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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, NOVEMBER 16, 1984
the NPT•.•to which the Soviet Union never objected, non-weapons
states may possess nuclear delivery systems and participate in
consultations regarding nuclear defense as long as the actual
warheads (which might be deployed in those states) remain under
the control of a weapons state.
In theory, therefore, a European nuclear force could take the
place of the present American one without violating the NPT. It
could be directly controlled by one or both of the European nu
clear weapons states (Britain and France) and deployed in consul
tation with the non-nuclear states, principally West Germany••.•
Present American interpretations of the NPT effectively forbid a
jointly controlled European nuclear force, but there is
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guarantee that these interpretations will extend beyond NPT
renewal in 1995. Juergen Todenhoefer, arms control spokesman for
West Gerrnany'°s""ruling Christian Democrats, recently proposed such
a European nuclear force, bringing back memories of West German
demands for control of the "most modern" weapons in the 1950s.
Olympics Continue to Divide Soviets and Their Satellites
Meetings were held in Mexico City last week of representatives of the 150
national Olympic committees to discuss the future of the Games. The hot
test topic was whether the Soviet Union, which does not recognize the South
Korean government, will attend the 1988 Games in Seoul. (There is no seri
ous talk of moving the Garnes elsewhere.) Marat Grarnov, the Soviet Olympic
chairman, lambasted Seoul-Washington links (he said Soviet athletes' lives
could be in danger--sarne charge with regard to the '84 Los Angeles Games).
This meeting witnessed a further cleft between Moscow and the East European
capitals over the issue of international sports and sanctions. Reported
the November 13 LOS ANGELES TIMES:
The word was out in Mexico that Olympic leaders of East Germany,
Hungary and even Poland, at a recent meeting of Communist sports
ministers in Prague, told Gramov pretty plainly that they want to
go to Seoul and may do so even if the Soviets do not, just as the
Romanians went on their own to Los Angeles. The Romanians
have
already said they will be in Seoul.
It was noticeable at the Mexico meetings that Manfred Ewald, East
Germany's Olympic chairman, was taking some different approaches
than Grarnov.... The East Germans •••announced they would send
teams to two forthcoming world championship matches in Seoul.
The Soviets have avoided even such limited commitments•••.
When F. Don Miller, director of the United States Olympic Commit
tee, sharply rebuked Gramov for accusing the Reagan Administra
tion of conspiring to harm Soviet athletes in Los Angeles, some
of the many Olympic delegates who congratulated the American were
from Eastern Europe.
Los Angeles Olympic committee officials, by the way, paid most of the
Romanian team's expenses to come to L.A. The struggle for the soul of
Eastern Europe continues, nearly 40 years after the end of World War II.
--Gene H. Hogberg, News Bureau