From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #360 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 Monday, August 21 2000 Volume 01 : Number 360 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:56:35 -0400 From: Ellen Thomas Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/08/18 - Daybook; Activist Announcements; Presidential Candidates - --=====================_158565163==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" [NucNews archives have been posted through August 10, 2000 at http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm. If you think any articles should be included that haven't been, please send them to NucNews Editor , or (more quickly!) post them (as text-only) directly to http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews. et] 1) Washington Daybook, Washington Times and AFP, August 18, 2000 http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200081818595.htm [Non-nuclear, but what's Northrop Grumman doing here? et] E-mail evidence hearing -- 10 a.m. -- White House and Northrop Grumman officials testify during an evidentiary hearing about cover-up and obstruction-of-justice charges against the Clinton-Gore administration in retrieving missing e-mails connected to Judicial Watch's $90 million "Filegate" lawsuit. Note: A news conference will be held on the courthouse steps following the day's proceedings. Location: Courtroom 21, Federal Courthouse, Third Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Contact: 202/646-5172. 2) Announcements: - - August Action Camps [From: michael mariotte ] Here are two phone numbers to contact the action camps in Vermont and Michigan. Of course, you won't need them, because you'll be there, right? Nuclear Free Northeast Action Camp (August 18-22): 413-834-3986. Note, this is a cell phone; because of the Verizon strike, we are unable to put in our usual several phone lines. If you get a busy signal, try again. Nuclear Free Great Lakes Action Camp (August 20-27): 1-877-9NF-GLAC. Note, this is a toll-free number. Directions to both camps are available on the web. For Vermont, go to www.nukebusters.org. For Michigan, go to www.nirs.org and look for the Nuclear Free Great Lakes Action Camp section. - - Action needed - U.N. There is a move afoot to drop Kofi Anan's call for a conference to reduce nuclear dangers in the European Union and Nuclear Weapons States. Please write to heads of states, legislators, foreign ministers, etc. asking that the Secretary General's conference be supported. [Alice Slater ] - - Sept. 28, 2000 - International NIX-MOX Action Day For the third year people in nations across the planet are taking ACTION to say NO to the use of plutonium as a nuclear fuel -- called MOX. IDEAS FOR NIX MOX ACTION DAY -- How can you and your group or friends and family bring this issue to the attention of decision makers? [From: michael mariotte ] - - October 5, 2000 - International Day Of Action On Climate Change * To raise world-wide awareness of global climate change issues and solutions; and to influence climate-change talks at COP 6 this November Specific Objectives * To raise world-wide awareness that nuclear power is not "clean" * To stop further nuclear power subsidies by excluding nuclear from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) credits Message * Energy efficiency and sustainable energy are the solution to global climate change, NOT nuclear power Contact: Cindy Folkers, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, 1424 16th Street NW, #404, Washington DC 20036, cindyf@nirs.org, www.nirs.org - - Noteworthy websites: - Human Radiation Experiments - http://tis.eh.doe.gov/ohre/roadmap/index.html - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Hot License Training Study Guide - http://tvn.net/~ragsman/studyguide/Guideindex.htm 3) Presidential Candidates: - - Peace Action Voter Guide - http://www.peace-action.org/voter-guides.html - Also, 13th Annual Peace Action Congress in Washington, D.C. on December 8-10. Contact: Jenny Randolph , 202-862-9740 x3004 - - George W. Bush, Dick Cheney - Tennessee 12:00 a.m. - Memphis, Tennessee Victory 2000 Rally, Brother Industries International, 3131 Appling Road, Bartlett, TN, 901/379-1117 5:45 p.m. - Dallas, Texas Airport Arrival, Dallas Love Field, Signature Flight Support North, 8001 Lemmon Ave., Dallas, TX, 214/956-1000 Al Gore - Mississippi Tour August 18-21 Travels to La Crosse, Wis., with vice-presidential nominee Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman to begin a four-day river trip (Aug. 18-21) down the Mississippi River to Dubuque, Iowa; Moline, Ill.; Keokuk, Iowa; and concluding in Hannibal, Mo. Highlights -- 9:20 a.m. -- Bon voyage, Riverside Park, La Crosse. 7:15 p.m. -- Rally for supporters, Lawler Park, Fischer and Water streets, Prairie du Chien, Wis. About Joe Lieberman: Peace activists critical of Sen. Joseph Lieberman's support of the defense industry - a major Connecticut employer since the Civil War - say his hawkish record may drive left-leaning Democrats to Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. [By DIANE SCARPONI, Associated Press Writer] Ralph Nader next two weeks California August 21-24; Portland OR August 25; Seattle WA August 26; California August 27; New York August 30. See http://www.votenader.org/RalphontheRoad.html for details. - - David McReynolds, Socialist candidate for President, on the ABC news program "20/20" today, August 18, at 10:00 pm, in a story on federal funding of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. The piece may also incorporate some footage from the Socialist Party's 1999 nominating convention. David will also be on the ABC late-night TV program "Politically Incorrect" on Tuesday, August 22nd. 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1) Washington Daybook, Washington Times and AFP, August 18, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200081818595.htm
[Non-nuclear, but what's Northrop Grumman doing here? et]
E-mail evidence hearing -- 10 a.m. -- White House and Northrop Grumman officials testify during an evidentiary hearing about cover-up and obstruction-of-justice charges against the Clinton-Gore administration in retrieving missing e-mails connected to Judicial Watch's $90 million "Filegate" lawsuit. Note: A news conference will be held on the courthouse steps following the day's proceedings. Location: Courtroom 21, Federal Courthouse, Third Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Contact: 202/646-5172.

2) Announcements:

- - August Action Camps [From: michael mariotte <nirsnet@nirs.org>]
Here are two phone numbers to contact the action camps in Vermont and Michigan. Of course, you won't need them, because you'll be there, right?
Nuclear Free Northeast Action Camp (August 18-22): 413-834-3986. Note, this is a cell phone; because of the Verizon strike, we are unable to put in our usual several phone lines. If you get a busy signal, try again.
Nuclear Free Great Lakes Action Camp (August 20-27): 1-877-9NF-GLAC. Note, this is a toll-free number.
Directions to both camps are available on the web. For Vermont, go to
www.nukebusters.org. For Michigan, go to www.nirs.org and look for the
Nuclear Free Great Lakes Action Camp section.

- Action needed - U.N.
There is a move afoot to drop Kofi Anan's call for a conference to reduce nuclear dangers in the European Union and Nuclear Weapons States.  Please write to heads of states, legislators, foreign ministers, etc. asking that the Secretary General's conference be supported. [Alice Slater <aslater@gracelinks.org>]

- Sept. 28, 2000 - International NIX-MOX Action Day
For the third year people in nations across the planet are taking ACTION to say NO to the use of plutonium as a nuclear fuel -- called MOX.
IDEAS FOR NIX MOX ACTION DAY -- How can you and your group or friends and family bring this issue to the attention of decision makers? [From: michael mariotte <nirsnet@nirs.org>]

- October 5, 2000 - International Day Of Action On Climate Change
* To raise world-wide awareness of global climate change issues and solutions; and to influence climate-change talks at COP 6 this November Specific Objectives
* To raise world-wide awareness that nuclear power is not "clean"
* To stop further nuclear power subsidies by excluding nuclear from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) credits Message
* Energy efficiency and sustainable energy are the solution to global climate change, NOT nuclear power
Contact: Cindy Folkers, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, 1424
16th Street NW, #404, Washington DC 20036, cindyf@nirs.org, www.nirs.org

- Noteworthy websites:
  - Human Radiation Experiments - http://tis.eh.doe.gov/ohre/roadmap/index.html
  - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Hot License Training Study Guide - http://tvn.net/~ragsman/studyguide/Guideindex.htm

3) Presidential Candidates:

- - Peace Action Voter Guide - http://www.peace-action.org/voter-guides.html -
Also, 13th Annual Peace Action Congress in Washington, D.C. on December 8-10.  Contact: Jenny Randolph <jrandolph@peace-action.org>, 202-862-9740 x3004

- George W. Bush, Dick Cheney - Tennessee
12:00 a.m. - Memphis, Tennessee Victory 2000 Rally, Brother Industries International, 3131 Appling Road, Bartlett, TN, 901/379-1117
5:45  p.m. - Dallas, Texas Airport Arrival, Dallas Love Field, Signature Flight Support North, 8001 Lemmon Ave., Dallas, TX, 214/956-1000

Al Gore - Mississippi Tour August 18-21
      Travels to La Crosse, Wis., with vice-presidential nominee Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman to begin a four-day river trip (Aug. 18-21) down the Mississippi River to Dubuque, Iowa; Moline, Ill.; Keokuk, Iowa; and concluding in Hannibal, Mo.
       Highlights -- 9:20 a.m. -- Bon voyage, Riverside Park, La Crosse.
       7:15 p.m. -- Rally for supporters, Lawler Park, Fischer and Water streets, Prairie du Chien, Wis.
About Joe Lieberman:
Peace activists critical of Sen. Joseph Lieberman's support of the defense industry - a major Connecticut employer since the Civil War - say his hawkish record may drive left-leaning Democrats to Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. [By DIANE SCARPONI, Associated Press Writer]

Ralph Nader next two weeks
California August 21-24; Portland OR August 25; Seattle WA August 26; California August 27; New York August 30. 
See http://www.votenader.org/RalphontheRoad.html for details.

- David McReynolds, Socialist candidate for President, on the ABC news program "20/20" today, August 18,  at 10:00 pm, in a story on federal funding of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. The piece may also incorporate some footage from the Socialist Party's 1999 nominating convention.  David will also be on the ABC late-night TV program "Politically Incorrect" on Tuesday, August 22nd. "PI" is a late-nite comedy/politics talk show which airs after "Niteline" in most locations.


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Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z):
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Pat Buchanan - http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm
Al Gore - http://www.algore2000.com/
Ralph Nader - http://www.votenader.org/press.html
(Please send other sites of qualified candidates.)

Other Excellent News-Collecting Sites -
Downwinders - http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders
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 - --=====================_158565163==_.ALT-- - - 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, 18 Aug 2000 12:29:14 +0100 From: Sally Light Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: Subcritical nuclear test TODAY!] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------270BF531D193F79B0927BF04 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear friends, I'm forwarding this message with the following addition - The latest word from DOE at NTS is that "Oboe 5" is scheduled for detonation today, Aug. 18, but the time is uncertain. Sally Light Executive Director Nevada Desert Experience - --------------270BF531D193F79B0927BF04 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from blount.mail.mindspring.net (blount.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.226]) by merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA22970 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:42:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nde (pool-209-138-39-183.irvn.grid.net [209.138.39.183]) by blount.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA06816; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:42:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20000818103702.006c391c@pop2.igc.org> X-Sender: nde@pop2.igc.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:37:02 -0700 To: nde@peacenet.org, chilfenhaus@juno.com From: Nevada Desert Experience Subject: Subcritical nuclear test TODAY! Cc: bcmckeever@softhome.net, thefriendlyplanet@hotmail.com, humano@juno.com, ASAZE@aol.com, judithgwright@yahoo.com, paulao@pacbell.net, wkaufmyn@ccsf.cc.ca.us, karenknoll@webtv.net, cmsmhr@newmexico.com, dhalal@lalc.k12.ca.us, bmcelhil@slonet.org, nmcl@aol.com, danjohnson@saber.net, shundahai@shundahai.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I regret to inform you that the U.S. Department of Energy (D.o.E.), with the help of Bechtel Corporation, yesterday plotted to explode "Oboe-5". Having delayed it for a day, at this moment (according to the D.o.E. office) they are planning to detonate this subcritical bomb around 5pm today. So, of course, you are encouraged to pray for a failure of this attempt to increase "poison fire", a failure of the equipment, and most of all, a change of heart for all employees who are trying to create more nuclear weapons data. The OBOE SERIES of subcritical nuclear explosions are contained in one re-usable vessel, underground at the Nevada Test Site. Subcritical nuclear experiments are part of the research and development of nuclear weapons, although the D.o.E. claims they are part of maintaining the safety of current nuclear weapons (which would be bad enough, since NO nuclear weapon can ever be "safe", and every nuclear bomb is an act of genocide waiting to happen). ========================================== NDE is distributing our new video about nuclearism and the faith-based resistance to nuclear weapons testing for 20 years. ========================================== Tikkun & Agape, Marc P. Blaise Page TELEPHONE IS THE BEST WAY TO REACH US Nevada Desert Experience POB 46645 Las Vegas NV 89114-6645 USA 702 646 4814 <|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|> http://www.NevadaDesertExperience.org <|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|> - --------------270BF531D193F79B0927BF04-- - - 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: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 14:45:17 EDT From: Charles F Hilfenhaus Subject: (abolition-usa) Oboe 5 Detonated 8-18-00 The U.S. Department of Energy was finally able to conduct the subcritical nuclear test "Oboe 5" on Friday, August 18, 2000 at 5:09 p.m. PDT well over a day late. The extended delay was attributed to technical difficulty involving alignment of diagnostic equipment. Charlie Hilfenhaus Alliance of Atomic Veterans Director, Atomic Workers Division chilfenhaus@juno.com - - 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: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:14:17 -0400 From: Ellen Thomas Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Democratic and Republican Platforms on NMD Great. Thanks! I'm going to NucNews it. Ellen ______________________________________________________________ * Peace Through Reason - http://prop1.org - Convert the War Machines! * Online Petition - http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html ______________________________________________________________ - - 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, 21 Aug 2000 14:32:39 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) Stop Star Wars October 7 International Day of Protest Please Reply to "Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space" October 7, 2000 International Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space No Star Wars! No Nuclear Rocket! Keep Space for Peace ! List in Formation: =B7 Albuquerque, N.M. =B7 Asheville, N.C. =B7 Baku, Azerbaijan =B7 Beale AFB, CA. =B7 Cape Canaveral AFS, FL. =B7 Edwards AFB, CA. =B7 Fylingdales, England =B7 France =B7 Great Neck, N.Y. =B7 Hartford, CT. =B7 Holland, MI. =B7 Kathmandu, Nepal =B7 Leicester, England =B7 London, England =B7 Los Angeles, AFB, CA. =B7 Madison, WI. =B7 Menwith Hill, England =B7 Nevada Test Site =B7 Northampton, MA. =B7 Penn State University =B7 Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany =B7 Seoul, Korea =B7 Stockton, CA. =B7 St. Paul, MN. =B7 Toronto, Canada =B7 Tucson, AZ. =B7 Valley Forge, PA. =B7 Vandenberg AFB, CA. =B7 Vancouver, Canada =B7 White House, Washington DC Please join this growing list of actions on October 7 by organizing an event in your community on this day of international protest to stop the militarization of space. Hold your event at a military base; DOE laboratory; NASA facility; U.S. Embassy; an aerospace industry corporation; or an academic institution that is working on military space. The next NMD test is planned for sometime this fall. Let's keep building the pressure on Clinton, Congress and the weapons industry. Let us know if you plan to hold an action on October 7 so that we can add it to our international media advisory. __ Please add my name to your mailing list. __ Count us in! We will organize an action on October 7 in our community. __ Enclosed is a donation toward your Peace in Space campaign. Organization:____________________________________________________________ Location of planned October 7 action:______________________________________________ Name:_________________________________Address:_________________________ City: __________________________________ State/Zip: ____________________ Phone: (______)________________________ E-mail: __________________ Nation:____________ Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space PO Box 90083 Gainesville, FL. 32607 (352) 337-9274 http://www.space4peace.org globalnet@mindspring.com - - 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, 21 Aug 2000 17:32:28 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) Has your Organisation SignedStar Wars Ltr Yet? Faxing End August Over 200 organisations so far have signed this letter to stop NMD/Star Wars. Has yours signed it yet? It is to be faxed at the end of August to Presidents Clinton, Putin, Jiang Xemin, NATO leaders, Bush, Gore, and defence secy Cohen. PLEASE SIGN THIS LETTER BY EMAILING =46oE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign With your name, position, and organisational details including city AND COUNTRY. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201, PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, +7-095-205-4330, +7-095-206-5173, +7-095-205-4219, PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918, PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, +33-147-42-2465, PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN +33-142-34-2677 GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU, +49-030-20-00-19-99, CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER, +49-228-56-2357, +49-30-4000-2357, PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI, [FAX NO?] JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA, +1-613-941-6900, KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, +301-671-6183 POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK, +45-33-11-1665 PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, OF ICELAND, +354-622373, PRIME MINISTER MASSIMO D'ALEMA, OF ITALY, +39-6-678-3998 PRIME MINISTER JENS STOLTENBERG OF NORWAY, Fx:+47-2224-9500. +47-2224-2796 PRIME MINISTER WIM KOK, OF THE NETHERLANDS, +31-70-356-4683, CC US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT +1-202-647-6047, US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN +1-703-695-1149, =46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV, +7-095-247-2722, +7-095-293-3323, ROBIN COOK, UK MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, +44-171-829-2417, +44-171-270-2833, HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE, +33-1-4317-5203, JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY +49-228-168-6662, +49-1888-171-928, +49-228-173-402, +49-30-201-861-924, YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, +81-3-3581-9675 LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA, +1-613-952-3904, +1-613-996-3546 LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM, +32-2-511-6385, THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, +30-1-362-4195 George Bush Presidential Candidate, +1-512-637-8800. Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, +1-202-456-2461 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), Karen Talbot, International Centre for Peace and Justice (ICPJ) 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., =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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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., 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. 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Blaise-Paige, Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), Las Vegas, Nev/Calif, USA, Sandi Brockway, President/Founder, Macrocosm USA., Ca, 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., =46rank Pangallo, Mayor, Queenbeyan City Council, 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., 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. 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