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Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 18:55:08 -0700
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: CHINA: Belgrade Embassy; ICBMs can reach USA

My intent, at least, in posting those was by no means to try and justify
anything but to forward information I received today that indicates an
increasing level of seriousness to the need for abolition of all nuclear
weapons, best accomplished in my view by the US taking the first steps in
this direction since it took the first steps to start the nuclear arms race.
The press here in the US has not retracted, to my knowledge, from the
position that the embassy bombing was an accident.  If it was not then the
US public in general has not been so informed.   Clearly these two posts
together can be appreciated as an increase in nuclear war tensions and need
for global nuclear disarmament.

- -----Original Message-----
From: David Morgan <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>;
[e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 4:30 PM
Subject: CHINA: Belgrade Embassy; ICBMs can reach USA


>17 Oct'99  David Morgan   Vancouver
>
>Greetings:
>
>"David Crockett Williams" gives us NATO's version number 4
>(or is it number 5?) of why the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade
>was bombed by NATO:
>
>"NATO deliberately bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade during the war
>in Kosovo after discovering it was being used to transmit Yugoslav army
>communications."
>
>In a second e-mail he tells us:
>
>"China has successfully completed laboratory simulations of a test-launch
of
>its latest multi-warhead intercontinental ballistic missile which can reach
>targets in most parts of the United States."
>
>The first of these stories re-attempts to justify the bombing of the
Chinese
>Embassy;  the second, is part of a US defense industry & Washington hawk
>campaign to justify the breaking of the ABM treaty and to justify the
>lucrative contracts that will  flow, and the military prowess that will be
>pumped-up by the U.S. building an ABM defence or "Star Wars" system.
>
>Below is some historical context from my "Summary of the 16 N-Crises of the
>Cold War" to show that China has far more reason to fear a nuclear attack
>from the US than vice versa:
>
>                       Nuclear Crisis # 6         Year: 1954
>NAME OF CRISIS: CHINA I (QUEMOY-MATSU)
>THREATENED USE OF N-WEAPONS BY:  U.S.A.
>TARGET OF WEAPONS: China, U.S.S.R.
>CRISIS STARTED:  September 1954
>CRISIS ENDED:    May 1, 1955     DURATION: 8 months
>THREAT OF NUCLEAR ATTACK STATED/IMPLIED: Stated
>AT ISSUE IN CRISIS: 1.Waning of US nuclear monopoly. New Soviet Bear &
>Bison A-bombers now put USA in range of attack. 2.Communist Control of
>China.    This was a very serious crisis.
>BACKGROUND:
>1935 Mao Tse Tung & his communist guerilla army arrives in N.China after
> the 6,000 mile Long March. Japanese aggression in China begins again.
>1935-45: Mao's guerillas tie up large Japanese forces in N.China & offer
> the only effective resistance to the invaders. All US aid however, goes
> to Chiang Kai-Shek's forces holed up in Chungking & avoiding battle.
>1945 August: Japan defeated. US supplied Chiang's 4.3 million man army,
>with arms, ammunition & air power for its anti-communist drive.
>Mao's 1.2 million guerillas controlled only the countryside of N.China.
>But Mao's forces had something Chiang's far bigger & better equipped
>army lacked: Support from the peasants who had experienced their rule.
>1949 Oct: Chiang Kai-shek & his armies are defeated by Mao's armies &
>driven to exile in Taiwan. Chiang fortified two islands just 8 miles
>from the coast of China as bases for his re-conquest of China.  Chiang
>provoked China on 2 occasions by moving large numbers of troops to these
> Islands, Quemoy & Matsu.  Both times the U.S.went to the nuclear brink
>in support of Chiang's provocations.
>1953 Feb. 2: Pres. Eisenhowers order U.S. Navy to no longer prevent
>Chiang's forces on Taiwan from attacks on mainland China.
>CRISIS EVENTS:
>1954 Aug: Chiang moves 58,000 troops to Quemoy & 15,000 to Matsu.
>-Sept: China begins shelling the islands.
>-Sept 12: Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) recommend A-bombing China.
>-Nov 23 China sentences 13 US airmen, shot down over China in Korean War
>   Again the JCS call for nuclear strikes against China. (Note: This
>marked the 6th time in 1954 that almost the entire U.S. leadership -JCS
>& NSC- had called for nuclear war: Dien Bien Phu crisis-3 times; May, in
> response to Soviet bomb tests; Quemoy Matsu; Airmen's Trials.)
>1955 Feb 15: Churchill advises against US atomic defence of Quemoy-Matsu
>-March 10: Sec. of State Dulles at a National Security Council (NSC)
>meeting states that U.S. people & world have to be prepared for probable
> US atomic war against China.
>-March 15: Dulles states to press, US seriously considering atomic
>weapons in Quemoy-Matsu area.
>-March 16: Eisenhower: "A-bombs can be used...as you would use a bullet"
>     This sparks International uproar..NATO foreign ministers opposed
>atomic attack on China.
>-March 25: Admiral Carney: the president is planning"to destroy Red
>China's military potential." He predicted war on April 15.
>-Apr 23: China at Afro-Asian Conference: Ready to negotiate on Taiwan
>-May 1: Shelling of Quemoy-Matsu ceased, ending crisis
>-Aug 1: China releases 11 US airmen
>OUTCOME: 1. Chiang having almost provoked war between US & China, will
>use this gambit again. No effective US moves made to prevent this.
>2. Crude provocations by Chiang (& his U.S. allies) brought China close
>to atomic destruction. China certainly remembers these events.///
>**************************
>*   David Morgan,        *
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:56:31 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Question to George W Bush about U.S. nuclear policy

Dear Timothy,
This is an excellent question.

I assume you have discovered his contact details and asked him, and that if
you've done it by letter that you've cc'd it to the media and everyone in
sight.

I suggest that you ask Clinton and Cohen why they don't consider doing it
right now, before the y2K rollover.

John Hallam.

At 9:13 PM +1000 17/10/1999, Timothy Bruening wrote:
>Here is a question I would like to ask George W Bush:
>
>In September 1991, as the USSR fell apart, your father, the great President
>Bush, unilaterally ordered a stand-down of U.S. strategic bombers, which
>had, for decades, been prepared to take off in minutes.  Their bombs were
>later unloaded and stored.  Some missiles were taken off alert in just a few
>days, and orders for some new weapons were canceled.  Soviet President
>Gorbachev reciprocated within a week.  He garrisoned the Soviet Union's
>rail-based missiles, de-activated submarines, and lowered the alert level of
>the USSR's strategic bombers.  Within a few months, both nations had
>withdrawn most of their tactical nukes from forward positions.  These steps
>made a time of turmoil safer.  Will you complete your father's great work by
>taking all nuclear weapons off alert, declare a "no first use" policy, and
>negotiate a treaty to abolish nuclear weapons?
>
>
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 09:02:48 -0400
From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) David from Ellen

Just wanted you to know your package never arrived.  Sorry!  More later.
Home at last.  Love, Ellen
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:09:41 -0500
From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) RE: Failure to Ratify the Comprehensive Test  Ban  Treaty

Dear Norm: Thanks for the support. Now yesterday's Newspeak Times made it
quite clear that the Clinton administration fully intends to either amend
the ABM Treaty out of meaningful existence, or else abrogate it, thus
setting off the next stage of the nuclear arms race. As i said before, we
must never underestimate Clinton's capacity for evil.
Francis.

- -----Original Message-----
From: Norm and Karen Cohen [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 9:33 PM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) RE: Failure to Ratify the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty


I've differed with Prof Boyle's opinions before, but not this time. He's
right
on target.

Norm Cohen
Executive Director
Coalition for Peace and Justice

"Boyle, Francis" wrote:

> Clinton deliberately sent that Democratic Senator out there on September
9,
> saying he would stop all action on the floor of the Senate, which he could
> do

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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:38:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) 6th Grade Decided Low Green Belt!

Dear Timothy,
Thank you for sharing your personal information with all of us.  It is nice
to hear of the work you are doing. However, I must ask that you post
personal messages to individual email addresses and not to the
Abolition-USA listserve.  This listserve is to be reserved for nuclear
issues only.  I thank you for your consideration and respect.  My best
wishes to you in our common endeavor to create a more peaceful and just
world.

Best Wishes,
Carah


>Dear Peaceniks:
>
>Last night, I received a 6th Grade Decided Low Green Belt in ITC Taekwondo
>Karate at Rodness' Karate Center in Davis.  I and all the other students
>shook the hands of and bowed to the belt awarding committee (led by Mrs
>Rodness) and received our belts and certificates as everyone clapped.  Belts
>were awarded from Orange to 2nd Degree Black.  6 students received 1st
>Degree Black Belts.  The belt awarding committee untied their Red Black
>Belts and tied on their 1st Degree Black Belts.  Lorna Gill received her 2nd
>Degree Black Belt in the same manner.
>
>Brown Belts, Red Belts, Red Black Belts, and Black Belts had to break boards
>to pass their test.
>
>The ITC National Championships will be held in Sacramento on November 6th at
>the Sacramento Convention Center.  Would any of you be interested in seeing
>them?
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Timothy Bruening.
>
>
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 15:26:35 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Let the campaign begin

I'm sending this to you because without any doubt, just as the Socialist
Party candidate can't win, I can and will be clearer on the issues of peace
and disarmament than any other candidate likely to run. Thus, in terms of
educational work, of seeing that disarmament is lifted up, military blocs
opposed, the United Nations supported, arms sales ended, and the military
industrial complex confronted, there is one ticket now in the race that,
however poorly funded, will speak with vigor on this issues.

David McReynolds

   On Saturday, October 16th, the Socialist Party convention meeting in
Secaucus, New Jersey, nominated me for President by a delegate vote of 33 to
6 with one abstention, and Mary Cal Hollis, mother of one, and school teacher
from Colorado (and our Presidential candidate last time around) for Vice
President by acclamation.

  More information will follow - those who want information on how to help
should contact Shaun Richman, Campaign Manager, at: [e-mail]
  and for general information check the Campaign 2000 Web Site,
  http://votesocialist.org

  Fraternally,
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 22:40:14 -0700
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fw: chinese embassy/the source

- -----Original Message-----
From: ike <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Deliberate Chinese embassy bombing by NATO


>I am interested in this story, but am not clear on the source. Can you
>tell me specifically where it can be found.
>
>Thank you,
>Ike Jeanes
>
>David Crockett Williams wrote:
>>
>> From: Nurev Ind Research <[e-mail]>
>> To: A infoking <[e-mail]>
>> Cc: Activist List Mail to <[e-mail]>; conspiracy theory
>> research list <[e-mail]>; cyberjournal
>> <[e-mail]>; Dr Costas Giannakenas MD
>> <[e-mail]>; Elki M. Lahav <[e-mail]>; Joe
Chamandy
>> <[e-mail]>; [e-mail] <[e-mail]>;
>> Ralph McGehee <[e-mail]>; Robert D. Pates
>> <[e-mail]>; Ron Smith <[e-mail]>;
>> [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
>> Subject: Nato bombed Chinese embassy deliberately.
>> Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 8:20 AM
>>
>> Activist Mailing List - http://get.to/activist
>>
>> Nato bombed Chinese deliberately
>>
>> Nato hit embassy on purpose
>> Kosovo: special report
- -----Original Message-----
From: vincent scotti eirene <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 8:15 PM
Subject: chinese embassy/the source


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>         in this democracy.
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:16:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) BMD Moving Toward Deployment



U.S. MOVING TOWARD MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM

WASHINGTON, Oct.17 (UPI):  The Clinton Administration is finally admitting
what has been apparent for some time: It is likely to reverse course and
begin implementing a missile defense system.

While the talk has been consistent for months, with officials stating no
formal decision would be made until next June, developments this week
prompted a more direct confirmation that the administration will proceed
with development of a limited system.

In the wake of this week's Senate defeat of the Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty, word leaked out the administration was now focusing on ways to get
Russia on board for changing parts of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty, which would prohibit the nationwide defense system that is under
consideration.

White House chief of staff John Podesta confirmed Sunday the United States
was "in discussions with the Russians" regarding the matter.

"We don't want to weaken Russian security," Podesta said on ABC's "This
Week" program.  "We're looking to enhance both countries' security, and that
may need some adjustments to the ABM treaty, and we're in discussions on
that."

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told CNN she was talking "fairly
frequently" with her Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov.

"We are just in a preliminary stage of this," Albright said.  "We believe it
is time to relook at the ABM treaty...(and) the possibility of adjusting it
slightly in order to be able to have a missile defense."

The New York Times reported the United States now was offering to help
Russia complete a multimillion-dollar missile tracking radar near Irkutsk,
Siberia, if Moscow agreed to renegotiate the arms pact.

The campaign has been under way for some time, as President Clinton has
raised the question several times with Russis President Boris Yeltsin, who
has agreed to discuss it but has so far refused to alter the treaty.

It still is far from clear whether the Russian government will block any
such effort as the question becomes more than hypothetical and actual
negotiations are broached.

Moscow announced just days after the Senate voted down the nuclear test ban
treaty that it would work with China to seek support at the United Nations
against U.S. efforts to alter the accord.  The Russian Duma (Parliament)
also continues to block further arms reductions by refusing to ratify the
START II treaty.

The Clinton administration is now saying it needs a missile defense program
to defend against potential intercontinental missile attacks from North
Korea, Iran, Iraq or other rogue nations.

Top officials say the United States is not trying to ditch the treaty,
however, only to update it.

Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle said "new circumstances" have caused
the ABM treaty "to evolve".

"We have to continue to move in that direction.  This is what our country is
doing," Daschle said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation" program.

The ABM treaty was negotiated to limit development of national anti-missile
defense systems in Russia and the United States because of fears both sides
would accumulate more arms to penetrate such shields.

The Times reported that the first phase of the U.S. anti-missile system
would be completed by 2005. It involves building a powerful new
battle-management radar in Alaska and deploying up to 100 anti-missile
interceptors there.  American early warning radars in Greenland and Britain,
and on the east and west coasts of the U.S., would also be upgraded.

The second phase would be completed by 2010 and could involve construction
of a similar radar at Grand Forks, N.D., and deployment of 100 interceptors
there, the newspaper said.

U.S. officials say such a plan would enable the U.S. to protect itself
against a limited missile attack.  And since the defense could easily be
swamped by Russia's vast arsenal, they argue, strategic equilibrium between
Washington and Moscow would be maintained.

Besides completing the radar, the Times said the United States has offered
the Russians joint computer simulations of anti-missile systems; expanded
intelligence sharing on threats from rogue states; collaboration in
developing two missile observation satellites; a joint presence at one U.S.
and one Russian radar site; and joint exercises in battlefield missile
defense.

Albright said the offers were aimed at "making very clear to them that any
national missile defense system that we would have would not be directed
against them, but against the rogue states."

Copyright 1999 by UPI

Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network
PO Box 90083, Gainesville, Fl 32607
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:10:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) JOB OPENING/DE-ALERTING CAMPAIGN

****** Job Opening! ****** Please Distribute ******

Campaign Name:
Back From the Brink: A Campaign to Take Nuclear Weapons Off Alert

Job Title:
Campaign Coordinator

Job Description:
The Campaign Coordinator will facilitate a national coalition of
organizations to pressure the US government to take nuclear weapons off
hair-trigger alert. The Campaign Coordinator will carry out communications
and strategies among local, regional and national grassroots organizations
on de-alerting issues. The Campaign Coordinator will be supervised by a
Management Board.

Location of the Campaign Coordinator:
Location is flexible, but will need to be near a Management Board member,
currently Seattle, WA; the San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Sanibel, FL;
Pocatello, ID; Santa Fe, NM; or Washington, DC.

Responsibilities will include:
fundraising, strategic planning, public advocacy, developing educational
materials, and general office administration tasks.

Requirements:
* Demonstrated experience working with coalitions/networks to change
government policy;
* 1-3 years experience working with grassroots organizations;
* Experience working with diverse communities;
* Excellent communications skills and computer proficiency;
* Strong writing and research skills; and
* Knowledge of nuclear weapons and waste issues preferred

Contract:
Range $35,000 to $45,000 depending on experience.

Starting Date:
Late November 1999

Organization:
The Snake River Alliance is the fiscal agent for the project. It is an
Idaho-based grassroots organization working for peace and justice, the end
to nuclear weapons production activities, and responsible solutions to
nuclear waste and contamination. The "Back from the Brink" de-alerting
campaign is a national coalition effort to develop coordinated messages and
actions to take nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert.

For more information contact:
Beatrice Brailsford, Snake River Alliance at 208-234-4782 or
<[e-mail]>.

To Apply:
Send a letter of interest, resume, three references, and a short (3-6
pages) recent writing sample to:
Hiring Committee
Snake River Alliance
310 E Center Street
Pocatello, ID 83201

APPLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY MID-NOVEMBER. PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WOMEN ARE
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
**************************************

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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Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:05:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) MINUTES FOR WORKING GROUP ON STAR WARS/ABM IN NYC

WORKING GROUP ON STAR WARS/ABM IN NYC
MEETING OCTOBER 2, 1999

PRESENT: Selma Brackman (War and Peace Foundation), Janet Michelle Cuevas
(Promoting Enduring Peace), Tod Ensign (Citizen Soldier), Bruce Gagnon
(Global Network), Lisa Grandelli, Rob Green (Peace Foundation, New Zealand),
Karl Grossman (Convenor of Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power
in Space), Sonya Ostrum (Peace Action Metro NY), Kevin Sanders (War and
Peace Foundation), Alice Slater (GRACE Foundation), Alyn Ware (Lawyers
Committee on Nuclear Policy and International Association of Lawyers Against
Nuclear Arms, Benjamin Weintraub (Veterans Against Nuclear Arms), Johnanne
Winchester (Digits Corporation and CCC-UN)


AGENDA

(1)  Activities of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in
Space
(2) General Information on Star Wars/National Missile Defense System
(3) Strategies and Recommendations


(1) Activities of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in
Space

Bruce described the two days of demonstrations that the Global Network
organized at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  They also did four
days of media work including CBS National Radio, CNN and various regional
media in Southern California.

As a result of their efforts, the first test of the National Missile Defense
System (NMDS) was delayed until the day of our meeting (October 2, 1999).


(2) General Information on Star Wars/National Missile Defense System

Bruce explained that there are two types of missile defense systems:  a) the
Theatre or THAAD which has had about four failures after 7 or 8 tests and b)
the National Missile Defense System.

Originally there were to be 18 tests but because of the Pentagon push to
advance the deployment of the system there are now only to be three tests.

In June 2000 Clinton is to make formal his decision to support the NMDS.  A

recent Congressional vote on the NMDS was 345-71 in favor, meaning that both
Democrats and Republicans support the NMDS.

Bruce and Karl Grossman explained that the space-based missile defense
system will first be deployed as ground-based and designed to work in
conjunction with a space-based missile defense system.

Bruce demonstrated the mind-set of those who are to benefit from the system
by showing a colorful, animated poster with a rippling U.S. flag that
displays a space system underneath.  The slogan at the bottom of the poster
states:  ∞Preparing Today╓.To Protect Tomorrow.ε

Bruce also passed around an overhead projector picture of a patch worn on
the jackets of air force personnel at the Schriever Air Force Base (formerly
called Falcon) in Colorado that bears the phrase ∞Master of Spaceε and
below, ∞50th Space Wing.ε

Bruce also quoted some information from two books, ∞Military Space Forces,ε
by John Collins and ∞Mining the Sky,ε by John Lewis that details the
interests of the U.S. and multinationals in ∞miningε the planets and the
moon, and the costs associated with such missions that fall on the U.S.
taxpayers.  For example, the collective cost of missions to Mars is
approximately $400 billion.

The space station will be deployed in many pieces, two of which have already
been deployed.  Originally it was estimated to cost $10 billion; now it has
cost $100 billion.  There appears to be one compartment of the station kept
for national security purposes.

Karl Grossman discussed how there is legislation presently in Congress that
would allow private individuals and companies to claim land rights on
planetary bodies.   He also explained how NASA has become an arm of the
Pentagon.  An example is the Clementine Mission, which can be described as a
NASA moon mission.  However, during this mission NASA tested Star Wars
sensors.  Karl also spoke about how the U.S. is trying to forge partnerships
with other countries by bringing in South Korea, Israel, Japan, England and
Germany.

There was some discussion that countered the global partnership activities
of the U.S. in that the U.S. was heavily criticized by its NATO partners in
its operation in Kosovo that it was not sharing satellite information with
them.


(3) Working Group Strategies and Recommendations

Bruce stated that basically the Global Networkφs strategy is one that
emphasizes the fight against space weapons as a global response and that the
strategy is to work on all levels.  He particularly emphasized that work
needs to be done at the grass roots level.

One suggestion was that there needs to be research done on the number of
Department of Energy labs, University research labs, etc. that are working
on this project in order to develop a grassroots strategy.

Bruce emphasized the need to get the word out about the April 2000 actions
in Washington, D.C. that include: on April 14th a demonstration in front of
the Treasury Department because of the cost, April 15th --a one-day
conference, April 16th --a strategy and lobby training meeting, and April
17th ±lobby day.  April 24th is the date of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
talks.

Alice recommended that Bruce and others should be present at the World Trade
Organization (WTO) meeting on November 26th in Seattle and meet with Ralph
Nader.  Alyn Ware recommended that linkages be made between the WTO meeting
and the space-based missile defense system, etc. in order to have a strong
argument and strategy.  Alice said that she would contact Steve Staples, who
is organizing the activities surrounding the WTO meeting.  Janet agreed to
assist her in researching linkages after contacting Steve.

Karl recommended that the Outer Space Treaty be expanded in a protocol to
include the specific phrase ∞no weapons in space.ε

It was recommended that the working group visit UN missions to discuss the
NMDS, the Outer Space Treaty Protocol, and a Chinese proposal that has been
joined by the Russians called PAROS (Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer
Space).  Bruce and Karl offered to talk to some missions, but suggested that
others should shadow them in order to learn how to discuss these issues
themselves.

Bruce and Alyn will be writing a one page letter to present to these foreign
missions that summarizes the NMDS, the Outer Space Treaty Protocol, and the
Chinese proposal PAROS.

Bruce is to write a one-page summary  to hand-out at the NGO Disarmament
Committee panel discussion at which Colonel Klotz and John Pike are to speak
in November.   Bruce will be sending this one page summary to Alice Slater.

Bruce is currently putting together 250 packets of information on the NMDS
to be presented to foreign missions.  He will be sending them to Alice
Slater.

A further recommendation was made that would present the Middle Powers
Initiative with a cover letter to Congresspersons.  Benjamin Weintraub has a
connection with Joe Biden.

There was also discussion on media strategies and utilizing the Millenium
Forum and Kofi Annanφs commentary that states ∞no weapons in space.ε

A determination still needs to made regarding which foreign missions should
be contacted first and who will be making appointments for the foreign
missions.  Janet is making an offer to make the appointments.



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