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abolition-usa-digest      Friday, October 1 1999      Volume 01 : Number 190




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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:23:16 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Request for information

ALICE SLATER is President of the Global Resource Action Center for the
Environment (GRACE) working to form links between the research, policy, and
grassroots communities in order to promote solutions to preserve the future of
the planet and protect the quality of the environment.  She is a founder of
Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear
weapons,  a Co-Convenor of its Sustainable Energy Working Group,  and Convenor
of the Abolition 2000 New York Metro Working Group. Ms. Slater is a member of
the Facilitators Group of the US Abolition Campaign and a Co-Convenor of
the US
Abolition CampaignÆs Working Group for International Affairs.  She serves on
the Executive Committee of the Middle Powers Initiative, formed to influence
the nuclear weapons states to move more swiftly to nuclear abolition, the NYC
Bar AssociationÆs Committee on Military Affairs, is a board member of the
Lawyers Alliance for World Security (LAWS) and Vice Chair of its New York
chapter, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Lawyers Committee for
Nuclear Policy.  She serves on the Executive Committee of STAR (Standing for
Truth About Radiation) focussed on nuclear contamination at New YorkÆs
Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Millstone nuclear reactors in
Connecticut.  She is a UN NGO Representative and has organized numerous
conferences, panels, and roundtables at the UN on nuclear and environmental
issues and has spoken frequently at meetings and conferences in the US and
internationally

Prior to joining GRACE, Ms. Slater left her partnership in a New York City law
firm to serve as Executive Director of Economists Allied for Arms Reduction
where she organized its UN program and participated as an NGO at various UN
conferences including the Non-Proliferation Treaty Extension and Renewal
Conference where Abolition 2000 was founded. Ms. Slater organized the New York
Coalition to amend the Limited Test Ban Treaty to a Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty and worked to revitalize that group in 1993 when it played a key
role in
the successful effort to extend the US nuclear testing moratorium.. She is the
Associate Producer of a video program, After Hiroshima: Remembrance,
Reflection,
and the Future which was aired numerous times on WNET and other PBS stations,
has had articles, interviews, op-eds, and letters published in numerous
periodicals, and has appeared frequently on radio and television, most
recently
on Channel 27 on Long Island representing STAR at an East Hampton Town Board
Meeting which agreed to hold a referendum on the closing of the Millstone
nuclear reactor across Long Island Sound in Connecticut.

Ms. Slater has two children; a son David, an attorney in New York and a
daughter Helen, an actor in Los Angeles and the mother of her first
grandchild,
Hannah.  Ms. Slater views her work as an extension of her original vocation of
housework.  We need to tell the boys to put away the toys of war and put our
global house in order -- drastically curtailing military spending in order to
meet the needs of our world family and preserve the health of our planet.




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

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

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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 13:43:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Information for Upcoming Meeting

Dear Friends and Activists,

If you plan on attending the upcoming meeting of the US Campaign to abolish
Nuclear Weapons in Ann Arbor, please forward your flight itinerary to me as
soon as possible if you have not done so already.  I appreciate your help
and cooperation in this matter.  Thank you very much.

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

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

Join the Abolition-USA or Abolition-Global Caucus list serve to regularly
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:05:55 -0400
From: "Joan Wade" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Information for Upcoming Meeting

Hello Carah,

My flight info is as follows:

Sat. October 9th arrive in Detroit on Northwest flight 85 at 11:03 am.
Sun. October 10th leave Detroit on Northwest flight 230 at 5:20 pm.
- --
Joan L. Wade
Disarmament Clearinghouse Coordinator
1101 14th Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC, 20010
Ph: [phone] x232
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: http://www.disarmament.org


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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 19:41:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Information for Upcoming Meeting

Carsh,

I arrive in Detroit at 11am on Oct 7.

Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network
PO Box 90083, Gainesville, Fl 32607
Web site:  http://www.globenet.free-online.co.uk/
[phone]



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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 18:30:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Transportation Information

Dear Friends and Activists,

Below is information and suggestions for transportation from DTW to Ann
Arbor.  If you have difficulty arranging your transportation from DTW,
please contact me as soon as possible.

In Peace,
Carah Ong

Commuter Transportation Co.: DTW to Ann Arbor

Phone: [phone] (from DTW)
Phone: [phone] (from any United States location)


Service provided to Westin, Omni, Cobo Hall, Leland, Ann Arbor,
Pontchartrain, and Days Inn. Purchase ticket at Commuter Counter.
Call for fare and schedule information.

Taxi: DTW to Ann Arbor

Fares: 1 person - $ 34.80; 2 people - 34.80; 3 people - 34.80

Detriot Metropolitan Airport
Phone: [phone] (from any United States location)

Taxis are available on the ground transportation level of all three
terminals. Luxury cabs (full size sedans) are 15% higher.
Check with dispatcher for additional passenger surcharge.


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

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

Join the Abolition-USA or Abolition-Global Caucus list serve to regularly
receive updates about the Abolition movement.  Both caucus' also provide a
forum for conversation on nuclear-related issues as well as they are used
to post important articles and information pertaining to nuclear abolition.


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subject) to:
[e-mail]
In the body of the message, write:
"subscribe abolition-usa" (do not include quotation marks)

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 [e-mail]

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subject) to: [e-mail]
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 23:17:52 +0100
From: "Sally Light" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Information for Upcoming Meeting

Dear Carah,

I arrive at Detroit Metro Airport on Friday, Oct. 8, at 9:18 pm on America
West flight #354.

I depart from Detroit Metro Airport on Monday, Oct. 11, at 4:35 pm on
America West flight #2035.

Thanks.

Sally Light

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> From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: (abolition-usa) Information for Upcoming Meeting
> Date: Thursday, September 30, 1999 9:43 PM
>
> Dear Friends and Activists,
>
> If you plan on attending the upcoming meeting of the US Campaign to
abolish
> Nuclear Weapons in Ann Arbor, please forward your flight itinerary to me
as
> soon as possible if you have not done so already.  I appreciate your help
> and cooperation in this matter.  Thank you very much.
>
> 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
>
> Phone [phone]  FAX[phone]
> Email: [e-mail]
> Website http://www.wagingpeace.org/abolition2000
>
> Join the Abolition-USA or Abolition-Global Caucus list serve to regularly
> receive updates about the Abolition movement.  Both caucus' also provide
a
> forum for conversation on nuclear-related issues as well as they are used
> to post important articles and information pertaining to nuclear
abolition.
>
>
> To subscribe to the Abolition-USA listerve, send a message (with no
> subject) to:
> [e-mail]
> In the body of the message, write:
> "subscribe abolition-usa" (do not include quotation marks)
>
> To post a message to the Abolition-USA list, mail your message to:
>  [e-mail]
>
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no
> subject) to: [e-mail]
> In the body of the message, write:
> "subscribe abolition-caucus" (do not include quotation marks)
>
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to:
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 09:23:11 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Me

Dear Friends,

Does anyone know Yumi Kukichi's phone number, fax, email address?  Kevin
Sanders called to tell me that FOX news wants to interview her. Kevin can be
reached at 212-777-5855 if you have other Japanese contacts for him about the
tragedy in Japan yesterday. Also, today's NY Times repeats the old lie that
only 31 people died from Chernobyl.  Can someone put the facts up on this
list--and the citation for the 31 deaths--was it the IAEA who did the
discredited study and came up with that number? Is there a study with a more
accurate tally of how many died from Chernobyl?  We should all write
letters to
the Times about this, but if the facts are up on these lists it will help a
lot.  Thanks for your help.

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

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

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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 09:41:15 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Transportation Information

Are there directions for the taxi to Ann Arbor--and a map of the campus with
buildings marked?  Alice

At 09:30 PM 09/30/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Friends and Activists,
>
>Below is information and suggestions for transportation from DTW to Ann
>Arbor.  If you have difficulty arranging your transportation from DTW,
>please contact me as soon as possible.
>
>In Peace,
>Carah Ong
>
>Commuter Transportation Co.: DTW to Ann Arbor
>
>Phone: [phone] (from DTW)
>Phone: [phone] (from any United States location)
>
>
>Service provided to Westin, Omni, Cobo Hall, Leland, Ann Arbor,
>Pontchartrain, and Days Inn. Purchase ticket at Commuter Counter.
>Call for fare and schedule information.
>
>Taxi: DTW to Ann Arbor
>
>Fares: 1 person - $ 34.80; 2 people - 34.80; 3 people - 34.80
>
>Detriot Metropolitan Airport
>Phone: [phone] (from any United States location)
>
>Taxis are available on the ground transportation level of all three
>terminals. Luxury cabs (full size sedans) are 15% higher.
>Check with dispatcher for additional passenger surcharge.
>
>
>Carah Lynn Ong
>Coordinator, Abolition 2000
>Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
>1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
>Santa Barbara CA 93108
>
>Phone [phone]  FAX[phone]
>Email: [e-mail]
>Website http://www.wagingpeace.org/abolition2000
>
>Join the Abolition-USA or Abolition-Global Caucus list serve to regularly
>receive updates about the Abolition movement.  Both caucus' also provide a
>forum for conversation on nuclear-related issues as well as they are used
>to post important articles and information pertaining to nuclear abolition.
>
>
>To subscribe to the Abolition-USA listerve, send a message (with no
>subject) to:
>[e-mail]
>In the body of the message, write:
>"subscribe abolition-usa" (do not include quotation marks)
>
>To post a message to the Abolition-USA list, mail your message to:
> [e-mail]
>
>To subscribe to the International Abolition-caucus, send a message (with no
>subject) to: [e-mail]
>In the body of the message, write:
>"subscribe abolition-caucus" (do not include quotation marks)
>
>To post a message to the International Abolition list, mail your message
>to:
>[e-mail]
>
>
>
>-
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> "help" to the same address.  Do not use quotes in your message.
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

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

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Date: Mon, 01 Oct 1990 08:09:27 -0400
From: hcaldic <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Me

ASlater wrote:
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Does anyone know Yumi Kukichi's phone number, fax, email address?  Kevin
> Sanders called to tell me that FOX news wants to interview her. Kevin can be
> reached at 212-777-5855 if you have other Japanese contacts for him about the
> tragedy in Japan yesterday. Also, today's NY Times repeats the old lie that
> only 31 people died from Chernobyl.  Can someone put the facts up on this
> list--and the citation for the 31 deaths--was it the IAEA who did the
> discredited study and came up with that number? Is there a study with a more
> accurate tally of how many died from Chernobyl?  We should all write
> letters to
> the Times about this, but if the facts are up on these lists it will help a
> lot.  Thanks for your help.
>
> Alice Slater
> Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
> 15 East 26th Street, Room 915
> New York, NY 10010
> tel:  [phone]
> fax:  [phone]
> email:  [e-mail]
>
> GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
> to eliminate nuclear weapons.
>
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    Alice, Yumi's tel is 81470971011, email [e-mail] and she will be
hoem now Helen



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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 10:30:43 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Cohen's visit to Russia-Read and Weep

___________________________________________________________________
Interview: William Cohen, US Secretary of Defense=20
  by Bryan Bender, Washington Bureau Chief=20
  September 22, 1999=20
  Jane=92s Defence Weekly=20

  The first official talks between US Defense Secretary William Cohen and
his Russian counterpart since the NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia
indicate relations between the two countries have warmed considerably.=20

  Cohen believes, however, that prospects for significant progress on
US-Russian strategic arms control issues remain dim, at least until after
both countries' respective national elections next year. "I didn't expect
any major breakthroughs," Cohen says. "It's going to take a little time.
They have their elections coming up and so do we. Their focus in the near
term may not be on this."=20

  During talks with Russian Defence Minister Igor Sergeyev, Cohen lobbied
primarily for modifications to the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM)
Treaty that would enable the USA to deploy a treaty-compliant, limited
National Missile Defense (NMD) system. He also held preliminary
negotiations on a third Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START III,
between the world's two largest nuclear powers to reduce the number of
strategic warheads to between 2,000 and 2,500.=20

  Cohen says the atmosphere surrounding US-Russian relations has improved
considerably since earlier this year. "I thought overall it was in a very
positive spirit. There was an atmosphere of congeniality that was
pronounced. There was definitely a change in mood. I'm more optimistic
than pessimistic. I think we can persuade them."=20

  Russia has agreed to reinstate reciprocal visits of the US and Russian
commanders of strategic forces and the creation of a joint early warning
centre to guard against potential year 2000 problems in early warning
systems, something Cohen hopes will become permanent. "They talked about
the importance of Nunn-Lugar and the Cooperative Threat Reduction
programme in which the US provides funding to demilitarise nuclear weapons
and facilities. I'm encouraged," Cohen says.=20

  Despite the increasing instability within the Russian government and
reports that corruption may threaten the resolution of such strategic
issues, Cohen says: "I don't think our military-to-military relations are
affected."=20

  On ABM in particular, he says he laid out the rationale for developing
an NMD system. "I told them we have an obligation to provide a defence for
our nation against the leakage and proliferation [of weapons of mass
destruction and their delivery systems] that requires addressing. We're
contemplating a limited system to protect the 50 states; one that does not
undercut the Russian nuclear deterrent. And the level of protection could
change depending on the threat. I spelled that out in advance so they know
what our end goal is.=20

  "As I anticipated, the discussion about ABM was not enthusiastically
embraced," Cohen adds. "The Russians believe ABM is an important stability
factor. They are concerned any [NMD] system might undercut their strategic
system. I assured them we have a limited one in mind under the umbrella of
ABM."=20

  Cohen says he argued that modifications to the ABM treaty are also in
Moscow's interest given the rise of terrorism in Russia, which could
result in limited missile threats to Russian territory in the future.
"Terrorism is coming to Russia as well. The capability is there with
[rogue] intercontinental ballistic missiles that they will have to face."=20

  While in Russia the defence secretary also broached the issue of
tactical nuclear weapons, which is not covered under START but which the
USA decided unilaterally to reduce dramatically. "We would like them to
respond voluntarily on tactical nuclear weapons," he says. "They have 10
to 12 times more than we do."=20

  With its deteriorating conventional forces, Cohen is increasingly
concerned by Moscow's rhetoric indicating its tactical nuclear weapons
have become a key component of the Russian deterrent. "There is more and
more rhetoric that they can resort to the tactical weapons. The more that
gets repeated, the more it becomes part of their doctrine and lowers the
threshold for other countries," Cohen says.=20

  On the potential for the USA and Russia "de-alerting" their nuclear
forces as a stability-building measure, Cohen says such a proposal is now
off the table. "The better course is reduction, limiting the number of
weapons and establishing shared early warning centres."=20

  In the interview, Cohen also addressed the prospects for further NATO
expansion =AD a significant point of contention with Russia, which sees the
extension of the Western military alliance as a threat.=20

  The conflict in Kosovo "doesn't change the timetable" for further NATO
enlargement, Cohen says. "NATO has decided not to continue enlarging until
2002. In the meantime we hope to intensify the Partnership for Peace
[programme] and prepare those countries seeking membership." He says a lot
depends on how the three new members will perform in meeting the
alliance's modernisation and professional standards.=20

  Cohen is also focusing on trying to alleviate recent tensions between
China and Taiwan. "What we have tried to do is get both sides to lower the
rhetoric," he said. "I have not talked to [US President Bill Clinton since
his recent meeting with Chinese Premier Juang Zemin] but there is some
indication of a possibility of renewing our military-to-military
relations. It put us in a better position to lower tensions and get a
resolution peacefully."=20

 =20
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 10:35:54 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Proposal for join US-Russia Starwars!!

 Just what we need!!  I'm sure China will be delighted!

  MOSCOW TIMES

  Tuesday, September 28, 1999

  An ABM Olive Branch

  By Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr., John B. Rhinelander, Alexander
Yareskovsky


  The interrelated objectives of reducing U.S. and Russian nuclear
arsenals, deploying limited national missile defense against rogue states,
and preserving the viability of the 1972 Antiballistic Missile (ABM)
Treaty may be within reach. President Bill Clinton's decision to seek
Russian agreement to incremental modification of the ABM Treaty, in
exchange for reductions in strategic nuclear arsenals to levels suggested
by Russia - perhaps as low as 1,500 or even 1,000 deployed warheads -
rather than a massive overhaul of the treaty, may allow the two sides to
reach an agreement that enhances the security of both nations. With
high-level exchanges continuing, Russia and the United States appear to be
progressing toward a compromise agreement.

  The ABM Treaty, which prohibits the deployment by Russia and the United
States of national or regional defenses against strategic missiles, has
been referred to by Presidents Boris Yeltsin and Clinton as the
"cornerstone of strategic stability." During the Cold War, the treaty
permitted the superpowers to reach agreement on strategic nuclear forces
by removing the need to expand offensive forces designed to overwhelm
growing missile defense capabilities. In this manner, the ABM Treaty made
possible the SALT limitations on and START reductions in strategic nuclear
arsenals. This offense/defense link remains critical today, evidenced by
the recent statement by Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev that U.S.
unilateral deployment of national missile defense systems would do
"unacceptable damage to the reduction of strategic offensive weapons."

  A number of factors, including perceived U.S. movement toward unilateral
NMD deployment, have strained U.S.-Russian relations in recent months.
While the United States is ostensibly seeking a "thin" defense designed to
protect against missiles threats from states such as North Korea, the
perception among many Russians is that U.S. intentions toward Russia are
hostile and that U.S. missile defenses are not for counterproliferation
purposes, but rather an element of a well-orchestrated plan to undermine
Russian security.

  To maintain strategic stability in the face of a unilateral U.S.
deployment, Russia would likely enhance its capabilities to overcome and
penetrate defenses by accelerating the development and deployment of
MIRVed "Topol M" missiles and postponing the elimination of all SS-18s
(which carry 10 warheads), both inconsistent with the unratified START II
Treaty. For this reason, U.S. NMD deployment, absent some kind of
agreement with Russia, could be dangerous, with the potential for renewing
the strategic arms race.

  Rather than encouraging such destabilizing developments to occur, we
believe that it is important to preserve the viability of both the ABM
Treaty and the START process. If deployment by the United States of a
limited national missile defense is necessary, any damage to arms
limitations and non-proliferation that could be caused by such a
deployment could be minimized by cooperatively developing limited NMD
systems with Russia. For a variety of reasons, a cooperative NMD
development, coupled with START III reductions to below START II levels,
could be acceptable to both sides. This level could be as low as 1,500, as
was proposed by Ambassador Grigory Berdennikov in August, or 1,000, as was
suggested earlier by Yeltsin.

  Such cooperation would help to alleviate suspicions in Russia regarding
the intended target of a unilateral U.S. NMD deployment, enable the
pursuit of strategic reductions, and likely promote transparency between
the United States and Russia, which is important to strategic force
reductions.

  Cooperative NMD development is compatible with and compliments the
Clinton administration's new incremental strategy. The initial changes it
proposed to authorize 100 ABM interceptors deployed in Alaska would not
reduce the effectiveness of the treaty, since it would hold the allowed
number of ABM interceptors to the current level of 100. If accepted by
Moscow, it would simply move the single U.S. site, which is presently
inactive, from Grand Forks, North Dakota, to Alaska. We suggest that the
minimal changes to the ABM Treaty necessary to accomplish this should be
complimented by various cooperative measures, such as lab-to-lab and other
scientific or technological exchanges, sharing of information related to
NMD development, observations of missile interceptor tests, and the
coordination of deployments in their discussions. If accepted, these
measures would be inexpensive, would enhance the effectiveness of U.S. and
Russian defenses and would promote mutual confidence on a broader scale.

  Reducing nuclear arsenals is the most vital strategic interest of the
United States and Russia, but will undoubtedly prove unattainable if the
United States unilaterally deploys NMD systems. Cooperative deployment of
missile defenses with the modest incremental amendment of the ABM Treaty
proposed by the Clinton administration could serve as a mutually
acceptable middle ground, thus allowing nuclear arsenals to be
significantly reduced. Not only could this approach enhance the security
of the United States and Russia, it is a necessary part of the strategy to
ensure the continued effectiveness of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
regime.

  Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr., special representative of the president
for arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament from 1994 to 1997, is
the president of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security (LAWS). John B.
Rhinelander, legal adviser to the U.S. SALT I delegation that negotiated
the ABM Treaty, is a vice chairman of LAWS. Alexander S. Yereskovsky is a
former distinguished career officer in the Soviet and Russian Foreign
Ministry who had important responsibilities, among other things, in the
field of strategic defense. They contributed this comment to The Moscow
Times.

  ______________________________________________________________




Alice Slater
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 12:14:39 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) History Repeating?

Excerpt on the Partial Test Ban Treaty(1963)from biography of Robert McNamara,
Promise and Power: The Life and Times of Robert McNamara:

McNamara's own testimony to the Senate on the test ban--A succinct case,
skillfully argued--revealed new facts about US superiority to reassure the
public and disarm the right... The foes of the test ban in Congress, who were
ready to do battle with Kennedy and expected to gain momentum from military
testimony, were disappointed.  The chiefs did testify for the treaty, because
in the locked room they had demanded an enormous price:  more funding for the
weapons labs, preparation to test quickly in case the Soviets violated the
agreement, and other conditions.  The net effect was to strengthen the weapons
labs, expand US underground testing, and continue the arms race."

You can see the current conditions for the so called "Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty" at http://www.acda.gov/ctbtpage/ltr_tran.htm; or go to
www.gracelinks.org/nuke/ and click on the section under US Abolition program
that urges us to ratify a "clean" CTBT without the stockpile stewardship
program.

Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 13:22:01 -0700
From: Shundahai Network <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Oboe 1  Media Report

Friends,

    Here is  a media report on yesterday subcritical weapons test, hope to have=
 our

Shundahai report soon, but japan  nuke accident is keeping us busy, right=
 now,=20

check our page for the latest news . If you have any good sites that are=
 reporting on

the accident , please post them.=20

                    Shundahai, Gregor




Friday, October 01, 1999

     Copyright =A9 Las Vegas Review-Journal


     Nuclear experiment

     conducted as planned


          Review-Journal=20


           A subcritical nuclear experiment at the Nevada Test

     Site went off as planned Thursday afternoon, but

     officials said four protesters were arrested at the

     entrance to the federal facility.=20


           The 2:56 p.m. experiment, dubbed Oboe 1, was the

     seventh of its kind at the test site, about 85 miles

     northwest of Las Vegas.=20


           Energy Department spokesman Darwin Morgan said

     scientists set off explosive material next to a piece of

     plutonium in an effort to study how the plutonium

     responded to the shock. The experiment is called

     subcritical because no critical mass is formed,

     preventing a nuclear chain reaction or explosion.=20


           The tests are in compliance with the

     Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which has not yet

     been ratified by the U.S. Senate.=20


           "The tests are done to assure reliability of the

     weapons in our nation's nuclear stockpile," Morgan

     said.=20


           The experiment took place in an underground

     laboratory of horizontal tunnels and small experiment

     alcoves mined at the base of a vertical shaft, about 960

     feet beneath the surface.=20


           Two men and two women were arrested at the test

     site's entrance off U.S. Highway 95, Morgan said. Their

     names were not available, but they were part of a group

     of 11.=20


           About 30 protesters with the anti-nuclear

     organization Shundahai Network also held a protest at

     the Foley Federal Building on Thursday. There were no

     arrests at that protest.


                                                          =20


                       This story is located at:

 http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Oct-01-Fri-1999/news/12062951.html

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Date: Fri,  1 Oct 1999 14:24:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) October 2nd NMD Launch

The first ever test of the National Missile Defense system is scheduled for
launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base tomorrow, October 2.  During the
test, data will be gathered by orbiting Global Positioning Satellites (GPS)
and fed to the Battle Management Center.

Congress has voted to allow the BMD program to move forward.  The Clinton
administration is now considering to circumvent the 1972 Anti-Ballistic
Missile (ABM) Treaty that outlaws the development of weapons systems like
the NMD.  Clinton is scheduled to make a final deployment decision on the
NMD system in June 2000.  Over $120 billion has been spent to date on Star
Wars planning by the Pentagon.

Please join individuals from various groups and communities tomorrow,
October 2 at 1pm at Vadenberg Air Force Main Gate off Route 1 in
non-violent protest of the test.  Messages of solidarity are also welcomed
and appreciated.


Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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Santa Barbara CA 93108

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