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 CIS NO: 96-H461-82
 TITLE: Nuclear Issues in the South Pacific.
 SOURCE: Committee on International Relations. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+152 p.
 DATE: Nov. 15, 1995
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 104-1             SUDOC: Y4.IN8/16:SO8/7
 ITEM NO: 1017-A-01; 1017-B-01

 Hearing before the Subcom on Asia and the Pacific to review issues relating
 to the testing or use of nuclear weapons in the South Pacific region.
   Examines Administration Oct. 1995 decision to sign the protocols of the
 Treaty of Rarotonga, which established a nuclear weapons-free zone in the
 South Pacific.
   Also examines the decision by France to resume nuclear testing at Moruroa
 and Fangataufa Atolls in its South Pacific territory of French Polynesia.
   Supplementary material (p. 39-152) includes witnesses' written
 statements, a witness's written replies to Subcom questions, and
 correspondence.
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Pacific nuclear weapons ban treaty and France
     nuclear weapons testing in French Polynesia, issues review
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON ASIA AND THE
     PACIFIC. HOUSE; FOREIGN.RELATIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN AREA; TREATY OF
     RAROTONGA (South Pacific nuclear weapons ban treaty protocols
     ratification, issues review); TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS (South Pacific
     nuclear weapons ban treaty protocols ratification, issues review); ARMS
     CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT (South Pacific nuclear weapons ban treaty
     protocols ratification, issues review); FRANCE (Nuclear weapons
     testing by France in French Polynesia, issues review); NUCLEAR WEAPONS
     TESTING (France nuclear weapons testing in French Polynesia, issues
     review); MORUROA ATOLL (France nuclear weapons testing in French
     Polynesia, issues review); FANGATAUFA ATOLL (France nuclear weapons
     testing in French Polynesia, issues review); FRENCH POLYNESIA (France
     nuclear weapons testing in French Polynesia, issues review)

 96-H461-82 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Nov. 15, 1995 p. 6-18, 47-55, 101-112
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MCNAMARA, THOMAS E. (Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military
        Affairs, Department of State)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Background on and issues relating to
     Administration decision to sign the protocols of the Treaty of
     Rarotonga; perspectives on French nuclear testing in the South Pacific
     and related issues.
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Pacific nuclear weapons ban treaty and France
     nuclear weapons testing in French Polynesia, issues review
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE

 96-H461-82 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Nov. 15, 1995 p. 18-37, 56-100,
                                      113-144
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BODDE, WILLIAM, JR. (former U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu,
        and Marshall Islands)
     HANDLER, JOSHUA (Research Director, Disarmament Campaign, Greenpeace
        International)
     FISHER, RICHARD D., JR. (Senior Policy Analyst, Asian Studies Center,
        Heritage Foundation)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: History of nuclear testing in the South
     Pacific, with review of international opposition to French weapons
     testing since 1966; differing perspectives on U.S. adherence to the
     Treaty of Rarotonga; conflicting views on French nuclear testing in the
     South Pacific, focusing on environmental consequences of the tests;
     reservations about U.S. adherence to the Treaty of Rarotonga in light of
     U.S. national security concerns.
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. Baker, Edward B., Jr. (DOD), U.S. policy on ratification of the
        Treaty of Rarotonga, testimony before the House Foreign Affairs
        Committee Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs, June 9, 1987 (p.
        116-127).
     b. Buske, Norm (SEARCH Technical Services), "Radioactivity in
        Plankton Outside the 12-Mile Exclusion Zone of the French Nuclear
        Test Site" report prepared for Greenpeace International, June 1991
        (p. 128-144).
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Pacific nuclear weapons ban treaty and France
     nuclear weapons testing in French Polynesia, issues review
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): INTERNATIONAL.RELATIONS;
     ENVIRONMENTAL.POLLUTION.AND.CONTROL; NATIONAL.DEFENSE; SEARCH
     TECHNICAL SERVICES ("Radioactivity in Plankton Outside the 12-Mile
     Exclusion Zone of the French Nuclear Test Site"); RADIOACTIVE
     SUBSTANCES ("Radioactivity in Plankton Outside the 12-Mile Exclusion
     Zone of the French Nuclear Test Site"); MARINE POLLUTION
     ("Radioactivity in Plankton Outside the 12-Mile Exclusion Zone of the
     French Nuclear Test Site"); MARINE RESOURCES ("Radioactivity in
     Plankton Outside the 12-Mile Exclusion Zone of the French Nuclear Test
     Site"); BAKER, EDWARD B., JR. (South Pacific nuclear weapons ban
     treaty ratification issues, Edward B Baker, Jr, testimony); SUBCOM ON
     ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS. HOUSE (South Pacific nuclear weapons ban
     treaty ratification issues, Edward B Baker, Jr, testimony);
     DEPARTMENT.OF.DEFENSE (South Pacific nuclear weapons ban treaty
     ratification issues, Edward B Baker, Jr, testimony); GREENPEACE
     INTERNATIONAL; HERITAGE FOUNDATION