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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:25:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) New! On the Web! From Tri-Valley CAREs!

Dear Peace and Enviro advocates:

We are happy to announce that our Webmeister has just posted new
information to our Tri-Valley CAREs web site at <http://www.igc.org/tvc>.

* Find our analysis of the security scandal at the Dept. of Energy labs,
titled: "Wrong Medicine Prescribed for What Ails Weapons Labs."

* Read how "Megalaser Officials Cheer Proliferation" at the ceremony to
install the target chamber for the National Ignition Facility. Download our
petition to stop NIF.

* Find out why our "Governor Fails Important First Test" under our state's
environmental law, and how you can help us change that decision.

* Celebrate "AVLIS Shuts Down" with us. Learn why the Atomic Vapor Laser
Isotope Separation Project was cancelled.

* And more from our July 1999 newsletter, Citizen's Watch!

Also check our web site for the "Top Ten Ways to Promote Peace and a
Healthy Environment with Tri-Valley CAREs."

We wish to add our special appreciation for our Webmeister who -- despite
the many travails of moving -- quickly unpacked his computer and updated
our site. HOORAY! THANKS!

Look for our August edition of Citizen's Watch (and more!) on the web soon!

Peace,
Marylia

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
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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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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:28:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) New page on Abolition 2000 web site.//Sorry for Double Postings

Dear Friends and Activists,

The Y2K De-alerting letter can now be accessed from the Abolition 2000
website.  The page is called "Call for Action:  Letter to Clinton and
Yeltsin to take Nuclear Weapons off Alert" .   There is a short
introduction written by myself obtained from information posted on the Y2K
listserve as well as 2 sample letters, the first written by John Hallam and
the second by Bob Tiller.  There are also links to other websites with
Y2K/De-alerting information.  I encourage you to become actively involved
in the Global Fax Campaign begining on September 1st.  The fax numbers
listed on the page are correct and have been verified by John Hallam.  If
you have any questions about the site, please feel free to email me.

Yours In Peace,
Carah Ong


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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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:28:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Plutonium to LLNL from Rocky Flats

Hi peace and environmental advocates:

The following is an article about plutonium shipments to Livermore Lab in
California from Rocky Flats in Colorado. These plutonium pits and other
plutonium parts from Rocky Flats are part of the Dept. of Energy's
materials disposition program. The plutonium slated to come to Livermore
Lab from Los Alamos in New Mexico -- which was the subject of a recent
press release I posted -- is part of the Dept. of Energy's nuclear weapons
research, development and testing program, called "Stockpile Stewardship.
Therefore, Livermore Lab is slated to get plutonium from two separate DOE
programs. Perhaps the Livermore Lab will be changing its name to "Pits R
Us"...

Livermore Lab Gets Rocky Flats Plutonium: Shipments Proposed 'til 2002

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

On July 30, a jubilant Kaiser-Hill press release announced the "offsite
shipment of all plutonium pits from Rocky Flats to the Pantex Plant and Los
Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories by June 1999 (16 years
ahead of DOE's commitment in the Rocky Flats Cleanup Agreement)."

Kaiser-Hill runs Rocky Flats under contract to the Dept. of Energy (DOE).
Plutonium "pits" are the cores of nuclear bombs -- so called because the
plutonium is situated in the bomb the way an apricot pit sits inside the
fruit. Rocky Flats is the notorious Colorado facility shut down by the FBI
in 1989 due to massive environmental problems and plutonium contamination.

And, they are celebrating because they shipped some of this plutonium to
Livermore. Ahead of schedule.

Phone calls to the Rocky Flats plant yielded some additional information.
Apparently plutonium pits began coming to Livermore quietly in 1995.
Livermore Lab was the site chosen to disassemble, melt and recast the
deadly metal. Subsequently, that 1995 plutonium was shipped back to Rocky
Flats for storage.

Another load of plutonium pits came to Livermore Lab in June of this year
- -- the truck going first from Rocky Flats to Los Alamos in New Mexico and
then to Livermore. All Rocky Flats would say is these were "special" pits
used as "stockpile reliability evaluation program units" for bomb
shelf-life experiments and testing machine techniques. The Rocky Flats'
spokesperson alluded to possible further experiments to be conducted on the
pits by Livermore and, perhaps, disassembly of some of the pits afterward
at the Lab.

DOE and Rocky Flats officials refused to say whether there were other
shipments or how many plutonium pits were sent from Rocky Flats to
Livermore Lab.

DOE went so far as to require Tri-Valley CAREs to submit all its questions
about Rocky Flats plutonium in writing. The Department then refused to
answer any of them. None of our questions involved bomb design details. All
were aimed at finding out the potential hazards to which we in the
community are subjected. We will soon submit a Freedom of Information Act
request.

                                        More Plutonium Coming to Lab

Rocky Flats' plutonium pits are, unfortunately, only the beginning.
Recently Tri-Valley CAREs received documentation from the Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) that DOE proposes to ship up to 89
"classified plutonium metal items" to Livermore Lab, beginning in October
of this year and continuing until February 2002.

According to a letter from DOE to DNFSB, plutonium parts at Rocky Flats
that are bonded to other hazardous materials, such as beryllium, may cause
problems that cannot be handled by  the casting and oxidation facilities at
DOE's Savannah River Site in South Carolina, where two huge plutonium
processing canyons are located. Therefore, DOE proposes to send these
particularly troublesome plutonium parts to Livermore.

Livermore Lab is listed as either the number one or number two-favored
option to receive 56 Plutonium/Tantalum targets, 6 Plutonium/Vanadium
hemishells (half-pits), 2 Plutonium/Depleted Uranium hemishells and 25
Plutonium/Beryllium hemishells. Beryllium, in particular, is used in bombs
along with plutonium to maximize the neutron output. DOE's proposal makes
no mention of any safety measures, precautions or risk-reduction methods to
be employed.

                                  Lab to Burn Plutonium in Furnace

The proposal does specify that the Lab will put any plutonium it receives
that had been bonded to what DOE calls "classified substrate materials
(e.g. Beryllium, Vanadium, Depleted Uranium)" into a furnace. This
dangerous action is intended to separate the plutonium from the other
materials. The process is called HYDOX (short for hydride-oxidation). Each
item will be placed in a burner, where high temperatures will create a
"heat bath." A vacuum will be created in the compartment around the
plutonium hemishell or target and its substrate material. Hydrogen will
then be pumped in. Plutonium metal plus hydrogen gas at high-temperature
creates plutonium hydride. The plutonium will subsequently be turned into
an oxide, according to DOE.

Tri-Valley CAREs has a number of internal Livermore Lab documents that
demonstrate dramatically how the process of  oxidizing plutonium spews tiny
particles, clogs filters and results in emissions to the environment.
The goal, says DOE, is to create nuclear waste -- specifically transuranic
(TRU) and mixed TRU waste (some of it will become "mixed waste" due to
plutonium contamination left in the substrate material). DOE plans,
eventually, to ship the wastes to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New
Mexico for disposal.

                                        Why Livermore Lab?

The documents we obtained offer simply that Livermore Lab has the
"research, development, and demonstration missions to
declassify/disposition classified TRU waste." This implies there is an
experimental element to the proposal, creating a further hazard if, indeed,
difficult to handle plutonium parts are brought to the Lab to "research" or
"work the bugs out" of the method used to turn them into wastes for
disposition.

The Lab's plutonium facility, where these operations would occur, covers
approximately 4 acres of ground; contains 880 pounds of plutonium, nearly
enough for 100 modern nuclear bombs; lies adjacent to more than one
earthquake fault; has documented problems with its air filters; sits within
sight of nearby homes; is located in the SF Bay Area with more than 6
million people living within a 50-mile radius; and has been shut down
(again) not long ago due to 25 plutonium safety violations. In fact, the
building is just now resuming "normal operation."

Further, the HYDOX process that will be used to turn the targets and
hemishells into TRU and mixed wastes is not even mentioned in the waste
permit the state  just issued to the Lab. As best we can tell, the state is
completely failing to regulate this risky activity, even though it has the
responsibility for mixed waste. (One more reason we are challenging the
permit and demanding an environmental review.)

The community has every right to know about DOE's plans for Rocky Flats'
plutonium. How much is already at Livermore? What experiments are being
performed on the pits shipped to the Lab this past June? Exactly what is
being planned for the future? Will the public have a voice?

Consider how crucial these issues are as you take your next breath and your
next drive on the freeway. Stay tuned!



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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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:46:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Lab Fails DOE Waste Audit

Livermore Lab Flunks DOE Waste Audit

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

Livermore Lab has halted all shipments of radioactive waste to the Nevada
Test Site (NTS) after failing an internal Dept. of Energy (DOE) audit in
July.

The audit team spent a week checking the Lab's waste-handling methods and
practices. As a result, DOE issued 33 corrective action orders. According
to team members, the Lab keeps incomplete records on its radioactive waste
materials and fails to conduct required surveys of the waste on schedule.
Additional details on the 33 violations are expected in the report, which
was not yet available as of this writing. Lab officials said they hope to
resume shipments within the next three months.

Livermore Lab officials said they sent 26 shipments of "low-level"
radioactive waste to NTS last year. The shipments included 24,083 cubic
feet of radioactive material, enough to fill a room 10 feet wide, 10 feet
high and 240 feet long, according to a news report.

Previous inspections have revealed serious problems with Livermore's
shipments to NTS. A DOE "Tiger Team" report cited an incident where wastes
were sent back to the Lab under guard by the Highway Patrol. The reason:
Livermore Lab could not demonstrate it really knew what was in the barrels.


In 1990, Nevada officials found 1,640 drums of Livermore Lab's
plutonium-contaminated waste sitting at the test site on a concrete slab,
all unauthorized. Again, the wastes were poorly characterized, and upon
examination, some barrels were found to contain hazardous chemicals as well
as plutonium. These "mixed transuranic wastes" had been shipped in
violation of Nevada's state environmental laws.

Two facts stand out in sharp relief. First, Livermore Lab must reduce its
production of radioactive waste. Dumping waste in someone else's backyard
is never a solution. In this case, NTS sits on ancestral lands claimed by
the Western Shoshone.

Second, Livermore Lab doesn't comply with its written waste procedures.
This should serve as a wake-up call to the California state officials who
gave Livermore a permit  for a new hazardous and radioactive waste facility
based largely on the Lab's assertion it would follow established
procedures. Instead, the state should conduct an Environmental Impact
Report.

The state is still considering our appeal of the permit (see June 1999 and
July 1999 editions of Citizen's Watch for details). We are expecting a
ruling later this year. You can help in this effort by sending a letter to
the governor requesting that the permit for Livermore Lab be withdrawn and
an environmental report prepared. Write to: Governor Gray Davis, Attention
Lynn Schenk, Chief of Staff, State Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Or, check our web site for a letter you can simply print out, sign and
mail!

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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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 17:06:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Standardized Logo for Abolition 2000

Dear Friends and Activists,

     I am currently in the process of updating and revising letterhead and
brochures for Abolition 2000.  To date, there is not a standardized logo
for Abolition 2000 and we would like to have one that incorporates the
sunflower.  I would appreciate as many suggestions and submissions as
possible. I encourage you to be creative and use your imagination.  I look
forward to receiving your submission and I thank you in advance for your
contribution to the Network.

In Peace,
Carah


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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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 23:56:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Timothy Bruening <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Y2K nuclear war guest editorial.

I sent a copy of the below letter about a Y2K nuclear war to the Sacramento
News and Review, and they want to publish it as a 475 word guest editorial.
I would also like to write a 200 word version for the Sacramento Bee.  Do
you have any advice on how to shorten my letter to 475 words or 200 words,
and recast it as a guest editorial?  What parts should I eliminate?

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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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 21:23:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Timothy Bruening <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Don't Let The Russian Space Station Mir Go To Waste!

I wrote the following letter to President Clinton (1600 Pennsylvania Ave,
Washington DC 20500; [phone]; [e-mail]) urging him to
order NASA to explore the possibility of savaging equipment and materials
from the Mir space station for the International Space Station, rather than
allow Mir's equipment and materials to go completely to waste.  I wrote
similar letters to my Congressional Representatives (Members of Congress
[phone]. Senators Boxer and Feinstein (U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.,
20510; [e-mail], [e-mail]),
Representatives (U.S. House, Washington, D.C., 20515)), and to my newspaper.
Please do the same.

Dear President Clinton:

On Friday, August 27, the Russians abandoned their Mir space station and
plan to burn it up in Earth's atmosphere, with an estimated loss of
equipment at more than $3 billion.  Meanwhile, the components of the
International Space Station are being lifted out of Earth's gravity well at
great expense.

Rather than allow Mir's equipment to go completely to waste, I boldly
propose that Mir's equipment be savaged, in cooperation with Russia, for the
International Space Station, thereby reducing the cost of that space station
by reducing the amount of material that has to be lifted off Earth against
its gravity.  This would also reduce our consumption of rocket fuel, thus
reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  I believe that savaging Mir would also
improve our relations with Russia by increasing its contribution to the
International Space Station and allowing it to earn some extra money.

Please order NASA to explore the possibility of savaging equipment and
materials from the Mir space station for the International Space Station.

Sincerely,

Timothy Bruening
1439 Brown Drive
Davis, CA 95616


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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:29:15 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) From Vladimir in  Russia

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Subject: 17-24.08  A Novoronezh Antinuclear Camp' chronicles
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:10:40 +0400
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Voronezh, August 25

AN ANTI-NUCLEAR ACTION RESULTED IN MORE THAN 20 ARRESTS

More than 20 activists were arrested today while trying to chain themselves
to the doors of the governor' office in
Voronezh. Action was organized by an anti-nuclear camp near Novovoronezh
NPP to protest the plan to load Novovoronezh 5
with plutonium (MOX) fuel. Protesters also demanded to shut down old
reactors of Novovoronezh NPP. Arrested activists
are citizens of Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Finland and UK, they came from
several environmental and political groups such
as ECODEFENSE!, Antinuclear campaign of Socio-Ecological Union, Yabloko
political party, etc...
More information and photos:
http://www.ecoline.ru/antinuclear/eng
phones 7(095)7766546, 7(0732)723750
e-mail: [e-mail]

August 17-24, 1999
Voronezh/Novovoronezh

OFFICIALS TRY TO REMOVE AN ANTI-NUCLEAR CAMP:
MVD AND FSB EMPLOYEES DEMAND THE CAMP TO MOVE AWAY, YET ORALLY

"An ecological camp nearby Novovoronezh nuclear plant is still on the run,
but the danger of its liquidation grows every
day," - said today Vladimir Slivyak, a camp's coordinator. A group of
ecological activists from more than 10 cities (5
countries)  had established a camp at August 17, in a sanitary defended
zone of the plant aiming to draw an attention to
this object's low safety level and to achieve a prohibition on using
plutonium as a fuel for nuclear plants.

The MVD (police) and FSB (ex-KGB) officials have been attentively
controlling the camp from the very first days. They
claim the ecologists should leave a 5-kilometers zone around NPP because it
is a "territory of strong regime". One of
the police oficers had proclaimed at August 17: "If you don't leave, the
guys in black camouflage suits will come and
remove you pretty soon from here'. Police officers still
avoid to use violence. The police established special post near the camp
and watching camp 24-hours a day.
In spite of everything, even a veteran of AES, a trade union member who
worked at AES for more than 30 years has
expressed a solidarity with the ecologists' demands.

August 19
The policemen of the Sovetskoye ROVD (regional police department) have
arrested one of the camp participants nearby
Novovoronezh AES. They took an electronic equipment needed for the camp and
still refuse to give it back.

August 20-24
A number of camp participants moved to Voronezh-city to collect the
signatures under an appeal to the regional
parliament deputies. One of the Antinuclear camp's aims is to collect more
local citizens' signatures under an appeal
which contains a request to forbid the MOX fuel import into Voronezh region.

More information:
in Voronezh - 7(0732)723750 (camp's representative in Voronezh)
or 7(095)7766546 and 7(902)6918125 in an extreme case.
Camp's photos can be found in internet:
http://www.ecoline.ru/antinuclear/eng



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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:45:35 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Please Fax Clinton/Yeltsin From Sept 1, Please sign de-alerting letter(Nxt Email)

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
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd/nuclear/bbletter.html


APPEAL: THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE WORLD BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER31

=46ROM SEPT 1,  FAX YELTSIN, CLINTON TO TAKE N-WEAPONS OFF ALERT.

PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN, [phone],
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, [phone],

Dear All,

You will be getting many messages of this kind because this is possibly the
most important single issue that can ever come your way between now and the
next year.

=46ollowing this appeal there are two sample letters, one from FOE Australia
and one from Bob Tiller of PSR USA.

I urge you to act on them.

I am writing to urge you to fax Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton from Sept 1
onwards to take strategic nuclear weapons off alert before December, and to
ask that the de- alerting of strategic nuclear weapons be discussed at the
coming September 21 meeting of the G8.

I am also urging organisations as well as sending letters direct, to sign
on to the monser sign on letter to Yeltsin and Clinton that I am
circulating. it can be found on the url at the top and is in the next email.

This issue is of absolutely vital importance.   Getting 5000 nuclear
missiles off alert status before the Y2k bug plays havoc with their command
and control systems is just about the most important thing anyone can
possibly do.

Arguably there is simply no other issue this important between now and
December/January.
It might  be literally a matter of survival.

Can you get this appeal and the two sample letters out to your networks as
fast as you can and ask them to fax it from September 1?

If people wish to customise from the two letters that is best.

It's important I think, to get it out as fast as possible, but ask people
to stick to the sept 1 date (or after).

Please try to fax from September 1 onwards, preferably not before.

Please use the fax numbers I have provided. The numbers here work. I've
just checked them.

Try and get everyone you know to do it.

If you are a large organisation please try and get all your members to do it=
=2E

Many thanks and may the fax gremlins smile on you!

John Hallam.


DRAFT MODEL LETTER TO YELTSIN AND CLINTON FOR GLOBAL FAX CAMPAIGN STARTING
SEPTEMBER 1

PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN, [phone],

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, [phone],

Dear Presidents Yeltsin, and  Clinton,
I am writing to you to convey my extreme concern over the possibility that
Y2K -related problems in the computerised command, control, and monitoring
systems of nuclear forces and weapon systems, may give rise to an
unacceptable risk of accidental nuclear war, as a result of incorrect data
and miscalculation.  I therefore urge you to solve the problem by taking
your nuclear forces off alert, or  by standing them down.

I ask that standing down nuclear forces in view of the problems  posed by
the 'Millennium Bug', be a matter for urgent priority discussions at the G8
Summit in Berlin on Sept 21.  As well asY2K considerations, taking nuclear
weapons off alert will increase strategic stability and confidence, and
eliminate  the possibility of accidental nuclear war.

I would remind you that your two countries have some 5000 strategic nuclear
weapons that are able to be fired within a time span of 15-30 minutes.

This must never happen. Should it do so, not only would your two countries
cease to exist, but it is entirely possible that human life  and maybe all
life life on the planet, could be terminated.

Any risk of this happening at any time, Y2K or otherwise, no matter how
small, is unacceptable.

However, the Y2K problem adds another layer of uncertainty to the risk that
already exists.

Taking nuclear forces off alert was strongly recommended by the Canberra
Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in 1996, and a number of
resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly have urged that it be
done.

Taking nuclear weapons off alert and placing them in a state in which hours
to days rather than minutes or seconds would be required to make them
launch ready, would effectively eliminate the risk of accidental nuclear
war due to the Y2K computer problem.  It would also make impossible the
many non-Y2K related problems that have many times brought us to within
minutes of a possible nuclear exchange.

De-Alerting will cost you nothing, and can be done by a simple executive
order to stand down nuclear forces.

The UK has already altered its 'notice to fire' from minutes to days.

We/I urge you to do likewise.

The stakes involved far outweigh any considerations of national pride,
national interest, or even national security. Indeed, the immediate stakes
are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe so clear that
mutually verified de- alerting must now take precedence over all other
considerations.

Signed...
etc

>-------------------------------------------
>Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton:
>
>The Cold War ended years ago, but the nuclear danger endures, menacing
>us all.  Thousands of nuclear weapons remain on high-alert in the United
>States and Russia.  Although both countries have announced their
>"de-targeting" of the other, that step is virtually meaningless when
>both countries keep their weapons on alert and maintain a
>launch-on-warning posture.
>
>Keeping nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert does not add to the
>security of either nation; indeed it makes all of us less secure.  You
>are well aware of the various occasions when Russia and the U.S. came
>close to launching nuclear weapons because of misunderstanding or poor
>data.  Removing the weapons from hair-trigger alert would eliminate the
>risk of hasty reaction.
>
>Therefore I urge you to lessen the nuclear danger by removing all
>nuclear weapons from high-alert.  This can be accomplished in a matter
>of weeks without treaty negotiation or ratification.
>
>This approach has worked before.  In 1991 President George Bush took the
>bold step of removing hundreds of U.S. nuclear weapons from high-alert
>status, and in response Mikhail Gorbachev did the same with hundreds of
>Soviet weapons.  Now we need similar courageous leadership to finish the
>process that they started.
>
>De-alerting takes on added urgency this year.  When January 1, 2000
>arrives, no one will know if all of the Y2K computer problems have been
>fixed.  Why court disaster by having nuclear warheads on hair-trigger
>alert when we do not know how the computers in the nuclear system will
>function?
>
>Last year the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a
>resolution which calls on the nuclear weapons states to de-alert their
>weapons.  It is wise counsel.  For the sake of our children and
>grandchildren, please de-alert all nuclear weapons now.
>
>Sincerely,





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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 13:39:49 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) PLEASE SIGN NUKE WEAPONS DE-ALERTING LETTER AND FAX YELTSIN/CLINTON

PLEASE SIGN NUKE WEAPONS DE-ALERTING LETTER TO YELTSIN/CLINTON
PLEASE FAX YELTSIN/CLINTON FROM SEPTEMBER 1
PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN, [phone],
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, [phone],

Dear NGO,

I am hoping that you will be able to add your name to this extremely
important letter to Yeltsin and Clinton, asking them to take nuclear
weapons off hairtrigger alert over the Y2K rollover period.

(If you have already signed please excuse this message again.)

I am also hoping that all of you will be able to send a fax to Yeltsin and
Clinton, from september 1 onwards, on the same subject. (see previous email)

The letter was officially released to media a while back in Sydney,
Auckland, San Francisco, New York, Toronto, London, Moscow, Tokyo and
Costa-Rica.  At that time it had 271 organisations signed on to it
including Friends of the Earth International and Greenpeace International,
as well as the Centre for Defence Information, the British-American
Security Information Centre, 22 Australian parliamentarians, 7 members of
the European parliament, 4 Canadian MPs, 8 new Zealand MPs, and Rep Edward
Markey. Congresswoman Cynthia mc Kinney has subsequently signed.

I now have over 350 organisations signed on to it. (The version you have
here is the Aug 6 version. That's why if you have signed recently you will
not see your name here. I'm doing an update soon. it's a big job!).

We intend to send it again and again to Yeltsin and Clinton.

I hope you can sign it and better still get others to do so.

Many thanks,

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
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd/nuclear/bbletter.html


WORLD WRITES TO YELTSIN, CLINTON: TAKE N-WEAPONS OFF ALERT, AVOID GLOBAL
NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE.

DearAll,

This letter was released Aug 6 in Sydney, and in Adelaide, Auckland, Tokyo,
San Francisco, Toronto, New York, London, and Moscow.

IT IS STILL OPEN FOR SIGNATURE!

It was officially posted to Yeltsin and Clinton via the postal service, in
front of TV cameras.

Preliminary versions were faxed a month ago and last week. It will be faxed
again and again.

I trust that you will appreciate the extreme importance of this utterly
vital issue.

=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,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH BULGARIA/ECOGLASNOST, SOFIA, BULGARIA


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.,
RICHMOND RIVER SHIRE COUNCIL,

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.,
CUMBRIA AND NORTH LANCASHIRE PEACE GROUPS U.K.,
GREEN PARTY OF ENGLAND AND WALES,
Y2K COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK U.K.,

JEANETTE FITZSIMMONS MP, NZ GREENS,
BRIAN DONELLY, MP,
HARRY DUYNHOVEN, MP, NZ LABOUR,
LIANNE DALZIEL, MP, NZ LABOUR,
JUDY KEALL, MP, NZ LABOUR,
PETER DUNNE, MP, NZ LABOUR,
SANDRA LEE, MP, DEPUTY LEADER, ALLIANCE,
LAILA HARRE, MP, 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 AOTEAROA,
CORSO AOTEAROA/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,
AWAMI COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOPMENT, MULTAN, PAKISTAN,
INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROJECT FOR SUSTAINABILITY, (AEPS) THAILAND,
MOVIMIENTO AUTORIDADES INDIGENAS DE COLOMBIA,

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)
NORWEGIAN PEACE ALLIANCE,
NORWEGIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,
INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU, OSLO,
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=
,
IPPNW HAMBURG,
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.,
CENTRE FOR MISSION EDUCATION, DENVER, COLORADO,
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,
PORTSMOUTH/PIKETON RESIDENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND SANITY (PRESS),
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,
NEVADA DESERT EXPERIENCE, NEVADA, U.S.,
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,
PLOUGHSHARES, SASKATOON, CANADA,
ICUEC, (INTER-CHURCH URANIUM EDUCATION COMMITTEE) SASKATOON, CANADA,
O.P.I.R.G., PETERBOROUGH, CANADA,
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA,
ASSOCIATION OF SERBIAN WOMEN, 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,
Maria Minkova, Deputy Chair, Friends of the Earth Bulgaria/Ecoglasnost, Sofi=
a,

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.,
P.T. Muldoon, General Manager, Richmond River Shire Council,

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,
Hannah Middleton, President, Communist Party of 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 Francis, Chair, Green Party of England and Wales,
Alan Watson, Partner, Public Interest Consultants, Swansea, Wales, U.K.,
Nigel Chamberlain, Cumbria and North Lancashire Peace Groups U.K.,
Paul Swann, National Coordinator, Y2K Community Action Network, U.K.,

Jeanette Fitzsimmons, MP, NZ Greens,
Brian Donelly, MP,
Harry Duynhoven, MP, NZ Labour,
Lianna Dalziel, MP, NZ Labour,
Judy Keall, MP, NZ Labour,
Peter Dunne, MP, NZ Independent,
Sandra Lee, Deputy leader, Alliance,
Laila Harre, MP, Alliance, NZ.,
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, Aotearoa/N=
Z.,
WILPF Aoteoroa,
Jim Holdom, CORSO, Aotearoa/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,
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,
Lorenzo Muelas, Movimiento Autoridades Indigenas de Colombia,

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 Weapo=
ns,
=46redrick S. Heffermehl, President, Norwegian Peace Alliance,
=46rederick S. Heffermehl, Norwegian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms,
=46rederick S. Heffermehl, International Peace Bureau, Oslo,
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,
Dr. Herbert Richter-Peill, IPPNW Hamburg, 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.,
Bill Kelly, Executive Director, Centre for Mission Education, Denver,
Colorado, USA.,

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,
Vina Colley, Portsmouth/Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety and Sanit=
y,
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. Portzline, 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,
Marc M. Blaise-Page, Nevada Desert Experience, U.S.,
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/Laurie 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=
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,
Genivieve Talbot, United Nations Association of Canada,
Snezana Vitorovich, Association of Serbian Women, Canada,
Priscilla Settee, Indigenous Womens Network, Canada/USA.,



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