Southeast Asian nuclear treaty

I would like to rectify some slight inaccuracies in the second part of my article on the Southeast Asian nuclear treaty which appeared on page five of this paper's Oct. 1 edition.

The third paragraph of the article which read: "First, it will deny the rights of any particular nuclear-weapons state to attack another state which is to the protocol which might happen to be also a nuclear-weapons state." should have read: "First, it will deny the rights of any particular nuclear-weapons state to attack another state party to the protocol which might happen to be also a nuclear-weapons state."

The third sentence in the fifth paragraph which read: "Even China, perhaps the most open-minded nuclear-weapons state, has only committed itself to an unilateral declaration, stating that it will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against a nuclear-weapons-free zone and its the states which are party to the protocol," should have read: "Even China, perhaps the most open-minded nuclear-weapons state, has only committed itself to an unilateral declaration, stating that it will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against a nuclear-weapons-free zone and its states parties only."

AGUS TARMIDZI

Geneva

Switzerland