolition-Europe; [e-mail];
abolitionusa
  Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: A2000 Co-ordinating Committee Conference Call
Minutes July 1999.


  At our meeting at the Hague we discussed the idea of identifying the Major
Barbaras of the world--ie arms merchants/researchers and, in particular the
nuclear people--who are making large profits from their activities and
subverting the democratic process via campaign contributions.  How exactly
we would use the information may be a subject of discussion but perhaps at
the very least we could attempt to make known within their local environment
that this is what these folks, neighbors, etc are doing and that they should
be known -- in part -- for their creating this particular definition of
human being.  (see Sartre).  In any event, I wonder if folks support the
creation of such an annotated list and if so would they send me any info
they have to be added to such a list.  Also, does anyone have some research
that would help ferret out the Corps and their CEOs names and information.
Perhaps we could be calling them as well as the Senators they influence on
call in days.

____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________
  Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force
  United Church of Christ, Rocky Mountain Conference
  [e-mail]
  303-425-0348
  "Two paths lie before us.  One leads to death, the other to  life."
Jonathan Schell
  "Faith has need of the whole truth"  Teilhard de Chardin
  "Jesus was non-violent.  Shouldn't Christians be?

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supplies only=20
because the Bush administration was prepared to deliver it to a =
reputable=20
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at the=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
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spiritual leaders of every calling need to support the good principles =
on which=20
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better still=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D687414117-16071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=3D687414117-16071999>he Andrew Undershafts of this world are of=20
course </SPAN><SPAN class=3D687414117-16071999>another problem, and =

unfortunately, their motivation seems the same as in Victorian =
times.=20
Sad to recall - this is what laid the foundations of Marxism.  =
Winston=20
Churchill worked with William Booth presenting as a result the world's =
first=20
Welfare State legislation to the British parliament around =
1915.  =20
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class=3D687414117-16071999>I=20
think the most important lesson is that a stupid game continues without =
apparent=20
a capacity of learning from mistakes of the past.  You need only to =
study=20
the lessons of history to see where we are heading.  =
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
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person. He=20
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interesting it=20
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not also=20
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favor currently, but=20
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one? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D687414117-16071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=3D687414117-16071999>This=20
is why it is so important to learn from the lessons of =
history.  Ours=20
may be times of last hope.  </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D687414117-16071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
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Wilcock</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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  [e-mail]=20
  [mailto:[e-mail]]<B>On Behalf Of</B> Bob =

  Kinsey<BR><B>Sent:</B> July 15, 1999 7:13 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Janet =
Bloomfield;=20
  Abolition-Europe; [e-mail];=20
  abolitionusa<BR><B>Subject:</B> (abolition-usa) Re: A2000 =
Co-ordinating=20
  Committee Conference Call Minutes July 1999.<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
  <DIV><EM><FONT color=3D#800000 face=3DVerdana>At our meeting at the =
Hague we=20
  discussed the idea of identifying the Major Barbaras of the world--ie =
arms=20
  merchants/researchers and, in particular the nuclear people--who are =
making=20
  large profits from their activities and subverting the democratic =
process via=20
  campaign contributions.  How exactly we would use the information =
may be=20
  a subject of discussion but perhaps at the very least we could attempt =
to make=20
  known within their local environment that this is what these folks, =
neighbors,=20
  etc are doing and that they should be known -- in part -- for their =
creating=20
  this particular definition of human being.  (see Sartre).  =
In any=20
  event, I wonder if folks support the creation of such an annotated =
list and if=20
  so would they send me any info they have to be added to such a =
list. =20
  Also, does anyone have some research that would help ferret out the =
Corps and=20
  their CEOs names and information.  Perhaps we could be calling =
them as=20
  well as the Senators they influence on call in days.</FONT></EM></DIV>
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face=3DVerdana>__________________________________________________________=
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  Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force<BR>United Church of Christ, Rocky =

  Mountain Conference<BR><A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</A><BR>=
303-425-0348<BR>"Two=20
  paths lie before us.  One leads to death, the other to  =
life." =20
  Jonathan Schell<BR>"Faith has need of the whole truth"  Teilhard =
de=20
  Chardin<BR>"Jesus was non-violent.  Shouldn't Christians=20
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Subject: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data
Date: 16 Jul 1999 23:54:13 -0700

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    Hello to the fine people of the Abolition list serve,

    I think the idea that Bob Kinsey just put out here is a great one.
The peace community needs to publicize the fact that these horrible
decisions to endanger humanity and squander resources are not beyond the
control of human intervention, but in fact the result of human
intervention.
    Major Barbara #1 (in terms of nuclear weapons) is the Center for
Security Policy. Started in 1988 by Frank Gaffney (Reagan Pentagon
appointee) this think tank recieved over $2 million in corporate donations
from companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing which profit from Star Wars.
The board members include 5 Lockheed Martin Execs, and Edward Teller. These
folks are the major power behind the Star Wars lobby.
    I got this information from an article by William Hartung of the
World Policy Institute. I'm sure they have a lot of the information you
seek. I imagine Council for a Livable World also has a lot of information
on odious weapons merchants. Below are two lists: the top 100 military
contractors , and the top fifty nuclear contractors. Unfortunately they are
in a rather unweildy format, but it's a start. I hope this helps get the
project under way. I'd love to kept appraised of any developments of this.

    Sincerely,
    Andrew Page
    Northern California Political Director
    California Peace Action

The 100 Largest Military Contractors

Data are for fiscal year 1997.  Numbers in parentheses indicate rank order.

Source: Publication DIOR/PO1-97, U.S. Government Printing Office, Wasbington
DC 20402.

Aerospace Corp. (41)    Boeing Co. (2)    Federal Express Corp.
Alleghey Teledyne, Inc.    Boeing Sikorsky        (45)
    (91)            Comanche Team (78)    Federal Prison Indus-
Alliant Techsystems, Inc.        Booz Allen & Hamilton,
    tries, Inc. (71)
    (30)        Inc. (34)    Federal Republic of Ger-
Allied Signal, Inc. (23)    BTG, Inc. (92)        many (95)
American Automar, Inc.    CBS Corp. (15)    FMC Corp. (37)
    (81)    Chevron Corp. (48)    Foundation Health Sys-
AT&T (67)    Chrysler Corp. (75)            tems, Inc. (18)
Atlantic Richfield Co.    Clark Enterprises, Inc.    Gencorp, Inc. (89)
    (51)            (73)    General Dynamics CO@.
Avondale Industries, Inc.    Computer Sciences Corp.        (4)
    (19)                (17)    General Electric Co., In-.
BDM International, Inc.        Draper, Charles Starks,        (8)
    (29)            laboratories (74)    General Electric Co.
Bechtel Group, Inc. (50)        Dyneorp (25)        PLC (53)
Bell Atlantic Corp. (99)        Electronic Data Systems    General
Motors Cop. (6)
Bergen Brunswig Corp.                Corp. (33)    Government
of Canada
    (98)    Exxon Corp. (24)    (68)

Government Technology        Massachusetts Institute    Shell Oil Co. (43)
    Services (77)        of Tech. (32)    Soltek of San Diego (87)
GTE Corp. (12)        MCI Communications    Southwest Marine, Inc.
Gulfstream Aerospace        Corp. (60)        (85)
    Corp. (94)        McKesson Corp. (100)    Ssangyong (USA), Inc.
Halliburton Co., Inc. (44)        Mitre Corp., The (40)        (84)
Harris Corp. (63)        Motorola, Inc. (39)    Standard Missile Co.
Hensel Phelps Construc-        Nasseo Holdings, Inc. (46)        LLC
(27)
    tion Co. (69)        Newport Nevs Ship-    Stewart &-
Stevenson Ser-
Highmark, Inc. (59)        building, Inc. (16)        vices (49)
Honeywell, Inc. (72)        Nichols Research Corp.        Sverdrup
Corp.(36)
Humana, Inc. (20)                 (52)        Texas Instruments, Inc.
International Business        Northrop Grumman    (26)
    Machines (79)        Corp. (3)    Texas Instruments/Martin
International Shipholding        OHM Corp. (42)        Marietta (62)
    Corp. (97)        Olin Corp. (82)    Textron, Inc. (10)
ITT Industries, Inc. (13)        Oshkosh Truck Corp. (66)
    Thiokol Corp. (83)
The Johns Hopkins Uni-        Philip Morris Cos., Inc.    Tracor,
Inc. (22)
    versity, Inc. (-i6)               (88)        Triwest
Healthcare
Johnson Controls, Inc.        Phillip Holzmann        Alliance (64)
    (47)                Aktiengesefls (58)    TRW, Inc. (14)
Kaman Corp. (90)        Primex Technologies,    Unisys Corp. (65)
Kuwait Petroleum Corp.               Inc. (96)    United Defense, LP
    (86)        Procter & Gamble Co. (56)        (21)
Litton Industries, Inc. (9)        Raytheon Co., Inc. (5)    United
States Depart-
Lockheed Martin Corp.        Renco Group, Inc. (38)        ment of
Energy (31)
    (1)        Rockwell International    United Technologies
1ogicon, Inc. (35)            Corp. (28)        Corp. (7)
Longbow LLC (34)        Rolls-Royce PLC (57)    Vanstar Corp. (80)
Maersk, Inc. (61)        Science Applications    VSE Corp. (93)
Mantech International        International Corp.    Worldcorp., Inc. (55)
Corp. (70)    (11)


The Top 50 Nuclear Weapons Contractors

Data are for fiscal Year 1997.  Numbers in parentheses indicate rank order.
Source:    Department of Defense data compiled by Eagle Eye Publishers.

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.        BDM Corp. (12)        Continental
Maritime
    (15)            Boeing Co. (2)
Industries (46)
Allied Signal, Inc. (16)        Colsa Corp. (26)
    Draper, Charles Stark,
Bath Holding Corp.            Computer Science/
Laboratories (13)
 (8)                           Raytheon (17)
    Dynetics, Inc. (37)

Eaton Corp. (29)    Mevatec Corp. (38)    Sequa Corp. (35)
Gencorp, Inc. (32)    Motorola Corp. (30)        Southwest Marine, Inc.
General Dynamics Corp     Nassco Holdings (50).        (19)
    (9)    Newport News Ship-        Sparta, Inc. (43)
General Electric Co. (7)    building, Inc. (10)        Teledyne,
Inc. (23)
General Electric Co.    Nichols Research Corp.    Texas Instruments, Inc,
    PLC (48)    (22)                (39)
Thomas W A. Hoffman    Northrop Grumman        Textron, Inc. (44)
    (24)    Corp. (3)                Thermo Electron Corp.
Honeywell, Inc. (27)    Ogden Corp. (47)            (44)
ITT Corp. (36)    Olin Corp. (40)            Thiokol Corp. (31)
The Johns Hopldns Uni-    Orbital Sciences Corp. (42)    Tracor, Inc. (14)
    versity (45)    Owen Corp. Systems        TRW, Inc. (II)
Johnson Controls (18)    Group (20)            United Technology
K Systems, Inc. (34)    Raytheon Co., Inc. (4)        Corp. (6)
Litton Industries, Inc.(9)    Rolls Royce PLC (41)
    Wales-Weapon Systems
Lockheed Martin Corp.     Science Applications            Engineering
(49)
    (1)           International Corp.        Westinghouse Electric
Lucas Industries, Inc.(3)             (21)
    Corp. (28)


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    <fontfamily><param>Geneva</param><bigger>Hello to the fine people of
the Abolition list serve,


    I think the idea that Bob Kinsey just put out here is a great one. The
peace community needs to publicize the fact that these horrible
decisions to endanger humanity and squander resources are not beyond
the control of human intervention, but in fact the result of human
intervention.=20

    Major Barbara #1 (in terms of nuclear weapons) is the Center for
Security Policy. Started in 1988 by Frank Gaffney (Reagan Pentagon
appointee) this think tank recieved over $2 million in corporate
donations from companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing which profit
from Star Wars. The board members include 5 Lockheed Martin Execs, and
Edward Teller. These folks are the major power behind the Star Wars
lobby.

    I got this information from an article by William Hartung of the World
Policy Institute. I'm sure they have a lot of the information you seek.
I imagine Council for a Livable World also has a lot of information on
odious weapons merchants. Below are two lists: the top 100 military
contractors , and the top fifty nuclear contractors. Unfortunately they
are in a rather unweildy format, but it's a start. I hope this helps
get the project under way. I'd love to kept appraised of any
developments of this.


    Sincerely,

    Andrew Page

    Northern California Political Director

    California Peace Action


</bigger></fontfamily><bigger><bold><fontfamily><param>Helvetica</param><big=
ger><bigger>The
100 Largest Military Contractors


</bigger></bigger></fontfamily></bold><italic><fontfamily><param>Times</para=
m>Data
are for fiscal year 1997.  Numbers in parentheses indicate rank order.


Source: Publication DIOR/PO1-97, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Wasbington

DC 20402.


</fontfamily></italic><fontfamily><param>Times</param>Aerospace Corp.
(41)    Boeing Co. (2)    Federal Express Corp.

Alleghey Teledyne, Inc.    Boeing Sikorsky        (45)

    (91)            Comanche Team (78)    Federal Prison Indus-

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.        Booz Allen & Hamilton,        tries, Inc. (71)

    (30)        Inc. (34)    Federal Republic of Ger-

Allied Signal, Inc. (23)    BTG, Inc. (92)        many (95)

American Automar, Inc.    CBS Corp. (15)    FMC Corp. (37)

    (81)    Chevron Corp. (48)    Foundation Health Sys-

AT&T (67)    Chrysler Corp. (75)            tems, Inc. (18)

Atlantic Richfield Co.    Clark Enterprises, Inc.    Gencorp, Inc. (89)

    (51)            (73)    General Dynamics CO@.

Avondale Industries, Inc.    Computer Sciences Corp.        (4)

    (19)                (17)    General Electric Co., In-.

BDM International, Inc.        Draper, Charles Starks,        (8)

    (29)            laboratories (74)    General Electric Co.

Bechtel Group, Inc. (50)        Dyneorp (25)        PLC (53)

Bell Atlantic Corp. (99)        Electronic Data Systems    General Motors Cop.
(6)

Bergen Brunswig Corp.                Corp. (33)    Government of Canada

    (98)    Exxon Corp. (24)    (68)


Government Technology        Massachusetts Institute    Shell Oil Co. (43)

    Services (77)        of Tech. (32)    Soltek of San Diego (87)

GTE Corp. (12)        MCI Communications    Southwest Marine, Inc.

Gulfstream Aerospace        Corp. (60)        (85)

    Corp. (94)        McKesson Corp. (100)    Ssangyong (USA), Inc.

Halliburton Co., Inc. (44)        Mitre Corp., The (40)        (84)

Harris Corp. (63)        Motorola, Inc. (39)    Standard Missile Co.

Hensel Phelps Construc-        Nasseo Holdings, Inc. (46)        LLC (27)

    tion Co. (69)        Newport Nevs Ship-    Stewart &- Stevenson Ser-

Highmark, Inc. (59)        building, Inc. (16)        vices (49)

Honeywell, Inc. (72)        Nichols Research Corp.        Sverdrup Corp.(36)

Humana, Inc. (20)                 (52)        Texas Instruments, Inc.

International Business        Northrop Grumman    (26)

    Machines (79)        Corp. (3)    Texas Instruments/Martin

International Shipholding        OHM Corp. (42)        Marietta (62)

    Corp. (97)        Olin Corp. (82)    Textron, Inc. (10)

ITT Industries, Inc. (13)        Oshkosh Truck Corp. (66)    Thiokol Corp. (83)

The Johns Hopkins Uni-        Philip Morris Cos., Inc.    Tracor, Inc. (22)

    versity, Inc. (-i6)               (88)        Triwest Healthcare

Johnson Controls, Inc.        Phillip Holzmann        Alliance (64)

    (47)                Aktiengesefls (58)    TRW, Inc. (14)

Kaman Corp. (90)        Primex Technologies,    Unisys Corp. (65)

Kuwait Petroleum Corp.               Inc. (96)    United Defense, LP

    (86)        Procter & Gamble Co. (56)        (21)

Litton Industries, Inc. (9)        Raytheon Co., Inc. (5)    United States
Depart-

Lockheed Martin Corp.        Renco Group, Inc. (38)        ment of Energy (31)

    (1)        Rockwell International    United Technologies

1ogicon, Inc. (35)            Corp. (28)        Corp. (7)

Longbow LLC (34)        Rolls-Royce PLC (57)    Vanstar Corp. (80)

Maersk, Inc. (61)        Science Applications    VSE Corp. (93)

Mantech International        International Corp.    Worldcorp., Inc. (55)

Corp. (70)    (11)



</fontfamily><bold><fontfamily><param>Helvetica</param><bigger><bigger>The
Top 50 Nuclear Weapons Contractors


</bigger></bigger></fontfamily></bold><bigger><italic><fontfamily><param>Tim=
es</param>Data
are for fiscal Year 1997.  Numbers in parentheses indicate rank order.

Source:    Department of Defense data compiled by Eagle Eye Publishers.


</fontfamily></italic><fontfamily><param>Times</param>Alliant
Techsystems, Inc.        BDM Corp. (12)        Continental Maritime

    (15)            Boeing Co. (2)                   Industries (46)

Allied Signal, Inc. (16)        Colsa Corp. (26)         Draper, Charles Stark,

Bath Holding Corp.            Computer Science/                Laboratories (13)

 (8)                           Raytheon (17)        Dynetics, Inc. (37)


Eaton Corp. (29)    Mevatec Corp. (38)    Sequa Corp. (35)

Gencorp, Inc. (32)    Motorola Corp. (30)        Southwest Marine, Inc.

General Dynamics Corp     Nassco Holdings (50).        (19)

    (9)    Newport News Ship-        Sparta, Inc. (43)

General Electric Co. (7)    building, Inc. (10)        Teledyne, Inc. (23)

General Electric Co.    Nichols Research Corp.    Texas Instruments, Inc,

    PLC (48)    (22)                (39)

Thomas W A. Hoffman    Northrop Grumman        Textron, Inc. (44)

    (24)    Corp. (3)                Thermo Electron Corp.

Honeywell, Inc. (27)    Ogden Corp. (47)            (44)

ITT Corp. (36)    Olin Corp. (40)            Thiokol Corp. (31)

The Johns Hopldns Uni-    Orbital Sciences Corp. (42)    Tracor, Inc. (14)

    versity (45)    Owen Corp. Systems        TRW, Inc. (II)

Johnson Controls (18)    Group (20)            United Technology

K Systems, Inc. (34)    Raytheon Co., Inc. (4)        Corp. (6)

Litton Industries, Inc.(9)    Rolls Royce PLC (41)        Wales-Weapon Systems

Lockheed Martin Corp.     Science Applications            Engineering (49)

    (1)           International Corp.        Westinghouse Electric

Lucas Industries, Inc.(3)             (21)            Corp. (28)


    </fontfamily></bigger></bigger>

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Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Re: Salvation Army
Date: 16 Jul 1999 17:56:30 -0400

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Thanks, Ross.   It's not clear to me where the details of the Salvation Army
have come in (I've been skimming recent e-mail fast), but on that subject: I
knew nothing about them except Christmas bell-ringing and used clothing
stores until recently.  I have recently had the occasion to learn more and
have been thoroughly impressed with founder William Booth's lasting legacy
of organizing people who profess Christian beliefs to roll up their sleeves
and get out there on the streets and help people the system has left behind.
Their fairly standard Protestant Christian theology obviously isn't for
everyone, but my impression of their record of acting on human-solidarity
values is very, very favorable.  If anyone is interested in efficiently
learning more there is a ??40-minute video history the Salvation Army
produced this year, narrated by Charles Osgood and Walter Cronkite
("Salvation Army 101"), that is wonderful -- I could try to get a copy for
you.

I mention this on this nuclear abolition list because I think that groups
like the Salvation Army are potential strong allies in our nuclear abolition
work, if we can find ways to link with them effectively.  I think we're
somewhat stuck in the "usual suspects" loops of thinking and
communicating -- I've said this before: there is never going to be nuclear
abolition without a nuclear weapons convention and there is never going to
be a nuclear weapons convention without a 2/3 vote of the U.S. Senate
ratifying it.  That is never going to happen unless nuclear abolition is a
thoroughly mainstream U.S. political idea.   And, finally, THAT is never
going to happen unless nuclear abolition completely
transcends/ignores/defies the usual categories of left/right,
Republican/Democrat, socialist/capitalist, etc.  The Salvation Army (and
many others) could help -- nuclear weapons are evil and a lot more people
and groups know that in their soul(s) than we sometimes let ourselves see.

At least that's my own strong personal view.

Lachlan



The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
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         since 1940
www.schweitzerfellowship.org
617-667-5111; 617-667-7989 (fax)

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abolished...All negotiations regarding the abolition of nuclear weapons
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Thanks, Andrew.  This kind of information is very helpful and should be
widely publicized.  I do hope that when we think of "odious weapons
merchants" we keep in mind that many of the people who lead even the top
50-100 nuclear weapons contractors do not necessarily have very different
core values from those of us on this list.  We need strategies that not only
"speak truth to power" but also keep ourselves open to the possibility that
engagement in dialogue in a spirit of nonviolence (i.e. not attacking them
personally as much as confronting them in ways that engage their own
reflection) with some of the most important people involved in these
corporations may bear important fruit.  This is not only because the spirit
that we bring to our antinuclear work is crucial to our own integrity.  I
also believe, for sheerly practical reasons, that if we approach this as a
"war" against this "enemy" we are not likely to "win" in the foreseeable
future, and nuclear abolition has special urgency, as we all understand.
"Hate the sin; love the sinner", or something like that.

--LF

"...There is no greater misfortune
than underestimating your enemy.
Underestimating your enemy
mean thinking that he is evil.
Thus you...become an enemy yourself."

Tao te Ching,  69
Stephen Mitchell translation
  -----Original Message-----
  From: [e-mail]
[mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of California Peace
Action
  Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999 2:54 AM
  To: [e-mail]
  Subject: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data


  Hello to the fine people of the Abolition list serve,

  I think the idea that Bob Kinsey just put out here is a great one. The
peace community needs to publicize the fact that these horrible decisions to
endanger humanity and squander resources are not beyond the control of human
intervention, but in fact the result of human intervention.
  Major Barbara #1 (in terms of nuclear weapons) is the Center for Security
Policy. Started in 1988 by Frank Gaffney (Reagan Pentagon appointee) this
think tank recieved over $2 million in corporate donations from companies
like Lockheed Martin and Boeing which profit from Star Wars. The board
members include 5 Lockheed Martin Execs, and Edward Teller. These folks are
the major power behind the Star Wars lobby.
  I got this information from an article by William Hartung of the World
Policy Institute. I'm sure they have a lot of the information you seek. I
imagine Council for a Livable World also has a lot of information on odious
weapons merchants. Below are two lists: the top 100 military contractors ,
and the top fifty nuclear contractors. Unfortunately they are in a rather
unweildy format, but it's a start. I hope this helps get the project under
way. I'd love to kept appraised of any developments of this.

  Sincerely,
  Andrew Page
  Northern California Political Director
  California Peace Action

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</B>California=20
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companies like=20
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members=20
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the major=20
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article by=20
  William Hartung of the World Policy Institute. I'm sure they have a =
lot of the=20
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lot of=20
  information on odious weapons merchants. Below are two lists: the top =
100=20
  military contractors , and the top fifty nuclear contractors. =
Unfortunately=20
  they are in a rather unweildy format, but it's a start. I hope this =
helps get=20
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of=20
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From: "Ross Wilcock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: Salvation Army
Date: 16 Jul 1999 21:42:37 -0400

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Oh I just couldn't let that one pass, Lachlan.

Major Barbara is sometimes used as a metaphor for the Salvation Army
General. In 1992 it was Eva Burrows from Melbourne who the Russians welcomed
enthusiastically as "The Gentle General." She is a great lady and I could
not allow even her metaphor to be misundestood. I know she prayed with
President Ronald Reagan for instance in the 80s. I don't know if she ever
met MSG - but he is very hard to meet and the SA didn't return to Russia
during his adminstration - though he was a valuable influence.

If you want to read a Salvation Army Statement about abolishing Nuclear
Weapons try the Alleluia (rotating) link on the PGS menu page  or simply
http://www.pgs.ca/pages/a2/sanucdis.htm

I think the Salvation Army General is still Paul Rader from the USA.

When the Pope, the General and the Dalai Lama all seem to agree on the
issue - why is there still a problem?

Ross Wilcock

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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) CAN ANYONE HELP? CONGRESSIONAL SIGNATURES FOR DE-ALERTING LETTER
Date: 17 Jul 1999 21:13:48 +1000

Dear People,
I am looking for people who might be able to get congressional signatures
for the Y2K De-Alerting letter that I have been circulating.

It isn't possible to do so via congressional email because all that happens
is that you are auto-spammed by the autoresponders.

There is no human response whatsoever, and it is hopeless.

As I am physically located in Australia it is hardly possible to do it by
fax and phone.

I need someone who is willing to take on the task of getting as many
congresional signatures to this important letter, well before the date of
Aug 6th, when it is to be released to media.

I hope to hear from someone soon!

I am sending up the letter be separate email.



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) LETS GET DE-ALERT CAMPAIGN GOING
Date: 17 Jul 1999 21:00:08 +1000

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown,
Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903

[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd

Dear Everybody,

Some thoughts on a de-alerting campaign.

The possibility that Y2K-Related computer failure might possibly give rise
to an accidental nuclear war is both real and frightening.

Lets put it clearly.

If what BASIC and others are saying is correct, there is a significant
risk, however remote, that Y2K related computer failure over the rollover
period could lead to an accidental nuclear exchange or accidental nuclear
war.

Even if the risk of this were very small it's not a risk that the planet
should be subjected to.

And it's a risk that CAN be eliminated or minimised by taking  N-weapons
off hairtrigger alert.

But on the whole, the people out there in middle- Australia, middle
America,  middle -Japan,or middle Russia still have no real idea that it is
a possibility.

When I explain this stuff to people I meet, they usually look a bit
stunned, and are either silent, or just say 'Oh', or use an expletive, and
then they ask what they can do to help. When I explained it on a national
telephone hookup of antinuke groups, there was a sort of silence, followed
by a soft collective groan.

People know it's serious but can't quite get their minds around it.

Is that why there's not more of a focus on it?

It needs to be much more of a campaign priority than it seems to be.

As far as I can see at the moment, while Rennie Drielsma and Operation
de-Alert, and the Boston de-Alerting Committee are devoted to de- alerting,
and there have been some new initiatives with the World Atomic Safety
Holiday (WASH) idea coming out of Japan, and the NIRS Y2K campaign (which
is more reactor - focused), and while PGS, TVC,  and everyone on this list
are doing things, there is not a strong focus on this topic.

People agree that it's important, and the Y2K problem gives it extra
urgency, but the actual time- bounded and time- urgent nature of the
problem is not, to my mind getting enough attention.

The letter to Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin that I have been circulating,
which many of you have signed, is to be released on Aug 6th. By then it
will have been faxed a number of times to Bill'n Boris, and to their
respective defence secretaries, as well as by email to all heads of state
and the UN.

But that is only the start of any de-alerting campaign.

In Australia, we will be looking at getting Senate resolutions up on de-
alerting.

I hope that the same thing may be possible with the EP.

But we really need a much more concentrated focuss on this issue to make a
difference, with pressure especially in the US and if we can manage it, in
Russia.

I hope that in the next 1-2 months this will be possible.

If people are doing work on de- alerting on any level - grass roots
congress, duma, or kremlin or white house - can they gat in touch with me?

And can people sign and  circulate the de-alerting letter to others to
sign, and think what steps to take beyond letters?

get in touch with me on the above adress.

John Hallam,
Nuclear Campaigner,
Friends of the Earth Sydney, Australia.



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Sign-on Letter re Y2K De-alerting of Strategic Nukes to Yeltsin,
Date: 17 Jul 1999 21:30:22 +1000

This letter is now soliciting signatures - especially congressional ones.

FROM:
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH JAPAN SIBERIA PROGRAM

AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE,
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR,
PAX CHRISTI N.S.W.,
WAYSIDE CHAPEL, UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA,
PITT STREET UNITING CHURCH, PITT ST, SYDNEY,
CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DISARMAMENT (CICD) AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRALIAN ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, N.S.W.,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA,
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY,
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,
ARID LANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST,
PACIFIC CONNECTIONS,
TWO BILLION VOICES FOR PEACE PROJECT,
UNITED TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL SA.,
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE S.A.,
CFMEU, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH,
A.M.W.U., SA. OFFICE.,

SENATOR LYN ALLISON, VIC.,
SENATOR MEG LEES, LEADER, DEMOCRATS, VIC.,
SENATOR NATASHA STOTT-DESPOJA, DEPUTY LEADER AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS,
SENATOR VICKY BOURNE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR N.S.W.,
SENATOR ANDREW BARTLETT, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND,
SENATOR DEE MARGETTS, GREENS, W.A.,
SENATOR BOB BROWN, GREENS, TAS,
SENATOR GEORGE CAMPBELL, ALP,  N.S.W.,
SENATOR MARGARET REYNOLDS,
ANTHONY ALBANESE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR GRAYNDLER,
TANYA PLIBERSEK,  ALP FEDERAL MP FOR SYDNEY,
JANN MC FARLANE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR STIRLING, W.A.,
JILL HALL M.P., MEMBER FOR SHORTLAND,
IAN COHEN, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
LEE RHIANNON, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
SANDRA KANCK, DEMOCRAT MLC, S.A.,
IAN GILFILLAN, DEMOCRAT MLC, SA,
ROBYN GERAGHTY, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR TORRENS, SA,
FRANCES BEDFORD, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR FLOREY, SA.,
LOUISE CROSSLEY, NATIONAL CONVENOR, GREENS,

WORLD COURT PROJECT UK,
MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP, PRESIDENT, IPB.,
SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE,  CANADA,
BRITISH-AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION CENTRE, US/UK,
GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL,
JAPAN CONGRESS AGAINST A AND H-BOMBS (GENSUIKYO)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS (IALANA),
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (Geneva/NY),

CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT U.K.,
SAFFRON WALDEN GROUP AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
YOUTH AND STUDENT CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
WEST MIDLANDS CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
YORKSHIRE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES 2000 NORFOLK UK.,
NETWORK INFORMATION PROJECT, SOUTHAMPTON,UK, .,
CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF U.S., BASES,

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY CENTRE, NZ,
*AOTEOROA/NEW ZEALAND PEACE FOUNDATION, AUCKLAND, NZ.,*
ENGINEERS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, N.Z.,
NEW ZEALAND GREENS,
NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, N.Z.,
PEACE ACTION DUNEDIN, N.Z.,
PEACE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND,
ABOLITION-2000 NEW ZEALAND,
IPPNW NEW ZEALAND,
VETERANS FOR PEACE NZ.,
ARCHITECTS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR, NZ.,
C.N.D., VETERANS NEW ZEALAND,
CENTRE FOR PEACE STUDIES, UNIV. OF AUCKLAND, NZ,

PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NGOS, BELAU.,
MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR,
GREEN ACTION KYOTO,
WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN,
SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA,
INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW,
WISE-KALININGRAD,
ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW,
PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD,
EDUCATIONAL COMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA,
COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND,
PEACE UNION OF FINLAND,
NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)
PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK,
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (FRANCE),
MOUVEMENT DE LA PAIX, FRANCE,
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR IMMEDIATE DISARMAMENT, SWITZERLAND,
DARMSTAEDTER FRIEDENSFORUM, GERMANY,
NUCLEAR-FREE AWARD, GERMANY,
ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP,
CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA,
IPPNW AUSTRIA,
ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA,
COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS,
INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM,
MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS,
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS,
ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,

GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y U.S.,
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS,
NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK,
TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S.,
SAVE WARD VALLEY, CALIF, U.S.,
METRO-BOSTON COMMITTEE TO DE-ALERT NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, U.S.,
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, U.S.A,
LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIF.,
ACTION SITE TO STOP CASSINI FLYBY,
PROPOSITION-1 COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON DC, US.,
HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS, TECOPA, CALIF, U.S.,
UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK
FORCE,
METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, USA.,
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US,
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA.,
PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S.,
GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE,
WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS,
CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA,
CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO,
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY NEW MEXICO,
PEACE ACTION USA.,
METRO NEW YORK PEACE ACTION COUNCIL, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI U.S.A.,
PAX CHRISTI NEW YORK,
PAX CHRISTI, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI TEXAS,
PAX CHRISTI ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA,
FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN,
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL,
ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S.,
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND,

BILL BLAIKIE MP, HOUSE LEADER, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA,
SVEND ROBINSON MP, HOUSE OF REPS, CANADA,
VETERANS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, CANADA,
PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL, CANADA,
NEW GREEN ALLIANCE, CANADA,
PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY, BC, CANADA.,
THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, VANCOUVER, B.C.,
PLOUGHSHARES, CALGARY, CANADA,


PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN,
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
KRASNOPRESENSKAYA-2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone] [phone],

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US,
[phone], [phone].

WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,
[phone],

BILL RICHARDSON, US SECRETARY OF ENERGY,
[phone].

IGOR SERGEYEV,
DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
Znamenka-19, 103160, Moscow, Russia,
[phone], 247-2795, 247-2722, 293-3323.

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone],

CC
ALL HEADS OF STATE (BY EMAIL)
ALL UN MISSIONS (BY EMAIL)

Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton, Defence Ministers and Defence
Secretaries, Heads of State and UN Missions,

The organisations above, representing millions of people worldwide, are
writing to convey their extreme concern  over the possibility that Year
2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to
an unacceptable risk of  nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.

In the current political situation this is most especially the case.
According to Alexandr Arbatov, of the Defence Committee of the Russian
State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute,  most
dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.'

The danger   during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that
spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to
mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons.

Events similar to this have already occurred. For example:

In the US in 1980,  a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert
signals;

In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a US
missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local
commander to believe the warnings were real);

In 1995,  a Norwegian research rocket prompted a full-scale Russian alert.

If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if
communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of
hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There
should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach  to Y2K and nuclear
arsenals.

Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their
nuclear- related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible
solution is for them all to  stand down nuclear operations. This approach
should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling
nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles.

The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are
such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself on
earth could be in doubt.

In  light of this, we strongly urge that you remove all strategic and
tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a
status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
launch them.

The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear
alert status would:
--Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorised  nuclear
missile launch.
--Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching
disarmament agenda
--Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear
weapon states.

This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and
NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US on
Y2K problems.

According to the Canberra Commission,
"Taking nuclear forces off alert could be verified by national technical
means and nuclear weapon state inspection arrangements. in the first
instance, reduction in alert status could be adopted by the nuclear weapon
states unilaterally"

If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for either
to launch a disarming first strike.

The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe
so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K
computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
politics and national security.


Signed

Kevin Dunion, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner,  Friends of the Earth Australia,
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine,
Jan Kunnas, Friends of the Earth Finland,
Amis de la Terre, Paris, France,
Loukia Pavlidou, President, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Oleg Svistunov, Friends of the Earth Japan Siberia Program,

Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW,
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia,
Julie Marlow, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Committee,
Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, SA Branch,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, National Committee,
Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War,
IPPNW Regional Vice-President, Aust.,
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
Peter Jones, War Resisters International, Australia.,
Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,
Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore,
Deborah Matters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT.,
Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.,
Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA.,
Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore,
Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast,
Chris White, Secretary, United Trades and Labour Council, SA,
Paul Martinella, State Secretary, CFMEU, SA,
Trevor Smith, National Secretary, CFMEU, Forests and Forests products
Division, SA,
Stephen Smith, Secretary, CFMEU, Furnishing trade Division, SA,
Helen Caldicott, MD,
Mick Doyle, United Firefighters Union of SA,
Paul Noak, Secy, A.M.W.U. SA Office.
Martin O' Malley, Secy, CFMEU, SA Branch.
Stephen Spence, Secretary, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, SA.,

Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
Senator Meg Lees, Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader of the
Australian Democrats,
Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW.,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrat Senator for Queensland,
Senator Bob Brown, Green Senator for Tasmania,
Senator Dee Margetts, Green Senator for Western Australia,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Senator Margaret Reynolds, ALP,
Anthony Albanese. ALP, Federal member for Grayndler,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP,  Federal member for Sydney,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, M.P., Federal member for Shortland, NSW,
Cheryl Davenport MLC., W.A.,
Ian Cohen, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Lee Rhiannon, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Sandra Kanck, MLC,Democrats, S.A.,
Ian Gilfillan, MLC, Democrats, SA,
Robyn Geraghty MP, Member for Torrens, SA.,
Frances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A.,
Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia,

Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia.,
Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections,
Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project,

Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK,
Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden,
Martin Butcher, British-American Security Information Centre, US/UK,
Stephanie Mills, Greenpeace International Nuclear and Disarmament Campaign,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms, (IALANA), The Hague, Neth.,

Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.,
Janet Bloomfield, Former Chair CND, Abolition UK, Saffron Walden Group
Against Nuclear Weapons,
Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, UK,
Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of US Bases, UK.,
Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.,
Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, UK,

Dr Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre,
*Marion Hancock, Aoteoroa/NZ Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,*
Gerry Coates, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ,
Keith Locke, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, NZ Greens,
Llelwyn Richards, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, NZ,
Barbara Frame, Peace Action Dunedin, NZ.,
John Urlich, Peace Council of New Zealand,
Rev. John Murray/Dame Laurie Salas/Robin Halliday, Abolition-2000, New Zealand,
Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand,
Richard S. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau,
Chris King, Veterans for Peace New Zealand,
Derek Wilson, Architects Against Nuclear War, NZ,
Robert E. White, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action Kyoto, Japan.,
Hiroshi Taka, Assistant Secretary, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs
(Gensuikyo),
S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India,
Nana Suhartana, Indonesian National Network Forum Anti-Nuclear Society,
Vladimir Sliviak, Ecodefense, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Kaliningrad,
Alexandra Koroleva, Educational Committee, Kaliningrad Regional Duma,
Mikhail Trofimov, Ecodefence! International, Kaliningrad,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign of Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Pavel Malyshev, Platan Youth Group, Kaliningrad,
Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW)
Poul Eck Sorensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark,
Felicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/NY
Daniel Durand, Secretary, Mouvement de La Paix, France,
Solange Fernex, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, France.
Dr Roland Schutzbach, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament, Switzerland,
Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany.
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria,
Dr Klaus Renoldner, President,  IPPNW Austria,
Claudia and Margit, Anti-Atom International,
Claudia and Margit, Coordination Office of Austrian Environment Organisations,
Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear
Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
David Boerma, Coordinator, Pacific Region, Centre for Indigenous Peoples,
Netherlands.,
Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, University of
Bari, Italy,
Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms,

Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY., USA.,
Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, US,
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US.
Molly Johnson, Coordinator, Save Ward Valley, Calif, USA.,
William F. Santelmann, Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif, US.
Dr Robert W. Tiller, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S.A.,
Dr Lachlan Forrow, Past Chair, IPPNW,
Jonathan Mark, Action Site to Stop Cassini Flyby,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif, USA.
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC, US.,
Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force,  Uniting Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountains Conference,
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA,
USA.,
Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San
Francisco, California, US.,
Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA.,
Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. USA.,
Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Centre of San Diego, Calif, US.,
Susan Lee Solar and Maria Mendez, Grandmothers and Mothers Alliance for the
Future,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Peter Bergel, Centre for Energy Research, Salem, Oregon, USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio, USA.,
Jay Coghlan, Concerned Citizens For Nuclear Safety, New Mexico, USA.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA.,
Sonya Ostrom, Metro New York Peace Action Council,
Rachel Keeler, Executive Director, Pax Christi, New York,
Nancy Small, National Coordinator, Pax Christi, USA,
Frank Dworak, Pax Christi, Morris County, NJ, USA.,
Adam Eidinger, Pax Christi Washington Action Group, USA.,
Joyce Hall, Pax Christi Texas,
Paul Villavisanis, Pax Christi, St Augustine, Fl,
Phil Mc Manus, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin
America and the Carribean,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power, Pennsylvania, US,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival,
Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, USA.,
Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund,

Senator Doug Roche, Canadian Parliament,
Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada,
Svend Robinson MP, House of Representatives,Canada,
Dr David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver,
Canada,
Dr Barbara Birkett, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa, Canada.,
Dr Ross Wilcock, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatoon, Canada,
Patti Willis, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security, B.C., Canada,
Prof Eric Fawcett, Physics Dept, University of Toronto, Canada,
Dr Jennifer Allen Simons, The Simons Foundation, Vancouver, B.C.,
Sally Hodges, Chair, Ploughshares, Calgary, Canada,



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From: Norm and Karen Cohen <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Hiroshima/nagasaki events
Date: 17 Jul 1999 14:24:46 -0400

Apologies for any double posting. below are 2 press releases, one for the=
 Coalition for Peace and Justice Event on
August 7th, and one for the NJ Hibakusha-Abolition 2000 Tour. Please atte=
nd the events nearest you and forward this information to your friends an=
d contacts.

peace
norm

           COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
                   321 Barr Ave., Linwood NJ 08221

>                              609-601-8583/8537
>                          [e-mail]
>                http://members.bellatlantic.net/~norco/
> Date: 07/16/99
> For Immediate Release  and Community Calendars:
>
>            A-BOMB SURVIVORS TO SPEAK IN SEAVILLE ON 8/7
>
>      Two Hibakusha, or survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic b=
ombs, will speak at the Coalition for Peace and Justice=92s annual Hirosh=
ima Day Commemoration, to be held at 7:30 PM at the Seaville Friends Meet=
inghouse, Route 9 in Seaville, about one half mile south of the Route 50 =
and Route 9 intersection. There will also be a short slide show on the me=
dical effects of nuclear bombs and the Abolition 2000 Campaign to abolish=
 nuclear weapons worldwide. This event is co-sponsored by the Seaville Fr=
iends Meeting.
>      Chiyono Yoneda, and Masao Tamaru are the two Hibakusha who will sp=
eak. Chiyono Yoneda, 72 years old, now lives in Yokohama, Japan. She was =
present at the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945.  She has been a J=
apanese peace activist and member of Hidanyko, the Japanese atomic bomb v=
ictims association for many years. She will describe her experiences both=
 during the bomb blast itself and in the days following the attack.
>      Masao Tamaru, 68 years old, lives in Higashikurume, a suburb of To=
kyo. He was present on August 6th, 1945, when the Hiroshima atomic bomb w=
as dropped. Tamaru is the Executive Director of the Tokyo branch of the a=
tomic bomb victims association.
>     Since neither Tamaru nor Yoneda speak English, they will be accompa=
nied by Manami Shintaku, a student from American University in Washington=
 DC, who will act as the interpreter.
>      Our three visitors will be housed by Ocean City residents Bill Bar=
low and Karen Stone, who have graciously offered their home for our guest=
s. Earlier on Saturday, our Japanese visitors will be taken on a tour of =
the Leamings Run Gardens, in Clermont.
>      Said Norm Cohen, Executive Director of the Coalition for Peace and=
 Justice, =93This is the first time in many years that we in Cape May Cou=
nty are to be honored with a visit from the Hibakusha. It is important fo=
r the future of this planet that their testimony and witness not be forgo=
tten. As time continues to lessen the impact of the horrors of the atomic=
 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is important that we listen to th=
ese A-bomb survivors so that we remember what devastation and destruction=
 these weapons caused.=94
>     Cohen continued, =93This tour is part of the Abolition 2000 Campaig=
n, a campaign that demands that the nuclear nations of the world get seri=
ous about abolishing nuclear weapons, which they are required to do as si=
gnatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. With India and Pakista=
n now nuclear weapons states, and with the continued warfare between thes=
e two countries, with the Russian military falling apart, it is more nece=
ssary than ever that the world begin to move towards abolishing all nucle=
ar weapons.=94
>      The visit from the Hibakusha is part of the 1999 New Jersey and De=
laware Hibakusha-Nuclear Weapons Abolition Tour, which is being coordinat=
ed by the Coalition for Peace and Justice. Other stops in the tour includ=
e: Wednesday, August 4th, from 7 to 9 PM at the St. George Serbian Orthod=
ox Church, 654 S. Broad St., in Elizabeth, NJ, sponsored by the New Jerse=
y Hiroshima Day Remembrance Committee and NJ Peace Action; Thursday, Augu=
st 5th, at Princeton University=92s  Woodrow Wilson School plaza,
> at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action; Fri=
day, August 6th,
> 7:30 PM at the Moorsetown Friends Meeting, sponsored by South Jersey Ca=
mpaign for Peace and Justice; Sunday, at 11:30 PM at, and sponsored by,  =
the Woodstown Friends Meeting; and also on Sunday, at 7:00 PM, in Wilming=
ton, Delaware, sponsored by Pacem-in-Terris. the oldest and largest peace=
 group in Delaware.
>     All events are free and open to the public, who are urged to attend=
 this rare opportunity to meet people who can give testimony to the awful=
 destruction caused by atomic and nuclear bombs. This program is not aime=
d at making any judgments or placing blame on any side of World war II. R=
ather, we bring the Hibakusha to our area to remind people that we can ne=
ver again use nuclear weapons in any war, for any reason, because the des=
truction these weapons will cause is just too great.
>
> CONTACTS:  Norm Cohen:  609-601-8583/8537
>                         Chiyono Yoneda: 045-983-4755 (Japan)
>                         Masao Tamaru: 0424-75-2620 (Japan)
>                         Sylvia Zisman (Elizabeth NJ) 973-376-5629
>                         L. L. Morgan (Princeton)      609-924-5022
>                         Rick Walnut  (Moorsetown)  609-859-2785
>                         Diane Metz    (Seaville Friends) 609-465-5567
>                         Shirley Lock   (Woodstown Friends) 856-769-8906=

>                         Sally Milbury-Steen (Wilmington) 302-656-2721
>
>   ---------------------------------------------------------------------=
---
>                 COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
>                     321 Barr Ave., Linwood NJ 08221
>                               609-601-8583/8537
>                          [e-mail]
>                http://members.bellatlantic.net/~norco/
> Date: 07/16/99
> For Immediate Release  and Community Calendars:
>
>            A-BOMB SURVIVORS TO TOUR NEW JERSEY
>       Two Japanese survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bombs will=
 be touring New Jersey as part of the 1999 New Jersey and Delaware Hibaku=
sha-Nuclear Weapons Abolition Tour. The tour is  coordinated by the South=
 Jersey based Coalition for Peace and Justice. Stops in the tour include:=
 Wednesday, August 4th, from 7 to 9 PM at the St. George Serbian Orthodox=
 Church, 654 S. Broad St., in Elizabeth, NJ, sponsored by the New Jersey =
Hiroshima Day Remembrance Committee and NJ Peace Action; Thursday, August=
 5th, at Princeton University=92s  Woodrow Wilson School plaza, at 6:00 P=
M to 8:00 PM, sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action; Friday, August=
 6th, 7:30 PM at the Moorsetown Friends Meeting, sponsored by South Jerse=
y Campaign for Peace and Justice; Saturday, August 7th, at 7:30 PM at the=
 Seaville Friends Meeting, sponsored by the Coalition for Peace and Justi=
ce, and Sunday, August 8th,  at 11:30 PM at, and sponsored by,  the Woods=
town Friends Meeting; and also on Sunday, at 7:00 PM, in Wilmington, Dela=
ware, sponsored by Pacem-in-Terris. the oldest and largest peace group in=
 Delaware.
>       The Elizabeth appearance also includes: Sarah Flounders, Co-direc=
tor of the International Action Center, Bennett Zurofsky and the Solidari=
ty Singers, Ray Corona, singer-songwriter, Susan Morehead, soprano and gu=
itarist, and Paula Borenstein, who will present a children=92s program on=
 the story of Sadako and the thousand cranes. The Princeton event will al=
so include: the Solidarity Singers, Susan Tenney Dancers, and others.
>                Chiyono Yoneda, and Masao Tamaru are the two Hibakusha w=
ho will speak on the Hibakusha Tour. Chiyono Yoneda, 72 years old, now li=
ves in Yokohama, Japan. She was present at the bombing of Nagasaki on Aug=
ust 9th, 1945.  She has been a Japanese peace activist and member of Hida=
nyko, the Japanese atomic bomb victims association for many years. She wi=
ll describe her experiences both during the bomb blast itself and in the =
days following the attack.
>      Masao Tamaru, 68 years old, lives in Higashikurume, a suburb of To=
kyo. He was present on August 6th, 1945, when the Hiroshima atomic bomb w=
as dropped. Tamaru is the Executive Director of the Tokyo branch of the a=
tomic bomb victims association.
>     Since neither Tamaru nor Yoneda speak English, they will be accompa=
nied by Manami Shintaku, a student from American University in Washington=
 DC, who will act as the interpreter.
>           Said Norm Cohen, Executive Director of the Coalition for Peac=
e and Justice, =93We are honored to be able to coordinate this Hibakusha =
Tour. It is important for the future of this planet that their testimony =
and witness not be forgotten. As time continues to lessen the impact of t=
he horrors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is import=
ant that we listen to these A-bomb survivors so that we remember what dev=
astation and destruction these weapons caused.=94
>     Cohen continued, =93This tour is part of the Abolition 2000 Campaig=
n, a campaign that demands that the nuclear nations of the world get seri=
ous about abolishing nuclear weapons, which they are required to do as si=
gnatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. With India and Pakista=
n now nuclear weapons states, and with the continued warfare between thes=
e two countries, with the Russian military falling apart, it is more nece=
ssary than ever that the world begin to move towards abolishing all nucle=
ar weapons.=94
>          All events are free and open to the public, who are urged to a=
ttend this rare opportunity to meet people who can give testimony to the =
awful destruction caused by atomic and nuclear bombs. This program is not=
 aimed at making any judgments or placing blame on any side of World war =
II. Rather, we bring the Hibakusha to our area to remind people that we c=
an never again use nuclear weapons in any war, for any reason, because th=
e destruction these weapons will cause is just too great.
>
> CONTACTS:  Norm Cohen:  609-601-8583/8537
>                         Chiyono Yoneda: 045-983-4755 (Japan)
>                         Masao Tamaru: 0424-75-2620 (Japan)
>                         Sylvia Zisman (Elizabeth NJ) 973-376-5629
>                         L. L. Morgan (Princeton)      609-924-5022
>                         Rick Walnut  (Moorsetown)  609-859-2785
>                         Diane Metz    (Seaville Friends) 609-465-5567
>                         Shirley Lock   (Woodstown Friends) 856-769-8906=

>                         Sally Milbury-Steen (Wilmington) 302-656-2721

--
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) (FWD)efects of nuclear war/ De-Alerting Campaign.
Date: 19 Jul 1999 17:24:40 +1000

dear People,
Bill Smirnow forwarded this, and I am forwarding it in turn just to remind
us all of our ultimate mission.

Two days ago, I put up an item, suggesting that in view of the real risks
of accidental nuclear war, outlined in BASIC's 'The Bug in the Bomb'
report, we really need to upgrade the importance of de-alerting campaigns
in our priority list.

The suggestion is I think, not before time.

There are some who suggest that de- alerting at this time should NOT be a
priority, as, paradoxically, if we do not suceed to get the US and Russia
to de-alert, our chances of doing so after Jan 1 will be that much less.

For that to be a consideration, we do however, have to make it to jan 1 -
and beyond!

I am not suggesting, and do not want to suggest, that if we don't succeed
to get the US and Russia to de- alert, that the scenario below will
instantaneously follow.  But it's salutary to read it for the nth time.

What I understand to be the case from BASIC and FAS, is that there is 'an
unnaceptable risk of accidental nuclear war', if strategic nukes are not
taken off hairtrigger alert.

That's precisely why I have been circulating the 'Bill and Boris'
de-alerting letter, that's why i want as many organisations (esp
congresspeople) to sign it as possible, and thats why I think that for the
next six months - till the nightmare of accidental nuclear war is out of
the way - we should all press strongly for de- alerting.

I am aware that TVC, GRACE, Operation de-Alert, and The Boston de-Alerting
Committee have all tried to push this issue.

They deserve our thanks.

But for de-alerting to get anywhere, it needs a push from ALL of us - not
onlya letter from me, signed by a large number of good people, important
though that may be.

(But if you know anyone who is a congressperson, parliamentarian, trade-
unionist, or distinguished somebody, do get them to sign on the de-alerting
letter, that is an important way to help de-alerting!).



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>A year ago in May, India surprised the CIA -- and nearly everyone
>else except, perhaps, Pakistan, who seems to have been nearly ready --
>by setting off several underground nuclear explosions.  Then Pakistan,
>claiming self-defense, followed suit.  But what would actually happen
>if India and Pakistan had a nuclear exchange?
>
>Most people in India and in Pakistan (and in the U.S.) probably do not
>know that as many as 9 out of 10 people -- or more -- who die from a
>nuclear blast, do not die in the explosion itself.  Most people
>probably think that if they die from a nuclear blast, they will simply
>see a flash and get quickly cooked.
>
>Those within approximately a six square mile area (for a 1 megaton
>blast) will indeed be close enough to "ground zero" to be killed by
>the gamma rays emitting from the blast itself.  Ghostly shadows of
>these people will be formed on any concrete or stone that lies behind
>them, and they will be no more.  They literally won't know what hit
>them, since they will be vaporized before the electrical signals from
>their sense organs can reach their brains.
>
>Of the many victims of a nuclear war, these are the luckiest ones, of
>course.
>
>Outside the circle where people will be instantly vaporized from the
>initial gamma radiation blast, the light from the explosion (which is
>many times hotter than the sun) is so bright that it will immediately
>and permanently blind every living thing, including farm animals
>(including cows, sacred or otherwise), pets, birds while in flight and
>not to mention peasants, Maharajah's, and Government officials -- and
>soldiers, of course.  Whether their eyes are opened or closed.  This
>will happen for perhaps 10 miles around in every direction (for a 1
>megaton bomb) -- further for those who happen to be looking towards
>the blast at the moment of detonation.  Even from fifty miles away, a
>1 megaton blast will be many times brighter than the noonday sun.
>Those looking directly at the blast will have a large spot permanently
>burned into their retinas, where the light receptor cells will have
>been destroyed.  The huge bright cloud being nearly instantly formed
>in front of them (made in part from those closer to the blast, who
>have already "become death"), will be the last clear image these
>people will see.
>
>Most people who will die from the nuclear explosion will not die in
>the initial gamma ray burst, nor in the multi-spectral heat blast
>(mostly X-ray and ultraviolet wavelengths) which will come about a
>tenth of a second after the gamma burst.  Nor will the pressure wave
>which follows over the next few seconds do most of them in, though it
>will cause bleeding from every orifice.  Nor even will most people be
>killed by the momentary high winds which accompany the pressure wave.
>These winds will reach velocities of hundreds of miles an hour near
>the epicenter of the blast, and will reach velocities of 70 miles per
>hour as far as 6 miles from the blast (for a 1 megaton bomb).  The
>high winds and flying debris will cause shrapnel-type wounds and
>blunt-trauma injuries.
>
>Together, the pressure wave and the accompanying winds will do in
>quite a few, and damage most of the rest of the people (and animals,
>and structures) in a huge circle -- perhaps hundreds of square miles
>in area.
>
>Later, these people will begin to suffer from vomiting, skin rashes,
>and an intense unquenchable thirst as their hair falls out in clumps.
>Their skin will begin to peel off.  This is because the internal
>molecular structure of the living cells within their bodies is
>breaking down, a result of the disruptive effects of the high
>radiation dose they received. All the animals will be similarly
>suffering.  Since they have already received the dose, these effects
>will show up even if the people are immediately evacuated from the
>area -- hardly likely, since everything around will be destroyed and
>the country would be at war.
>
>But this will not concern them at this time: Their immediate threat
>after the gamma blast, heat blast, pressure wave and sudden fierce
>wind (first going in the direction of the pressure wave -- outwardly
>from the blast -- then a moment later,  a somewhat weaker wind in the
>opposite direction), will be the firestorm which will quickly follow,
>with its intense heat and hurricane-force winds, all driving towards
>the center where the radioactive mushroom-shaped cloud will be rising,
>feeding it, enlarging it, and pushing it miles up into the sky.
>
>The cloud from a 1 megaton blast will reach nearly 10 miles across and
>equally high.  Soon after forming, it will turn white because of water
>condensation around it and within it.  In an hour or so, it will have
>largely dissipated, which means that its cargo of death can no longer
>be tracked visually.  People will need to be evacuated from under the
>fallout, but they will have a hard time knowing where to go.  Only for
>the first day or so will visible pieces of fallout appear on the
>ground, such as marble-sized chunks of radioactive debris and
>flea-sized dots of blackened particles.  After that the descending
>debris from the radioactive cloud will become invisible and harder to
>track; the fallout will only be detectible with geiger counters
>carried by people in "moon suits".  But all the moon suits will
>already be in use in the known affected area.  Probably, no one will
>be tracking the cloud.  One U.S. test in the South Pacific resulted in
>a cigar-shaped contamination area 340 miles long and up to 60 miles
>wide. It spread 20 miles *upwind* from the test site, and 320 miles
>downwind. Where exactly it goes all depends on the winds and the rains
>at the time. It is difficult to predict where the cloud will travel
>before it happens, and it is likewise difficult to track the cloud as
>it moves and dissipates around the globe.  While underground testing
>is bad enough for the environment, a single large above-ground
>explosion is likely to result in measurable global increases of a
>whole spectrum of health effects.  India or Pakistan will deny
>culpability for these deaths, of course.  The responsible nations,
>including my own, always do.
>
>But the people who were affected by the blast itself will not be
>worrying about the fallout just yet.
>
>A 1 megaton nuclear bomb creates a firestorm that can cover 100 square
>miles.  A 20 megaton blast's firestorm can cover nearly 2500 square
>miles. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were small cities, and by today's
>standards the bombs dropped on them were small bombs.
>
>The Allied firebombing of nearly 150 cities during World War Two in
>Germany and Japan seldom destroyed more than 25 square miles at a
>time, and each of those raids required upwards of 400 planes, and
>thousands of crewmembers going into harm's way.  It was not done
>lightly.  And, they did not leave a lingering legacy of lethal
>radioactive contamination.
>
>In the span of a lunch hour, one multi-warhead nuclear missile can
>destroy more cities than all the incendiary raids in history, and the
>only thing the combatant needs to do to carry off such a horror is to
>sit in air-conditioned comfort hundreds or even thousands of miles
>away, and push a button.  He would barely have to interrupt his lunch.
>  With automation, he wouldn't even have to do that!  The perpetrator
>of this crime against humanity may never have seen his adversary.  He
>only needs to be good at following the simplest of orders.  A robot
>could do it.  One would think, that ONLY a robot WOULD do it.
>
>Nuclear war is never anything less than genocide.
>
>The developing firestorm is what the survivors of the initial blast
>will be worrying about -- if they can think straight at all.  Many
>will have become instantly "shell-shocked" -- incapacitated and unable
>to proceed.  Many will simply go mad.  Perhaps they are among the
>"lucky" ones, as well.
>
>The firestorm produces hurricane-force winds in a matter of minutes.
>The fire burns so hot that the asphalt in the streets begins to melt
>and then burn, even as people are trying to run across it, literally
>melting into the pavement themselves as they run.  Victims, on fire,
>jump into rivers, only to catch fire again when they surface for air.
>Yet it is hard to see even these pitiable souls as the least lucky
>ones in a nuclear attack.
>
>For the survivors of the initial blast who do not then die in the
>firestorm that follows, many will die painfully over the next few
>weeks, often after a brief, hopeful period where they appear to be
>getting better.  It might begin as a tingling sensation on the skin,
>or an itching, which starts shortly after the blast.  These symptoms
>are signs that the body is starting to break down internally, at the
>molecular level. The insides of those who get a severe dose of gamma
>radiation, but manage to survive the other traumas, whose organs had
>once been well defined as lungs, liver, heart, intestines, etc., begin
>to resemble an undefined mass of bloody pulp. Within days, or perhaps
>weeks, the victim, usually bleeding painfully from every hole and pore
>in their body, at last dies and receives their final mercy.
>
>But this too will probably not be how most victims of a nuclear attack
>will die.
>
>A significant percentage, probably most, of the people who die from a
>nuclear attack will die much later, from the widespread release of
>radioactive material into the environment.  These deaths will occur
>all over the world, for centuries to come.  Scattered deaths, and
>pockets of higher mortality rates, will continue from cancer,
>leukemia, and other health effects, especially genetic damage to
>succeeding generations.
>
>Nuclear weapons do not recognize the end of a war, or signed peace
>treaties, or even the deaths of all the combatants.  They simply keep
>on killing a percentage of whoever happens to inhale or ingest their
>deadly byproducts.
>
>Some deaths will occur hundreds and even thousands of miles away,
>because low levels of ionizing radiation are capable of causing the
>full spectrum of health effects, albeit at a lower rate within the
>population.  Not to mention the radioactive runoff from the rivers and
>streams that flow through the blast area and the area under the
>radioactive mushroom cloud's drift. It may carry its deadly cargo for
>thousands of miles, raining a fallout of death only on some cities,
>and not on others. It will land upon nations which had not been
>involved in any way in India's dispute with Pakistan. These nations
>will be mighty hurt and mighty upset.
>
>Nuclear weapons do not recognize international borders.
>
>Finally, an atmospheric blast of a nuclear "device" creates an EMP
>(Electro-Magnetic Pulse) which can be as large as Pakistan or even
>India -- perhaps even larger than India and Pakistan together. The
>higher the altitude of the blast, the bigger the circle of damage will
>be from the EMP. This is a very serious concern for those of us in the
>high-tech industries, such as myself.
>
>The Electro-Magnetic Pulse will electrify all sorts of metallic
>structures that are not normally electrified except by the occasional
>short circuit or lightening strike.  This will be a lot like the whole
>country getting struck by lightening all at the same time.
>
>As computer chips make better and better use of "real estate", using
>more and more delicate electronic circuits, the more tightly-packed
>transistors, capacitors, diodes and resistors become more and more
>vulnerable to the EMP which will be carried into the chips via the
>connecting wires.  The Electro-Magnetic Pulse is one of the reasons
>above-ground testing was stopped.  (The other reason was that it
>became impossible to deny that the radiation dispersed by the tests
>was killing people.)
>
>Pacemakers, for example, may stop working because of the "hit" from
>the EMP. It will be quite something to see people in a thousand mile
>radius of the epicenter of the blast (or further) who are using
>pacemakers, suddenly drop dead, and all the computers permanently go
>down and all the lights go out, all at the same time.  And commercial
>and private aircraft will drop out of the sky, since their sensitive
>electronics and fly-by-wire systems are not very well shielded from
>the EMP.  These planes will then not be available for evacuation
>purposes, nor will they be available to air-drop food, water, morphine
>and cyanide, all of which will be in great demand throughout the area.
>
>A year ago people were dancing in the streets over this in both India
>and Pakistan.  Why?
>
>Home plumbing systems and most other plumbing systems are good
>examples of large metallic structures that will suddenly become
>electrified, destroying the motors, gauges, electronics, etc. which
>are attached to the plumbing systems.  More and more pumping equipment
>is computer controlled nowadays for efficiency.  Imbedded controllers
>are becoming prevalent but as they do, the potential damage from the
>Electro-Magnetic Pulse increases dramatically.
>
>Train tracks will also carry the charge, as well as telephone wiring.
>All these things will have a nearly simultaneous surge of energy sent
>through them, igniting gas containers such as fuel storage tanks,
>propane tanks, and so on.  Whatever doesn't blow up will at least stop
>working.
>
>My country has lived under the Russian and Chinese threat of nuclear
>war for many decades now, and it is not a pleasant thought.  This is
>nothing to dance about.  There is no benefit to having, or using,
>nuclear weapons.
>
>I think the world would be a better place if we all stopped and said,
>"I will not be a part of this.  I do not need these weapons, for I
>would never commit this sin against my own children, nor against my
>neighbor's children, nor against my enemy's children, nor even against
>my enemy.  I choose not to be a part of this madness."
>
>There is a greater battle mankind must fight than against each other.
>Humanity's fight right now, is for humanity's general survival despite
>depleted and poorly used resources, environmental degradation (there
>is none greater than that from a nuclear explosion), dwindling
>effectiveness of antibiotics and other wonder drugs, an uneven
>distribution of available food, knowledge and wealth, and against
>weapons of mass destruction.
>
>America had three excuses for her previous use of nuclear weapons in
>war, which we plead every time it is mentioned.  First, we claim that
>we did not understand back then (over 50 years ago) all the ways
>nuclear weapons damage the Earth and her living inhabitants.  Second,
>we claim that there was a war going on, and that had we not used these
>weapons, perhaps a million soldiers would have died invading Japan
>instead. But this second excuse is weakened by the knowledge that
>Japan was at that time very near collapse anyway.  She was without an
>air defense, a sea defense, she did not have advanced radar, she had
>lost all her good pilots, millions of soldiers were either dead,
>wounded, captured, or uselessly stuck on nameless islands in the
>middle of the Pacific, and towns in her homeland was being firebombed
>on almost a nightly basis.
>
>Our third excuse was that both Japan (and definitely Germany) were
>building their own nuclear weapons, and DEFINITELY would have used
>them against us had they succeeded in developing "the bomb" before the
>war ended.  The war could not go on forever.  We were, indeed, running
>out of time.
>
>Perhaps these excuses are insufficient, but India and Pakistan hasn't
>even got them.  India can, and therefore should, along with Pakistan,
>renounce nuclear weapons and the nuclear option.  Perhaps her populace
>does not understand the full nature of the threat of nuclear weapons,
>and thus they are dancing in the streets, but I hope that her leaders
>do.  However, I strongly suspect most of them are unaware of the
>things I have written about in this newsletter.  Perhaps you, dear
>reader, will help me to educate them in this matter.
>
>Sincerely,
>Russell D. Hoffman
>The author is grateful for the assistance of Pamela Blockey-O'Brien
>and others in the research and preparation of this statement.
>***************************************************** *** Sources for
>more information about the effects of nuclear weapons
>***************************************************** For more
>information on the Electromagnetic Pulse (which can also be created
>with non-nuclear weapons) you might start with a visit to this URL
>(which is, actually, specifically about non-nuclear EMP devices):
>
>----- FROM: http://www.infowar.com/mil_c4i/mil_c4i8.html-ssi -----
>
>Computers used in data processing systems, communications systems,
>displays, industrial control applications, including road and rail
>signalling, and those embedded in military equipment, such as signal
>processors, electronic flight controls and digital engine control
>systems, are all potentially vulnerable to the EMP effect.
>
>Other electronic devices and electrical equipment may also be
>destroyed by the EMP effect. Telecommunications equipment can be
>highly vulnerable, due to the presence of lengthy copper cables
>between devices. Receivers of all varieties are particularly sensitive
>to EMP, as the highly sensitive miniature high frequency transistors
>and diodes in such equipment are easily destroyed by exposure to high
>voltage electrical transients. Therefore radar and electronic warfare
>equipment, satellite, microwave, UHF, VHF, HF and low band
>communications equipment and television equipment are all potentially
>vulnerable to the EMP effect.
>
>It is significant that modern military platforms are densely packed
>with electronic equipment, and unless these platforms are well
>hardened, an EMP device can substantially reduce their function or
>render them unusable.
>
>For a photo of the famous wooden-trestle electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
>simulator at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (with a B-52 bomber
>sitting on top of it):
>http://www.brook.edu/FP/projects/nucwcost/trestle.htm
>
>Visit the Federation of American Scientists' web site for a more
>detailed discussion of the effect of nuclear weapons:
>http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/Nwfaq/Nfaq5.html
>
>In 1962 the Department of the Air Force produced Air Force Pamphlet
>No. 136-1-3, by order of the Secretary of the Air Force Curtis E.
>LeMay.  Titled The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, it was published by the
>United States Atomic Energy Commission in April of that year and was a
>revision of the 1957 edition of the same title.  In the forward by
>Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and the chairman of the Atomic
>Energy Commission Glenn T. Seaborg, we are told, "There is a need for
>widespread public understanding of the best information available on
>the effects of nuclear weapons.  The purpose of this book is to
>present as accurately as possible, within the limits of national
>security, a comprehensive summary of this information."
>
>In other words, fiction where necessary.  However, there are several
>interesting statements to STOP CASSINI readers:
>
>----- FROM "THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS" ----
> >From Paragraph 11.197:
>"...in the great majority of cases, mutations have deleterious effects
>of some kind."
>
>Paragraph 11.218:
>"Hemorrhage is a common phenomenon after radiation exposure because
>the megakaryocytes, from which the blood platelets necessary for
>clotting are formed, are destroyed and the platelets are not
>replenished.  If hemorrhage occurs in vital centers, death can result.
>  Often the hemorrhages are so widespread that severe anemia and death
>are the consequences."
>
>Paragraph 11.219:
>"The loss of the epithelial coverings of tissues, together with the
>loss of white cells and antibodies, lowers the resistance of the body
>to bacterial and viral invasion.  if death does not take place in the
>first few days after a large dose of radiation, bacterial invasion of
>the blood stream usually occurs and the patient dies of infection.
>Often such infections are caused by bacteria which, under normal
>circumstances, are harmless."
>
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) CAN ANYONE HELP? CONGRESSIONAL SIGNATURES FOR DE-ALERTING LETTER
Date: 19 Jul 1999 17:29:10 +1000

Dear People,
I am looking for people who might be able to get congressional signatures
for the Y2K De-Alerting letter that I have been circulating.

It isn't possible to do so via congressional email because all that happens
is that you are auto-spammed by the autoresponders.

There is no human response whatsoever, and it is hopeless.

As I am physically located in Australia it is hardly possible to do it by
fax and phone.

I need someone who is willing to take on the task of getting as many
congresional signatures to this important letter, well before the date of
Aug 6th, when it is to be released to media.

I hope to hear from someone soon!

I am sending up the letter be separate email.



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From: "Janet Bloomfield" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: LETS GET DE-ALERT CAMPAIGN GOING
Date: 19 Jul 1999 12:32:00 +0100

Dear Friends,
I really appreciate the work that John and others are doing on the whole
de-alerting question.
I do have a few question I want to raise about how this fits into the
context of the wider abolition goal.
This could be a huge breakthrough point for us because de-alerting, whilst
being a step related to safety and the possibility of Y2K problems,  is also
a huge challenge to the whole deterrence mind set. I think that is why it is
being resisted so much by decision makers.
What do the rest of you think about this point? I would be interested to
know.
Yours in peace,
Janet Bloomfield

Janet Bloomfield
25 Farmadine
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 3HR
England
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From: "Janet Bloomfield" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data
Date: 19 Jul 1999 12:13:42 +0100

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Dear Abolition Friends in the USA,
I hope it will acceptable for a Brit to add some thoughts to the =
discussion on engaging with decision makers involved in the US nuclear =
complex. Some of you may know of the work of the Oxford Research Group =
which has been doing this, in the spirit that Lachlan advocates, since =
1982. If you are interested in this approach please check out our web =
site at www.oxfrg.demon.co.uk.
We are currently working on putting the details of key nuclear decision =
makers on the web and would very much like to know if people such as =
yourselves would find this a useful resource. Please let either myself =
or my colleague Paul Ingram know on [e-mail] We are also =
hoping to produce a basic Handbook on Dialogue for use by grassroots =
groups as well.
I look forward to seeing this work develop in the US. Good luck.
Yours in peace,
Janet Bloomfield.=20


Janet Bloomfield
25 Farmadine
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 3HR
England
Tel/Fax: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Lachlan Forrow=20
  To: [e-mail]=20
  Sent: 16 July 1999 23:50
  Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data


  Thanks, Andrew.  This kind of information is very helpful and should =
be widely publicized.  I do hope that when we think of "odious weapons =
merchants" we keep in mind that many of the people who lead even the top =
50-100 nuclear weapons contractors do not necessarily have very =
different core values from those of us on this list.  We need strategies =
that not only "speak truth to power" but also keep ourselves open to the =
possibility that engagement in dialogue in a spirit of nonviolence (i.e. =
not attacking them personally as much as confronting them in ways that =
engage their own reflection) with some of the most important people =
involved in these corporations may bear important fruit.  This is not =
only because the spirit that we bring to our antinuclear work is crucial =
to our own integrity.  I also believe, for sheerly practical reasons, =
that if we approach this as a "war" against this "enemy" we are not =
likely to "win" in the foreseeable future, and nuclear abolition has =
special urgency, as we all understand.  "Hate the sin; love the sinner", =
or something like that.
  =20
  --LF
  =20
  "...There is no greater misfortune=20
  than underestimating your enemy.
  Underestimating your enemy
  mean thinking that he is evil.
  Thus you...become an enemy yourself."
  =20
  Tao te Ching,  69
  Stephen Mitchell translation
    -----Original Message-----
    From: [e-mail] =
[mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of California =
Peace Action
    Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999 2:54 AM
    To: [e-mail]
    Subject: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data


    Hello to the fine people of the Abolition list serve,

    I think the idea that Bob Kinsey just put out here is a great one. =
The peace community needs to publicize the fact that these horrible =
decisions to endanger humanity and squander resources are not beyond the =
control of human intervention, but in fact the result of human =
intervention.=20
    Major Barbara #1 (in terms of nuclear weapons) is the Center for =
Security Policy. Started in 1988 by Frank Gaffney (Reagan Pentagon =
appointee) this think tank recieved over $2 million in corporate =
donations from companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing which profit =
from Star Wars. The board members include 5 Lockheed Martin Execs, and =
Edward Teller. These folks are the major power behind the Star Wars =
lobby.
    I got this information from an article by William Hartung of the =
World Policy Institute. I'm sure they have a lot of the information you =
seek. I imagine Council for a Livable World also has a lot of =
information on odious weapons merchants. Below are two lists: the top =
100 military contractors , and the top fifty nuclear contractors. =
Unfortunately they are in a rather unweildy format, but it's a start. I =
hope this helps get the project under way. I'd love to kept appraised of =
any developments of this.

    Sincerely,
    Andrew Page
    Northern California Political Director
    California Peace Action
    =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I hope it will acceptable for a Brit to add some =
thoughts to=20
the discussion on engaging with decision makers involved in the US =
nuclear=20
complex. Some of you may know of the work of the Oxford Research Group =
which has=20
been doing this, in the spirit that Lachlan advocates, since 1982. If =
you are=20
interested in this approach please check out our web site at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.oxfrg.demon.co.uk">www.oxfrg.demon.co.uk</A>.</FONT></=
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>We are currently working on putting the details of =
key nuclear=20
decision makers on the web and would very much like to know if people =
such as=20
yourselves would find this a useful resource. Please let either myself =
or my=20
colleague Paul Ingram know on <A=20
href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</A> We =
are also=20
hoping to produce a basic Handbook on Dialogue for use by grassroots =
groups as=20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I look forward to seeing this work develop in the =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yours in peace,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Janet Bloomfield<BR>25 Farmadine<BR>Saffron Walden<BR>Essex<BR>CB11 =

3HR<BR>England<BR>Tel/Fax: [phone]<BR>e-mail: <A=20
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  <DIV=20
  style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]" title=[e-mail]>Lachlan =
Forrow</A>=20
  </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
  href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]"=20
  =
title=[e-mail]>[e-mail]=
</A>=20
  </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 16 July 1999 23:50</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: (abolition-usa) =
Major=20
  Barbara data</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>Thanks, =
Andrew.  This=20
  kind of information is very helpful and should be widely =
publicized.  I=20
  do hope that when we think of "odious weapons merchants" we keep in =
mind that=20
  many of the people who lead even the top 50-100 nuclear weapons =
contractors do=20
  not necessarily have very different core values from those of us on =
this=20
  list.  We need strategies that not only "speak truth to power" =
but also=20
  keep ourselves open to the possibility that engagement in =
dialogue in a=20
  spirit of nonviolence (i.e. not attacking them personally as much as=20
  confronting them in ways that engage their own reflection) with some =
of the=20
  most important people involved in these corporations may bear =
important=20
  fruit.  This is not only because the spirit that we bring to our=20
  antinuclear work is crucial to our own integrity.  I also=20
  believe, for sheerly practical reasons, that if we approach this =
as a=20
  "war" against this "enemy" we are not likely to "win" in the =
foreseeable=20
  future, and nuclear abolition has special urgency, as we all =
understand. =20
  "Hate the sin; love the sinner", or something like =
that.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D780053522-16071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D780053522-16071999>--LF</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D780053522-16071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>"...There is no =
greater=20
  misfortune </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>than =
underestimating your=20
  enemy.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>Underestimating =
your=20
  enemy</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>mean thinking =
that he is=20
  evil.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>Thus=20
  you...</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D780053522-16071999>become an=20
  enemy yourself."</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D780053522-16071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>Tao te =
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  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>Stephen Mitchell=20
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    </B>California Peace Action<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 17, 1999 =
2:54=20
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    (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>Hello to the =
fine=20
    people of the Abolition list serve,<BR><BR>I think the idea that Bob =
Kinsey=20
    just put out here is a great one. The peace community needs to =
publicize the=20
    fact that these horrible decisions to endanger humanity and squander =

    resources are not beyond the control of human intervention, but in =
fact the=20
    result of human intervention. <BR>Major Barbara #1 (in terms of =
nuclear=20
    weapons) is the Center for Security Policy. Started in 1988 by Frank =
Gaffney=20
    (Reagan Pentagon appointee) this think tank recieved over $2 million =
in=20
    corporate donations from companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing =
which=20
    profit from Star Wars. The board members include 5 Lockheed Martin =
Execs,=20
    and Edward Teller. These folks are the major power behind the Star =
Wars=20
    lobby.<BR>I got this information from an article by William Hartung =
of the=20
    World Policy Institute. I'm sure they have a lot of the information =
you=20
    seek. I imagine Council for a Livable World also has a lot of =
information on=20
    odious weapons merchants. Below are two lists: the top 100 military=20
    contractors , and the top fifty nuclear contractors. Unfortunately =
they are=20
    in a rather unweildy format, but it's a start. I hope this helps get =
the=20
    project under way. I'd love to kept appraised of any developments of =

    this.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR>Andrew Page<BR>Northern California =
Political=20
    Director<BR>California Peace=20
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Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Re: LETS GET DE-ALERT CAMPAIGN GOING
Date: 19 Jul 1999 14:53:45 EDT

Janet,

A good question! The whole insane system of "launch-on-warning" stems from
the idea that if we wait until we are struck by an incoming missile attack,
our missiles will be destroyed before we can use them in a counter-attack. In
other words, "use them or lose them". This has led to our present alert with
just minutes between detection of a possible attack and a decision to
retaliate. This is absolutely absurd! Our submarine missile force cannot be
targeted and will be able to retaliate fully and adequately after any attack,
even if we have no land-based missiles left. The Russians know and understand
this, so deterrence would be maintained even without a "launch-on-warning"
hair-trigger alert. It is a relic of the cold war that must be discarded. WE
HAVE ONLY 165 DAYS BEFORE Y2K TO DO IT!

Please note that President Clinton can bring about de-alerting with an
Executive Order without congressional approval! In the words of our petition,
we asked: "We respectfully petition the President of the United States of
America to initiate by means of an Executive Order a phased 'de-alerting'
with all nuclear powers of all nuclear missiles, to be completed by the end
of 1999." So Clinton is the ONE person we have to convince!

Since our media are deaf, dumb, and blind to the situation, please do what
you can to awaken them!

Congratulations to Britain for de-alerting their nuclear missiles!

After we have achieved de-alerting, we will join you in the Abolition 2000
campaign. General George Lee Butler, Former Commander, U.S. Strategic Air
Command, has called de-alerting "Abolition Lite", a necessary first step in
the process.

Peace and Shalom!

Bill Santelmann
Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
[e-mail]

In a message dated 1999/07/19 8:02:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

> Dear Friends,
>  I really appreciate the work that John and others are doing on the whole
>  de-alerting question.
>  I do have a few question I want to raise about how this fits into the
>  context of the wider abolition goal.
>  This could be a huge breakthrough point for us because de-alerting, whilst
>  being a step related to safety and the possibility of Y2K problems,  is
also
>  a huge challenge to the whole deterrence mind set. I think that is why it
is
>  being resisted so much by decision makers.
>  What do the rest of you think about this point? I would be interested to
>  know.
>  Yours in peace,
>  Janet Bloomfield
>
>  Janet Bloomfield

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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) India Global Peace March 1999
Date: 19 Jul 1999 11:47:09 -0700



GLOBAL PEACE MARCH ASSUMES MORE RELEVANCE IN WAR TIME


While two nuclear weapon neighbours, India and Pakistan, get over from a
very costly mini-war, a handful of peace marchers tread along a 1500
kilometers route in India. They demand an end to nuclear weapons by all
nuclear nations, a complete global disarmament, and establishment of a ju=
st
socio-economic human order where trustful relations, and not weapons,
provide us security.  When the march reached Jaipur on June 8 a question =
was
raised whether, at a time when the country was waging a war against Pakis=
tan
supported infiltrators in Kargil, was it not appropriate top wind up the
march and for the marchers to stand with the rest of the country?

Although the war had been going on for sometime it was only in Jaipur tha=
t
question was raised.  This question did not cross anybody=92s mind in the
rural areas.  It probably shows that the urban population identifies more
with the concept of nation state and patriotism than their rural
counterpart.  The nation state has more presence in cities.  Most of its
programmes of governance and development are also meant for the urban
population.  It is the urban population, therefore, which can be provoked
more easily in the name of nationalism.  Incidentally, the same populatio=
n
is more prone to provocation on communal lines.

When India carried out its nuclear tests last year we were told that the
nuclear weapons would provide security to the country.  The nuclear bomb =
was
supposed to act as a deterrent.  Even after Pakistan carried out its test
the bomb supporters claimed that peace could now prevail in the region as
both India and Pakistan would be discouraged to take military action agai=
nst
each other because of the deterrence caused by nuclear weapons.  This
argument was advanced by a BJP leader in a newspaper article.  When the
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee undertook the Lahore bus journey it
appeared that the government was seriously interested in peace.  But the
events in the sub-continent after the Indian test in Pokhran during the l=
ast
one year show a clear escalation in arms race between India and Pakistan.
Since their respective nuclear tests India and Pakistan have been
continuously flexing their muscles by carrying out a number of missile
tests.  How did Shri Vajpayee assume that he could extend a hand of
friendship when he was carrying a nuclear weapon in his other hand?  Did =
he
not perceive that the arms race in which he had pushed the country was go=
ing
to culminate in a war instead of guaranteeing peace?  Was the BJP not abl=
e
to see any contradiction between the top two achievements during its
thirteen months rule that appeared in its advertisements =96 the nuclear =
tests
and the Lahore bus journey?

The theory of deterrence, given as a justification for building nuclear
weapon, has failed to work.  The nuclear weapon did not bring peace in th=
e
sub-continent but it brought a war.  Pakistan did not seem to be deterred=
 in
any manner by the Indian nuclear bomb.  After having witnessed the
destructive capability of nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki seven
countries in the world have produced over 60,000 of them, but not a singl=
e
bomb has been used after 1945.  The nuclear weapon states have preferred =
to
lose a war rather than exercise the nuclear option.  Such is the stigma
attached to a nuclear bomb.  Given this history it is unlikely that Shri
Vajpayee will use nuclear weapon in a war.  In this scenario where the
Indian nuclear bomb has failed to deter Pakistan and there is no likeliho=
od
of it being used, what was the need for creating this useless device?  On
the other hand let us consider a scenario where the bomb will be used by =
one
of the two countries.  The other country is immediately going to retaliat=
e
in the same coin.  Since the nuclear bomb cannot be stopped once it has b=
een
discharged or there is no protection against it, the result will be large
scale human and environment destruction on both sides of the border.  The
casualties will run into several lakhs and maybe even into crores.  It is
not clear why a person with a reasonable mind would take a decision in
favour of creating a nuclear device?  The nuclear bomb is a product of
mindless development.  It is a symbol of greed and tyranny.  It is
self-destructing and can cause extinction of humankind from the face of
earth.

The nuclear bomb is neither a scientific achievement nor is it a matter o=
f
national pride.  How can we be proud of something which is capable of
killing lakhs of people at one go including common citizens, women, child=
ren
and the aged? The bomb violates this basic norm of any war, from ancient =
to
modern times.  Worse, even though the bomb is made for enemy, it poses a
danger to our own people in the process of its production.  The irony is
that we may never end up using the nuclear bomb. But we have endangered t=
he
life and health of laborers and adivasis of Jadugoda uranium mines of Bih=
ar,
scientists and scientific workers of various atomic research and processi=
ng
centers, our security men in charge of testing and handling of nuclear
weapon and the families of all these affected people. The bomb is a matte=
r
of national concern and not pride. The government has chosen to keep the
people in dark about the ill effects of radioactivity. Whereas an
independent survey of people living in the vicinity of Rawatbhata nuclear
power plant by Dr. Sanghamitra Gadekar reveals higher incidents of leukem=
ia,
tumors, skin diseases and congenital deformities, the government chose to
honor the Plant on 5th June this year with the environment conservation
award. Soon after the Global Peace March began scientists of Bhabha Atomi=
c
Research Center issued a statement that there was no danger from
radioactivity in Khetolai after the last year=92s test. However, there wa=
s no
basis for this statement because in public knowledge no scientist ahs yet
carried out any survey in Khetolai area. The science of nuclear power is
destructive.  It is a mockery of humankind to raise the Jai Vigyan slogan=
 on
the basis of a nuclear test. This kind of science can only be condemned.

When the Global Peace March was in Jaipur on 9th June 1999 a meeting was
organized. Speaking on this occasion Ex-navy Chief Admiral Ramdas critici=
zed
the politicians for not being able to solve the border problems of the
country since independence. In his opinion it was not appropriate for the=
m
to expect the security forces to handle the complicated situations arisin=
g
because of their incompetence for a long time. He revealed that the India=
n
armed forces were engaged continuously since the Second World War, in war
with neighboring countries at one border or the other. He said that the
Kashmir problem between India and Pakistan was political and it would be
foolish to expect a military solution to it. He emphasized that the nucle=
ar
bomb has zero military value. He also criticized the politicians of both
countries for making jingoistic and provocative statements immediately af=
ter
their respective nuclear tests worsening the relationship between the two
countries.

The decision to organize the Global Peace March was taken last year, much
before the fall of Vajpayee government and announcement of general
elections.  The march itself started before the Kargil war broke out.  Th=
e
objective of the Global Peace March is global nuclear disarmament,
establishment of weapons-free society and a just human order.  It is
questioning the notion of security based on weapons and is proposing that
real security can be derived only from relationships based on trust and
love.  The mission of the Global Peace March is bigger than the politics =
of
the sub-continent.  Rather being forced to fall in line with a narrow
nationalistic agenda, motivated by the politics of vote, it would work
steadfastly to build a global consensus for an arms free world.  The miss=
ion
of Global Peace March is a long term one whereas the temporary situation =
of
Kargil conflict is a result of short term vision of a few politicians of
both sides.  The Global Peace March is based on a holistic philosophy for=
 a
better world and is backed by a concrete commitment for a peaceful world
order whereas the present war has arisen out of irresponsible behaviour o=
f a
few politicians.  In war time it becomes more important for the Global Pe=
ace
March not to leave its agenda of peace but to work tirelessly to convince
people of the futility of al wars.  The Global Peace March cannot comprom=
ise
with its larger objective in the interest of humankind.  Even if it were
known that Kargil war would take place at this time beforehand the decisi=
on
to organize the March would have remained unchanged.  The immediate
political compulsions cannot entangle the Global Peace March.  And no
attempts should be made to do so.

The reason of the Kargil war, the Kashmir problem, should be solved by a
political dialogue.  It is high time that the will of the people of Jammu=
 &
Kashmir should be considered.  After all it is they who have the basic ri=
ght
to determine the future of J&K.  India and Pakistan cannot hope to go on
ruling their respective portions of Kashmir by sheer brute force.  They
cannot alienate the people of region and still claim that the land is
theirs.  Both countries need to act responsibly and involve representativ=
es
of all ethnic identities residing in J&K in a process of dialogue.  The
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has recently expressed hope th=
at
no responsible person would resort to using the nuclear bomb and the prob=
lem
would be solved by a political dialogue.  Why not do it sooner than later=
?
But the most important thing is that India and Pakistan should first stop
treating Kashmir as their military playground.

The initiative of Global Peace March received a boost when the Campaign f=
or
Nuclear Disarmament (CND), a group active in Europe, extended support to =
the
March.  Recently in a day-long demonstration in London Indian, Pakistani =
and
British citizens part of CND appealed to India and Pakistan to halt the
Kargil war and the dangerous arms race between them.  Such global events =
are
strengthening the cause of the Peace March.  For Global Peace March such
global processes are more important than the question of nationalism.

By Sandeep
Address: A-893, Indira Nagar, Lucknow =96 226016, U.P., India, Phone: (05=
22)
347365


Web site for the peace march:
http://www.aidindia.org/peace

Web site for electronic signature campaign:
http://www/indiatogether.org/petitions/gpm.htm



______________________________________________________

The peace marchers reached the city of Kanpur on 17th/18th July and had a
few public meetings there.  While many people in rural areas are respondi=
ng
positively to the marchers, some people in cities are raising doubts abou=
t
the relevance of peace march in the time of war.
Marchers are determied in their goal and claim that the march has attaine=
d
greater relevance during war.  Following is a reiteration of the objectiv=
e
for which the march was organized.

WHY THE GLOBAL PEACE MARCH IS BEING ORGANIZED?

Last year the status of Nuclear Weapon State was forced upon us.  Even
before we could realize what was going on our government had acquired the
capability to produce nuclear weapons and now they have also tested missi=
les
which can carry these nuclear warheads.  Now we possess a capacity to kil=
l
lakhs of people at one go.  Not only that we can also ensure that future
generations will be born deformed or will die of leukemia.  And in all
likelihood we will invite nuclear attack on ourselves too either because =
of
our actions or inadvertently.  In the name of providing security to peopl=
e
our government has made the environment of the entire region more insecur=
e
for now there is a real chance that nuclear weapons can e used.  In tryin=
g
to create a deterrence we have been pushed into a never going to stop arm=
s
race.  The budget for nuclear arms research was increased immediately aft=
er
last year=92s testing.  The only way now we can keep ourselves =91safe=92=
 is by
building more sophisticated weapons and in more numbers.  This is the kin=
d
of situation we find ourselves in today.

The concerns against these developments and disagreement with the nuclear
testing last year have taken the shape of a Global Peace March this year.
People are taking part in a long march through summer and rainy season to
say that they do not want nuclear weapons or nuclear energy.  They are go=
ing
to tell the politicians that they should be left alone and allowed to liv=
e
in peace.  They cannot feel proud of an act which makes any sane person f=
eel
ashamed.  They feel humiliated at the celebrations meant to glorify the
nuclear testing.  An act of irresponsibility, immaturity and criminality =
can
only deserve condemnation.  These concerns are being voiced in public
meetings held every day since the march started from Khetolai on May 11,
1999.

The madness in which the people have been plunged must be stopped.  Peopl=
e=92s
sentiments have been exploited by resorting to jingoism.  The bogey of en=
emy
has been raised.  Act of criminality has been presented in the garb of
scientific achievement to make it more acceptable to the people.  The
government would keep all the information related to radioactivity secret
and prefer to put lives of its own citizens in peril.  Where is this all
going to lead to?  Can the result be anything other than spread of hatred=
,
animosity, misery, parochialism and eventually destruction?

Dr. Surendra Gadekar and Dr. Sanghamitra Gadekar, who are also supporting
the peace march, have been actively working for a non-nuclear India for o=
ver
a decade now and bring out a journal called =91Anumukti=92 from Vedchi.,
Gujarat.  It is probably the only journal of its kind which is published =
in
India containing informative material based on thorough research and
reliable data on the nuclear issue.  Gadekars very lucidly remove any dou=
bts
from our minds that nuclear research can have any peaceful uses.  Nuclear
energy is as dangerous as nuclear weapons.  The =91atoms for peace=92 pro=
gramme
was a farce and it has only helped in proliferation of nuclear weapons
knowhow.  It was meant to promote the interests of American companies in =
the
business of nuclear reactors.  The nuclear arena has seen amazing
international collaboration.  In our own case the development of nuclear
programme was helped by Canadian and American support in-spite of the cla=
ims
of our scientists that it is indigenously developed.  By giving an
impression that the energy and weapons programmed are totally different t=
he
scientists have been able to mislead the people.

Nuclear energy is no longer the =91option for future=92, as was considere=
d by
the scientific community a few decades back.  It is dangerous and costly.
So far the scientists have not been able to figure out a way of safely
disposing off the nuclear waste.  Every method tried so far has failed.  =
On
the other hand more cases of hazardous effects of radioactive material on
human health have been exposed.  In a survey of population living close t=
o
the Rawatbhata Nuclear Power plant near Kota in Rajasthan carried out by =
Dr.
Sanghamitra Gadekar higher incidents of leukemia, skin diseases,
birth-deformities and other physical and mental disorders as compared wit=
h a
normal population have been reported.

And what is the benefit that we derive out of our nuclear energy programm=
e
after endangering the lives of our people?  A meagre 2% of our installed
capacity from a badly managed and inefficient nuclear energy programme!  =
We
don=92t want to learn from our experiences and want to push this programm=
e.
The Atomic Energy Commission, without any bureaucratic control or
accountability to the people, is already consuming a major share of our
research resources.  The last year=92s Pokhran testing was also meant to
silence the critics of nuclear energy programme.

This is clearly an anti-people programme.  Based on exaggerated claims an=
d
sometimes clear lies, enveloped in secrecy, slowly poisoning the environm=
ent
and endangering health of its citizens, creating an atmosphere of rivalry
and worsening our relationships, this programme must be given up.  The
Global Peace March aims to open up all these issues for discussion among
people.  Let the debate take place.  No amount of security is more import=
ant
than a conscious decision by the people.

By Sandeep
Address: A-893, Indira Nagar, Lucknow =96 226016, U.P., India, Phone: (05=
22)
347365

Web site for the peace march:
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From: Bob Tiller <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data
Date: 19 Jul 1999 17:43:19 -0400

Please explain the "Major Barbara" references.   In Shaw's play of the same name Major Barbara was a gentle --but conflicted -- Salvation Army leader (in one of the first religious organizations allowing women to hold leadership roles).   How does she equate to Frank Gaffney?  Are you referring to a different Shaw character?

Shalom,
Bob Tiller




California Peace Action wrote:

> Hello to the fine people of the Abolition list serve,
>
> I think the idea that Bob Kinsey just put out here is a great one. The peace community needs to publicize the fact that these horrible decisions to endanger humanity and squander resources are not beyond the control of human intervention, but in fact the result of human intervention.
> Major Barbara #1 (in terms of nuclear weapons) is the Center for Security Policy. Started in 1988 by Frank Gaffney (Reagan Pentagon appointee) this think tank recieved over $2 million in corporate donations from companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing which profit from Star Wars. The board members include 5 Lockheed Martin Execs, and Edward Teller. These folks are the major power behind the Star Wars lobby.
> I got this information from an article by William Hartung of the World Policy Institute. I'm sure they have a lot of the information you seek. I imagine Council for a Livable World also has a lot of information on odious weapons merchants. Below are two lists: the top 100 military contractors , and the top fifty nuclear contractors. Unfortunately they are in a rather unweildy format, but it's a start. I hope this helps get the project under way. I'd love to kept appraised of any developments of this.
>
> Sincerely,
> Andrew Page
> Northern California Political Director
> California Peace Action
>
> The 100 Largest Military Contractors
>
> Data are for fiscal year 1997. Numbers in parentheses indicate rank order.
>
> Source: Publication DIOR/PO1-97, U.S. Government Printing Office, Wasbington
> DC 20402.
>
> Aerospace Corp. (41) Boeing Co. (2) Federal Express Corp.
> Alleghey Teledyne, Inc. Boeing Sikorsky (45)
> (91) Comanche Team (78) Federal Prison Indus-
> Alliant Techsystems, Inc. Booz Allen & Hamilton, tries, Inc. (71)
> (30) Inc. (34) Federal Republic of Ger-
> Allied Signal, Inc. (23) BTG, Inc. (92) many (95)
> American Automar, Inc. CBS Corp. (15) FMC Corp. (37)
> (81) Chevron Corp. (48) Foundation Health Sys-
> AT&T (67) Chrysler Corp. (75) tems, Inc. (18)
> Atlantic Richfield Co. Clark Enterprises, Inc. Gencorp, Inc. (89)
> (51) (73) General Dynamics CO@.
> Avondale Industries, Inc. Computer Sciences Corp. (4)
> (19) (17) General Electric Co., In-.
> BDM International, Inc. Draper, Charles Starks, (8)
> (29) laboratories (74) General Electric Co.
> Bechtel Group, Inc. (50) Dyneorp (25) PLC (53)
> Bell Atlantic Corp. (99) Electronic Data Systems General Motors Cop. (6)
> Bergen Brunswig Corp. Corp. (33) Government of Canada
> (98) Exxon Corp. (24) (68)
>
> Government Technology Massachusetts Institute Shell Oil Co. (43)
> Services (77) of Tech. (32) Soltek of San Diego (87)
> GTE Corp. (12) MCI Communications Southwest Marine, Inc.
> Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. (60) (85)
> Corp. (94) McKesson Corp. (100) Ssangyong (USA), Inc.
> Halliburton Co., Inc. (44) Mitre Corp., The (40) (84)
> Harris Corp. (63) Motorola, Inc. (39) Standard Missile Co.
> Hensel Phelps Construc- Nasseo Holdings, Inc. (46) LLC (27)
> tion Co. (69) Newport Nevs Ship- Stewart &- Stevenson Ser-
> Highmark, Inc. (59) building, Inc. (16) vices (49)
> Honeywell, Inc. (72) Nichols Research Corp. Sverdrup Corp.(36)
> Humana, Inc. (20) (52) Texas Instruments, Inc.
> International Business Northrop Grumman (26)
> Machines (79) Corp. (3) Texas Instruments/Martin
> International Shipholding OHM Corp. (42) Marietta (62)
> Corp. (97) Olin Corp. (82) Textron, Inc. (10)
> ITT Industries, Inc. (13) Oshkosh Truck Corp. (66) Thiokol Corp. (83)
> The Johns Hopkins Uni- Philip Morris Cos., Inc. Tracor, Inc. (22)
> versity, Inc. (-i6) (88) Triwest Healthcare
> Johnson Controls, Inc. Phillip Holzmann Alliance (64)
> (47) Aktiengesefls (58) TRW, Inc. (14)
> Kaman Corp. (90) Primex Technologies, Unisys Corp. (65)
> Kuwait Petroleum Corp. Inc. (96) United Defense, LP
> (86) Procter & Gamble Co. (56) (21)
> Litton Industries, Inc. (9) Raytheon Co., Inc. (5) United States Depart-
> Lockheed Martin Corp. Renco Group, Inc. (38) ment of Energy (31)
> (1) Rockwell International United Technologies
> 1ogicon, Inc. (35) Corp. (28) Corp. (7)
> Longbow LLC (34) Rolls-Royce PLC (57) Vanstar Corp. (80)
> Maersk, Inc. (61) Science Applications VSE Corp. (93)
> Mantech International International Corp. Worldcorp., Inc. (55)
> Corp. (70) (11)
>
> The Top 50 Nuclear Weapons Contractors
>
> Data are for fiscal Year 1997. Numbers in parentheses indicate rank order.
> Source: Department of Defense data compiled by Eagle Eye Publishers.
>
> Alliant Techsystems, Inc. BDM Corp. (12) Continental Maritime
> (15) Boeing Co. (2) Industries (46)
> Allied Signal, Inc. (16) Colsa Corp. (26) Draper, Charles Stark,
> Bath Holding Corp. Computer Science/ Laboratories (13)
> (8) Raytheon (17) Dynetics, Inc. (37)
>
> Eaton Corp. (29) Mevatec Corp. (38) Sequa Corp. (35)
> Gencorp, Inc. (32) Motorola Corp. (30) Southwest Marine, Inc.
> General Dynamics Corp Nassco Holdings (50). (19)
> (9) Newport News Ship- Sparta, Inc. (43)
> General Electric Co. (7) building, Inc. (10) Teledyne, Inc. (23)
> General Electric Co. Nichols Research Corp. Texas Instruments, Inc,
> PLC (48) (22) (39)
> Thomas W A. Hoffman Northrop Grumman Textron, Inc. (44)
> (24) Corp. (3) Thermo Electron Corp.
> Honeywell, Inc. (27) Ogden Corp. (47) (44)
> ITT Corp. (36) Olin Corp. (40) Thiokol Corp. (31)
> The Johns Hopldns Uni- Orbital Sciences Corp. (42) Tracor, Inc. (14)
> versity (45) Owen Corp. Systems TRW, Inc. (II)
> Johnson Controls (18) Group (20) United Technology
> K Systems, Inc. (34) Raytheon Co., Inc. (4) Corp. (6)
> Litton Industries, Inc.(9) Rolls Royce PLC (41) Wales-Weapon Systems
> Lockheed Martin Corp. Science Applications Engineering (49)
> (1) International Corp. Westinghouse Electric
> Lucas Industries, Inc.(3) (21) Corp. (28)
>
> _____________________________________________________________________________
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> 2800 Adeline St, Berkeley, CA 94703
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> email: [e-mail]
> www.capa.org
>
>
>
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>
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From: Bob Tiller <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) LETS GET DE-ALERT CAMPAIGN GOING
Date: 19 Jul 1999 18:28:56 -0400

Dear John Hallam,

Thank you for pointing out the urgency of the problem.  Physicians for Social
Responsibility (the U.S. affiliate of IPPNW) has been working on de-alerting
for over two years.  Among other steps we have:
   -written in our newsletter about Y2K and de-alerting (15,000 circulation)
   -brought a speaker to our national conference (Bruce Blair) on de-alerting
   -published an article in the Chicago Tribune on Y2K and de-alerting
   -published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine on accidental
nuclear attack and de-alerting
   -sponsored and publicized to grassroots (along with other U.S. groups) a
call-in day to the White House, urging Clinton to begin de-alerting and to talk
with Yeltsin about Russia doing it
   -included de-alerting in our slide show on abolition
   -spoken with Congressional staff about de-alerting
   -issued press releases and spoken with reporters about de-alerting
   -spoken with members of the Canberra Commission about advancing de-alerting
   -distributed a brochure on Y2K and nuclear weapons that was developed by
Physicians for Global Survivial (Canada)
   -assisted the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability in developing and
dsitributing a packet of materials on de-alerting
   -organized a sign-on letter on de-alerting

We will continue to work on de-alerting, both before and after Dec. 31, 1999.
Currently I am talking with the staff of a Congressman who will probably
introduce a resolution on de-alerting soon.  It is also possible that there may
be a letter from Members of Congress to President Clinton on de-alerting.

Other organizations in the U.S. are also working on de-alerting.  I hope this
information provides some hope and encouragement for you.

Shalom,
Bob Tiller, PSR



FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign wrote:

> John Hallam
> Friends of the Earth Sydney,
> 17 Lord street, Newtown,
> Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903
>
> [e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd
>
> Dear Everybody,
>
> Some thoughts on a de-alerting campaign.
>
> The possibility that Y2K-Related computer failure might possibly give rise
> to an accidental nuclear war is both real and frightening.
>
> Lets put it clearly.
>
> If what BASIC and others are saying is correct, there is a significant
> risk, however remote, that Y2K related computer failure over the rollover
> period could lead to an accidental nuclear exchange or accidental nuclear
> war.
>
> Even if the risk of this were very small it's not a risk that the planet
> should be subjected to.
>
> And it's a risk that CAN be eliminated or minimised by taking  N-weapons
> off hairtrigger alert.
>
> But on the whole, the people out there in middle- Australia, middle
> America,  middle -Japan,or middle Russia still have no real idea that it is
> a possibility.
>
> When I explain this stuff to people I meet, they usually look a bit
> stunned, and are either silent, or just say 'Oh', or use an expletive, and
> then they ask what they can do to help. When I explained it on a national
> telephone hookup of antinuke groups, there was a sort of silence, followed
> by a soft collective groan.
>
> People know it's serious but can't quite get their minds around it.
>
> Is that why there's not more of a focus on it?
>
> It needs to be much more of a campaign priority than it seems to be.
>
> As far as I can see at the moment, while Rennie Drielsma and Operation
> de-Alert, and the Boston de-Alerting Committee are devoted to de- alerting,
> and there have been some new initiatives with the World Atomic Safety
> Holiday (WASH) idea coming out of Japan, and the NIRS Y2K campaign (which
> is more reactor - focused), and while PGS, TVC,  and everyone on this list
> are doing things, there is not a strong focus on this topic.
>
> People agree that it's important, and the Y2K problem gives it extra
> urgency, but the actual time- bounded and time- urgent nature of the
> problem is not, to my mind getting enough attention.
>
> The letter to Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin that I have been circulating,
> which many of you have signed, is to be released on Aug 6th. By then it
> will have been faxed a number of times to Bill'n Boris, and to their
> respective defence secretaries, as well as by email to all heads of state
> and the UN.
>
> But that is only the start of any de-alerting campaign.
>
> In Australia, we will be looking at getting Senate resolutions up on de-
> alerting.
>
> I hope that the same thing may be possible with the EP.
>
> But we really need a much more concentrated focuss on this issue to make a
> difference, with pressure especially in the US and if we can manage it, in
> Russia.
>
> I hope that in the next 1-2 months this will be possible.
>
> If people are doing work on de- alerting on any level - grass roots
> congress, duma, or kremlin or white house - can they gat in touch with me?
>
> And can people sign and  circulate the de-alerting letter to others to
> sign, and think what steps to take beyond letters?
>
> get in touch with me on the above adress.
>
> John Hallam,
> Nuclear Campaigner,
> Friends of the Earth Sydney, Australia.
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From: Bob Tiller <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) CAN ANYONE HELP? CONGRESSIONAL SIGNATURES FOR
Date: 19 Jul 1999 18:31:22 -0400

Dear John Hallam,

Physicians for Social Responsibility is working on other initiatives relating
to de-alerting and Congress, so will not be able to pursue this one.

Shalom,
Bob Tiller




FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign wrote:

> Dear People,
> I am looking for people who might be able to get congressional signatures
> for the Y2K De-Alerting letter that I have been circulating.
>
> It isn't possible to do so via congressional email because all that happens
> is that you are auto-spammed by the autoresponders.
>
> There is no human response whatsoever, and it is hopeless.
>
> As I am physically located in Australia it is hardly possible to do it by
> fax and phone.
>
> I need someone who is willing to take on the task of getting as many
> congresional signatures to this important letter, well before the date of
> Aug 6th, when it is to be released to media.
>
> I hope to hear from someone soon!
>
> I am sending up the letter be separate email.
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From: "Bob Kinsey" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data
Date: 19 Jul 1999 16:39:36 -0600

Please forgive my less than precisely defined reference.  I thought that
people would understand a reference to the whole play easier than a
reference to Andrew Underwood from out of that context.  Some people know
the subject of the play without having read it.   I thought I was using a
recognizable shorthand and instead discovered I had opened the floor for
people to display their Shaw-erudition.  Obviously I would have been better
off
leaving the whole reference off the web because now we are wasting a lot of
time.  Obviously--if we are going to address the system which keeps the
nuclear arms race in gear--we are not going to need the addresses of the
"person" Major Barbara.  We are going to need the awareness Shaw brings in
this play that the resistance to disarmament is driven by more than just the
military sector of the system.   And we need clear tools and strategies for
how to redirect these economic players in our current culture of violence.
As you say, Major Barbara was gentle but as I recall not terribly effective.
____________________________________________________________________________
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From: Bob Tiller <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Re: LETS GET DE-ALERT CAMPAIGN GOING
Date: 19 Jul 1999 18:45:04 -0400

Dear Janet Bloomfield,

You are right.  De-alerting is definitely a challenge to the deterrence mindset
and an important step along the path to abolition.  Those who embrace deterrence
have seen that link, and that is why there is strong resistence in the U.S.
government to de-alerting (both in Administration and Congress), and probably in
the Russian government as well.

In my view, we should frame our de-alerting work firmly in the context of
abolition, because that is where it belongs.  But we should also recognize that
there may be some times (e.g. when talking to politicians and others who favor
deterrence) when we should be discreet and keep quiet about the clear linkage to
abolition.  In order to succeed in achieving de-alerting and then abolition, we
must realize that we do not have to mention our entire agenda in every setting.

Shalom,
Bob Tiller, PSR



Janet Bloomfield wrote:

> Dear Friends,
> I really appreciate the work that John and others are doing on the whole
> de-alerting question.
> I do have a few question I want to raise about how this fits into the
> context of the wider abolition goal.
> This could be a huge breakthrough point for us because de-alerting, whilst
> being a step related to safety and the possibility of Y2K problems,  is also
> a huge challenge to the whole deterrence mind set. I think that is why it is
> being resisted so much by decision makers.
> What do the rest of you think about this point? I would be interested to
> know.
> Yours in peace,
> Janet Bloomfield
>
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) INES Congress 2000
Date: 19 Jul 1999 15:56:57 -0700

Here is information on the Year 2000 Conference of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility to be held in Stockholm on the theme, "Challenges for Science and Engineering in the 21st Century." Please note that Theme Area D, "Steps Towards Comprehensive Security and Lasting Peace," contains a workshop on "Abolition of Nuclear Weapons." As I am organizing this workshop, please let me know if you are interested in participating.

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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Woodstock30th & Culture of Peace, Global Peace Walk 2000
Date: 19 Jul 1999 19:10:04 -0700

On pay-per-view TV and internet webcast this Friday, July 23rd, at 12Noon
EST, the Woodstock 30th Anniversary 3 day Concert will begin with opening
prayer ceremonies conducted by the local Oneida indigenous people, Tibetan
Buddhist Monks and Rev. Yusen Yamato, initiator of the Global Peace Walk
project who will be conducting Global Peace Walk 2000 next year from San
Francisco's War Memorial Building on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday
January 15th, to Washington, DC, for Columbus Day activities October 9-12th
including a ceremony of perhaps more than a million people to rededicate the
Washington Monument as a symbol of the message of peace, and ending in New
York City for the United Nations 55th anniversary, October 24, 2000.
Details on Woodstock event and netcast info is at http://www.woodstock.com.
Rev. Yamato will be reachable on the Woodstock30th site July 22-26 at the
"Sacred Space" facility where the Tibetan Sand Mandala is being made during
the event.

Fifty to one hundred walkers are expected to walk all the way across country
next year to be joined by hundreds or thousands more after rendezvous with
other routes in St. Louis next summer.  The Global Peace Walk 2000 will be
carrying the message of Woodstock30th for the development of a culture of
peace and love, in addition to many survival issue messages and letters and
proclamations of support such as those received in Costa Rica June 20-28 at
the World Peace and Prayer Day Ceremony conducted by Chief Arvol Looking
Horse, 19th generation keeper of the original sacred pipe of peace (the
White Buffalo Calf Pipe) http://www.worldpeaceday.com/1999 and the World
Summit on Peace and Time in support of the 13Moon Global Peace Calendar
Change Movement whose representatives presented the Summit results to the
United Nations and to the Vatican this month http://www.earthascending.com .
At this Woodstock30th, Rev. Yamato will be offering 1000 of the 13moon
Pocket Calendars whose "New Year's Day" is July 26th, in the wee hours of
which the Woodstock30th Concert will end.

The mayor of Rome, New York, has issued his proclamation in support of the
Global Peace Walk project and its prayer for "Global Peace Now!" as a
universal human resolve, proclaiming the City of Rome as New York's first
Global Peace Zone in respect of this city being host to Woodstock 30th.
Rome, NY, has thus joined a growing list of municipal Global Peace Zones
including San Francisco City and County, Marin County, and Berkeley,
California; Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico; et al, to foster a worldwide
Global Peace Zone 2000 and the development of the Culture of Peace.

The text of the Rome mayor's proclamation is as follows:

[Text of Mayoral Proclamation received by fax July 16, 1999]

[seal of the city of Rome, New York]

The City of Rome, New York

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS:  The Global Peace Walk project was initiated in 1995, with its walk
from New York City to San Francisco, to commemorate the United Nations 50th
anniversary by offering the prayer for "Global Peace Now!" as a universal
human resolve; and

WHEREAS:  The anniversary message by the United Nations Secretary General
called for the "Development of a Culture of Peace" and 1995 began the United
Nations International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples; and

WHEREAS:  The Woodstock Concert's 30th anniversary celebration will be
taking place in Rome, New York, July 23-25, 1999, to foster the development
of a Culture of Peace and Love through popular music.  The initiator of the
Global Peace Walk project will participate at the opening ceremony with
local spiritual practitioners; and

WHEREAS:  The Global Peace Project has honored Rome by inviting this city to
be New York's first GLOBAL PEACE ZONE.  We hope to deliver a message of
peace all over the world, by uniting people regardless of race, religions,
ideologies, and countries.

NOW THEREFORE;  I, Joseph A. Griffo, by virtue of the authority vested in me
as Mayor of the City of Rome, do hereby proclaim Rome, New York, as a:

"GLOBAL PEACE ZONE"

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and cause the official seal of the
City of Rome, to be affixed this day.

[signature]

Joseph A. Griffo
Mayor, City of Rome

[official city seal affixed]


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Woodstock30th & Culture of Peace, Global Peace
Date: 19 Jul 1999 22:38:52 EDT

where is the abolition of nuclear weapons as a message in all these good
sentiments? the defense department has a meditiation group, nuclear devices
are called peacemakers, soldiers claim to be keeping the peace, where is the
abolition of nuclear weapons as a message in all these good sentiments?
jonathan granoff

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From: Timothy Bruening <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) US bombs Chinese Embassy's Intelligence Center!
Date: 19 Jul 1999 20:03:41 -0700 (PDT)

According to an article on page A17 of the June 25 Sacramento Bee, the
American bombs which hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade on May 7 destroyed
its intelligence-gathering nerve center, and two 0f the three Chinese killed
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) CAN ANYONE HELP? CONGRESSIONAL SIGNATURES FOR
Date: 20 Jul 1999 17:57:20 +1000

Dear People,
I am looking for people who might be able to get congressional signatures
for the Y2K De-Alerting letter that I have been circulating.

It isn't possible to do so via congressional email because all that happens
is that you are auto-spammed by the autoresponders.

There is no human response whatsoever, and it is hopeless.

As I am physically located in Australia it is hardly possible to do it by
fax and phone.

I need someone who is willing to take on the task of getting as many
congresional signatures to this important letter, well before the date of
Aug 6th, when it is to be released to media.

I hope to hear from someone soon!

I am sending up the letter be separate email.



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) De-Alerting
Date: 20 Jul 1999 14:37:17 +1000

Dear Bob,

I hope I did not sound as if I was trying to say that no-one was doing
anything, and PSR is most certainly one of the organisations that has been
doing a great deal. It's great to see just how much you have been doing.
Your list of  tasks is very impressive indeed!

The same is true of PGS in Canada.

It's especially heartening to hear of the proposed Congressional resolution.

Here in Australia, we are working towards a Senate resolution, and I am
hoping that a resolution in the European Parliament will be possible.

I also knew about the White-House call-in day, though only via the
involvement of TVC.


Re the letter from Congresspeople to Clinton:

I am also trying to obtain Congressional signatures to the global
de-alerting letter to both Clinton and Yeltsin.

However, I would need at least some of them by before Aug 6th.

Is there a mechanism whereby the current Bill'n Boris letter can be
circulated through the Congress, and either be combined with the proposed
congressional letter, or in some way organised such that the two
initiatives combine rather than competing?

I think that would be useful.
Many thanks and best wishes,
John Hallam.



>Dear John Hallam,
>
>Thank you for pointing out the urgency of the problem.  Physicians for Social
>Responsibility (the U.S. affiliate of IPPNW) has been working on de-alerting
>for over two years.  Among other steps we have:
>   -written in our newsletter about Y2K and de-alerting (15,000 circulation)
>   -brought a speaker to our national conference (Bruce Blair) on de-alerting
>   -published an article in the Chicago Tribune on Y2K and de-alerting
>   -published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine on accidental
>nuclear attack and de-alerting
>   -sponsored and publicized to grassroots (along with other U.S. groups) a
>call-in day to the White House, urging Clinton to begin de-alerting and to
>talk
>with Yeltsin about Russia doing it
>   -included de-alerting in our slide show on abolition
>   -spoken with Congressional staff about de-alerting
>   -issued press releases and spoken with reporters about de-alerting
>   -spoken with members of the Canberra Commission about advancing de-alerting
>   -distributed a brochure on Y2K and nuclear weapons that was developed by
>Physicians for Global Survivial (Canada)
>   -assisted the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability in developing and
>dsitributing a packet of materials on de-alerting
>   -organized a sign-on letter on de-alerting
>
>We will continue to work on de-alerting, both before and after Dec. 31, 1999.
>Currently I am talking with the staff of a Congressman who will probably
>introduce a resolution on de-alerting soon.  It is also possible that
>there may
>be a letter from Members of Congress to President Clinton on de-alerting.
>
>Other organizations in the U.S. are also working on de-alerting.  I hope this
>information provides some hope and encouragement for you.
>
>Shalom,
>Bob Tiller, PSR



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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NGO Registration for WTO Seattle Conference
Date: 20 Jul 1999 11:16:29 -0400

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Dear Friends,
Attached is a page from the World Trade organization's website with
registration requirements for the Seattle World Trade organization NGO
meeting.
The page can also be found at the WTO website at:
http://www.wto.org/wto/new/ngojune.htm

Below is an email we received in response to our inquiry.  Since the whole
process seems very obscure, if anyone on this list has better information,
please post, as we proposed at the Abolition 2000 meeting in the Hague that we
attend the WTO meeting and have an Abolition 2000 panel there.  Regards, Alice
Slater

************************************************************************
Thank you for your e-mail of 19 July enquiring about participation in the
WTO Seattle Ministerial as an NGO.  Please find below the arrangements in
place for the accrediation of NGOs in Seattle.

To help the NGOs to prepare for their attendance at the Seattle Ministerial
Conference, WTO Members have agreed, one month early to adopt the same
procedures for registration, which were applied for the two previous
Ministerial Conferences in Singapore and Geneva.

You will find attached for your information the requirements to register
and
the deadline to make requests.

This note has also been posted on the WTO web site.

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Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
to eliminate nuclear weapons.
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Mad Scientists
Date: 20 Jul 1999 11:40:50 -0400


13. Ready for blastoff: a Brookhaven engineer puts  finishing touches to
the ion collider
Big Bang machine could destroy Earth

by Jonathan Leake
Science Editor, July 18 1999 BRITAIN

http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/99/07/18/stinwenws02029.html?99=
9

A NUCLEAR accelerator designed to replicate the Big Bang is under
investigation by international physicists because of fears that it might
cause "perturbations of the universe" that could destroy the Earth. One
theory even suggests that it could create a black hole. Brookhaven National
Laboratories (BNL), one of the American government's foremost research
bodies, has spent eight years building its Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
(RHIC) on Long Island in New York state. A successful test-firing was held
on Friday and the first nuclear collisions will take place in the autumn,
building up to full power around the time of the millennium.

Last week, however, John Marburger, Brookhaven's director, set up a
committee of physicists to investigate whether the project could go
disastrously wrong. It followed warnings by other physicists that there was
a tiny but real risk that the machine, the most powerful of its kind in the
world, had the power to create "strangelets" - a new type of matter made up
of sub-atomic particles called "strange quarks".

The committee is to examine the possibility that, once formed, strangelets
might start an uncontrollable chain reaction that could convert anything
they touched into more strange matter. The committee will also consider an
alternative, although less likely, possibility that the colliding particles
could achieve such a high density that they would form a mini black hole.
In space, black holes are believed to generate intense gravitational fields
that suck in all surrounding matter. The creation of one on Earth could be
disastrous.

Professor Bob Jaffe, director of the Centre for Theoretical Physics at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who is on the committee, said he
believed the risk was tiny but could not be ruled out. "There have been
fears that strange matter could alter the structure of anything nearby. The
risk is exceedingly small but the probability of something unusual
happening is not zero."

Construction of the =A3350m RHIC machine started eight years ago and is
almost complete. On Friday scientists sent the first beam of particles
around the machine - but without attempting any collisions.

Inside the collider, atoms of gold will be stripped of their outer
electrons and pumped into one of two 2.4-mile circular tubes where powerful
magnets will accelerate them to 99.9% of the speed of light.

The ions in the two tubes will travel in opposite directions to increase
the power of the collisions. When they smash into each other, at one of
several intersections between the tubes, they will generate minuscule
fireballs of superdense matter with temperatures of about a trillion
degrees - 10,000 times hotter than the sun. Such conditions are thought not
to have existed - except possibly in the heart of some dense stars - since
the Big Bang that formed the universe between 12 billion and 15 billion
years ago.

Under such conditions atomic nuclei "evaporate" into a plasma of
evensmaller particles called quarks and gluons. Theoretical and
experimentalevidence predicts that such a plasma would then emit a shower
of other,different particles as it cooled down.

Among the particles predicted to appear during this cooling are strange
quarks. These have been detected in other accelerators but always attached
to other particles. RHIC, the most powerful such machine yet built, has the
ability to create solitary strange quarks for the first time since the
universe began.

BNL confirmed that there had been discussion over the possibility of
"perturbations in the universe". Thomas Ludlam, associate project director
of RHIC, said that the committee would hold its first meeting shortly.

John Nelson, professor of nuclear physics at Birmingham University who is
leading the British scientific team at RHIC, said the chances of an
accident were infinitesimally small - but Brookhaven had a duty to assess
them. "The big question is whether the planet will disappear in the
twinkling of an eye. It is astonishingly unlikely that there is any risk -
but I could not prove it," he said.

Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
to eliminate nuclear weapons.

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From: Joseph Gerson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Mad Scientists = Vonnegut's Ice 9
Date: 20 Jul 1999 12:11:21 -0400


July 20, 99

Dear Alice,

    Needless to say this report was gripping. Reminded me of Vonnegut's Cat's
Cradle and "Ice Nine."

    They just won't give us any time off will they?

    Best,
    J. Gerson

At 11:40 AM 7/20/99 -0400, ASlater wrote:
>
>13. Ready for blastoff: a Brookhaven engineer puts  finishing touches to
>the ion collider
>Big Bang machine could destroy Earth
>
>by Jonathan Leake
>Science Editor, July 18 1999 BRITAIN
>
>http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/99/07/18/stinwenws02029.html?9=
99
>
>A NUCLEAR accelerator designed to replicate the Big Bang is under
>investigation by international physicists because of fears that it might
>cause "perturbations of the universe" that could destroy the Earth. One
>theory even suggests that it could create a black hole. Brookhaven National
>Laboratories (BNL), one of the American government's foremost research
>bodies, has spent eight years building its Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
>(RHIC) on Long Island in New York state. A successful test-firing was held
>on Friday and the first nuclear collisions will take place in the autumn,
>building up to full power around the time of the millennium.
>
>Last week, however, John Marburger, Brookhaven's director, set up a
>committee of physicists to investigate whether the project could go
>disastrously wrong. It followed warnings by other physicists that there was
>a tiny but real risk that the machine, the most powerful of its kind in the
>world, had the power to create "strangelets" - a new type of matter made up
>of sub-atomic particles called "strange quarks".
>
>The committee is to examine the possibility that, once formed, strangelets
>might start an uncontrollable chain reaction that could convert anything
>they touched into more strange matter. The committee will also consider an
>alternative, although less likely, possibility that the colliding particles
>could achieve such a high density that they would form a mini black hole.
>In space, black holes are believed to generate intense gravitational fields
>that suck in all surrounding matter. The creation of one on Earth could be
>disastrous.
>
>Professor Bob Jaffe, director of the Centre for Theoretical Physics at the
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who is on the committee, said he
>believed the risk was tiny but could not be ruled out. "There have been
>fears that strange matter could alter the structure of anything nearby. The
>risk is exceedingly small but the probability of something unusual
>happening is not zero."
>
>Construction of the =A3350m RHIC machine started eight years ago and is
>almost complete. On Friday scientists sent the first beam of particles
>around the machine - but without attempting any collisions.
>
>Inside the collider, atoms of gold will be stripped of their outer
>electrons and pumped into one of two 2.4-mile circular tubes where powerful
>magnets will accelerate them to 99.9% of the speed of light.
>
>The ions in the two tubes will travel in opposite directions to increase
>the power of the collisions. When they smash into each other, at one of
>several intersections between the tubes, they will generate minuscule
>fireballs of superdense matter with temperatures of about a trillion
>degrees - 10,000 times hotter than the sun. Such conditions are thought not
>to have existed - except possibly in the heart of some dense stars - since
>the Big Bang that formed the universe between 12 billion and 15 billion
>years ago.
>
>Under such conditions atomic nuclei "evaporate" into a plasma of
>evensmaller particles called quarks and gluons. Theoretical and
>experimentalevidence predicts that such a plasma would then emit a shower
>of other,different particles as it cooled down.
>
>Among the particles predicted to appear during this cooling are strange
>quarks. These have been detected in other accelerators but always attached
>to other particles. RHIC, the most powerful such machine yet built, has the
>ability to create solitary strange quarks for the first time since the
>universe began.
>
>BNL confirmed that there had been discussion over the possibility of
>"perturbations in the universe". Thomas Ludlam, associate project director
>of RHIC, said that the committee would hold its first meeting shortly.
>
>John Nelson, professor of nuclear physics at Birmingham University who is
>leading the British scientific team at RHIC, said the chances of an
>accident were infinitesimally small - but Brookhaven had a duty to assess
>them. "The big question is whether the planet will disappear in the
>twinkling of an eye. It is astonishingly unlikely that there is any risk -
>but I could not prove it," he said.
>
>Alice Slater
>Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
>15 East 26th Street, Room 915
>New York, NY 10010
>tel:  [phone]
>fax:  [phone]
>email:  [e-mail]
>
>GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
>to eliminate nuclear weapons.
>
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Updated list of Events surrounding Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Date: 20 Jul 1999 11:19:19 -0700 (PDT)

Dear Friends and Activists,

Below you will find an updated list of events commemorating the bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  I apologize if you receive a duplicate.  If you
have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.  I
encourage you to not only participate in one of the events but also to
encourage other to participate and spread the word.

Yours In Peace,
Carah Ong


**New**Pedals for Peace of San Luis Obispo will have a lantern launching on
the creek near the Mission in SLO to commemerate the 54th anniversary of
the bombings and sufferings of the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at 7 pm
on Sunday August 8th .  They will also reflect on the impact of the nuclear
age on the indigenous peoples of the world and all humankind. For more
information, contact:
Sheila Baker
Pedals For Peace
[e-mail]


**New**A-BOMB SURVIVORS TO SPEAK IN SEAVILLE ON 8/7
Two Hibakusha, or survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs,
will speak at the Coalition for Peace and JusticeÆs annual Hiroshima Day
Commemoration, to be held at 7:30 PM at the Seaville Friends Meetinghouse,
Route 9 in Seaville, about one half mile south of the Route 50 and Route 9
intersection. There will also be a short slide show on the medical effects
of nuclear bombs and the Abolition 2000 Campaign to abolish nuclear weapons
worldwide. This event is co-sponsored by the Seaville Friends Meeting.
Chiyono Yoneda, and Masao Tamaru are the two Hibakusha who will speak.
Chiyono Yoneda, 72 years old, now lives in Yokohama, Japan. She was present
at the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945.  She has been a Japanese
peace activist and member of Hidanyko, the Japanese atomic bomb victims
association for many years. She will describe her experiences both during
the bomb blast itself and in the days following the attack. For More
information contact Norm Cohen at            [e-mail] or
visit the website at: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~norco/

**New**The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is proud to sponsor Sadako Peace
Day.  A ceremony will be held at the Sadako Peace Garden at La Casa de
Maria in Santa Barbara, California.  For more information, please call
805-965-3443

**New** Cambridge, Massachusetts peace groups will remember Hiroshima and
Nagasaki at 6:45 PM on August 5 at Grace Church, 56 Magazine Street
(Central Square). Japanese Hibakusha (A-Bomb Survivors), a Pueblo Indian
woman from New Mexico who lived near and worked in a uranium mine, the
Cambridge Peace and Justice Youth, and notable figures within the
Cambridge peace movement will reflect on the meaning of the atomic
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for our present struggle for the
abolition of nuclear weapons, war, and violence. We will close with
a candlelight procession to the bank of the Charles River, where we will
float flowers in honor of Hiroshima's victims.
On the morning of the 6th, Cambridge high school and college students will
lead peace activities with local children. At 1:00 the children, Hibakusha
and marchers from Harvard Square will meet on the steps of Cambridge City
Hall. The ceremony will focus on the importance of citizens of all ages in
carrying on the memory of the Hibakusha and their message of peace.
For information please contact Joseph Gerson or Kevin Heffel (American
Friends Service Committee) at 617-661-6130 or email at
[e-mail]. This program is sponsored by the New Century
Peace and Justice Leadership Project and Peace and Justice Studies at
Tufts University.

**New** People for Nuclear Disarmament in Perth, Western Australia, will
again be conducting a vigil outside Wesley Church on Friday August 6th,
commemorating the first use of nuclear weapons at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
They will also be focusing on uranium mining and nuclear waste dumping in
Australia. There will be a display of photographs plus two or three tables to
house leaflets, petitions, and banners related to the above themes.  Also,
there will be books and buttons for sale as well as leaflets to hand out
and petitions in support of nuclear disarmament and an end to Uranium
mining and waste dumping. For further information, contact Graham Daniell
at: [e-mail]

**New**Washington DC abolitionists traditionally commemorate Hiroshima at the
moment of the bombing, which in D.C. is August 5th, early evening (early
morning August 6th in Japan), from 5:00 p.m. to dark (candlefloat) at the
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.  Tabling encouraged; brief speeches begin
the event.
Hibakusha (survivors of the bombs) will be present; there aren't too many
of them left, so now is a good time to come hear the story from their own
mouths.
For more details, contact John Steinbach, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Committee,
703-369-7427

**New**In Adelaide, Australia, peace groups will hold a 'Candles and
Cranes' walk through the centre of town, starting at 5.30pm.  During the
function, the Y2K De-Alerting Letter to Clinton and Yeltsin will be
launched by a politician (state) who is one of the signatories of the
letter.  Another politician (federal) will accept the latest load of
"Declarations of Public Concern",
from concerned individuals to our Prime Minister, which call upon the
Australian Government 'to initiate moves towards a global treaty for the
abolition of nuclear weapons, with a time-line for this to be in place by
the year 2000.'

**New** The World Conference against A & H Bombs invites you to join the
"Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days International Joint Action for Nuclear Free
21st Century" on Aug.6 and 9, 1999. There will be a posting entitled
"International Joint Action for Nuclear Free 21st Century" on their
website:   http://www.twics.com/~antiatom/


**New** Princeton New Jersey -- Coalition for Peace Action will commemorate
the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 5th at the Woodrow Wilson
School Plaza on the Princeton University Campus. The picnic will begin at
6pm and the program at 7pm. Youth for Peace will be on hand to fold paper
cranes with children of all ages. Susan Tenney and her dancers will open
the program. Then a moment of silemnce will be held at 7:15. Speakers
scheduled will include Zia Mian, a Pakistani physicist; 2 Hibakusha, one
each from Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and (possibly) a Gulf War Veteran. Music
will be supplied by the Solidarity Singers. At the end of the program, the
dancers will present "Shadows," a piece Sunsan Tenney composed for the
event. Then all will float candles on the reflection pond.
For more information, please contact:
LL Morgan-DuBreuil, Associate Director, Coalition for Peace Action
40 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ  08542
[phone] voice, [phone] fax
[e-mail]

**New** The Long Beach Peace Network will hold a demonstration at the Seal
Beach
Nuclear Weapons Station on Seal Beach Boulevard at 11 am on Saturday,
August 7, in memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For
information all Gene Ruyle at 562 438-6505.

**New** The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper will be running a special edition on the
bombings, with some new findings by a team of investigative reporters.

**(correction)3rd-9th-The World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen
Bombs will be held in Hiroshima & Nagasaki.  For more information, please
contact:  [e-mail]

3rd-8th-Tromp Trident Trek III is a 52 mile peace walk commemorating the
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  It begins in Ashland and ends at
Project ELF.  For more information, contact Nukewatch at 715-472-4185 or
email at [e-mail].

6th-Hiroshima Commemoration at Livermore Lab. It begins at
2:30 PM at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where nuclear
weapons are designed and a new weapons facility is currently under
construction that is intended to create thermonuclear blasts in a reactor
vessel, called the National Ignition
Facility. The gathering will be at the corner of East Avenue and Vasco
Road. After a program of speakers and music, there will be a procession to
the gates of the Laboratory. This annual commemoration is sponsored by many
San Francisco Bay Area peace and
environmental organizations, including the Livermore-based Tri-Valley
CAREs. For more information, call  925-443-7148.

6th-9th-Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund National Congress are
calling for students, activists and concerned citizens form across the
nation and from around the world to join them in Albuquerque, New Mexico to
commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  For more information,
please contact:
Peace Action  www.peace-action.org 202-862-9740 ext. 3038
1819 H St. NW Suite 420 Washington, DC 20006

**New** On Nagasaki Day Peace Action will host a major direct action
at the Los Alamos lab! The contact email for more info is
[e-mail].

For the 17th consecutive year, a fast on water will take place from 6 to 9
of August in Tavery, North of Paris, headquarters of the french "force de
frappe".
Please, send by mail your own information, support and projects to the
fasters :
je√ne du 6 au 9 ao√t 1999
Maison de Vigilance
135, rue de BΘthemont
95150 - Taverny
France
The fasters demand an end to the MΘgajoule project for the modernization of
nuclear bombs, and an really independent and thourough environment and
health survey in Polynesia and in the Sahara, with compensations for the
victims.

Brandywine Peace Community is commemorating the bombings of Hirsoshima on
Friday August 6th, with a vigil from 8am til Noon at Lockheed Martin, Mall
Blvd in Valley Forge, PA.  At Noon, friends and activists are invited to
participate in "Through Hiroshima Eyes", a nuclear age remembrance and
nonviolent civil disobedience.
On Monday, August 9th, there will be a vigil from 7:30am til 11am at the
Lockheed Martin Aegis warship site on Centerton Rd. in Moorestown, NJ.  A
ceremony for the victims of US war-making will follow at 11am.  For more
information please contact:
Brandywine Peace Community
P.O. Box 81
Swarthmore, PA  19081
610-544-1818
email:  [e-mail]

Hiroshima Day Bike Tour to Livermore Labs will be held on Friday, August
6th and to be followed by a rally and Non-violent Direct Action at the
Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory.  For more information, call
510-832-4347 or visit the web site at:
http://www.bikesummer.org






Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
Santa Barbara CA 93108

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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) INES Congress 2000
Date: 20 Jul 1999 13:40:18 -0700

Sorry that the full information was left off the previous message. I'm=
 sending all of it now, for your consideration.



Here is information on the Year 2000 Conference of the International Network=
 of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility to be held in=
 Stockholm on the theme, "Challenges for Science and Engineering in the 21st=
 Century." Please note that Theme Area D, "Steps Towards Comprehensive=
 Security and Lasting Peace," contains a workshop on Abolition of Nuclear=
 Weapons." As I am organizing this workshop, pelase let me know if you are=
 interested in participating.


David Krieger



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>INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS

>FOR GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY (INES)

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>Are you concerned about global development at a time of increasing

>demand on natural resources and decreasing attention paid to human

>values? Are you looking for orientation on the future path of science

>and engineering? Do you wonder how you, as a professional, might

>contribute to a viable future in this respect? Some of the answers

>to these questions will emerge from the INES 2000 Conference, an NGO

>event in Stockholm in June 2000.

>

>This is an invitation to sign up for more information.

>You are welcome to visit our web page

>

>                     http://www.ines2000.org

>

>There, you can join our mailing list to receive continuous updates

>- with the latest news and our conference newsletter. And you can

>send an e-mail message to the Conference Office,

>

>                     [e-mail]

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>BY WHOM - FOR WHOM?

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>The conference is organized by

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>INES, the International Network of Engineers and Scientists

>for Global Responsibility, in cooperation with

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>the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,

>the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and

>the Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research (FRN).

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>The conference is supported by:

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>the European Physical Society;

>the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional

>and Technical Employees (FIET);

>Swedish Scientists and Engineers Against Nuclear Arms (SEANA);

>the Swedish Pugwash Group.

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>It is intended for participants from all over the world who are

>professionals or students or otherwise active in society concerned

>with sustainable development and a responsible use of science and

>technology.

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>The conference will consist of several plenary lectures and

>workshops addressing 4 theme areas:

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>A. Developing the culture of science and engineering;

>B. Science and engineering for a finite world;

>C. Humanizing economy in global context;

>D. Steps towards comprehensive security and lasting peace.

>

>In the plenary program and in the workshops, special attention

>will be paid to youth and gender issues. There will be a special

>focus on the development of science in developing countries.

>

>A poster session will bring in a wide spectrum of contributions from

>the conference participants.

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>The year 2000 offers a unique opportunity to highlight and discuss

>the role of science and engineering in our societies as well as the

>changes of direction that many of us see as necessary for a peaceful

>and sustainable future.

>

>The modern 'scientific project', set in motion 400 years ago, has

>resulted in a world where technology is a prime driving force - for

>good and for bad. The future tasks and directions of science and

>engineering in different societies is the central topic for the

>conference. Special attention is paid to the ethical dimension of

>professionalism in these areas.

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>Before the main conference, a number of one-day pre-conferences

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>1. Science and technology in the states in transition;

>2. Science and technology in less developed states;

>3. Future science and technology according to the younger generation;

>4. Nuclear-weapon free zones in Europe.

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>The Conference will be held on the premises of the Royal Institute of

>Technology (KTH), Stockholm. Part of the program will be held on

>the grounds of the Royal Academy of Sciences, north of Stockholm.

>See INTERNET:

>              http://www.kth.se/index-eng.htm

>              http://www.kva.se

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>The conference will promote a wider dialogue between different actors

>in science and engineering: individuals, institutions, professional

>societies, industrial companies, governments, international

>associations, concerned non-governmental organizations.

>It will follow up on results of the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference

>in May 1999, the UNESCO World Science Conference in Budapest in June,

>and the 2nd Interdisciplinary Conference on the Evolution of World

>Order (WOC) in Toronto, also in June 1999.

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>(Response to your e-mail will be obtained from our e-mail coordinator)

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>Advisory Board:

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>Prof. Ana Maria Cetto (M=E9xico), UNESCO Consultant;

>Prof. Ricardo Diez Hochleitner (Spain), President of the Club of Rome;

>Prof. Giacomo Elias (Italy), President of ISO;

>Prof. George Galbraith (England), Nobel Price Economics;

>Dr. Mats-Olov Hedblom (Sweden), Environmental Manager, Ericsson;

>Prof. V.V. Krishna (India); School of Social Sciences,

>Jawaharlal Nehru University;

>Prof. Ervin Laszlo (Italy), President of the Club of Budapest;

>Prof. Jan Nilsson (Sweden), President Swedish Academy of Sciences;

>Prof. Joseph Rotblat (England), Peace Nobel Price 1995;

>Dra. Hebe Vessuri (Venezuela); IVIC, Department of Social Studies

>of Science.

>

>

>Organizing Committee:

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>Lars Ryd=E9n, (INES, Sweden), chair;

>Hartwig Spitzer (INES, Germany), vice-chair;

>Stefan Bj=F6rnson (SEANA, Sweden), secretary;

>Armin Tenner (INES, Netherlands), auditor;

>Per-Eric Boivie (FIET, Sweden);

>Bengt Gustafsson (KVA, Sweden);

>Bo Kjell=E9n (Pugwash, Sweden);

>Bengt L=F6rstad (EPS, Sweden);

>Ulrike Otto (INES, Germany);

>Christer Sanne (KTH, Sweden);

>Uno Svedin (FRN).

>

>

>Program Committee:

>

>Stefan Bj=F6rnson (Sweden);

>Per-Erik Boivie (Sweden);

>Prof. Claudia von Braunm=FChl (Germany);

>Prof. Ogunlade Davidson (Sierra Leone);

>Dr. Esmat Ezz (Egypt);

>Prof. Sylvie Faucheux (France);

>Prof. Bengt Gustafsson (Sweden);

>Dr. Alla Jaroshinskaja (Russia);

>Dr. David Krieger (USA);

>Dr. Guillermo Lemarchand (Argentina);

>Prof. Pentti Malaska (Finland);

>Prof. Carlos Mallmann (Argentina);

>Prof. Luis Masperi (Argentina);

>Prof. Jiri Matousek (Czech Republic);

>Dr. Marc Ollivier (France);

>Dr. John Peet (New Zealand);

>Prof. Valerij Petrosyan (Russia);

>Prof. Lars Ryd=E9n (Sweden);

>Dr. Christer Sanne (Sweden);

>Prof. Philip Smith (Netherlands);

>Joachim Spangenberg (Germany);

>Prof. Hartwig Spitzer (Germany);

>Sandra Striewski (Germany);

>Prof. Armin Tenner (Netherlands);

>Prof. Gunnar Tibell (Sweden);

>Prof. Diana Uerge-Vorsatz (Hungary).

>

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>3. Confronting and transforming the international economic and

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>4. Dynamics of evolution and the role of humans

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>5. Perspective for the economic sciences

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>6. Perspective for the physical sciences:

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>7. Gender perspective of science and engineering

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>8. Women in science and technology

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>9. Panel discussion on "Science, education and the future of

>universities"

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>10. The culture of responsibility: How to establish universal

>standards of responsibilities for individuals and institutions

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>11. New paradigms for the engineering sciences

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>12. Rebuilding research capacities and science education in less

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>13. Agenda for science and engineering in the 21st century

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>A1: Cultural and social change in a long term perspective

>A2: The policy dimensions of science and technology strategies

>A3: Towards a culture of individual and institutional responsibility

>A4: Challenges and promotion of transdisciplinarity

>A5: Science, technology and education

>A6: Science and technology in the gender perspective

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>THEME AREA B -- SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FOR A FINITE WORLD

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>B1: Spirit and rationality of sustainability and the Earth Charter

>Process

>B2: Risk assessment of controversial technologies in a larger context

>B3: Inventing and refining sustainable technologies and services

>B4: Carrying capacity challenges

>B5: Modelling an open future: Potential and limits of the art of

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>B6: Establishing, enforcing and implementing environmental standards:

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>THEME AREA C -- HUMANIZING ECONOMY IN GLOBAL CONTEXT

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>C1: Prospects for real economic development:

>Rethinking the dominant socio-economic policies

>C2: Changing the global financial architecture

>C3: Local strategies in response to economic globalization

>C4: Economic growth, ecological changes, consomption issues and social

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>C5: Economy and societies in the age of new information technologies

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>THEME AREA D -- STEPS TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY AND LASTING PEACE

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>D1: Assessment of trends in armament and conflict resolution

>D2: The demilitarization of engineering and science

>D3: Scientists' contribution to peace building

>D4: Abolition of nuclear weapons

>D5: Towards disarmament and a culture of peace

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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Please Sign De-Alerting letter to Yeltsin, Clinton
Date: 21 Jul 1999 17:50:12 +1000

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903

[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd

(Apologies to those who have already seen this or already signed it.

If you have not already signed on, and if you think it would be ill-
advised to allow nuclear missiles to remain on hairtrigger alert over the
Y2K rollover period, when many authorities think that US and Russian
defence computer sysems will fail completely, do please sign!)

THE FOLLOWING LETTER IS BEING SENT TO BORIS YELTSIN AND BILL CLINTON BEFORE
AUG 6TH, AND RELEASED TO MEDIA ON THAT DAY.

IT IS NOW SEEKING SIGNATURES, ESPECIALLY FROM NGOS, CHURCH GROUPS,
PARLIAMENTARIANS, AND PEACE AND ENVIRONMENT GROUPS.

All you need to do to sign it is email me.


FROM:
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH JAPAN SIBERIA PROGRAM

AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE,
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR,
PAX CHRISTI N.S.W.,
WAYSIDE CHAPEL, UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA,
PITT STREET UNITING CHURCH, PITT ST, SYDNEY,
CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DISARMAMENT (CICD) AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRALIAN ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, N.S.W.,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA,
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY,
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,
ARID LANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST,
PACIFIC CONNECTIONS,
TWO BILLION VOICES FOR PEACE PROJECT,
UNITED TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL SA.,
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE S.A.,
CFMEU, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH,
A.M.W.U., SA. OFFICE.,

SENATOR LYN ALLISON, VIC.,
SENATOR MEG LEES, LEADER, DEMOCRATS, VIC.,
SENATOR NATASHA STOTT-DESPOJA, DEPUTY LEADER AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS,
SENATOR VICKY BOURNE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR N.S.W.,
SENATOR ANDREW BARTLETT, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND,
SENATOR DEE MARGETTS, GREENS, W.A.,
SENATOR BOB BROWN, GREENS, TAS,
SENATOR GEORGE CAMPBELL, ALP,  N.S.W.,
SENATOR MARGARET REYNOLDS,
ANTHONY ALBANESE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR GRAYNDLER,
TANYA PLIBERSEK,  ALP FEDERAL MP FOR SYDNEY,
JANN MC FARLANE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR STIRLING, W.A.,
JILL HALL M.P., MEMBER FOR SHORTLAND,
IAN COHEN, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
LEE RHIANNON, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
SANDRA KANCK, DEMOCRAT MLC, S.A.,
IAN GILFILLAN, DEMOCRAT MLC, SA,
ROBYN GERAGHTY, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR TORRENS, SA,
FRANCES BEDFORD, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR FLOREY, SA.,
LOUISE CROSSLEY, NATIONAL CONVENOR, GREENS,

WORLD COURT PROJECT UK,
MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP, PRESIDENT, IPB.,
SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE,  CANADA,
BRITISH-AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION CENTRE, US/UK,
GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL,
JAPAN CONGRESS AGAINST A AND H-BOMBS (GENSUIKYO)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS (IALANA),
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (Geneva/NY),

CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT U.K.,
SAFFRON WALDEN GROUP AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
YOUTH AND STUDENT CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
WEST MIDLANDS CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
YORKSHIRE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES 2000 NORFOLK UK.,
NETWORK INFORMATION PROJECT, SOUTHAMPTON,UK, .,
CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF U.S., BASES,

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY CENTRE, NZ,
*AOTEOROA/NEW ZEALAND PEACE FOUNDATION, AUCKLAND, NZ.,*
ENGINEERS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, N.Z.,
NEW ZEALAND GREENS,
NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, N.Z.,
PEACE ACTION DUNEDIN, N.Z.,
PEACE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND,
ABOLITION-2000 NEW ZEALAND,
IPPNW NEW ZEALAND,
VETERANS FOR PEACE NZ.,
ARCHITECTS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR, NZ.,
C.N.D., VETERANS NEW ZEALAND,
CENTRE FOR PEACE STUDIES, UNIV. OF AUCKLAND, NZ,

PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NGOS, BELAU.,
MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR,
GREEN ACTION KYOTO,
WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN,
SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA,
INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW,
WISE-KALININGRAD,
ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW,
PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD,
EDUCATIONAL COMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA,
COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND,
PEACE UNION OF FINLAND,
NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)
PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK,
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (FRANCE),
MOUVEMENT DE LA PAIX, FRANCE,
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR IMMEDIATE DISARMAMENT, SWITZERLAND,
DARMSTAEDTER FRIEDENSFORUM, GERMANY,
NUCLEAR-FREE AWARD, GERMANY,
ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP,
CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA,
IPPNW AUSTRIA,
ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA,
COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS,
INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM,
MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS,
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS,
ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,

GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y U.S.,
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS,
NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK,
TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S.,
SAVE WARD VALLEY, CALIF, U.S.,
METRO-BOSTON COMMITTEE TO DE-ALERT NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, U.S.,
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, U.S.A,
LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIF.,
ACTION SITE TO STOP CASSINI FLYBY,
PROPOSITION-1 COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON DC, US.,
HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS, TECOPA, CALIF, U.S.,
UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK
FORCE,
METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, USA.,
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US,
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA.,
PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S.,
GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE,
WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS,
CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA,
CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO,
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY NEW MEXICO,
PEACE ACTION USA.,
METRO NEW YORK PEACE ACTION COUNCIL, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI U.S.A.,
PAX CHRISTI NEW YORK,
PAX CHRISTI, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI TEXAS,
PAX CHRISTI ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA,
FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN,
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL,
ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S.,
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND,

BILL BLAIKIE MP, HOUSE LEADER, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA,
SVEND ROBINSON MP, HOUSE OF REPS, CANADA,
VETERANS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, CANADA,
PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL, CANADA,
NEW GREEN ALLIANCE, CANADA,
PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY, BC, CANADA.,
THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, VANCOUVER, B.C.,
PLOUGHSHARES, CALGARY, CANADA,


PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN,
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
KRASNOPRESENSKAYA-2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone] [phone],

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US,
[phone], [phone].

WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,
[phone],

BILL RICHARDSON, US SECRETARY OF ENERGY,
[phone].

IGOR SERGEYEV,
DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
Znamenka-19, 103160, Moscow, Russia,
[phone], 247-2795, 247-2722, 293-3323.

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone],

CC
ALL HEADS OF STATE (BY EMAIL)
ALL UN MISSIONS (BY EMAIL)

Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton, Defence Ministers and Defence
Secretaries, Heads of State and UN Missions,

The organisations above, representing millions of people worldwide, are
writing to convey their extreme concern  over the possibility that Year
2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to
an unacceptable risk of  nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.

In the current political situation this is most especially the case.
According to Alexandr Arbatov, of the Defence Committee of the Russian
State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute,  most
dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.'

The danger   during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that
spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to
mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons.

Events similar to this have already occurred. For example:

In the US in 1980,  a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert
signals;

In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a US
missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local
commander to believe the warnings were real);

In 1995,  a Norwegian research rocket prompted a full-scale Russian alert.

If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if
communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of
hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There
should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach  to Y2K and nuclear
arsenals.

Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their
nuclear- related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible
solution is for them all to  stand down nuclear operations. This approach
should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling
nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles.

The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are
such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself on
earth could be in doubt.

In  light of this, we strongly urge that you remove all strategic and
tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a
status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
launch them.

The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear
alert status would:
--Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorised  nuclear
missile launch.
--Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching
disarmament agenda
--Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear
weapon states.

This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and
NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US on
Y2K problems.

According to the Canberra Commission,
"Taking nuclear forces off alert could be verified by national technical
means and nuclear weapon state inspection arrangements. in the first
instance, reduction in alert status could be adopted by the nuclear weapon
states unilaterally"

If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for either
to launch a disarming first strike.

The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe
so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K
computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
politics and national security.


Signed

Kevin Dunion, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner,  Friends of the Earth Australia,
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine,
Jan Kunnas, Friends of the Earth Finland,
Amis de la Terre, Paris, France,
Loukia Pavlidou, President, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Oleg Svistunov, Friends of the Earth Japan Siberia Program,

Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW,
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia,
Julie Marlow, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Committee,
Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, SA Branch,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, National Committee,
Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War,
IPPNW Regional Vice-President, Aust.,
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
Peter Jones, War Resisters International, Australia.,
Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,
Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore,
Deborah Matters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT.,
Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.,
Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA.,
Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore,
Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast,
Chris White, Secretary, United Trades and Labour Council, SA,
Paul Martinella, State Secretary, CFMEU, SA,
Trevor Smith, National Secretary, CFMEU, Forests and Forests products
Division, SA,
Stephen Smith, Secretary, CFMEU, Furnishing trade Division, SA,
Helen Caldicott, MD,
Mick Doyle, United Firefighters Union of SA,
Paul Noak, Secy, A.M.W.U. SA Office.
Martin O' Malley, Secy, CFMEU, SA Branch.
Stephen Spence, Secretary, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, SA.,

Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
Senator Meg Lees, Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader of the
Australian Democrats,
Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW.,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrat Senator for Queensland,
Senator Bob Brown, Green Senator for Tasmania,
Senator Dee Margetts, Green Senator for Western Australia,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Senator Margaret Reynolds, ALP,
Anthony Albanese. ALP, Federal member for Grayndler,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP,  Federal member for Sydney,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, M.P., Federal member for Shortland, NSW,
Cheryl Davenport MLC., W.A.,
Ian Cohen, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Lee Rhiannon, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Sandra Kanck, MLC,Democrats, S.A.,
Ian Gilfillan, MLC, Democrats, SA,
Robyn Geraghty MP, Member for Torrens, SA.,
Frances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A.,
Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia,

Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia.,
Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections,
Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project,

Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK,
Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden,
Martin Butcher, British-American Security Information Centre, US/UK,
Stephanie Mills, Greenpeace International Nuclear and Disarmament Campaign,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms, (IALANA), The Hague, Neth.,

Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.,
Janet Bloomfield, Former Chair CND, Abolition UK, Saffron Walden Group
Against Nuclear Weapons,
Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, UK,
Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of US Bases, UK.,
Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.,
Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, UK,

Dr Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre,
*Marion Hancock, Aoteoroa/NZ Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,*
Gerry Coates, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ,
Keith Locke, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, NZ Greens,
Llelwyn Richards, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, NZ,
Barbara Frame, Peace Action Dunedin, NZ.,
John Urlich, Peace Council of New Zealand,
Rev. John Murray/Dame Laurie Salas/Robin Halliday, Abolition-2000, New Zealand,
Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand,
Richard S. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau,
Chris King, Veterans for Peace New Zealand,
Derek Wilson, Architects Against Nuclear War, NZ,
Robert E. White, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action Kyoto, Japan.,
Hiroshi Taka, Assistant Secretary, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs
(Gensuikyo),
S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India,
Nana Suhartana, Indonesian National Network Forum Anti-Nuclear Society,
Vladimir Sliviak, Ecodefense, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Kaliningrad,
Alexandra Koroleva, Educational Committee, Kaliningrad Regional Duma,
Mikhail Trofimov, Ecodefence! International, Kaliningrad,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign of Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Pavel Malyshev, Platan Youth Group, Kaliningrad,
Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW)
Poul Eck Sorensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark,
Felicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/NY
Daniel Durand, Secretary, Mouvement de La Paix, France,
Solange Fernex, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, France.
Dr Roland Schutzbach, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament, Switzerland,
Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany.
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria,
Dr Klaus Renoldner, President,  IPPNW Austria,
Claudia and Margit, Anti-Atom International,
Claudia and Margit, Coordination Office of Austrian Environment Organisations,
Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear
Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
David Boerma, Coordinator, Pacific Region, Centre for Indigenous Peoples,
Netherlands.,
Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, University of
Bari, Italy,
Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms,

Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY., USA.,
Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, US,
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US.
Molly Johnson, Coordinator, Save Ward Valley, Calif, USA.,
William F. Santelmann, Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif, US.
Dr Robert W. Tiller, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S.A.,
Dr Lachlan Forrow, Past Chair, IPPNW,
Jonathan Mark, Action Site to Stop Cassini Flyby,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif, USA.
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC, US.,
Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force,  Uniting Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountains Conference,
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA,
USA.,
Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San
Francisco, California, US.,
Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA.,
Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. USA.,
Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Centre of San Diego, Calif, US.,
Susan Lee Solar and Maria Mendez, Grandmothers and Mothers Alliance for the
Future,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Peter Bergel, Centre for Energy Research, Salem, Oregon, USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio, USA.,
Jay Coghlan, Concerned Citizens For Nuclear Safety, New Mexico, USA.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA.,
Sonya Ostrom, Metro New York Peace Action Council,
Rachel Keeler, Executive Director, Pax Christi, New York,
Nancy Small, National Coordinator, Pax Christi, USA,
Frank Dworak, Pax Christi, Morris County, NJ, USA.,
Adam Eidinger, Pax Christi Washington Action Group, USA.,
Joyce Hall, Pax Christi Texas,
Paul Villavisanis, Pax Christi, St Augustine, Fl,
Phil Mc Manus, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin
America and the Carribean,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power, Pennsylvania, US,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival,
Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, USA.,
Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund,

Senator Doug Roche, Canadian Parliament,
Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada,
Svend Robinson MP, House of Representatives,Canada,
Dr David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver,
Canada,
Dr Barbara Birkett, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa, Canada.,
Dr Ross Wilcock, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatoon, Canada,
Patti Willis, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security, B.C., Canada,
Prof Eric Fawcett, Physics Dept, University of Toronto, Canada,
Dr Jennifer Allen Simons, The Simons Foundation, Vancouver, B.C.,
Sally Hodges, Chair, Ploughshares, Calgary, Canada,



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Please Sign Y2K de-Alerting letter to Clinton, Yeltsin
Date: 21 Jul 1999 18:22:22 +1000

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903

[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd

(Apologies to those who have already seen this or already signed it.

If you have not already signed on, and if you think it would be ill-
advised to allow nuclear missiles to remain on hairtrigger alert over the
Y2K rollover period, when many authorities think that US and Russian
defence computer sysems will fail completely, do please sign!)

THE FOLLOWING LETTER IS BEING SENT TO BORIS YELTSIN AND BILL CLINTON BEFORE
AUG 6TH, AND RELEASED TO MEDIA ON THAT DAY.

IT IS NOW SEEKING SIGNATURES, ESPECIALLY FROM NGOS, CHURCH GROUPS,
PARLIAMENTARIANS, AND PEACE AND ENVIRONMENT GROUPS.

All you need to do to sign it is email me.


FROM:
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH JAPAN SIBERIA PROGRAM

AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE,
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR,
PAX CHRISTI N.S.W.,
WAYSIDE CHAPEL, UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA,
PITT STREET UNITING CHURCH, PITT ST, SYDNEY,
CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DISARMAMENT (CICD) AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRALIAN ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, N.S.W.,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA,
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY,
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,
ARID LANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST,
PACIFIC CONNECTIONS,
TWO BILLION VOICES FOR PEACE PROJECT,
UNITED TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL SA.,
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE S.A.,
CFMEU, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH,
A.M.W.U., SA. OFFICE.,

SENATOR LYN ALLISON, VIC.,
SENATOR MEG LEES, LEADER, DEMOCRATS, VIC.,
SENATOR NATASHA STOTT-DESPOJA, DEPUTY LEADER AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS,
SENATOR VICKY BOURNE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR N.S.W.,
SENATOR ANDREW BARTLETT, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND,
SENATOR DEE MARGETTS, GREENS, W.A.,
SENATOR BOB BROWN, GREENS, TAS,
SENATOR GEORGE CAMPBELL, ALP,  N.S.W.,
SENATOR MARGARET REYNOLDS,
ANTHONY ALBANESE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR GRAYNDLER,
TANYA PLIBERSEK,  ALP FEDERAL MP FOR SYDNEY,
JANN MC FARLANE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR STIRLING, W.A.,
JILL HALL M.P., MEMBER FOR SHORTLAND,
IAN COHEN, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
LEE RHIANNON, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
SANDRA KANCK, DEMOCRAT MLC, S.A.,
IAN GILFILLAN, DEMOCRAT MLC, SA,
ROBYN GERAGHTY, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR TORRENS, SA,
FRANCES BEDFORD, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR FLOREY, SA.,
LOUISE CROSSLEY, NATIONAL CONVENOR, GREENS,

WORLD COURT PROJECT UK,
MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP, PRESIDENT, IPB.,
SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE,  CANADA,
BRITISH-AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION CENTRE, US/UK,
GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL,
JAPAN CONGRESS AGAINST A AND H-BOMBS (GENSUIKYO)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS (IALANA),
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (Geneva/NY),

CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT U.K.,
SAFFRON WALDEN GROUP AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
YOUTH AND STUDENT CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
WEST MIDLANDS CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
YORKSHIRE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES 2000 NORFOLK UK.,
NETWORK INFORMATION PROJECT, SOUTHAMPTON,UK, .,
CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF U.S., BASES,

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY CENTRE, NZ,
*AOTEOROA/NEW ZEALAND PEACE FOUNDATION, AUCKLAND, NZ.,*
ENGINEERS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, N.Z.,
NEW ZEALAND GREENS,
NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, N.Z.,
PEACE ACTION DUNEDIN, N.Z.,
PEACE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND,
ABOLITION-2000 NEW ZEALAND,
IPPNW NEW ZEALAND,
VETERANS FOR PEACE NZ.,
ARCHITECTS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR, NZ.,
C.N.D., VETERANS NEW ZEALAND,
CENTRE FOR PEACE STUDIES, UNIV. OF AUCKLAND, NZ,

PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NGOS, BELAU.,
MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR,
GREEN ACTION KYOTO,
WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN,
SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA,
INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW,
WISE-KALININGRAD,
ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW,
PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD,
EDUCATIONAL COMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA,
COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND,
PEACE UNION OF FINLAND,
NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)
PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK,
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (FRANCE),
MOUVEMENT DE LA PAIX, FRANCE,
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR IMMEDIATE DISARMAMENT, SWITZERLAND,
DARMSTAEDTER FRIEDENSFORUM, GERMANY,
NUCLEAR-FREE AWARD, GERMANY,
ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP,
CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA,
IPPNW AUSTRIA,
ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA,
COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS,
INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM,
MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS,
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS,
ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,

GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y U.S.,
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS,
NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK,
TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S.,
SAVE WARD VALLEY, CALIF, U.S.,
METRO-BOSTON COMMITTEE TO DE-ALERT NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, U.S.,
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, U.S.A,
LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIF.,
ACTION SITE TO STOP CASSINI FLYBY,
PROPOSITION-1 COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON DC, US.,
HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS, TECOPA, CALIF, U.S.,
UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK
FORCE,
METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, USA.,
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US,
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA.,
PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S.,
GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE,
WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS,
CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA,
CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO,
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY NEW MEXICO,
PEACE ACTION USA.,
METRO NEW YORK PEACE ACTION COUNCIL, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI U.S.A.,
PAX CHRISTI NEW YORK,
PAX CHRISTI, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI TEXAS,
PAX CHRISTI ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA,
FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN,
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL,
ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S.,
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND,

BILL BLAIKIE MP, HOUSE LEADER, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA,
SVEND ROBINSON MP, HOUSE OF REPS, CANADA,
VETERANS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, CANADA,
PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL, CANADA,
NEW GREEN ALLIANCE, CANADA,
PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY, BC, CANADA.,
THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, VANCOUVER, B.C.,
PLOUGHSHARES, CALGARY, CANADA,


PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN,
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
KRASNOPRESENSKAYA-2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone] [phone],

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US,
[phone], [phone].

WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,
[phone],

BILL RICHARDSON, US SECRETARY OF ENERGY,
[phone].

IGOR SERGEYEV,
DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
Znamenka-19, 103160, Moscow, Russia,
[phone], 247-2795, 247-2722, 293-3323.

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone],

CC
ALL HEADS OF STATE (BY EMAIL)
ALL UN MISSIONS (BY EMAIL)

Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton, Defence Ministers and Defence
Secretaries, Heads of State and UN Missions,

The organisations above, representing millions of people worldwide, are
writing to convey their extreme concern  over the possibility that Year
2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to
an unacceptable risk of  nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.

In the current political situation this is most especially the case.
According to Alexandr Arbatov, of the Defence Committee of the Russian
State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute,  most
dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.'

The danger   during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that
spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to
mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons.

Events similar to this have already occurred. For example:

In the US in 1980,  a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert
signals;

In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a US
missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local
commander to believe the warnings were real);

In 1995,  a Norwegian research rocket prompted a full-scale Russian alert.

If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if
communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of
hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There
should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach  to Y2K and nuclear
arsenals.

Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their
nuclear- related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible
solution is for them all to  stand down nuclear operations. This approach
should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling
nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles.

The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are
such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself on
earth could be in doubt.

In  light of this, we strongly urge that you remove all strategic and
tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a
status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
launch them.

The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear
alert status would:
--Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorised  nuclear
missile launch.
--Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching
disarmament agenda
--Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear
weapon states.

This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and
NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US on
Y2K problems.

According to the Canberra Commission,
"Taking nuclear forces off alert could be verified by national technical
means and nuclear weapon state inspection arrangements. in the first
instance, reduction in alert status could be adopted by the nuclear weapon
states unilaterally"

If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for either
to launch a disarming first strike.

The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe
so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K
computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
politics and national security.


Signed

Kevin Dunion, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner,  Friends of the Earth Australia,
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine,
Jan Kunnas, Friends of the Earth Finland,
Amis de la Terre, Paris, France,
Loukia Pavlidou, President, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Oleg Svistunov, Friends of the Earth Japan Siberia Program,

Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW,
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia,
Julie Marlow, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Committee,
Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, SA Branch,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, National Committee,
Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War,
IPPNW Regional Vice-President, Aust.,
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
Peter Jones, War Resisters International, Australia.,
Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,
Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore,
Deborah Matters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT.,
Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.,
Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA.,
Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore,
Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast,
Chris White, Secretary, United Trades and Labour Council, SA,
Paul Martinella, State Secretary, CFMEU, SA,
Trevor Smith, National Secretary, CFMEU, Forests and Forests products
Division, SA,
Stephen Smith, Secretary, CFMEU, Furnishing trade Division, SA,
Helen Caldicott, MD,
Mick Doyle, United Firefighters Union of SA,
Paul Noak, Secy, A.M.W.U. SA Office.
Martin O' Malley, Secy, CFMEU, SA Branch.
Stephen Spence, Secretary, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, SA.,

Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
Senator Meg Lees, Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader of the
Australian Democrats,
Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW.,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrat Senator for Queensland,
Senator Bob Brown, Green Senator for Tasmania,
Senator Dee Margetts, Green Senator for Western Australia,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Senator Margaret Reynolds, ALP,
Anthony Albanese. ALP, Federal member for Grayndler,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP,  Federal member for Sydney,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, M.P., Federal member for Shortland, NSW,
Cheryl Davenport MLC., W.A.,
Ian Cohen, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Lee Rhiannon, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Sandra Kanck, MLC,Democrats, S.A.,
Ian Gilfillan, MLC, Democrats, SA,
Robyn Geraghty MP, Member for Torrens, SA.,
Frances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A.,
Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia,

Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia.,
Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections,
Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project,

Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK,
Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden,
Martin Butcher, British-American Security Information Centre, US/UK,
Stephanie Mills, Greenpeace International Nuclear and Disarmament Campaign,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms, (IALANA), The Hague, Neth.,

Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.,
Janet Bloomfield, Former Chair CND, Abolition UK, Saffron Walden Group
Against Nuclear Weapons,
Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, UK,
Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of US Bases, UK.,
Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.,
Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, UK,

Dr Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre,
*Marion Hancock, Aoteoroa/NZ Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,*
Gerry Coates, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ,
Keith Locke, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, NZ Greens,
Llelwyn Richards, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, NZ,
Barbara Frame, Peace Action Dunedin, NZ.,
John Urlich, Peace Council of New Zealand,
Rev. John Murray/Dame Laurie Salas/Robin Halliday, Abolition-2000, New Zealand,
Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand,
Richard S. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau,
Chris King, Veterans for Peace New Zealand,
Derek Wilson, Architects Against Nuclear War, NZ,
Robert E. White, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action Kyoto, Japan.,
Hiroshi Taka, Assistant Secretary, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs
(Gensuikyo),
S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India,
Nana Suhartana, Indonesian National Network Forum Anti-Nuclear Society,
Vladimir Sliviak, Ecodefense, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Kaliningrad,
Alexandra Koroleva, Educational Committee, Kaliningrad Regional Duma,
Mikhail Trofimov, Ecodefence! International, Kaliningrad,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign of Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Pavel Malyshev, Platan Youth Group, Kaliningrad,
Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW)
Poul Eck Sorensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark,
Felicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/NY
Daniel Durand, Secretary, Mouvement de La Paix, France,
Solange Fernex, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, France.
Dr Roland Schutzbach, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament, Switzerland,
Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany.
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria,
Dr Klaus Renoldner, President,  IPPNW Austria,
Claudia and Margit, Anti-Atom International,
Claudia and Margit, Coordination Office of Austrian Environment Organisations,
Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear
Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
David Boerma, Coordinator, Pacific Region, Centre for Indigenous Peoples,
Netherlands.,
Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, University of
Bari, Italy,
Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms,

Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY., USA.,
Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, US,
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US.
Molly Johnson, Coordinator, Save Ward Valley, Calif, USA.,
William F. Santelmann, Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif, US.
Dr Robert W. Tiller, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S.A.,
Dr Lachlan Forrow, Past Chair, IPPNW,
Jonathan Mark, Action Site to Stop Cassini Flyby,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif, USA.
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC, US.,
Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force,  Uniting Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountains Conference,
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA,
USA.,
Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San
Francisco, California, US.,
Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA.,
Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. USA.,
Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Centre of San Diego, Calif, US.,
Susan Lee Solar and Maria Mendez, Grandmothers and Mothers Alliance for the
Future,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Peter Bergel, Centre for Energy Research, Salem, Oregon, USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio, USA.,
Jay Coghlan, Concerned Citizens For Nuclear Safety, New Mexico, USA.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA.,
Sonya Ostrom, Metro New York Peace Action Council,
Rachel Keeler, Executive Director, Pax Christi, New York,
Nancy Small, National Coordinator, Pax Christi, USA,
Frank Dworak, Pax Christi, Morris County, NJ, USA.,
Adam Eidinger, Pax Christi Washington Action Group, USA.,
Joyce Hall, Pax Christi Texas,
Paul Villavisanis, Pax Christi, St Augustine, Fl,
Phil Mc Manus, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin
America and the Carribean,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power, Pennsylvania, US,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival,
Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, USA.,
Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund,

Senator Doug Roche, Canadian Parliament,
Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada,
Svend Robinson MP, House of Representatives,Canada,
Dr David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver,
Canada,
Dr Barbara Birkett, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa, Canada.,
Dr Ross Wilcock, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatoon, Canada,
Patti Willis, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security, B.C., Canada,
Prof Eric Fawcett, Physics Dept, University of Toronto, Canada,
Dr Jennifer Allen Simons, The Simons Foundation, Vancouver, B.C.,
Sally Hodges, Chair, Ploughshares, Calgary, Canada,



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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Star Wars Int'l Call-In Days
Date: 21 Jul 1999 13:10:32 -0400

>Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:19:40 -0400
>Subject: Star Wars Int'l Call-In Days
>Priority: non-urgent
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
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>
>STAR WARS INTERNATIONAL CALL-IN DAYS
>SEPTEMBER 13-15, 1999
>
>NO BMD!
>NO WEAPONS IN SPACE!
>
>
>
>Congress has voted to allow the Pentagon to move forward with the
>Ballistic
>Missile Defense (BMD) system as "soon as technically feasible".  The
>Clinton
>administration is now beginning negotiations with Russia in hopes of
>getting
>their "agreement" for the U.S. to circumvent the 1972 ABM Treaty that
>outlaws
>the development of weapons systems like the BMD.  Clinton is scheduled to
>make a deployment decision on the BMD in June, 2000.  U.S. military
>officials
>have been heard to remark that while the BMD is supposedly to be used for
>"defensive" purposes, its "dual use for offensive purposes is clear."
>
>In order to immediately increase worldwide opposition to plans for the
>weaponization of space the Global Network has called for the International
>Call-In Days on Star Wars.  We picked the mid-September dates because the
>Pentagon is scheduled to perform a Star Wars test over the Pacific Ocean
>in
>September (exact date is classified).
>
>Please call the White House and Congress at the numbers listed below
>during
>our call-in days.  For our friends outside the U.S. we ask you to contact
>the
>U.S. Embassy in your country as well as send a message to President
>Clinton
>and V-P Al Gore.  Demand an end to Star Wars and the waste of our tax
>dollars!
>
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>President Clintons E-Mail:   [e-mail]
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>
>
>
>Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
>PO Box 90083 * Gainesville, Fl. 32607 * [phone] * [e-mail]
>www.globenet.free-online.co.uk
>
>
>
>
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From: Sean Donahue <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) JOB OPENING: Coordinator, NH Peace Action
Date: 21 Jul 1999 15:45:21 -0600

Dear friends,

In Septemebr I will be shifting to a part time position at NH Peace
Action and the group will be seeking a new Coordinator.  Please feel fre
to pass this on to anyone who might be interested in the job and to any
other relavent e-mail lists.

peace and light,
Sean Donahue

JOB OPENING
COORDINATOR, NH PEACE ACTION

Statewide peace and disarmament group seeks additional full time staff
person for administration, fundraising, and grassroots organizing.=20
Seeking activist with organizing experience to work with volunteers,
committees, and part time staff.  Responsibilities may include fiscal
management, fundraising, grassroots organizing, public speaking,=20
overseeing member recruitment and renewal, and recruiting and
supervising volunteers.  Concord office; some travel and night and
weekend work required.

NH Peace Action works for peace and disarmament through education,
lobbying, grassroots organizing, and nonviolent direct action.   Recent
work has focused on the sanctions on Iraq, the weapons industry in NH,
nuclear abolition, the arms trade, and the military budget.   NHPA is an
affiliate of NH Peace Action.

To apply send a r=E9sum=E9, cover letter, and references to NH Peace Acti=
on
PO Box 771, Concord, NH 03302, fax - 603-228-6492, e-mail
[e-mail], by Friday, September 10, 1999.  For more information
call 603-228-0559 or e-mail [e-mail].

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Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) June 26th Not a Victory Parade Release/Post
Date: 21 Jul 1999 20:43:32 EDT

David,
 this is Mike Niece here, please send us NDE the cost of your plane ticket
and if you are willing to stay at Wellsprings. Most speakers are.
 My address is:
   Michael Niece
   1678 MacArthur Blvd.
   Oakland, CA.94602
   If you need more info, let me know!

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From: "Olson, Inga" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Please Sign De-Alerting letter to Yeltsin, Cl
Date: 21 Jul 1999 19:37:17 -0700

I want to sign on for myself and Sacramento Valley, Citizens Along the Roads
and Tracks

> ----------
> From:     FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign[SMTP:[e-mail]]
> Reply To:     [e-mail]
> Sent:     Wednesday, July 21, 1999 12:50 AM
> To:     [e-mail]; [e-mail];
> [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> Subject:     (abolition-usa) Please Sign De-Alerting letter to Yeltsin,
> Clinton
>
> John Hallam
> Friends of the Earth Sydney,
> 17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
> Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903
>
> [e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd
>
> (Apologies to those who have already seen this or already signed it.
>
> If you have not already signed on, and if you think it would be ill-
> advised to allow nuclear missiles to remain on hairtrigger alert over the
> Y2K rollover period, when many authorities think that US and Russian
> defence computer sysems will fail completely, do please sign!)
>
> THE FOLLOWING LETTER IS BEING SENT TO BORIS YELTSIN AND BILL CLINTON
> BEFORE
> AUG 6TH, AND RELEASED TO MEDIA ON THAT DAY.
>
> IT IS NOW SEEKING SIGNATURES, ESPECIALLY FROM NGOS, CHURCH GROUPS,
> PARLIAMENTARIANS, AND PEACE AND ENVIRONMENT GROUPS.
>
> All you need to do to sign it is email me.
>
>
> FROM:
> FRIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL
> FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA,
> FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR,
> FRIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE,
> FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND,
> FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE,
> FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS,
> FRIENDS OF THE EARTH JAPAN SIBERIA PROGRAM
>
> AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE,
> MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR,
> PAX CHRISTI N.S.W.,
> WAYSIDE CHAPEL, UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA,
> PITT STREET UNITING CHURCH, PITT ST, SYDNEY,
> CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DISARMAMENT (CICD) AUSTRALIA,
> AUSTRALIAN ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
> PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, N.S.W.,
> WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA,
> THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY,
> AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,
> ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,
> ARID LANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
> BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
> ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
> CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A.,
> PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
> EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE,
> EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST,
> PACIFIC CONNECTIONS,
> TWO BILLION VOICES FOR PEACE PROJECT,
> UNITED TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL SA.,
> UNITED FIREFIGHTERS UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
> MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE S.A.,
> CFMEU, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH,
> A.M.W.U., SA. OFFICE.,
>
> SENATOR LYN ALLISON, VIC.,
> SENATOR MEG LEES, LEADER, DEMOCRATS, VIC.,
> SENATOR NATASHA STOTT-DESPOJA, DEPUTY LEADER AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS,
> SENATOR VICKY BOURNE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR N.S.W.,
> SENATOR ANDREW BARTLETT, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND,
> SENATOR DEE MARGETTS, GREENS, W.A.,
> SENATOR BOB BROWN, GREENS, TAS,
> SENATOR GEORGE CAMPBELL, ALP,  N.S.W.,
> SENATOR MARGARET REYNOLDS,
> ANTHONY ALBANESE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR GRAYNDLER,
> TANYA PLIBERSEK,  ALP FEDERAL MP FOR SYDNEY,
> JANN MC FARLANE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR STIRLING, W.A.,
> JILL HALL M.P., MEMBER FOR SHORTLAND,
> IAN COHEN, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
> LEE RHIANNON, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
> SANDRA KANCK, DEMOCRAT MLC, S.A.,
> IAN GILFILLAN, DEMOCRAT MLC, SA,
> ROBYN GERAGHTY, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR TORRENS, SA,
> FRANCES BEDFORD, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR FLOREY, SA.,
> LOUISE CROSSLEY, NATIONAL CONVENOR, GREENS,
>
> WORLD COURT PROJECT UK,
> MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP, PRESIDENT, IPB.,
> SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE,  CANADA,
> BRITISH-AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION CENTRE, US/UK,
> GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL,
> JAPAN CONGRESS AGAINST A AND H-BOMBS (GENSUIKYO)
> INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS (IALANA),
> WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (Geneva/NY),
>
> CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT U.K.,
> SAFFRON WALDEN GROUP AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
> YOUTH AND STUDENT CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
> WEST MIDLANDS CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
> YORKSHIRE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
> MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
> TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES 2000 NORFOLK UK.,
> NETWORK INFORMATION PROJECT, SOUTHAMPTON,UK, .,
> CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF U.S., BASES,
>
> DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY CENTRE, NZ,
> *AOTEOROA/NEW ZEALAND PEACE FOUNDATION, AUCKLAND, NZ.,*
> ENGINEERS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, N.Z.,
> NEW ZEALAND GREENS,
> NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, N.Z.,
> PEACE ACTION DUNEDIN, N.Z.,
> PEACE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND,
> ABOLITION-2000 NEW ZEALAND,
> IPPNW NEW ZEALAND,
> VETERANS FOR PEACE NZ.,
> ARCHITECTS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR, NZ.,
> C.N.D., VETERANS NEW ZEALAND,
> CENTRE FOR PEACE STUDIES, UNIV. OF AUCKLAND, NZ,
>
> PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NGOS, BELAU.,
> MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR,
> GREEN ACTION KYOTO,
> WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN,
> SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA,
> INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
> ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW,
> WISE-KALININGRAD,
> ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW,
> PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD,
> EDUCATIONAL COMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA,
> COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND,
> PEACE UNION OF FINLAND,
> NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)
> PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK,
> WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (FRANCE),
> MOUVEMENT DE LA PAIX, FRANCE,
> GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR IMMEDIATE DISARMAMENT, SWITZERLAND,
> DARMSTAEDTER FRIEDENSFORUM, GERMANY,
> NUCLEAR-FREE AWARD, GERMANY,
> ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP,
> CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA,
> IPPNW AUSTRIA,
> ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA,
> COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS,
> INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS,
> FOR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM,
> MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS,
> FOR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS,
> CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS,
> ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,
>
> GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y U.S.,
> NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS,
> NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK,
> TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S.,
> SAVE WARD VALLEY, CALIF, U.S.,
> METRO-BOSTON COMMITTEE TO DE-ALERT NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
> NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, U.S.,
> PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, U.S.A,
> LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIF.,
> ACTION SITE TO STOP CASSINI FLYBY,
> PROPOSITION-1 COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON DC, US.,
> HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS, TECOPA, CALIF, U.S.,
> UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK
> FORCE,
> METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, USA.,
> INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US,
> WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA.,
> PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S.,
> GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE,
> WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS,
> CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA,
> CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO,
> CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY NEW MEXICO,
> PEACE ACTION USA.,
> METRO NEW YORK PEACE ACTION COUNCIL, USA.,
> PAX CHRISTI U.S.A.,
> PAX CHRISTI NEW YORK,
> PAX CHRISTI, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ, USA.,
> PAX CHRISTI TEXAS,
> PAX CHRISTI ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA,
> FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE
> CARRIBEAN,
> ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER,
> CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL,
> ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S.,
> NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND,
>
> BILL BLAIKIE MP, HOUSE LEADER, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA,
> SVEND ROBINSON MP, HOUSE OF REPS, CANADA,
> VETERANS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, CANADA,
> PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL, CANADA,
> NEW GREEN ALLIANCE, CANADA,
> PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY, BC, CANADA.,
> THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, VANCOUVER, B.C.,
> PLOUGHSHARES, CALGARY, CANADA,
>
>
> PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN,
> OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
> KRASNOPRESENSKAYA-2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
> [phone], [phone] [phone],
>
> PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
> WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US,
> [phone], [phone].
>
> WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,
> [phone],
>
> BILL RICHARDSON, US SECRETARY OF ENERGY,
> [phone].
>
> IGOR SERGEYEV,
> DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
> Znamenka-19, 103160, Moscow, Russia,
> [phone], 247-2795, 247-2722, 293-3323.
>
> FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
> [phone], [phone],
>
> CC
> ALL HEADS OF STATE (BY EMAIL)
> ALL UN MISSIONS (BY EMAIL)
>
> Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton, Defence Ministers and Defence
> Secretaries, Heads of State and UN Missions,
>
> The organisations above, representing millions of people worldwide, are
> writing to convey their extreme concern  over the possibility that Year
> 2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead
> to
> an unacceptable risk of  nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.
>
> In the current political situation this is most especially the case.
> According to Alexandr Arbatov, of the Defence Committee of the Russian
> State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute,  most
> dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.'
>
> The danger   during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility
> that
> spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to
> mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons.
>
> Events similar to this have already occurred. For example:
>
> In the US in 1980,  a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert
> signals;
>
> In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a
> US
> missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local
> commander to believe the warnings were real);
>
> In 1995,  a Norwegian research rocket prompted a full-scale Russian alert.
>
> If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if
> communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of
> hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There
> should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach  to Y2K and nuclear
> arsenals.
>
> Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their
> nuclear- related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible
> solution is for them all to  stand down nuclear operations. This approach
> should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling
> nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles.
>
> The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are
> such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself
> on
> earth could be in doubt.
>
> In  light of this, we strongly urge that you remove all strategic and
> tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a
> status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
> launch them.
>
> The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear
> alert status would:
> --Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorised  nuclear
> missile launch.
> --Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching
> disarmament agenda
> --Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear
> weapon states.
>
> This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and
> NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US
> on
> Y2K problems.
>
> According to the Canberra Commission,
> "Taking nuclear forces off alert could be verified by national technical
> means and nuclear weapon state inspection arrangements. in the first
> instance, reduction in alert status could be adopted by the nuclear weapon
> states unilaterally"
>
> If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for
> either
> to launch a disarming first strike.
>
> The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe
> so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K
> computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
> politics and national security.
>
>
> Signed
>
> Kevin Dunion, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International,
> John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner,  Friends of the Earth Australia,
> Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
> Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine,
> Jan Kunnas, Friends of the Earth Finland,
> Amis de la Terre, Paris, France,
> Loukia Pavlidou, President, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
> Oleg Svistunov, Friends of the Earth Japan Siberia Program,
>
> Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW,
> Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia,
> Julie Marlow, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Committee,
> Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, SA Branch,
> Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, National Committee,
> Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War,
> IPPNW Regional Vice-President, Aust.,
> Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
> Peter Jones, War Resisters International, Australia.,
> Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation,
> Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,
> Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
> Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore,
> Deborah Matters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT.,
> Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.,
> Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA.,
> Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore,
> Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast,
> Chris White, Secretary, United Trades and Labour Council, SA,
> Paul Martinella, State Secretary, CFMEU, SA,
> Trevor Smith, National Secretary, CFMEU, Forests and Forests products
> Division, SA,
> Stephen Smith, Secretary, CFMEU, Furnishing trade Division, SA,
> Helen Caldicott, MD,
> Mick Doyle, United Firefighters Union of SA,
> Paul Noak, Secy, A.M.W.U. SA Office.
> Martin O' Malley, Secy, CFMEU, SA Branch.
> Stephen Spence, Secretary, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, SA.,
>
> Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
> Senator Meg Lees, Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader of the
> Australian Democrats,
> Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW.,
> Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats,
> Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrat Senator for Queensland,
> Senator Bob Brown, Green Senator for Tasmania,
> Senator Dee Margetts, Green Senator for Western Australia,
> Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
> Senator Margaret Reynolds, ALP,
> Anthony Albanese. ALP, Federal member for Grayndler,
> Tanya Plibersek, ALP,  Federal member for Sydney,
> Jann Mc Farlane, Federal member for Stirling, W.A.,
> Jill Hall, M.P., Federal member for Shortland, NSW,
> Cheryl Davenport MLC., W.A.,
> Ian Cohen, MLC, Greens, NSW,
> Lee Rhiannon, MLC, Greens, NSW,
> Sandra Kanck, MLC,Democrats, S.A.,
> Ian Gilfillan, MLC, Democrats, SA,
> Robyn Geraghty MP, Member for Torrens, SA.,
> Frances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A.,
> Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia,
>
> Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia.,
> Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections,
> Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project,
>
> Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK,
> Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden,
> Martin Butcher, British-American Security Information Centre, US/UK,
> Stephanie Mills, Greenpeace International Nuclear and Disarmament
> Campaign,
> Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
> Against Nuclear Arms, (IALANA), The Hague, Neth.,
>
> Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.,
> Janet Bloomfield, Former Chair CND, Abolition UK, Saffron Walden Group
> Against Nuclear Weapons,
> Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND,
> Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, UK,
> Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K.,
> Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., UK.,
> Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of US Bases,
> UK.,
> Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
> Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.,
> Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, UK,
>
> Dr Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre,
> *Marion Hancock, Aoteoroa/NZ Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,*
> Gerry Coates, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ,
> Keith Locke, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, NZ Greens,
> Llelwyn Richards, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, NZ,
> Barbara Frame, Peace Action Dunedin, NZ.,
> John Urlich, Peace Council of New Zealand,
> Rev. John Murray/Dame Laurie Salas/Robin Halliday, Abolition-2000, New
> Zealand,
> Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand,
> Richard S. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau,
> Chris King, Veterans for Peace New Zealand,
> Derek Wilson, Architects Against Nuclear War, NZ,
> Robert E. White, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
> Auckland, NZ.,
>
> Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
> Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
> Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action Kyoto, Japan.,
> Hiroshi Taka, Assistant Secretary, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs
> (Gensuikyo),
> S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
> Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India,
> Nana Suhartana, Indonesian National Network Forum Anti-Nuclear Society,
> Vladimir Sliviak, Ecodefense, Russia,
> Galina Raghouzhina, World Information Service on Energy (WISE)
> Kaliningrad,
> Alexandra Koroleva, Educational Committee, Kaliningrad Regional Duma,
> Mikhail Trofimov, Ecodefence! International, Kaliningrad,
> Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign of Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
> Pavel Malyshev, Platan Youth Group, Kaliningrad,
> Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
> Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
> Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW)
> Poul Eck Sorensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark,
> Felicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom,
> Geneva/NY
> Daniel Durand, Secretary, Mouvement de La Paix, France,
> Solange Fernex, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, France.
> Dr Roland Schutzbach, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament,
> Switzerland,
> Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
> Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany,
> Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany,
> Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany.
> Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
> Austria,
> Dr Klaus Renoldner, President,  IPPNW Austria,
> Claudia and Margit, Anti-Atom International,
> Claudia and Margit, Coordination Office of Austrian Environment
> Organisations,
> Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear
> Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria,
> Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
> Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands,
> Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
> David Boerma, Coordinator, Pacific Region, Centre for Indigenous Peoples,
> Netherlands.,
> Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, University of
> Bari, Italy,
> Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms,
>
> Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY.,
> USA.,
> Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans,
> Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, US,
> Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US.
> Molly Johnson, Coordinator, Save Ward Valley, Calif, USA.,
> William F. Santelmann, Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
> David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif, US.
> Dr Robert W. Tiller, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S.A.,
> Dr Lachlan Forrow, Past Chair, IPPNW,
> Jonathan Mark, Action Site to Stop Cassini Flyby,
> Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif, USA.
> Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC, US.,
> Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force,  Uniting Church of Christ,
> Rocky Mountains Conference,
> Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington,
> USA.,
> Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA,
> USA.,
> Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San
> Francisco, California, US.,
> Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA.,
> Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. USA.,
> Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Centre of San Diego, Calif, US.,
> Susan Lee Solar and Maria Mendez, Grandmothers and Mothers Alliance for
> the
> Future,
> Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
> Peter Bergel, Centre for Energy Research, Salem, Oregon, USA.,
> Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio, USA.,
> Jay Coghlan, Concerned Citizens For Nuclear Safety, New Mexico, USA.,
> Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA.,
> Sonya Ostrom, Metro New York Peace Action Council,
> Rachel Keeler, Executive Director, Pax Christi, New York,
> Nancy Small, National Coordinator, Pax Christi, USA,
> Frank Dworak, Pax Christi, Morris County, NJ, USA.,
> Adam Eidinger, Pax Christi Washington Action Group, USA.,
> Joyce Hall, Pax Christi Texas,
> Paul Villavisanis, Pax Christi, St Augustine, Fl,
> Phil Mc Manus, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin
> America and the Carribean,
> Judith H. Johnsrud, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power,
> Pennsylvania, US,
> Judith H. Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival,
> Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, USA.,
> Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund,
>
> Senator Doug Roche, Canadian Parliament,
> Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada,
> Svend Robinson MP, House of Representatives,Canada,
> Dr David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver,
> Canada,
> Dr Barbara Birkett, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa,
> Canada.,
> Dr Ross Wilcock, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada,
> Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatoon, Canada,
> Patti Willis, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security, B.C., Canada,
> Prof Eric Fawcett, Physics Dept, University of Toronto, Canada,
> Dr Jennifer Allen Simons, The Simons Foundation, Vancouver, B.C.,
> Sally Hodges, Chair, Ploughshares, Calgary, Canada,
>
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Please Sign De-Alerting letter to Yeltsin,
Date: 21 Jul 1999 23:16:40 EDT

I'm fairly sure that the signing of War Resisters League is not "NY" (though
the Local may have done so) but the National Office, which is in NY.

If I thought it would do the slightest good I'd add my name - but secular
radicals aren't much help. I'm very glad the WRL has joined in signing. And
hope many other groups are joining.

Peace,
David McReynolds

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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Please Sign De-Alerting letter to Yeltsin,
Date: 22 Jul 1999 13:35:09 +1000

At 1:16 PM +1000 22/7/99, [e-mail] wrote:

dear David,
All that's meant is that the office is in NY. I assumed it was the national.

Thanks for your support.

If you could find a way to get one or two congrespeople to sign the leter
before Aug 6th, that would be the most helpful thing possible. Any chance
of that?? I've got three MEPs, three canadian politiciand and over a dozen
Australian ones, but congress sems to be a difficult case.

>I'm fairly sure that the signing of War Resisters League is not "NY" (though
>the Local may have done so) but the National Office, which is in NY.
>
>If I thought it would do the slightest good I'd add my name - but secular
>radicals aren't much help. I'm very glad the WRL has joined in signing. And
>hope many other groups are joining.
>
>Peace,
>David McReynolds
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) y2k strategic nukes de-alerting letter to yeltsin, clinton
Date: 22 Jul 1999 14:34:25 +1000

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903

[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd

THIS WAS WHAT I HAD INTENDED TO SEND YESTERDAY.

THIS LETTER IS STILL SEEKING SIGNATURES.

(It will be launched' to media in Sydney Australia, Adelaide, Auckland (NZ)
New York, San francisco, Toronto, Costa-Rica, London, and Moscow on Aug
6th, Hiroshima Day.

I'm especially interested in obtaining signatures from politicians and
church groups and trade unions as well as the usual peace and disramament
and environmnt NGOs.)

Enclosed is a letter from over 160 environment groups, church groups, trade
unions, and politicians from Australia, Europe, Canada, Russia,  New
Zealand, Japan, and elsewhere, which asks that Russia and the US take
strategic nuclear weapons off alert at least ovr the Y2K 'rollover' period.

It is based on research by BASIC which we believe, shows that there is an
unaccpetable risk of accidental nuclear war due to false alerts over that
period.

De-Alerting, strongly reccommended by the Canberra Commission in 1996,
would help reduce the risk of nuclear weapons catastrope over the Y2K
rollover period. As such it is an essential and commonsense measure.

FROM:
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH JAPAN SIBERIA PROGRAM

AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE,
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR,
PAX CHRISTI N.S.W.,
WAYSIDE CHAPEL, UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA,
PITT STREET UNITING CHURCH, PITT ST, SYDNEY,
CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DISARMAMENT (CICD) AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRALIAN ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, N.S.W.,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA,
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY,
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,
ARID LANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST,
PACIFIC CONNECTIONS,
TWO BILLION VOICES FOR PEACE PROJECT,
UNITED TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL SA.,
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE S.A.,
CFMEU, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH,
A.M.W.U., SA. OFFICE.,

SENATOR LYN ALLISON, VIC.,
SENATOR MEG LEES, LEADER, DEMOCRATS, VIC.,
SENATOR NATASHA STOTT-DESPOJA, DEPUTY LEADER AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS,
SENATOR VICKY BOURNE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR N.S.W.,
SENATOR ANDREW BARTLETT, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND,
SENATOR DEE MARGETTS, GREENS, W.A.,
SENATOR BOB BROWN, GREENS, TAS,
SENATOR GEORGE CAMPBELL, ALP,  N.S.W.,
SENATOR MARGARET REYNOLDS,
ANTHONY ALBANESE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR GRAYNDLER,
TANYA PLIBERSEK,  ALP FEDERAL MP FOR SYDNEY,
JANN MC FARLANE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR STIRLING, W.A.,
JILL HALL M.P., MEMBER FOR SHORTLAND,
IAN COHEN, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
LEE RHIANNON, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
SANDRA KANCK, DEMOCRAT MLC, S.A.,
IAN GILFILLAN, DEMOCRAT MLC, SA,
ROBYN GERAGHTY, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR TORRENS, SA,
FRANCES BEDFORD, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR FLOREY, SA.,
LOUISE CROSSLEY, NATIONAL CONVENOR, GREENS,

WORLD COURT PROJECT UK,
MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP, PRESIDENT, IPB.,
SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE,  CANADA,
BRITISH-AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION CENTRE, US/UK,
GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL,
JAPAN CONGRESS AGAINST A AND H-BOMBS (GENSUIKYO)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS (IALANA),
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (Geneva/NY),

CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT U.K.,
SAFFRON WALDEN GROUP AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
YOUTH AND STUDENT CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
WEST MIDLANDS CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
YORKSHIRE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES 2000 NORFOLK UK.,
NETWORK INFORMATION PROJECT, SOUTHAMPTON,UK, .,
CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF U.S., BASES,

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY CENTRE, NZ,
*AOTEOROA/NEW ZEALAND PEACE FOUNDATION, AUCKLAND, NZ.,*
ENGINEERS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, N.Z.,
NEW ZEALAND GREENS,
NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, N.Z.,
PEACE ACTION DUNEDIN, N.Z.,
PEACE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND,
ABOLITION-2000 NEW ZEALAND,
IPPNW NEW ZEALAND,
VETERANS FOR PEACE NZ.,
ARCHITECTS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR, NZ.,
C.N.D., VETERANS NEW ZEALAND,
CENTRE FOR PEACE STUDIES, UNIV. OF AUCKLAND, NZ,

PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NGOS, BELAU.,
MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR,
GREEN ACTION KYOTO,
WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN,
SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA,
INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW,
WISE-KALININGRAD,
ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW,
PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD,
EDUCATIONAL COMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA,
COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND,
PEACE UNION OF FINLAND,
NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)
PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK,
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (FRANCE),
MOUVEMENT DE LA PAIX, FRANCE,
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR IMMEDIATE DISARMAMENT, SWITZERLAND,
DARMSTAEDTER FRIEDENSFORUM, GERMANY,
NUCLEAR-FREE AWARD, GERMANY,
ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP,
CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA,
IPPNW AUSTRIA,
ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA,
COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS,
INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM,
MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS,
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS,
ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,

GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y U.S.,
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS,
NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK,
TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S.,
SAVE WARD VALLEY, CALIF, U.S.,
METRO-BOSTON COMMITTEE TO DE-ALERT NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, U.S.,
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, U.S.A,
LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIF.,
ACTION SITE TO STOP CASSINI FLYBY,
PROPOSITION-1 COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON DC, US.,
HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS, TECOPA, CALIF, U.S.,
UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK
FORCE,
METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, USA.,
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US,
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA.,
PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S.,
GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE,
WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS,
CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA,
CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO,
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY NEW MEXICO,
PEACE ACTION USA.,
METRO NEW YORK PEACE ACTION COUNCIL, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI U.S.A.,
PAX CHRISTI NEW YORK,
PAX CHRISTI, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI TEXAS,
PAX CHRISTI ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA,
FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN,
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL,
ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S.,
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND,

BILL BLAIKIE MP, HOUSE LEADER, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA,
SVEND ROBINSON MP, HOUSE OF REPS, CANADA,
VETERANS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, CANADA,
PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL, CANADA,
NEW GREEN ALLIANCE, CANADA,
PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY, BC, CANADA.,
THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, VANCOUVER, B.C.,
PLOUGHSHARES, CALGARY, CANADA,


PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN,
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
KRASNOPRESENSKAYA-2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone] [phone],

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US,
[phone], [phone].

WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,
[phone],

BILL RICHARDSON, US SECRETARY OF ENERGY,
[phone].

IGOR SERGEYEV,
DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
Znamenka-19, 103160, Moscow, Russia,
[phone], 247-2795, 247-2722, 293-3323.

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone],

CC
ALL HEADS OF STATE (BY EMAIL)
ALL UN MISSIONS (BY EMAIL)

Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton, Defence Ministers and Defence
Secretaries, Heads of State and UN Missions,

The organisations above, representing millions of people worldwide, are
writing to convey their extreme concern  over the possibility that Year
2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to
an unacceptable risk of  nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.

In the current political situation this is most especially the case.
According to Alexandr Arbatov, of the Defence Committee of the Russian
State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute,  most
dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.'

The danger   during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that
spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to
mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons.

Events similar to this have already occurred. For example:

In the US in 1980,  a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert
signals;

In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a US
missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local
commander to believe the warnings were real);

In 1995,  a Norwegian research rocket prompted a full-scale Russian alert.

If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if
communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of
hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There
should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach  to Y2K and nuclear
arsenals.

Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their
nuclear- related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible
solution is for them all to  stand down nuclear operations. This approach
should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling
nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles.

The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are
such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself on
earth could be in doubt.

In  light of this, we strongly urge that you remove all strategic and
tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a
status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
launch them.

The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear
alert status would:
--Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorised  nuclear
missile launch.
--Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching
disarmament agenda
--Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear
weapon states.

This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and
NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US on
Y2K problems.

According to the Canberra Commission,
"Taking nuclear forces off alert could be verified by national technical
means and nuclear weapon state inspection arrangements. in the first
instance, reduction in alert status could be adopted by the nuclear weapon
states unilaterally"

If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for either
to launch a disarming first strike.

The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe
so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K
computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
politics and national security.


Signed

Kevin Dunion, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner,  Friends of the Earth Australia,
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine,
Jan Kunnas, Friends of the Earth Finland,
Amis de la Terre, Paris, France,
Loukia Pavlidou, President, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Oleg Svistunov, Friends of the Earth Japan Siberia Program,

Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW,
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia,
Julie Marlow, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Committee,
Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, SA Branch,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, National Committee,
Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War,
IPPNW Regional Vice-President, Aust.,
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
Peter Jones, War Resisters International, Australia.,
Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,
Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore,
Deborah Matters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT.,
Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.,
Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA.,
Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore,
Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast,
Chris White, Secretary, United Trades and Labour Council, SA,
Paul Martinella, State Secretary, CFMEU, SA,
Trevor Smith, National Secretary, CFMEU, Forests and Forests products
Division, SA,
Stephen Smith, Secretary, CFMEU, Furnishing trade Division, SA,
Helen Caldicott, MD,
Mick Doyle, United Firefighters Union of SA,
Paul Noak, Secy, A.M.W.U. SA Office.
Martin O' Malley, Secy, CFMEU, SA Branch.
Stephen Spence, Secretary, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, SA.,

Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
Senator Meg Lees, Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader of the
Australian Democrats,
Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW.,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrat Senator for Queensland,
Senator Bob Brown, Green Senator for Tasmania,
Senator Dee Margetts, Green Senator for Western Australia,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Senator Margaret Reynolds, ALP,
Anthony Albanese. ALP, Federal member for Grayndler,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP,  Federal member for Sydney,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, M.P., Federal member for Shortland, NSW,
Cheryl Davenport MLC., W.A.,
Ian Cohen, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Lee Rhiannon, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Sandra Kanck, MLC,Democrats, S.A.,
Ian Gilfillan, MLC, Democrats, SA,
Robyn Geraghty MP, Member for Torrens, SA.,
Frances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A.,
Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia,

Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia.,
Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections,
Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project,

Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK,
Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden,
Martin Butcher, British-American Security Information Centre, US/UK,
Stephanie Mills, Greenpeace International Nuclear and Disarmament Campaign,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms, (IALANA), The Hague, Neth.,

Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.,
Janet Bloomfield, Former Chair CND, Abolition UK, Saffron Walden Group
Against Nuclear Weapons,
Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, UK,
Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of US Bases, UK.,
Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.,
Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, UK,

Dr Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre,
*Marion Hancock, Aoteoroa/NZ Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,*
Gerry Coates, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ,
Keith Locke, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, NZ Greens,
Llelwyn Richards, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, NZ,
Barbara Frame, Peace Action Dunedin, NZ.,
John Urlich, Peace Council of New Zealand,
Rev. John Murray/Dame Laurie Salas/Robin Halliday, Abolition-2000, New Zealand,
Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand,
Richard S. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau,
Chris King, Veterans for Peace New Zealand,
Derek Wilson, Architects Against Nuclear War, NZ,
Robert E. White, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action Kyoto, Japan.,
Hiroshi Taka, Assistant Secretary, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs
(Gensuikyo),
S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India,
Nana Suhartana, Indonesian National Network Forum Anti-Nuclear Society,
Vladimir Sliviak, Ecodefense, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Kaliningrad,
Alexandra Koroleva, Educational Committee, Kaliningrad Regional Duma,
Mikhail Trofimov, Ecodefence! International, Kaliningrad,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign of Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Pavel Malyshev, Platan Youth Group, Kaliningrad,
Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW)
Poul Eck Sorensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark,
Felicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/NY
Daniel Durand, Secretary, Mouvement de La Paix, France,
Solange Fernex, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, France.
Dr Roland Schutzbach, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament, Switzerland,
Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany.
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria,
Dr Klaus Renoldner, President,  IPPNW Austria,
Claudia and Margit, Anti-Atom International,
Claudia and Margit, Coordination Office of Austrian Environment Organisations,
Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear
Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
David Boerma, Coordinator, Pacific Region, Centre for Indigenous Peoples,
Netherlands.,
Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, University of
Bari, Italy,
Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms,

Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY., USA.,
Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, US,
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US.
Molly Johnson, Coordinator, Save Ward Valley, Calif, USA.,
William F. Santelmann, Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif, US.
Dr Robert W. Tiller, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S.A.,
Dr Lachlan Forrow, Past Chair, IPPNW,
Jonathan Mark, Action Site to Stop Cassini Flyby,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif, USA.
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC, US.,
Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force,  Uniting Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountains Conference,
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA,
USA.,
Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San
Francisco, California, US.,
Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA.,
Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. USA.,
Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Centre of San Diego, Calif, US.,
Susan Lee Solar and Maria Mendez, Grandmothers and Mothers Alliance for the
Future,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Peter Bergel, Centre for Energy Research, Salem, Oregon, USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio, USA.,
Jay Coghlan, Concerned Citizens For Nuclear Safety, New Mexico, USA.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA.,
Sonya Ostrom, Metro New York Peace Action Council,
Rachel Keeler, Executive Director, Pax Christi, New York,
Nancy Small, National Coordinator, Pax Christi, USA,
Frank Dworak, Pax Christi, Morris County, NJ, USA.,
Adam Eidinger, Pax Christi Washington Action Group, USA.,
Joyce Hall, Pax Christi Texas,
Paul Villavisanis, Pax Christi, St Augustine, Fl,
Phil Mc Manus, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin
America and the Carribean,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power, Pennsylvania, US,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival,
Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, USA.,
Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund,

Senator Doug Roche, Canadian Parliament,
Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada,
Svend Robinson MP, House of Representatives,Canada,
Dr David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver,
Canada,
Dr Barbara Birkett, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa, Canada.,
Dr Ross Wilcock, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatoon, Canada,
Patti Willis, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security, B.C., Canada,
Prof Eric Fawcett, Physics Dept, University of Toronto, Canada,
Dr Jennifer Allen Simons, The Simons Foundation, Vancouver, B.C.,
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) MORE Y2K HORRORS
Date: 22 Jul 1999 21:59:19 +1000

-------- Original Message --------
=46rom: "James Quinn" <[e-mail]> (by way of Michele Boyd
<[e-mail]>)

I reviewed about 60 very recent articles this afternoon on Y2K and
nukes, and time after time they parroted NRC's line that none of the
remaining problems affect safety. Very few allude to the kinds of
potential problems David Lochbaum has pointed out, and none have
discussed
the holes in NRC's Y2K certification process, notably allowing plants to
rely on outside vendors' own assurances of compiance rather than testing
components themselves. It's interesting to me that the most measured and
accurate information is coming out of the Air Force, rather than the
civilian press.

I especially liked this quote:

      Deputy defense secretary John J. Hamre
      [said], "Probably one out of five days I wake
      up in a cold sweat, thinking [Y2K] is much
      bigger than we think ...  it's very hard to
      know with any  precision that we've got it
      fixed."


---------- Forwarded Message Follows ----------

"Midnight Crossing," by James A. Kitfield
Air Force Magazine, July, 1999, Pg. 68

(James Kitfield is the defense correspondent for National
Journal in Washington, D.C. His most recent article for Air
=46orce Magazine, "War in the Urban Jungles," appeared in the
December 1998 issue.)

EXPERTS refer to the long-anticipated moment as the
"midnight crossing." It will arrive in the western Pacific
at the stroke of midnight -- local time -- on Dec. 31, 1999.
Inhabitants of the small Pacific islands will officially
become the first humans to enter the 21st century. Their
computers will come along with them into the Year 2000, also
known as Y2K.

When the midnight crossing occurs, senior US officials will
be intently staring at screens in a Year 2000 Operations
Center that will be up and running in Washington, D.C. The
Aleutian Islands in far western Alaska will be among the
first to experience Y2K computer problems, if they exist.
The problem then will work its way westward from the
international date line.

At the Operations Center, American officials will be
especially interested in how the Y2K phenomenon affects the
first two industrialized nations to feel its full impact --
Japan and Australia. What happens when modern, computer-
reliant nations such as those cross into the new millennium?
The answer will give an early indication of exactly how Jan.
1, 2000, will go down in the history books.

Computer technicians have known for years that the Y2K
problem is buried in millions of lines of software code that
use two digits to represent four-digit years. That will lead
some software around the world to read "00" not as 2000, but
1900, and possibly cause computers to crash or issue false
data. No one knows for sure what will happen.

While the US government and the Pentagon have worked
aggressively in recent years to fix the Y2K problem -- at a
cost to DoD of roughly $ 2.5 billion, including $ 1.16
billion to the US Air Force -- the very connectivity that is
the hallmark of the information age makes predicting the
cumulative impact of the problem all but impossible.

"I Wake Up in a Cold Sweat"

Deputy defense secretary John J. Hamre, the Pentagon's point
man on the Y2K problem, referred to uncertainty in a press
interview. "Probably one out of five days I wake up in a
cold sweat, thinking [Y2K] is much bigger than we think,"
said Hamre, "and then the other four days, I think maybe we
really are on top of it. Everything is so interconnected,
it's very hard to know with any precision that we've got it
fixed."

In a report dated Feb. 24, 1999, the Senate Special
Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem delivered an
even more sobering assessment of the likely impact of Y2K on
the nation's social and economic fabric. The inability of
computers to recognize dates starting on Jan. 1, 2000, is a
"worldwide collective crisis," the report concluded. A
letter to colleagues released with the report stated, "The
Y2K problem is undoubtedly one of the most important issues
we will face this year."

Because Y2K could have far-reaching implications for
weapons, communications, and infrastructure systems, Air
=46orce officials began working the problem early and
seriously.

"We are such a finely tuned Air Force that computer
technology affects everything we do," Brig. Gen. Gary A.
Ambrose, director of the Air Force Year 2000 Implementation
Office, told Air Force News in February. "There are computer
chips and computer codes in everything from your wristwatch
to your radar. So, there's potential for Y2K to affect lots
and lots of things."

Ambrose believes the Air Force is on top of the problem. The
reality, he said, is that there will be some Y2K failures,
but he expects them to be minor and transient.

"Most will probably last no longer than a few minutes," he
said, "but we don't envision any catastrophic failures."

The Operations Center, as presently planned, will be a
multiagency command-and-control organization operated under
the auspices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As
arranged and practiced, OC managers will attempt to
immediately establish Y2K's impact on communications and
electricity grids in Japan and Australia.

The biggest fear is that, even in modernized nations that
have been working diligently to lessen the impact of Y2K, a
cascading effect will occur. In the worst-case scenario,
even systems that have been meticulously tested as Y2K
compliant rapidly will be infected with the Y2K bug as a
result of their connection to noncompliant systems through
the Internet or other networks. Further, they, in turn, will
contaminate others.

The Digital Snowball

The result could be a digital snow-ball that wipes out whole
sectors of the infrastructure on which modern societies have
been built, from major communications and transportation
nodes to entire power grids.

In the words of the Senate Y2K panel's report: "The
interdependent nature of technology systems makes the
severity of possible disruptions difficult to predict.
Adding to the confusion, there are still very few overall
Year 2000 technology compliance assessments of
infrastructure or industry sectors. Consequently, the
fundamental questions of risk and personal preparedness
cannot be answered at this time."

A potential cascading effect has raised particular concerns
for China, the world's most populous nation. It will be the
first nuclear-weapon state to face the danger of a large-
scale, catastrophic computer failure as a result of Y2K-
related glitches.

In a nightmare scenario, screens go totally blank at China's
nuclear command-and-control facilities. US officials have
been working to prevent that by cooperating with their
Chinese counterparts to share early warning data between the
two countries' nuclear command-and-control organizations.
Because of the relatively small size of China's nuclear
forces and its reliance on manual procedures rather than
computer generated commands, US officials are relatively
confident that no major incident involving China's nuclear
weapons will actually occur.

Still, officials are concerned by the fact that 90 percent
of the software in use on Chinese computers is pirated,
meaning Chinese computers is pirated, meaning Chinese
technicians are unable to call manufacturers for help and
have not received software updates from producers on how to
address the Y2K problem.

The US Embassy in Beijing, for instance, concluded earlier
this year that "many old computer systems, running half-
forgotten program languages and complex systems
configurations, increase Chinese exposure to the Year 2000
bug. "

At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in February,
Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF, CIA deputy director, emphasized
that gaps in information make it hard to assess the scope of
damage in foreign countries such as China. There is little
doubt, however, that developing countries will encounter the
greatest threats of disruptions in nuclear reactors,
interference with military systems, and loss of power.

"[China] will probably experience failures in key sectors
such as telecommunications, electric power, and banking,"
said Gordon.

=46oreign embassies in China are taking the Y2K threat
seriously; some reportedly plan to evacuate embassy staff
members and their families from the country in the months
leading up to the midnight crossing.

Of all the Y2K nightmare scenarios, none are more plausible
or troubling than those that revolve around Russia.

Russia is the world's largest nuclear warehouse. It has more
than 22,000 nuclear weapons scattered through 90 sites, 65
Soviet-made nuclear reactors, 715 tons of fissile material
(enough plutonium and uranium for 40,000 nuclear weapons),
and tens of thousands of nuclear scientists who have not
been paid regularly in years.

Russia's Underlying Problem

Today, the vast nuclear enterprise rests on a foundation
that already has been rocked by a decade of political and
economic upheavals. Despite the fact that the US has spent $
400 million per year since 1993 to help Russia dismantle
nuclear weapons and secure poorly guarded nuclear materials,
US officials estimate that only about 25 percent of Russian
nuclear materials are under sufficiently strong lock-and-
key. Any social upheavals in Russia as a result of Y2K could
put those stockpiles at serious risk.

CIA intelligence reports have also indicated that critical
electronic devices and computers that control Russian
nuclear weapons frequently switch to combat mode for no
evident reason. On numerous occasions in recent years,
operations at Russia=92s nuclear weapons centers have been
disrupted by thieves trying to steal critical communications
cables for their copper content. Given its already shaky
condition, some fear that Y2K problems could send the
equivalent of a digital shock wave through the Russian
nuclear complex.

By far the greatest concern is that Y2K could cause a
malfunction in Russia's already dangerously eroded early
warning network and command-and-control system, leading to
an accidental or mistaken launch command. As an indication
of just how fragile that early warning system is already,
experts point back to the events of Jan. 25, 1995.

On that day, a Russian radar warning system detected a
rocket launch somewhere off Norway. A ballistic missile
launched from a US submarine in those waters could hit
Moscow within 15 minutes, so the watchers sent the alert
message up the command chain all the way to Russian
President Boris Yeltsin, who for the first time in an
emergency activated the "nuclear briefcase" carried by
Russian leaders.

Russian radar installations reported evidence of the
devastating first-strike attack Moscow had long feared.
Officials reportedly stood ready to invoke Russia=92s doctrine
of "launch on warning" in a defensive response to the
perceived attack.

The unidentified "missile" turned out to be a US weather
probe launched by the Norwegians, who had notified the
Russian authorities weeks earlier. Somehow, the Russian
bureaucracy had failed to get the message to the Strategic
Rocket Forces. Few doubt that Y2K could potentially lead to
false data readings of far greater proportions.

Sergei Fradkov, a former Soviet satellite technician now
working in the US, was recently quoted as saying, " Russia
is extremely vulnerable to the Year 2000 problem. If the
date ... shifts to '0' for a brief moment, ... that fools
the system into thinking there is a high probability of an
attack in progress." US authorities said that the default
response for failure in the Russian command-and-control
system is not to launch but to freeze up the system. For
that reason, officials say they are not overly anxious about
the danger of a Y2K-induced inadvertent missile launch.

Unanticipated Problems

Nobody is relaxed, however. In a Pentagon press briefing,
Hamre said, "My sense is that Russia is not as fully aware
of the extent that [Y2K] is a problem. They don't seem to
have the same level of urgency that we've had over it....
They've got a lot of other pretty serious problems. So I
think therein lies our nervousness about it." He added,
"They have come to this much later. The country is going
through some fairly profound changes.... Undoubtedly,
they're going to have problems that they don't anticipate
right now."

US officials are also disappointed that Russia, so far, has
rejected their idea to establish joint command centers and
trade personnel from their nuclear forces to prevent
misunderstandings. Part of the problem is the anti-Western
sentiment that had been building in Russia as a result of
that country's domestic economic collapse and NATO's bombing
of Yugoslavia.

The Russians repeatedly have rebuffed American efforts to
provide help on the Y2K front. The most critical project was
the proposed exchange of key personnel from each nation's
missile forces, an idea that the US offered to fully
finance. Privately, many US officials suspect the Russians
are simply too concerned about the shoddy state of their
nuclear command-and-control system to allow US officers to
view it up close.

In April, the BBC reported, "The Russian Federation Defense
Ministry has abandoned cooperation with military personnel
from the United States and other NATO countries in resolving
the Y2K problem. The Russian military are evidently not very
keen on showing how outdated their computer systems are.
Then an excuse for the refusal appeared -- the bombing of
Yugoslavia."

Even if the Russian early warning or missile-launch systems
function properly, other problems could crop up.

US officials are very concerned that a computer failure in
Russia's interconnected power grid could cascade through the
entire nuclear system and lead to a massive power outage.
Such an event could easily end in catastrophe at one of the
65 Soviet-made nuclear reactors.

Those concerns are heightened by reports that nuclear
scientists and technicians at two of Russia=92s closed nuclear
cities -- Arzamas -- 16 and Chelyabinsk -- 70 -- staged
walkouts last year because they had not been paid in nearly
10 months. An under-manned and unmotivated nuclear workforce
raises the possibility that a power outage at a nuclear
reactor could lead to a catastrophe through human error.

Moreover, there are worries that the diesel generators
designed to provide backup power at nuclear reactors in the
event of a main power outage could fail as a result of
problems within embedded chips. One audit of the Seabrook
nuclear reactor in New Hampshire, conducted by the US
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, revealed that a single
nuclear power plant had 1,304 separate software items and
embedded chips affected by the Y2K bug. No one believes that
the Russian counterpart to the NRC has been as thorough in
alerting Russian technicians to the vulnerability.

=46acing the Russian Winter

Without steady electric current, the cooling systems in
Russia's nuclear reactors could fail. Even if many of the
reactors could fail. Even if many of the reactors were
successfully shut down, that would leave millions of people
facing a Russian winter without heat.

=46ar more worrisome is the prospect of meltdowns at one or
more of the 65 Soviet-made nuclear reactors. An NRC report
on the issue noted that, in a worst-case scenario, a total
loss of power could result in problems tracking the reactor
facility's status and make recovery all but impossible.

Even if handled well, loss of power and cooling at the
numerous waste pools where atomic fuel rods are kept could
cause the water to boil away and permit the release, into
the local atmosphere, of lethal levels of radioactivity.
Recently loaded rods -- those placed in the waste pools
within the past two years -- could begin to melt down within
48 hours of a loss of power.

The jitters were put succinctly by an intelligence source
quoted in The Times of London: " Russia's nuclear industry
is in desperate straits. Throw in Y2K and you could have a
giant Chernobyl on your hands."

The White House recently expressed its most pessimistic
assessment to date about anticipated Year 2000 computer
failures at Russian-designed nuclear plants in nine
countries.

That outlook was contained in the latest study presented by
John Koskinen, the Clinton Administration's top Y2K expert.
In Koskinen's view, one of his greatest international
concerns is how to ensure the safe operation of the 65
Soviet-built nuclear plants, including one in eastern Russia
near Alaska. Koskinen, who heads the President's Council on
Year 2000 Conversion, said those plants are in countries
"with major economic problems," and US experts know little
about how the Russian equipment will react to the date
rollover.

The problem is somewhat different in advanced Western
countries, particularly the US. The danger is not so much
the total failure of a computer as a result of Y2K; rather,
the real problem is that an unnoticed glitch will cause a
system to produce erroneous data.

Here's one example: Because military and civilian aircraft
have become so reliant on the Global Positioning System for
precise navigation, defense officials have exercised a
scenario that had the entire GPS system crashing off line.
In the case of erroneous data, however, the GPS system might
seem to be working fine. A computer ground station -- which
uses dates to synchronize the signals from satellites and to
maintain satellite uplinks -- could inadvertently send false
information and allow aircraft to stray perilously close to
one another.

Hamre testified last year, "Frankly, I think we'll be lucky
if on Jan. 1, 2000, the system just doesn't come on, because
then we'll know we have a problem. Our bigger fear is going
to be that the system seems to work fine but the data is
unreliable. That's a far worse problem."

Pentagon officials contend that DoD will have fully tested
100 percent of its "mission critical" systems for Y2K
compliance by the end of the year.

Not all are entirely comforted by that claim, however.

Take, for example, a study released Feb. 22 by Business Executives for
National Security, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.
The report found much to cheer in the Pentagon's handling of the Y2K
problem, but it warned that computer and software executives with direct
experience in ensuring Y2K compliance were advising great caution.

"Avoid Rosy Scenarios"

"We found that the private sector is far ahead of government in terms of
addressing the Y2K challenge," noted retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas
G.
McInerney, BENS president. "That was no surprise, but we also found that
most companies and business leaders believe that unanticipated problems
will emerge. That's an important message for the Pentagon: Avoid rosy
scenarios."

Hamre concedes that he also has a specific worry: that all of the
Pentagon
systems, ultimately, will depend on the smooth functioning of the
civilian
infrastructure.

Marvin Langston, DoD's deputy chief information officer, draws an
analogy
to a ship's captain steering around an iceberg when all he can see is
the
tip poking out above the surface.

"The Defense Department is like a large ship headed toward an iceberg,"
said Langston. "We have successfully changed course to avoid the tip,
but
we must continue our efforts to ensure we miss the submerged portion."

Hamre was blunter. "If Ma Bell or Bell Atlantic's system fails on Year
2000, we're also going to have mission failure, and I don't have any
control over that," he said. "This is going to have implications for
American society and the world that we can't even comprehend."

What really aggravates US officials is their inability to predict
whether
Y2K will turn into a minor disruption that mocks the dire predictions or
whether it might prove to be a disaster of near biblical proportions, a
digital locust swarm.

=46or instance, many technology experts have warned of the vulnerability
of
the Japanese banking sector. If Japanese banks crash as a result of the
millennium bug, the shock could lead to a selling panic in Asia that
dwarfs the Asian economic flu of the past few years. Oil refineries in
Saudi Arabia and Venezuela have also been cited for their vulnerability,
raising concerns about the availability of oil. Power outages could
condemn countless millions of Chinese and Russians in brutal winters
without power or heat and raise the prospect of a major catastrophe in
the
world's network of over 400 nuclear reactors.

In the US, major telephone and communications systems are expected to
operate without major disruptions, and no one anticipates that airplanes
will fall out of the sky. Even so, some experts predict the eruption of
regional blackouts and warn that the 911 system could crash in many
communities.

The ability of the US military to respond to domestic
disturbances could be hindered by breakdowns in
communication and power systems outside of military control.
Experts have also warned that the US health care industry is
especially unprepared, and many small-town hospitals and
doctors offices could be paralyzed by the Y2K bug.

One day into the new millennium, everyone will know whether
the Y2K problem was grossly hyped or undersold. One who is
eager to find out is Sen. Robert Bennett (R -- Utah), the
chairman of the Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000
Technology Problem.

"When people say to me, 'Is the world going to come to an
end?' I say, 'I don't know,'" Bennett remarked. "I don't
know whether this will be a bump in the road -- that's the
most optimistic assessment of what we've got, a fairly
serious bump in the road -- or whether this will, in fact,
trigger a major worldwide recession with absolutely
devastating economic consequences in some parts of the
world."



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From: "Lachlan Forrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data
Date: 22 Jul 1999 07:40:00 -0400

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As some of you may also know, when IPPNW started working on Abolition 2000
in late 1994 our first major project was a handbook, primarily directed to
physicians worldwide but I think of general interest, on how people could
work most effectively toward achieving Abolition 2000's goal.  This was done
in partnership with Scilla Ellworthy and the Oxford Research Group, which is
the direct source of my own thinking about pragmatic dialogue aiming at
change.  I think that it would be very useful for us to work with ORG
colleagues and develop this as a strategy in the U.S.

Anyone who wants a copy of the 1995 IPPNW/ORG book on Abolition 2000 could
send me an e-mail with your snail mail address...

--LF

cc: Michael Christ and Raj Mutalik, IPPNW collaborators on the 1995 book
  -----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of Janet Bloomfield
  Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 7:14 AM
  To: [e-mail]
  Cc: Janet Bloomfield; Oxford Research Group
  Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data


  Dear Abolition Friends in the USA,
  I hope it will acceptable for a Brit to add some thoughts to the
discussion on engaging with decision makers involved in the US nuclear
complex. Some of you may know of the work of the Oxford Research Group which
has been doing this, in the spirit that Lachlan advocates, since 1982. If
you are interested in this approach please check out our web site at
www.oxfrg.demon.co.uk.
  We are currently working on putting the details of key nuclear decision
makers on the web and would very much like to know if people such as
yourselves would find this a useful resource. Please let either myself or my
colleague Paul Ingram know on [e-mail] We are also hoping to
produce a basic Handbook on Dialogue for use by grassroots groups as well.
  I look forward to seeing this work develop in the US. Good luck.
  Yours in peace,
  Janet Bloomfield.


  Janet Bloomfield
  25 Farmadine
  Saffron Walden
  Essex
  CB11 3HR
  England
  Tel/Fax: [phone]
  e-mail: [e-mail]
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    From: Lachlan Forrow
    To: [e-mail]
    Sent: 16 July 1999 23:50
    Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data


    Thanks, Andrew.  This kind of information is very helpful and should be
widely publicized.  I do hope that when we think of "odious weapons
merchants" we keep in mind that many of the people who lead even the top
50-100 nuclear weapons contractors do not necessarily have very different
core values from those of us on this list.  We need strategies that not only
"speak truth to power" but also keep ourselves open to the possibility that
engagement in dialogue in a spirit of nonviolence (i.e. not attacking them
personally as much as confronting them in ways that engage their own
reflection) with some of the most important people involved in these
corporations may bear important fruit.  This is not only because the spirit
that we bring to our antinuclear work is crucial to our own integrity.  I
also believe, for sheerly practical reasons, that if we approach this as a
"war" against this "enemy" we are not likely to "win" in the foreseeable
future, and nuclear abolition has special urgency, as we all understand.
"Hate the sin; love the sinner", or something like that.

    --LF

    "...There is no greater misfortune
    than underestimating your enemy.
    Underestimating your enemy
    mean thinking that he is evil.
    Thus you...become an enemy yourself."

    Tao te Ching,  69
    Stephen Mitchell translation
      -----Original Message-----
      From: [e-mail]
[mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of California Peace
Action
      Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999 2:54 AM
      To: [e-mail]
      Subject: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data


      Hello to the fine people of the Abolition list serve,

      I think the idea that Bob Kinsey just put out here is a great one. The
peace community needs to publicize the fact that these horrible decisions to
endanger humanity and squander resources are not beyond the control of human
intervention, but in fact the result of human intervention.
      Major Barbara #1 (in terms of nuclear weapons) is the Center for
Security Policy. Started in 1988 by Frank Gaffney (Reagan Pentagon
appointee) this think tank recieved over $2 million in corporate donations
from companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing which profit from Star Wars.
The board members include 5 Lockheed Martin Execs, and Edward Teller. These
folks are the major power behind the Star Wars lobby.
      I got this information from an article by William Hartung of the World
Policy Institute. I'm sure they have a lot of the information you seek. I
imagine Council for a Livable World also has a lot of information on odious
weapons merchants. Below are two lists: the top 100 military contractors ,
and the top fifty nuclear contractors. Unfortunately they are in a rather
unweildy format, but it's a start. I hope this helps get the project under
way. I'd love to kept appraised of any developments of this.

      Sincerely,
      Andrew Page
      Northern California Political Director
      California Peace Action

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<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D530373411-22071999>As some of you may =
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when IPPNW started working on Abolition 2000 in late 1994 our first =
major=20
project was a handbook, primarily directed to physicians worldwide but I =
think=20
of general interest, on how people could work most effectively toward =
achieving=20
Abolition 2000's goal.  This was done in partnership with Scilla =
Ellworthy=20
and the Oxford Research Group, which is the direct source of my own =
thinking=20
about pragmatic dialogue aiming at change.  I think that it would =
be very=20
useful for us to work with ORG colleagues and develop this as a strategy =
in the=20
U.S.  </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D530373411-22071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D530373411-22071999>Anyone who wants a =
copy of the=20
1995 IPPNW/ORG book on Abolition 2000 could send me an e-mail with your =
snail=20
mail address...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D530373411-22071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D530373411-22071999>--LF</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D530373411-22071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D530373411-22071999>cc: Michael Christ =
and Raj=20
Mutalik, IPPNW collaborators on the 1995 book</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
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  <DIV align=3Dleft class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr><FONT =
face=3DTahoma=20
  size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20
  [e-mail]=20
  [mailto:[e-mail]]<B>On Behalf Of =
</B>Janet=20
  Bloomfield<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 19, 1999 7:14 AM<BR><B>To:</B> =

  [e-mail]<BR><B>Cc:</B> Janet Bloomfield; =
Oxford=20
  Research Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: (abolition-usa) Major Barbara=20
  data<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dear Abolition Friends in the USA,</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I hope it will acceptable for a Brit to add some =
thoughts to=20
  the discussion on engaging with decision makers involved in the US =
nuclear=20
  complex. Some of you may know of the work of the Oxford Research Group =
which=20
  has been doing this, in the spirit that Lachlan advocates, since 1982. =
If you=20
  are interested in this approach please check out our web site at <A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.oxfrg.demon.co.uk">www.oxfrg.demon.co.uk</A>.</FONT></=
DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>We are currently working on putting the details of =
key=20
  nuclear decision makers on the web and would very much like to know if =
people=20
  such as yourselves would find this a useful resource. Please let =
either myself=20
  or my colleague Paul Ingram know on <A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</A> We =
are also=20
  hoping to produce a basic Handbook on Dialogue for use by grassroots =
groups as=20
  well.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I look forward to seeing this work develop in the =
US. Good=20
  luck.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yours in peace,</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Janet Bloomfield.</FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV> </DIV>
  <DIV> </DIV>
  <DIV>Janet Bloomfield<BR>25 Farmadine<BR>Saffron =
Walden<BR>Essex<BR>CB11=20
  3HR<BR>England<BR>Tel/Fax: [phone]<BR>e-mail: <A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</A></DIV>
  <BLOCKQUOTE=20
  style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px">
    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
    <DIV=20
    style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
    <A href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]" title=[e-mail]>Lachlan =
Forrow</A>=20
    </DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
    href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]"=20
    =
title=[e-mail]>[e-mail]=
</A>=20
    </DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 16 July 1999 =
23:50</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: (abolition-usa) =
Major=20
    Barbara data</DIV>
    <DIV><BR></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>Thanks, =
Andrew.  This=20
    kind of information is very helpful and should be widely =
publicized.  I=20
    do hope that when we think of "odious weapons merchants" we keep in =
mind=20
    that many of the people who lead even the top 50-100 nuclear weapons =

    contractors do not necessarily have very different core values from =
those of=20
    us on this list.  We need strategies that not only "speak truth =
to=20
    power" but also keep ourselves open to the possibility =
that engagement=20
    in dialogue in a spirit of nonviolence (i.e. not attacking them =
personally=20
    as much as confronting them in ways that engage their own =
reflection) with=20
    some of the most important people involved in these corporations may =
bear=20
    important fruit.  This is not only because the spirit that we =
bring to=20
    our antinuclear work is crucial to our own integrity.  I also=20
    believe, for sheerly practical reasons, that if we approach =
this as a=20
    "war" against this "enemy" we are not likely to "win" in the =
foreseeable=20
    future, and nuclear abolition has special urgency, as we all=20
    understand.  "Hate the sin; love the sinner", or something like =

    that.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D780053522-16071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D780053522-16071999>--LF</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D780053522-16071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>"...There is no =
greater=20
    misfortune </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>than =
underestimating your=20
    enemy.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>Underestimating =
your=20
    enemy</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>mean thinking =
that he is=20
    evil.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>Thus=20
    you...</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D780053522-16071999>become an=20
    enemy yourself."</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D780053522-16071999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>Tao te =
Ching, =20
    69</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D780053522-16071999>Stephen =
Mitchell=20
    translation</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <BLOCKQUOTE=20
    style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
PADDING-LEFT: 5px">
      <DIV align=3Dleft class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr><FONT =
face=3DTahoma=20
      size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20
      [e-mail]=20
      [mailto:[e-mail]]<B>On Behalf Of=20
      </B>California Peace Action<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 17, =
1999 2:54=20
      AM<BR><B>To:</B> =
[e-mail]<BR><B>Subject:</B>=20
      (abolition-usa) Major Barbara data<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>Hello to =
the fine=20
      people of the Abolition list serve,<BR><BR>I think the idea that =
Bob=20
      Kinsey just put out here is a great one. The peace community needs =
to=20
      publicize the fact that these horrible decisions to endanger =
humanity and=20
      squander resources are not beyond the control of human =
intervention, but=20
      in fact the result of human intervention. <BR>Major Barbara #1 (in =
terms=20
      of nuclear weapons) is the Center for Security Policy. Started in =
1988 by=20
      Frank Gaffney (Reagan Pentagon appointee) this think tank recieved =
over $2=20
      million in corporate donations from companies like Lockheed Martin =
and=20
      Boeing which profit from Star Wars. The board members include 5 =
Lockheed=20
      Martin Execs, and Edward Teller. These folks are the major power =
behind=20
      the Star Wars lobby.<BR>I got this information from an article by =
William=20
      Hartung of the World Policy Institute. I'm sure they have a lot of =
the=20
      information you seek. I imagine Council for a Livable World also =
has a lot=20
      of information on odious weapons merchants. Below are two lists: =
the top=20
      100 military contractors , and the top fifty nuclear contractors.=20
      Unfortunately they are in a rather unweildy format, but it's a =
start. I=20
      hope this helps get the project under way. I'd love to kept =
appraised of=20
      any developments of this.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR>Andrew =
Page<BR>Northern=20
      California Political Director<BR>California Peace=20
      =
Action<BR>_______________________________________________________________=
______________=20
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Actions to promote peace + enviro/easy!
Date: 22 Jul 1999 10:52:56 -0700 (PDT)

Hi peace and enviro friends. The following is from Tri-Valley CAREs' July
newsletter. It contains a number of easy actions that can be done by anyone
-- from any organization and at any location, therefore I am posting it
more broadly than our immediate membership. Please look it over and let me
know if you want any of the items listed (like the petition or postcards)
or any more information. Peace, Marylia

Top Ten Ways to Promote Peace
and a Healthy Environment with Tri-Valley CAREs

Creating a more peaceful, just and healthy world is what we at Tri-Valley
CAREs are all about. This worthy and, we believe, essential undertaking
calls on each of us to come forward with our uniquely personal blend of
skills, talents, ideas and interests. It is also a community affair, for
all are invited equally to participate. Indeed, the future of life on our
planet earth may depend on our collective actions.

We are often asked, "How can I help? What can I do if I only have a small
amount of time to give?" The answer is, "There are many things you can do
that will make a difference." Here are ten specific ways you can get
involved - or more involved - with Tri-Valley CAREs to promote positive
social change. Choose the one or ones that appeal most to you. Call us at
[phone] or email us at [e-mail] for further
information.

1. Protest.
Come to the August 6 commemoration of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, Japan. Let your presence at Livermore Lab make a clear statement
that nuclear weapons are abhorrent, and that the Lab's new weapons
activities are unacceptable. The event begins at 2:30 PM at the corner of
East Ave and Vasco Road. Call us at [phone] for details or
directions.

2. Petition.
Sign the international appeal opposing two new nuclear weapons facilities:
the U.S. National Ignition Facility and the French Laser Megajoule.
Circulate the petition among your friends and family. You will find a copy
in our June 1999 Citizen's Watch, or call us for copies. Background
information is also available.

3. Write.
We are initiating a letter-writing campaign to our newly elected Governor,
Gray Davis. The state of California has just given Livermore Lab a permit
to build and operate a new hazardous and radioactive waste treatment
facility. Instead, the state should conduct an Environmental Impact Report
on the Lab's waste operations. Write to Lynn Schenk, Chief of Staff for the
Governor, State Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA 95814. Further information
can be found in the June and July 1999 editions of Citizen's Watch, or call
us for details.

4. Gather.
Get your friends, family, social justice committee or coworkers together,
and invite one of Tri-Valley CAREs' staff, board or core members to come
and speak.

5. Phone.
We are putting together a phone tree, and we need more participants to make
it effective. Can you volunteer to make 10 phone calls, approximately 4 to
6 times a year? Call for details and to sign up.

6. Mail.
We have lots of postcards at the office. One of our favorites features a
picture of the globe held in a pair of hands. The text calls on President
Clinton to make the world a safer place by taking U.S. nuclear weapons off
hair-trigger alert. We will be happy to send you 10 or 20 - or more -
postcards. Can you mail one and give the rest out to others to mail?

7. Join.
Our meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 PM at the
Livermore main library, corner of Livermore Ave. and Pacific Ave. New folks
are always welcome.

8. Donate.
It takes money to keep the phones turned on, the office open and the
printing presses rolling. Your contribution of any amount will be
appreciated, and it is tax-deductible, too.

9. Volunteer.
Can you come to our office in downtown Livermore and help out once a month?
Can we call on you for mailing parties, or to help at events from time to
time? Just give us a buzz, and let us know your schedule and interests.

10. Create.
What can you do to help promote peace that isn't on this list? Call us with
your idea.

Tri-Valley CAREs - 2582 Old First St., Livermore, CA 94550 - [phone]
- http://www.igc.org/tvc

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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From: Peacework <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Please Sign De-Alerting letter to Yeltsin, Cl
Date: 22 Jul 1999 13:51:36 -0400

Please sign me up: Patricia Watson, Peacework, AFSC, 2161 Mass, Ave.,
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Re: URGENT ACTION ALERT
Date: 22 Jul 1999 17:33:29 -0400

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Hi,

this is an important amendment, but we now expect a vote on this next week
not today, so folks should use the extra time to generate more support for
this pro-environment amendment.

Anna


At 06:05 PM 7/21/99 -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
>>***UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS ACTION ALERT***
>>
>>US HOUSE APPROPRIATORS CUT FUNDING FOR
>>CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 30%!!!
>>
>>Update:
>>
>>Last month the US Senate passed the Energy and Water
>>Appropriations bill with a 10% cut in federal
>>funding for renewable energy. On July 20, in the House of
>>Representatives, the Appropriations committee approved a bill
>>that cuts funding for renewable energy 30% from the Clinton
>>Administration's request. This is a 17% cut from the 1999
>>appropriation of $336 million. These deep cuts endanger the
>>future of renewable energy programs and jeopardize years of
>>hard work to make renewable energy funding a priority.
>>
>>While UCS thanks everyone who worked to stop the Senate
>>from rolling back funding for these vital programs, it is
>>vital that we stop these cuts from moving through the
>>House.
>>
>>As the funding bill moves toward a vote by the full
>>House, Representative Salmon (R-AZ) and Representative
>>Udall (D-CO) are prepared to offer an amendment that will
>>restore funding for renewable energy for fiscal year
>>2000. The House is likely to vote on the amendment on July 22!
>>
>>ACTION: Call, fax, write, or email your Representative
>>today and:
>>
>>1) Tell him/her you strongly oppose the deep cuts in
>>renewable energy funding in the House Energy and
>>Water Appropriations bill; and
>>
>>2) Urge him/her to support clean energy by
>>voting for the Salmon - Udall amendment to increase
>>funding for renewable energy research and development
>>in the FY2000 Energy & Water Development
>>Appropriations bill.
>>
>>CONTACT INFORMATION:
>>
>>You can reach your Representative's office by dialing the
>>US Capitol Switchboard: [phone].
>>
>>Letters can be mailed to:
>>
>>The Honorable [Your Representative]
>>US House of Representatives
>>Washington, DC 20515
>>
>>For direct dialing and mailing information, fax
>>numbers and email addresses see the US House web page:
>>http://www.house.gov/
>>
>>Please let us know if you contact your Representative; this
>>allows us to monitor how well our
>>action alerts are working. You can send a copy of
>>your correspondence via mail or email
>>to our Washington, DC office:
>>
>>Lisa Asplen
>>Energy Intern
>>Union of Concerned Scientists
>>1616 P Street NW, Suite 310
>>Washington, DC 20036
>>[e-mail]
>>
>>Thank you for taking a moment to contact your
>>Representative about these important issues!
>>
>>ADDITIONAL POINTS TO INCLUDE:
>>
>>* Renewable energy is a rapidly growing part of our
>>economy through technological advances, domestic job
>>creation and export markets. We currently lead the
>>world in energy technologies and do not want to give
>>that market away.
>>
>>* Development of renewable energy sources will reduce
>>US dependence on imported oil (we are currently more
>>than 50% dependent, much more than during the "oil
>>crisis" of the 1970's.)
>>
>>* Electricity generation is our nation's largest
>>source of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions
>>linked to global warming. Strong funding will enable
>>the Department of Energy's Renewable Energy program to
>>continue playing a vital role in reducing these
>>emissions through technological innovations and
>>voluntary actions.
>>
>>* While renewable energy technologies have become
>>increasingly economical, the pace of their penetration
>>into the market will be determined largely by
>>government support for future research and development
>>as well as by assistance in catalyzing public-private
>>partnerships, leading to full commercialization.
>>
>>
Anna Aurilio
Staff Scientist
U.S. PIRG
218 D St. SE
Washington, DC 20003

[phone] x315

http://www.pirg.org
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Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
to eliminate nuclear weapons.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Please Sign De-Alerting letter to
Date: 22 Jul 1999 22:10:57 EDT

David I sent you an e-mail on July the 21. Did you recieve it. this is the
letter concerning NDE. Mike

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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Y2K N-WEAPONS DE-ALERTING LETTER PLEASE SIGN
Date: 23 Jul 1999 16:03:27 +1000

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903

[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd

THIS LETTER IS SEEKING SIGNATURES FROM ORGANISATIONS NOW. IT WILL BE
RELEASED TO MEDIA ON AUG 6TH

Enclosed is a letter from over 160 environment groups, church groups, trade
unions, and politicians from Australia, Europe, Canada, Russia,  New
Zealand, Japan, and elsewhere, which asks that Russia and the US take
strategic nuclear weapons off alert at least ovr the Y2K 'rollover' period.

It is based on research by BASIC which we believe, shows that there is an
unaccpetable risk of accidental nuclear war due to false alerts over that
period.

De-Alerting, strongly reccommended by the Canberra Commission in 1996,
would help reduce the risk of nuclear weapons catastrope over the Y2K
rollover period. As such it is an essential and commonsense measure.

FROM:
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH JAPAN SIBERIA PROGRAM

AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE,
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR,
PAX CHRISTI N.S.W.,
WAYSIDE CHAPEL, UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA,
PITT STREET UNITING CHURCH, PITT ST, SYDNEY,
CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DISARMAMENT (CICD) AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRALIAN ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, N.S.W.,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA,
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY,
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,
ARID LANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST,
PACIFIC CONNECTIONS,
TWO BILLION VOICES FOR PEACE PROJECT,
UNITED TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL SA.,
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE S.A.,
CFMEU, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH,
A.M.W.U., SA. OFFICE.,

SENATOR LYN ALLISON, VIC.,
SENATOR MEG LEES, LEADER, DEMOCRATS, VIC.,
SENATOR NATASHA STOTT-DESPOJA, DEPUTY LEADER AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS,
SENATOR VICKY BOURNE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR N.S.W.,
SENATOR ANDREW BARTLETT, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND,
SENATOR DEE MARGETTS, GREENS, W.A.,
SENATOR BOB BROWN, GREENS, TAS,
SENATOR GEORGE CAMPBELL, ALP,  N.S.W.,
SENATOR MARGARET REYNOLDS,
ANTHONY ALBANESE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR GRAYNDLER,
TANYA PLIBERSEK,  ALP FEDERAL MP FOR SYDNEY,
JANN MC FARLANE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR STIRLING, W.A.,
JILL HALL M.P., MEMBER FOR SHORTLAND,
IAN COHEN, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
LEE RHIANNON, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
SANDRA KANCK, DEMOCRAT MLC, S.A.,
IAN GILFILLAN, DEMOCRAT MLC, SA,
ROBYN GERAGHTY, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR TORRENS, SA,
FRANCES BEDFORD, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR FLOREY, SA.,
LOUISE CROSSLEY, NATIONAL CONVENOR, GREENS,

WORLD COURT PROJECT UK,
MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP, PRESIDENT, IPB.,
SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE,  CANADA,
BRITISH-AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION CENTRE, US/UK,
GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL,
JAPAN CONGRESS AGAINST A AND H-BOMBS (GENSUIKYO)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS (IALANA),
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (Geneva/NY),

CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT U.K.,
SAFFRON WALDEN GROUP AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
YOUTH AND STUDENT CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
WEST MIDLANDS CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
YORKSHIRE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES 2000 NORFOLK UK.,
NETWORK INFORMATION PROJECT, SOUTHAMPTON,UK, .,
CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF U.S., BASES,

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY CENTRE, NZ,
*AOTEOROA/NEW ZEALAND PEACE FOUNDATION, AUCKLAND, NZ.,*
ENGINEERS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, N.Z.,
NEW ZEALAND GREENS,
NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, N.Z.,
PEACE ACTION DUNEDIN, N.Z.,
PEACE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND,
ABOLITION-2000 NEW ZEALAND,
IPPNW NEW ZEALAND,
VETERANS FOR PEACE NZ.,
ARCHITECTS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR, NZ.,
C.N.D., VETERANS NEW ZEALAND,
CENTRE FOR PEACE STUDIES, UNIV. OF AUCKLAND, NZ,

PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NGOS, BELAU.,
MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR,
GREEN ACTION KYOTO,
WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN,
SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA,
INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW,
WISE-KALININGRAD,
ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW,
PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD,
EDUCATIONAL COMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA,
COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND,
PEACE UNION OF FINLAND,
NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)
PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK,
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (FRANCE),
MOUVEMENT DE LA PAIX, FRANCE,
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR IMMEDIATE DISARMAMENT, SWITZERLAND,
DARMSTAEDTER FRIEDENSFORUM, GERMANY,
NUCLEAR-FREE AWARD, GERMANY,
ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP,
CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA,
IPPNW AUSTRIA,
ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA,
COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS,
INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM,
MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS,
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS,
ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,

GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y U.S.,
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS,
NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK,
TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S.,
SAVE WARD VALLEY, CALIF, U.S.,
METRO-BOSTON COMMITTEE TO DE-ALERT NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, U.S.,
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, U.S.A,
LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIF.,
ACTION SITE TO STOP CASSINI FLYBY,
PROPOSITION-1 COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON DC, US.,
HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS, TECOPA, CALIF, U.S.,
UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK
FORCE,
METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, USA.,
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US,
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA.,
PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S.,
GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE,
WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS,
CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA,
CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO,
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY NEW MEXICO,
PEACE ACTION USA.,
METRO NEW YORK PEACE ACTION COUNCIL, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI U.S.A.,
PAX CHRISTI NEW YORK,
PAX CHRISTI, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI TEXAS,
PAX CHRISTI ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA,
FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN,
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL,
ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S.,
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND,

BILL BLAIKIE MP, HOUSE LEADER, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA,
SVEND ROBINSON MP, HOUSE OF REPS, CANADA,
VETERANS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, CANADA,
PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL, CANADA,
NEW GREEN ALLIANCE, CANADA,
PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY, BC, CANADA.,
THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, VANCOUVER, B.C.,
PLOUGHSHARES, CALGARY, CANADA,


PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN,
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
KRASNOPRESENSKAYA-2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone] [phone],

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US,
[phone], [phone].

WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,
[phone],

BILL RICHARDSON, US SECRETARY OF ENERGY,
[phone].

IGOR SERGEYEV,
DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
Znamenka-19, 103160, Moscow, Russia,
[phone], 247-2795, 247-2722, 293-3323.

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone],

CC
ALL HEADS OF STATE (BY EMAIL)
ALL UN MISSIONS (BY EMAIL)

Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton, Defence Ministers and Defence
Secretaries, Heads of State and UN Missions,

The organisations above, representing millions of people worldwide, are
writing to convey their extreme concern  over the possibility that Year
2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to
an unacceptable risk of  nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.

In the current political situation this is most especially the case.
According to Alexandr Arbatov, of the Defence Committee of the Russian
State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute,  most
dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.'

The danger   during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that
spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to
mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons.

Events similar to this have already occurred. For example:

In the US in 1980,  a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert
signals;

In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a US
missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local
commander to believe the warnings were real);

In 1995,  a Norwegian research rocket prompted a full-scale Russian alert.

If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if
communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of
hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There
should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach  to Y2K and nuclear
arsenals.

Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their
nuclear- related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible
solution is for them all to  stand down nuclear operations. This approach
should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling
nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles.

The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are
such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself on
earth could be in doubt.

In  light of this, we strongly urge that you remove all strategic and
tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a
status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
launch them.

The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear
alert status would:
--Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorised  nuclear
missile launch.
--Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching
disarmament agenda
--Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear
weapon states.

This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and
NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US on
Y2K problems.

According to the Canberra Commission,
"Taking nuclear forces off alert could be verified by national technical
means and nuclear weapon state inspection arrangements. in the first
instance, reduction in alert status could be adopted by the nuclear weapon
states unilaterally"

If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for either
to launch a disarming first strike.

The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe
so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K
computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
politics and national security.


Signed

Kevin Dunion, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner,  Friends of the Earth Australia,
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine,
Jan Kunnas, Friends of the Earth Finland,
Amis de la Terre, Paris, France,
Loukia Pavlidou, President, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Oleg Svistunov, Friends of the Earth Japan Siberia Program,

Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW,
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia,
Julie Marlow, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Committee,
Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, SA Branch,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, National Committee,
Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War,
IPPNW Regional Vice-President, Aust.,
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
Peter Jones, War Resisters International, Australia.,
Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,
Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore,
Deborah Matters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT.,
Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.,
Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA.,
Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore,
Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast,
Chris White, Secretary, United Trades and Labour Council, SA,
Paul Martinella, State Secretary, CFMEU, SA,
Trevor Smith, National Secretary, CFMEU, Forests and Forests products
Division, SA,
Stephen Smith, Secretary, CFMEU, Furnishing trade Division, SA,
Helen Caldicott, MD,
Mick Doyle, United Firefighters Union of SA,
Paul Noak, Secy, A.M.W.U. SA Office.
Martin O' Malley, Secy, CFMEU, SA Branch.
Stephen Spence, Secretary, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, SA.,

Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
Senator Meg Lees, Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader of the
Australian Democrats,
Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW.,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrat Senator for Queensland,
Senator Bob Brown, Green Senator for Tasmania,
Senator Dee Margetts, Green Senator for Western Australia,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Senator Margaret Reynolds, ALP,
Anthony Albanese. ALP, Federal member for Grayndler,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP,  Federal member for Sydney,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, M.P., Federal member for Shortland, NSW,
Cheryl Davenport MLC., W.A.,
Ian Cohen, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Lee Rhiannon, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Sandra Kanck, MLC,Democrats, S.A.,
Ian Gilfillan, MLC, Democrats, SA,
Robyn Geraghty MP, Member for Torrens, SA.,
Frances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A.,
Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia,

Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia.,
Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections,
Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project,

Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK,
Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden,
Martin Butcher, British-American Security Information Centre, US/UK,
Stephanie Mills, Greenpeace International Nuclear and Disarmament Campaign,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms, (IALANA), The Hague, Neth.,

Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.,
Janet Bloomfield, Former Chair CND, Abolition UK, Saffron Walden Group
Against Nuclear Weapons,
Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, UK,
Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of US Bases, UK.,
Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.,
Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, UK,

Dr Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre,
*Marion Hancock, Aoteoroa/NZ Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,*
Gerry Coates, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ,
Keith Locke, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, NZ Greens,
Llelwyn Richards, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, NZ,
Barbara Frame, Peace Action Dunedin, NZ.,
John Urlich, Peace Council of New Zealand,
Rev. John Murray/Dame Laurie Salas/Robin Halliday, Abolition-2000, New Zealand,
Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand,
Richard S. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau,
Chris King, Veterans for Peace New Zealand,
Derek Wilson, Architects Against Nuclear War, NZ,
Robert E. White, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action Kyoto, Japan.,
Hiroshi Taka, Assistant Secretary, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs
(Gensuikyo),
S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India,
Nana Suhartana, Indonesian National Network Forum Anti-Nuclear Society,
Vladimir Sliviak, Ecodefense, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Kaliningrad,
Alexandra Koroleva, Educational Committee, Kaliningrad Regional Duma,
Mikhail Trofimov, Ecodefence! International, Kaliningrad,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign of Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Pavel Malyshev, Platan Youth Group, Kaliningrad,
Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW)
Poul Eck Sorensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark,
Felicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/NY
Daniel Durand, Secretary, Mouvement de La Paix, France,
Solange Fernex, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, France.
Dr Roland Schutzbach, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament, Switzerland,
Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany.
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria,
Dr Klaus Renoldner, President,  IPPNW Austria,
Claudia and Margit, Anti-Atom International,
Claudia and Margit, Coordination Office of Austrian Environment Organisations,
Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear
Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
David Boerma, Coordinator, Pacific Region, Centre for Indigenous Peoples,
Netherlands.,
Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, University of
Bari, Italy,
Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms,

Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY., USA.,
Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, US,
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US.
Molly Johnson, Coordinator, Save Ward Valley, Calif, USA.,
William F. Santelmann, Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif, US.
Dr Robert W. Tiller, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S.A.,
Dr Lachlan Forrow, Past Chair, IPPNW,
Jonathan Mark, Action Site to Stop Cassini Flyby,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif, USA.
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC, US.,
Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force,  Uniting Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountains Conference,
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA,
USA.,
Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San
Francisco, California, US.,
Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA.,
Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. USA.,
Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Centre of San Diego, Calif, US.,
Susan Lee Solar and Maria Mendez, Grandmothers and Mothers Alliance for the
Future,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Peter Bergel, Centre for Energy Research, Salem, Oregon, USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio, USA.,
Jay Coghlan, Concerned Citizens For Nuclear Safety, New Mexico, USA.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA.,
Sonya Ostrom, Metro New York Peace Action Council,
Rachel Keeler, Executive Director, Pax Christi, New York,
Nancy Small, National Coordinator, Pax Christi, USA,
Frank Dworak, Pax Christi, Morris County, NJ, USA.,
Adam Eidinger, Pax Christi Washington Action Group, USA.,
Joyce Hall, Pax Christi Texas,
Paul Villavisanis, Pax Christi, St Augustine, Fl,
Phil Mc Manus, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin
America and the Carribean,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power, Pennsylvania, US,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival,
Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, USA.,
Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund,

Senator Doug Roche, Canadian Parliament,
Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada,
Svend Robinson MP, House of Representatives,Canada,
Dr David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver,
Canada,
Dr Barbara Birkett, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa, Canada.,
Dr Ross Wilcock, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatoon, Canada,
Patti Willis, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security, B.C., Canada,
Prof Eric Fawcett, Physics Dept, University of Toronto, Canada,
Dr Jennifer Allen Simons, The Simons Foundation, Vancouver, B.C.,
Sally Hodges, Chair, Ploughshares, Calgary, Canada,




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Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Y2K N-WEAPONS DE-ALERTING LETTER PLEASE SIGN
Date: 23 Jul 1999 13:00:08 EDT

Hi,

Someone please tell me why nonukes @foe( I forget the rest of the address)
has so many of the same posts every day. If the post is going to abolition
list why do I get it 3 or four times?

Thanks

Colby Lowe














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Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Y2K N-WEAPONS DE-ALERTING LETTER PLEASE SIGN
Date: 23 Jul 1999 17:49:24 -0400


I think the sender sends it to multiple lists.  I think we all have the same
problem.
This must be quite a communications burden. I think the recommendation for
petitions is for someone to be the official recipient and to add them to the
list  That is most efficient way.

What we are getting is multiple bombardment by various versions of the text.
The topic is certainly important but that doesn't justify bad practice.

Ross Wilcock
[e-mail]


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Sent:    July 23, 1999 1:00 PM


Hi,

Someone please tell me why nonukes @foe( I forget the rest of the address)
has so many of the same posts every day. If the post is going to abolition
list why do I get it 3 or four times?
Thanks
Colby Lowe



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Subject: (abolition-usa) Cleaning My Mouse Pad
Date: 24 Jul 1999 23:25:41 -0700 (PDT)

How do you clean a mouse pad?


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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion
Date: 25 Jul 1999 12:26:10 -0700

This is the lastest resurrection of the global movement for a multilateral
treaty to abolish all nuclear weapons and to reallocate their funding
towards addressing human needs instead, ie, "Proposition One".  Please be
inspired to support Prop1 in your area.

dcw

Rm HC-9, US Capitol Building Basement

At last!  Please let us know that you can be there?  Bring People?!!!!
Thanks!

Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee - [e-mail] - 202-462-0757


WHAT:    PRESS CONFERENCE / Community Advisory
WHEN:    Friday, July 30, 1999, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE:  Capitol Building Room HC-9
WHO:      Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes (and Expert Speakers)
WHY:      To introduce HR-2545, the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
Conversion Act of 1999" (NDECA).

For Immediate Release
Contact: Sean Gralton
July 16,
1999
   [phone]
                                                                 Web Site:
http://www.house.gov/norton

NORTON INTRODUCES NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT BILL
SAYS NECESSARY FOR DOMESTIC NEEDS AND TO CONTAIN
NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION

Washington, D.C.   Today, on the 54th anniversary of the first nuclear test
at
Alamagordo, New Mexico, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DDC) introduced
the Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 1999 (NDECA). NDECA
will
require the United States to disable and dismantle its nuclear weapons when
all
other nations possessing nuclear weapons enact laws to do the same. NDECA
further provides that when our nuclear weapons are dismantled, the resources
used to support nuclear weapons programs will be diverted to our growing
human
and infrastructure needs, such as housing, health care, Social Security and
the
environment. Norton introduced this bill following a referendum in the
District
in 1992, requesting that the D.C. Delegate to Congress prepare a
constitutional
amendment to bring about nuclear disarmament and economic conversion.

In addition to the economic cost of nuclear weapons, Norton said that the
weapons continue to be "a horrifically destabilizing force in world
affairs,"
specifically noting the burgeoning arms race between India and Pakistan.
"Recent events on the Indian subcontinent demonstrate the urgent need for
passage of my bill," she said. "The United States and the world community
clearly must redouble their efforts to obtain commitments from India and
Pakistan to refrain from actual deployment of nuclear weapons." She said
that
the U.S. would be able to dissuade other nations who aspire to become
nuclear
powers if "we ourselves have been willing to take the initiative in
dismantling
our own nuclear weapons program."

Norton said that with 40 million people still without health care, and the
same
poverty rate as existed in the minority community 25 years ago, the time has
come to begin the transfer of nuclear weapons funds to urgent domestic
needs.
In the 56year period between 1940 to 1996, nuclear weapons spending exceeded
the combined total federal spending for education; training, employment, and
social services; agriculture, natural resources and the environment; general
science, space, and technology; community and regional development
(including
disaster relief); law enforcement; and energy production and regulation. On
average, the United States has spent $98 billion a year on nuclear weapons
over
that time. Norton said, "Surely the time has come to significantly bring
down
the average annual spending on nuclear weapons from $98 billion a year."

106th CONGRESS CONGRESS

1ST SESSION                  H.R. 2545

___________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
 Armed Services and International Relations Committees on July 16, 1999

A BILL

To provide for nuclear disarmament and economic conversion
     in accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Measure
     Number 37 of 1993

1        Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2  tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4        This Act may be cited as the "Nuclear Disarmament
5  and Economic Conversion Act of 1999".

6 SEC 2. REQUIREMENT FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND
7              ECONOMIC CONVERSION.

8         The United States Government shall----
1              (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weap-
2       ons and refrain from replacing them at any time
3       with any weapons of! mass destruction;
4              (2) redirect resources that are currently being
5       used for nuclear weapons programs to use
6                     (A) in converting all nuclear weapons in
7                dustry employees, processes, plants, and pro-
8                   grams smoothly to constructive, ecologically
9                   beneficial peacetime activities during the 3
10                 years following the effective date of this Act,
11                and
12                      (B) in addressing human and infrastruc-
13                ture needs such as housing, health care, edu-
14                cation, agriculture, and enviromnental restora-
15                tion;
16              (3) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to
17      eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military oper-
18      ations; and
19               (4) actively promote policies to induce all other
20      countries to join in these commitments for world
21      peace and security.
22  SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
23       This Act shall take effect when the President certifies
24  to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nu-
25  clear weapons have established legal requirements com-
1  parable to those set forth in section 2 and those require-
2  ments have taken effect.

______________________________________________________________________

If you have any questions about the bill or event, please contact Ellen
Thomas,


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PO BOX 27217, WASHINGTON, DC 20038 USA
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Y2k and Russia
Date: 26 Jul 1999 10:48:26 -0400



Oakland California, Tribune, 7-23-99

Nuclear Weapons Computers Y2K Ready

By Robert Burns
AP Military Writer
Thursday, July 22, 1999; 3:30 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly all U.S. defense computers linked to nuclear
weapons have been verified through testing as ready for the Year 2000
computer glitch, senior Pentagon officials said today.

``There is no risk of accidental launch'' or of losing the ability to fire
U.S. weapons if necessary, Adm. Richard Mies, commander of U.S. Strategic
Command, told a news conference. His command at Offutt Air Force Base,
Neb., is in charge of all U.S. nuclear weapons.

Cooperation with Russia on Y2K issues has suffered as a result of Moscow's
anger about the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, Mies and other Pentagon
officials said, but efforts are under way to restore a dialogue.

Mies said there is no reason to believe nuclear powers Britain, Russia and
China are failing to fix their computer systems; he did not comment
directly on the other known nuclear powers -- France, India and Pakistan.
Mies also cautioned that he is not certain about the vulnerability of
defense computers used by nuclear powers other than Russia and Britain.

``Certainly I have concerns, but to some degree we've tried to reassure
ourselves and we've tried to gain assurances from those countries that
they are addressing the Y2K problem, and so to a certain degree our
confidence is limited by the amount of assurances we have gotten,'' Mies
said.

Defense Secretary William Cohen, appearing with Mies at the Pentagon, said
he is not worried that Russia will allow the Y2K problem to jeopardize
command or control of its nuclear weapons.

``The Russians, I assume, will do whatever is necessary to protect their
self interest,'' Cohen said. ``It is not in Russia's interest to have any
kind of failure that would create a catastrophe.''

As for China, which has only a handful of long-range nuclear weapons,
Cohen said ``we assume they are also proceeding with as much alacrity as
possible to deal'' with potential computer problems.

Mies said there is very little concern about Britain's preparations, in
part because the British Navy uses the same Trident nuclear missile system
as the U.S. Navy uses.

At home, Mies said, there is no basis to fear a Y2K glitch would affect
control of U.S. nuclear weapons.

``Procedures for launching our nation's nuclear weapons involve multiple
levels of safeguards such as code verifications and human interactions to
verify and authenticate an order from the president,'' Mies said.
``Computers by themselves cannot launch nuclear weapons.''

Similarly, Mies said fears that a Y2K computer bug will shut down the U.S.
nuclear arsenal are unfounded, based on extensive tests that included
simulations of launches of every type of nuclear weapon.

Cohen said he had been ``deeply concerned'' a year ago that the Defense
Department was moving too slowly to prepare for Y2K. Since then, he said,
the department has gone all out to test and validate its computers.

``I am reassured and confident that we will defeat the Y2K attack when it
comes on Jan. 1, 2000,'' Cohen said.

U.S. nuclear weapons include bombs carried by Air Force planes, strategic
missiles carried aboard Navy submarines and intercontinental ballistic
missiles in underground silos at Air Force bases.

Of the 2,107 computers systems deemed critical to the Defense Department's
missions, 92 percent have been fully verified as ready for Y2K, Cohen
said, and there will be 100 percent compliance by Dec. 31.

Also, of the 198 computers considered critical to nuclear missions, all
but two have been fully verified, Mies said. Those two are scheduled to be
ready by October, he said. One is a new ``bomber planning'' system, and
the other is a command center console at Strategic Command headquarters.

The Pentagon has invited Moscow to send representatives to the new Y2K
Center for Strategic Stability, in Colorado Springs, Colo., but the
Russians have not responded, Cohen aides said. The facility is meant to
avoid any misunderstandings about missile launches on Dec. 31 or
thereafter as a result of computer glitches, by sharing U.S. missile
launch warning data with the Russians.

Cohen said he had hoped to meet with his Russian counterpart, Igor
Sergeyev, in Moscow in early August to discuss Y2K and other issues, but
the session was postponed by the Russians.

In the Y2K problem, some older computers were designed to recognize dates
in a two-digit format, such as ``99'' for 1999. There is concern computers
not updated may malfunction on New Year's Eve, when 1999 turns to 2000 --
which some computers may misconstrue as 1900 instead of the start of the
new century.

*******************************************************************

Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Y2K N-WEAPONS DE-ALERTING LETTER PLEASE
Date: 26 Jul 1999 11:12:48 -0400

Dear Colby,
Why don't you write to John Hallan at nonukes@foe and ask him?  Alice

At 01:00 PM 7/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Someone please tell me why nonukes @foe( I forget the rest of the address)
>has so many of the same posts every day. If the post is going to abolition
>list why do I get it 3 or four times?
>
>Thanks
>
>Colby Lowe
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: DRAFT LETTER OF SUPPORT TO MARKEY FOR DE-ALERTING
Date: 26 Jul 1999 13:01:17 -0400

>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 03:03:48 -0400
>Subject: DRAFT LETTER OF SUPPORT TO MARKEY FOR DE-ALERTING RESOLUTION
>To: [e-mail]
>Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>
>Dear People,
>This is a first draft of a letter that I plan to send in the next 48 hours
>to Rep. Edward Markey, in support of his planned de-alerting resolution.
>
>Let me know if anything requires changing.
>
>The idea is for him to be able to use the de-alerting sign on letter
>(The'Bill and Boris' letter) itself as a tool to increase support for the
>resolution.
>
>Markey has signed the sign on letter.
>
>I intend to fax this letter as is the day after tomorrow (wednesday
>Australian time), unless changes are proposed.
>
>If you wish to propose changes, try not to just add to the lettter. It is
>already most likely on the long side, and i am determined to keep it
>withing a single A4 page 12/13 point, times font.
>
>
>FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
>
>ATTN. CONGRESSMAN EDWARD MARKEY
>
>RE: CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON DE-ALERTING
>
>Dear Congressman Markey,
>I am writing as the coordinator of the global sign-on letter, that you
>signed on Friday, asking for nuclear weapons to be taken off hairtrigger
>alert, especially over the Y2K rollover period.
>
>I understand  you are working on a US Congressional resolution to that
>effect. This is an extremely important initiative.
>
>I would like to express our very strong support for any resolution in the
>US Congress that calls for nuclear weapons to be taken off their current
>hairtrigger alert status,  especially over the Y2K 'rollover' period. This
>is exactly what is asked for by the letter.
>
>The global sign on letter that you have signed now has over 200 signatures
>from organisations and parliamentarians around the world, expressing a
>desire for strategic nuclear weapons to be taken off hairtrigger alert.
>These organisations include the largest international environment network
>in the world, Friends of the Earth International, with member groups in 59
>countries, the second - largest international environment group in the
>world, Greenpeace International, the British-American Security Information
>Council, (BASIC), the Centre for Defence Information, Tri-Valley CARES,
>Global Resource and Action Centre on the Environment,  the Nuclear
>Information and Resource Service, Western States Legal Foundation, and
>Physicians for Global responsibility. Outside the US, the letter bears the
>signatures of 20 Australian parliamentarians, three Canadian MPs including
>Senator Doug Roche, and three members of the European Parliament, as well
>as those of the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, and the
>World Court project.
>
>Taking strategic nuclear weapons off hairtrigger alert  is a sensible
>measure with or without the Y2K problem, that was strongly recommended by
>the Canberra Commission in 1996. ( It is best achieved by the physical
>removal of the firing mechanism from delivery vehicles, or by separation of
>warheads.)
>
>Given that there may be problems with the US Y2K remediation programme for
>the complex interconnected computer networks that constitute the C3I system
>for the strategic nuclear weapons complex of the US, and given that Russian
>systems are highly unlikely to be anywhere near Y2K ready, taking strategic
>nuclear weapons off hairtrigger alert would appear to be no more than good
>sense. This in no way lessens the need for other measures (such as measures
>for US-Russian cooperation, and a joint monitoring centre).
>The stakes involved are, ultimately, the survival of the planet.  The
>chance of the ultimate catastrophe should this reasonable measure not be
>taken is just too great, and de-alerting is in any case something that
>needs to be done.
>
>We urge you to proceed with this worthy initiative, and to use this global
>sign on letter in any way that will ensure its success.
>
>John Hallam, Coordinator, De-Alerting Sign on letter.
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: [mil-corp] McDonalds needs McDonnell Douglas
Date: 26 Jul 1999 18:52:45 -0400

>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:16:04 -0400
>Subject: [mil-corp] McDonalds needs McDonnell Douglas
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>Network members,
>
>Here is Thomas L. Friedman on globalization and the United States as the
>defender of capitalism around the world.
>
>Steve
>
>*******************
>"The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist --
>McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder of the
>F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's
>technologies is called the United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine
>Corps."
>
>Thomas L. Friedman,
>Two-time Pulitzer winning NY Times columnist
>
>from A Manifesto for the Fast World
>New York Times, March 28 1999
>http://www.globalpolicy.org/nations/fried99.htm
>
>____________________________________________________________________
>International Network on Disarmament and Globalization
>405-825 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1K9 CANADA
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>SUBSCRIBE mil-corp "FirstName LastName" <[e-mail]>
>as the first and only line in the message body.
>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Vote by email
Date: 26 Jul 1999 19:32:13 -0400

Dear Friends,
Earlier I posted the website of Bill Bradley, www.billbradley.com which
takes comments on issues.  Additionally you can comment to
www.algore2000.com and www.georgewbush.com.  Please take some time out to
put nuclear abolition on the Presidential Campaign Agenda.  It's only an
email away.  Also, forward this message to your other lists--let's swamp
'em.  Peace,
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

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From: peter weiss <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion
Date: 26 Jul 1999 23:07:06 -0400

This is good,but it should call for a nuclear weapons convention rather
than unilateral disarmament, which is a bit quixotic. Are there
cosponsors? Have there been in the past? Is there a way to get hearings
going?
                    Peter Weiss

David Crockett Williams wrote:
>
> This is the lastest resurrection of the global movement for a multilateral
> treaty to abolish all nuclear weapons and to reallocate their funding
> towards addressing human needs instead, ie, "Proposition One".  Please be
> inspired to support Prop1 in your area.
>
> dcw
>
> From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
> To: Activists <[e-mail]>
> Subject: At last!  Norton Press Conference Friday, July 30, 1999, 10 a.m.,
> Rm HC-9, US Capitol Building Basement
> Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 12:17 PM
>
> At last!  Please let us know that you can be there?  Bring People?!!!!
> Thanks!
>
> Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee - [e-mail] - 202-462-0757
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> WHAT:    PRESS CONFERENCE / Community Advisory
> WHEN:    Friday, July 30, 1999, 10:00 a.m.
> WHERE:  Capitol Building Room HC-9
> WHO:      Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes (and Expert Speakers)
> WHY:      To introduce HR-2545, the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
> Conversion Act of 1999" (NDECA).
>
> For Immediate Release
> Contact: Sean Gralton
> July 16,
> 1999
>    [phone]
>                                                                  Web Site:
> http://www.house.gov/norton
>
> NORTON INTRODUCES NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT BILL
> SAYS NECESSARY FOR DOMESTIC NEEDS AND TO CONTAIN
> NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
>
> Washington, D.C.   Today, on the 54th anniversary of the first nuclear test
> at
> Alamagordo, New Mexico, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DDC) introduced
> the Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 1999 (NDECA). NDECA
> will
> require the United States to disable and dismantle its nuclear weapons when
> all
> other nations possessing nuclear weapons enact laws to do the same. NDECA
> further provides that when our nuclear weapons are dismantled, the resources
> used to support nuclear weapons programs will be diverted to our growing
> human
> and infrastructure needs, such as housing, health care, Social Security and
> the
> environment. Norton introduced this bill following a referendum in the
> District
> in 1992, requesting that the D.C. Delegate to Congress prepare a
> constitutional
> amendment to bring about nuclear disarmament and economic conversion.
>
> In addition to the economic cost of nuclear weapons, Norton said that the
> weapons continue to be "a horrifically destabilizing force in world
> affairs,"
> specifically noting the burgeoning arms race between India and Pakistan.
> "Recent events on the Indian subcontinent demonstrate the urgent need for
> passage of my bill," she said. "The United States and the world community
> clearly must redouble their efforts to obtain commitments from India and
> Pakistan to refrain from actual deployment of nuclear weapons." She said
> that
> the U.S. would be able to dissuade other nations who aspire to become
> nuclear
> powers if "we ourselves have been willing to take the initiative in
> dismantling
> our own nuclear weapons program."
>
> Norton said that with 40 million people still without health care, and the
> same
> poverty rate as existed in the minority community 25 years ago, the time has
> come to begin the transfer of nuclear weapons funds to urgent domestic
> needs.
> In the 56year period between 1940 to 1996, nuclear weapons spending exceeded
> the combined total federal spending for education; training, employment, and
> social services; agriculture, natural resources and the environment; general
> science, space, and technology; community and regional development
> (including
> disaster relief); law enforcement; and energy production and regulation. On
> average, the United States has spent $98 billion a year on nuclear weapons
> over
> that time. Norton said, "Surely the time has come to significantly bring
> down
> the average annual spending on nuclear weapons from $98 billion a year."
>
> 106th CONGRESS CONGRESS
>
> 1ST SESSION                  H.R. 2545
>
> ___________________________
>
> IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
>
> Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
>  Armed Services and International Relations Committees on July 16, 1999
>
> A BILL
>
> To provide for nuclear disarmament and economic conversion
>      in accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Measure
>      Number 37 of 1993
>
> 1        Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
> 2  tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
>
> 3  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
>
> 4        This Act may be cited as the "Nuclear Disarmament
> 5  and Economic Conversion Act of 1999".
>
> 6 SEC 2. REQUIREMENT FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND
> 7              ECONOMIC CONVERSION.
>
> 8         The United States Government shall----
> 1              (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weap-
> 2       ons and refrain from replacing them at any time
> 3       with any weapons of! mass destruction;
> 4              (2) redirect resources that are currently being
> 5       used for nuclear weapons programs to use
> 6                     (A) in converting all nuclear weapons in
> 7                dustry employees, processes, plants, and pro-
> 8                   grams smoothly to constructive, ecologically
> 9                   beneficial peacetime activities during the 3
> 10                 years following the effective date of this Act,
> 11                and
> 12                      (B) in addressing human and infrastruc-
> 13                ture needs such as housing, health care, edu-
> 14                cation, agriculture, and enviromnental restora-
> 15                tion;
> 16              (3) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to
> 17      eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military oper-
> 18      ations; and
> 19               (4) actively promote policies to induce all other
> 20      countries to join in these commitments for world
> 21      peace and security.
> 22  SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
> 23       This Act shall take effect when the President certifies
> 24  to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nu-
> 25  clear weapons have established legal requirements com-
> 1  parable to those set forth in section 2 and those require-
> 2  ments have taken effect.
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> If you have any questions about the bill or event, please contact Ellen
> Thomas,
>
> PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE
> PO BOX 27217, WASHINGTON, DC 20038 USA
> 202-462-0757-- (voice)  |  202-265-5389 -- (fax)
> [e-mail] -- (e-mail)  |  http://prop1.org -- (World-Wide-Web)
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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion
Date: 26 Jul 1999 21:38:04 -0700

The bottom line of the bill and the Prop1 movement is for multilateral not
unilateral nuclear disarmament.  This is the I think the third congress into
which Rep. Norton has introduced the bill and I do not know about
cosponsors.  The Prop1 people are on this list and should soon respond with
more details or you can email to them directly at  [e-mail] or check
their website http://www.prop1.org for details.  These are the same folks
who have been doing an anti-nuclear peace vigil across the street from the
White House continuously for 18years and got prop1 passed first as a DC
ballot measure instructing their congressperson to put it into congress
which she did at first reluctantly and then when she got a lot of positive
feedback has been enthusiastic about it since.  This warrants everyone
asking their local congressperson to cosponsor and support this bill.  As it
gets more publicity so will the idea of multilateral nuclear.disarmament.
-----Original Message-----
Conversion


>This is good,but it should call for a nuclear weapons convention rather
>than unilateral disarmament, which is a bit quixotic. Are there
>cosponsors? Have there been in the past? Is there a way to get hearings
>going?
> Peter Weiss
>
>David Crockett Williams wrote:
>>
>> This is the lastest resurrection of the global movement for a
multilateral
>> treaty to abolish all nuclear weapons and to reallocate their funding
>> towards addressing human needs instead, ie, "Proposition One".  Please be
>> inspired to support Prop1 in your area.
>>
>> dcw
>>
>> From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
>> To: Activists <[e-mail]>
>> Subject: At last!  Norton Press Conference Friday, July 30, 1999, 10
a.m.,
>> Rm HC-9, US Capitol Building Basement
>> Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 12:17 PM
>>
>> At last!  Please let us know that you can be there?  Bring People?!!!!
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee - [e-mail] - 202-462-0757
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> WHAT:    PRESS CONFERENCE / Community Advisory
>> WHEN:    Friday, July 30, 1999, 10:00 a.m.
>> WHERE:  Capitol Building Room HC-9
>> WHO:      Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes (and Expert Speakers)
>> WHY:      To introduce HR-2545, the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
>> Conversion Act of 1999" (NDECA).
>>
>> For Immediate Release
>> Contact: Sean Gralton
>> July 16,
>> 1999
>>    [phone]
>>                                                                  Web
Site:
>> http://www.house.gov/norton
>>
>> NORTON INTRODUCES NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT BILL
>> SAYS NECESSARY FOR DOMESTIC NEEDS AND TO CONTAIN
>> NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
>>
>> Washington, D.C.   Today, on the 54th anniversary of the first nuclear
test
>> at
>> Alamagordo, New Mexico, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DDC)
introduced
>> the Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 1999 (NDECA).
NDECA
>> will
>> require the United States to disable and dismantle its nuclear weapons
when
>> all
>> other nations possessing nuclear weapons enact laws to do the same. NDECA
>> further provides that when our nuclear weapons are dismantled, the
resources
>> used to support nuclear weapons programs will be diverted to our growing
>> human
>> and infrastructure needs, such as housing, health care, Social Security
and
>> the
>> environment. Norton introduced this bill following a referendum in the
>> District
>> in 1992, requesting that the D.C. Delegate to Congress prepare a
>> constitutional
>> amendment to bring about nuclear disarmament and economic conversion.
>>
>> In addition to the economic cost of nuclear weapons, Norton said that the
>> weapons continue to be "a horrifically destabilizing force in world
>> affairs,"
>> specifically noting the burgeoning arms race between India and Pakistan.
>> "Recent events on the Indian subcontinent demonstrate the urgent need for
>> passage of my bill," she said. "The United States and the world community
>> clearly must redouble their efforts to obtain commitments from India and
>> Pakistan to refrain from actual deployment of nuclear weapons." She said
>> that
>> the U.S. would be able to dissuade other nations who aspire to become
>> nuclear
>> powers if "we ourselves have been willing to take the initiative in
>> dismantling
>> our own nuclear weapons program."
>>
>> Norton said that with 40 million people still without health care, and
the
>> same
>> poverty rate as existed in the minority community 25 years ago, the time
has
>> come to begin the transfer of nuclear weapons funds to urgent domestic
>> needs.
>> In the 56year period between 1940 to 1996, nuclear weapons spending
exceeded
>> the combined total federal spending for education; training, employment,
and
>> social services; agriculture, natural resources and the environment;
general
>> science, space, and technology; community and regional development
>> (including
>> disaster relief); law enforcement; and energy production and regulation.
On
>> average, the United States has spent $98 billion a year on nuclear
weapons
>> over
>> that time. Norton said, "Surely the time has come to significantly bring
>> down
>> the average annual spending on nuclear weapons from $98 billion a year."
>>
>> 106th CONGRESS CONGRESS
>>
>> 1ST SESSION                  H.R. 2545
>>
>> ___________________________
>>
>> IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
>>
>> Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
>>  Armed Services and International Relations Committees on July 16, 1999
>>
>> A BILL
>>
>> To provide for nuclear disarmament and economic conversion
>>      in accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Measure
>>      Number 37 of 1993
>>
>> 1        Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
>> 2  tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
>>
>> 3  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
>>
>> 4        This Act may be cited as the "Nuclear Disarmament
>> 5  and Economic Conversion Act of 1999".
>>
>> 6 SEC 2. REQUIREMENT FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND
>> 7              ECONOMIC CONVERSION.
>>
>> 8         The United States Government shall----
>> 1              (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weap-
>> 2       ons and refrain from replacing them at any time
>> 3       with any weapons of! mass destruction;
>> 4              (2) redirect resources that are currently being
>> 5       used for nuclear weapons programs to use
>> 6                     (A) in converting all nuclear weapons in
>> 7                dustry employees, processes, plants, and pro-
>> 8                   grams smoothly to constructive, ecologically
>> 9                   beneficial peacetime activities during the 3
>> 10                 years following the effective date of this Act,
>> 11                and
>> 12                      (B) in addressing human and infrastruc-
>> 13                ture needs such as housing, health care, edu-
>> 14                cation, agriculture, and enviromnental restora-
>> 15                tion;
>> 16              (3) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to
>> 17      eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military oper-
>> 18      ations; and
>> 19               (4) actively promote policies to induce all other
>> 20      countries to join in these commitments for world
>> 21      peace and security.
>> 22  SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> 23       This Act shall take effect when the President certifies
>> 24  to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nu-
>> 25  clear weapons have established legal requirements com-
>> 1  parable to those set forth in section 2 and those require-
>> 2  ments have taken effect.
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>>
>> If you have any questions about the bill or event, please contact Ellen
>> Thomas,
>>
>> PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE
>> PO BOX 27217, WASHINGTON, DC 20038 USA
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From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
Date: 26 Jul 1999 13:14:04 -0400

At 11:07 PM 7/26/99 -0400, Peter Weiss wrote:

>This is good,but it should call for a nuclear weapons convention rather
>than unilateral disarmament, which is a bit quixotic. Are there
>cosponsors? Have there been in the past? Is there a way to get hearings
>going?

It doesn't call for unilateral disarmament.  What it says is:

>> SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
>>        This Act shall take effect when the President certifies
>> to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nu-
>> clear weapons have established legal requirements com-
>> parable to those set forth in section 2 and those require-
>> ments have taken effect.

of course, if Norton's measure were to become law, there would be
discussion as to how best to implement it; a nuclear weapons convention
would be a fine suggestion.  Currently there are no cosponsors.  In the
past there have been as many as eight.

Thomas
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Y2K N-WEAPONS DE-ALERTING LETTER PLEASE SIGN
Date: 27 Jul 1999 20:09:30 +1000

John Hallam
=46riends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
=46ax(61)(2)9517-3902 ph (61)(2)9517-3903

[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd


I am sorry if you are getting this for the hundredth time, and have already
signed, but if you have not please do sign it really is an important issue.
Have patience, pleaese, i canot think of any beter way to get the
signatures this letter needs. many thanks to those who have already signed,
and who have passed it on to others to sign.

THIS LETTER IS SEEKING SIGNATURES FROM ORGANISATIONS NOW. IT WILL BE
RELEASED TO MEDIA ON AUG 6TH

Enclosed is a letter from over 160 environment groups, church groups, trade
unions, and politicians from Australia, Europe, Canada, Russia,  New
Zealand, Japan, and elsewhere, which asks that Russia and the US take
strategic nuclear weapons off alert at least ovr the Y2K 'rollover' period.

It is based on research by BASIC which we believe, shows that there is an
unaccpetable risk of accidental nuclear war due to false alerts over that
period.

De-Alerting, strongly reccommended by the Canberra Commission in 1996,
would help reduce the risk of nuclear weapons catastrope over the Y2K
rollover period. As such it is an essential and commonsense measure.

----
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=46ROM:
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH ENGLAND WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH NIGERIA,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH GEORGIA,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH JAPAN SIBERIA PROGRAM

AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE,
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR,
PAX CHRISTI N.S.W.,
WAYSIDE CHAPEL, UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA,
PITT STREET UNITING CHURCH, PITT ST, SYDNEY,
CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DISARMAMENT (CICD) AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRALIAN ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, N.S.W.,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA,
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY,
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,
ARID LANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
ANTI-URANIUM COALITION OF W.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A.,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE,
BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR FREE FUTURE ADELAIDE,
PACIFIC CONNECTIONS,
TWO BILLION VOICES FOR PEACE PROJECT,
UNITED TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL SA.,
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE S.A.,
CFMEU, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH,
A.M.W.U., SA. OFFICE.,
ALL-UNION GREEN CAUCUS,
GRAHAM F. SMITH PEACE TRUST, SA.,

SENATOR LYN ALLISON, VIC.,
SENATOR MEG LEES, LEADER, DEMOCRATS, VIC.,
SENATOR NATASHA STOTT-DESPOJA, DEPUTY LEADER AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS,
SENATOR VICKY BOURNE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR N.S.W.,
SENATOR ANDREW BARTLETT, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND,
SENATOR DEE MARGETTS, GREENS, W.A.,
SENATOR BOB BROWN, GREENS, TAS,
SENATOR GEORGE CAMPBELL, ALP,  N.S.W.,
SENATOR MARGARET REYNOLDS,
ANTHONY ALBANESE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR GRAYNDLER,
TANYA PLIBERSEK,  ALP FEDERAL MP FOR SYDNEY,
JANN MC FARLANE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR STIRLING, W.A.,
JILL HALL M.P., MEMBER FOR SHORTLAND,
IAN COHEN, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
LEE RHIANNON, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
SANDRA KANCK, DEMOCRAT MLC, S.A.,
IAN GILFILLAN, DEMOCRAT MLC, SA,
ROBYN GERAGHTY, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR TORRENS, SA,
=46RANCES BEDFORD, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR FLOREY, SA.,
JIM SCOTT, W.A., GREENS, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, W.A.,
LOUISE CROSSLEY, NATIONAL CONVENOR, GREENS,

WORLD COURT PROJECT UK,
MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP, PRESIDENT, IPB.,
SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE, SENATE, CANADA,
BRITISH-AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION CENTRE, US/UK,
GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL,
JAPAN CONGRESS AGAINST A AND H-BOMBS (GENSUIKYO)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS (IALANA),
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (Geneva/NY),
CENTRE FOR DEFENCE INFORMATION, WASHINGTON, USA,

CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT U.K.,
SAFFRON WALDEN GROUP AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
YOUTH AND STUDENT CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
WEST MIDLANDS CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
YORKSHIRE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES 2000 NORFOLK UK.,
NETWORK INFORMATION PROJECT, SOUTHAMPTON,UK, .,
CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF U.S., BASES,
MENWITH HILL WOMENS PEACE CAMP, YORKSHIRE, UK.,
GLOBAL NETWORK AGAINST  WEAPONS AND NUCLEAR POWER IN SPACE,
ANGLICAN PACIFIST FELLOWSHIP, MILTON KEYNES, U.K.,
CALDERDALE GREEN PARTY, YORKSHIRE, U.K.,

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY CENTRE, NZ,
AOTEOROA/NEW ZEALAND PEACE FOUNDATION, AUCKLAND, NZ.,
ENGINEERS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, N.Z.,
NEW ZEALAND GREENS,
NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, N.Z.,
PEACE ACTION DUNEDIN, N.Z.,
PEACE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND,
ABOLITION-2000 NEW ZEALAND,
IPPNW NEW ZEALAND,
VETERANS FOR PEACE NZ.,
ARCHITECTS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR, NZ.,
C.N.D., VETERANS NEW ZEALAND,
CENTRE FOR PEACE STUDIES, UNIV. OF AUCKLAND, NZ,

PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NGOS, BELAU.,
COALITION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCING STATES OF NIGERIA,
MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR,
GREEN ACTION KYOTO,
Y2K WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN,
SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA,
INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROJECT FOR SUSTAINABILITY, (AEPS) THAILAND,

ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW,
WISE-KALININGRAD,
ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW,
PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD,
EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA,
GREEN WORLD, SOSNOVY BOR, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA,
ST PETERSBURG PEACE COUNCIL, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA,
CENTRE FOR NUCLEAR ECOLOGY AND ENERGY POLICY RUSSIA,

ECOSENS, ROMANIA,
COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND,
PEACE UNION OF FINLAND,
NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)
PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL, FREDRIKSHAVN, DENMARK,
ALDRIG MERE KRIG (AMK) DENMARK,
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (FRANCE),
MOUVEMENT DE LA PAIX, FRANCE,
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR IMMEDIATE DISARMAMENT, SWITZERLAND,
DARMSTAEDTER FRIEDENSFORUM, GERMANY,
NUCLEAR-FREE AWARD, GERMANY,
ANTI-ATOM PLENUM, BOCHUM, GERMANY,
ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP,
ERNST GULCHER, MEP, GREEN GROUP, GERMANY,
CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA,
IPPNW AUSTRIA,
ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA,
COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS, AUSTRIA,
INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS, AUSTRIA,
PLATFORM GEGEN ATOMGEFAHR, AUSTRIA,
ENERGIE ZUKUNFT MOHTVIERTEL, AUSTRIA,
CENTRUM ENERGIE, CZECH REPUBLIC,
BURGERINITIATIVE UMWELTSCHUTZ, BUDWEIS,  CZECH REPUBLIC.,
=46OR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM,
MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS,
=46OR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS,
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS,
ANPED (NORTHERN ALIANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY) NETH,
ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,

CONGRESSMAN EDWARD J. MARKEY, (D-MASS) WASH, D.C.,
GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y.,  U.S.,
TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S.,
NUCLEAR INFORMATION AND RESOURCE SERVICE, U.S.,
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION, US.,
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS,
AMERICAN-INDIAN MOVEMENT OF OKLAHOMA,
NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK,
SAVE WARD VALLEY, CALIF, U.S.,
METRO-BOSTON COMMITTEE TO DE-ALERT NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, U.S.,
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, U.S.A,
LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIF.,
ACTION SITE TO STOP CASSINI FLYBY,
PROPOSITION-1 COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON DC, US.,
HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS, TECOPA, CALIF, U.S.,
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE,
UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK
=46ORCE,
ALL SOULS UNITARIAN CHURCH COLORADO SPRINGS, U.S.,
METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, USA.,
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US,
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA.,
NEW YORK STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION,
PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S.,
PROMOTING ENDURING PEACE, NY., U.S.,
PROFESSIONAL NETWORK FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, NY, U.S.,
GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE,
WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS,
CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA,
CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO,
OHIO CITIZEN ACTION,
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY NEW MEXICO,
PEACE ACTION USA.,
METRO NEW YORK PEACE ACTION COUNCIL, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI U.S.A.,
PAX CHRISTI NEW YORK,
PAX CHRISTI, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI TEXAS,
PAX CHRISTI ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA,
=46ELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN=
,
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL,
THREE MILS ISLAND ALERT, PENNSYLVANIA, US.,
ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S.,
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND,
PEDALS FOR PEACE, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF, U.S.,
SACRAMENTO VALLEY CITIZENS ALONG THE ROADS AND TRACKS,
GRANDMOTHERS FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, CALIF, US.,
TAI MEI PEACE ACTION, SAN GABRIEL, US.,
SERIOUS TEXANS AGAINST NUCLEAR DUMPING, US.,
STUDENTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE EARTH, W. MICHIGAN, US.,

BILL BLAIKIE MP, HOUSE LEADER, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA,
SVEND ROBINSON MP, HOUSE OF REPS, CANADA,
VETERANS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, CANADA,
PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL, CANADA,
NEW GREEN ALLIANCE, CANADA,
PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY, BC, CANADA.,
THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, VANCOUVER, B.C.,
PLOUGHSHARES, CALGARY, CANADA,
O.P.I.R.G., PETERBOROUGH, CANADA,


PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN,
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
KRASNOPRESENSKAYA-2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone] [phone],

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US,
[phone], [phone].

WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,
[phone],

BILL RICHARDSON, US SECRETARY OF ENERGY,
[phone].

IGOR SERGEYEV,
DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
Znamenka-19, 103160, Moscow, Russia,
[phone], 247-2795, 247-2722, 293-3323.

=46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone],

CC
ALL HEADS OF STATE (BY EMAIL)
ALL UN MISSIONS (BY EMAIL)

Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton, Defence Ministers and Defence
Secretaries, Heads of State and UN Missions,

The organisations above, representing millions of people worldwide, are
writing to convey their extreme concern  over the possibility that Year
2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to
an unacceptable risk of  nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.

In the current political situation this is most especially the case.
According to Alexandr Arbatov, of the Defence Committee of the Russian
State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute,  most
dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.'

The danger   during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that
spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to
mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons.

Events similar to this have already occurred. For example:

In the US in 1980,  a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert
signals;

In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a US
missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local
commander to believe the warnings were real);

In 1995,  a Norwegian research rocket prompted a full-scale Russian alert.

If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if
communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of
hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There
should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach  to Y2K and nuclear
arsenals.

Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their
nuclear- related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible
solution is for them all to  stand down nuclear operations. This approach
should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling
nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles.

The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are
such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself on
earth could be in doubt.

In  light of this, we strongly urge that you remove all strategic and
tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a
status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
launch them.

The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear
alert status would:
--Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorised  nuclear
missile launch.
--Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching
disarmament agenda
--Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear
weapon states.

This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and
NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US on
Y2K problems.

According to the Canberra Commission,
"Taking nuclear forces off alert could be verified by national technical
means and nuclear weapon state inspection arrangements. in the first
instance, reduction in alert status could be adopted by the nuclear weapon
states unilaterally"

If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for either
to launch a disarming first strike.

The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe
so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K
computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
politics and national security.


Signed

Kevin Dunion, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner,  Friends of the Earth Australia,
Dr Patrick Green, Senior Energy, Nuclear and Climate Campaigner, Friends of
the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland,
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
Nnimmo Bassey, Friends of the Earth Nigeria (Environmental Rights Action),
Benin City, Nigeria,
Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine,
Manana Kochladze, Friends of the Earth Georgia, Tbilsi, Georgia.
Jan Kunnas, Friends of the Earth Finland,
Amis de la Terre, Paris, France,
Loukia Pavlidou, President, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Oleg Svistunov, Friends of the Earth Japan Siberia Program,

Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Helen Caldicott, MD, Founding President, PSR,
Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW,
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia,
Pitt Street Uniting Church, Pitt St, Sydney,
Julie Marlow, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Committee,
Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, SA Branch,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, National Committee,
Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War,
IPPNW Regional Vice-President, Aust.,
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
Peter Jones, War Resisters International, Australia.,
Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,
Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Deborah Metters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT.,
Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.,
Robin Chapple, Anti-Uranium Coalition of W.A.,
Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA.,
Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia.,
Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections,
Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project,
Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore,
Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore,
Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast,
Jonivar Skullerud, ENUFF, Adelaide,
Chris White, Secretary, United Trades and Labour Council, SA,
Paul Martinella, State Secretary, CFMEU, SA,
Trevor Smith, National Secretary, CFMEU, Forests and Forests Products
Division, SA,
Stephen Smith, Secretary, CFMEU, Furnishing trade Division, SA,
Jacob Grech, Earthworker, All-Union Green Caucus,
Mick Doyle, United Firefighters Union of SA,
Paul Noak, Secy, A.M.W.U. SA Office.
Martin O' Malley, Secy, CFMEU, SA Branch.
Stephen Spence, Secretary, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, SA.,
Leonie Ebert, Graham F. Smith Peace Trust, SA.,

Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
Senator Meg Lees, Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader of the
Australian Democrats,
Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW.,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrat Senator for Queensland,
Senator Bob Brown, Green Senator for Tasmania,
Senator Dee Margetts, Green Senator for Western Australia,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Senator Margaret Reynolds, ALP,
Anthony Albanese. ALP, Federal member for Grayndler,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP,  Federal member for Sydney,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, M.P., Federal member for Shortland, NSW,
Cheryl Davenport MLC., W.A.,
Ian Cohen, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Lee Rhiannon, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Sandra Kanck, MLC,Democrats, S.A.,
Ian Gilfillan, MLC, Democrats, SA,
Robyn Geraghty MP, Member for Torrens, SA.,
=46rances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A.,
Jim Scott, WA Greens, Legislative Council, W.A.,
Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia,

Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK,
Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden,
=46elicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/N=
Y
Martin Butcher, British-American Security Information Centre, US/UK,
Stephanie Mills, Greenpeace International Nuclear and Disarmament Campaign,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms, (IALANA), The Hague, Neth.,
Rear-Admiral Eugene P. Carroll, USN (retd), Deputy Director, Centre for
Defence Information, Washington, USA,

Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.,
Janet Bloomfield, Former Chair CND, Abolition UK, Saffron Walden Group
Against Nuclear Weapons,
Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, U.K,
Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., U.K.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of American
Bases, U.K.,
Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW U.K),
Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.,
Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, U.K,
Catherine Euler, Menwith Hill Womens Peace Camp, Yorkshire, U.K.,
Catherine Euler, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Sue Claydon, Anglican Pacifist Fellowship, Milton Keynes, U.K.,
Calderdale Green Party, Yorkshire, U.K.,

Dr Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre,
Marion Hancock, Aoteoroa/NZ Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,
Gerry Coates, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ,
Keith Locke, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, NZ Greens,
Llelwyn Richards, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, NZ,
Barbara Frame, Peace Action Dunedin, NZ.,
John Urlich, Peace Council of New Zealand,
Rev. John Murray/Dame Laurie Salas/Robin Halliday, Abolition-2000, New Zeala=
nd,
Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand,
Chris King, Veterans for Peace New Zealand,
Derek Wilson, Architects Against Nuclear War, NZ,
Robert E. White, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Richard N. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau,
Tom Mbeke-Ekarem, Chair, Coalition of Petroleum-Producing States of Nigeria,
Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Yumi Kukuchi, Y2K WASH Campaign, Sendai, Japan/USA,
Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action Kyoto, Japan.,
Hiroshi Taka, Assistant Secretary, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs
(Gensuikyo),
S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India,
Nana Suhartana, Indonesian National Network Forum Anti-Nuclear Society,
Pipob Udomittipong, Alternative Energy Project for Sustainability, Thailand,

Vladimir Sliviak, Ecodefense, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Kaliningrad,
Alexandra Koroleva, Educational Committee, Kaliningrad Regional Duma,
Mikhail Trofimov, Ecodefence! International, Kaliningrad,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign of Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Pavel Malyshev, Platan Youth Group, Kaliningrad,
Oleg Bodrov, Green World, Sosnovy Bor, St Petersburg, Russia,
Vera Brovkina, St Petersburg Peace Council, St Petersburg, Russia,
Lydia Popova, Centre for Nuclear Ecology and Energy Policy, Russia,

George Razvan Marcu, Ecosens, Romania,
Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW)
Poul Eck S=F8rensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark,
Arne Hansen, War Resisters International, Fredrikshavn, Denmark,
Majken Jul S=F8rensen, Aldrig Mere Krig, (AMK) Denmark,
Daniel Durand, Secretary, Mouvement de La Paix, France,
Solange Fernex, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, France.
Dr Roland Schutzbach, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament, Switzerla=
nd,
Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany,
Horst Hohmier, Anti-Atom Plenum, Bochum, Germany,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany,
Ernst Gulcher, MEP, Green Group, Germany,
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria,
Dr Klaus Renoldner, President,  IPPNW Austria,
Claudia and Margit, Anti-Atom International,
Claudia and Margit, Coordination Office of Austrian Environment Organisation=
s,
Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear
Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria,
Josef Puehringer, Platform Gegen Atomgefahr, Austria,
Josef Puehringer, Centrum Energie, Czech Republic,
Josef Puehringer, Burgerinitiative Umweltschutz, Budweis, Czech Republic,
Josef Puehringer, Energie Zukunft Mohtviertel, Austria.,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
Pieter Van Der Gaag, Deputy international Coordinator, ANPED, Northern
Alliance for Sustainability,
David Boerma, Coordinator, Pacific Region, Centre for Indigenous Peoples,
Netherlands.,
Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, University of
Bari, Italy,
Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms,

Congressman Edward J. Markey, (D-Mass), Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.
Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY., USA.,
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US.
Mary Olson, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, US.,
Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation, US.,
Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans,
Carter Camp, Chair, American-Indian Movement of Oklahoma, US,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, US,

Molly Johnson, Coordinator, Save Ward Valley, Calif, USA.,
William F. Santelmann, Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif, US.
Robert W. Tiller, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S.A.,
Dr Lachlan Forrow, Past Chair, IPPNW,
Jonathan Mark, Action Site to Stop Cassini Flyby,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif, USA.
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC, US.,
Diana Roose, Peace education Director, American Friends Service Committee,
Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force,  Uniting Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountains Conference,
Heidi Cooper, All Souls Unitarian Church, Colorado Springs, US.,
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington, USA=
=2E,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA,
USA.,
Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San
=46rancisco, California, US.,
Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA.,
Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. USA.,
Holly-Poole Kavana, New York Student Environmental Action Coalition,
Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Centre of San Diego, Calif, US.,
Janette Michelle Cuevas, Executive Director, Promoting Enduring Peace, NY.,
Babette Lindfield, Professional Network for Social Responsibility, NY, U.S.,
Susan Lee Solar and Maria Mendez, Grandmothers and Mothers Alliance for the
=46uture,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Peter Bergel, Centre for Energy Research, Salem, Oregon, USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio, USA.,
Sarah Ogdahl, Toledo Area Director, Ohio Citizen Action,
Jay Coghlan, Concerned Citizens For Nuclear Safety, New Mexico, USA.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA.,
Sonya Ostrom, Metro New York Peace Action Council,
Rachel Keeler, Executive Director, Pax Christi, New York,
Nancy Small, National Coordinator, Pax Christi, USA,
=46rank Dworak, Pax Christi, Morris County, NJ, USA.,
Adam Eidinger, Pax Christi Washington Action Group, U.S.,
Joyce Hall, Pax Christi Texas,
Paul Villavisanis, Pax Christi, St Augustine, Fl,
Patricia Watson, Peacework, American Friends Service Committee,
Betty Obol, SL, The Loretto Community, U.S.,
Phil Mc Manus, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin
America and the Carribean, U.S.,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power, Pennsylvania,
U.S,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival, U.S.,
Scott D. Portzlines, Three Mile Island Alert, Pennsylvania, U.S.,
Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, U.S.,
Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund,
Shiela Baker, Pedals for Peace, San Luis Obispo, Calif, U.S.,
Inga Olson, Sacramento Valley Citizens Along The Roads and Tracks,
Earth-Savers, Syracuse, U.S.,
Barbara Weidener, Grandmothers for Peace International, Calif, U.S.,
Lyn Miles, Tai Mei Peace Action, San Gabriel, U.S.,
Alan Moore, Butterfly Gardeners Association, Berkley, Calif,
Don Moniak, Program Director, Serious Texans Against Nuclear Dumping,
Amarillo, Tex, U.S,
Andrew Nixon, Students For A Sustainable Earth, W. Michigan University, U.S.=
,

Senator Doug Roche, Canadian Parliament,
Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada,
Svend Robinson MP, House of Representatives,Canada,
Dr David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver,
Canada,
Dr Barbara Birkett, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa, Canad=
a.,
Dr Ross Wilcock, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatoon, Canada,
Patti Willis, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security, B.C., Canada,
Prof Eric Fawcett, Physics Dept, University of Toronto, Canada,
Dr Jennifer Allen Simons, The Simons Foundation, Vancouver, B.C.,
Sally Hodges, Chair, Ploughshares, Calgary, Canada,
O.P.I.R.G., Peterborough, Canada,



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From: Proposition One Committee <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
Date: 26 Jul 1999 21:56:45 -0400

At 11:07 PM 7/26/99 -0400, you wrote:
>This is good,but it should call for a nuclear weapons convention rather
>than unilateral disarmament, which is a bit quixotic. Are there
>cosponsors? Have there been in the past? Is there a way to get hearings
>going?
>                    Peter Weiss
>


Peter, I don't think we ever fully understood each other when you and I
talked about this idea in The Hague back in November 1995.  There's nothing
unilateral about Ms. Norton's bill.  It is merely a promise to the world
and the citizens of the US that our country WILL do these things IF
EVERYONE ELSE DOES.  Lynn Woolsey's got a resolution going for a convention
at the U.N. level.  What this is about is getting a commitment, clear and
unequivocal, from the U.S. Congress.  Please read the bill a bit more
carefully for the last paragraph.  And please endorse it!  There's a letter
you can draw from, and email address website links for Congress, at
http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm

Yes, Lynn Woolsey has promised she will co-sponsor (did it last session
too, but for some reason the official website at Thomas.gov didn't show the
names of any of the co-sponsors.)  Co-sponsors in the past have been
Charles Rangel of NY, Al Wynn of Maryland, John Lewis and Cynthia McKinney
of Georgia, Earl Hilliard of Alabama, Jim Oberstar and David Minge of
Minnesota, Walter Tucker of California (now retired), Lynn Woolsey of
California.

Ellen Thomas


PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE
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From: Proposition One Committee <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Please Come! HR-2545 - EH Norton's Bill and Press Conference
Date: 26 Jul 1999 22:01:28 -0400

Please come or send representatives to the Press Conference with Ms. Norton
this Friday, July 30, 1999, at 10:00 a.m. --

WHAT:    PRESS CONFERENCE / Community Advisory
WHEN:    Friday, July 30, 1999, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE:  Capitol Building Room HC-9
WHO:      Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes (and Expert Speakers)
WHY:      To introduce HR-2545, the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
Conversion Act of 1999" (NDECA).

---------

106th CONGRESS CONGRESS
1ST SESSION                  H.R. 2545

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
 Armed Services and International Relations Committees on July 16, 1999

A BILL

To provide for nuclear disarmament and economic conversion
     in accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Measure
     Number 37 of 1993

1        Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2  tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4        This Act may be cited as the "Nuclear Disarmament
5  and Economic Conversion Act of 1999".

6 SEC 2. REQUIREMENT FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND
7              ECONOMIC CONVERSION.

8         The United States Government shall----
1              (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weap-
2       ons and refrain from replacing them at any time
3       with any weapons of! mass destruction;
4              (2) redirect resources that are currently being
5       used for nuclear weapons programs to use
6                     (A) in converting all nuclear weapons in
7                dustry employees, processes, plants, and pro-
8                   grams smoothly to constructive, ecologically
9                   beneficial peacetime activities during the 3
10                 years following the effective date of this Act,
11                and
12                      (B) in addressing human and infrastruc-
13                ture needs such as housing, health care, edu-
14                cation, agriculture, and enviromnental restora-
15                tion;
16              (3) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to
17      eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military oper-
18      ations; and
19               (4) actively promote policies to induce all other
20      countries to join in these commitments for world
21      peace and security.
22  SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
23       This Act shall take effect when the President certifies
24  to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nu-
25  clear weapons have established legal requirements com-
1  parable to those set forth in section 2 and those require-
2  ments have taken effect.


______________________________________________________________________

If you have any questions about the bill or event, please contact Ellen Thomas,


PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE
PO BOX 27217, WASHINGTON, DC 20038 USA
202-462-0757-- (voice)  |  202-265-5389 -- (fax)
[e-mail] -- (e-mail)  |  http://prop1.org -- (World-Wide-Web)


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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Global Peace March '99, India
Date: 27 Jul 1999 08:07:59 -0700



INVITATION

Dear Friends,

As you might know a Global Peace March is being presently taken out with =
the
objective of total nuclear disarmament, a weapons free society and for
establishment of a just and humane global order.  A world-wide signature
campaign is simultaneously going on, in support of this march.  The march=
 is
also making people aware about the dangers of radioactivity and seeking
abandonment of nuclear energy programme too.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO JOIN US DURING THE END OF THE MARCH, AUGUS=
T
6, 1999, (HIROSHIMA DAY) FROM VARANASI TO SARNATH, AND FOR A DAY-LONG
PROGRAMME ON THE SAME DAY AFTER REACHING SARNATH.  Kindly reach Varanasi =
by
August 5, 1999 in order to participate in this historic event and join th=
e
march from Varanasi to Sarnath on early morning of August 6, 1999.

Please contact Ajit Singh, S-8/395, Khajuri Colony, Varanasi, Phone: (054=
2)
342253, in Varanasi.  The public meeting on August 6 will take place in
Tibetan Institute, Sarnath, where the contact person is Prof. Rimpoche.

Admiral L Ram Das, Arundhati Roy, Prof. S. Rimpoche, Kishen Patnaik,
Siddharaj Dhadda, Narayan Desai, Thomas Kochery, Kuldip Nayar, Anand
Patwardhan and numerous others will participate in the Hiroshima day even=
t
at Sarnath.  Fuzikawa San, second generation Hibakusha from Hiroshima Jap=
an,
will also personally join the march to acquaint the gathering about the
horrors of Atom Bomb tragedy which spelled doom for Hiroshima residents.
The residents of Khetolai (Pokaran, where India conducted it=92s nuclear
tests), Rawatbhata (nuclear power plant), Jadugoda (Uranium mining area i=
n
Bihar), will also join in to narrate the horrifying hazards of nuclear
radiations to the assembled people.

On August 7, 1999, a meeting will be organized to discuss further action
plans on the issues of disarmament and peace.

You are also requested to be present in New Delhi on August 9, 1999
(Nagasaki Day) to participate in the events, including handing over of
signatures to representatives of all nuclear weapons nations and the Unit=
ed
Nations organization to mark the formal close of the Global Peace March.

Arundhati Dhuru
A-893, Indira Nagar, Lucknow =96 226 016, Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Web site for the peace march:
http://www.aidindia.org/peace

Web site for electronic signature campaign:
http://www/indiatogether.org/petitions/gpm.htm

IF YOU HAVE COLLECTED SIGNATURES PLEASE MAIL THEM SOON AT THE LUCKNOW
ADDRESS MENTIONED ABOVE.


______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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From: "Joan Wade" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fall Call for Abolition Action!
Date: 27 Jul 1999 16:35:10 -0400

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RE: Fall Action for Abolition Activists


FALL CALL FOR ABOLITION ACTION!!!!!!!

This fall marks the 10th annivesary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.  =
Though the Cold War is over, the threat of nuclear war persists.  Over =
36,000 nuclear weapons remain in the world, 5,000 of which are on alert, =
ready to be launched in moments.  Isn't it time to make a change?  This =
fall, two unique series of events will be organized to heighten public =
awareness about nuclear weapons and to light the abolition flame.  We =
invite you and your organization to take part. =20

60 Minutes II Organizing Opportunity: This fall CBS will air a new =
documentary on "60 Minutes II" on the nuclear legacy of the Cold War. A =
date has not yet been set, but it will air on a Tuesday night no sooner =
than September 28th. The film will include discussion of the breadth of =
U.S. and Russian stockpiles as well of the danger of warheads on =
hair-trigger alert.

This is a rare chance to engage the general public in our issues through =
the popular media and a perfect opportunity to organize house parties =
and other group events to ignite the abolition flame! Organizing kits =
will be available for all those interested in hosting house parties, or =
bigger events at churches and town halls. Invite potential activists, =
community leaders, and friends to watch the program and discuss. You can =
also invite your local CBS affiliate to cover your event and interview =
participants on their nightly broadcast.  If you are unable to host an =
event the night of the show, tape it and plan on a screening sometime =
soon after.  Or tape it regardless and organize mutiple events!

Speakers Tour: Project Abolition will also launch a speakers tour this =
fall which will consist of several large scale community forums =
organized around the 60 Minutes piece followed by a greater number of =
events around the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall =
(November 9th). The moderated forums will emulate the hip format of the =
current hit TV show "Politically Incorrect." Speakers will include =
national and local legislators, activists, and commentators. A publicity =
campaign is being coordinated around the tour, including print ads, =
radio appearances, and public service announcements. =20

The tour will begin in New Hampshire and Iowa and move throughout the =
country through the fall.  If your local group is interested in hosting =
a tour event, please contact Karina Wood (details below).

Change the Message!: We anticipate a considerable level of media =
attention to the Berlin anniversary, which will likely focus on how the =
U.S. "won" the Cold War. It will be up to the abolition community to =
highlight the fact that the U.S. has squandered the opportunity of the =
post Cold War decade to make the world safe from nuclear destruction, =
and as a result, has engaged in a dangerous arms race with itself that =
is fueling proliferation worldwide.=20

What Next?: As the dates for the CBS program and the speakers tour are =
finalized, we encourage you to think about ways to mobilize around both =
events and contact people you think might be interested in taking part. =
More information will be provided as soon as it is available. In the =
meantime, please feel free to contact us with any new ideas or questions =
through the channels listed below:

Contact:

Joan L. Wade, Disarmament Clearinghouse Coordinator, ph: [phone] =
x232, fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail], web: =
http://www.psr.org/Disarmhouse.htm

Karina H. Wood, Field Coordinator, Project Abolition, ph: (401) =
276-0377, fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail], web: =
www.fourthfreedom.org

House party organizing kits will soon be available for this fall's =
abolition-related events. Each kit will include a house party organizing =
guide, timely action alerts, sample letters to the President, and more! =
Fill out the order form below to receive up to five kits free, or call =
Joan Wade at the Disarmament Clearinghouse to order more.


Project Abolition is a new initiative of the Fourth Freedom Forum, with =
assistance from the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment =
(GRACE), the Nation Institute, the State of the World Forum, and the =
Rubin Foundation, working in coalition with leading U.S.  disarmament  =
organizations - Disarmament Clearinghouse, Peace Action, PeaceLinks, =
Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Women's Action for New =
Directions.

_______________________________________________________________

___ Yes! I would like to order a Disarmament Clearinghouse house party =
kit today!

Please send ____ kits to:

______________________________________

(name)

______________________________________

(organization/affiliation)

__________________________________________

(phone, e-mail)

_________________________________________________________________

(address, city, state, zip)

Please return this order form to the Disarmament Clearinghouse=20

no later than September 1st, 1999.


*Activist Flash: Disarmament Clearinghouse has updated it's de-alerting =
organizing kit. Contact the Clearinghouse to find out more!*

--
Joan L. Wade
Disarmament Clearinghouse Coordinator
1101 14th Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC, 20010
Ph: [phone] x232

Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

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local=20
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coordinated around the tour, including print ads, radio appearances, and =
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highlight=20
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War=20
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From: Jonathan Parfrey <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Fall Call for Abolition Action!
Date: 27 Jul 1999 15:10:51 -0700


>
> Dear Joan,



My only concern is that the 60 Minutes piece may be coming too soon . . .
not enuff time to organize.



>
> _x__ Yes! I would like to order a Disarmament Clearinghouse house party kit
> today!
>
> Please send __3__ kits to:
>
> see signature below
>
>
> Please return this order form to the Disarmament Clearinghouse
>
> no later than September 1st, 1999.




. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Jonathan Parfrey
 Executive Director
 Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles
 1316 Third Street Promenade - Suite B1
 Santa Monica, CA 90401-1325
 310 458 2694 voice - 310 458 7925 fascimile
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) BRIEFING PAPER ON Y2K AND THE THREAT OF GLOBAL CATASTROPHE
Date: 28 Jul 1999 20:37:57 +1000

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903

[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd

THE following briefing paper has been put together by Hannah Middleton.

Briefing Paper

Y2K and the Threat of Global Nuclear Catastrophe

-    Year 2000 (Y2K) problems are likely to affect the computer systems
that co-ordinate strategic nuclear weapons systems. Many respected experts
are warning that due to Y2K problems these systems, both in the US and
Russia, pose an unacceptable risk of accidental nuclear war.

-    The Y2K problem is buried in millions of lines of software code
that use two digits to represent four-digit years. That will lead some
software around the world to read "00" not as 2000, but 1900, and possibly
cause computers to crash or issue false data. No one knows for sure what
will happen.

-    The biggest fear is that a cascading effect will occur. In the
worst-case scenario, even systems that have been tested as Y2K compliant
will be infected with the Y2K bug as a result of their connection to
non-compliant systems through the Internet or other networks. They, in
turn, will contaminate others.

-    The result could be a digital snow-ball that wipes out whole
sectors of the infrastructure on which modern societies have been built,
from major communications and transportation nodes to entire power grids.

-    The greatest concern is that Y2K could cause a malfunction in the
nuclear early warning network and command-and-control systems of the
nuclear weapon states, leading to an accidental or mistaken launch command.

-    The US nuclear command and control system will be affected by any
malfunctions in its bases in Australia: especially the ballistic missile
launch detection and other satellite intelligence collection systems at
Pine Gap, and Trident submarine communications transmitter site at North
West Cape.

-    Even if the risk is very small, it is not a risk the planet and
humanity should be subjected to.

-    The risk can be eliminated or minimised by taking nuclear weapons
off hairtrigger alert.

-    There should therefore be a "safety first" approach to Y2K and
nuclear arsenals.

-    The only responsible solution is for them all to be taken off alert
status, preferably with the decoupling of nuclear warheads from delivery
vehicles. All strategic and tactical nuclear weapons should be placed in a
status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
launch them.

-    The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global
catastrophe so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the
Y2K computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
politics and national security.



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) AUSTRALIAM MEDIA CORRESPONDENTS CONTACTS
Date: 28 Jul 1999 21:34:06 +1000

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903

[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd


FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA

ATTN. CONGRESSMAN EDWARD MARKEY 1-202-226-0092

RE: CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON DE-ALERTING

Dear Congressman Markey,
I am writing as the coordinator of the global sign-on letter, that you
signed on Friday, asking for nuclear weapons to be taken off hairtrigger
alert, especially over the Y2K rollover period.

I understand  you are working on a US Congressional resolution to that
effect. This is an extremely important initiative.

I would like to express our very strong support for any resolution in the
US Congress that calls for nuclear weapons to be taken off their current
hairtrigger alert status,  especially over the Y2K 'rollover' period. This
is exactly what is asked for by the letter.

The global sign on letter that you have signed now has well over 200
signatures from organisations and parliamentarians around the world,
expressing a desire for strategic nuclear weapons to be taken off
hairtrigger alert. These organisations include the largest international
environment network in the world, Friends of the Earth International, with
member groups in 59 countries, the second - largest international
environment group in the world, Greenpeace International, the
British-American Security Information Council, (BASIC), the Centre for
Defence Information, Tri-Valley CARES, Global Resource and Action Centre on
the Environment,  the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Western
States Legal Foundation, and Physicians for Global responsibility. Outside
the US, the letter bears the signatures of 20 Australian parliamentarians,
4 Canadian MPs including Senator Doug Roche, six New Zealand MPs, and six
members of the European Parliament, as well as those of the Womens
International League for Peace and Freedom, and the World Court project.

Taking strategic nuclear weapons off hairtrigger alert  is a sensible
measure with or without the Y2K problem, that was strongly recommended by
the Canberra Commission in 1996. ( It is best achieved by the physical
removal of the firing mechanism from delivery vehicles, or by separation of
warheads.) (The Canberra Commission was set up by the Australian Government
in the wake of French nuclear testing, to reccommend the way to abolish
nuclear weapons.)

Given that there may be problems with the US Y2K remediation programme for
the complex interconnected computer networks that constitute the C3I system
for the strategic nuclear weapons complex of the US, and given that Russian
systems are highly unlikely to be anywhere near Y2K ready, taking strategic
nuclear weapons off hairtrigger alert would appear to be no more than good
sense. This in no way lessens the need for other measures (such as measures
for US-Russian cooperation, and a joint monitoring centre).
The stakes involved are, ultimately, the survival of the planet.  The
chance of the ultimate catastrophe should this reasonable measure not be
taken is just too great, and de-alerting is in any case something that
needs to be done.

We urge you to proceed with this worthy initiative, and to use this global
sign on letter in any way that will ensure its success.

John Hallam, Coordinator, De-Alerting Sign on letter.



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From: "Joan Wade" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Fall Call for Abolition Action!
Date: 28 Jul 1999 08:49:23 -0400

Dear Jonathan,

Thanks for your message.  I understand your concerns about the documentary
timing.  With no date certain yet, however, it looks like it will be later
rather than sooner, and definitely not earlier than September 28th.
Fortunately, the documentary itself provides much of the main substance for
a party, so at least that will be taken care of.  FYI, house party kits will
not be mailed until the end of August when we have a date certain, etc.
Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help you plan before
then.
--
Joan L. Wade
Disarmament Clearinghouse Coordinator
1101 14th Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC, 20010
Ph: [phone] x232
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From: "Lachlan Forrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion
Date: 27 Jul 1999 07:20:09 -0400

The issue, which I think is crucial, is the "framing" of this.  I understand
that the substance of this resolution isn't a problem, but I strongly agree
with Peter Weiss that we need to be very, very careful about anything that
could, even if completely unfairly and inaccurately, be attacked as
'unilateral disarmament.'  I think that the winning U.S. message, which I
hope some political leader will take on, is something like the following:

"No U.S. citizen or city should ever face the prospect of nuclear
annihilation.  Today there are still thousands of nuclear weapons, in Russia
and China, that threaten all of our children.  If I am elected President (or
Senator or...), then I will use every power of my office to try to ensure
that every nuclear weapon in the world is verifiably and permanently
destroyed.  Of course, the price we Americans will need to pay for this
historic achievement is to agree to reciprocally dismantle our own nuclear
arsenal.  As long as others insist on stockpiling these genocidal weapons,
we will maintain our own.  But as we enter a new millenium, threatening
global holocaust can no longer be accepted as a civilized approach to
international problems.  I call on the leaders of Britain, France, China,
Russia, India, and Pakistan [no one will dare mention Israel] to join me in
negotiating and implementing a Nuclear Weapons Convention, with adequate
provisions for verification and enforcement, at the earliest possible date.
Our children deserve no less."

--LF



> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of David
> Crockett Williams
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:38 AM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
> Conversion
>
>
> The bottom line of the bill and the Prop1 movement is for
> multilateral not
> unilateral nuclear disarmament....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: peter weiss <[e-mail]>
> To: [e-mail]
> <[e-mail]>
> Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 9:10 PM
> Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament
> and Economic
> Conversion
>
>
> >This is good,but it should call for a nuclear weapons
> convention rather
> >than unilateral disarmament, which is a bit quixotic. Are there
> >cosponsors? Have there been in the past? Is there a way to
> get hearings
> >going?
> > Peter Weiss
>


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
Date: 28 Jul 1999 11:35:48 EDT

Lachlan (and others),

This is, I think, one half of what needs to be said. You have framed it well,
the points are sound. The other half calls to the better part of us, and I
think people do respond to that. It would say something (I am wording on the
run):

"And I know that no American would want to be responsible for the killing of
every father, mother, and child in Russia. Our present nuclear technology
makes every family in the world a hostage to this insanity. As we seek,
ourselves, to live in peace and safety, so we know this is true of the
parents in Russia, in China, in all nations. We want a foreign policy
centered on what is best for the children of the world, in all nations.
Nothing less is worthy of an American foreign policy".

Peace,
David McReynolds

<< Subj:     RE: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and
Economic Conversion
 Date:    7/28/99 9:09:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time
 From:    [e-mail] (Lachlan Forrow)
 Sender:    [e-mail]
 Reply-to:    [e-mail]
 To:    [e-mail]

 The issue, which I think is crucial, is the "framing" of this.  I understand
 that the substance of this resolution isn't a problem, but I strongly agree
 with Peter Weiss that we need to be very, very careful about anything that
 could, even if completely unfairly and inaccurately, be attacked as
 'unilateral disarmament.'  I think that the winning U.S. message, which I
 hope some political leader will take on, is something like the following:

 "No U.S. citizen or city should ever face the prospect of nuclear
 annihilation.  Today there are still thousands of nuclear weapons, in Russia
 and China, that threaten all of our children.  If I am elected President (or
 Senator or...), then I will use every power of my office to try to ensure
 that every nuclear weapon in the world is verifiably and permanently
 destroyed.  Of course, the price we Americans will need to pay for this
 historic achievement is to agree to reciprocally dismantle our own nuclear
 arsenal.  As long as others insist on stockpiling these genocidal weapons,
 we will maintain our own.  But as we enter a new millenium, threatening
 global holocaust can no longer be accepted as a civilized approach to
 international problems.  I call on the leaders of Britain, France, China,
 Russia, India, and Pakistan [no one will dare mention Israel] to join me in
 negotiating and implementing a Nuclear Weapons Convention, with adequate
 provisions for verification and enforcement, at the earliest possible date.
 Our children deserve no less."

 --LF >>

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From: "Lachlan Forrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Prop1...Idealism, Patriotism and Abolition
Date: 28 Jul 1999 12:00:03 -0400

Yes.  Thanks for the additional, vitally important theme.  We need the right
combination of idealism and national self-interest if we are ever going to
build to the 2/3 Senate vote needed to ratify a Nuclear Weapons Convention.
Any US-bashing will backfire badly; at the same time we need to find ways of
saying clearly that current US policy in regard to threatened use of nuclear
weapons (or tolerating accident by maintaining weapons on high alert) is
morally abhorent.

I've taken to quoting a Republican when I speak: Abraham Lincoln, who closed
his Gettysburg address by saying "We here highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new
birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for
the people, shall not perish from the earth."  The risk of accidental
nuclear war because weapons remain on high-alert, and the longer-term threat
of nuclear holocaust as long as weapons exist anywhere, threaten everything
America at its best has stood for.  Nuclear war would mean the end of
everything that democratic institutions have built since 1776.  The fact
that our government continues to threaten use of nuclear weapons when 87% of
Americans would like a verifiable and enforceable nuclear weapons convention
challenges all of us who believe in "government of, by, and for the people"
to act today.

--LF

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of
> [e-mail]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 11:36 AM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and
> EconomicConversion
>
>
> Lachlan (and others),
>
> This is, I think, one half of what needs to be said. You have
> framed it well,
> the points are sound. The other half calls to the better part
> of us, and I
> think people do respond to that. It would say something (I am
> wording on the
> run):
>
> "And I know that no American would want to be responsible for
> the killing of
> every father, mother, and child in Russia. Our present
> nuclear technology
> makes every family in the world a hostage to this insanity.
> As we seek,
> ourselves, to live in peace and safety, so we know this is
> true of the
> parents in Russia, in China, in all nations. We want a foreign policy
> centered on what is best for the children of the world, in
> all nations.
> Nothing less is worthy of an American foreign policy".
>
> Peace,
> David McReynolds
>


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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and EconomicConversion
Date: 28 Jul 1999 14:36:33 -0700

The fact of the matter is that none other than the United States of America
is the only country to ever use nuclear weapons against human beings, in the
abbhorant human tests conducted on the civilian non-combatant populations of
largely women, children, and the elderly remaining in the cities of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki while the men of military age were away at war.  This
act whose main purpose was to threaten the Soviet Union and to begin the
still ongoing US policy of the threat of first-strike use of nuclear weapons
(even potential "tactical" use of nuclear weapons), requires that the
citizens of the United States take the initiative to reverse this dangerous
situation by effecting some action to make their government take lead in
nuclear disarmament.

All other countries who have developed nuclear weapons have done so in
response to this intial and ongoing threat by the US which has manifest the
example by which other countries justify their development and possession of
these criminal weapons of mass destruction.

Thus it is incumbent on the American citizenry to compel its governement to
take the first steps backward from the brink of nuclear holocaust and the
simple way is for Proposition One (an appeal to all nations for multilateral
nuclear disarmament, AND the reallocation of their budgets to funding human
needs) to be taken up all around the world by the example of all Americans
supporting it as the Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act now
being reintroduced into Congress by DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton.

It should be a priority of all Americans to see that every single politician
up for reelection next year signs on as a cosponsor or endorser of this bill
since its bottom line, if passed, is a US commitment to MULTILATERAL nuclear
disarmament and therefore a realistic example for other nations to follow.

The idea of a UN convention for the abolition of nuclear weapons is also a
good idea but what is the potential success of it if the United States
populace leaves this decision open subject to the veto of the US while its
politicians are not compelled by the electorate to take a firm stand on
nuclear disarmament such as that carefully crafted into the logic of
Proposition One http://www.prop1.org

In response to the call issued to the Nuclear Abolition 2000 Coalition last
Fall, by Proposition One initiators, for a cross country peace walk next
year for Nuclear Disarment, the initiator of the Global Peace Walk project
(Rev. Yusen Yamato, a zen buddhist monk from Japan) has decided to conduct
Global Peace Walk 2000 from San Francisco (Jan15) to Washington DC (Oct9-12)
and to New York City for the United Nations 55th anniversary October 24,
2000.

We want to carry on this great new millennium peacewalk all appropriate
messages for nuclear disarmament strategies, as well as all other survival
issue messages, to help empower the prayer for "Global Peace Now!" as a
universal human resolve.

Please offer your support, messages, and letters of support, in any way that
you can,

Thank you very much,

Global Peace Walk 2000 [e-mail]
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
*********************************************************

                     David Crockett Williams
                   [e-mail]
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From: "Bob Kinsey" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Fwd: [mil-corp] McDonalds needs McDonnell Douglas
Date: 28 Jul 1999 16:51:57 -0600

Alice--I wrote this in a fit of self-righteousness or righteous indignation
as the case may be in response to the Friedman quote you sent.  Am I off
track or is all this talk about the elites have the same values we hold a
bit naive??


"Here below is a quote from a widely read economic journalist that evidences
my greatest fears.  If it is accepted as the vision by which we run our
economy and our country then we are no different than any empire.  It gives
the total lie to the idea that capitalism and freedom are partners.  If this
is the way it works, the state and the corporation hand in hand in our
international affairs, then those who say American capitalism is fascism are
right.   The only difference between us and the fascists would be that  they
admitted the partnership in their official philosophy.  We on the other hand
would just be lying to ourselves and saying things like, "self determination
of peoples" or, "We are intervening on your behalf because we believe in
protecting and extending  freedom for others".   Of course, the selves being
lied to would not be the entire country since those who are the elites would
fully understand the Friedman doctrine.
     This statement is very reminiscant of General Smedley Butler's
statement after years of commanding the U.S. Marine Corps in Nicaragua in
the 1920's and 30's in the name of American civilization.  He said he had
been no better than a "Mafia" for the United Fruit corporation in Central
America and could even have taught Capone a trick or two.
    The "hidden hand" of the market, according to Friedman, means its
valueless, unbridled grinding out of stuff  under the guidance of the owners
of capital.  It perceives checks and balances from the labor sector or the
environmental sector as an unholy doctrine of socialism or communism.  These
are are always demonized by the neo-liberal prophets of the "invisible hand"
and the "market place."   The only tip of the hat to morality made is to put
a few copies of the Ten Commandments up in the classroom to keep the folks
who sweat for a meagre living from becoming unruly.  Forbid that they should
ask for a more just division of the wealth produced by the system.  Forbid
that they should care enough about the future generations that they should
ask for limits on consumption. Forbid that they would become enraged at the
obscene gap between the rich and the poor. Forbid that they should just feel
hopeless and act out.  That would be against the "invisible hand."  And we
all know that invisible hand is the hand of the only God that "we", or at
least the Friedmanites, trust.   Not God of the Prophets but God of the
profits.  This philosophy also calls to mind the current motto of the U.S.
Space Command:  "Dominators of Space in the 21st Century to protect American
foreign investments."
    If some phony religious smoke screen and affirmations about the holiness
of our founding "Fathers"  doesn't convince everyone that whatever we do is
moral,  then  "we" have lots of new prisons and the "fist" of MacDonald
Douglas.
    It is important to notice that the folks who always fly the U.S Flag in
their sanctuaries (next to the communion tables) never seem to want the
Sermon on the Mount posted anywhere.  Or even the Leviticus text about
Jubilee.
     The appropriate text from Jesus in response to the Friedman religion
would be, "Don't think you are justified because you are children of
Abraham.  God can raise up sons of Abraham from these stones."  It doesn't
matter who your founding fathers are if you are not truly ethical and moral
yourselves.  And ethics and morality have to do with limits on this
invisible hand, otherwise known as the deadly sin of "Greed" rather than the
"True Law of Economics".   Friedmanites practice a horrifying idolatry.
Come to think of it, maybe the Ten Commandments does come into play here.
"I am the Lord thy God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, You shall
have no other god's before me."  Even the invisible hand.

"The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist --
McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder of the
F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's
technologies is called the United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine
Corps."
Thomas L. Friedman,
Two-time Pulitzer winning NY Times columnist
____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________
Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force
United Church of Christ, Rocky Mountain Conference
[e-mail]
303-425-0348
"Two paths lie before us.  One leads to death, the other to  life."
Jonathan Schell
"Faith has need of the whole truth"  Teilhard de Chardin
"Jesus was non-violent.  Shouldn't Christians be?
____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________
Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force
United Church of Christ, Rocky Mountain Conference
[e-mail]
303-425-0348
"Two paths lie before us.  One leads to death, the other to  life."
Jonathan Schell
"Faith has need of the whole truth"  Teilhard de Chardin
"Jesus was non-violent.  Shouldn't Christians be?


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Date: 28 Jul 1999 23:06:12 EDT

Bravo to Bob Kinsey.  Good post.

Peace,
David McReynolds

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From: peter weiss <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion
Date: 28 Jul 1999 23:50:04 -0400

Good statement. And Israel will have to be in it. Actually Israel's
official policy is to eliminate all weapons of mass destruction in the
Middle East, including Israel's, once "a comprehensive peace" has been
reached. That sounds like "never", but it does open it up to a call for
nuclear disrmament from the US and other sources, particularly now that
Barak is talking somewhat seriously about a comprehensive settlement.

Ellen Thomas has pointed out that the "effective date" clause of Prop1
makes it clear that the proposal is not one for unilateral disarmament.
But it starts out sounding that way. And if there are no cosponsors,
it'll be treated as a less than serious effort.
                            Peter

Lachlan Forrow wrote:
>
> The issue, which I think is crucial, is the "framing" of this.  I understand
> that the substance of this resolution isn't a problem, but I strongly agree
> with Peter Weiss that we need to be very, very careful about anything that
> could, even if completely unfairly and inaccurately, be attacked as
> 'unilateral disarmament.'  I think that the winning U.S. message, which I
> hope some political leader will take on, is something like the following:
>
> "No U.S. citizen or city should ever face the prospect of nuclear
> annihilation.  Today there are still thousands of nuclear weapons, in Russia
> and China, that threaten all of our children.  If I am elected President (or
> Senator or...), then I will use every power of my office to try to ensure
> that every nuclear weapon in the world is verifiably and permanently
> destroyed.  Of course, the price we Americans will need to pay for this
> historic achievement is to agree to reciprocally dismantle our own nuclear
> arsenal.  As long as others insist on stockpiling these genocidal weapons,
> we will maintain our own.  But as we enter a new millenium, threatening
> global holocaust can no longer be accepted as a civilized approach to
> international problems.  I call on the leaders of Britain, France, China,
> Russia, India, and Pakistan [no one will dare mention Israel] to join me in
> negotiating and implementing a Nuclear Weapons Convention, with adequate
> provisions for verification and enforcement, at the earliest possible date.
> Our children deserve no less."
>
> --LF
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail]
> > [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of David
> > Crockett Williams
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:38 AM
> > To: [e-mail]
> > Subject: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
> > Conversion
> >
> >
> > The bottom line of the bill and the Prop1 movement is for
> > multilateral not
> > unilateral nuclear disarmament....
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: peter weiss <[e-mail]>
> > To: [e-mail]
> > <[e-mail]>
> > Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 9:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament
> > and Economic
> > Conversion
> >
> >
> > >This is good,but it should call for a nuclear weapons
> > convention rather
> > >than unilateral disarmament, which is a bit quixotic. Are there
> > >cosponsors? Have there been in the past? Is there a way to
> > get hearings
> > >going?
> > > Peter Weiss
> >
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) LETTER TO MARKEY
Date: 29 Jul 1999 19:45:56 +1000

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903

[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd


FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA

ATTN. CONGRESSMAN EDWARD MARKEY 1-202-226-0092

RE: CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON DE-ALERTING

Dear Congressman Markey,
I am writing as the coordinator of the global sign-on letter, that you
signed on Friday, asking for nuclear weapons to be taken off hairtrigger
alert, especially over the Y2K rollover period.

I understand  you are working on a US Congressional resolution to that
effect. This is an extremely important initiative.

I would like to express our very strong support for any resolution in the
US Congress that calls for nuclear weapons to be taken off their current
hairtrigger alert status,  especially over the Y2K 'rollover' period. This
is exactly what is asked for by the letter.

The global sign on letter that you have signed now has well over 200
signatures from organisations and parliamentarians around the world,
expressing a desire for strategic nuclear weapons to be taken off
hairtrigger alert. These organisations include the largest international
environment network in the world, Friends of the Earth International, with
member groups in 59 countries, the second - largest international
environment group in the world, Greenpeace International, the
British-American Security Information Council, (BASIC), the Centre for
Defence Information, Tri-Valley CARES, Global Resource and Action Centre on
the Environment,  the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Western
States Legal Foundation, and Physicians for Global responsibility. Outside
the US, the letter bears the signatures of 20 Australian parliamentarians,
4 Canadian MPs including Senator Doug Roche, six New Zealand MPs, and six
members of the European Parliament, as well as those of the Womens
International League for Peace and Freedom, and the World Court project.

Taking strategic nuclear weapons off hairtrigger alert  is a sensible
measure with or without the Y2K problem, that was strongly recommended by
the Canberra Commission in 1996. ( It is best achieved by the physical
removal of the firing mechanism from delivery vehicles, or by separation of
warheads.) (The Canberra Commission was set up by the Australian Government
in the wake of French nuclear testing, to reccommend the way to abolish
nuclear weapons.)

Given that there may be problems with the US Y2K remediation programme for
the complex interconnected computer networks that constitute the C3I system
for the strategic nuclear weapons complex of the US, and given that Russian
systems are highly unlikely to be anywhere near Y2K ready, taking strategic
nuclear weapons off hairtrigger alert would appear to be no more than good
sense. This in no way lessens the need for other measures (such as measures
for US-Russian cooperation, and a joint monitoring centre).
The stakes involved are, ultimately, the survival of the planet.  The
chance of the ultimate catastrophe should this reasonable measure not be
taken is just too great, and de-alerting is in any case something that
needs to be done.

We urge you to proceed with this worthy initiative, and to use this global
sign on letter in any way that will ensure its success.

John Hallam, Coordinator, De-Alerting Sign on letter.



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From: "Lachlan Forrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion
Date: 29 Jul 1999 07:07:31 -0400

Thanks.  My (perhaps tiresome) mantra:

Unless we frame this issue in a way that 2/3 of the members of the US Senate
can enthusiastically embrace, no treaty for nuclear abolition can ever be
ratified and enter into force.

--LF
>
> Good statement. And Israel will have to be in it. Actually Israel's
> official policy is to eliminate all weapons of mass destruction in the
> Middle East, including Israel's, once "a comprehensive peace" has been
> reached. That sounds like "never", but it does open it up to
> a call for
> nuclear disrmament from the US and other sources,
> particularly now that
> Barak is talking somewhat seriously about a comprehensive settlement.
>
> Ellen Thomas has pointed out that the "effective date" clause of Prop1
> makes it clear that the proposal is not one for unilateral
> disarmament.
> But it starts out sounding that way. And if there are no cosponsors,
> it'll be treated as a less than serious effort.
>--Peter Weiss


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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Y2K meltdown
Date: 29 Jul 1999 10:31:32 -0700


           TUESDAY
JULY 27
1999




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 PANIC IN THE YEAR ZERO
Assessing risk
of Y2K meltdown
Watchdog group calls
for shutdown of all plants

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By David M. Bresnahan
=A9 1999 WorldNetDaily.com

The nuclear power industry has failed to prepare properly for the Year 20=
00
computer bug, according to a watchdog group, making the potential for a
nuclear meltdown high.
The Nuclear Information and Resource Service continues to call for the
shutdown of all nuclear power plants to avoid possible Y2K computer bug
problems. A recent report from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has give=
n
critics additional reason for concern.

The NRC has confirmed that at least 35 nuclear power plants are not Y2K
compliant and at best could only be Y2K ready by the end of the year.

NIRS noted that several of these reactors aren't even scheduled to comple=
te
their Y2K fixes until November 1999 or later. The last-minute nature of s=
uch
repairs leaves virtually no time for testing and further adjustment if
needed, according to NIRS spokesmen.

"The NRC's program is unacceptable," said NIRS' executive director Michae=
l
Mariotte. "It's what we feared all along -- this agency is waiting until =
the
last minute and then just hoping that everything will work out OK. But wi=
th
nuclear reactors, there is no margin for error. Simply hoping for the bes=
t
is a sure indication that the worst can happen."

The NRC presented a list of 35 reactors that are behind schedule, along w=
ith
a projected date they hope to have the plants at least Y2K ready. Complia=
nt
means that a system is completely repaired and will function without erro=
r
at the turn of the century. A system which is only Y2K ready is one that =
has
various patches that may enable it to function even though it is not
repaired. One such patch is to change the date to fool the system. Such a
fix may cause other problems.

Commercial nuclear power plants that are not ready were listed by the NRC
along with projected dates that they will be Y2K ready. NIRS officials ar=
e
concerned that not enough time remains between the dates given and the en=
d
of the year to test the systems to be sure sufficient repairs have been
made.

The plants that are not repaired, along with their projected dates of Y2K
readiness are:


Beaver Valley, Units 1 and 2; Shippingport, Pa., 9/30/99

Browns Ferry, Units 2 and 3; Athens, Ala., 10/31/99

Brunswick, Unit 1; Southport, N.C., 11/30/99

Clinton; Clinton, Ill., 9/22/99

Comanche Peak, Unit 1; Glen Rose, Texas, 11/30/99

Comanche Peak, Unit 2; Glen Rose, Texas, 10/30/99

D.C. Cook, Units 1 and 2; Bridgman, Mich., 12/15/99

Davis-Besse; Port Clinton, Ohio, 8/1/99

Diablo Canyon, Units 1 and 2; San Luis Obispo, Calif., 10/31/99

Farley, Unit 2; Columbia, Ala., 12/16/99

Hope Creek; Hancocks Bridge, N.J., 10/29/99

Limerick, Unit 2; Limerick, Pa., 9/30/99

Monticello; Monticello, Minn., 9/1/99

North Anna, Unit 2; Mineral, Va., 10/29/99

Oyster Creek; Toms River, N.J., 9/30/99

Peach Bottom, Unit 2; Delta, Pa., 9/30/99

Peach Bottom, Unit 3; Delta, Pa., 10/31/99

Perry; Perry, Ohio, 8/1/99

Salem, Unit 1; Wilmington, Del., 11/6/99

Salem, Unit 2; Hancocks, N.J., 10/29/99

Sequoyah, Units 1 and 2; Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., 10/31/99

South Texas, Units 1 and 2; Bay City, Texas, 10/31/99

St. Lucie, Units 1 and 2; Fort Pierce, Fla., 7/15/99

Three Mile Island, Unit 1; Middletown, Pa., 10/21/99

Turkey Point, Units 3 and 4; Florida City, Fla., 7/15/99

Vermont Yankee; Vernon, Vt., 10/31/99

Watts Bar; Spring City, Tenn., 10/31/99
"Obviously, the nuclear utilities still have an enormous amount of work t=
o
do to repair their computer systems for the next century," said Mary Olso=
n,
NIRS' Y2K specialist. "The NRC is trying to put the best spin possible on
this problem, but the fact is some utilities just aren't going to be read=
y
in time. Experts agree that no nuclear power will be needed in the U .S. =
on
January 1, 2000, (because) there will be plenty of electrical generation
available. For that reason, we join with our colleagues across the globe =
in
calling for a nuclear moratorium on January 1-- a shutdown of all nuclear
facilities across the world. Who knows, we may find we can live without t=
hem
permanently?"

NIRS submitted three petitions for rulemaking to the NRC at the end of 19=
98.

One would require any utility not fully Y2K-compliant by Dec. 1, 1999 to =
be
closed until it can prove it is Y2K-compliant. Thus far, the NRC has not
indicated that any reactor will be Y2K compliant by Dec. 1, 1999.

NIRS also wants the U.S. to provide assistance to Eastern-Bloc nuclear
reactors that suffer from Y2K problems.

"More U.S. assistance is necessary for many Eastern countries to ensure t=
hat
January 1, 2000 is not a time of meltdown, but of celebration," said Olso=
n.
"The U.S. Congress needs to recognize that several Eastern countries need
help in basic Y2K work and in enabling the implementation of meaningful
contingency plans. Such assistance is of little cost to the U.S., but wil=
l
be of great benefit if meltdowns and electrical grid disruptions can be
avoided."

The North American Electric Reliability Council issued a report on the Y2=
K
computer bug challenge to the electric industry. The report states that
uninterrupted production of electricity is critical to the nation's
infrastructure.

"More than any other element of the North American economic and social
infrastructure, the electricity production and delivery systems must be
dependable during the transition to Y2K. Every other critical element of
infrastructure depends on the availability of an interconnected, reliable
supply of electrical power. There is no doubt that cascading or even
localized outages of generators and transmission facilities could have
serious short- and long-term consequences," the report states.

Electric power in the U.S. is distributed through a power grid, which is
made up of four large interconnections, according to NERC. Disruptions
within the grid could cause a failure of the entire grid, or perhaps a
failure of one of the interconnections.

"A major disturbance within one part of an interconnection will rapidly h=
ave
an impact throughout the interconnection and has the potential to cascade
the effect to the entire interconnection," the NERC report explains.

Although the loss of one, two, or even three power plants within an
interconnection will not necessarily cause cascading outages, the Y2K
problem may bring about such a failure. Many power plants have digitally
controlled parts from the same manufacturer. These common modes could spe=
ll
disaster.

"Y2K poses the threat that common mode failures (such as all generator
protection relays of a particular model failing simultaneously) or the
coincident loss of multiple failures may result in stressing the electric
system to the point of a cascading outage over a large area," NERC admits=
 in
the report.

The late dates announced by the NRC for so many nuclear plants to be Y2K
ready make testing difficult in the time remaining before the end of the
year, according to the announcement by NIRS. The NERC report specifically
points out that individual testing of power plants is not sufficient.

"An individualistic approach to the problem may not cover all potential
problem areas (e.g., coordination with neighboring utilities) and, thus,
could adversely affect operations within an interconnection. An individua=
l
electric utility that invests tens of millions of dollars in solving Y2K
problems could be affected in a major way by an outage initiated in
neighboring systems that have not been as diligent. Therefore, preparatio=
n
of the electricity power production and delivery systems in North America
must be a coordinated team effort by those entities responsible for syste=
m
reliability. All preventive programs do not have to be the same, but they=
 do
have to be coordinated. The industry will succeed or fail together in its
readiness for Y2K," predicts the NERC report.

WorldNetDaily previously reported the admission by NERC officials that
critical information on the Y2K testing of power plants was purposefully
being withheld from the public and from the Department Of Energy. That
policy is still in effect.

NERC claims the challenges of meeting the Y2K transition can be handled
successfully if critical areas are properly solved. NIRS believes the one
problem which may be the greatest threat to the electric system, and to t=
he
safety of the general population, is the nuclear power plants. Only 15 to=
 20
percent of all power in the U.S. is generated from nuclear power, and NIR=
S
claims all nuclear plants could be turned off in December with no adverse
effects since usage is at the lowest level at that time of year.

NERC admits that newer power plants actually have a greater risk than old=
er
ones. Newer plants use digital control systems and older plants use analo=
g
controls. The digital equipment use time-dependent algorithms that could
cause a system to trip offline if they fail.

It is also possible that global positioning satellites could fail in orbi=
t,
and some electric power plants depend on time signals from those satellit=
es
to run energy management systems. If the satellites fail the power system
will fail. NERC is quick to point out that the satellites are controlled =
by
the U.S. Government.

"Electric supply and delivery systems are highly dependent on microwave,
telephone, and VHF radio communications. The dependency of the electric
supply on facilities leased from telephone companies and commercial
communications network service providers is a crucial factor. With
telecommunications systems being the nerve center of the electric network=
s,
it is important to address the dependencies of electric utility systems o=
n
the telecommunications industry during critical Y2K transition periods," =
the
NERC report states.

NERC conducted a test in April to determine if the power grid could funct=
ion
with only high frequency radio systems as a backup in case other
telecommunications systems fail. Another test will take place in Septembe=
r.

There are protection systems within power plants, but the newer ones are
controlled by digital devices. It is possible that a failure of these
devices could bring loss of power from many power plants all at the same
time.

"Although many relay protection devices in use today are electromagnetic,
newer systems are digital. The greatest threat here is a common mode fail=
ure
in which all the relays of a certain model fail simultaneously, resulting=
 in
a large number of coincident transmission facility outages," explained th=
e
NERC report.

NIRS believes that the prudent approach is to shut down all nuclear plant=
s
in December and never turn them back on unless they can be proven to be
fully Y2K compliant, not just Y2K ready. Spokesmen from NERC and the NRC
claim the people from NIRS are overreacting.



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David M. Bresnahan, a contributing editor for WorldNetDaily.com, is the
author of "Cover Up: The Art and Science of Political Deception," and off=
ers
a monthly newsletter "Talk USA Investigative Reports." He may be reached
through email and also maintains a website.


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From: Timothy Bruening <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Prevent An Accidental Nuclear War!
Date: 29 Jul 1999 18:19:54 -0700 (PDT)

Below is a letter I wrote to President Clinton (1600 Pennsylvania Ave,
Washington DC 20500; [phone]; [e-mail]) about the
need to take nuclear weapons off alert as a basic precaution against the Y2K
bug triggering a nuclear war.  Please write similar letters to him at the
mail address or e-mail address in the above sentence, or call him at the
above listed phone number.

Dear President Clinton:

I am writing to convey my extreme concern  over the possibility that Year
2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to
an unacceptable risk of  nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.

In the current political situation this is most especially the case.
According to Alexander Arbatov, of the Defense Committee of the Russian
State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute,  most
dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.'

The danger during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that
spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to
mistakenly authorize the launches of nuclear weapons.

Events similar to this have already occurred. For example:

In the US in 1980,  a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert signals;

In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a US
missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local
commander to believe the warnings were real);

In 1995, a rocket launched from Norway prompted a full-scale Russian alert.
When Russian radar picked up a U.S. science rocket launched from Norway,
Russian military leaders thought at first that it was a U.S. ICBM with
Russia's name on it.  Boris Yeltsin's nuclear suitcase (which he would use
to launch Russian missiles) was activated for the first time ever.  It took
Russian decision makers 8 minutes to realize that the U.S. wasn't attacking
them.  By that time, they were less than 4 minutes away from ordering a
nuclear response.  Thank God the U.S. and Russia weren't anywhere near a
political confrontation at the time!

If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if
communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of
hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There
should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach  to Y2K and nuclear arsenals.

Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their
nuclear-related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible
solution is for them all to stand down nuclear operations, just like people
who are drunk have a responsibility to refrain from driving. This approach
should include such basic precautions (as basic as stopping at stop signs
and red lights, and looking both ways before you cross the street) as taking
nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling nuclear warheads from
delivery vehicles.

The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are
such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself on
earth could be in doubt.

In  light of this, I strongly urge that you remove all strategic and
tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a
status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
launch them.

The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear alert
status would:
--Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorized  nuclear
missile launch.
--Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching
disarmament agenda.
--Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear
weapon states.

This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and
NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US on
Y2K problems.

According to the Canberra Commission, "Taking nuclear forces off alert could
be verified by national technical means and nuclear weapon state inspection
arrangements. in the first instance, reduction in alert status could be
adopted by the nuclear weapon states unilaterally".

If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for either
to launch a disarming first strike.

The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe
so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K computer
problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
politics and national security.


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Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) LETTER TO MARKEY
Date: 30 Jul 1999 14:10:20 EDT

I am meeting with Congressman Joe Hoeffel of Pa. on Monday am. I would like a
copy of the letter on de alerting which Markey signed so that I can pass it
on to Hoeffel who is an intelligent and good man. Please get it to me asap,
Jonathan Granoff

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From: Norm and Karen Cohen <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) hiroshima events and unplug event
Date: 31 Jul 1999 11:34:32 -0400

Apologies for the inevitable multiple postings. Below are press releases =
for our Hibakusha (Hiroshima Surivivors) Tour and for our Fish-Kill Forum=
 on Salem. Please feel free to send to your friends and contacts, and pos=
t in your groups
newsletters

Thanks.
Norm Cohen
CPJ- Executive Director &
Unplug Salem Coordinator


> ----------------------------------------
>                 STOP THE SALEM NUKES FISH SLAUGHTER CAMPAIGN
>                             COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
>                     321 Barr Ave., Linwood NJ 08221; 609-601-8583/8537
>                  [e-mail]; http://members.bellatlantic.ne=
t/~norco/
>
> Date: 07/29/99
>
> For Immediate Release and Community Calendars:
>
>                            =93Salem Nuclear Plants Fish-Kill Forum=94 t=
o be Held 8/23
>
>      The =93Salem Nuclear Plants Fish-Kill Forum=94 will be held on Mon=
day, August 23rd, at 6:30 PM
> at the Wetlands Institute, on Stone Harbor Boulevard, just outside of S=
tone Harbor, New Jersey. Present will be a number of experts who discuss =
how the Salem Nuclear Plants, located in Lower Alloways Creek,  are harmi=
ng the Delaware Bay Estuary and are slaughtering billions of fish, fish e=
ggs, and larvae.
>     This forum has increased significance at this time because the New =
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) will soon be ruling=
 on PSE&G=92s (Public Service Electric and Gas, owner-operator of the Sal=
em Nukes) application to renew their NJDEP permit that allows the Salem N=
uclear Plants to slaughter fish in exchange for PSE&G being allowed to em=
bark on an experiment to rebuild Delaware Bay wetlands.
>    Confirmed speakers at the =93Salem Nuclear Plants Fish-Kill Forum=94=
 will include: Jeff Tittel, Director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, Rober=
t (Bob)  Jackson, a local expert surf-fishing guide, Anthony  (Tony) Tota=
h, Marine Biologist for Clean Ocean Action, Jane Nogaki, Coordinator of t=
he Coalition Against Toxics, and Mary Ellen Noble, Associate Director of =
the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Representatives from the United States =
Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and Congressman Frank Lobiondo=92=
s office have also been invited. Citizens, especially commercial and recr=
eational fishermen, and all those concerned about the health of the Delaw=
are Bay and the fish of the Delaware Bay, are urged to participate.
>     After an opening round of testimony by our speakers, the floor will=
 be open to all participants for questions and comments. A record of this=
 forum will be prepared and sent to the New Jersey Department of Environm=
ental Protection, the US EPA, and area legislators.
>     Forum organizers organized this event to be modeled after a similar=
 event held in June in Salem County, where over 100 people expressed thei=
r concerns about the environmental effects of the Salem Nuclear Plants. T=
here are great concerns that the New Jersey DEP appears to have already d=
ecided to award PSE&G an extension on their permit, even before any publi=
c hearings.
>      Norm Cohen, Executive Director of the Coalition for Peace and Just=
ice, and Forum Moderator, commented, =93According to the NJ DEP=92s own V=
ersar Report, the two Salem Nuclear Plants, because they do not have clos=
ed cooling systems utilizing cooling towers, as required by the federal C=
lean Water Act, section 316(b), use over three billion gallons of Delawar=
e Bay water every day to cool the nuke plants. In the process, billions o=
f fish, fish eggs, and larvae are killed every year.  We feel that once t=
he public knows the true facts, that people will put pressure on the NJ D=
EP to do the right thing, follow the recommendations of its own Versar Re=
port, and require that PSE&G either build cooling towers now or shut down=
 the two Salem Nuclear Plants.=94
>     With PSE&G=92s permit due for renewal, now is the time for those pe=
ople concerned about the Delaware Bay and the fish of the Delaware Bay to=
 speak out.
>     The =93Salem Nuclear Plant Fish-Kill Forum=94 is free and definitel=
y open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. For more infor=
mation, please call 609-601-8583.
>
> CONTACTS:  Norm Cohen: 609-601-8583 or work: 609-889-0924 x122
>                      Jane Nogaki:  609-767-1110
>                      Bob Jackson:  609-884-5768
>                      Tony Totah:    609-729-3383
>                      Mary Ellen Noble: 800-8DELAWARE
>                      Jeff Tittel:       609-924-3141
>
>   ---------------------------------------------------------------------=
---
>                 COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
>                     321 Barr Ave., Linwood NJ 08221
>                               609-601-8583/8537
>                          [e-mail]
>                 http://members.bellatlantic.net/~norco/
> Date: 07/30/99
> For Immediate Release  and Community Calendars:
>
>            A-BOMB SURVIVORS TO SPEAK IN SEAVILLE ON 8/7
>
>      Two Hibakusha, or survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic b=
ombs, will speak at the Coalition for Peace and Justice=92s annual Hirosh=
ima Day Commemoration, to be held on Saturday, August 7th, at 7:30 PM at =
the Seaville Friends Meetinghouse, Route 9 in Seaville, about one half mi=
le south of the Route 50 and Route 9 intersection. The survivors will als=
o be displaying a photo panel set called =93The A-bomb and Humanity=94. T=
here will also be a short slide show on the medical effects of nuclear bo=
mbs and the Abolition 2000 Campaign to abolish nuclear weapons worldwide.=
 This event is co-sponsored by the Seaville Friends Meeting.
>      Chiyono Yoneda, and Masao Tamaru are the two Hibakusha who will sp=
eak. Chiyono Yoneda, 72 years old, now lives in Yokohama, Japan. She was =
present at the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945.  She has been a J=
apanese peace activist and member of Hidanyko, the Japanese atomic bomb v=
ictims association for many years. She will describe her experiences both=
 during the bomb blast itself and in the days following the attack.
>      Masao Tamaru, 68 years old, lives in Higashikurume, a suburb of To=
kyo. He was present on August 6th, 1945, when the Hiroshima atomic bomb w=
as dropped. Tamaru is the Executive Director of the Tokyo branch of the a=
tomic bomb victims association.
>     Since neither Tamaru nor Yoneda speak English, they will be accompa=
nied by Manami Shintaku, a student from American University in Washington=
 DC, who will act as the interpreter.
>      Our three visitors will be housed by Ocean City residents Bill Bar=
low and Karen Stone, who have graciously offered their home for our guest=
s. Earlier on Saturday, our Japanese visitors will be taken on a tour of =
the Leamings Run Gardens, in Clermont.
>      Said Norm Cohen, Executive Director of the Coalition for Peace and=
 Justice, =93This is the first time in many years that we in Cape May Cou=
nty are to be honored with a visit from the Hibakusha. It is important fo=
r the future of this planet that their testimony and witness not be forgo=
tten. As time continues to lessen the impact of the horrors of the atomic=
 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is important that we listen to th=
ese A-bomb survivors so that we remember what devastation and destruction=
 these weapons caused.=94
>     Cohen continued, =93This tour is part of the Abolition 2000 Campaig=
n, a campaign that demands that the nuclear nations of the world get seri=
ous about abolishing nuclear weapons, which they are required to do as si=
gnatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. With India and Pakista=
n now nuclear weapons states, and with the continued warfare between thes=
e two countries, with the Russian military falling apart, it is more nece=
ssary than ever that the world begin to move towards abolishing all nucle=
ar weapons.=94
>      The visit from the Hibakusha is part of the 1999 New Jersey and De=
laware Hibakusha-Nuclear Weapons Abolition Tour, which is being coordinat=
ed by the Coalition for Peace and Justice. Other stops in the tour includ=
e: Wednesday, August 4th, from 7 to 9 PM at the St. George Serbian Orthod=
ox Church, 654 S. Broad St., in Elizabeth, NJ, sponsored by the New Jerse=
y Hiroshima Day Remembrance Committee and NJ Peace Action; Thursday, Augu=
st 5th, at Princeton University=92s  Woodrow Wilson School plaza,
> at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action; Fri=
day, August 6th,
> 7:30 PM at the Moorsetown Friends Meeting, sponsored by South Jersey Ca=
mpaign for Peace and Justice; Sunday, at 11:30 PM at, and sponsored by,  =
the Woodstown Friends Meeting; and also on Sunday, at 7:00 PM, in Wilming=
ton, Delaware, sponsored by Pacem-in-Terris. the oldest and largest peace=
 group in Delaware.
>     All events are free and open to the public, who are urged to attend=
 this rare opportunity to meet people who can give testimony to the awful=
 destruction caused by atomic and nuclear bombs. This program is not aime=
d at making any judgments or placing blame on any side of World War II. R=
ather, we bring the Hibakusha to our area to remind people that we can ne=
ver again use nuclear weapons in any war, for any reason, because the des=
truction these weapons will cause is just too great.
>
> CONTACTS:  Norm Cohen:  609-601-8583/8537
>                         Chiyono Yoneda: 045-983-4755 (Japan)
>                         Masao Tamaru: 0424-75-2620 (Japan)
>                         Sylvia Zisman (Elizabeth NJ) 973-376-5629
>                         L. L. Morgan (Princeton)      609-924-5022
>                         Rick Walnut  (Moorsetown)  609-859-2785
>                         Diane Metz    (Seaville Friends) 609-465-5567
>                         Shirley Lock   (Woodstown Friends) 856-769-8906
>                         Sally Milbury-Steen (Wilmington) 302-656-2721

--
 Coalition for Peace and Justice and the UNPLUG Salem Campaign
321 Barr Ave, Linwood, NJ 08221;609-601-8537 or 609-889-8583 (8583 for fa=
x and answer machine)
UNPLUG SALEM WEBSITE: http://members.aol.com/robvfp/page4/index.htm
COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE WEBSITE:  http://members.bellatlantic.net=
/~norco/
The Coalition for Peace and Justice is a chapter of Peace Action
Hibakusha (Hiroshima Survivors) Tour Coming to New Jersey, August 4-8.



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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) De-alert lttr/CA release
Date: 31 Jul 1999 16:07:10 -0700 (PDT)

Dear peace advocates: This is the press release we are customizing to send
to media on August 6th, in concert with FOE-Australia and other groups
across the country. The topic is the sign on letter to Presidents Bill and
Boris demanding de-alerting of nuclear weapons. I am posting our press
release to offer ideas for your area release. If your organization has not
yet signed on to the letter, contact John Hallam, FOE-Australia at
<[e-mail]>. All thanks for the original drafts of the letter
and circulating it for sign on go to John and Hannah at FOE. Read on...

Contact:
Rene' Steinhauer, Tri-Valley CAREs, [phone]
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, [phone]

=46or Immediate Release  August 6, 1999
CA ACTIVISTS & U.S. LEGISLATORS JOIN 200 GROUPS, LUMINARIES
AROUND THE WORLD TO DEMAND CLINTON & YELTSIN
"TAKE NUCLEAR WEAPONS OFF ALERT"

CITE Y2K RISK OF ACCIDENTAL NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE

Today, on the 54th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a
letter signed by over 200 groups, legislators and noteworthy individuals
worldwide was sent to U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President
Boris Yeltsin demanding the two leaders immediately de-activate the more
than 5,000 nuclear weapons in their respective nations that are currently
on hair-trigger alert.

The letter has among its signatories notables such as U.S. Representative
Edward Markey (D-MA), Senator Doug Roche (Canada), Maj-Britt Theorin
(Member European Parliament) and Dr. Helen Caldicott (internationally known
physician from Australia). Other signers include prominent lawyers,
additional elected officials from around the globe and many environmental
and peace organizations throughout the U.S., Russia, Ukraine, Europe,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Central America.
The world's two largest environmental organizations, Friends of the Earth
International and Greenpeace International have both endorsed the letter.

Locally, Tri-Valley CAREs, Livermore Conversion Project and Western States
Legal Foundation are among the sponsoring organizations. Other
California-based groups that have signed the letter include Atomic Mirror,
Grandmothers for Peace International, Healing Global Wounds, International
Centre for Peace and Justice, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Pedals for
Peace and Save Ward Valley.

"Our grave concern is that Year 2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in
nuclear weapons systems may lead to nuclear war by accident or
miscalculation," explained Rene' Steinhauer, Community Organizer with
Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment), an
environmental group based in Livermore that is well-known as the "watchdog"
over the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a primary U.S. nuclear
weapons development lab. Mr. Steinhauer further stated that "the principle
danger lies in the potential for erroneous computer data leading to a
launch of nuclear weapons."

The letter to Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin spotlights three past
examples, in 1980, 1983 and 1995, when disasters were averted only at the
last moment. The 1980 incident involved a U.S. computer chip malfunction,
sending alert signals; the 1983 incident involved Russian satellites
mistaking glare from cloud tops for a U.S. missile launch, and disaster was
prevented only by the refusal of the local commander to believe the
warnings were genuine; and the 1995 incident involved a U.S. research
rocket launched from Norway which set off a full-scale Russian alert. In
this latter incident, it took Russian decision-makers eight minutes,
operating in high emergency mode, to realize the launch was not part of a
surprise strike by the U.S. - less than four minutes before their "launch
on warning" deadline for ordering a nuclear response. "The potential for
computer malfunction leading to a nuclear response is enormously
exacerbated by Y2K," said Steinhauer.

"Since no nuclear weapons state can guarantee its nuclear weapons computers
are proof against such errors during the Y2K rollover to the year 2000, the
logical and responsible thing is for all nuclear weapons nations to take
their nuclear weapons off alert status and to decouple nuclear warheads
from delivery vehicles," said Sherry Larsen-Beville of the Oakland-based
Livermore Conversion Project. "If all sides are verifiably de-alerted, it
will become impossible for any nation to launch a disarming first strike
attack," she stated. "This will provided the margin of confidence needed to
assure decision-makers in the event a Y2K computer error indicates a
nuclear launch has been made by one nation upon another."

The appeal also cites as a potentially exacerbating factor the current,
tense political relations between Russia and the U.S. over the U.S.-led
NATO bombings of Kosovo, because, as a result, Russia has withdrawn
high-level cooperation with the U.S. on Y2K nuclear compliance problems.
The letter's 200-plus signers are clearly laying the issue at the feet of
the two presidents, asking them to rise to the occasion and to overcome
this breakdown in international communication and cooperation.

The letter concludes:  "The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential
for global catastrophe so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting =8A must
take precedence over all other considerations of politics and national
security."

-30-

Copies of the letter with its more than 200 signatories is available on
request. Also available is a fact sheet detailing twenty cases where
computer malfunction and misinterpretation of data have already brought the
world to the brink of nuclear war. Call Tri-Valley CAREs at [phone].

=46ollowing this page is a flier containing information on the Hiroshima
commemoration and protest action at the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, 2:30 PM on August 6th.



Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) LETTER TO MARKEY
Date: 31 Jul 1999 11:48:21 +1000

At 4:10 AM +1000 31/7/99, [e-mail] wrote:
>I am meeting with Congressman Joe Hoeffel of Pa. on Monday am. I would like=
 a
>copy of the letter on de alerting which Markey signed so that I can pass it
>on to Hoeffel who is an intelligent and good man. Please get it to me asap,
>Jonathan Granoff
>
>-

Dear Jonathan Granoff,
Here is the letter to date.

It still is not properly collated, so there may be things that need to be
corrected.

There are to my poor addition:
257 organisational signatures,
16 friends of the Earth groups including the FOE-International chair Kevin
Dunion,
59Australian groups including 23 state and federal MPs,
7 really big or heavyweight international groups including Greenpeace
International,
18 UK groups
9Russian groups
7 members of the European Parliament
43 European or eastern european groups
63 US groups including 14 church groups
15 Canadian groups including 4 mps,
21 NZ groups including 7 MPs.

Of course this could (and hopefully will) change overnight, and I will have
to print again.

Enjoy!

=46ROM:
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH NEW ZEALAND,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH ENGLAND WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH NIGERIA,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH GEORGIA, (TBILSI)
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH DENMARK,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH ESTONIA
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH JAPAN SIBERIA PROGRAM,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRIA (GLOBAL-2000)
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH MACEDONIA,


AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE,
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR,
PAX CHRISTI N.S.W.,
UNITING CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA,
WAYSIDE CHAPEL, UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA,
PITT STREET UNITING CHURCH, PITT ST, SYDNEY,
ST JOHNS ANGLICAN CHURCH, DARLINGHURST, SYDNEY,
CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DISARMAMENT (CICD) AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRALIAN ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, N.S.W.,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA,
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY,
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,
ARID LANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
ANTI-URANIUM COALITION OF W.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A.,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE,
BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR FREE FUTURE ADELAIDE,
PACIFIC CONNECTIONS,
TWO BILLION VOICES FOR PEACE PROJECT,
UNITED TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL SA.,
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE S.A.,
CFMEU, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH,
A.M.W.U., SA. OFFICE.,
ALL-UNION GREEN CAUCUS,
GRAHAM F. SMITH PEACE TRUST, SA.,

SENATOR LYN ALLISON, VIC.,
SENATOR MEG LEES, LEADER, DEMOCRATS, VIC.,
SENATOR NATASHA STOTT-DESPOJA, DEPUTY LEADER AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS,
SENATOR VICKY BOURNE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR N.S.W.,
SENATOR ANDREW BARTLETT, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND,
SENATOR DEE MARGETTS, GREENS, W.A.,
SENATOR BOB BROWN, GREENS, TAS,
SENATOR GEORGE CAMPBELL, ALP,  N.S.W.,
SENATOR MARGARET REYNOLDS, ALP, N.S.W,
SENATOR JIM MC KEIRNAN, ALP., W.A.,
ANTHONY ALBANESE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR GRAYNDLER,
TANYA PLIBERSEK,  ALP FEDERAL MP FOR SYDNEY,
JANN MC FARLANE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR STIRLING, W.A.,
JILL HALL M.P., MEMBER FOR SHORTLAND,
IAN COHEN, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
LEE RHIANNON, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
SANDRA KANCK, DEMOCRAT MLC, S.A.,
IAN GILFILLAN, DEMOCRAT MLC, SA,
ROBYN GERAGHTY, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR TORRENS, SA,
=46RANCES BEDFORD, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR FLOREY, SA.,
JIM SCOTT, W.A., GREENS, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, W.A.,
LOUISE CROSSLEY, NATIONAL CONVENOR, GREENS,
HANNAH MIDDLETON, PRESIDENT, COMMUNIST PARTY OF AUSTRALIA,

WORLD COURT PROJECT UK,
SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE, SENATE, CANADA,
BRITISH-AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION CENTRE, US/UK,
GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL,
JAPAN CONGRESS AGAINST A AND H-BOMBS (GENSUIKYO)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS (IALANA),
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (Geneva/NY),
CENTRE FOR DEFENCE INFORMATION, WASHINGTON, USA,

CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT U.K.,
SAFFRON WALDEN GROUP AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
YOUTH AND STUDENT CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
WEST MIDLANDS CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
YORKSHIRE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES 2000 NORFOLK UK.,
NETWORK INFORMATION PROJECT, SOUTHAMPTON,UK, .,
CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF U.S., BASES,
MENWITH HILL WOMENS PEACE CAMP, YORKSHIRE, UK.,
GLOBAL NETWORK AGAINST  WEAPONS AND NUCLEAR POWER IN SPACE,
ANGLICAN PACIFIST FELLOWSHIP, MILTON KEYNES, U.K.,
EPISCOPAL PEACE FELLOWSHIP, U.K.,
ST BARTHOLEMEWS JUSTICE AND PEACE GROUP, ST ALBANS, U.K.,
CHRISTIAN CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, U.K.,
CALDERDALE GREEN PARTY, YORKSHIRE, U.K.,
PUBLIC INTEREST CONSULTANTS, SWANSEA, U.K.,
Y2K COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK U.K.,

JEANETTE FITZSIMMONS MP, NZ GREENS,
BRIAN DONELLY, MP,
HARRY DUYNHAVEN, MP, NZ LABOUR,
LIANNE DALZIEL, MP, NZ LABOUR,
JUDY KEALL, MP, NZ LABOUR,
PETER DUNNE, MP, NZ LABOUR,
SANDRA LEE, MP, DEPUTY LEADER, ALLIANCE,
DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY CENTRE, NZ,
AOTEOROA/NEW ZEALAND PEACE FOUNDATION, AUCKLAND, NZ.,
ENGINEERS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, N.Z.,
NEW ZEALAND GREENS,
NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, N.Z.,
PEACE ACTION DUNEDIN, N.Z.,
PEACE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND,
ABOLITION-2000 NEW ZEALAND,
IPPNW NEW ZEALAND,
VETERANS FOR PEACE NZ.,
ARCHITECTS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR, NZ.,
C.N.D., VETERANS NEW ZEALAND,
CENTRE FOR PEACE STUDIES, UNIV. OF AUCKLAND, NZ,
NEW ZEALAND NUCLEAR - FREE PEACEMAKING ASSOCIATION,
WILPF AOTEOROA,

PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NGOS, BELAU.,
COALITION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCING STATES OF NIGERIA,
MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR,
GREEN ACTION KYOTO,
Y2K WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN,
SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA,
AWAMI COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOPMENT, MULTAN, PAKISTAN,
INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROJECT FOR SUSTAINABILITY, (AEPS) THAILAND,

ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW,
WISE-KALININGRAD,
ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW,
PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD,
EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA,
GREEN WORLD, SOSNOVY BOR, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA,
ST PETERSBURG PEACE COUNCIL, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA,
CENTRE FOR NUCLEAR ECOLOGY AND ENERGY POLICY RUSSIA,
BAIKAL ENVIRONMENTAL WAVE, RUSSIA,

ECOSENS, ROMANIA,
COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND,
PEACE UNION OF FINLAND,
STUDENT NATURE PROTECTION GROUP, TARTU, ESTONIA,
SWEDISH PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS (SLMK - SWEDISH CHAPTER OF IPPNW)=
,
NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)
PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL, FREDRIKSHAVN, DENMARK,
ALDRIG MERE KRIG (AMK) DENMARK,
DANISH ASSOCIATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS,
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (FRANCE),
MOUVEMENT DE LA PAIX, FRANCE,
INTERNATIONAL ALBERT SCHWEITZER FOUNDATION,
DR SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL FUND, FRANCE/SWITZERLAND
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR IMMEDIATE DISARMAMENT, SWITZERLAND,
DARMSTAEDTER FRIEDENSFORUM, GERMANY,
NUCLEAR-FREE AWARD, GERMANY,
ANTI-ATOM PLENUM, BOCHUM, GERMANY,
CITIZENS INITIATIVE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, LUECHOW-DANNEBURG,
GERMANY,
CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA,
IPPNW AUSTRIA,
ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA,
COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS, AUSTRIA,
INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS, AUSTRIA,
PLATFORM GEGEN ATOMGEFAHR, AUSTRIA,
ENERGIE ZUKUNFT MOHTVIERTEL, AUSTRIA,
CENTRUM ENERGIE, CZECH REPUBLIC,
BURGERINITIATIVE UMWELTSCHUTZ, BUDWEIS,  CZECH REPUBLIC.,
=46OR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM,
WORLD INFORMATION SERVICE ON ENERGY, AMSTERDAM,
MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS,
=46OR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS,
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS,
GLOBAL ANTI - NUCLEAR ALLIANCE, NETHERLANDS,
ANPED (NORTHERN ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY) NETH,
ASEED- EUROPE, (AMSTERDAM)
STROHALM (UTRECHT) NETHERLANDS,
ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,

MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP, PRESIDENT, IPB.,
ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP,
ERNST GULCHER, MEP, GREEN GROUP, GERMANY,
HEIDI HAUTALA, MEP, GREEN GROUP, FINLAND,
GLYN FORD, MEP, LABOR, SW ENGLAND,
OZAN KEYHUN, MEP, GERMANY,
PER GAHRTON, MEP, GREENS, SWEDEN,

CONGRESSMAN EDWARD J. MARKEY, (D-MASS) WASH, D.C.,
GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y.,  U.S.,
TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S.,
NUCLEAR INFORMATION AND RESOURCE SERVICE, U.S.,
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION, U.S.,
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS,
AMERICAN-INDIAN MOVEMENT OF OKLAHOMA,
NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK,
SAVE WARD VALLEY, CALIF, U.S.,
METRO-BOSTON COMMITTEE TO DE-ALERT NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, U.S.,
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, U.S.,
LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIF.,
ACTION SITE TO STOP CASSINI FLYBY,
PROPOSITION-1 COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON DC, US.,
HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS, TECOPA, CALIF, U.S.,
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE,
UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK
=46ORCE,
ALL SOULS UNITARIAN CHURCH COLORADO SPRINGS, U.S.,
METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, U.S.,
QUEST MINISTRIES, OHIO, U.S.,
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US,
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA.,
NEW YORK STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION,
PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S.,
PROMOTING ENDURING PEACE, NY., U.S.,
PROFESSIONAL NETWORK FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, NY, U.S.,
GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE,
WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS,
CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA,
CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO,
OHIO CITIZEN ACTION,
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY NEW MEXICO,
PEACE ACTION USA.,
PEACE ACTION CENTRAL NEW YORK,
METRO NEW YORK PEACE ACTION COUNCIL, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI U.S.A.,
PAX CHRISTI NEW YORK,
PAX CHRISTI, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI TEXAS,
PAX CHRISTI ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA,
=46ELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN=
,
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL,
THREE MILE ISLAND ALERT, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.,
ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S.,
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND,
PEDALS FOR PEACE, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF, U.S.,
SACRAMENTO VALLEY CITIZENS ALONG THE ROADS AND TRACKS,
GRANDMOTHERS FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, CALIF, U.S.,
TAI MEI PEACE ACTION, SAN GABRIEL, U.S.,
SERIOUS TEXANS AGAINST NUCLEAR DUMPING, U.S.,
STUDENTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE EARTH, W. MICHIGAN, U.S.,
ALLIANCE FOR SURVIVAL, COSTA MESA, CALIF., U.S.,
LONG ISLAND ALLIANCE FOR PEACEFUL ALTERNATIVES,
Y2K-WASH CAMPAIGN BAY AREA CHAPTER,

BILL BLAIKIE MP, HOUSE LEADER, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA,
SVEND ROBINSON MP, HOUSE OF REPS, CANADA,
JUDY WASLYCIA-LEIS, MP, WINNIPEG, CANADA
VETERANS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, CANADA,
PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL, CANADA,
NEW GREEN ALLIANCE, CANADA,
PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY, BC, CANADA.,
THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, VANCOUVER, B.C.,
PLOUGHSHARES, CALGARY, CANADA,
O.P.I.R.G., PETERBOROUGH, CANADA,
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA,
INDIGENOUS WOMENS NETWORK, CANADA/USA.,


PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN,
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
KRASNOPRESENSKAYA-2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone] [phone],

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US,
[phone], [phone].

WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,
[phone],

BILL RICHARDSON, US SECRETARY OF ENERGY,
[phone].

IGOR SERGEYEV,
DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
Znamenka-19, 103160, Moscow, Russia,
[phone], 247-2795, 247-2722, 293-3323.

=46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone],

CC
ALL HEADS OF STATE (BY EMAIL)
ALL UN MISSIONS (BY EMAIL)

Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton, Defence Ministers and Defence
Secretaries, Heads of State and UN Missions,

The organisations above, representing millions of people worldwide, are
writing to convey their extreme concern  over the possibility that Year
2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to
an unacceptable risk of  nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.

In the current political situation this is most especially the case.
According to Alexandr Arbatov, of the Defence Committee of the Russian
State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute,  most
dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.'

The danger   during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that
spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to
mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons.

Events similar to this have already occurred. For example:

In the US in 1980,  a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert
signals;

In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a US
missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local
commander to believe the warnings were real);

In 1995,  a Norwegian research rocket prompted a full-scale Russian alert.

If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if
communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of
hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There
should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach  to Y2K and nuclear
arsenals.

Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their
nuclear- related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible
solution is for them all to  stand down nuclear operations. This approach
should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling
nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles.

The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are
such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself on
earth could be in doubt.

In  light of this, we strongly urge that you remove all strategic and
tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a
status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
launch them.

The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear
alert status would:
--Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorised  nuclear
missile launch.
--Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching
disarmament agenda
--Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear
weapon states.

This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and
NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US on
Y2K problems.

According to the Canberra Commission,
"Taking nuclear forces off alert could be verified by national technical
means and nuclear weapon state inspection arrangements. in the first
instance, reduction in alert status could be adopted by the nuclear weapon
states unilaterally"

If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for either
to launch a disarming first strike.

The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe
so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K
computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
politics and national security.


Signed

Kevin Dunion, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner,  Friends of the Earth Australia,
Wendy Johnson, Friends of the Earth New Zealand,
Dr Patrick Green, Senior Energy, Nuclear and Climate Campaigner, Friends of
the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland,
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
Nnimmo Bassey, Friends of the Earth Nigeria (Environmental Rights Action),
Benin City, Nigeria,
Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine,
Manana Kochladze, Friends of the Earth Georgia, Tbilsi, Georgia.
Jan Kunnas, Friends of the Earth Finland,
Bo Stroem, Friends of the Earth Denmark,
Tonu Oja, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth Estonia, Tartu, Estonia.
Amis de la Terre, Paris, France,
Loukia Pavlidou, President, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Oleg Svistunov, Friends of the Earth Japan Siberia Program,
Corine Viellers, Global-2000(Friends of the Earth Austria)
Daniela Stojanova, General Secretary, Friends of the Earth Macedonia,

Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Helen Caldicott, MD, Founding President, PSR,
Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, SA Branch,
Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW,
REV. John Mavor, President,  Uniting Church of Australia
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia,
Pitt Street Uniting Church, Pitt St, Sydney,
Rev. John Stanley, St Johns Anglican Church, Darlinghurst, Sydney,
Julie Marlow, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Committee,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, National Committee,
Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War,
IPPNW Regional Vice-President, Aust.,
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
Peter Jones, War Resisters International, Australia.,
Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,
Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Deborah Metters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT.,
Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.,
Robin Chapple, Anti-Uranium Coalition of W.A.,
Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA.,
Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia.,
Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections,
Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project,
Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore,
Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore,
Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast,
Jonivar Skullerud, ENUFF, Adelaide,
Chris White, Secretary, United Trades and Labour Council, SA,
Paul Martinella, State Secretary, CFMEU, SA,
Trevor Smith, National Secretary, CFMEU, Forests and Forests Products
Division, SA,
Stephen Smith, Secretary, CFMEU, Furnishing trade Division, SA,
Jacob Grech, Earthworker, All-Union Green Caucus,
Mick Doyle, United Firefighters Union of SA,
Paul Noak, Secy, A.M.W.U. SA Office.
Martin O' Malley, Secy, CFMEU, SA Branch.
Stephen Spence, Secretary, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, SA.,
Leonie Ebert, Graham F. Smith Peace Trust, SA.,

Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
Senator Meg Lees, Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader of the
Australian Democrats,
Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW.,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrat Senator for Queensland,
Senator Bob Brown, Green Senator for Tasmania,
Senator Dee Margetts, Green Senator for Western Australia,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Senator Margaret Reynolds, ALP, NSW,
Senator Jim Mc Kiernan, ALP, W.A.,
Anthony Albanese. ALP, Federal member for Grayndler,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP,  Federal member for Sydney,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, M.P., Federal member for Shortland, NSW,
Cheryl Davenport MLC., W.A.,
Ian Cohen, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Lee Rhiannon, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Sandra Kanck, MLC,Democrats, S.A.,
Ian Gilfillan, MLC, Democrats, SA,
Robyn Geraghty MP, Member for Torrens, SA.,
=46rances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A.,
Jim Scott, WA Greens, Legislative Council, W.A.,
Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia,

Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK,
=46elicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/N=
Y
Martin Butcher, British-American Security Information Centre, US/UK,
Stephanie Mills, Greenpeace International Nuclear and Disarmament Campaign,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms, (IALANA), The Hague, Neth.,
Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll, USN (retd), Deputy Director, Centre for
Defence Information, Washington, USA,

Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.,
Janet Bloomfield, Former Chair CND, Abolition U.K, Saffron Walden Group
Against Nuclear Weapons,
Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, U.K,
Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., U.K.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of American
Bases, U.K.,
Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW U.K),
Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.,
Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, U.K,
Catherine Euler, Menwith Hill Womens Peace Camp, Yorkshire, U.K.,
Catherine Euler, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Sue Claydon, Anglican Pacifist Fellowship, Milton Keynes, U.K.,
Mary H. Miller, Episcopal peace Fellowship, U.K.,
Monica King, St Bartholemews Justice and Peace Group, St Albans, U.K.,
Calderdale Green Party, Yorkshire, U.K.,
Alan Watson, Partner, Public Interest Consultants, Swansea, Wales, U.K.,
Paul Swann, National Coordinator, Y2K Community Action Network, U.K.,

Jeanette Fitzsimmons, MP, NZ Greens,
Brian Donelly, MP,
Harry Duynhaven, MP, NZ Labour,
Lianna Dalziel, MP, NZ Labour,
Judy Keall, MP, NZ Labour,
Peter Dunne, MP, NZ independent,
Sandra Lee, Deputy leader, Alliance,
Dr Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre,
Marion Hancock, Aoteoroa/NZ Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,
Gerry Coates, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ,
Keith Locke, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, NZ Greens,
Llelwyn Richards, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, NZ,
Barbara Frame, Peace Action Dunedin, NZ.,
John Urlich, Peace Council of New Zealand,
Rev. John Murray/Dame Laurie Salas/Robin Halliday, Abolition-2000, New Zeala=
nd,
Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand,
Chris King, Veterans for Peace New Zealand,
Derek Wilson, Architects Against Nuclear War, NZ,
Robert E. White, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,
John Gallagher, New Zealand Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association,
WILPF Aoteoroa,

Richard N. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau,
Tom Mbeke-Ekarem, Chair, Coalition of Petroleum-Producing States of Nigeria,
Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Yumi Kukuchi, Y2K WASH Campaign, Sendai, Japan/USA,
Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action Kyoto, Japan.,
Hiroshi Taka, Assistant Secretary, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs
(Gensuikyo),
S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India,
Asif Rasheed Leghari, Awami Committee for Development, Multan, Pakistan,
Nana Suhartana, Indonesian National Network Forum Anti-Nuclear Society,
Pipob Udomittipong, Alternative Energy Project for Sustainability, Thailand,

Vladimir Sliviak, Ecodefense, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Kaliningrad,
Alexandra Koroleva, Educational Committee, Kaliningrad Regional Duma,
Mikhail Trofimov, Ecodefence! International, Kaliningrad,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign of Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Pavel Malyshev, Platan Youth Group, Kaliningrad,
Oleg Bodrov, Green World, Sosnovy Bor, St Petersburg, Russia,
Vera Brovkina, St Petersburg Peace Council, St Petersburg, Russia,
Lydia Popova, Centre for Nuclear Ecology and Energy Policy, Russia,
Marina Rikhmanova, Baikal Environmental Wave, Baikal, Russia,

George Razvan Marcu, Ecosens, Romania,
Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Pepe Mardiste, Student Nature Protection Group, Tartu, Estonia,
Gunnar Westberg, MD., SLMK (IPPNW), Swedish Physicians Against Nuclear
Weapons,
Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW)
Poul Eck S=F8rensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark,
Arne Hansen, War Resisters International, Fredrikshavn, Denmark,
Majken Jul S=F8rensen, Aldrig Mere Krig, (AMK) Denmark,
Anja Johansen, Militaernaegterforeningen, (Danish Association of
Conscientious Objectors)
Daniel Durand, Secretary, Mouvement de La Paix, France,
Solange Fernex, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, France,
Chrystoph Wyss, International Albert Schwietzer Foundation, France/Switz,
Chrystoph Wyss, Dr Schweitzer Hospital Fund, Switzerland,
Dr Roland Schutzbach, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament, Switzerla=
nd,
Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany,
Horst Hohmier, Anti-Atom Plenum, Bochum, Germany,
Ilona Joerden, Citizens Initiative for Environmental Protection,
Luechow-Danneburg, Germany,
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria,
Dr Klaus Renoldner, President,  IPPNW Austria,
Claudia and Margit, Anti-Atom International,
Claudia and Margit, Coordination Office of Austrian Environment Organisation=
s,
Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear
Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria,
Josef Puehringer, Platform Gegen Atomgefahr, Austria,
Josef Puehringer, Centrum Energie, Czech Republic,
Josef Puehringer, Burgerinitiative Umweltschutz, Budweis, Czech Republic,
Josef Puehringer, Energie Zukunft Mohtviertel, Austria.,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Peer de Rijk, WISE- Amsterdam, Netherlands,
Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
Ak Malten, Global Anti-Nuclear Alliance, Netherlands,
Pieter Van Der Gaag, Deputy international Coordinator, ANPED, Northern
Alliance for Sustainability,
=46rank Van Schaik, Transport Coordinator, ASEED-Europe,
STROHALM, Utrecht, Netherlands,
Kaj Leers, Journalist, Netherlands,
David Boerma, Coordinator, Pacific Region, Centre for Indigenous Peoples,
Netherlands.,
Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, University of
Bari, Italy,
Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms,

Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany,
Ernst Gulcher, MEP, Green Group, Germany,
Heidi Hautala, MEP, Green Group, Finland,
Glyn Ford, MEP, Labour, SW England,
Ozan Keyhun, MEP, Germany,
Per Gahrton, MEP, Greens, Sweden.,

Congressman Edward J. Markey, (D-Mass), Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.
Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY., USA.,
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US.
Mary Olson, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, US.,
Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation, US.,
Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans,
Carter Camp, Chair, American-Indian Movement of Oklahoma, US,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, US,

Molly Johnson, Coordinator, Save Ward Valley, Calif, USA.,
William F. Santelmann, Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif, US.
Robert W. Tiller, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S.A.,
Dr Lachlan Forrow, Past Chair, IPPNW,
Jonathan Mark, Action Site to Stop Cassini Flyby,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif, USA.
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC, US.,

Diana Roose, Peace Education Director, American Friends Service Committee,
Patricia Watson, Peacework, American Friends Service Committee,
Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force,  Uniting Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountains Conference,
Rachel Keeler, Executive Director, Pax Christi, New York,
Nancy Small, National Coordinator, Pax Christi, USA,
=46rank Dworak, Pax Christi, Morris County, NJ, USA.,
Adam Eidinger, Pax Christi Washington Action Group, U.S.,
Joyce Hall, Pax Christi Texas,
Paul Villavisanis, Pax Christi, St Augustine, Fl,
Betty Obol, SL, The Loretto Community, U.S.,
Phil Mc Manus, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin
America and the Carribean, U.S.,
Heidi Cooper, All Souls Unitarian Church, Colorado Springs, US.,
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington, USA=
=2E,
Guy Templeton Black, Quest Ministries, Ohio, U.S.,

Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA,
USA.,
Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San
=46rancisco, California, US.,
Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA.,
Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. USA.,
Holly-Poole Kavana, New York Student Environmental Action Coalition,
Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Centre of San Diego, Calif, US.,
Janette Michelle Cuevas, Executive Director, Promoting Enduring Peace, NY.,
Babette Lindfield, Professional Network for Social Responsibility, NY, U.S.,
Susan Lee Solar and Maria Mendez, Grandmothers and Mothers Alliance for the
=46uture,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Peter Bergel, Centre for Energy Research, Salem, Oregon, USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio, USA.,
Sarah Ogdahl, Toledo Area Director, Ohio Citizen Action,
Jay Coghlan, Concerned Citizens For Nuclear Safety, New Mexico, USA.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA.,
Diane R Swords, Peace Action Central New York,
=46ran Teplitz, Peace Action, Peace Action Education Fund, USA.,
Sonya Ostrom, Metro New York Peace Action Council,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power, Pennsylvania,
U.S,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival, U.S.,
Scott D. Portzlines, Three Mile Island Alert, Pennsylvania, U.S.,
Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, U.S.,
Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund,
Shiela Baker, Pedals for Peace, San Luis Obispo, Calif, U.S.,
Inga Olson, Sacramento Valley Citizens Along The Roads and Tracks,
Earth-Savers, Syracuse, U.S.,
Barbara Weidener, Grandmothers for Peace International, Calif, U.S.,
Lyn Miles, Tai Mei Peace Action, San Gabriel, U.S.,
Alan Moore, Butterfly Gardeners Association, Berkley, Calif,
Don Moniak, Program Director, Serious Texans Against Nuclear Dumping,
Amarillo, Tex, U.S,
Andrew Nixon, Students For A Sustainable Earth, W. Michigan University, U.S.=
,
Jack and Felice Cohen-Joppa, The Nuclear Resister,
Marion Pack, Alliance for Survival, Costa-Mesa, California, USA.,
Peggy jacobs, Long Island Alliance for peaceful Alternatives, U.S.,
Jane Grossman, Bay Area Chapter, Y2K WASH Campaign, (World Atomic Safety
Holiday), USA/JAPAN,

Senator Doug Roche, Canadian Parliament,
Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada,
Svend Robinson MP, House of Representatives,Canada,
Judy Waslycia-Leis, MP, Winnipeg, Canada,
Dr David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver,
Canada,
Dr Barbara Birkett, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa, Canad=
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