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December 1997 United States Special Weapons
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Missile
Proliferation News

• TEXT: ALBRIGHT STATEMENT ON STATE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION US Information Agency 31 December 1997 (Pledges to continue working closely with USIA, ACDA)
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- DECEMBER 31, 1997 -- IRAN Reports of Test Fire Engine of Ballistic Missile/Weapons of Mass Destruction/ Iran and US Dialogue RUSSIA/IRAN Reported Missile Cooperation Ambassador Wisner's Travel to Russia IRAQ Reported Mass Executions at Iraqi Prison IRAN/IRAQ Status of Iran-Iraq Bilateral Relations
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- DECEMBER 30, 1997 -- IRAQ Primakov's Remarks Concerning US Position on Iraq History of oil-for-food program Baby Milk Powder Iraq's use of Expenditures From Oil-For-Food Program Comments Allegedly Made by the Pope Concerning Sanctions in Iraq
• [EXCERPT] DoD News Briefing Tuesday, December 23, 1997 Status report on Iraq; Iran atomic bomb and ballistic missiles.
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- DECEMBER 17, 1997 -- IRAQ Tariq Aziz press conference: US supports UNSCOM authority to inspect all suspected weapons sites in Iraq Butler to report and provide recommendations to UNSC Thursday, 12/18 Timing of UNSC response UN SecGen Annan to report on oil-for-food implementation, potential modifications US requires full compliance with UNSC resolutions by Iraq IRAN No change in US policy of openness toward bilateral dialogue US concerns re Iranian actions; US maintains sanctions Effect of potential Iran role in al-Khobar bombing in Saudi Arabia Europe's "critical dialogue" with Iran US assessment of President Khatami's speech
• DOD to start immunizations against anthrax WASHINGTON (AFNS) Released: Dec 16, 1997
• DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO START IMMUNIZING TROOPS AGAINST ANTHRAX December 15, 1997
• EDITORIAL: TRANSNATIONAL PROLIFERATION THREAT VOA 14 December 1997
• Report outlines conditions for nuclear first strike By John Diamond / Associated Press -- 08 December 1997 -- Turning U.S. nuclear policy toward an emerging threat, President Clinton has decided the United States will consider using nuclear weapons against attackers who hit American forces with chemical or biological weapons.
• Clinton decides U.S. could go nuclear against chemical, biological attackers Associated Press, 12/07/97 16:35
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- DECEMBER 5, 1997 -- IRAQ Iraqi Claims of Humanitarian Aid Shipments Under UN Oil-for-Food Program Being Blocked UN Resolution 1143 Passed Yesterday Extending Oil-for-Food KOREA Japanese FM Obuchi's Request that the US Increase its Contribution to KEDO
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 04 December 1997 -- IRAQ Renewed Demands to Limit UNSCOM Inspections Promise to Russia to Dismantle Nuclear Program IAEA Inspection Findings on Nuclear Facilities / Monitoring Continues IRAN Attempts to Acquire Nuclear Missile Technology from South Africa
• Iraq / UNSCOM PRESS CONFERENCE GEORGE ROBERTSON, U.K. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENSE AND WILLIAM S. COHEN, U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, LONDON THURSDAY, 4 DECEMBER 1997
• SANCTIONS DEBATE VOA 03 December 1997
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 02 December 1997 -- CHINA/TAIWAN U.S. Position on Taiwan Independence RUSSIA Reported Yeltsin Proposal to Reduce Nuclear Arsenal Ratification of START II Treaty LIBYA Possible Military Use of Pipeline Project in Libya IRAQ Update on Situation/Access for UNSCOM Inspectors; Oil-For-Food Program
• [EXCERPT] DoD News Briefing Tuesday, December 2, 1997 - Libyan building that's going on and the potential hide-away for military or chemical weapon; comment on President Yeltsin's apparent announcement that he intends to cut nuclear weapons.

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