NUCLEAR ARMS RACE TO LEAD TO WORLD WAR, SAYS FORMER SPY

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• Publication Date: April 23, 1981
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EAU CLAIRE LEADER-TELEGRAM
23 April 1981
clear a.rms._ race to lend
f~W~rId war: says former snv
By Bob Brown
: The current nuclear-arms race between the United States
and the SovietUnion will soon lead to world war, says former
American spy Peter N.
prediction during a lecture
Wednesday at the University,
of Wisonsin-Eau Claire's
-Schofield Auditorium.
"Right now-we have
:ourselves a runaway nuclear .
-arms race," Tames -stated.
:"Both the United States and
:the Soviet Union have over
-15,000 strategic nuclear war-
heads. The smallest size of
-those nuclear warheads is
-about three times the size of
the bom-b-dropped on
:Hiroshima, which killed
-more than 80,000 people.
"I'm willing to predict that -
by the year 2000, if the cur-
rent trends continue, we're
going to have- a-major nucle-
-ar war between the super-
:Powers."
James based his ominous warnings oninformation that he
'has gathered during visits with high-ranking political leaders
But he also warned that the "Reagan route" of matching the
Soviets weapon for weapon will precipitate the. use of those
James advocates a new approach in U.S. dealings with theI
viet threat: halting production of land-based nuclear
apons, expanding U.S. nuclear submarine capability, and
veloping what he calls "a technological breakthrough that
in shift the balance of power overnight" - particle-beam,
laser, weaponry.
ames said particle-beam weaponry will be a reality by
1990. "These 'Buck Rogers' weapons are the biggest break-
t rough since the atomic bomb," he remarked.
Particle-beam weapon stations in orbit above the earth will
negate the effectiveness of most ground-based and airborne
Z ate
weaponry, James said. He added that the Soviets,
whose space program is geared toward gaining military
superiority, are ahead of the United States in the develop
ment of this new technology.
James said he believes that, by beefing up its strategic
nuclear submarine force and maintaining the defensive
capabilities of particle-beam weapons, the United States will I
Sii,J billion during the next 10 years.
This money would be saved because particle-beam weap
o `ry is less expensive to develop than the multitude of
nuclear weapons it would replace, James explained. He then
id this money could be directed back into the American
onomy, allowing the United States to create "the No. 1
James is adamant in his opposition to the Strategic Arms
mitation Treaties negotiated by-the:united States and the
viet Union. "They are not equal treaties by any stretch of
and scientists from around the- world. Many of these visits. S
'were made between 1964 and 1970, when he conducted
n
ra
-espionage activities for t e en e g
James was a. rocket engineer with Pratt & Whitney had"both Republican and Democratic presidents lying to
oil
t lli ence Agency the imagination," he remarked. "The American people have'
l I
h C t
- He said American grain shipments and other trade with the, James, who has authored two books praised by the
Soviet Union has enabled the Russians to devote their Conservative Book Club "Soviet Conquest of Space" and
energies to the military advancement. "The Air Force Mafia" - is nearing the end of a nationwide
James said that during the Carter administration the
universities
:United States adopted a "'standby" approach to the Soviet lecture tour. He has been visiting colleges and u..military buildup that failed to deter the Soviets in any way. since last fall, spreading his warnings about what sees as
-Ameri astrous future.
=Aircraft in Florida while be carried on his espionage
? activities. Since he wasneveran official CIA agent, he never
signed the standard "bath of secrecy" required of all others
involved in American espionage work. This oversight by the
CIA has enabled .Tames to speak. and write about his
activities and what-he sees as the misguided direction of U.S.
military and foreign policies. -
James described the "awesome capability" in all phases of
military operations that has been developed by the Soviet
? Union during the past 10 years. "This has been done to
achieve absolute superiority and domination over the
Western nations," be said.
He added that this massive military buildup has been
conducted at the expense of the Russian economy and people.
them.
James said the two SALT treaties grant the Soviets
-significant advantages in virtually every phase of nuclear
weaponry. "We guarantee the Soviet Union superiority," he
--said: ?r.
James also warned that the United States is "headed for a
disaster" in its dealings in Latin America. He said the people
of Latin America despise the United States because it has
backed corrupt regimes that have no regard for human
rights. "We are setting up Irans all over the world," he said.
Within two years the United States will experience demon-
strations against the Reagan administration's policies which
will match the intensity of the demonstrations of the Vietnam
War era, Jamespredicted. He said these outbursts will result
from dissatisfaction with U.S. policy in Latin America.
STAT
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