Reply to letter from the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation by Erkki Toumioja, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland
I was embarrassed to notice only recently, that I have still to respond to your letter of 12th March on the problems posed by the US Nuclear Posture Review. I can agree with your assessment about the concerns of crises.
They were very much on our mind when my Swedish colleague Anna Lindh and I wrote about the threats of NMD in our article which was published in the International Herald Tribune the 3rd of July, and which I enclose in case you have not seen it.
This is also at least a partial answer to your proposal about a possible general appeal about the issues involved. I very much welcome such an appeal, although I cannot as Foreign Minister be formally a signatory to it. But if you pursue the proposal please keep me informed.
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