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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:46:29 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Democratic and Republican Platforms on NMD

Did I send you the Green Party platform?  I can't get my hands on it but they
oppose the nucleariza5tion and weaponization of space and support a treaty to
ban the bomb.  See if you can find it at their website.  Alice

At 12:14 PM 08/20/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Great.  Thanks!  I'm going to NucNews it.
>
>Ellen
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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:34:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) NEW on Tri-Valley CAREs' web site

Dear colleagues:

Tri-Valley CAREs' webmeister has returned from a well-deserved vacation.
And, he has posted NEW THINGS for you on our web site at
http://www.igc.org/tvc.

There you will find:

                * Two exciting job opportunities

                * Our August 2000 newsletter with articles on

                        -- a new study released by Tri-Valley CAREs
outlining alternatives to Stockpile Stewardship. Written by Dr. Robert
Civiak and titled, "Managing the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile: A
Comparison of Five Strategies," the full study can also be found on our web
site in pdf format;
                        -- the latest mishap in National Missile Defense
testing;
                        -- an Action, in the form of a downloadable letter
for you to send to President Clinton on missile defense; and
                        -- more!

                * Our July 2000 newsletter with articles on

                        -- the National Ignition Facility, including
congressional actions and quotes from scientists decrying the myth that NIF
is needed for maintaining nuclear weapons "safety" or "reliability";
                        -- the proposed new, deep-burrowing mini-nuke,
including  a quote from section 1018 of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Report and quotes for various Drs. Strangelove in favor of mini-nukes;
                        --"Print Bites" on various topics of interest
regarding the nuclear weapons complex, fires, Stockpile Stewardship,
ballistic missile defense and;
                        -- more!

Happy reading. 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
[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
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert.



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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 15:47:25 -0800
From: Abolition 2000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Uranium Offered for Sale on the Internet

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000821/wr/online_uranium_dc_1.html

Monday August 21 3:38 PM ET
Uranium Offered for Sale on the Internet
By Chris Reese
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Add radioactive uranium to the list of items you
can buy and sell with the click of a computer mouse, and it might
seem like a nuclear bomb-maker's dream come true.
``An (Internet) auction for uranium seems far out, but it's really
quite straightforward. It's like any other commodity,'' said Becky
Battle, director of marketing for New York Nuclear Corp. which owns
and operates the uranium trading web site UraniumOnLine.com.
Through the New York-based web site, nuclear power plants now can
purchase uranium fuel needed to make electricity through an Internet
auction process.
But Battle and others in the uranium production industry are quick to
caution that it would be nearly impossible for terrorists to acquire
the material online.
``There is no additional risk at all as a result of online trading,''
said Charles Scorer, chief executive officer of Nufcor International
Ltd, a London-based uranium production and trading company.
Nufcor, equally owned by South African mining giant AngloGold Ltd.
(ANGJ.J) and South African banking to insurance group FirstRand
(FSRJ.J), bought 120,000 pounds of uranium oxide via
UraniumOnLine.com's first Internet auction in July.
``Any physical movement of uranium must be from a licensed producer
to a licensed trader or buyer,'' Scorer said, adding that the
international community of uranium traders is relatively small and
any new bidders would quickly be recognized as such.
Also, auctions on UraniumOnLine.com are private, and participants
must be invited by New York Nuclear Corp.
The uranium is used as nuclear fuel in about 430 power plants
worldwide to supply about 20 percent of the planet's electricity
needs, Battle said. ''The general public may have a difficult time
separating what they think of as defensive (weapons grade) uranium
and commercial uranium,'' Battle said, ``But the content (of nuclear
fuel) is very, very much different from bomb grade. We are talking
apples and oranges here.''
Bomb-grade uranium must go through a much more extensive and complex
refining and enhancement process than uranium used for nuclear fuel.
The process requires sophisticated and generally unavailable
enhancement technology closely monitored by government agencies,
industry sources said.
The online auction is seen as a step forward because it should allow
for a more open-market, free trade of uranium by giving utilities and
producers a more transparent uranium price and allowing the
application of financial derivatives, such as futures contracts and
hedging.
``With the deregulation of the electricity industry, the fuel
procurement process will be more open,'' Nufcor's Scorer said.
``It's more efficient than the traditional system.''
Traditionally, most power plant operators buy uranium under long-term
contracts with producers, with the price per pound kept secret.
``Naturally and organically, the market will become more liquid (with
time), and people will use more of these online services as (they)
develop,'' Scorer said.
At an online auction on Friday, the third one held on
UraniumOnLine.com, an undisclosed buyer picked up 56,320 kilograms
(124,160 pounds) of uranium for $23.05 per kilogram ($10.46 per
pound).
This compares with a current average market price reached through
traditional trading of $23.28 a kilo ($10.56 per pound), Battle said.
Friday's round attracted a ``handful'' of active bidders and ''at
least two dozen'' more observers who are studying the mechanics of
the process for possible future participation, she said.

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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 19:09:22 -0400
From: John Burroughs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) letter re NMD to Sec Def Cohen

Inspired by the efforts of our friends at Friends of the Earth in Sydney,
below is an August 22 letter the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy sent to
US Secretary
of Defense William S. Cohen urging a "no" recommendation on national missile
defense
and the vigorous pursuit of alternatives to missile defense and deterrence.

Dear Secretary Cohen:

On behalf of the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, which for almost two
decades has advocated for nuclear disarmament in national and international
settings, I am writing to urge you 1) to recommend to the President that he
not go forward with limited national missile defense, and 2) to promote the
vigorous pursuit of alternatives to both deterrence and missile defense.

You of course are familiar with all of the many criticisms that have been
leveled at the proposed missile defense scheme.  Here I want to focus on one
theme:  that given its certain consequences, the proposal is contrary to
international obligations of the United States.

At the 2000 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference, the US
missile defense (NMD) plan came under virtually universal criticism.  The
final document of the Conference called for "preserving and strengthening
the ABM Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability and as a basis for
further reductions of strategic offensive weapons".  It also recorded the
agreement of the United States to an "unequivocal undertaking by the
nuclear-weapon States to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear
arsenals to which all States parties are committed under Article VI"
"concrete agreed measures to further reduce the operational status of
nuclear weapon systems" and a "diminishing role for nuclear weapons in
security policies to minimize the risk that these weapons ever be used and
to facilitate the process of their total elimination".

Because the proposed NMD system would block further progress in US-Russian
arms reductions, cause China to expand its nuclear forces, and jeopardize or
wholly block any multilateral negotiations on nuclear arms control and
disarmament, it is fundamentally contrary to the commitments made by the
United States at the NPT Review Conference.

It is sometimes said that China will increase its nuclear arsenal
regardless of whether the United States deploys missile defenses.  But this
claim cannot be made in good faith unless the United States has seriously
explored the possibilities for negotiation of arms reductions and
elimination in a process including China.  This the United States has not
done.  Indeed the United States has rejected Chinese proposals for
negotiation in Geneva of a fissile materials treaty along with negotiations
regarding nuclear disarmament and prevention of an arms race in outer space.

Regarding the alleged threat posed by North Korea and other states,
positive developments in Northeast Asia have tended to disprove the
allegation and, indeed, to illustrate an inescapable truth of the nuclear
age: the only real defense is to ensure that missiles are not built and
deployed, and to work for the reduction and elimination of missile forces
that have been deployed.  As you well know, North Korea has been observing a
moratorium on missile testing.  This moratorium should serve as the basis
for a permanent halt to missile testing, not only by North Korea but by the
United States and all states.  A missile flight test ban would be an
excellent first step towards a global missile control regime.  The NPT
recognizes the importance of control of missiles as part of the nuclear
disarmament process, referring in its preamble to "the elimination from
national arsenals of nuclear weapons and the *means of their delivery*"
(emphasis added).

For the foregoing simple but profound reasons, my organization urges you to
recommend to the President that the United States not go forward with
national missile defense.  Further, and independently of the first point, we
urge you vigorously to pursue alternatives to both missile defense and
deterrence.  A good if modest example for which the United States is to be
congratulated is the establishment of a joint early warning center with
Russia.  Other elements would include the pursuit of the missile flight test
ban mentioned above; de-alerting in accordance with the US NPT commitment to
"further reduce the operational status of nuclear weapon systems" rejection
of deterrence as the "cornerstone" of US national security in accordance
with the US NPT commitment to "a diminishing role for nuclear weapons" and
reductions of US-Russian forces to the lowest point which Russia will accept.

I have enclosed some LCNP placed op-eds and letters to the editor which
further elaborate on the points made in this letter. We would be pleased to
meet with you or your staff to discuss these matters further.

Very truly yours,
John Burroughs
cc:     President Clinton

            John Burroughs, Executive Director
            Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
            211 E. 43d St., Suite 1204
            New York, New York 10017 USA
            tel: [phone] fax: [phone]
            e-mail: [e-mail]
            website: www.lcnp.org
            Part of the Abolition 2000 Global
            Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons


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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:48:10 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) RE: IMMINENT DECISION ON NMD/STAR WARS??

John Hallam
=46riends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
=46ax (61)(2)9517-3902  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd


Dear All,

A decision on NMD MAY  be imminent, depending how you read the Reuters item
appended below. If it is not, a few letters and faxes at this point will do
no harm at all.

In view of the possibility that the decision MAY be imminent, I have done a
quick n dirty update of the sample letter to Clinton, Cohen, Albright,
Gore, & Bush, below.

I suggest that you send something like this, suitably modified as you see fi=
t.

If you are an organisation (not an individual unless you are an MP or
congressperson), you are urged to sign on to the large sign on letter to
Clinton, Cohen, Gore, Bush, Putin, Jiang, and US NATO allies on star wars.

If you are outside the US as most of the world is, I urge you to send
letters (preferably fax) to both your own goverment  and to Clinton, Bush
and Gore.

If you are in Australia you may like to  fax this letter, suitably
modified, to foreign minister Downer on

02-6273-4112   and then copy it to Clinton. (1-202-456-2461)

The attitude of non - US governments will be crucial.

Send it now.

1) Sample Letter to Clinton, Cohen, Bush, Gore
2) Reuters item, on NMD decision



1) Sample letter to Clinton, Bush, Gore

PRESIDENT CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461 1-202-456-6218
DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN 1-703-695-1149
SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT 1-202-647-6047
GEORGE BUSH, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 1-512-637-8800
AL GORE, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 1-202-456-2461


Dear President Clinton, Defence Secy William Cohen, Madeleine Albright, and
Presidential candidates,

In the light of reports that a decision by you on National Missile Defence
(NMD)  may be imminent, I am writing to urge you not to proceed with
proposals for an NMD system.

Missile defence schemes respond to a nonexistent or exaggerated threat,
are not the solution to real threats, make the rest of the US's security
environment less safe, sabotage nuclear disarmament efforts to which the US
is legally committed along with the rest of the world, and show contempt
for the opinions of US allies and the rest of the world.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed.

At the very same conference, the UN Secretary General, and representatives
of Russia, China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European community, the New
Agenda Coalition and the Non- aligned movement have all expressed strongly
that they believe the ABM treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic
stability. They do not think it should be modified to allow a missile
defence system,  still less abrogated unilaterally.  On your recent
European trip, leaders of Europe and Russia have made the same point.
America simply cannot ignore the strongly repeated opinion of the whole
world, that the ABM treaty should not be modified to permit BMD.

Since that time, the NMD system has failed a test, and 50 US nobel
laureates have ased for it not to proceed.

There are serious doubts as to whether this system can work at all, or as
to whether any missile defence system can ever work.  The problems posed
even by relatively simple decoys may well be technically insoluble.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on real
solutions to global  strategic security.  The highest priorities have to be
the elimination of as many warheads as possible under any START-III
agreement with Russia, and  the removal of  strategic missile forces from
high alert status.

I urge you not to deploy NMD, and not to modify or withdraw from the ABM
Treaty.

Yours Sincerely,
Signed


2)Reuters item on NMD decision

Tuesday August 22 6:18 AM ET
Official Expects U.S. Missile Shield Decision Soon

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Reuters) - The United States plans to decide soon
whether to go ahead with its planned national missile defense (NMD)
program, a top State Department official said Monday.

President Clinton is due to make his decision ``within the next week or
so=B4=B4 on the controversial $60 billion project, strongly opposed by
Russia and China and criticized by some NATO allies as well, John Holum,
under-secretary for arms control and international security, told Danish
television news.

A U.S. delegation led by Holum arrived in Greenland on Monday for talks
with Danish and Greenland officials about using a ballistic missile
early-warning system (BMEWS) radar at the U.S. Thule airbase in the
north-west of the vast Arctic island, which belongs to Denmark.

``We are going to talk about all the details of the president=B4s
decision that he=B4ll have to make in the next few days,=B4=B4 Holum
said, according to a video-recording of his remarks available on the
Internet.

``There hasn=B4t been a decision to proceed with national missile
defense but it=B4s something we are actively considering because of the
change in the threat,=B4=B4 he said.

Washington says countries it has dubbed ``states of concern=B4=B4 such
as North Korea, Iraq, Iran and Libya may be acquiring the capability to
fire long-range ballistic missiles against the United States.

Asked to elaborate on the timetable of Clinton's decision, Holum said:
``Within the next week or so.=B4=B4 Clinton is scheduled to travel to
Africa from Aug. 26 to 28.

The Thule radar in Greenland is one of five installations that must be
upgraded to become part of the NMD, which some security policy analysts
believe could spark a new arms race.

Defense Secretary William Cohen said last month Clinton would decide by
early September whether to keep the missile shield program on a fast
track for deployment in 2005, but would leave it for his successor after
the November election to decide whether and when to begin initial
deployment.

The governments of Britain and Denmark, both housing radars needed for
the NMD, have said that since they have not received any formal request
they do not need to make a decision now on whether to permit Washington
to use their facilities.

``We are not asking for them to make a decision at this stage...we
wouldn=B4t ask them to get ahead of our own decision making. What we are
looking for here is understanding,=B4=B4 Holum said, referring to the
visit in Greenland due to end Aug. 24.
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:50:17 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Days or Weeks??

A recent Reuters item suggested that a decision on NMD/Star Wars might be
imminent.

Steven Young, writing for the Coalition for a Livable World (Below)
suggests it may still be more realistically in Mid- September.  I hope that
this is correct, and assume it most likely is.

I just now asked people to write to President Clinton, secy Cohen, Bush,
and Gore, asking that NMD not proceed.  I also put up a sample letter that
people might like to send.

That request was made on the assumption that there was some possibility
that a decision might be made sooner rather than later.

However, even if a final decision to start construction at Shemya were to
be as far away as Mid- September, that is barely three weeks away

It's still not very long.

If a decision were to be made tomorow, your faxes/letters would arrive to
late to make an impact.

We ARE moving slowly toward a decision, and if its in mid September, a fax
or letter sent now will just have a chance to affect that decision.

So if the belief that a decision might be imminent would motivate you or
your organisation to send a fax to Clinton, Gore, Bush and Cohen, I suggest
that you might still like to do that.

The relevant newsitems are below, starting with the Reuters item as it
appears on Yahoo.

John Hallam

 Tuesday August 22 6:18 AM ET
Official Expects U.S. Missile Shield Decision Soon

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Reuters) - The United States plans to decide soon
whether to go ahead with its planned national missile defense (NMD) program,
a top State Department official said Monday.

President Clinton is due to make his decision ``within the next week or so''
on the controversial $60 billion project, strongly opposed by Russia and
China and criticized by some NATO allies as well, John Holum,
under-secretary for arms control and international security, told Danish
television news.

A U.S. delegation led by Holum arrived in Greenland on Monday for talks with
Danish and Greenland officials about using a ballistic missile early-warning
system (BMEWS) radar at the U.S. Thule airbase in the north-west of the vast
Arctic island, which belongs to Denmark.

``We are going to talk about all the details of the president's decision
that he'll have to make in the next few days,'' Holum said, according to a
video-recording of his remarks available on the Internet.

``There hasn't been a decision to proceed with national missile defense but
it's something we are actively considering because of the change in the
threat,'' he said.

Washington says countries it has dubbed ``states of concern'' such as North
Korea, Iraq, Iran and Libya may be acquiring the capability to fire
long-range ballistic missiles against the United States.

Asked to elaborate on the timetable of Clinton's decision, Holum said:
``Within the next week or so.'' Clinton is scheduled to travel to Africa
from Aug. 26 to 28.

The Thule radar in Greenland is one of five installations that must be
upgraded to become part of the NMD, which some security policy analysts
believe could spark a new arms race.

Defense Secretary William Cohen said last month Clinton would decide by
early September whether to keep the missile shield program on a fast track
for deployment in 2005, but would leave it for his successor after the
November election to decide whether and when to begin initial deployment.

The governments of Britain and Denmark, both housing radars needed for the
NMD, have said that since they have not received any formal request they do
not need to make a decision now on whether to permit Washington to use their
facilities.

``We are not asking for them to make a decision at this stage...we wouldn't
ask them to get ahead of our own decision making. What we are looking for
here is understanding,'' Holum said, referring to the visit in Greenland due
to end Aug. 24.


August 22, 2000

To: Coalition members and friends
Fm: Stephen Young

Re: NMD Update 08/22/00: Timing of the Decision

The wandering wheels of government continue to churn slowly on, but no
decision has been reached on whether President Clinton will authorize
construction of the radar in Alaska. If he does, he would embark the United
States on a course of conflict with the ABM Treaty, U.S. allies, Russia and
China.

With Secretary of Defense Cohen's recommendation to Clinton not expected
before September, an announcement is unlikely before mid-September. At the
same time, informed speculation is split on whether Clinton will make (or
at least announce) his decision before or after the November elections.
Waiting until after the elections would make a decision to postpone any
action easier; deciding to authorize initial construction might -- in the
minds of campaigners though not in reality -- serve Gore better if made before.

According to government sources, an interim meeting of the Pentagon's
Deployment Readiness Review (DRR) group has taken place. The DRR will be
conducted by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, the Offices of the
Undersecretary for Acquisition and for Policy, the Defense Intelligence
Agency, and the Joints Chiefs of Staff, as well as others. It will focus on
technology and a revised cost estimate, but will also factor in the threat
and possible international reactions.

A Reuters story from early today quoted John Holum, Undersecretary for Arms
Control at the Department of State, as saying that Clinton could reach a
decision "within the next week or so." Below is a follow-up Reuters story,
issued later in the morning, which served as a semi-clarification, with
Holum saying the decision may be "weeks away." I believe Holum was either
misquoted or mispoke.

In any case, time is drawing to a close. An announcement of Clinton's
decision could occur in September; according to the Pentagon, a decision
must be made by mid-November if construction is to begin next spring. Now
is the time for those who believe President Clinton should make a firm
decision against beginning construction to make themselves heard, in as
many ways as possible.

+ + + + +

1. MISSILE SHIELD DECISION MAY BE WEEKS AWAY--OFFICIAL
Tuesday August 22 10:42 AM ET

NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) - A decision by President Clinton on whether to
go ahead with the controversial U.S. missile shield project may still be
weeks away, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.

``I don't know exactly when the president will make his decision, if it is
going to be days or weeks,'' John Holum, undersecretary for arms control
and international security, said before a meeting between U.S., Danish and
Greenland officials.

A U.S. delegation led by Holum arrived in Greenland on Monday for talks
with about using a ballistic missile early- warning system (BMEWS) radar at
the U.S. Thule airbase in the northwest of the vast Arctic island, which
belongs to Denmark.

Upon his arrival in the capital Nuuk Monday, Holum told Danish DR1
television news that Clinton was due to make his decision ``within the next
week or so'' on the $60 billion project, strongly opposed by Russia and
China and criticized by some NATO allies as well.

``There hasn't been a decision to proceed with national missile defense but
it's something we are actively considering because of the change in the
threat,'' he told DR1.

Washington says countries it has dubbed ``states of concern'' such as North
Korea, Iraq, Iran and Libya may be acquiring the capability to fire
long-range ballistic missiles against the United States.

Tuesday, before the start of the talks held under the title ''NMD
Consultations,'' Holum said Clinton ``is waiting for the report from the
secretary of defense about the technical situation.''

Defense Secretary William Cohen said last month Clinton would decide by
early September whether to keep the missile shield program on a fast track
for deployment in 2005, but would leave it for his successor after the
November election to decide whether and when to begin initial deployment.

The Thule radar in Greenland is one of five installations that must be
upgraded to become part of the NMD, which some security policy analysts
believe could spark a new arms race.

The governments of Denmark and Britain, which also houses a radar site
needed for the NMD, have said that since they have not received any formal
request they do not need to make a decision now on whether to permit
Washington to use their facilities.





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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:50:31 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Faxing NMD/Star Wars Letter Soon - Still Looking for organisations to sign

Dear All,

Some 276 organisations and parliamentarians are now signed on to the
NMD/Star Wars letter.

If your organisation has not yet signed andyou have no problem with the
letters contents, please so so urgently by emailing:

=46oE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>

Depending on what happens with the scedule for making a decision on NMD, we
may begin faxing it soon.

John Hallam



PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,  1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
[phone], [phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]

GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
[phone],

CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
[phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
[FAX NO?]

JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
[phone],

KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, [phone]

POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, OF ICELAND, [phone],

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

PRIME MINISTER JENS STOLTENBERG
OF NORWAY,  Fx:[phone]. [phone]

PRIME MINISTER WIM KOK, OF THE NETHERLANDS, [phone],

CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT  [phone],

US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN [phone],

=46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
[phone],   [phone],

ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, [phone],
[phone],

HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE,  [phone],

JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY [phone],
[phone],
[phone], [phone],

YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]

LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
[phone]

LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM,  [phone],

GEORGIOS PAPANDREOU, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE,
fax: [phone] [phone]

George Bush Presidential Candidate, [phone].
Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, [phone]

Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers=
,

The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing  millions of
people,  are writing:

1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile
Defence System (NMD),

2) To urge  US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate
forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the
deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty.

Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis
of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures.

We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France,
Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies
including the UK, Canada, and the European Union.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for:
"the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion
of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the
Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability
and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in
accordance with its provisions."

We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that
will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so
interpreted. We therefore  urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the
immediate implementation of START-II.

We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia,
China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda
Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM
treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability.

The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong
concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow
NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over
missile proliferation as a result of NMD.

The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on
the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it
called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels.

We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by
Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential
people and organizations.


America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of
governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed,  and
that the integrity of  the ABM treaty should be maintained.

Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile
threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern')  are
not the solution to missile proliferation,  sabotage nuclear disarmament
efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the
world, and decrease overall US and international security.

There are serious doubts  whether this system, or  whether any missile
defence system,  can ever work.  The problems posed even by relatively
simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an
independent team of scientists,  released a report outlining the
probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on
practical solutions to global  strategic security.  We therefore urge the
US and Russia,  as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination of
as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal of
obstacles to the implementation of START-II,  and  the removal of
strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the
Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT
declaration.

Yours Sincerely,
(Signed)

Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif., USA.,
Ian Maddocks, Chair, Dr. Mary Wynne-Asford, Co-President, Dr. John Loretz,
Program Director, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear
War (IPPNW), BC Canada/Cambridge, USA.,
Colin Archer, Secretary-General, Kate Dewes, Vice-President, International
Peace Bureau (IPB), Geneva/NZ
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), Neth.,
Dan Plesch, Director, British-American Security Information Council
(BASIC), Washington/London,
Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY.,
Dr. John Burroughs,Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
(LCNP), NY/NZ.,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Michael L. Gold, VP North American Affairs, UN Envoy, International
Association of Educators for World Peace,(IAEWP) (100 countries),

Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International (FOEI), El
Salvador/Amsterdam,
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,(CESTA) El Salvador,
Jarna Pasaren, Friends of the Earth Finland, Turku, Finland,
Peep Mardiste, Friends of the Earth Estonia, Tartu, Estonia,
Victor Khazan, MP, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Member, Ukrainian Parliamen=
t.
Kika Kapela, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Lonnenga Ginting, Campaign Director, Friends of the Earth Indonesia
(WALHI), Jakarta, Indonesia,
=46ahmi Rizal, WALHI-Acheh,
Daniel Sanchez, Amigos de la Tierra Espana, Madrid, Spain,
Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth United States,
Washington, DC., USA.,

Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK., NZ/UK.=
,
Dave Knight, Chair, Rae Street, Vice-Chair, CND UK.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK.,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, UK.,
R. Ralph Say, Woking Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), UK.,
Jill Stallard, CND-Cymru, Wales,
Peter Nicholls, Acting Chair, Abolition-2000 UK, London, UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases,
(CAAB), Yorkshire, UK.,
Dr. Chris Busby, Low-Level Radiation Campaign, UK.,
Liz Waterson, Gillian Reeve, Executive Director, MEDACT, UK.,
Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares, UK.
Caroline Nursey, Clerk, Quaker Peace and Service Central Committee, London,
UK.,
Dr Caroline Lucas, MEP Green Member of the European Parliament for SE Englan=
d,
=46rank Cook MP, Vice-President, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Vice-Chair,
Defence and Security Committee,
David Drew MP, House of Commons., London, UK.,
Malcolm K. Savidge MP House of Commons, London, UK.,

Stephen Mc Closkey,  One World Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland,

Dr Heinz-Peter Romberg,  Xanthe Hall, IPPNW-Germany, Berlin,
Regina Hagen, Darmstadter Friedensforum, Darmstadt, Germany,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear Free Future Award, Munich, Germany,
Eva Quistorp, Women for Peace, Berlin, Germany,
Manfred Stenner, Director, Network of the German Peace Movement, Bonn, Germa=
ny,
Wolfgang Schupp-Hauck, Friedens und Begegungsstaette Mutlangen, Mutlangen,
Germany,
Roland Blach, Non-Violent Action to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Kornwesthiem,
Germany,
Jan Gildemiester, Director, Action Committee Service for Peace (AGDEF),
Bonn, Germany,

Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounter and Non-Violence, Bad Ischl, Austria,
Plattform Gegen Atomgefahr, Linz, Austria,

Daniel Durand, Secy, Mouvement de la Paix, Paris, France,
Bruno Barrilot, Director, L'Obervatoire des Armes Nucl=E9aires Francaises,
Lyons, France,
Helene Connor, Director, HELIO International, Paris, France.,

Dr Josep Puig, Chair, Dr Joaquim Corominas, Vice-Chair, Scientists and
Technologists Group for a Non-Nuclear Future, Barcelona, Spain,

Grupo Autonomo di Volontariato Civile in Italia (GAVCI), Bolongna, Italy,
Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA-Italy),
=46lorence, Italy,

Martin Schwander, Swiss Peace Movement, Basel, Switz.,
David Schmitter, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament, Switz,
Dr Arthur Muhl, IPPNW Switzerland,

Malla Kantola, Secretary-General, Committee of 100 in Finland, Helsinki,
=46inland,
Ulla Lehtinen, President,  First Peoples, Turku, Finland.,
Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Kirsten Osen, Vice-Chair, Anne Grieg MD, IPPNW Norway,
Horten, Norway.,
Thor Magnusson, President, Peace 2000 Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland,

Gunnar Westberg, President,Swedish Physicians Against Nuclear War (SLMK)
Sweden,
Jorma Kahanpaa, Swedish Anti-Nuclear Movement,
Agneta Norberg, Women for Peace, Sweden,
Agneta Norberg, 'Living Future', Sweden,
Agneta Norberg, Swedish Peace Committee,Sweden,
Agneta Norberg, Swedish Womens Left Association,Sweden,
Agneta Norberg, Peace in Kurdistan,Sweden,
Agneta Norberg, Peace in Iraq,Sweden,

Poul-Eck S=D8rensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark.,
=46inn Eckman, Liason Committee for Peace and Security, Copenhagen, Denmark,

Karel Koster, Project on European Nuclear Nonproliferation (PENN
- -Netherlands), Neth.,
Hans Lammerant, Forum Voor Vredesaktie, Antwerp, Belgium,
Eloi Glorieux, MP, Flemish Regional Parliament, Belgium,
Peter Vanhoutte, MP, Member of the Belgian Parliament, Brussells, Belg,

Biljana Stevanovska, Association for Sustainable Development, Skopje,
Macedonia,

Aurel Duta, MAMA-TERRA/For Mother Earth Romania,

Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia,
Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow,
Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia,
Alexandra Koroleva, Baltic Research and Action Centre, Kaliningrad,
Professor A.V. Yablokov, President, Centre for Russian Environmental
Policy, Moscow, Russia,
Andrei Laletin, Chair, Friends of the Siberian Forests, Russia,
Nikolai Zubov, CEO, Krasnoyarsk Social-Ecological Union, Russia,

Alla Shevchuck, Chairwoman, Odessa Branch Social-Ecological Union, Odessa,
Ukraine,

Paul Saoke, IPPNW, Kenya,
Dr Marie Abdel Rahman, Secy, Palestinian Council for Justice and Peace,
Ramallah, Palestine,
Bahig Nassar, Coordinator, Arab Coordination Centre of NGO's, Egypt,
Boaz Fyler, Campaign Director, Green Action, Tel Aviv, Israel,
Roy Cabonegro, Secy-General, YSDA Phillipines,
Losena T Salabula, Assistant Director Demilitarisation, Pacific Concerns
Resource Centre(PCRC)/Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP), Suva,
=46iji,

Jean P. Patterson, Heredia Disarmament Committee, San Jose, Costa-Rica.,
Luis Guttierez Esparza, President, Latin American Circle for International
Studies, Mexico City, Mexico,
Dr Carlos Puzos, IPPNW Cuba,
Dr Antonio Jarquin, Vice-President, IPPNW Latin America,
Dr Antonio Jarquin, MEDIPAZ, Nicaragua,
Grace De Haro, Suzanne Schultz, Lihue Association, Patagonia, Argentina,

Alfred Felix Perez Aruaza, Environmental Strategic Research Council, Uruguay=
,
Alfredo Felix Perez Aruaza, Instituto de Estudios Estrategicos No Alineado
Para la Paz Mundial, Uruguay,
Eusebio Garcia Varela, Mesa Ambientista de San Jose de Mayo, Uruguay,
Blanca Nivia Peirano, Corporacion Nacional de Ecologia y Turismo del Uruguay=
,
Gonzalo Ciganda, Instituto Naval de Arqueologica Subaciutica e
Investigaciones Marinas del Uruguay,
Psilink Uruguay,
Mesa Social Coordinadora de NGO Independientes del Uruguay,
Geovision Tercer Milenio,
Grupo de Derechos Civiles del Uruguay,
Comision Nacional de Solidaridad Uruguayo-Argentino,
=46elix Perez  Aruaza, South American Peace Committee, Uruguay,

S. P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India,
Dr Kamrul, Bangladesh Medical Association, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Dr. Ronald Mc Coy, Chair, Malaysian Physicians Against Nuclear War (IPPNW),
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,

Siti Maimunah, Kappala Indonesia, East Java, Indonesia.,
Syafryzaldi, Walhi Sumbar, Padang, Indonesia.,
Rally Syumanda, deputy Director, ULAYAT, Bengkulu, Indonesia.,
Tanty Thamrin, Yayasan Pendidikan Rakyat Bulukumbu, Sulawesi, Indonesia,
Berry Nahdian Forquian, Executive Director, Yayasan Cakrawala Hijau
Indonesia, Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Iwamatsu Shigetoshi, Chair, Japan Congress Against A and H Bombs
(Gensuikin) Tokyo, Japan,
Hiro Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
Disarmament and Security (PCDS), Japan.,
Sachiyo Oki, Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
(JPPNW), Hiroshima, Japan,
Satomi Oba, Director, Plutonium Action Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan,

Youk Kyung Sook, Coordinator, Green Korea United, Seoul, S. Korea,
Chauyen Lai Shrestha, President, Youth Alliance for Development,
Kathmandhu, Nepal,

Senator Doug Roche, Senator,  Ottowa, Canada.,
Bill Blaikie MP Winnipeg/Transcona, House Leader, New Democratic party of
Canada (NDP), House of Commons, Ottowa, Canada,
Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada.,
Joyce Lydiard, WILPF-British Columbia, Canada.,
Gordon Edwards, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear
Responsibility,(CCNR), Canada,
Dr. Rosalie Bertell, International Institute of Concern for Public
Health,(IICPH) Toronto, Canada.,
David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Canada.,
Dr. Joan Russow, National Leader,  Green Party of Canada, Victoria, BC.,
Dave Greenfield, Green Party of Canada, Saskatoon Chapter,
Dr. Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver,
Linda Murphy, Inter-Church Uranium Committee, Sask, Canada,
Niel Sinclair, New Green Alliance, Sask, Canada,
Tryna Booth, Canadian Peace Alliance, Toronto, Canada,
Dr. Jennifer Allen Simons, President, Dr. Penelope Simons, Vice-President,
The Simons Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada,
Carol Hodgson, Coordinator, OPIRG-Carleton, Ottowa, Canada.,
Jacques Boucher, Centre de Ressources sur la Non-Violence, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada,
Project Peacemakers, Winnipeg, Canada,
Edward H. Schaffer, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms(VANA), Canada,

Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre
for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA.,
Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, Program Director, Federation of American
Scientists, (FAS), NY,
Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore,
Calif., USA.,
Alice Slater, President, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment
(GRACE) NY, USA,
Michael Marriott, Director, Nuclear Information and Resource Service
(NIRS), Washington, USA.,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, NY, USA.,
Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington
DC., USA.,
Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA.,
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Gainesville, Florida.,
Randall Forsberg, Director, Institute for Defence and Disarmament Studies,
Cambridge, Mass,
Michael D. Intriligator, Vice-Chair, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction
(ECAAR), UCLA, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Director, HOME, Tecopa, Calif..,
Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force, Rocky Mountains Conference,
United Church of Christ, Colorado, USA.,
Rev H.J. Grapes, Sanctuary of Light Healing and Spiritual Centre, NY., USA.,
Don Reeves, General Secretary, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC),
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,
Ruah Swennenfeldt/Stan Becker Clerk, Friends Committee on Unity with
Nature, Burlington Vermont USA.,
Steve Willey, Sandpoint Friends Meeting, Idaho, USA.,
Rev. William J. Morton SSC, Coordinator, Columban Mission Office, El Paso,
Texas, USA.,
Rev Leland P. Stewart, Unity-and Diversity World Council, Los Angeles, CA.,
Lori Redhair-Martin, Planetary Transformations, Grover Beach, CA, USA.,
Ross Mc Cluney PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Florida Solar Energy
Centre, Florida,(pers. capy)
Mark Colby, Office Manager, Solar Energy International, Colo, USA.,
John Reese, Community Action Network, Seattle, Wash, USA.,
Terry Gips, President, Alliance for Sustainability, Minneapolis, Mn,USA.,
John M. Laforge, 'Nukewatch', Wisconsin, USA.,
Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, Portland, Ore, USA.,
Barbara Weidener, Grandmothers for Peace International, Calif..,
Alan Moore, Peace and Justice Commission, City of Berkley,
Alan Moore, Patch Adams Peace and Justice Centre,
Alan Moore, Butterfly Gardeners Association,
Anthony Guarisco, Alliance of Atomic Veterans, USA.,
Phyllis S. Yingling, Chair, Kay Camp, Former Chair, Womens International
League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) USA.,
Yoshiko Ikuta President, Women Speak out for Peace and
Justice,(WILPF-Cleveland), Cleveland Ohio,
Margo Schepart, Coordinator, NO ESCAPE, NY, USA.,
Lynn Sims, Don't Waste Oregon, Portland, Ore, USA.,
Deb Katz, Citizens Awareness Network, Shelburne, Mass, USA.,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Livermore, USA.,
Mary Byrd-Davis, Yggdrassil Institute, Georgetown, KY, USA.,
Paul Williams, Green Party of New Jersey, Atlantic City, NJ.,
Samara Dun, Just Act: Youth Action for Global Justice, San Francisco,
Calif., USA.,
Corrinne Carey, Don't Waste Michigan, Grand Rapids, Mich, USA.,
Michael J. Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes, Monroe, Mich.,
Keith Gunter, Citizens Resistance at Fermi-Two, Monroe, Michigan,
John M. Laforge, Nukewatch, Wisconsin, USA.,
Mary-Anne Zepettello, Peace Action Central New York.,
Susan Shaer, Womens Action for New Directions, (WAND), Arlington, MA, USA.,
Lt-Col WC Holmberg (Retd), President, Global Biorefineries, Wash, DC.,
Tracy Moavero, Peace Action Education Fund, USA.,
Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Project EDNA, Brooklyn, NY., USA.,
Corbin Harney, Shundahai Network, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.,
Jon Naar, New York Solar Coalition,
Steve Jambeck/Joan Flynn, Envirovideo, Queens, NY.,
Motoki Hashima., President, American University Coalition for a
Nuclear-Free World, American University, Washington DC.,
Alfred L. Marder, President, United States Peace Council,
Joanie Misrack, Pathways to Peace, Larkspur, CA., USA.,
Diane Bader, Grandmothers for Peace, Wilton, CA, USA.,
Dr Kathleen Sullivan, Project EDNA (Engaged Democracy for the Nuclear Age),
Brooklyn, NY, USA.,
Sally Light, Director, Marcus P. Blaise-Paige, Nevada Desert Experience
(NDE), Las Vegas/Berkley, Nev/Calif, USA,
Sandi Brockway, President/Founder, Macrocosm USA., Ca, USA.,
Karen Talbot, International Centre for Peace and Justice (ICPJ) San
=46rancisco, Calif,
Genivieve Vaughan, Centre for the Gift Economy, Austin, Texas, USA.,
James R. Bennett, Fayetteville Peace and Justice, Fayetteville, Ar, USA.,
Mitzi and Pete Bowman, Coordinators, Don't Waste Connecticut, New Haven,
Conn, USA.,
Richard L. Salvador, Pacific Island Association of NGOs, Honolulu, Hawaii,
USA.,

Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation, Aotearoa/NZ., Auckland, NZ,
Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre, (DSC), Christchurch, NZ.,
Dr. R. E. White, Deputy Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,
Jim Holdom, CORSO, Hamilton, NZ.,
Megan Hutching, Secy, Dame Laurie Salas,  WILPF-Aotearoa, Wellington,
NZ/Aotearoa
Leona Fay, Womens International League for Peace (WILPF), Christchurch, NZ,
Carol-Anne Bradford, Coalition for Gun Control, Auckland, NZ.,
Richard Frizzell, Nelson Peace Group, Nelson, Aotearoa/NZ.,
Gerry Coates, Founder, Engineers for Social Responsibility, Wellington, NZ.,
Larry Ross, New Zealand Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association, Christchurch,
NZ.,
Ian Shearer, Sustainable Energy Forum, Wellington, New Zealand,
Stewart Sontier, FAIR-NZ, Auckland, NZ.,
Dame Laurie Salas, Abolition 2000 NZ.,
Dame Laurie Salas, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament NZ.,
John Urlich, President, Peace Council of Aotearoa, Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ.,
Kieth Locke, MP, Greens, Aotearoa/NZ

Dr. Carmen Lawrence MP, ALP Federal Member for Fremantle, W.A.,
Anthony Albanese MP, ALP Federal Member for Grayndler, NSW.,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP Federal Member for Sydney, NSW.,
Allan Morris MP, ALP Federal Member for Newcastle, NSW.,
Daryl Melham MP, ALP Federal Member for Banks, NSW.,
Kelly Hoare MP, ALP Federal Member for Charlton, NSW,
Warren Snowdon MP, ALP Federal Member for the Northern Territory,
Jan Mc Farlane, ALP Federal Member for Stirling, W.A.,
Colin Hollis, ALP Federal Member for Throsby, NSW.,
Senator Bob Brown, Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania,
Senator Vicky Bourne, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for the Democrats,
Democrat Senator for NSW.,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW,
Senator Chris Schacht, ALP Senator for SA.,
Senator Brian Grieg, Democrat Senator for W.A.,
Cheryl Davenport, MLC, Member for South Metropolitan, W.A.,
Norm Kelly MLC, Member for North Metropolitan, W.A.,
Lee Rhiannon MLC (Greens) NSW.,
Richard Jones MLC, (Ind) NSW.,
Kerrie Tucker MLA, Greens Member for Molonglo ACT,
Don Nardella MLA, ALP Member for Melton, Vic.,
Gis Watson MLC, Member for North Metropolitan, W.A.,
Ralph Clark, ALP State Member for Ross Smith, SA.,
Robyn Geraghty, ALP State Member for Torrens, SA.,
Councillor Frank Pangallo MBE, Mayor, Queenbeyan City Council, NSW,
Councillor Jim Angel, Mayor, City of the Blue Mountains, NSW., Aust,
Gareth Smith, Nuclear Disarmament Party, Vic.,
Dr. Susan Wareham, Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW)
Canberra,
Dr Rachel Darken, MAPW Queensland,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide, SA,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee Sydney,
Jack Forward, Central Coast Peace Forum,
Doreen Burrows, South Coast Peace Committee,
George Gotsis, Greek Peace Committee, (Sydney)
Brian Miller, Hiroshima Day Committee Sydney
Jo Vallentine, People For Nuclear Disarmament (PND) W.A.,
Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping (STAND) W.A.,
Robin Chapple, Anti-Nuclear Alliance of W.A.,
Hannah Middleton, Anti-Bases Campaign,
Denis Doherty, Pax Christi NSW
Reverend Professor James Haire, President, Uniting Church in Australia,
Rev. Greg Thompson, St Johns Anglican Church Darlinghurst, NSW.,
Anne Wharton, Christians for Peace, Darwin, NT.,
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
(CICD) Melb, Vic.,
Jacob Grech, Earthworker, Trades Hall, Melb.,
Cherie Hoyle, Urban Ecology Australia,
Kirsten Blair, Coordinator, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory
(ECNT), Darwin, NT,
Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.(ECWA), Perth, W.A.,
Isabelle, Coordinator, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore, NSW.,
Glenn Marshall, Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC), Alice Springs, NT.,
Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF),
Melb.,
Alec Marr, Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,(TWS), Canberra,
Hon. Dr Doug Everingham, Member, NCCPD, Qld,
Margaret Reynolds, United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA),
Loretta O'Brien, Friends of the Earth Fitzroy, Vic,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney,
Australia,



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