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Only with a rsenals of nuclear
weapons at their disposal could
the "weak" ever possess great
strength!
The nuclear "genie" is out of
the bottle. Events are even now
impell ing the world toward cata–
clysmic destruct ion. I t is ti me to
awake to the imminence of nu–
clear war!
Jesus Christ Himself predicted
this time of woe, when all life
could be wiped off the face of the
earth. Read it yourself in Mat–
thew 24, verse 22: "And except
those days be shortened, there
should no flesh be · saved.... "
T he Moffatt translat ion empha–
sizes that a saving of physical life
is intended in this verse. Moffatt
uses the phrase "saved alive."
Moreover, J esus said that such
global devastation not only could
happen , but that it would hap–
pen- unless He stepped in to stop
it!
Given the growing instabil ity
on the world scene today, there is
simply no way mass n uclear
destruction is goi ng to be
stopped, short of t he intervention
of God Almighty Himself.
Whether intentionally, or by ac–
cident or miscalculat ion, a n even–
tual nuclear holocaust would be a
virtual certainty.
But Jesus also brought good
news. Not ice the prophecy in the
latter half of Matthew 24:22:
" ... but for the elect's sake [for
the sake of protecting God's own
people] those days shall be short–
ened." God wi ll intervene to pre–
vent mankind from totally de–
stroying itself!
lt Began 35 Years Ago
The world entered the prophe–
sied Atomic Age 35 years ago
this August. At eigh t seconds
past 8:16a.m . on August 6,
1945, a U.S. ura nium bomb was
detonated over Hi roshima, J a–
pan. The violent shock wave and
intense heat radiating from that
huge fireba ll-equal to 13,500
tons of TNT- totally devastated
the city. Mo re than 75,000
people were killed or fa tally
injured.
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Three days later, thc Japanese
city of Nagasaki suffered a simi–
lar fate at the hands of a U.S.
plutonium bomb. In two awesome
displays, the world witnessed for
the first time the terrible power
of the atom!
T he U.S. lead in atomic weap–
ons development was soon emu–
lated by the Soviet Union. Latér
Britain, France and China be–
carne members of the exclusive
" Big Five" nuclear powers.
Efforts on the parts of these
nati9ns to hold the line against
the further spread of nuclear
weapons ultimately proved un–
successful. India blasted its way
into the "Nuclear Club" in 1974.
T hat country's highly publicized
underground test explosion of a
"peaceful nuclear device" sent
shock waves throug hout the
world. The nuclear monopoly was
broken-by a Tbird World na–
tion!
Officially, the expansion of the
club stopped there-for the time
being. U nofficially, both Israel
and Sou th Africa are reliably
be l ieved to have numero us
atomic weapons ready for virtual–
ly instant assembly. Taiwan and
possibly South Korea are also
widely considered to possess
atomic weapons. Many other
countries could produce nuclear
explosives almost overn igh.t if
they chose to do so.
Now, more than two dozen
nations of the Third World a re
reportedly moving to arm them–
se lves with nuclea r weapons!
Among these "near-nuclear" na–
t ions are the La t ín American
countries of Brazil, Argentina
and Mexico.
Exper ts agree that both Brazil
a nd Argentina- the two South
American giants- are advanced
enough technologically to design
a nd build t heir own atomic
weapons by 1985. Mexico too
could move swift ly toward devel–
opment of n uclear military
power. All three of these coun–
tries have the required technolo–
gy as well as a sufficiently higb
gross national product to fi nance
the venture.
Here is a behind-the-scenes
look at this impor tant story
which has largely escaped the
notice of the world press!
Unpreced ented Program
Brazi l- La tin America's largest
nation- has la unched a n a mbi–
t ious nuclear program of monu–
mental proportions.
In June, 1975, an unprece–
dented $1
O
billion nuclear sales
agreement was signed by the gov–
ernments of Brazil and West
Germany.
It
was t he biggest
export contract in West Germa–
ny's history. T he con-tractor con–
cerned is the Kraftwerke Union
(KWU) , a subsid iary of the giant
Siemens industria l empire.
The controversia) deal calls for
West Germany to supply up to
eight water-cooled nuclear reac–
tors to Brazil. In addition, the
Germans are scheduled to build a
u ranium enrichment plant in
Brazil. Its purpose is to convert
natural uranium into commer–
cial-grade urani um which can be
used in the reactors.
The bi lateral deal a lso ca lls for
West Germany to supply a plant
to recycle spent u ranium fue! so
that it can be used again. A
by-product of such reprocessing
is
P/utonium-239-a
vital nu–
clear arms material!
Understand this: Nuclear reac–
tors by themselves pose no major
threat to world security. But
nuclear pla nts can indirect ly play
a n important par t in providing
fue! for nuclear weapons.
1f nat ions with reactors also
build plants to
reproc~ss
"burnt"
or used-up uranium fuel so that it
can be used again, they will, in
the process, produce plutonium,
wh ich can be used in nuclear
bombs. When the proper quantity
of plutonium is bombarded with
neut rons, it undergoes a rapidly
accelerating chain reaction, liber–
ating t remendous energy in a vio–
lent explosion.
Only about seven pounds of
plutonium- an unstable, silvery,
radioactive metal-are needed to
make an atomic bomb.
The contract between Brazil
The PLAIN TRUTH