DATE=7/27/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-236124
TITLE=IRAQ/IAEA REPORT L-O) )
BYLINE=BARBARA SCHOETZAU
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
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INTRO:   IN A NEWLY RELEASED REPORT TODAY (MONDAY), THE 
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY SAYS IT HAS NO EVIDENCE THAT 
IRAQ EVER MANAGED TO DEVELOP ANY NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR RELATED 
MATERIALS.  V-O-A'S CORRESPONDENT BARBARA SCHOETZAU REPORTS FROM 
THE UNITED NATIONS.   

TEXT:   IN A REPORT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL, THE INTERNATIONAL 
ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY SAYS IT HAS PUT TOGETHER A TECHNICALLY 
COHERENT PICTURE OF IRAQ'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND T/H/E 
DESTROYED  REMNANTS OF THAT PROGRAM. 

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, ALTHOUGH IRAQ WAS CLOSE TO PRODUCING 
HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT IRAQ PRODUCED
MORE THAN A FEW GRAMS OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL THAT COULD BE USED IN 
WEAPONS. 

THE REPORT ALSO SAYS THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS THAT IRAQ HAS 
ACHIEVED ITS GOAL OF PRODUCING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.  BUT THE REPORT 
SAYS IT IS CLEAR IRAQ HAD MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN 
WEAPONIZATION TECHNOLOGIES AT THE TIME OF THE GULF WAR. 

BUT THE REPORT ALSO WARNS THAT IRAQ HAS A CONSIDERABLE 
INTELLECTUAL RESOURCE IN THE FORM OF A CADRE OF WELL-EDUCATED, 
HIGHLY EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL WHO WERE EMPLOYED IN IRAQ'S 
CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM.  

THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY CALLED ATTENTION SEVERAL 
TIMES IN THE REPORT TO THE MINIMAL LEVELS OF COOPERATION THE 
AGENCY WAS GIVEN BY THE IRAQIS. 

THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY IS CHARGED WITH DISARMING 
IRAQ OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE AGENCY'S MONITORING PROGRAM INCLUDES
ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING AND AERIAL RADIATION SURVEYS. 

A SPECIAL U-N COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DESTROYING IRAQI 
BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WARFARE. BAGHDAD HOPES GOOD REPORTS FROM 
THE TWO INSPECTION GROUPS WILL LEAD THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL TO 
LIFT SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ. (SIGNED)



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Source: Voice of America
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