Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, August 11, 1981

Issue date: Tuesday, August 11, 1981
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Previous edition: Monday, August 10, 1981

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 11, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Winnipeg free 1981 enl Erger tries to Cool bomb fears from the news dete Caspar Swiftb Efge the Day Atefi opted id Blunt european 6f the Neutron bomb decision say ing the decision to leave the weapons in the Means the americans Dan avoid inconclusive debates with allies about whether the missiles and artillery shells would be accepted on the allies the North Atlantic treaty governments yesterday protested presi Dent reagans decision to go ahead with production of the Neutron bomb even though there Are no present plans to deploy the weapon in Western most nato governments continued to say that the decision is purely an internal american of avoiding any state ments o f u p p o r t or the danish government joined Norway in announcing opposition to the and observers said political repercussions Are Likely to pose serious problems in West Germany Belgium and Weinberger said it was necessary to it Forward with the of Neutron weapons in order to Lay to rest the image of vacillation and of a divided Weinberger said Neutron weapons stockpiled in the United states could be Deli Vered to troops in Western Europe within Only a few hours after approval for their deployment is obtained from North Atlantic treaty organization Schmidt pressured he told there is no penalty in keeping the controversial nuclear weapons in the United states instead of deploying them to Europe in Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of West Germany came under immediate pressure yesterday from his social democratic party in which issued a formal statement calling on the government to insist during necessary Alliance negotiations that a position be taken that the weapons not be brought to deployment in eur the statement also criticized Reagan for making a decision will hand new arguments to those in Germany who seek to provoke anti Ameri can ism and is Likely to impede Progress on East West arms there is already Strong pressure on the left Wing of the social democratic party for Schmidt to curtail his acceptance of new Pershing ii rockets and cruise mis Siles with nuclear warheads Weinberger responds world on West German analysts said these pressures Are certain to increase As a result of the Neutron bomb ant bomb protest in the an anti Neutron bomb Demon stration formed yesterday outside the embassy in the about 30 Young people took part in a mock demonstration with fire crackers the weapons ability to kill peo ple without destroying build political observers in the Hague said they believe that the Neutron bomb decision is Likely to have eliminated any Chance of the dutch accepting share of the cruise missile program As part of the general modernization of natos theater nuclear forces to which the allies agreed in december negotiations on the forma Tion of a coalition government Are at a critical Point in 11 weeks after the election of a new parliament at the end of agreement in Advance on the new governments attitude toward deployment of the missiles is crucial to the and observers believe that the news of the decision to produce the Neutron bomb will tip the balance bringing agree ment that deployment of additional nuclear weapons will not be permitted on dutch while Western european leaders Are doing their most to end the Saber fab tilt in Between Washington and Reagan has gone a step further if the arms the Rotterdam Algereen Dag Blad regrets decision it where the Tabor government faces an Uphill fight in a general elec Tion in prime minister go Harland Brundtland said that she re Grets reagans decision and is opposed to production of the Neutron in a similar position was taken by foreign minister Kjeld who added that he is surprised at the Tim ing of the decision so close to the Start of talks Between the United states and the soviet Union on arms in labor opposition Leader Michael foot deplored the decision on the grounds that it will Leopar ize future arms foot is due to visit Moscow in but the conservative daily Telegraph robustly applauded Reagan for acting with characteristic courage and Leader in French defense minister Charles Herne called reagans decision ambiguous in that he Rea Gan says this weapon would be both manufactured on and confined to he went the bomb is a tactical weapon of the theater of operation and of the euro Pean and this is the Crux of the Ana Bun Domm am of radiation area of Radii Neutron warhead Friendly troops killed forces by radiation undamaged and blast damage survives populated area undamaged Chart compares the heat and blast effects of a covent Lonal nuclear detonation with those of a Kiloton Neutron Canada skirts Neutron bomb decision by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa defence minister Gilles Lamontagne and external affairs officials carefully skirted Mak ing a direct response to the Deci Sion to go ahead with the Neutron Lamontagne said the move was clearly an american according to an aide who asked la Montagne his opinion on behalf of the free a senior external affairs official said Canadas position is that it was a decision for the to make and the department is satisfied the american administration under stands the pros and cons of develop ing the Neutron the High radiation weapon kills people without destroying property and is designed in part to Deal with the Large soviet tank army in East Ern Dent Ronald Reagan has not yet sought to deploy the bomb in eur Strong reaction from the Kremlin to the american announcement was what might normally be the external affairs official at the same time As Canada Pur sues its policy of Handoff the bomb Ottawa looks Forward to negotiations next fall on strategic arms any that some kind of deterrent the official and what is sought1 is a balanced reduction which does preclude modernization of West Erri the need for modernized equip ment is part of the although from the outside it looks Inconis the official he was referring to Canadian modernization of weapons rather than the Neutron t prime minister by to address an told the commons that he has to objection to the having the Neutron Canada belongs to an Alliance which includes the United states and which very heavily relies on the United Trudeau we have never condemned the United states for having the nuclear weapon so Long As the Warsaw pact countries have nuclear weapons we have urged both sides to engage in strategic arms limitation talks and until that we have no on the to a member of the Alliance having the nuclear office products copier division no other total system copier can match this it feeds and correction Simpsons ears re Sears 3 store Cele bration x of value flyer in tuesdays new spa Page the living room grouping at set reads suite consists of love chair and ottoman not should read suite consists of chair and we san Hefely regret any inconvenience to our do not finalize any copier transaction until you have i spoken to the Canon of youve teen waiting for dig copier technology to come 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