European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday May 28,1989 nuke dealings go Way Back Dod confirms Washington a the United states secretly has supplied France with information about the design of nuclear weapons since 1972, the defense depart ment has acknowledged. The United states had previously acknowledged sharing nuclear weapons information Only with Brit Ain and nuclear collaboration has. Been one of the most closely guarded secrets of both governments Princeton University professor Rich Ard h. Ullman wrote in the quarterly foreign policy appearing saturday. The Exchange of data Means that France is More closely integrated than previously realized into the no nuclear collaboration has. Been one of the most closely guarded secrets of both Richard h. Ullman Clear War plans of the North Atlantic treaty Organiza Tion and the disclosure might complicate efforts to negotiate a Deal to sharply reduce . And soviet strategic arsenals. It May be that Public acknowledgement of the pro Gram of Aid to France and particularly of coordination Between . And French nuclear forces would in crease soviet pressure for the inclusion of French and British forces in any future strategic arms control re Gime Ullman wrote. The British nuclear Arsenal now being modernized is planned to consist of 500 warheads by the mid 1990s, and the French plan to have about 1,000 War Heads by Early in the next Century. The United states and soviet Union each have More than 11,000 Strate Gic warheads but the proposed strategic arms reduction treaty would Cut that number to 6,000 apiece. The . Policy of sharing nuclear weapons data with the French was initiated in 1972 by then presi Dent Richard m. Nixon and his National Security adviser Henry Kissinger As a Means to draw the French More closely into nato Ullman wrote. France left nato s integrated military Structure in 1966, Al though it remains within the Alliance. Ullman concluded in the course of More than 100 interviews Over the past two years with top level poli trans civil servants and others involved in the pro Gram that since 1972, . Experts have briefed their French counterparts on various aspects of nuclear i Caponey. Moreover the two sides have shared targeting information about the soviet Union to ensure that French and . Nuclear bombs do not interfere with one an other Ullman wrote. The assistance almost certainly has violated . Law Ullman wrote. The defense department acknowledged some aspects of Ullman s article but denied thai the data Exchange was illegal and declined to discuss details. A department spokesman Reading a statement he said had been cleared by the French government and the White House said there have been several meet Ings involving . And French technicians every year since 1972 under the terms of the 1961 agreement on nuclear cooperation. That agreement was amended in 1985 to provide for the Exchange of classified or data said the spokesman who spoke on condition that he not be further identified. Con rovers a Seabrook Plant finally issued atomic Power License Seabrook . A a Low Power atomic test ing License was approved Friday for the Seabrook nuclear Power Plant after a court action cleared the Way. The people Here feel it s really about time an elated Edward Brown president of Seabrook s opera Tor new Hampshire Yankee said thursday after a favourable court ruling in Washington. The Plant has been a focus of the anti nuclear movement since the project was conic cd two decades ago. That court action cleared the Way for the nuclear regulatory commission to formally Issue the Low Power License. Arc spokesman Frank Ingram said the commission staff granted the License on Friday. The commission had actually approved the Grant a Cek ago but delayed the paperwork to allow Tor a s first Chain reaction could Start within two weeks. Plant officials said on Friday that they expected to Start preparations for the tests this week Low Power License allows a reactor to operate at 5 percent of the Plant s 1,400 workers had already gone Home by the time the court made its ruling Seabrook spokesman Ron Sher said but for those people seen Here there were certainly a lot of smiles and congrats ten years behind schedule and 10 times Over Bud get the $6 billion Plant has been a focus of the nation s anti nuclear on Marshland less than two Miles from the slate s most popular Beach near interstate 95, and Only 40 Miles from Boston Seabrook was the target of mass protests including one that resulted in 1,414 arrests in 1977.sixteen months ago the Lead Plant owner Public service co. Of new Hampshire was forced to seek bankruptcy reorganization because of its mounting debt in nearly three years ago Seabrook has remained Idle mostly because of Massachusetts gov. Michael Dukakis refusal to cooperate in emergency planning. Based on a study triggered by the soviet nuclear disaster at chernobyl in april 1986, Dukakis declared that Safe evacuation of people around sea Brook could not be arc has since accepted pending a detailed study in Progress emergency plans submitted by sea Brook s owners 12 utilities that serve much of new foes Promise to continue fighting. We re not out of this by a Long shot said Massachusetts attorney general James Shannon one of the key opponents of the Seabrook plan. Sub being towed to port after fire san Diego a an engine room fire forced an attack submarine 19 surface on the Southern califor Nia coast and the diesel pow Rcd sub was Lowed to san Diego on Friday Navy officials said. None of the 73 Crew members aboard the Blueback were injured in the thursday afternoon fire the Sec Ond Accident in two Days involving a san Diego based submarine. Another ship was towing the Blueback to san Diego said it. Sonya Hedley a spokeswoman for the Navy s submarine base in san Diego. Officers initially had hoped the sub could make the trip under its own Power. They experienced a minor electrical fire in their propulsion system Hedley said. The sub which car Ries a Crew of 65 Ennis cd personnel and eight officers was on general training operations she said. In the other incident the nuclear attack submarine Gurnard was freed after it was grounded on a reef for about four hours. The ship was submerged when it hit the reef Medley said correcting earlier reports that it was on the surface. No injuries were reported among the Gurnard s135-Man Crew the Navy spokeswoman said and the grounding was under investigation by rear Admiral David r. Oliver jr., commander of the san Diego based submarine group five. Promoting courage Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis the widow the slain president Kennedy poses beneath a portrait of her husband during a ceremony last week in bos Ion the Kennedy clan turned out to launch the annual John f. Kennedy profile in courage in. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., said that the $40,000 award will be Given to Public officials who demonstrate political courage and individualism. Stateside grieving student killed in goal Post Accident Bolton mass. A a High school Stu Dent s Effort to Honor two classmates killed in a car Accident ended in his own death when a 500 Pound soccer goal Post toppled onto him As replaced a memorial Wreath on top of it. Jason Goldfarb 17, a Junior from slow died at Clinton Hospital where he was taken after the Accident. Nashoba regional High school principal Sam Pawluk said Goldfarb and several other student were distraught Over the deaths of classmates Steven Rausch and Joanne Basl Cri. Rausch and Basl Cri were killed when the car they were Riding in struck a tree. Sound of silence gets National 30-second spot new York a eighty percent of the nation s commercial radio stations gave their listeners dead air for 30 seconds Friday As a taste of what it would mean not to have radio. The period of silence opened a $100 million National advertising Campaign radio what would life be like without imagine if All your Days sounded like this the recorded voice of actor James Earl Jones said. Then nothing until Jones came on again saying thirty seconds seems like a Long time scan t it now think How radio fills that silence does t i for
