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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (4631)	6/16/1999 4:38:00 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 12475

Pakistan's threat of first nuclear use endangers South Asia: SIPRI Updated at 13:25 PST (08:25 GMT) STOCKHOLM, June 16: Pakistan's standing threat to use nuclear weapons first in a conflict endangers South Asia, the Stockholm International Peace Institute (SIPRI) said today. But the risk of nuclear proliferation by Pakistan and India, currently engaged in an artillery duel in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, is increasingly significant, the independent Swedish institute said in its annual report. "The greatest risk of nuclear war in South Asia arises from Pakistan's long-standing strategy of using the threat of early first use of nuclear weapons to deter conventional war," the report said. Although the tests "did not pose a direct challenge to the NPT, since neither state is a party to the treaty, they underscored the fact that the treaty regime did not enjoy universal legitimacy," SIPRI noted. (AFP)