ACCESSION NUMBER:00000
FILE ID:95062207.POL
DATE:06/22/95
TITLE:DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT, THURSDAY, JUNE 22

TEXT:
(Bosnia, China/Iran/Pakistan, Perry/Moscow-Warsaw trip) (670)

NEWS BRIEFING -- Spokesman Ken Bacon discussed the following topics:



NO FIRM EVIDENCE OF CHINESE MTCR VIOLATION

Bacon said the United States will continue to monitor "very closely"
the possible transfer of Chinese missile components to Iran and
Pakistan, following a June 22 New York Times report alleging that the
Central Intelligence Agency believes that certain components have been
delivered.

"We are concerned about any actions that encourage or produce the
proliferation of weapons," the spokesman said.

As of now, the spokesman said, there is "no firm conclusionary
evidence that the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) has been
violated."

Bacon said Defense Secretary Perry has discussed the subject with his
counterparts in China and Pakistan. While U.S. officials continue to
look at the issue "very carefully," the spokesman said, there is still
no evidence the MTCR has been violated "by any ongoing or recent
transactions."