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By Dave Spencer WEST GERMANY Philooda, schd Di Puerto Rica, the LIKE Cruise to Britian, Pershing II came to West Germnay over one year ago. And like Greenham Common in Britain, there is a permanent peace camp at Mutlangen, West Germany - the first deployment site. Over the year about 1,000 people have been arrested at the site and their trials take place every day. The accused are fined or, it they refuse to pay, spend 20 to 150 days in prison
At the moment there are 54 Pershing II missiles in West Germnay, 36 at Mutlangen and 18 at Heilbronn. Eventually it is planned to have 36 missiles at each of 3 sites, Mutlangen, Heilbronn, and Neu Ulm. Camp members have not succeeded in preventing these missiles but they have followed all 26 exercises to date and have monitored all environmental destruction and accidents on these exercises. They have alerted and mobilised the local population about the dangers. They would'appreciate contacts with groups and individuals from abroad.
Contact: Presshütte, Mutlange, Forststrasse 3, 7075 Mutlangen, F.R.G. CANADA MANY Canadians are watching with interest the performance of David Lange, the New Zealand P.M. whose government has refused to allow nuclear powered or arsenalled ships to dock in New Zealand ports (see SV3). Not only do American nuclear submariens dock in Canadian ports but recently US contingency plans were exposed concerning the shipment of 32 B-57 nuclear depth bombs to Canada in the case of war. These weapons are 10 kiloton anti-submarine bombs and would be kept at bases in Camox British Columbia and in Greenwood, Nova Scotia - probably for the use of US P3 Orion planes.
True to embarrassing form, the Canadian government were not consulted or even informed about the matter. This has made the opposition to these bombs even more widespread than usual. Former chief of Canada's Defence Staff, Admiral Robert Falls commented "I think it's a lousy weapon. You have to make sure none of your own ships are nearby. And once you've used it, you've muddied the waters for a long time!" Other destinations for these US nuclear depth bombs apparently include Spain, the Azores,
Philippines and Diego Garcia.
To add insult to injury, the second Cruise missile tests have recently been carried out over Canadian airspace. Four unarmed missiles strapped to a US B62 bomber flew over Canada for over 4 hours to test Cruise's navigation system. Two more tests are planned for March when the missiles wil be released to fly free
Meanwhile plans have been made for a National Peace Conference in Canada to bring all the various protest groups into one movement to campaign more effectively. ITALY THE Peace Camp of Comiso, Sicily see SVI) began a march through Italy n January 20. starting from Assissi. travelling through Rome and Naples to arrive in Comiso at Easter - a total Socialist Viewpoint, No. 4, March 1985. Page 23
distance of 1,300 kms. Comiso is the first NATO base in Italy to receive Cruise missiles and there are 16 deployed there at the moment. The aim is to link together all the anti-Cruise protests, to build new support groups on the way, to stress the destructive and costly nature of Cruise, when 50 million people starve to death in the world each year. Contact: International Peace Camp erde Vigna, Jury Vaccaro, Via sai luisseppe 1, 99013 Comiso, Italy THE Russian Trust Group organised rallies, speeches, seminars and a march leading up to Nagasaki Day on August 8 last year. However, the 36 key organisers were arrested as they arrived for a meeting at the home of founder members Vladimir and Maria Fleishgacker. On August 8 nearly 50 Group members were arrested at a seminar and ordered to sign a pledge never again to commemorate Hiroshima Day. They all refused to sign GEEN NIEUWE KERNWAPENS IN EUROPA
Nicaragua: How far can Reagan go?
By HARRY SLOAN "HE really hates those bastards. It won't be easy to change that."
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