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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 01:31:25 -0400
From: peter zimmerman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) "Bagpipe" nuke test scheduled for September

At 02:22 PM 7/25/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
>Then, on October 1st: we hope to do send a Citizen Inspection Team into
>Nellis Air force Base to investigate the storage and handling of nuclear
>weapons and bombs that might be used in a first strike. (Any advice on this
>is greatly appreciated!)


Please be very careful in this demonstration.  I have been to nuclear
storage sites on ACDA business and certainly have the impression that the
guard force is trained and authorized at all times to use deadly force to
block access to the weapons.  They are all nice kids under any other
circumstances, but when it's time to protect their nukes, a high-adrenaline
conditioned reflex takes over.   If they perceive a threat moving toward
certain targets, their behavior may not be predictable.

pz
>
>

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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 01:31:23 -0400
From: peter zimmerman <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) nuclear targeting

At 02:22 PM 7/25/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>
A bunch of us old nuclear hawks and cynics were drinking and thinking this
evening and came up with a good idea to help the Indians and Pakistanis
know what they have gotten in the bargain.  We should point out to them
that any nuclear use on the subcontinent threatens the peace of the world,
and that, as a result, the SIOP and RISOP are being altered to place Indian
and Pakistani military targets on the list for one or another option.
Specific launch complexes could be identified with the new
responsibilities, and the conditions established under which they would get
an "execute" order made clear.  Something, I would think, a bit like
Kennedy's announcement about missiles from Cuba being counted as from the
USSR.

No retargeting need actually take place; there is  no real need to take aim
at Delhi and Islamabad, but both capitals should come to understand that
with their new-built ability to strike the rest of the world, the rest of
the world now welcomes the newest members to the club of nuclear target
sets.  The new possessor states may not have realized yet, but they have
just purchased the kind of nuclear sword of Damocles the rest of us live with.

The USA and USSR got through the dark days of the cold war for three reasons:

1) Nuclear deterrence certainly raises the stakes at which nations might go
to nuclear war.
2) The two nations started at 7000 or so mile range with only B-29 bombers
to bridge the gap.  Reaction time was very slow.  Both sides learned to
face missile flight time-scales after enduring ever-shrinking bomber and
air-borne missile time scales, but the decrease in required reaction time
came so slowly that the participants had time to learn acceptable strategic
behavior which did not -- usually -- seem threatening to the other side.
3) The US and USSR were incredibly lucky, not incredibly smart and
skillful.  And both countries know that now.


In contrast,

1) There is a common border in S. Asia, and the distances aren't so great.
2) Both sides have attack jet aircraft with twice the speed of the B-29,
perhaps 5x the speed, and both have ballistic missiles which provide
essentially zero warning since neither side has forward deployed warning
radar.

People who believe in peace should be trying to bring home to the Indians
and Pakistanis that there cases do not parallel 1949-89, but are more akin
to Berlin, 1948 and 1961 plus Cuba in 1962 aggravated by frequent cross
border raids which kill people and inflame passions.

If there must be nuclear weapons in s. Asia, let them at least be long
reaction time devices.  Let the countries buy themselves whatever it takes
to KNOW if a rocket firing means a war launch, a space shot, or an
accident.  And let us hope that if there is an exchange of nuclear fires on
the subcontinent, one of the greater powers will enforce a Truce Atomica in
a hurry.

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 07:33:18 -0700
From: Shundahai Network <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 98 Annual Report and Project Plan

Hello Friends

Shundahai Network has just published our "1998 Annual Report and Project
Plan".
This outlines what our current strategies and focused projects are.

We have made 5000 copies but can only afford to send out 1000 and we are
trying to limit this to who really wants them. So if you would like to be
sure and recieve a copy please send us a reply with your mailing address
listed. I will be glad to check to make sure you are already on our mailing
list or add you.

Peace, Reinard
***************************************************************
                   SHUNDAHAI NETWORK
          "Peace and Harmony with all Creation"
              *Breaking the Nuclear Chain*

        5007 Elmhurst Ln., Las Vegas, NV 89108-1304
ph(702)647-3095 Fax: [phone]  Email: [e-mail]
                    http://www.shundahai.org

     Shundahai Network is proud to be part of:
Healing Global Wounds Alliance, a multi-cultural alliance to
foster sustainable living and break the nuclear chain; and
Abolition 2000: A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:32:22 +0100
From: "Sally Light" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) 98 Annual Report and Project Plan

Hi, Reinard - I would like a copy of your "1998 Annual Report and Project
Plan."  My street address is:  Sally Light
           825 Kains Avenue, #H
           Albany, CA 94706

Thanks in advance.  Best to you and all the good people at Shundahai.
Peace ... Sally.

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> From: Shundahai Network <[e-mail]>
> To: [e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail]
> Subject: (abolition-usa) 98 Annual Report and Project Plan
> Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 3:33 PM
>
> Hello Friends
>
> Shundahai Network has just published our "1998 Annual Report and Project
> Plan".
> This outlines what our current strategies and focused projects are.
>
> We have made 5000 copies but can only afford to send out 1000 and we are
> trying to limit this to who really wants them. So if you would like to be
> sure and recieve a copy please send us a reply with your mailing address
> listed. I will be glad to check to make sure you are already on our
mailing
> list or add you.
>
> Peace, Reinard
> ***************************************************************
>                    SHUNDAHAI NETWORK
>           "Peace and Harmony with all Creation"
>               *Breaking the Nuclear Chain*
>
>         5007 Elmhurst Ln., Las Vegas, NV 89108-1304
> ph(702)647-3095 Fax: [phone]  Email: [e-mail]
>                     http://www.shundahai.org
>
>      Shundahai Network is proud to be part of:
> Healing Global Wounds Alliance, a multi-cultural alliance to
> foster sustainable living and break the nuclear chain; and
> Abolition 2000: A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
> ****************************************************************
>
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:40:42 -0400
From: Ish <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Live From ASEAN, It's ...

>From: <[e-mail]>
>Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:26:30 EDT
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>Subject: Live From ASEAN, It's ...
>Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:15:03 EDT
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>Live From ASEAN, It's ...
>
>.c The Associated Press
>
> By TOM RAUM
>
>MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Posing as star-crossed lovers, Secretary of State
>Madeleine Albright and Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov brought down
>the house today as they sung duets from the musical ``West Side Story,''
>remamed ``East-West Story.''
>
>Indians joked about their nuclear weapons testing.
>
>The musical parodies came at a concluding banquet of a Southeast Asian
>diplomatic conference, continuing a long tradition at such gatherings.
>
>A red rose behind her ear, Albright took on the character ``Maria'' and
>serenaded Primakov: ``The most beautiful song I ever heard, Yevgeny, Yevgeny,
>Yevgeny, Yevgeny.'' Primakov, in a black Russian Navy cap, belted back in
>English: ``Madeleine Albright, I just met a girl named Madeleine Albright ...
>. And suddenly I find, she thinks she'll change my mind ... for free.''
>
>And then he ad-libbed: ``Never!''
>
>The banquet was behind closed doors. But interviews afterwards with
>participants and members of the audience, and listening to a tape, helped
>reconstruct the scene.
>
>``She's over the top, but she's all right ... . From Prague to Manila, she's
>stomped like Godzilla,'' Primakov's lyrics continued.
>
>Her refrain: ``Who me?''
>
>India's delegation took a light look at its nuclear tests last May.
>
>``Why such fuss over a few crackers in the Thar,'' said one line in the song,
>referring to the desert where India stunned the world by conducting nuclear
>tests.
>
>At the final banquet of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' annual
>meeting with counterparts from major powers outside the region, the
>delegations traditionally perform either cultural dances or song parodies.
>
>Last year, Albright was the hit of the conference with an Evita-style
>rendition of ``Don't cry for me ASEAN.''
>
>The Indian song suggests the nuclear tests were not such a big deal, compared
>to those by other nations.
>
>``They weren't as loud as Nevada and Lop Nor,'' the song said, mentioning the
>sites of U.S. and Chinese tests.
>
>``Talk of your bikinis, talk of your atolls, before you talk of our sands,''

>went another line, referring to U.S. and French nuclear tests in the South
>Pacific.
>
>The U.S.-Russian performance featured members of both delegations, dressed in
>jeans and T-shirts as the ``Jets'' and the ``Sharks'' in the Leonard
Bernstein
>musical.
>
>The opening finger-snaping scene featured the two delegations ``rumbling.'' A
>Russian ran out onto the stage and spray-painted graffiti on a wall. An
>American chased him off with a knife.
>
>After Albright and Primakov's duet and a rendition of ``America,'' the two
>delegations came out for the finale: ``Tonight, tonight, we do not have to
>fight tonight ... . Going mad, launching bombs into space ... . For days and
>days we had the feeling, those two would get together ... . We know now we
>were right.
>
>``So East meets West and freedom is the best. ... The Asian value of the hour
>is people power.''
>
>Albright and Primakov practiced the skit the night before, and again for 45
>minutes before the performance today, said a U.S. official, speaking on
>condition of anonymity.
>
>AP-NY-07-28-98 1211EDT
>
> Copyright 1998 The Associated Press.  The information  contained in the AP
>news report may not be published,  broadcast, rewritten or otherwise
>distributed without  prior written authority of The Associated Press.
>
>
>
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>NewsProfiles</A>.
>For all of today's news, go to keyword <A HREF="aol://1722:News">News</A>.
>
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:00:06 -0400
From: Kathy Crandalll <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) STOP Tritium Production

URGENT ACTION ALERT *  URGENT ACTION ALERT
OPPOSE TRITIUM PRODUCTION IN COMMERCIAL REACTORS
Urge your Senators and Representatives to support the Markey-Graham
Amendment to the Defense Authorization bill prohibiting commercial
reactor production of tritium.

Background:

Tritium: Reactor Production Amendment in Senate-House Conference

       The Department of Energy (DOE) says it needs a new source of
tritium,  the radioactive gas which boosts the explosive power of
nuclear weapons, and is considering producing it in a commercial nuclear

reactor or by  building a new accelerator.  However, tritium is not
needed because it  can be recycled from dismantled weapons.

Real progress on nuclear disarmament will alleviate the "need" for
tritium production long into the future.(Abolition of nuclear weapons
will eliminate the need for tritium.) Tritium production, in contrast,
sends the message that we intend to maintain our overkill arsenal long
into the indefinite future.

Moreover, using a power plant  to produce a bomb ingredient counters
long-standing U.S. policy which  keeps civilian and military nuclear
activities separate.  While the House of Representatives has agreed with

this policy by passing the Markey-Graham amendment to the Defense
Authorization bill prohibiting commercial reactor production of tritium,

the Senate passed an amendment allowing DOE's options to remain open to
choose either source.
This issue could be decided in House- Senate conference committee by
July 31.
********************************************************************
   WHAT YOU CAN DO: Take action now!  Especially if your elected
   officials serve on the House National Security Committee or the
Senate Armed Services Committee, urge them to incorporate the
Markey-Graham  language on tritium into the Defense Authorization bill.
(If you don't know your members' committee appointments, find out from
PSR's on-line  Legislative Action Center,
http://www.psr.org/acthome.htm  or contact  the member's district
office.)

Here is a listing of the chosen Conferees (Senators and Represenatives
negotiating the language of the Defense Authorization Bill) - from Brad
Morse, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability: The following were named
Conferees for the House from the National Security Committee on the
Defense Authorization Conference (Senate Conferees are just
the Armed Services Committee):




Republicans:
Spence (SC-Chair)
Stump (AZ)
Hunter (CA)
Kasich (OH)
Bateman (VA)
Hansen (UT)
Weldon (PA)
Hefley (CO)
Saxton (NJ)
Buyer (IN)
Fowler (FL)
McHugh (NY)
Watts (OK)
Thornberry (TX)
Chambliss (GA)
Jones (NC)
Pappas (NJ)
Riley (AL)


Democrats:
Skelton (MO)
Sisisky (VA)
Spratt (SC)
Ortiz (TX)
Pickett (VA)
Evans (IL)
Taylor (MS)
Abercrombie (HI)
Meehan (MA)
Harman (CA)
McHale (PA)
Kennedy (RI)
Allen (ME)
Snyder (AR)
Maloney (CT)



*Conferees were named on July 22 and can be found in that day's
Congressional Record

For further information, please contact: Lisa Ledwidge, Physicians for
Social Responsibility, <[e-mail]>

******************************************************
FROM: Disarmament Clearinghouse
            1101 14th Street NW #700 Washington DC 20005
            TEL: [phone] ext. 232
            FAX: [phone]
            <[e-mail]>


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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 08:30:43 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Jack & Felice Cohen-Joppa)
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) NUCLEAR WASTE MOVES QUIETLY ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA

Dear Molly,

We had an email glitch during some computer down time & couldn't open the
single file of Save Ward Valley News #6.
Please direct us to the web page it might be on? or resend as 2 emails or
an attachment if you could.
THANKS!

Jack

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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:34:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (mesa's)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: Santa Fe, Camel Rock Stop WIPP Actions

(sorry this is late, I won't go into our technical problems)

From:
The shadow of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Northern New Mexico
Santa Fe and Camel Rock, New Mexico
Saturday July 25th, High Noon

   Altogether we had over 40 protesting activists of all ages along the
planned WIPP route from LANL to Santa Fe.   At least one truck that I know
of plastered with anti-WIPP signs traveled from Raton to Santa Fe.

In Santa Fe, over 20 activists of all ages gathered up on the green hills
on the north side of town, near the Santa Fe Opera.  We stood on the corner
of the WIPP "Relief Route", Camino La Tierra, and 285/84 - recently rated
one of 20 of the most dangerous roads in the nation. (more on the "Relief
Route" towards the end if you are interested) We held up banners and signs
and handed out flyers to those stopped at the stoplights.   Many honks of
approval and thumbs up came from cars and trucks rolling down the road.
Called, the "Road to Taos", 285/84 is a high-traffic, high-accident route.
Our local ABC TV affiliate covered the action as did  local radio stations.  The
Reporter, a weekly Santa Fe paper was there, the dailies reported snippets
from press
releases and interestingly, the Los Alamos Monitor had the 2-state action
on their front page.

15 miles north of Santa Fe also on 285/84 at Camel Rock, another group of
around 20
activists turned out.  "1000 Clowns"  joined by other anti-nuclear
protesters brought honks of approval also.  Media was there as well. Those
travelling the route got to see 2 actions, which was great.

All of the organizers wanted hundreds, thousands, in the streets. Yet we
continue to raise awareness even if we are few.  Lawsuits are crucial to
our issue, but the average citizen doesn't know what is really going on
except what they are spoon-fed by mainstream media, and our lawsuits don't
make mainstream news.  Therefore, I think it is important to show the
public there are activists out there working on this very important issue.

Let us not feel disappointed about turn-out, perhaps we can continue an
action once a month along all nuclear routes nationally, now being used or
proposed routes.  Slowly our forces will grow, as will consciousness.  How
about the last Saturday of every month at high noon?  What is the feeling
out there?


thanks to all!
Suzanne Westerly
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety

some details about the "Relief Route" if interested:


The north end of the "Relief Route" is on the beautiful north end of Santa Fe.
 Only last month Camino La Tierra, was a  2-lane curvy road through pinon and
cedar-filled hills.  There, expensive secluded Santa Fe estates nestled
amongst the soft
hills.  Now, through this very expensive area in Santa Fe, trees and shrubs
are being
carelessly ripped up and thrown aside, as a huge 4-lane scar goes through
this once
sleepy wealthy area.  But all is "equal" on this "Relief Route", the south
side of the route
 travels through a substantially less wealthy part of town.  On this far
from finished 4-lane road,
developers are tripping over themselves to build on all corners, developers
working to add as many stoplights as they can get.  Houses are being built
at a fast pace, and soon I suppose a strip mall.

Is this a "Relief Route"?



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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 00:17:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Robert Smirnow)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Hibakusha (A-Bomb survivors) tour NJ & PA

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Here is the finalized itinerary for the Hibakusha tour of NJ and PA:
Two Hibakusha: Mr Shigeo Uemoto from Hiroshima & Ms Yasue Yamada from
Nagasaki, plus an interpreter, accompanied by a 4 panel photo display,
will speak at the following locations:

Tuesday, August 4th, 6:00 PM, Atlantic Friends Meetinghouse, Pitney Rd,
Absecon. Sponsored by Coalition for Peace and Justice. Call
609-886-7988, Norm Cohen, or 609-652-9078 Chuck Melchior, for more
info.

Wednesday, August 5th, 6:00 PM, Woodrow Wilson School, reflecting pool,
Princeton University.
Sponsored by Coalition for Peace Action. Call 609-924-5022, Bob Moore,
for more info.

Thursday, August 6th, 8:00 PM, Moorestown Friends Meetinghouse, Main
St.
& Chester Ave, Moorestown, Sponsored by South Jersey Campaign for Peace
and Justice. Call 609-859-2785, Rick Walnut, or 609-667-6194, Dan
Sidorick, for more info.

Friday, August 7th, 7:15 PM, Pennswood Village, 1382 Newtown-Langhorne
Rd, Newtown PA, Sponsored by United Nations Assn, Pennswood Residents
Social Concerns, Bucks County Peace Center. Call 215-968-0127, Charley
Peterson, and 215-968-2913, Elizabeth Huberman, for more info.

Saturday, August 8th, 12 Noon, 1st Presbyterian Church, Doylestown.
Sponsored by Doylestown Friends,
Call 215-794-8295, Bev Moran for info

Sunday, August 9th, 1:30 PM, Philadelphia, Old First Reformed United
Church of Christ, 153 North 4th St. Sponsored by Delaware Valley Peace
Action, Brandywine Peace Community, WILPF, PSR, others.
Call Phyllis Gilbert 215-386-4322 for more info.

Tour coordinated by the Coalition for Peace and Justice, PO Box 2344,
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-886-7988.

If you live near any of these events, please come on out. The Hibakusha
are getting older & there will not be that many more times we can hear
their testimony.

A brief commercial announcement: Join your local Peace Action chapter
to
help support this work. Membership dues are $25 for individual, $35 for
family, or whatever you can afford. Please email me or call the contact
names listed above.

Peace
Norm Cohen
Exec. Director,
Coalition for Peace and Justice


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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 17:51:44 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Robert Smirnow)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: House oks TX Compact conference rpt 7/29

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Washington, DC 6/29/98
HOUSE APPROVES TX ME VT COMPACT --SENATE TO VOTE AT ANYTIME
CALLS Against HR 629 Conference Rpt URGENTLY NEEDED TO SENATE!!
(202-224-3121)

Today the US House of Representatives aproved the TX/ME/VT Radioactive
Waste Compact by a vote of 305-117. The Compact approved has been
stripped
of the amendments that would have limited the importation of nuclear
waste to Texas (to only ME and VT) and would have provided a means for
people near the chosen site (Sierra Blanca) to oppose the dump on
grounds of
environmental justice.

The Compact containing the waste import limitation (the Doggett
amendment)
was approved in the House last fall by a vote of 309-107. It was
approved by
unanimous consent in the Senate with both amendments on April 1, 98.

Representatives Doggett and Reyes respectively called for ROLL CALL
votes.
The first followed 1 hour of debate "on the rule." It was to waive the
House
Rules and allow the compact without amendments to be brought to the
House
floor for a vote. The waiving of the Rules passed 313-108. There was
another
hour of debate and the vote on the compact without amendments, which
passed
305- 117.

Representatives speaking in favor of the Compact today included
Vermont's
alleged "progressive" Bernie Sanders, both Representatives from Maine
(Allen
& Baldacci), and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson from Dallas, an
African-American
who has ignored environmental justice violations implicit in the
Compact so
that she may represent the interest of the nuclear power industry
located
near her district. Joe Barton, Ralph Hall, Gene Green from TX and Dan
Schaefer of Colorado also spoke in favor of the Compact and waiving the
rules.

Opponents included Reyes, Doggett, Rodgriguez,( from TX) and Bercerra
(CA)
and a few others.

Crucial to today's vote was the intervention of Texas' Gov. George
Bush,
who (along with the governors of ME & VT) persuaded the House that
today's
version of the Compact represents the interest of the state he governs.
Bush has claimed that he will seek legislation in the next Session to
insure that only waste from Maine & Vermont will be imported (a promise
he
is unlikely to keep) but has said nothing about environmental justice.

Proponents of the Compact repeatedly refered to letters from all 3
governors, the Western Governors Association, the NAtional Governors
Associaiton, the NAtional Conference of State Legislatures (which
receives
thousands of dollars a year from the US DOE program that pushes for
these
dumps) and the Nuclear REgulatory Commission favoring the compact with
no
amendments.

The Compact will go before the Senate next, where Sen. Paul Wellstone
(D,MN)has
vowed to use whatever means are at his disposal to defeat the bill.

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS immediately to request their NO VOTE on
the
Compact Conference Report and to encourage them to help if there is a
chance
they will help Wellstone oppose the Compact in the Senate.

Richard Simpson
with additions by Diane D'Arrigo, NIRS [e-mail]
202 328-0002 phone

Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:02:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Richard J Simpson <[e-mail]>
Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/chapters/tx





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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 15:58:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sue Broidy <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Youth Meetings in Portugal

Jan Lonn
Secretary General ISMUN

Dear Jan,

I am pleased to hear about the Youth Meetings being held in Portugal
beginning next week and I would very much like to know how I can get copies
of our petition and literature to the delegates.

These documents can be downloaded from our website at
http://www.wagingpeace.org
(click on the sunflower icon).

Is there some way I can publicize this?  Is there an email address for the
three venues?  Or addresses of delegates who may be helpful in distributing
our literature?


In the meantime I hope there is response to your message from anti-nuclear
activists in Portugal who may offer to help.

Thank you again for letting us know about this - it is very timely as we
are beginning to step up our campaign with students - Class of 2000 for
Abolition 2000.  It is very good news that the final document contains the
clause about disarmament of all types of weapons of mass destruction and I
am glad you are confident it will be approved.

Sincerely,

Susan Broidy, Coordinator

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Abolition 2000- A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
c/o Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
1187 Coast Village Road, Box 123
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
phone: [phone]; fax: [phone]
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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 18:18:06 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Robert Smirnow)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: CMEP: Job Opening

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>From: Special CMEP Account <[e-mail]>

==============================================
 Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project
==============================================
July 29, 1998
Position Available
Legislative Assistant
Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project

Since its founding in 1974, Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy
Project
has been a powerful voice in the movement to end our nation's reliance
on
nuclear and fossil fuels and to promote safe,
economical and environmentally sound energy technologies.  From a
Capitol
Hill office, Critical Mass prepares and disseminates reports, lobbies
Congress, and acts as a watchdog of key federal and state energy
agencies.
Critical Mass also works closely with citizens groups and individuals
across
the country, empowering them to participate in important decisions
affecting
their health, safety and standard of living.

DESCRIPTION:  The Administrative Assistant/Organizer provides
administrative
and programmatic support for the Director.  This position also provides
organizing support on key issues.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
1)    Provide administrative support including database management, file
maintenance, faxing,     copying, mailings, deliveries and scheduling.
2)    Respond to information requests from Public Citizen members,
students,
and others as needed.
3)    Sends alerts to E-mail listservs and updates websites.
4)    Work with organizing staff to implement grassroots campaigns and
media
strategies.
5)     Provide research support and develop brief reports, fact sheets and
other materials.

QUALIFICATIONS:  College degree preferred.  Strong writing and
analytical
skills.  Must be proficient in WordPerfect and Microsoft Access or
similar
database.  Familiarity with website design software preferred. Can-do
attitude and commitment to public interest work important. Candidate
should
be committed to protecting the environment and consumers. Ability to
climb
two flights of stairs required.

SALARY/BENEFITS:
1) Excellent benefits, including medical and dental coverage.
2) Three weeks paid vacation, 10 holidays.
3) Pension after three years. 4) Shower and bike storage facilities
on-site.

Salary Based on qualifications; excellent benefits package. For
immediate
consideration please forward a cover sheet, your resume, and a 1-2 page
writing sample to:
Public Citizen 1600 20th St., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20009.
Attn. Personnel.
Must indicate Job No.ELEC-026

EOE/Non-smoking.  NO CALLS.

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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 18:22:46 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Robert Smirnow)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: CMEP: Senate NRC Oversight Hearing A Fraud!!!

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 Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project
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For Immediate Release:        Contact:  Jim Riccio        x388
July 30, 1998                  Auke Piersma   x318
                      202-546-4996

        Senate Oversight Hearing on NRC is a Fraud

    This oversight hearing on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by the
Senate
Subcommittee on Nuclear Safety is a fraud. This fraud becomes
transparent in
an examination of the junkets financed by the Nuclear Energy Institute,
the
well-funded lobbying arm of the nuclear industry. The examination,
Irradiated Las Vegas Junkets, reveals that the Environment and Public
Works
Committee Counsel, Andrew Wheeler, received two trips from the Nuclear
Energy Institute.

    Mr. Wheeler enjoyed an all expense paid trip to Las Vegas for a
fact
finding tour of Yucca Mountain, the potential repository site for high
level
nuclear waste. His accommodations in Las Vegas, NV were not lacking if
he
stayed in the same hotel other Congressional staffers used on their
trips to
Yucca Mountain. On at least one occasion staffers stayed at the Rio
Suite
Casino Resort, a five star hotel, with a sandy beach by the pool, 15
restaurants, the Copacabana Showroom, golf course, 20 retails stores,
and
the world's largest public wine collection.

     "The nuclear industry should not be funding trips for
Congressional staff.
This outrageous practice is nothing more than another avenue to subvert
the
democratic process," said Wenonah Hauter, director of Public Citizen's
Critical Mass Energy Project.

    Wheeler also received a junket to New Orleans for the purpose of
touring
the Waterford nuclear power plant. His stay just happened to coincide
with
the Jazz Festival in New Orleans, where he stayed at the four star
Westin
Canal Place Hotel in the French Quarter, offering a heated roof top
pool,
complete health club facilities, and a marble bath.

    "Mr. Wheeler is only a small part of the problem because the whole
system
is corrupt," said Auke Piersma, energy policy analyst with Public
Citizen's
Critical Mass Energy Project. "However, there are several reactors
within
driving distance of Washington D.C. he could have visited. But, they
probably didn't have any jazz music playing."

    This efforts comes at a time when deregulation of the electric
utility
industry will cause many nuclear utilities to cut corners on nuclear
safety.
A Public Citizen report released earlier this year, Questioning the
Authority, showed that 42 reactors were non-competitive in their
regions.
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    "In a time of deregulated markets the nuclear utilities will be
hemorrhaging large sums of money from the operation of these white
elephants
and their operators will be under great pressure to stop the bleeding.
Our
concern is that the safety programs will be the first to go," said
Hauter

    The Senate Subcommittee on Nuclear Safety is holding this oversight
hearing
on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the unstated purpose of
sending a
message to the NRC that they over-regulate.  The Commission has already
bowed to this Committee by removing five plants from NRC's Watch List,
the
nation's most problem plagued reactors.

    "This hearing should have happened a year ago when the Millstone
fiasco
occurred," said Jim Riccio, staff attorney with Public Citizen's
Critical
Mass Energy Project. "The hearing's focus should have been on the lack
enforcement by the NRC and the resultant shutdowns throughout New
England."

End


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Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project
215 Pennsylvania Ave., SE      phone: [phone]
Washington, DC 20003            fax: [phone]
E-mail:  [e-mail]
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