DATE=5/30/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233058
TITLE=PAK NUKES 3RD UPDATE (S)
BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PAKISTAN SAYS IT HAS CONDUCTED ONE -- NOT TWO -- MORE
NUCLEAR TESTS DESPITE INTERNATIONAL PLEAS TO STOP FURTHER NUCLEAR
EXPLOSIONS. V-O-A ISLAMABAD CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS.
TEXT: PAKISTAN SAYS IT DETONATED ONE MORE NUCLEAR DEVICE
SATURDAY.
THE LATEST EXPLOSION FOLLOWS THURSDAY'S FIVE NUCLEAR BLASTS WHICH
MATCHED INDIA'S TESTS EARLIER THIS MONTH.
EARLIER SATURDAY, STATE RUN RADIO AND THE COUNTRY'S OFFICIAL NEWS
WIRE ANNOUNCED TWO TESTS HAD TAKEN PLACE.
HOWEVER, FOREIGN SECRETARY SHAMSHAD AHMED MADE THE OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT.
// AHMED ACT //
LET ME CLARIFY HERE THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE TEST
CONDUCTED TODAY.
// END ACT //
MR. AHMED SAYS THERE WAS NO RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVITY FROM
SATURDAY'S EXPLOSION WHICH THE FOREIGN SECRETARY SAYS COMPLETES
THE CURRENT ROUND OF TESTS.
HE DID NOT ANNOUNCE A MORATORIUM ON TESTING.
THE FOREIGN SECRETARY CALLED ON INDIA TO ENTER NEGOTIATIONS WITH
PAKISTAN TO TRY TO EASE TENSIONS IN THE REGION. (SIGNED)
NEB/MB/TMD/JO
30-May-98 11:17 AM EDT (1517 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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