From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #190 Reply-To: abolition-usa-digest Sender: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk abolition-usa-digest Friday, October 1 1999 Volume 01 : Number 190 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:23:16 -0400 From: ASlater 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 Campaign’s 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 Association’s 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 York’s 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: (212) 726-9161 fax: (212) 726-9160 email: aslater@gracelinks.org GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 13:43:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 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 (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 Email: A2000@silcom.com 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: abolition-usa-request@lists.xmission.com 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: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com To subscribe to the International Abolition-caucus, send a message (with no subject) to: majordomo@igc.org 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: abolition-caucus@igc.apc.org - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:05:55 -0400 From: "Joan Wade" 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: (202) 898-0150 x232 Fax: (202) 898-0172 E-mail: disarmament@igc.org Web: http://www.disarmament.org - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 19:41:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space 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/ (352) 337-9274 - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 18:30:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 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: (800)458-9401 (from DTW) Phone: (800)351-5466 (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: (734)955-7677 (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 (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 Email: A2000@silcom.com 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: abolition-usa-request@lists.xmission.com 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: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com To subscribe to the International Abolition-caucus, send a message (with no subject) to: majordomo@igc.org 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: abolition-caucus@igc.apc.org - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 23:17:52 +0100 From: "Sally Light" 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 - ---------- > From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation > To: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com > 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 (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 > Email: A2000@silcom.com > 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: > abolition-usa-request@lists.xmission.com > 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: > abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com > > To subscribe to the International Abolition-caucus, send a message (with no > subject) to: majordomo@igc.org > 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: > abolition-caucus@igc.apc.org > > > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 09:23:11 -0400 From: ASlater 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: (212) 726-9161 fax: (212) 726-9160 email: aslater@gracelinks.org GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 09:41:15 -0400 From: ASlater 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: (800)458-9401 (from DTW) >Phone: (800)351-5466 (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: (734)955-7677 (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 (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 >Email: A2000@silcom.com >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: >abolition-usa-request@lists.xmission.com >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: > abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com > >To subscribe to the International Abolition-caucus, send a message (with no >subject) to: majordomo@igc.org >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: >abolition-caucus@igc.apc.org > > > >- > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "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: (212) 726-9161 fax: (212) 726-9160 email: aslater@gracelinks.org GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Oct 1990 08:09:27 -0400 From: hcaldic 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: (212) 726-9161 > fax: (212) 726-9160 > email: aslater@gracelinks.org > > GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty > to eliminate nuclear weapons. > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. Alice, Yumi's tel is 81470971011, email yumik@awa.or.jp and she will be hoem now Helen - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 10:30:43 -0400 From: ASlater 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: (212) 726-9161 fax: (212) 726-9160 email: aslater@gracelinks.org GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 10:35:54 -0400 From: ASlater 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 Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) 15 East 26th Street, Room 915 New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 726-9161 fax: (212) 726-9160 email: aslater@gracelinks.org GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 12:14:39 -0400 From: ASlater 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 tel: (212) 726-9161 fax: (212) 726-9160 email: aslater@gracelinks.org GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 13:22:01 -0700 From: Shundahai Network 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. 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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 14:24:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 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 1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1 Santa Barbara CA 93108 Phone (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 Email: A2000@silcom.com 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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