ACCESSION NUMBER:362974 FILE ID:POL203 DATE:10/04/94 TITLE:STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 (10/04/94) TEXT:*94100403.POL STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 (Haiti, U.S.-South Africa, Rwanda-Burundi aid) (570) NEWS BRIEFING -- Spokesman Michael McCurry discussed the following topics: U.S., SOUTH AFRICA SIGN MISSILE NON-PROLIFERATION PACT Representatives of the United States and South Africa have signed a bilateral agreement designed to end South Africa's missile development program and assure it will adhere to the export guidelines of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the spokesman announced. Signature of the agreement along with a joint statement on steps South Africa will take to terminate its Category I missile program were hailed by McCurry as "an important step in the U.S. and South Africa's shared commitment to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction and the means 1o deliver them." The agreement includes provisions that allow South Africa to import temporary space-launch vehicles for satellite launches "when it is agreed that such activities will not contribute to missile proliferation," McCurry said. The associated joint statement, which was not made public by the State Department, details steps for terminating South Africa's space-launch vehicle program, the spokesman said.
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