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REACTOR SALES: SHORTCUT TO
NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE?
Two recen! nuclear power
deals raise rhe specrcr of
a
worldwide a10mic racc omong
nations which have up to now
been excluded from rhe nuclear
club.
The $ovie1 Uruon
bas
agreed
ro provide lbe hard-tine L1byan
rcgime of Colonel Muammar
Quaddafi wirh
a
nuclear re·
sea rch cenrer. includong a reao–
ror. And rhe Wesr Cermnn
govemment plans to build
a
nu·
eloar power plant in Brazil
wnh a Mcomplcte fue! cycle"
sysrem, which makes convers10n
ro nuclear wcapons relatovely
easy, even 1bough Brazil. under
pressure from bolh Bonn and
Washington. espeaally the lat·
rer, has
~pledged"
to limn rhe
productioo of lhe new facility 10
peaceful uses.
Evcrybody Goes
Nuclear?
These two porenriaUy disas·
rrous deals come at a time of
growing imerest among many
nations
in
nuclear rechnology
and hardware, bolh for peaceful
and milirary purposes. lncreas·
rngly. the distinction betwecn
rhe two is becoming blurrcd.
Thc Sbah of lran is quoted 1n
a
Frencb magazjne
:os
snying
rh at bis country would be one of
rhe nexrto go nuclear milirarily.
Turkey's defense minister de·
ciares rhat Turkey also "has rbe
po1ential" to
go
nuclear.
In Latín America. Chole,
Mexico, Colombia. Venetuela.
aod Ecuador aU
possess
rhe raw
materials and are currently ex·
ploring lhe construction of reao–
rors. Braúl's purcbase of rhe
West Cerman nuclear sysrem is
believed partly to be in rencrion
to lhe growing use of nuclear
WEEJ( ENDING JULY 12, 1975
power facilirics in neighboring
Argenrina. Brazil'• nnrural rival
for Soulh American innuence.
Argentina already has severa!
reacr:ors
in
opc:rauon
m
addirion
ro
a
plutomum reprocessing
plant. whicb theorerieally allows
her 1ecbnicians ro buold
a
bomb
at will.
In Asia, Pakosran, Taiwan,
and South Korea are alrcady 1n
the market for rencror rech·
nology. A grou¡> of South Ko·
rean assemblymen have
advocared tbat their counrry de·
velop nuclear weapons in case
the American nuclear umbrella
is withdrawn.
Japan could also go nuclear
at
wiU
w1lh 11! plutonium rcpro–
cessiog plant. Indonesia has a
researeh reactor and rhe oil
money to purehasc wcapons
rechnology.
India is moving s readily
abead on nuclear weapons re·
searcb and producrion. India
joined tbe nuclear club in May
1974
wilh rhe explos1on of her
higbly publicized
M
de
vice.~
Since thar ume. rhe anubomb
lobby io lhe India govemment
has coUapsed. The only ques–
tion now is how fasr lndia's nu·
clear weapons program will
progress.
South Africa is more ad·
vanced in nuclear technology
than lndia and, oc:cord1ng ro rhe
vice presidenr of its atomic en·
ergy board, has the ready capa·
bility ofmaktng
a
bomb.
In Europe. Wesr Germany,
ltaly, lhe Nelherlands, and Bel·
gium all possess severa! reno–
rors. Pluronium reprocessing
plan1s give Wcst Gcrmany,
ltaly and Belgium an immedi·
are nuclear option shoukl they
ever dcsore ir. While Wesr Gcr–
many is under
n
1954
treaty not
to manufacture aromic weapons
on its lerritory. !tal) has yet ro
complete the raufieauon of lbe
non·proliferatoon rreaty - a rc–
luctance stemmong from rbe
fear rhar orher Mednerrancan
couotries - Spatn, Egypt. or
Israel - may go nuclear.
The fear is highlighred by
Spain's pos>ession of
a
pilot
plutonium reprocessing planr,
access to uranium. nnd severa!
reactors.
With each new enrry ioto lhe
nuclear club, rhc ehances of nu·
clear bolocaust oncreasc geo–
merrically - desp11e "pledges"
of peaceful 1n1en11ons and
''safeguard" procedures whicb
can too eas1ly be breacbed.
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Japan Debates
Defense Posture
In 1be wake of commuoist
victories on lndocbina, lhe pros–
peer of an evenrual wilhdrawal
of U.S. forces from
K
orca, and
a general uncenainry about the
An1erican commitment
in
Asia,
Japanese officials are being
forced to come ro grips wilh
lbeir oarion's military defense
posrure.
Thc director general of Ja.
pan's Dcfense Agcncy. Mic:bira
Sakata, stressong that "now is
lbe time we should reV>ew Ja·
pan's sccurity," has ordered bis
sraff to prepare an in·deprh
wbite paper on defense ro take
a broad look al where lhings
currenrly stand. The paper will
coincide with Saknta's planned
"EUROPE OF THE TEN" BY 1978?
Greece Bids for Common
Market Membership
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GREEK PRIME MINISTER Caromonlis (right) and West German
Chancellor Schmidt review honor guord in Bonn.
lt's now official. The Republic
of Greeoe has formaUy applied
for mcmbership in tbe Euro–
pean Communny as ÍIS tenrh
mcmber.
Tbough
G
rcece's inrcn1ion ro
join had been widely known for
sorne tin1e.
ahe
annouocemen1
provided an ndded
boosr
for
the
Communiry. coming one week
after
Britnin'~
ma.ssive '''Yesto
vore ro Europe.
The decos1on by the Arbcns
governmen1 of Constanrine
Caramanlos. bowever.
has
prescnred Common Marker of·
ticials worh
a
dilemma. Oo the
one hand, rhey can'r say no toa
European country to which de–
mocraey has just returned and
needs ro be shored up by eco–
nomic help. Yet rhey are not
amoous ro absorb anorher wcak
economy while sorne present
members
most norably Bril·
aon and lraly - are in ecooomoc
doldrums. Moreover, Greece's
economy competes directly wolh
ltaly's. speaahting in many of
thc same agricultura! producrs.
meeting wirh U.S. Defense Sec·
rernry Schlesinger this fall.
Wcll aware of the widespread
ramificarions should Japan
rearm, American and European
diplomar; are carefuUy foUow·
ing the current discussions.
Roben S. lngersoll, Dcpury
U.S. Secrerary of Stare and
a
former Ambassador ro Tokyo,
exprcssed his personal appre·
hension.s ro Congress lasr year:
" lf ever Japnn were judged ro
be
rcturning to an earlier mili·
tarism. tensions would rise
rhroughout Asia, countries
would
arm
and China in par·
tocular would react
s~rc>ngly.
Tbe S1tuat.1on woukl be thrown
into even more serious relief
were Japan ro acquire
a
nuclear
capability."
lt
is believed thar Japan, wilh
irs vasr financia! and rech·
(Contlnutd
011
page
S, col. 1)
Assuming Arhens' btd 1$ suc·
cessful. tbe blue and whne
Creek ftag won't immed1ately
be
run up the empry renrh ftag·
pole
on
fronr of EEC beadquar·
rers. Now begins a
pr~•
of
complex ncgoriations whoch
could lnsr severa.! ycars while
panicipants work out exacrly
how tO integrate Greecc's econ·
omy wirh the olher nmc. Any
one member of the Communny
could veto rhe protes$. bur
as·
summg this does
not
happen.
rhe best guess for full member·
sh1p 1s
1978
or
1979.
Clearly Greek Premier Cara·
manl1s feels rhar potential haz.
nrds
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Greece's eoonomy po>ed
by hasry enrry
are
less impor·
rant rhan rhe oeed
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anchor
po>I·JUnra Greece 6rmly m Eu·
rope. As he said, "Greece is
po–
ltllcally. economically and
cuhurally a pan of Europe."
lt
IS
onreresung 10 note thar he
also losred "external secunty" as
a
rea10n toJOin lhe EEC - since
he had ended G reek m1titary
paniciparion in NATO.
The significaoce of lhe move
by C reecc - not widely re·
poned in rhe world press -
IS
rh[,: Bible prophecies foretell
a
ooming ten-natioo revival of lhe
Roman Empire at lhe clase of
rhos age (see Rev. 17: 12).
The Common Marker may or
may nor be a forerunner or
predecessor of this system. But
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noreworlhy lhar nine na–
tions are presently linked lO·
gerher economically witb
developi ng political and mili–
tary bonds. Now Greece, once
pan of the old Roman Empire,
has asked ro join.
lt
is also signi6cant lha1 of rhe
people or Norway had nor re·
Jecred 1heor governmenr's
applicarioo for Commun11y
membership in rhe fall of
1972.
lherewould aiready
be
a "Europeo(
the Ten." Burrbat arca of norlh·
wesrern Europe had never becn n
pan oflbe old Roman Empircor
its revivals.
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