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DATE=1/18/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244315
TITLE=JAPAN/INDIA ANTI-NUCLEAR (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=ANJANA PASRICHA
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO: ANTI-NUCLEAR ACTIVISTS FROM JAPAN ARE URGING INDIANS TO 
JOIN A MOVEMENT FROM ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. ANJANA 
PASRICHA REPORTS FROM NEW DELHI, WHERE THE ACTIVISTS ARE MEETING 
A CROSS-SECTION OF PEOPLE.
TEXT:  A 10-MEMEBER JAPANESE DELEGATION IS VISITING 15 INDIAN 
CITIES, ASKING PEOPLE TO TAKE A STRONG STAND AGAINST DEVELOPMENT 
OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN SOUTH ASIA.
THE DELEGATES SAY THE JAPANESE ARE ADMIRERS OF THE TRADITION OF 
GANDHIAN NON-VIOLENCE, AND WERE SADDENED BY THE NUCLEAR TESTS IN 
INDIA AND PAKISTAN.  THE TWO NATIONS CONDUCTED NUCLEAR TESTS LAST
YEAR. POLLS IN BOTH COUNTRIES SHOWED STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR 
THE TESTS.
THE JAPANESE ACTIVISTS SAY THEY ARE SEEKING GREATER SUPPORT FOR 
THE SMALL ANTI-NUCLEAR MOVEMENT IN INDIA, ACROSS INDIAN CITIES 
THEY ARE MEETING POLITICIANS, STUDENTS, AND VOLUNTARY GROUPS 
URGING THEM TO JOIN THE CAMPAIGN FOR A 21ST CENTURY WITHOUT 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
AKIRA KASAI IS A MEMBER OF THE JAPANESE PARLIAMENT. HE WANTS 
INDIANS TO JOIN A SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED LAST YEAR IN 150 
COUNTRIES SEEKING A TOTAL BAN ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS. IN NEW DELHI, 
MR. KASAI IS URGING MEMBERS OF A VOLUNTARY GROUP CALLED THE 
INDIAN COUNCIL OF WORLD AFFAIRS TO JOIN THE WORLD PEACE MOVEMENT.
                    ////INSERT KASAI ACT ///
         WE FEEL VERY MUCH HEARTENED TO SEE PEOPLE'S OPINION AND 
         MOVEMENT DEVELOPING IN INDIA OPPOSING DANGEROUS NUCLEAR 
         DEVELOPMENT AND DEMANDING THE ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR 
         WEAPONS. WE KNOW VERY WELL THE HISTORICAL TRADITION OF 
         THE INDIAN PEOPLE SEEKING FOR PEACE, DISARMAMENT AND 
         NON-VIOLENCE. WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT WE WILL DEVELOP 
         JOINT STRUGGLE WITH YOUR MOVEMENT (GROUP) TO REMOVE THE 
         DANGER OF NUCLEAR ARMS RACE AND OUTBREAK OF NUCLEAR WAR,
         AND TO SWIFTLY ACHIEVE THE ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
                      /// END KASAI ACT ///
AMONG THE ANTI-NUCLEAR ACTIVISTS IS A JAPANESE PROFESSOR, SATURO 
KONISHI. HE IS ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA 
--- AND IS NARRATING HIS EXPERIENCE TO INDIANS TO MAKE THEM 
UNDERSTAND WHAT HE CALLS THE HORRORS OF NUCLEAR WAR.
BOTH INDIAN AND JAPANESE ANTI-NUCLEAR ACTIVISTS ALSO SAY THE 
PEOPLE OF INDIA NEED TO REALIZE THE MONEY BEING SPENT ON 
DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS COULD BE USED TO TACKLE ISSUES 
SUCH AS POVERTY AND ILLITERACY. (SIGNED)
NEB/AP/TMD/KL
18-Jan-99 9:00 AM EST (1400 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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