AMBASSADOR EKEUS' JULY 19 BRIEFING OF THE
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OTTCZYUW RUEKJCS2471 2002316---RUEALGX.
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HEADER O 192316Z JUL 91
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUEADNA/DNA WASHINGTON DC//OPAC/OPNA//
RUEALGX/SAFE
O 200015Z JUL 91
FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6607
INFO RUEHWW/GULFWAR COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 5875
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
BT
CONTROLS USUN NEW YORK 02471
E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR
BODY TAGS: UNSC, IAEA, MOPS, IZ
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR EKEUS' JULY 19 BRIEFING OF THE
- PERMFIVE PERMREPS: FUTURE WORK PROGRAM OF
- THE SPECIAL COMMISSION
1. - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR EKEUS TOLD THE PERMFIVE THAT HE
WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH IRAQI COMPLIANCE WITH RESOLUTION
687 AND THAT HE WAS CONVINCED THEY WOULD NEVER ADMIT TO
HAVING HAD A NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
NEVERTHELESS THE BITS AND PIECES WHICH THE IRAQIS HAD
PROVIDED WOULD GIVE THE COMMISSION PLENTY OF THINGS TO
INVESTIGATE AND TRACK DOWN IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. HE
NOTED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 10 OF RESOLUTION
687 THE COMMISSION WOULD BE PRESENTING WITHIN THE 120
DAY TIMEFRAME COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FOR MONITORING AND
VERIFICATION OF IRAQ'S CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND MISSILE
ACTIVITIES BUT THAT THE PLANS ON THE NUCLEAR SIDE WOULD
BE INTERIM IN NATURE AS THE COMMISSION PROCEEDED TO PUT
ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER. END SUMMARY.
3. EKEUS' BRIEFING CENTERED ON THE NUCLEAR
INVESTIGATIONS. ON THE BASIS OF WHAT HAS BEEN UNCOVERED
TO DATE THE COMMISSION WOULD BE SEEKING MORE INFORMATION
ON CENTRIFUGE AND CHEMICAL URANIUM ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
AS WILL AS EMIS RELATED ITEMS. THEY WOULD ALSO BE
TRYING TO UNCOVER IRAQI ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE
TRIGGER PACKAGE AND HIGH EXPLOSIVE TESTING. THESE
INVOLVED TIES WITH FRATERNAL COUNTRIES AND SECURING
INFORMATION MIGHT PROVE TO BE DIFFICULT. HE CONTINUED
TO BE DISSATISFIED WITH THE IRAQI DISCLOSURES. THEY
DRIBBLED OUT BITS AND PIECES. IN HIS OPINION THEY WOULD
NEVER ADMIT TO HAVING HAD A NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM SINCE IT WOULD FORCE THEM TO REVEAL EVERYTHING
ABOUT DESIGNS, SOURCES ETC. THIS REFUSAL, OF COURSE,
RAISES VERY SERIOUS QUESTIONS.
4. AMBASSADOR PICKERING ASKED WHY THERE HAD BEEN NO
INSPECTION RELATED TO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND WHEN SUCH
AN INSPECTION MIGHT TAKE PLACE. EKEUS NOTED THAT THE
IRAQIS HAD DECLARED ONLY A COUPLE OF HIGH RISK LABS AND
THE SPECIAL COMMISSION WANTED THE BEST POSSIBLE
INTELLIGENCE BEFORE PROCEEDING IN THIS AREA. HE ALSO
NOTED THIS WAS A RISKY AREA BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY
IMPLICATIONS AND THAT INOCULATIONS FOR THE INSPECTORS
TOOK TIME. HE DIDN'T WANT TO LAUNCH INSPECTIONS IN THIS
AREA UNTIL THE SAFETY OF THE INSPECTORS WAS AS SECURE AS
IT COULD BE.
5. ON THE CHEMICAL SIDE, EKEUS DESCRIBED THE SITUATION
AS CREATING ENORMOUS HAZARDS. SIMPLY PUT, IRAQ WAS THE
WORLD'S LARGEST TOXIC WASTE DUMP. HE ADDED THAT ONE OF
EVERY SIX IRAQIS WORKING AT THE CHEMICAL SITE DIED OR
HAD SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS EVERY YEAR.
6. IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION FROM AMBASSADOR PICKERING,
EKEUS SAID THE COMMISSION WOULD WELCOME A FULL, FINAL,
COMPLETE DISCLOSURE OF ALL OF IRAQ'S PROGRAMS BUT
DOUBTED THE IRAQIS WOULD DO IT. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT
IRAQ HAD STILL NOT GIVEN THE COMMISSION THE RIGHT TO
CONDUCT ITS OWN FLIGHTS FOR SURVEILLANCE, TRANSPORTATION
AND LOGISTIC PURPOSES. HE HAD GONE BACK TO THEM ALREADY
ON THIS AND WOULD BE DOING SO AGAIN. AMBASSADOR
PICKERING SAID THAT THE FIVE WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
TO BACK THE COMMISSION ON THESE MATTERS.
7. EKEUS THEN INDICATED IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM
PICKERING AND HANNAY THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD BE
PRODUCING COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS ON FUTURE MONITORING AND
VERIFICATION OF IRAQI COMPLIANCE FOR CHEMICAL,
BIOLOGICAL AND MISSILES PROGRAMS AS CALLED FOR IN
PARAGRAPH 10 TO RESOLUTION 687. THE 120 DAY REPORT ON
NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES WOULD OF NECESSITY BE MORE OF AN
INTERIM ONE SINCE THE COMMISSION WAS STILL GATHERING ALL
THE DETAILS.
PICKERING
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