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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