Wednesday, November 23, 1983/The Battalion/Page 13
After walkout Wednesday
Soviets resume arms talks
United Press International
GENEVA, Switzerland —
The United States and Soviet
Union resumed talks Tuesday
on long-range nuclear weapons
despite the Soviet walkout last
week from talks on medium-
range missiles in Europe.
U.S. and Soviet delegations at
the Strategic Arms Reduction
Talks, START, met for three
hours and 15 minutes and
agreed to meet again Thursday.
Last Wednesday Moscow had
broken off talks on Intermedi
ate Nuclear Forces, or Euromis
siles, after the West German
parliament approved the
NATO deployment of U.S.
cruise and Pershing-2 missiles in
Western Europe.
There had been speculation
that the Soviets would also break
off the long-range talks but the
delegation turned up for the
scheduled session.
“There is no progress up to
now,” Karpov told reporters in
English. “As I have explained
many times, the position of the
American side is not for an
agreement.”
Despite the Soviet Union’s
threats to break off “Geneva
arms talks,” it never made fully
clear whether it meant only the
INF negotiations or START as
well. The latest session had been
watched as an indicator of Mos
cow’s willingness to continue
nuclear arms control talks with
the United States.
Western observers said they
“do not anticipate any break
down” in the START talks,
although the Soviet news agency
Novosti said the arrival of U.S.
missiles in Europe jeopardized
START.
Novosti said the missiles made
the INF talks pointless and are
changing the situation at
START, presumably because
the missiles can reach Soviet ter
ritory.
Western observers said they
expected the Soviets to recess
the talks and schedule a resump
tion.
A recess would most likely
come next week, according to
the regular pattern of each
round Tasting two months with
two months in between for con
sultations at home.
The basic U.S. position cen
ters on one-third reduction in
strategic warheads to 5,000 for
each side and scrapping two old
delivery systems for each new
one deployed.
Moscow has stuck to its origin
al proposal to limit each side to
1,800 delivery systems — heavy
bombers and intercontinental
ballistic missiles.
In London, U.S. arms nego
tiator Paul Nitze said he ex
pected the Soviets to return to
the intermediate-range missile
talks, although he said the two
sides were still far apart.
Nitze, on a tour of NATO
governments, said the stumb
ling block was over the central
issue — whether Moscow should
have a monopoly on modern
nuclear missiles in Europe.
“We hope and expect they will
continue the negotiations,”
Nitze said.
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|ir Force launches investigation
suspected fraud by contractor
United Press International
ASHINGTON —- The Air
e has launched the first cri-
il investigation against a ma-
efense contractor involving
sale of spare parts to the
ary, Air Force and congres-
il sources said Tuesday,
he investigation focuses on
ible fraud in pricing tools
died by the General Dyna-
Corp. of Fort Worth for use
aintaining the F-16 fighter,
h is built by the contractor,
leneral Dynamics, which
ufactures weapons ranging
the M-l tank to the Toma-
k ground-launched cruise
ile, received $5.9 billion
h of defense contracts dur-
fiscal year 1982 to make it
nation’s No. 1 ranked de
supplier. Figures for fiscal
, which ended Sept. 30,
not available,
entagon auditors charged
Force for $9,600 after having re
ceived a price of $5,600 for the
same tool from a subcontractor,
the Westinghouse Co. of Balti
more, Md., committee sources
said.
The wrench was to be part of
a package of 22 tools ordered by
the Air Force for $1.2 million for
maintenance on its F-16s, the
sources said. The Air Force did
not buy the package after the
committee exposed the prop
osed deal.
“We don’t know if there was
fraud, but we thought the prices
were outrageous,” said a com
mittee source, who requested
anonymity. ‘‘The Air Force
asked General Dynamics to
withdraw the proposal. But our
feeling is it would have gone
through if someone hadn’t
looked at it.”
In another instance, the
no additional comment until
these investigations are com
pleted.”
United Press International
AUSTIN — The target date
for final selection of a site in
Texas for a low-level nuclear
waste disposal facility has been
pushed back to at least mid-
Febnuary, officials said
Tuesday.
Tom Blackburn, spokesman
for the Texas Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Disposal Au
thority, said the agency has been
ordered by its board of directors
to consider public comment on
proposed sites in Hudspeth and
Dimmit counties. The agency
must wait for another 90 days.
The authority had originally
hoped to make a decision by the
end of the year. But Blackburn
said the authority is still evaluat
ing all or parts of 16 counties for
prospective sites for the 300-
acre, $12 million facility.
Counties still under consider
ation are Garza, Mitchell, Scur
ry, Howard, Borden, Baylor,
Throckmorton, Knox, Haskell,
Hudspeth, Maverick, Zavalla,
Dimmit, Frio, LaSalle and
Webb.
None of the potential sites are
within 20 miles of a major city,
he said.
The authority has already
obtained an option to buy a 456-
acre tract of privately-held land
in Dimmit County in South
Texas. It is also studying two
tracts of state-owned property in
the far West Texas county of
Hudspeth.
Texas has no operating Com
mercial nuclear power plants,
but four are expected to be run
ning by 1990. About 30,000
cubic feet of low-level waste was
generated in Texas in 1982 and
that amount is expected to more
than triple in seven years.
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sources said. General Dynamics
ing the summer that the offered to sell the Air Force a
tary services were wasting reverse back spotface cutter, a
J ons of taxpayer dollars be- two-part tool for boring into
e of inefficient spare parts metal, that cost a total of $2,043
ing practices. The Navy — $943 for the drill bit and
it $110 to purchase a diode $1,100 for an axle,
h 4 cents, as one example. Committee investigators cal-
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both parts.
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can't be worth $2,000,” one
ions of taxpayer dollars be
ie of inefficient spare parts
ing practices. The Navy
110 to purchase a diode
h 4 cents, as one example,
he investigation, which also
Blves the Westinghouse Elec-
with headquarters in
PBburgh, arose from an ex-
iiation by the staff of the
ate Government Affairs
imittee of Air Force spare source said. “The Air Force is
To] s purchasing practices. trying to find out how General
"™he Air Force acknowledged Dynamics can justify these
i investigating “possible things.”
dulent activities” by General A spokesman for General
lamics. But an Air Force Dynamics at its Washington-
tesman declined to go into area office said it is conducting
ils “to protect the integrity its own investigation,
he investigation and the “General Dynamics is cooper-
ts of any individuals.” ating fully with the Air Force in-
dmmittee investigators vestigation team and the com-
nd that General Dynamics pany is conducting an intensive
jedly offered to sell a 4-inch- investigation of its own,” the
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