USSR threatens to launch on warning of attack

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bring war closer in Europe.

for launching a nuclear "launch on warning' procedure.

The Cruise missiles take such a short time to reach the Soviet Union, Novosti, that the Soviet 2633 Union would be forced to retaliate at the first sign of nuclear attack. This ACCIdenT nuclear war much more There would be no time for confirmation that a full-scale attack was underway. No time determine whether missile had been launched accidentally Cruise CRUISE MISSILES make nuclear war much more likely. That's the only conclusion that can be drawn from the latest Soviet response to the plan to install Cruise and Pershing missiles According to the Soviet paper Novasti, the Soviet Union intends to change its procedures counter-strike to a missiles would take only a few minutes to reach the Soviet Union.

The Novosti statement only confirms what nuclear campaigners have known for a long time that the siting of Cruise and Pershing makes Europe THOTE dangerous place; holocaust 1s brought tha much closer.

NATO strategists say that the West needs Cruise to counter the Soviet SS-20 missiles, already deployed. This is nonsense. The US navy already has, in addition to all Western land-based - nuclear weapons, 400 Poseidon submarinelaunched missiles in European waters. The 'balance Or TENOT already favour of the West.

Meanwhile US defense secretary Caspar Weinberger is coming to Europe this week to seck backing for the US's insane MX' missile system.

He does so amid persisstallation date for Cruise brought forward in an atmovement. construction work tor the Cruise base at Greenham is already well ahead of schedule.

Thatcher and Tories are now trying a systematic baiting campaign CND.

This week's Tory press has been full of stories Soviet reporters at CND CORTETENCE number of visits of CND leader Kent made to the Soviet Union and similar stupidities.

Thatcher accused Michael Foot last week of being "more interested in defending the Union than Britain' But the Tories fighting a losing The anti-missile lobby is already a clear majority of the British people. The will be the year when the anti-nuclear movement makes its biggest impact yet. the CND conference report, the the Soviet are 1983