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To: JPR who wrote (1112)	5/29/1998 9:52:00 PM
From: Rational	Respond to of 12475

JPR: The exact text from MSNBC. msnbc.com U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS said activity at a remote site near Pakistan's Ras Oh mountains, 100 miles from where Pakistan exploded an underground nuclear device Thursday, pointed to plans for another, larger test, which could be conducted as soon as Saturday. Pakistani officials would not say whether they planned more tests, but they were talking about where their nuclear devices may be placed - on missiles that would be able to hit targets 900 miles away in India. U.S. intelligence officials believe Pakistan could conduct missile tests next week, further raising the stakes in the gathering arms race. In announcing its testing Thursday, Pakistan claimed it was in the process of capping its Ghauri missile with nuclear warheads "to give a befitting reply to any misadventure by the enemy." In an interview with NBC News on Friday, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ghoul Aruba Khan described the missiles as weapons of mass destruction. One of the reasons Pakistan is expected to conduct more nuclear tests is that at least three of the tests conducted Thursday were duds, U.S. officials told NBC. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said those failures set off a political explosion inside Pakistan's government and created pressure for more tests. U.S. defense officials said that the one or two bombs that did explode were only half as powerful as India's. Since India conducted its tests, Pakistan has been playing catch up, but has been plagued by delays and technical problems, U.S. intelligence officials have said.