DATE=5/29/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232978
TITLE=PAK NUKES (S)
BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PAKISTAN FOREIGN MINISTER GOHAR AYUB KHAN SAYS MORE
NUCLEAR TESTS MAY BE NEEDED AS THE COUNTRY BEGINS THE PROCESS OF
INTRODUCING NUCLEAR WEAPONS INTO ITS ARMED FORCES. THE FOREIGN
MINISTER MADE THE REMARKS DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH VOA AND
ISLAMABAD CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL HAS DETAILS.
TEXT: THE DAY AFTER PAKISTAN CONDUCTED FIVE NUCLEAR TESTS
FOREIGN MINISTER GOHAR AYUB KAHN SAYS MORE TESTS MAY BE NEEDED.
// GOHAR AYUB ACT //
WE HAVE A NUCLEAR PROGRAM. WHENEVER THERE IS TO BE ANY
INDUCTION INTO THE ARMED FORCES -- BE IT THE AIR FORCE
OR THE ARMY -- TESTS ARE REQUIRED.
// END ACT //
THE FOREIGN MINISTER INDICATED PAKISTAN'S INTERMEDIATE-RANGE
GHAURI MISSILE WILL BE ARMED WITH NUCLEAR WARHEADS.
MR. GOHAR AYUB SAYS A NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IS NOW UNDERWAY "FULL
STEAM" IN SOUTH ASIA.
THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS THERE IS NOW A POSSIBILITY OF A NUCLEAR
WAR IN THE REGION SINCE INDIA AND PAKISTAN ARE ARMED WITH WEAPONS
OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
HE SAYS PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS HAVE RESTORED THE STRATEGIC
MILITARY BALANCE IN THE REGION.(SIGNED)
NEB/MB/TM
29-May-98 6:06 AM EDT (1006 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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