peace researcher vol2 issue09 june 1996

8/9/2019 Peace Researcher Vol2 Issue09 June 1996

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The US has reed of its ppe m the ountan inclding theas tpe l All h

been reed the US and h ppe o be no plns t rinstall the telscop at a new te Lndbasedasmey is beng phasd o sallite enlgy.


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THE ZEALND

Waen hsn

he ecent budget allows f $1 60 billion to e spentn this cony' defence fore in the 996/97 nialear Anothe $326 millio will go to the DefenceMis ut most of this ($3 7m i fo pchases ofequipment which will be onold to NZ Defence FesReent bdget allocations epresent signicntlyceased spending fo the militry but fact seems have have comletely ypassed the mdia nd theublc

pending for 996/9 s lightly higher han fo theeous year. But ove the last hee budgets the tota

oted ally for efence has been nsidably higherthan n the early 90s - the lowe spendng then nowblamed for more ecent nreaes Accding to thenotes n this ye' bdget The siint increaseIn 994/95 eedies an undecapitaltion of theZ at the sta of it ortions de acaaccounting bt i t im prpose elate to ANZAC project paymnts his ust on $40 millionWIl go twards bldng new fgates

the comng New lnd eltion defece pending

nke t beo ma ue wt the ossiblexcpto o som pa rgnc etions ongate pending, ece telephone p that askedhrstchch des the ons neve evensted defnce isse ut ometime foe the end ofnext yea whatever govement emerges om the tMP melee wil hve to decde wheer to commit us frther hg pi expdiue moe gateSome dbate o miitay nding then urelyevitable The sto i whehr the wek state ofhe peac movemnt wl allow it to resect ny sor)f eective aifigate campaign o put mlitaryspending h ital agenda

Last er theAaa forei aair commentato

Geg heridn called this couys defnce polcy hebldge's option" d alleged we dwelt in thedemlnd of geen fatasy ad tinuclar madness[hristchch 5 October 99] onically pollsin Astalia have woried the defence esdtblishmentthee by showing weakening sppot for high leels ofdefence ependitre in one surey nerly thirt percent of espondents wanted to cut defence spding

n the October eection it seem unlikely that y prtwill be ampaigning on the basis of a igger defence

budget fo New Zealand Bt there is virtally nooganisation to monitor coment on ependiturefo the med foces there is a isk tht ebate onmoe frigate o other arcae defence issues coldbecome a disastrosly onesidd affar Those withcone about the natre of or dfence forces willneed to regop nd reenergie if the isses re to beagued

ome oer points of interest fm the budget:

$0 millin is earmaked fo peace supporoperatios down om $447 million last ye

About $22 millin goes to the intelligence opetionsof the dee fces,

here has bee eclssication of the batleeldole of the Special Air ervice om the ntelligence

otpt to the lnd combat output" !

The budgets for the Scurity Inignc Srvic

and the Gvemnl Counain Scriy

Burea reain he a a r at yar - $iion or the SIS and

$iin r the

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O INIFIN I OFFN XNI:

anua 199 opto ke "tetched Herules C130J mility sp aircra Cost to be$00-400 millo del a tralia purhase wh delivey ely i he ext millenim

Mrch 99 eerold oo olloff ferry becomes he navy's new roop suppor shpharles Upham reongu moured personel crers cks, and oher heav equipmeor the army's wo baalio

May 1995 $7000 mllo lle new wings nd horzontal sabilisers o he RZs sx P3Krion marite surveillane \

ate 995 $ mllo pen hl goggles d remote sesig equipment Ths ncludes thegear to dect huma bodh o one kilometre d ground vibations hat smied

to stening posts een kil w

9996 Navy gtes r ed with the VulcaPhalx losei wepons system. The gsre desgned to hoot dow g issiles d costbout $15 millo eah Produtio owo ew frigates continue stmted at about $00 mllio apiece.

My June 1996: eso whh of two heliopters to buy for he ay Six machines are tobe purchased a ost o om either G Westland Helicopters (Sper Lyx) or themeric mafturer pr! he British Westland bid is offering loal supply admaieace contrs t

Oher projets

Navy puhase of hp for hydrogrph and ocenogrph asks ikely cos$10 million* Proposed surfae to r rmy defene Cost bout $20 mllio A pla to buy om the

Frenh has bee deld or Frch nuclear testing n the Pa A deiso o the purh her ne ANZ frgates s de to be made he ext twelve

months* Over he ne ten year e pbbly replce ts rmoured personel cariers ad he ar force

wll wat to replce the

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Hannah Miletn

vronmental ativists Dw h pressedcone about a proposed AsaPai Spe Cenreto be developed at Gu Pot bo 5 ilomeesfrom the city, by Inteational Reoue Cortio(IRC a consotium of sia Europea

compes

IRC spokesperso oh Wollaston tod he Ausalia

Rrcher

Spce Developmet Coferee Canberra hat heCetre could lauh up to 20 sallites gosatoaor low-earth orbs ech year usng ania-builtZeit rokets to lach communicaos and setipayloads

d Mg ad sience witer Ligh Daynwrote o arch 2 The IRC hopes to omplete


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agreements within weeks with companies m the USand fom countries of the forme Sovie Union totrnsfer e technolog needed to market, launch andmanufactre some componnts of space hdwae inusalia" She also pointed out that th gwingdemand for satellite TV drect radio asmsionremote sensing and mobile phones has stchedcapacity To mee te need at least three cootiums

ae planning to launch newoks of dozens of smalsaellites

Enviroentlists conce at up to 1000 squarekiloees of rea (including coasal and ocean suface)would be tken over, if othe facilities ae an guide.Tere ae safe problems regarding the fallout fromthe plume aer k-o because e poposed site isclose to a population centre In the case of failedlaunches e say of Dari residents will lso dependon the tajectoy of the rocket lauched However, his

will not protect Aboriginal goups who ma betavelling huting or cmpg i the viinit.

The push to nuclearise and am outer space iscontinung In he SA nucle fuelled space pobelaunche ae pled and 73 pounds of plutnium willbe on bod the Caini ineplanear pob scheduledfo launh n October J 997. Fall-out of ncle debri,

pollution om gound-bad technology and fuelsuppl an he toxici of th roket propellants usedae also mtes of consideale conce.

st ofh 40 plus sllite i obit arund the earth not ahed r pceul purposes. About 80pr cent o l pyoads militar The dises of theNSA Sp Shule reeale to he hole wold the

falibilit d the cos, n hman and envonmenltems of this technolog.

However an indust souce has said he idea of a spacepot in usali is a pipe drem which gets brughtup about once a yea and then dies. A space baseeqires msive fundig - one lauch alone costs atlast $0 mion However the govement hs nevebeen peped to m this kind of money availablead piv inteests hve neve put p is level offig Wmer usalia's ol el hnce to

delo ba souce id It alredy hashe nes infue but no-one wll ake thekind f vstmnt edd o mke it wok

h Not Terit Gomen has et to cno dny th ppos proect build e woldsrst piay n d operaed launch pad nearDin

AAA'S I SSA S A(F a ea elease ae Febuay 3 by Dee Mages. Geens ena f WA)

Responding to repos that he usan Depatment of Defenc h approved a study into the acquisitionofa Paiotstyle missile defence sstem ntor Dee Mgs h aid tht if Ausralia goes ahed wi

the acquisition of uch a system this il fuhe fuel the ams ae h oh Ea Aia region saliawill up the ate in he ms ace by acuing a highly epn msl d sym

he Senator says te number of coun in e egion seekng to upad thei aia power is not a good

sign usrali plicy of uping i gs ubmaie and o pmen d ag it neigbouo dea co has backred

he Senator uestioned whee a missil dne ystem is lgl wihin si obligations to e AntiBallistic Missile Treay which aa hs signed Th pps of the teat ae hat even defensivepostuing egrding a misile defence sym an b see a offsive and this will further the eos ofcompeitos to develop moe effective atak dive ystem. usalia ma spnd $20 million onanothe strategy which will back

Mgett believes he onl peopl to benet om anti-missile proect will be multiationl compiesbdding for c onacts he onl successl defensive sateg o Austalia will be a preventive one which

educes e propensity for aack by developing nonmiliary poductive economic social and ennencoopeation

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py AS-WH ,

?A letter from Rober! Ry Deence whe the letter w wten

Chrisas last ear to Senat some questios about the cun! stau f SignalsIntelligence (SIGNT bases i tr, Th le sreprinted here

The Defece Minister s e nw "'Sa ieCommunicatios Sttio" t Gdn ( g of Wihopai) and smal sl rmn Cnbea whih is said t v h Watsoia in Victoria. Theare Hc{l efence Signals iect e Df

Failities are the majr p b a dPine Gap ad the form no known as Haold EHol lt

But the Minister's le do not evat Shoal Bay nearDwi or Toowoomba in Queenln has been phased out bte Smost likely pla ce forh l

operations shifed ofapeane in Rays lst

ad Australian Goen had v0'sophiscated failiti i These operations ar i t Olinu. [ 3 10Shoal Bay ha s beenomd invlvemet f h Br Cmmunications Hedqu d i keepig ood relts

Hae other seret installaios toh is Itmay be sigict that th ler eads Dacsnlude rather than "SD lie are", Th s o

asdroppiopon m out of vriousAl Cmm Emsies domestically

ve Th exrary eveations aboutpyig thugh diplomti mssions eealed lst yerugt b e ll ontiue [see Peae Ju ] en) Miister could e to by his tepretation mmun ties his phrases e cv ts i places like

d Geral n also be used toxc p s of the SIGNT ha Mn u fe not to mention, he ts e usually

y m ly (ad ASIO (in I DSD employees, l y bases with a(] mm" i Again this

epn s to the precise h ommuications old e owly related to V fco1, e oud o the wider ubri mmu' hh includes the ase Waihopai The

o

l Agey is vstly y h th intelligenceopeed by w muc spying is hh A l , vy or i fore wd ee

e n -g eres i theci he sp ni s of the world,W d wem le ords frmreders whob odte t f the bases th nt defenceno faie h he not beenre he Ministe for Deec C AT

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Fcle) e Ausa Defence Force (ADF

DSD fs cd:

h Asal Defnc a Commncatons Staton whch s locted eas of Gealdto Weste Asaa dco o saa' defece prepdness; and

sm trmi oh ompod f Rssell Oces n abea.Th ocated a Watsoa n Vctoa, is sd to

com a on itlligenc maes

h Fals Na oth Asaa, hch a satelte ond statonfo D Poam It povdes informaon relatig ece and nuce deonatos and wodr atack

ohe Tetoy whch s a satellteo a! lgence data spporng the ntional secury o ncdng dta montoring s cool nd ity delopments in my es o test to

l o Exmou s uppo to ustalan ad US

Hao ma a jot act tlVay naval commucatons acl e Sao ae t tanstoF Sm pdes VOIe message,


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PUBLI UT V TU K D IT I

Muay tn

In April 996 it was announcd that Trust Bak was

going to sold to Westpac, of Australia, maning thatevy major bank in Nw Zaland is now reignowned. is affcts us as th ABC banks wih TrustBan (w opra two accounts) An infomal oaliionof groups was calld togtr by CACA (CampaignAgainst Forign Control of Aotoa) to coordinaeopposion o e sal - it includd a well atended publcmting in e Christchurch Town Hall an Allianpition ouid Christchurch branches of Tr! Ba,which got 6,000 signaturs in two days and serousemintion of mouning a legal challenge o hetakeor Common cause maks snge bdfellows at h public ming o of e spakers opposngt sal wr CCAs Murray Horton who in 93was a leading orgnisr of tat year's militan nationalprotst t Harewood; and th octogenarian MickConlly, who in 973 was Lbours Minister of Policeand auorsd th unprecdnd (up until en) polcerspons o tat protes

CAFCA suggested, and th mting loudly uppoted,that May lb a day on which Trust Bank cusomrsvote wi their wallets and make token wthdrawals

from thir accounts Th ABC' redobtable

cmpgner, rre n Thomson, (he legendary

Wahopai estcle dangler) fntd te counter sta ademeg sced wi $ 0 for h pty csh. AtTrustBank main hischurh branch a number ofidivdul d rgansatons (suh as PhilippinsSolidari, ampign for Poples overignty andGA/ hdog) made heir witdawals under thwachful e of seeal TV neork Mos were ofthe $ arie u some widrwal were deciddlymore han ken Gaeme Tappr, a leading gure inGrey Pwr pulled all $10000 ou of his prsonalaccount. Aohe feow widrew $5000

A number o organisaions ar sriousl reiewingclosing thir Tu Bank accounts in prost and goinglsewhere Aer all, if thyr all fori banks now,why no shop rund for t bes deal?

Eagl eyed yis may hae nocd tha e CACAABC rgnise Accoun which pays Murray Horton'sncome is held a Trst Bank is no inntion omove s on prl for praaic resons wouldinvolve getig sevra dozen rgular plgrs o changtheirdret pament rgments and woud gnrallyinvolve more hasle a what i's woth

ET TI -TEOI

E HILIIEn Fbruary 996 Prsident idl Ramos of thPhilippins hostd a secr Inational Confrncon Counter Trrorism in Baguio Cit General Rmos,

a former Marcos henchman commander of he Armdorcs of t Pilippins, and psychological warfaexpr has bn bting dum of "ineationaltrrorism for ovr a yar In 995 svral draconianantitrrorism bills wr proposed, but hey weredefad by mssive popular poes rougou hehilippins. Filipinos, who ndured a dcad and a halfof mrtial la under Maros hae no dsir to e tesag for a sort of hing again

This confernc was Ramos's way o gt his agnda

ono h global sag t was attendd by 28 delegaesfrom 9 counis, including Nw Zaand Delegatswr dscribd as being scurity ministrs high rnkng

intelligence ocials and counter errorism eprs Thaim of he gahring was o rengthen bilateral andmulileral eor to op inteaional terorism by

cooperaon in he area of inellign exchange,policies nd oin couner masue

The ABC applied o he Department of he PrimMinitr and Cabne under he Ocial InformationAc for dtail oUhe New Zealand delegaes copisof paprs preented by the New Zealand dlgaion;nd h confrence epo of e delgaion t was metwit a blankt esal, which has been appald o tCief Ombudman This is obiouly an aspec of tgrwing New ZealandPhilippines relationship at t

New Zelnd govement is ne oo happy aboutdisclosing P will keep you informd of any nwdevelopmens


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ARTHUR Munay Hn Owen Wkes

thur Rddish who did in Wg Ma 6 (agd 75 was a gnun peac moemnt salw. Aur ws t d foemot a assr n xtml well pected in Wangani, and n pcitywas longstanding brbr d h w orto e CAFCAAC Orgser Acont which ovd m no

oly met him oc di m o n 99 H couldnt come ot to m vning metg bteqst m hos th st aa Taaro to brg me over to his place drnge d We wer both delight et hos ya of onl bing name on pape We ped tmiscussing ent n l no hty to dfd the ghtng record f hi l Brtish is md m P N c maig hs alas been scing abot ptection,or lck d t NZ h ta) That o bef mtng mde an mi on meand I ofh h

The bes b to KC witen Wles, whn he was co-editig e nw dent Pkwith My Bs wn hd lg th unsung heroes of t pea ovem Wht fllows p sghy edtd 99; "Athr Rddsh: Tak

guner pevist

Owen Wis)

fter the US bomd proocation, a ma alld Rddish elhnh Welton S Embsy tombsdr l le lld m on h l s a reao stmt y ?

pluted wi rag ad h h intended to ma d u dw h Wydon't yo bloody Nwt wa Cleelnd t "I ver toWni Ill ra th ta r

oat! Dont bth napp "I'm gd to elington o r

The ve me h h w miliay hiors World W 2 s o m Pe Rsah G raticles for te Waga eaisss

H s a sall, sprghl g l na sml house naCasJcfBeah. of ths of pple wh er n peace sse th l a ualares, help t gboadbaed d

Ahr ws b 92 a Lca oamg

vilge duig togh tmes. Hs Dad dd whn was tn, nd he hs Mm go b o a awek penio

the Spanish Cvl Wa' Intinal Bgde butwaold to go ho and get redy gh Hile

Wn wa wit ey lookd iit Ah lehs factoryjob and workd y hselad took up boxng He jon inf soon

h wa bl but apdl got sick of o ng andshid o tank egiment He n for al th nte wa fom e ds gns to theod beaches on D y Hs k gt blow upna Trpoli, one of is mats ild tl wleArr suerd multiple bs wl tre wi skn hnging o hs bdy t get ediclato. Ths led to hm cming t it teQakr he wa lod by bakrs drvg ambl He v psicllt t day suers colis sa slt plsind o a wa pension

hur wa not policly il Cld Wrd eally McCrhm, cam long i lat40. 1y th We e stung his wld up forhm b gum h w ging t su ir orld po thm

949 he mgratd to ew ld dered allr h w coun worked n Wi, ten nWu Md small frne ncr, wkng60 hor a week, tn blew t l Ai. T

hhuh hn Kwu, wher per ill wasdr onuctn, Ackld R wh ea got mid

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In 60s h ed to Wagai ed ste ig - rot lte h and l was e Cld Wa h I eaps ere j s th The !e Vtn Wa d z th blt U ggri w ! bl meig whi hd Vietm Wa mg h we t le d wn Hh foud e had b ect spTha grop kept gig utl aut 1 75 O of s aiiitie ectig d ft Vn MAi mme. t igges mah d b 50 ig h me ws a RA mm Waga h p)[lm

e m f pe p wa pSClthe h h nmll Wgi y Ar w , olr .

t er 9& a Wgni F sep i min ol beg l e.Wagni e h 3 FZ 8 the Wg; Rch rbu cmpig He tted la Chicl 8

Bse hs rie hr k ltme ie he 4 Bu m time a te loal hl kOWlo id pclary y oach .Au le cer nd nni th l ak i v f h he He hnngenn vald Mum r fo y, im dg perid he s l th DB i the wle ut

hr lve heaply He ha br be mtn f dnr H ud t m H t levr i nnde

k bou e hors eh ming, doe f an M lh, t gs fo wlk i t Dn't g ut much in nig

ThChrnicle oc ald Ahur h pacit wh is

ey t Art denie he is a pcs H says

ther ar two hols of ght o ho o wk fr

pc. The frt hl sy o shoud t af om

tbishmn nd po al mi taryciviy. T d ch sys w v sudy t

el wd situaton d i f ecessa, m

their n g. Ahr ss hmf d

SIO !. H his militry ackgd is a bgad" 3tC pece mpiner dog

h A sntn mpact nao s so

e de lolly dos g o or feces H d d oy to M teo e Wq il

d im a bz pac med 1

possi do p

nfv1:cl tow lik Wagui, Abus h. gsmsof fmon he ns om Chic,

i5:e" r, NZeratonlRviewoWld

pbcaios H s Gacd m lippgs, d ows

hgh t Liry n k

It's pl likeArm Reddish who conue te

bke f h pc movmn ad h

broade pgesie movmnt H wi b srly

e

this 1 99 1 iss f Pmids t pt i is t t no logr xss nd e g pi t On Wiks s n lgere i h mvmen hving sfd hisvubl ki d negy k t hs [ lo ofgy.

WAIH PlTHEI

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F Waren T P he heang n Blenhei

Jue 10 te Wpi i herig a e lhim ut h ,gt he sp be n Jay 2 [ee r8] J dge Ahgh aun ast ie the was th frs tim y th d pt d agst o fh x

p bese idenai g cld b poved d oe pn was gn

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acd in eon of d drthe Trspas At w we enid e opotct ol nd othe e h right fdm m F zur fcmmntn n wk a g. I tdefee nd Bb ha c! ch rlga di thgh e jHwe Jdge S ' ( o p whth ci a e We wpevned m c C O inharg at Whop w e hadpnn I pl f apeos App c we hdthe ght f h c hbmss h per h t "Your yann t t bu tmade no mpe

Kai mptd o s no ';l1 hw far w we fm e m adtht we we sted he efoeThi w gvn n mc bbynund the n hade cpere we h tn :Jlder th bs b a speatins Th a w d nt acpt

In mmng p t w td

acp ol bt sll sst n pladingn gy, u ecsiag a hrg ithi f Bb's l wtn bre; h fs low t exmne the CSB n n o defe we b pnnd guiy. e wrrh isd b dsmisd iut furerpe h eetd a t of G which

eg inc prnpls w sposed,(h f he dmocat fabi hisse" sed in nlusn of or ase) reha hgh had ady suentle a ght nd nsdable lgal ndh se

ed Sme su man se th of e s Oe ish nce pt r n Anoher isthe t pcon hh s st n th

s as defee pstion - be me mmedate m ofph C pttn ipt fpa commatos not b dbe? And wne h u lg s of GSB h w challnge it.

ln m nny poli wr verl psn to Whpai sping was

gy w w able Somentims, al pess b u d f Grc v b ose

Nationl Pec Wrkshops 1996(and a to Tgimoana tool)

Mla hS,

is ar th Natnal hld Quns Birtdy We egtc lt fom Pm tnwas n ld YMA m i about 40 u

Abot 60 ppl u o eked,w l mr d s "xpriesom of h mny d K d

favouw quite a w of 1er a wll s sm ml.enStc etive,exnding n !,m m fhe wokhs nde:

The PMA ttgy ws h A fm n t e d othMmnt

P

De AtatieThe Am Tad isB mpgn what i

Sm sp al justie issu Unisl MMP ad omposting

Oh /actie ncdd seng a dshow nhe M ee hg wmn m Wnganucome t at M GrdPkaio,a sis a Palstn Bad ig cme d g a fatast

F e ppe who e ken t t the lal sp ion w munted Sudae minbus d n p hdd


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ut to Tangimoana, the ste f n f New Zealandsfour frgn mlity bases (this on tcets adisignals We rlled up to th base n ha lazy Sundayaftrnn t give th GCSB thats GenmentCmmuncans Scuity Bueau a of a renderhtw d go away and to play b -all.Peop h ut f he an d d H ndh addoks okng at some o h h

stnd n h ggy pdocks oy akeat th e ielfs we wanded oe t t faeral ths tm stting off a bug seFay sme sonse fom the b ackt ha lk at th bulding hemsev" kethe GCB ad gt a lile paod meprtestrs had een thee, bcaus n x c adbeen put up Peple set ff on a hebuildng, olowed clly by a cmr hetop of the man building Pr hing gt sedwhn gop splt up and wnt n o;

p ILThe ntelgen and Secuty Agn into w o the 20th of Jun. New Zealnd wil noha a cmmtee f sn Ms wh ose th SIS nd the GCSB d a I:p,or-Gnral who can nvstigate compla spooks Wil hee hae bn som tote igna Bi ll nd som mprms s ef w nly supefcal accnb f th agenes, ad fr t much power ntheands ofhePm Mnster nd he exct he gnces"

Subvesion emains a reason for he SIS to ac, adis power e stll be widened und ag fncsto makng a contributon Zd'sinteatnal wllbeng ?Whil sesitive nfmation eied,withldng ofinfoan whch c natina intest s stl pat f h wh he

head f e GCSB the SIS tdde wat te prliamna cmt w.he pw of h Prm Minste vo)commtt mmbes ae lttle /remains he onl peson who c thecmme

On ipovement s an aendmt hat fothe exclusion ofcommittee nques fom day day

By that time we decided tat w had had enough of alook aound nd that it was time to go back to th cp.Jst as we wer piling in t the van, three seingplce cars tre down the road nd pulld ght in fontofus Obviously a littl put out at not ding s nggedin any cminal actvity, tey asked us what we eding (ut for a Sunday ive, d asking who w wr(ut a gop of inds) thy ad no choice but to lt

us dep We ddnt even wrrant scort hom!

Back at te Natonal Peace Wokshops vrythingcontinued on People seemd to eally njy themslvesbeng thre, the fod was fantastic te transpotorgansed even when the Massey va didt stt thmorning I had to be t he aiport nd it w eallypostive to see s many new facs th bingioducd t th Peace Workshop epeience

Many thanks to th ognsrs

EOopatons to be mended s tht the committe enow peented fom exainng any matr that isoperationaly sensitive This should gi mo opt lk at activitis of the SIS nd prticlrly theGCS Anther sel change s that e IptorGnal s juisdiction is now not rstrictd tondiduals rganisations can now present cplints

to th IQ's ofc Also material in the G's report,remoed fom publicaton by the Prime Minister willnow b poded to the Leade of th Oppsition

Submissios that wanted udical auoty for SISwarants were ignoed The Prime Mnstr willcontinue to mak thes decisions, d thee s npsion whatsoever f th GCSB to ace tsfo ts commicatons nteceps Siilrly thos whowanted sm for f access to penl ls held byth SIS ae been ebuffed

e nw hv new lgslation f ovright of uspoks but none should expect t t sgurd thpublics nterst Whn th Act as passed Blgermad speeh cmmting mselfand his Goentt th protection of ou democatic ghts pilges"Only thos who believe the King Cou spd mnculd magn that ou spoks ae nw nder ctol

[PLEASE NOT: Tis repor was we as ah went t pint It is based on nespaper ccnts

and the endnents o the Bill as poed ack t Prliament by he select committee" There my h beenaddtional chges mad in the nal sages o he ills passage Moe information will be mad ailable thene edin f PR 1


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FRECH MLY Z C C

J Buchanan

nlike n ther miliy power except the United

tates Frace has manained a global nework ofmla bes with a matching cmmd sctureFrech rces are rgansed nder a Strategicmmand an Atlantc Command (sed in Brest), aMedienen Command (ulon) a Paic mmandPpeete, d n ndi Oce Command (HQ aoat)French bases span the globe milary forces aresaied n Sngal French Gua, Martinique Newalna ad Polynesia Maoe nd Reunonn e Indan Ocean Djbout Gabon Cote dlvire,Chad ad he Cetal Arcan Rpublc (This list

eclde N depme)

Accrding t V ice Admiral Phillipe Euerte,Commander n hef of he Frch Armed forces inFrenh Plynesia "We have plcs cared all overthe wold whre we ca maiain forcs UK andAmercan commanders oen ny fr his [JanesDefence Weekly 18 Noember 199] This neorkprotcts sategc mineal rsouces, in Africa and ewaledonia (Kaky) ad sategic isllatns suchas cmmuniatons bs he Eopan tete lauchacli n French Giaa ad he cler testing sitei French Polynesia

n Afric, France clams a specal sat protectng itsinuene in acphone Aica by mli catonageements, extensie saoning of oops in manyntries and a series of miliy nteentions Aerthe French clonal regms were ovehrown nlndocna and Algeria Frace chaged tacticsallowng African cotries to decoonise butmaintaning ther inence through mltaryagrments ad sng ecomi and diplomac links

n he 190 here as a move away fm stoinglage nmbrs of trops veras favor of thedeplymet of apd inteeton with the creation ofthe Force d 'Iervetio under Prsidet Giscardd'Esang expanded raid inentin force wasreated under esdent Mtd n 1983 calle ejce d Aci Rapide, at a tme when many weeconies (icluding New Zealad) were expandingher veseas dploymet cpabily

Outsde f Afrc, Fnce a reled les o ageemens

ben ndepndent states ad more on manainingis ere eres sch as Nw Ca\Kankyand Frenh PolynesTahti Intetons i he 1980s

n ew Caledna sed elite ni-test and parchte

troops wh are among the world's most experienceder-nsurgency frces t put do the Knakindependence movmen Pila fos have bndeploed t Tahiti to pt down rest durg he recentseries of French nclear testing d Fe as rgetedPacic cunies with mliary d development adntably to Fi aer the 198 cups (n 1989 StiveniRabka was decoratd wth the Insgna of theCommander f the Legon f ou)

French Pacic frces are qite sma: 800 persnnel

nclding marines the Freig Legn d he paamil ary gendams wi a few c hecoptersin French Po lynesa bed at Tahi the l estngsite nd Hao Atoll (which has lg way ithe Pacc) The Pacic Naal Sqo w hreefrgates, e ptrl boa e Gr arcr, andsppo essels bad at Papee [and dngthe recent nclea test sres d] In e WestePacic 900 pesnnel wih s ad e paolcra helicopters paol boa ad spp vssels aebased at Noumea

New Zealand milia coperaon wth Fane kickedowith the then Prime Mnister Mchl Rard s istin April 1991, whe im lgr aeed t b hehatchet oer the Rainbow Waior skig in 198Contat were low key wh shp vsi bging whthe HMNZS Tu vstig Noumea in ely /991 andtheFN S acqes aer a Noumabaed mphbisanspr essel vistig Auckla in Ma 1992 Frenchaircra begn to visit New Zealad n pacular theNoueabased marine recaissace Guardianairc whch regulrly visited is co for anng

Cooperatn went a step her when the paol boatLa Moquese exercised with the Nw Zeald Navydring the eet aining eod n Febuar 199, aerwhch the frgates Wllngton and Cnterb and hespply ship Endeaour saled to New CaledonaKanaky to ke par n a oday naal xrcse whLa Moqeuse and he paol gate Nivose beforevisting Noea om 1&-22 Mah Lt Gadaarcra visited New Zeald on crew iig mssionsthree times ad three French Navy ship is ited New

Zealnd prts followng the Tasmanx nal exercen Apri


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g o th N Dence Frcs annual rpr fre eg 1994:

O the pat ya New Zaland Dfnc Frcha gall dlped rgnal catin withe h Armed Frcs basd i the Pacicg by Fenh Nvy ptl cfteer w al esses n te t Numa;

fhe hags e pane n xhngepgm s mmned hi ofsevice psn n New en e wCdni uhe deelp m t othPa sheis seilanc prm nutedn rt wth Asrali d eme b me cori f ssteree rr he bgun stag"g UQhw dig sie

This m il t patin is sen ee o New

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Zaan's eib pph t Frnh m ilism Inn inteew in e We lt yr ViceAdmi Euee si New eald sems mrexible [hn stl wlig t discss andoope wh LS Bt t wl ak at et a y freou elos wi Ausa and Nw aland ha bnnmlsed .

M itr pe wa suspnde i pt aganthe esmpio f rh ul tig t will bintestng wtch he Nw ld pticis wh heir e t g e bet n dmg rnch ncleartstig t o an nicoln pston W sepope mni postn i wa of nclarestng wh th gemet seks t br hht gn n me ltinshp wiFne - th eme or sp cial m ilayfes in the acic?

AWaen Thomso

n March the C hn Gvemnt sees fmili excss dsignd to nmte wahese nded rehesals fr amphbos ngs hel n few mi fm Taws slnds -nd s unhs of surf sf mssis imdt ge bwen n is frm vtalTiw ps

t Asralin Gvmnt rt was of hrwing fricton bween the islnd ste hwingsigns f mr cmmitment t dmoacy nd themanlan giant [dn ong Head 7 Jny 996] The 1 99 dfnce whit pper eendng

ura nrlin th re of Chn s of hemaj as ginal sec In snd wef Mch, US naval fcs wre od nt e aeay Clnton a m show of th ftdw mar battle grps with aer, heir strie

ir hed f cis mssles spporfs

US Conesm have playd n f Chn ashe w that Asa nd th P Clnnf falig act tgh enog h sh ascpgh latins huma e nselling ofncl echnolog to As iesOf n more mmnt is he g mposdby a hina "ht on psh f to gahd wth plyen f bh tnal

ballic mss nce systms h smemssis w hertl cin h Uitd at whn lanch hese sol

Cnce hs ben xpss in apan bt ptntialChinse dmnance f th Sh hina Sa d thdne g Hd asse Mt l atha Being s e obecti is t dominat ntirSu Chn e which i lams ha hstrically nChese teritor This bngs Chna no oni withaiwa hilppine Vieta Maay iwhich als im all r pt h Sprat I chanin th Soth Chia S 27 e 995]

n th 8th of Feruy ast a Filippinos we ptdthat a hines ag had ben erectd on a rf vrwhih Manla caed sveigny ight hi hipswer presen t bac Beii ng 's clam n 1 94 thePaacel l slnds were sizd frm Sh Viam andin 1 988 si atlls in e Sprly gp wr prdfrm the Vietnmes Accordg to th F EEic ee [23 Fbrar, 995 th mov ontMischif Ref was cnsdbly drnt m theprvious ms gaist Vitnam d nmy

Bo Mnil ipe! spndd by sening parlbots no he re an mos phd tgh ami liay bge quip h Ph ppns Amd Focs(AF) with miss bots an pchas a qrn fmod ghter nry f is y "A Philippineny gnbo Chinse aval e fgt a nemute g l he m Phppi il fLz, cdng t the PAF yd ng

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y ca i cas to Sout Sa th Nlun s Geld cui a k resurc wis to CmpayL T.e xtndd (om;cd otrGvrments wh rsouc i tha.

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AUSIE PI G MOR TICKRcnt Ausala nws rpts say that AustralianSecret Intellgnc Sc (ASIS) iterpts pickdup hld porngraphy i diplomatc mail during th1 980s but e matrial sat scuity les fr te yearsbfre anyhg was de about it The cmpmising

photoaphs ofAsian child wer foud whle ASISwas spyig on diplmats and investigating thirbakgrounds nd psd t the polce last year Thcdent rects h etrmly prblmatc gry rabtn ntellgenc rles and polic resposbltisand how mu coopratio r should b betthm

ASIO the Astralia Security ItelligceOrganisaton whih ds Canber's doest spyng- was crtcd n Austalan M telvis

rome i May hs yea whe a Brsba salsasistat rvald sh had maid a mn wh uedout to b a Syian defectr ASIO had smuggld thSyria xghtr pilot int the cou d st hm up a job wth a ew dety We sh und out thetuth hr miag bke up nd she ws livng feaof her le posbl etribu m h ehusbnd S Israel ad AIO ielf Mza them given t th husband) had deseed fm heSyri Ar Foe ad give valuable nfoato theIsraelis. ASIO tok hm Ausla n m up a Lbaese pt ig wh a jt ai eight ompyotlld by Qant The best ma at th wddgtued ut to be ASIO agt sgd to MonzaThe bridegroom could undrsad why h wasalways aund, ad aked so may qustios!

ASIO leaned the M team to stoptrnsission of the pogamm bu the prduersdnid thy wer realing ayhg that orseasgvements did not already kw ad hat theprogramm put e dfctor' family at sk Th yrahimslf h now disappea lavig ne ghted

ex-wif behnd d me ntestng questis aboutAustralia Intlliges ngoing lk with theIsralis nd Mdle Est olcs

At th ed of last y while h abor Govemntwas statg its ntton to put the scrws on thpublicato of material g th ntlligencagnes the Dpuy DrctGnl ofASO GdWalsh clamed at ree peple had assatdsc 1 990 ar lks ld t the ral or m sake belefthat those kill were spks Walsh ha me a speech

bratng frmr itellige agnts ad he media forrgat and adeurus" leas that culd d had

aused deaths Th Ag 3 Nvembr 995] ThGovemt was forcd to dny th lams of alsh,o f its most seior spooks, and he AtoyGeeralmad a mbarassing rtracti ofWalshs claims.

Latr th DirctrGnral f ASIO Daid Sadlircmed Walsh's statmnts wr incct H alsosaid that Australa has had ly" four major rrristatk sic 1 980 d about 26 srus incdn ofplitically motivatd violnc. Th ky targtsiAustralia had bn the popry of th US nd Isael.d Mg d 9Mach 1 996] Thdals rminds us that in recnt yrs ASIO hs muntda major vstigation ofallegatons hat a Russin molehad pntratd th sevie, ad was siderablymbarrassd wh chargs agas n of their

translatrs collapsd thrugh lack of dce

ially, Vgd th mmunist Party newspaprin Australia, rn a st n Mrch whch critcsd thitetis of ASIO to beom more iolvd iidustrial matters Th artie s shot n fats but dspnt to th problems that could mrge fr workersd workrs' orgaisations m spok actites hatlaim t be protctng he coun from ndurialespioage ASIOs histoy ast doubt n s ab ly tay out such a rle wihut using the opponiy t

pursue vendttas agaist lftist uis and theirladership

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FLlOCKERBIE -

WHE N WilL THE TRUTH BE TOLD? senior CIA ocial has aid that Iran, not Libya,wa behind th Decmbr 1988 bombing of a [passengrJ jt ovr Lockerbi th German weklyFocus repor" ChristchurchP 1 May 1 996J Thebomb attack that killd 259 peopl on he Pan Amricanlane and another l on th ground i now bing saidto hav ben organid by Iran and carried out byPalestinian xmist The repo atributed th latttatment to a CIA ocial intviw in Potomac,Mayland on condition of anonymity. In spite ofWt effot to put Libyas on trial thre havealways ben plny of altativ upct Somevidence points to th work of Syrian drug dalrs

gting pasngrs on th pl who wer intllignceagnts working for th CIA Anohr toy told by disgraced' US inll ignc ocr Lser Colman saythe bomb was abl to be plad on h aircra bcauean arangmnt bwen US intlligenc agnts andebanee trrorists - th agent were provid ing aoophol through baggag securiy arangmnts toallow a oute for dgs in rtu for information onete hosag Intellignc repots sholy beforeh bombing wnd the US State Deparment hat aalestinian group planned to aack Pan Amrican

rlines Svral diernt tories mplicate the CIA indals rogue or oerwise nvolving drug and hostages,nd n dodgy activities on the crah ite remarkablyoon ar th vnt he latst commnt may benicant or just anothr ampt to portray Iran asth curent bogyman hn will the tth be told?

THE CI A AND THE MIDDLE EASTngleys currnt attitud is that Iran is a majorsponsor of trrorism throughout th world according Director ohn Dutch Christchurch P 24Febuary 1 996J in a ion with S Snators Butl inton ocial policy ofiolating Iran as a uppoeroterorism wa put aide to allow shipmnt ofraniaams to Bosnia Amrican newspapr repors in Aprilsad th IA blw the whitle on shipments ofIranianam to Bonia ghtrs in 9 9 . An invetigation waslaunched aftr th agncy dicovrd the arshpments by satllite monitoring Th CIA had notben told that Clinton had givn the okay for supplyingBosnians with Iranan arm (vn hough thre was anitd Nation mbargo) Dutch told he Senatorsthe Middl Eat and th Indian Subcontinnt are the

most unstabl aa in the world and that insailiy inthe fomr cnrd on Iraq Meanwhile Washingtoncontinues to targt Libya The CIA ha aid it i not

abl to top h building of what it dcribe amaive underground chmical wapons plat nearTarhunah 60km ouhast of Tripoli According to

some repor th US i conidring miliay action Zad 6 April 1 996J Th CIA ha opration in placedigned to s low down contruction of th plant

CIA'S SU PPORT fOR TERRORISMAs US Preidnt Clinton wa dnouncing Hamas atth antitrrorit ummit in gypt wo wk ago henitd State wa supporting an equally violentorganiation in ohe Iraq which carri out bombaack in Baghdad and othr Iraqi citie accordingto th dn Mng ad 27 arch 996] The

group is dcribed by an Iraqi oppoition lader ashavily ponord by US ad udr th inuencof the CIA Th CIA w givn $US 5 mil lion by heUS Congrss last yar for covr opration against heIraqi Governmnt Infomation about he terroristactiviti which involvd plating car bomb d oherexplosiv devic in Iraqi citis wa conrmd by oneof h bomber who was angy bcau he hadntrecived promid payment for th oprations

COLBYS IGNOMINIOUS DEMISE

Ar considrable pculation on th diapparancof formr CIA dirctor illiam Colby it appas hwnt out with a whimper rathr ha dying in somedramatic spy tory inident Colby who ran th agencbwen 1 973 and 1 976 did in th iconico rverabout 50 km from Wahingon at h nd of April Itwa nin day bfore hi body wa found The mostlikely xplanation is hat h downd ar a hea aackor stroke while canoeing Colby bcam Dirctor atLangly in the midt of a storm of Congrsional andpublic criticism ovr CIA dceit ad intrvention in

Chile and oher countre H wa condmnd by someof hi associat for tuing ovr to Congrss rcordsdtailing CIA abuss in a lag numbr of clandestinoperation This was small rcompne for his closeinolvmnt in Operation Phonix on of h nastitstrategies in the Vitnam ar whr thouands ofVitnam uspctd of having Communitympathies wr aainatd Th man would havehad plnty of enmi but his dmi wa probablyaccidental In 1 97 8 ohn Paily a formr DepuyDirctor of the CIA Oce of Satgic Rsarch wafound dead about 25km from whr Colby wa found

His body was wighd down in h watr wih divingblt and he had a gunhot wound to th had Whhrthi wa murder or uicide was nr mad cla


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N D TE E O TECUENT NUMBENT

urren CI A boss John Dth, according to m gine [20 May, is " in the midst of one of hemost impressive power grabs ever seen in WashingtonHis goal is to consolidate control over the nationssprawlig intelligence community 28 separate andoen euding organsations m says upon hisappointment, eutch mmediately cleaned out theentire CIA top management and replaced t with a team

of entagon and congressional staff mambers.Henaged some ofthe spooks by saying they were not asompetnt as the militay people he had previouslyworked with, and has upset others wth hs strongemphasis on military intelligence at the expense ofpoliticaL dilomatic and conomic collecton Currentlythe CIA trugglng aganst ritcs who chrge that itis ostl nd ifectiv nd a number of dfferntplans r bing promotd fo the total reorganisaion

of the itd Stat spy agcis Oe put forward bythe Intl l gnc C ommttee o th House ofRepreentatives inolv creatng a new organisationr co action and espionage ad mkng the CenalIntellgec Agcy rspsible nly fo intellignceanayi h A ost alon amongst ookorganisation in ig posibl r opration,spig nd th met f nel lg mtria

hi plan wuld dise fthe Nana ScuryAg (cmuio ntrcpt ad t olRse c whch opt sli syig)

and combin th wo gti rhg wuld g mo epobi fo ovrtopras to t m l t Dut hms l is pposing oranato! o od satllisureillnc wher at pn dfnornon inlvd i optg atliteurilln system d nalying h dta thproduc eent movs by l ino t Duth irul to oerthe ppotmnts of ntelgene hiein the Pntgon nd othr govemen agecis ndby the Sente Int ll ig mmie to him moreontrl ove th $U bilon intellignc budgetdiae that ng u out to morepowerful in utur Dh imse seems to hegtl ncrased h o u B h bueauacyof tate d militar ur to ght bc And the

problems th CIA n th nintes giv its ctcs plentyo mmunition to continue to tc its eistence ndits udgt

WNTS QUI ETE Cll ON CSTOPublicl the CIA is now proposng a less miltantresponse to Cstr According to the Obv despitethe lgions of hardcore er CIA and FBI agentswaing around the Cuan ele crowd the mode

agencis are now pposed to a blody cnict on he

g

island The last thng we want is the Carbbeandestabilised says on aget Operatives are advsinganybody who wil l ls n to back off and let their agentswork against Castro om within. [rom ChstchurchP 9 March 1996] The CIA y have gven up onexploding cigas and chmicals to denude Fidel s chin,but leing their agets work from within stll echoesthe clandestine activties of the bad ld days

WOMEN N TE CIClinton's prmotion owomen in the S adminsationmeans that for the rst time a woman holds one ofthetop three job s at th C IA, regarded as one ofWashington's great bations f mal chauvini sm. NoraSlatkin is etch's ecutive directr and accordingto some sourcs, he lvs much of e day to dayrunning o f te gency hr wh l he ersees the rest

of the ntelignce comuniy. his may not changemuch for th al spos howver a he number of

sexdiscrimnaton cplnts ha isen n the last reeyears and the av bn a umb o lawsuitseposing rampnt exsm wth its ranks [m 2May 196]

NEW N ON TE Cormer C A chef b ates h published a newboo wic othr espctiv to some of theC h o h l yea Acordng to arw l T ag 3 ay Gas is critica ofN n gi p t er The reasons

ti roll t ss own rightist views:N n is tgated r b gng a etente hat bluntedomptitio ith Mosw d Cre is give credit ly vert o Agha d trying to oust arst leadr i Gad (s well a establshingjo iteln b hi I ats ew Reagabrought bout th demi th ot Unon throughth pr o h hdlin prch pacularly the

Star Was nti O p of th bok tells us thatZbigni rzns r Natonl Scuriy Ad-isr rcd rpor t m one moing hat a full

lauch Sie miss as on ts way to the

S He ordrd th Strati Ar Command to respondbore beg td e tae le was due to an e-ercis computr tap msakenly d nto the airdnc coput sstem rzinski hadnt bothered

to wk i if cs h xpctd eveyone to beded within the x mutes It hardlY credibletha Gats ca rlt thi nd thn proceed to promot th id that hdl mlitarism led t a sarworld (Gts boo ntitld Fm h "haw ThUtma n S ofv Pn n Hwh wn h C W mon ad Schuster)

c Rsarch


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BRIS SIll ACIVE IN MOSCOWeen Russin threats to expel ne Brits diplomt

osco s ccused of running spy ng sggest itte

as anged te spy world sce the end of the odWa he Rss n domestc security gency. te Fedel

ec ervce. arested a Russn czen making

ontct wih his (Britis) controle He sid to hve

d esponge eqipment in his possessOn nd to hve

dmted woring for British Inteigence Sbseqent

ewspaper repots sy the Britis diplomats accused'spying were nvestigting the possibii hat Rssin

adioactive mterial m ight ve been aquired by theI RA ne " unidentied coonel in the FSS ws qotedf) te British Mail On Sud as conm ing the I A

ad een spplied wth rms and offered stolenadactve mtel Acording to t soure MI6

gent ad offered large mounts of mone} to the

reml o nd ou if te IA was nvolved with the

san maa [Christcurch Pres Mv Suc may have some trut but are us s iely to beprea b Btis Inte li gen the onveenty mke

V6 oo useful nd te A a ret a te me time' , the past wo nws wa oes o n e murky

poodom q

OER EUROEAN ESIONAEIn arc of th yea ly and te ethelands rclled

e m l ita atces to Greece ate hens accusedem p bl e spy risturc Mch

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CLASSIC DISINFORMAION\ r tat Yasser Araft sd n Janua he Ptede eiminate srael and establis a purellesnan stte tus ou to av been lropaganda cop e Econmt rpos tat t stO

hic appered rae! media te Wa Sr

Jrnal. and ondon s Dav Tgraph, amongst hers. originted om the Norwegin paper he Dagn

rfat as repoted to ave told Arab dipomats of te

tention to eiminte Isrel Te Dagn s ot to be

a newspaper in Bergin with a cirlatOn of oreover it e only Nowegin newspper that does

o sppor the Middle Est pece process. nd hs

undamenta ist Cstan orientation Te nm

made considerbe eors to trace the origins of te

epo and ame up wit compete blnk In al

ther aarming iustion of how pnted inmation

an potentily impact on word poitics

Pece eece

MORE SECRE MAERiAL

AVAILABLE IN BRIAIN

Tapes used for trining soldiers for serve NotheIreand which contid sensitive fomtion abomi itry trining we sod t grage se The tpebough by video magne oulist detiled ant

terrorism tactics used by te British my In nothe

incident Te m repoed ta potentily sensitive

informtion abot set faciities in Nohe Ireendd been posted on e Ine nlded were detils0 Britis my instltons and th ddress of wt

ws sid to be n MI5 se

ERMAN SY CIEf RESINSIn Mrc Konrad Porzner hed of the foregnintei gence service emany qit his ob aer someof is ofcers were nvoved in a secrets for s

scandl Porzner was lso tking responsibilit or the

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