LET US CHANGE OBSOLETE WAYS OF THINKING

["Dietrich Fischer" <DFischer at pace.edu>]

GLOBAL DEMILITARIZATION                            August 6, 2002

Dear friends, we hope you can take a moment to help urge political
leaders of the nuclear weapons states to disable all the nuclear
weapons in the world.
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Please send the following or a similar letter, email, fax or phone
message to the President of the United States each month.  Also
please send copies to the Heads of State of the other nuclear
weapons nations, whose addresses are listed at the end.
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urge them also to send these messages each month.  You are welcome
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LET US CHANGE OBSOLETE WAYS OF THINKING

President George W. Bush
The White House
Washington, DC 20500, USA
tel +1-202-456-1111, fax +1-202-456-2461
email president at whitehouse.gov

Cc: Vladimir Putin, President, Russia <rusun at undp.org>
Tony Blair, Prime Minister, Britain (Fax +44-207-925-0918)
Jacques Chirac, President, France <fraun at undp.org>
Jiang Zemin, President, China <chnun at undp.org>
Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister, Israel (Fax +972-2-664-838)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, India <indun at undp.org>
Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan <pakistan at undp.org>

Dear Mr. President,

     As we commemorate the death of the first victims of nuclear
bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 57 years ago, let us make sure that
nuclear weapons will never be used again.

     Nuclear weapons have changed the nature of war.  The main
victims are innocent civilians, and there are now enough nuclear
weapons in the world to end human life itself.  We must not cling
to past ways of thinking and acting, or we risk human extinction.

     The bisons that roamed the prairies of North America became
nearly extinct, because they did not adjust their behavior to
changed conditions.  In the past, when the main danger they faced
were predators such as bears, the best protection they had against
danger was for them to form a circle, with the strong bulls on the
outside and the females and young protected inside.  But when
hunters with guns arrived, forming a circle was the worst thing
they could do.  Instead of dispersing and running away, they
presented a fixed, easy target and were massacred in large numbers.

     Similarly, in the past, seeking military superiority may have
made us safe, but today it could lead to mutual destruction.  We
must realize that with nuclear weapons we cannot continue to fight
wars as in the past, because some day the loser will have nuclear
weapons and not hesitate to use them.

     As long as we develop new nuclear weapons and explore new uses
for such weapons, we set a bad example for other countries that
will want to imitate us.  Double-standards do not work.  If we wish
to survive, we must do everything in your power to help abolish
nuclear weapons, with strict and universal international
verification.

     Sincerely,

     [Your name, post address & country]
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OTHER ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE:
1) Write also to your national and local representatives.
2) Write by hand (a list of mailing addresses is attached below).
3) Reformulate as a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.
4) Send us the names and email addresses of others who you believe
   may participate in this monthly campaign.
5) Inform us of what you have done, and make other suggestions.
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Addresses of the heads of other nuclear weapons states:

President Vladimir Putin
Office of the Government
Krasnopresenskaya 2
Moscow, RUSSIA
tel +7-095-925-3581, fax +7-095-205-4219
email rusun at undp.org

Prime Minister Tony Blair
Prime Minister's Office
10 Downing Street
London, SW 1A 2 AA, BRITAIN
tel +44-171-270-3000
fax +44(207)925-0918
website www.number-10.gov.uk

President Jacques Chirac
Office du President, Palais De L'Elysee
55-57 rue du Faubourg St. Honore
75008 Paris, FRANCE
tel +33-1-4292-8100, Fax +33-1-4742-2465
email fraun at undp.org

President Jiang Zemin
Office of the Premier
225 Chaoyangmennei Dajie, Dongsi
Beijing, P. R. CHINA
email chnun at undp.org

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Office of the Prime Minister
3 Rehov Kaplan, Hakirya
Jerusalem 91007, ISRAEL
tel +972-2-705555, fax +972-2-664838

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Prime Minister's Office
South Block
New Delhi 110011, INDIA
tel +91-11-3013040, fax +91-11-3016857
email indun at undp.org

Gen. Pervez Musharraf
Office of the President
Islamabad, PAKISTAN
telex 5742
email pakistan at undp.org
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Best regards,
Sue & Marvin Clark, Co-directors, Global Demilitarization
42 Maple Avenue, Troy, NY, 12180 USA
Dietrich Fischer, Pace Univ. Pleasantville, NY 10570, board member

Administrative Board Members:
Oscar Arias, Nobel Peace Laureate, honorary member
Jonathan Schell, Author
Mary Evelyn Jegen, SND, Pax Christi International
Bill Price, Director, World Peacemakers
Bill Hartung, Author
Organizations are for identification only
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