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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:03:24 EST
From:         "Donald F. Parsons MD" <DFP10@ALBNYVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      FAS on arms sales

armstr12
Arms trade items in Federation of American Scientists Public
Interest Report 45: Nov/Dec. 92  Membership $25 pa. FAS Public
Interest Report, (202) 546-3300. 307 Mass. Ave NE, Washington DC
20002

     In an open letter to Bill Clinton:
     Deplore the $18 billion in arms sales to 3rd World approved
     by Bush.
     Request to spend wisely the $1.5 billion just approved by
     congress for the transition to a post-Cold War industrial
     base.
     The new Administration should act quickly to salvage the
arms control talks between the Five UN Security members. (Their 5
countries account for 85% of arms sales).
     The FAS recommendations are:
** Reconsider the F-15 and F-16 sales that were rushed through
     Congress.
** Finish development of licensing procedures for the main
     exporters
** Lead the UN with bans on:
     Licensing new production of major military systems
     Transfers of offensive weapons, eg. submarines and
     helicopter gun ships
     Sales of weapons causing high civilian damage, eg. land
     mines
** Restrict transfers of strategic bomber aircraft
** Limit government marketing and financing assistance for arms
     sales
** Restaint on sales where 2 or more of the 5 Security members
     are competing
** Limit the dollar amounts of particular weapons being sold to
     particular regions
** Investigate integration and cooperative production of
     armaments to alleviate over-capacity.
     Since the US is both the largest arms vendor and political
power, show bold leadership to prevent emergence of another
super-armed power like Iraq and the need to send in US soldiers
to clean up the subsequent mess.

SALES IN SEPTEMBER:
Sept 14.  Pentagon tells Congress of a plan to sell 150 General
     Dynamic F-16A/B fighters to Taiwan (with missiles,
     ammunition, spare parts,training and logisitic support -
     $5.8 Bil.
Sept 14. Pentagon plan to offer Saudi Arabia 72 F-5 XP $9 Bil.
Sept 18. Pentogen notified Congress of plan to sell Greece 40 F-
16C/D aircraft.  $1.8 Bil.  Greece requested these because the US
sold 40 F-19s to Turkey in March!
Sept 21. 12 antisubmarine helicopters to Taiwan. $161 mill.
Sept 22. 20 AIM 120 medium range missiles to Turkey. $17 mill.
Sept 27. Israel to receive undisclosed number of Apache and
     Blackhawk helicopters in partial compensation for the US
     sale od F-15s to Saudi Arabia!!  Other goodies under
     consideration.

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