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Countdown to DSEi 3

Arms Trade Shorts 4–5

Other actions 6

Local campaign news and views 7

Cover storyLifeblood of the arms trade 8–9

Campaign update: lock therevolving door 10

Meet CAAT’s new media co-ordinator 11

Parliamentary; call for SteeringCommittee members 12

Feature‘Defence industrial base’? 13

Fundraising 14

Get active! 15

Campaigns diary 16

IN THIS ISSUE...

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The G8 ‘geishas ofgaiety’ in action atFaslane – seepage 6 NANTES INDYMEDIA

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NEWS

The DSEi arms fair is just over onemonth away. Once again, London’sDocklands look set to have to hostarms traders from around the worldso that arms companies can profitfrom death and suffering.

On pages 8 and 9 of this issue weprovide the low-down on the armsfair and the role it plays in theinternational arms trade circuit. Fornow, here’s a quick summary of thecampaign and plans for protest atthe fair itself.

Events in the run-up to DSEiCampaign day: East London, 17thAugust. We will be talking to peopleabout the arms fair and about thereasons for taking action against it.

Information and training day:London, Saturday 27th August.Specifically for people who wouldlike to take independent non-violentaction at the fair. Get in touch if youwant to take part or to hold a similarevent in your region.

CAAT alternative DSEi conference,part I: Sunday 11th September willsee a day of talks, workshops,training, films and networking atToynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street,London E1 (nearest tube is AldgateEast). It will be a great opportunity to

come together, learn more about theissues and prepare ourselves for theweek ahead.

For further details of all of theseevents contact Anna at the office [email protected]

Demonstrate against DSEi, 13thSeptember 2005When it comes to the first day of thearms fair, Tuesday 13th September,we are calling a mass peacefuldemonstration to show ouropposition. The demonstration will

start at 12 noon from Newham TownHall in East London and will head tothe ExCel Centre, a distance of about3 miles. We need volunteers to bestewards – please contact Anna atthe office or [email protected] the demonstration we will havePart II of CAAT’s alternativeconference – again at Toynbee Hall.

Events organised by other groupswill be happening throughout theweek – keep an eye on our websitefor more information.ANNA JONES

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Countdown to DSEi

Campaigners hand in a petition of over 1,000 signatures to theLondon Assembly, calling for DSEi to be cancelled CAAT

Meanwhile our campaign continuesagainst Reed Elsevier, the informationgiant whose subsidiary companiesReed Exhibitions and SpearheadExhibitions organise DSEi and otherarms fairs around the world. Afterattending the company’s AGM inApril, CAAT supporters have beenpresent at other non-arms exhibitionsorganised by Reed. CAAT would liketo have a presence at as many ofReed’s exhibitions as possible, togive out leaflets and encourageexhibition visitors to sign postcards toReed Elsevier’s Chairman. If youwould like to help us in this vital part

of our campaign, please contact theoffice.

One upcoming event is ReedElsevier’s ‘Helitech’ exhibition, whichtakes place in September at theImperial War Museum, Duxford.Though the exhibition includescivilian as well as military helicopters,this is clearly an arms fair: 2003’sexhibitors included such famousmilitary industry names asAugustaWestland (manufacturer ofthe Apache attack helicopter); theUK’s second biggest armsmanufacturer Rolls Royce; andThales, France’s biggest arms

company. On Tuesday 27thSeptember there will be a protestorganised by Norfolk CAAT – [email protected] or callRupert on 01263 512 049.

Finally, Reed Elsevier is famous forits academic, scientific and medicaljournals and publications. We arevery pleased that several academicshave spoken out against ReedElsevier, which relies on the goodwillof academics to contribute to andpurchase their journals. We would bevery keen to hear from academicsand professionals familiar with ReedElsevier publications.

Reed Elsevier: a company that should know better

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ARMS TRADE SHORTS


2005 CAAT NationalGatheringSaturday 12th November 2005, 10am–5pm, Mary WardHouse, Tavistock Place, London (near Russell Square)

CAAT’s annual gathering for all those interested in ending arms exports andworking for a better world.

Join us for a day of workshops and discussions around currentcampaigns and other issues related to the international arms trade. Thegathering will help you to become better informed, plan campaigns,develop your skills and meet like-minded people.

There is no charge for the day and a vegetarian lunch will be provided,though donations are welcome.

To register your place please contact Anna at the office([email protected])

UK continues totrain UzbekistanArmyDespite condemning Uzbekistan’sArmy for shooting up to 500 civiliansin May, the UK is continuing itstraining programme for theUzbekistan military. Private Eyequoted the British Embassy inTashkent as saying that the trainingaims to make a “significantcontribution to conflict preventionand resolution.” The Eye points outthat, given the Army’s crackdownand civilian death toll, the trainingmay not be so successful.PRIVATE EYE, 10/6/05; GUARDIAN, 30/6/05

China and India become topweapons importers

Figures recently released from the Stockholm International Peace ResearchInstitute (SIPRI, see page 13) show that China and India emerged as theworld’s top two arms importers between 2000 and 2004. Indeed, China’sprovisional military budget announced in March 2005 included an increaseof 18.1 per cent over the 2004 budget.To date, both China and India have looked to Russia for military equipmentbut are expected to look further afield as their demands increase.JANE’S DEFENCE INDUSTRY, JULY 2005

Navy support ships to be built inChina?Shipbuilder VT Group is preparing a bid for 15 support vessels for the UKNavy. The bid includes the possibility that the ships’ hulls may be built inChina to save money. While the Ministry of Defence insists that all warshipsbe assembled in the UK, VT believes that this may not apply to supportships. Aerospace equipment manufacturer Smiths is also consideringexpanding its facilities in China due to “significant cost advantage”. INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, 15/5/05; FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 21–27 JUNE 2005

Surprise US rejection of moves toimpose sanctions on ChinaIn July a dramatic turnaround led to the US House of Representativesrejecting legislation that would give the president authority to imposesanctions on European companies that sell arms to China. More than 100House members changed their votes after lobbying from the bill'sopponents, including industry groups concerned at its potential impact onjobs. FINANCIAL TIMES, 15/7/05

UK-based airlineaccused of flyingarms to CongoFlights by African InternationalAirways (AIA) may breach the UNban on the shipment of arms toeastern Congo, with documents seenby the Sunday Times showing that therecipients of the flights’ cargoincluded Rwandan-backed rebelgroups. AIA has offices in Crawley.

After an investigation, duringwhich AIA continued to carry outflights for the Ministry of Defence, aUK customs spokesperson said thatthere was “insufficient evidence tojustify any further inquiries.”

Amnesty International has calledfor a further inquiry into the flights.SUNDAY TIMES, 3/4/05

On a slipperyslope in GermanyIn June a former German juniorDefence Minister confessed toaccepting bribes on arms sales toSaudi Arabia in the 1990s. Referringto a backhander for his help in anarms deal he said: “I really cannotexplain how this slip-up came topass.” The trial threatens to open adebate on political corruption at theheart of Germany’s political elite.TIMES, 29/6/05

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DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE


BAE aims to get Typhooninto Saudi Arabia

BAE Systems is attempting todevelop its Al Yamamah arms dealwith Saudi Arabia and is promotingsales of the Eurofighter Typhoon.Chief Executive Mike Turner said:“We’ve had £43billion from AlYamamah over the last 20 yearsand there could be another£40billion.” FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 21–27 JUNE 2005

BAE Systems wins contractfor US Army upgrades

BAE Systems has won a contract toupgrade the US Army’s mainbattlefield vehicle, the Bradleyarmoured vehicle. The contractcomes after BAE Systems’ purchaseof the US tank manufacturer UnitedDefense Industries. TIMES, 28/6/05

£27 million of UK militaryequipment to Iraq

This May the UK government beganhanding a £27 million package ofmilitary equipment to the IraqiSecurity Forces. The equipmentincluded armoured Land Rovers,guns and ammunition.MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, 17/5/05

Erinys expands in Africa

The 'private military company' Erinysis to open offices in several Africancountries, moving its activities onfrom Iraq. The expansion will beoverseen by its South Africa office:this will be run by JonathanEldridge, former Africa chief ofArmorGroup, which he joined aftera seventeen-year stint in the UKarmy. INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER, 4/6/05

Squabbling at BAE Systems

BAE chief executive Mike Turner hasaccused the company’s chairmanDick Olver of having “a lowknowledge base” and knowingnothing about the industry.INDEPENDENT, 14/6/05

Shorts in briefUS increasescontrol overIsraeli armsexports

The US and Israel have developednew regulations specifying that Israelmust inform Washington if it intendsto sell weapons to “sensitive”countries. The list has not beenreleased but is said to include Chinaand India.

The restrictions come after the USaccused Israel of providing falseinformation about a deal in whichIsrael Aircraft Industries was toupgrade Harpy attack drones sold toChina. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 5–11 JULY 2005

Hawks to Indiamay be used forcombat

Hawk aircraft promised to Indiathrough a deal with BAE Systems maybe used as combat aircraft “shouldan operational scenario presentitself”, according to the head ofIndian Air Force training command.

While the Hawks will have theability to carry live weapons, their usewas supposed to be limited to pilottraining. When this concern was putto the UK’s Defence Export ServicesOrganisation, its spokesperson statedhe was sure that India would consultthe UK if it wanted to use the aircraftin any other role. TIMES OF INDIA, 26/5/05

Government-industry linksstrengthened onaerospace

Industry minister Alun Michael andBAE Systems chief executive MikeTurner are to co-chair the newAerospace Innovation and GrowthLeadership Council, which willoversee implementation of the UK’saerospace agenda.

The Council will meet twice a yearand will include representatives fromGovernment, industry, 'regionalpartners' and trade unions.Membership will be decided by bothMichael and Turner.FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 28 JUNE–4 JULY 2005

Arms tradecorruption inSouth Africa

In his recent high profile court case,Schabir Shaik, former financialadvisor to then South African DeputyPresident Jacob Zuma, was foundguilty of corruption and fraud forpaying bribes in exchange forfavours over arms deals.

Shaik was accused of trying tosolicit bribes on behalf of Zuma froma subsidiary of Thales International,in return for protecting it from aninvestigation into an arms dealarranged by South Africa in the1990s. INDEPENDENT, 3/6/05

Arms fairsclaimed toincrease sales

The export of arms from Bosnia-Hercegovina has grown rapidly inrecent times. Bosnia’s largest armstrader UNIS Promix put its successdown to the Bosnian arms industry’sparticipation in arms fairs around theglobe, including London.MEDIA MONITOR, 24/6/05

Record sales forUK militaryequipment

2004 saw a five-year high for UKmilitary exports, according to a reportfrom the Defence Export SalesOrganisation (DESO). The report alsoforecast that Asian spending onmilitary equipment would risesignificantly between 2005 and2020, overtaking European spendingby 2013. DEFENSE NEWS, 20/6/05

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OTHER ACTIONS

CAAT was among a number ofgroups supporting the FaslaneBlockade that took place during theG8 summit. Organised by TridentPloughshares and British and ScottishCND, the blockade was called tohighlight the links between povertyand war, militarism and destructiveglobalisation.

Over 2000 people took part,including many CAAT supporters,representing a huge spectrum.Parliamentarians and Church leaderswere there alongside the ‘geishas ofgaiety’; while anti-capitalists and

clowns involved with the ClandestineInsurgent Rebel Clown Army werealso present. The Faslane base wasshut down with all gates blockadedfrom 7am to 5pm. Even the mainA814 road running alongside thebase was closed to traffic.

A peaceful carnival atmospheremarked the day and only four arrestswere made, though no-oneappeared to be charged. Oneperson entered the base, three otherssat on perimeter gates or fences, andseveral people used the water to get

close by paddling up to the base inkayaks!

One of the key issues for CAATaround the G8 has been the factthat, in all G8 countries, armscompanies are literally ingovernment. This fundamentallyundermines any possibility ofprogress on demilitarisation andtherefore, also the fight againstpoverty.

CAAT’s G8 briefing is stillavailable – please contact the officeif you would like a copy. ANNA JONES

CAAT at the G8: Faslane blockaded

This June, People’s Nuclear WeaponsInspectors made their way into theUK headquarters of LockheedMartin, the largest armsmanufacturer in the world, to verifywhether the company was planningto use the site to develop deadly newweapons.

The People’s Inspectors disrupteda meeting in the company’sboardroom, chanting “you stop yourtrade in death”. After an attempt bya Lockheed Martin manager tosecure doors to the room with hisbelt, the People’s Inspectors were leftto occupy the boardroom for theafternoon.

The inspection took place inresponse to information thatLockheed Martin not only makesmissiles for the Trident missile systembut also is the lead partner indeveloping an upgrade orreplacement of these weapons ofmass destruction.

The Inspectors suggest that thisnew development contract will cost

UK taxpayers at least £5.3 billion. Itwould also contradict the NuclearNon-Proliferation Treaty.

The Inspectors were preventedfrom carrying out their full researchand decommissioning task bysecurity and Metropolitan policeofficers, who made no arrests butforcibly removed them from thepremises.

Contact the People’s NuclearWeapons Inspectors on 07890 124276.

‘Weapons inspectors’occupy LockheedMartin board room

The team plan their next moveTHE INSPECTORS

EDO campaign

A legal observer at ademonstration outside the EDOMDM factory in Brighton wasremanded for four days in June forallegedly filming a security guard.The observer was charged withbreach of the interim injunctionawarded by the High Court toEDO, which aims to restrictprotests outside the factory.Although a Judge refused toimpose limits demonstrationsbefore a full court hearing on theinjunction took place, EDOcampaigners say that Sussex Policeare making protest impossible byconfining protesters to a smallgrass verge opposite the factorypremises. The legal observer nowfaces up to five years in prison andhas requested a jury trial at LewesCrown Court.

The fight against the EDO MBMinjunction has nationalimplications, as it will affect thefuture right to protest in the UK(see CAATnews 190).

The campaign is organising apeace camp close to the factoryfrom 13–19 August, beginningwith a demo through Brighton onAugust 13th. [email protected] forfurther details. MICHELLE TESTER


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LOCAL CAMPAIGNS


Thanks to everyone who took part inactivities during Stop the Arms TradeWeek in June. The focus of thisyear’s Stop Week was the Call theShots campaign to take the armscompanies out of government (seepage 10). CAAT campaigners allaround the UK sent letters andpostcards to their MPs and collectedpetition signatures (over 1000collected so far!) and pop-out ‘keys’to symbolise locking the revolvingdoor between arms companies andthe government. Many campaignersorganised street stalls to raiseawareness of the issue. MargaretWood from Buxton in Derbyshirecollected 33 ‘keys’ and lots ofpetition signatures on two stalls onconsecutive Saturdays, on DisleyHigh Street in Cheshire and at NewMills One World Festival inDerbyshire. CAAT campaigner JaniceThomson even circulated the petitionaround the hospital in which she is

an in-patient! Norfolk CAAT grouphad a stall, and got the publicinvolved with street theatre,leafleting, signing the Call the Shotspetition and with painting a giant‘key’. They also distributed resourcesto local churches for the Day ofPrayer on 12th June. Steve Marshallfrom Sheffield writes: “We here inSheffield CAAT (SCAAT) have doneour little bit in Stop the Arms TradeWeek, holding a letter-writingevening on the Thursday (to MPs,Councillors, press and broadcastmedia) and a two week windowdisplay in the Shop for Justice onGlossop Road. Also at the annualPeace in the Park Festival on 11thJune in Sheffield, SCAAT had a verysuccessful stall that was featured onthe local Calendar news. Thanks andwell done to all volunteers and toLynda for all her efforts.”

Hopefully this small sample ofStop Week activity shows that all your

efforts make a difference to thecampaign – whether you are a lonecampaigner or part of an establishedCAAT group, your contribution ismuch needed and appreciated.

For more info and action ideas,check out www.calltheshots.org. Andplease keep sending in your ideasand news ([email protected]).

Day of Prayer 2005 newsOnce again, thanks to all who haveraised the profile of the Day ofPrayer in their local areas and tothose who either got slots in theirchurch services for prayers, songs ora talk about the arms trade or whoorganised separate anti-arms tradeservices. The Day of Prayer pack,which this year focussed onhighlighting the links between thearms trade and global poverty, wassent to and used in a range ofchurch services around the UK onSunday 12th June.

Manchester CAAT protestson arms investments

Mike Kavanagh writes: ManchesterCAAT has held five protests outsidethe main Council offices of Bury,Bolton, Manchester, Oldham andRochdale to raise awareness of thearms investments held by GreaterManchester Pension Fund, the fundfor Greater Manchester councilemployees. Thanks to those CAATmembers who came along.

A Freedom of Information requestrevealed that the Fund hadinvestments in four UK armscompanies, one Japanese armscompany and four US armscompanies. It had its largestnumber of shares in SingaporeTechnologies Engineering, whichhas products including the world’slightest machine gun. So there ismuch to protest about!!

Manchester CAAT has plannedfive more protests in GreaterManchester. Tameside Council is thelead authority for the Fund and ifyou can even come to this protest

alone that would be a great help.For more info, including dates ofthe protests, [email protected]

Local campaigns news & views

Stop Week 2005 news

Leader of the Liberal Democrat group (on right) on RochdaleCouncil, signs Manchester CAAT’s petition MANCHESTER CAAT

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COVER STORY


DSEi – who runs itDefence Systems & Equipment International (DSEi) isorganised by Spearhead Exhibitions “in association with”the Ministry of Defence: a formal relationship that existsfor no other UK arms exhibition.

First and foremost, arms companies want to meetbuyers and that’s what Spearhead and the MoD provide.As DSEi’s 2005 brochure states, it delivers:

“Well-organised, top level international delegations; UKministers and senior staff involved in UK defenceprocurement; senior international visitors and militaryinfluencers.”

In 2003 the 973 companies from 28 countries enjoyedthe “customer-rich environment” provided by 20,000visitors from 65 countries. In 2005, it is likely that morecompanies will enjoy an even ‘richer’ environment.

Taxpayers’ moneyDSEi is heavily subsidised by the government. Direct costsalone were estimated to be £400,000 in 2003 and wecannot guess the indirect costs of the huge governmentsupport and involvement. And, while immediately after theevent the government estimated police costs of around£1.7 million, the final cost was established several monthslater at over £4 million.

Closed and opaqueSpearhead is now owned by Reed Elsevier plc, the massivepublishing group. Its Reed Exhibitions business organisessix ‘aerospace and defence’ trade fairs including LatinAmerica Aero & Defence, Taipei Aerospace and DefenceTechnology Exhibition and of course DSEi. When asked atthe company’s AGM about the ethics of organising armsfairs, the Chairman astonishingly said it was okay as longas “we don’t deal ourselves in these kind of things, Isuppose”. When pressed again over Spearhead and DSEi,the board claimed that it was providing “an open andtransparent process”. This is a difficult claim to assess

given that, as Reed Elsevier states, “It is not open tomembers of the public.” You might have thought thatseveral million pounds of taxpayers’ money would buy thegeneral public a few tickets!

The defence of DSEiThere is nothing redeemable about the arms fair. EvenDSEi and supporting organisations such as the DefenceManufacturers Association (DMA) are at a loss to knowhow to defend it in public. Their responses to criticismshave sunk to the desperate level of suggesting that it isn’tan arms fair! However, the DSEi 2005 brochure is clearon the situation. It states that “DSEi provides a platformfor the whole of the defence and military aerospacecommunity” and “fulfils an important role within theselling process for defence companies”. Then, of course,there are the arms companies...

The sellersAs of 17th June, there were 927 exhibitors confirmed forDSEi 2005. They include Lockheed Martin, the world’slargest arms company and manufacturer of fighteraircraft, missiles, nuclear weapons and other hardware.Lockheed is joined by other massive US arms producerssuch as Raytheon (missiles), Northrop Grumman (radarand missile systems, warships, space systems) andGeneral Dynamics (armoured vehicles, tanks, nuclearsubmarines). Then there are the major European armscompanies: BAE Systems (fighter aircraft, warships,torpedoes, missiles, tanks), Thales (naval systems,avionics), EADS (fighter aircraft, missiles, helicopters) andFinmeccanica (helicopters, missiles).

These companies will all have enormous stands at DSEiand will dominate the exhibition as a whole. However,there is plenty of competition for specific weaponry. Therewill be at least 15 cluster bomb producers present. Wedon’t know if individual companies will be activelymarketing their cluster munitions at DSEi, but they have in

LIFEBLOODOF THE ARMSTRADEThis September, buyers and sellers will spend four days in each others’ company at the DSEiarms fair making sure that no opportunity is missed for spreading weaponry around theworld. James O’Nions and Ian Prichard give the low-down.

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DSEi ARMS FAIR 2005


the past and there will be nothing to stop them this year.In terms of small arms and its ammunition, BAE Systemsand General Dynamics are joined by a plethora ofcompanies including Arsenal Co of Bulgaria, Glock andSteyr Mannlicher of Austria, FN Herstall of Belgium,Heckler & Koch, Rheinmetall DeTec and J.P Sauer & Sohnof Germany, Alliant Techsystems of the US, Diemaco ofCanada, Giat Industries of France, Nammo of Norway,Helston Gunsmiths of the UK and Pakistan OrdnanceFactories.

Official invitationsOfficial delegations from other countries attend DSEi atthe invitation of either the Ministry of Defence orSpearhead. In 2003 there were 79 official delegationsfrom 56 countries. On more than one occasioncontroversial invitees appear to have been avoided by theMoD, only for Spearhead to invite them anyway, sayingthat they are staying within the government’s guidelines.In reality, of course, the two work hand in glove over DSEi.

Israel is one example. Whilst the government is stillhappy to allow arms exports to Israel, despite the 38-yearoccupation of Palestinian territories (judged illegal underinternational law) and well-documented human rightsabuses including collective punishments and extrajudicialkillings, it appears it has not always wanted to be seen toactually invite the country to DSEi. In both 2001 and 2003Spearhead did the job for them. Given the presence ofnumerous Israeli arms companies as exhibitors at DSEi,the absence of an official delegationwould be rather incongruous.

Of course, the UK government oftenisn’t that circumspect about whom itinvites anyway. Colombia was invited in2003, a country whose militarynot only have documented linkswith the right-wing paramilitarieswho murder hundreds of tradeunionists, human rights advocatesand rural workers each year, butwho have also carried out some ofthese killings themselves. 2003 alsosaw the MoD invite delegations fromboth India and Pakistan, despitethem having been on the brink ofwar with each other just the yearbefore. Pakistan also was, andremains, a military dictatorship.

Arming AfricaBetween them, the MoD andSpearhead officially invited 15African countries over the pastthree DSEi exhibitions. Theseincluded Tanzania and Angola,whose very low HumanDevelopment Index ratingsindicate that they are two of thepoorest countries in the world.Encouraging these countries to

spend money on arms hardly helps them pull themselvesout of poverty, nor helps stop Africa’s many armedconflicts. Even the supposedly middle income Africancountries that have attended DSEi, such as South Africaand Botswana, receive millions of pounds of overseas aidfrom the UK, and have nowhere near the resources theyneed to deal with the HIV/AIDS pandemic currentlyravaging the continent.

A number of the African countries invited also haveserious human rights problems. The Foreign andCommonwealth Office website says that in Algeria therehave been “numerous documented allegations of humanrights abuses by the security forces and state-armedmilitias, including the enforced disappearances of at least4,000 people, abductions, torture and extrajudicialkillings”. Meanwhile, for Nigeria, the FCO says that “theArmy has committed serious abuses of human rights.” Yetthe MoD invited both these countries to DSEi in 2003. Theofficial invitation lists are not available as CAATnews goesto press, but there is no reason to think that thesecountries and others with poor human rights records won’tbe invited again in 2005.

The International Arms Fair CircuitDSEi is just one, albeit one of the biggest, of a series ofmilitary exhibitions that take place around the world. Theyrepresent “a key event for the total supply chain” asSpearhead described DSEi. Other major arms fairs includeEurosatory and the Paris Air Show, both in Paris, IDEX inthe United Arab Emirates and Defendory in Greece.

Outside Europe, South Africa’s Africa Aerospace andDefence exhibition and Brazil’s Latin America Aeroand Defence are also significant.

Like DSEi, some of these fairs started out primarilyas national expositions to boost a particular

country’s arms industry. Though this functionstill exists, in an internationalised industry, arms

fairs have increasingly become big businessventures in their own right, organised

by corporations like Reed Elsevier.Similarly, the Defence Export ServicesOrganisation’s role isn’t limited toDSEi; in 2004 alone it spent over £1million attending thirteen internationalarms fairs, promoting UK armsexports from Malaysia to Chile toJordan.

In a very real sense, then, thesefairs are the international arms trade.They are where negotiations areconducted, collaborations plannedand purchases considered. They are akey part of the machinery that keeps

this abhorrent industry running, andDSEi is more significant than most. That’swhy CAAT will be urging all those who careabout social justice, human rights and peaceto join the opposition to DSEi this autumn inwhatever way they can.

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A disturbing number of seniorMinistry of Defence (MoD) officials,Ministers and armed forces staffhave moved into high-salaried jobsin arms companies. Similarly thearms industry has seconded many ofits own employees to the MoD. This‘revolving door’ gives armscompanies immense influence overgovernment decision-making andinevitably leads to government armsexport policy, and wider military orforeign policy, being skewed infavour of their interests.

Campaign update For the past month or so CAATcampaigners have been sending Callthe Shots postcards to their MPs andcollecting ‘keys’ to lock the revolvingdoor. See page 7 for more on someof the campaign activities that havetaken place.

Please do keep going! Askingpeople to sign petitions andpostcards is an easy, non-threateningway to introduce people to armstrade issues. And of course, if youhaven’t already sent the postcard toyour MP, please use the one insertedin this mailing and send the pop outkey back to us! If you have alreadydone so, please consider passing thepostcard on to a friend. For thepetition, if just 100 people eachcollected five sheets of signatures,we’d have nearly 10,000 signatures.

Developments in ParliamentWe’re now waiting for thepublication of the updated list ofMinisters, senior civil servants andarmed forces officers who have beengiven the go-ahead to move into theprivate sector (the AdvisoryCommittee on BusinessAppointments report).

We’re also waiting for the resultsof a completed review into the‘business appointment rules’ thatoversee the movement ofgovernment figures into the privatesector. The review’s terms ofreference are to see that the rulesare compatible with “a public servicethat is keen to encourage greaterinterchange with the private andother sectors”. Doubts about thisdirection are made worse by thebackground of Sir Patrick Brown,who carried out the review. Sir Patrickwas a senior civil servant whopushed through privatisation of theports, the National Bus Companyand Railtrack, and is now the non-executive chairman of the Go Aheadbus and rail company.

Maybe, against all the odds, theoutcome will be positive. If it isn’t,then the report will provide a focusfor the campaign and an additionalmotivation! BECCIE D’CUNHA & IAN PRICHARD

To order more Call the Shotspostcards, leaflets or petitions, or the‘Who Calls the Shots?’ report, please

contact Patrick at the CAAT office([email protected]). The petitionand report can also be downloadedfrom www.calltheshots.org.

REPORT

Lock the revolving door


Relentlessrevolving...

Some of the revolvers who havecome to light since the Who Calls

the Shots? report was published.

Air Commodore Ron Cook

Was A Director of EquipmentCapability at the MoDIs now Head of new LondonOperations office, L-3Communications

Admiral Lord Boyce

Chief of Defence StaffWas Non-exec Director, VT GroupIs now Member of advisory team,Computer Sciences Corporation

Air Marshall SirChristopher Colville

Was Commander-in-Chief,Personal Training Command Is now Non-exec Chairman,Westland

Sir Michael Pakenham

Was HM Ambassador, WarsawIs now Non-exec Director, Thales

General Sir Jack Deverell

Was Commander in Chief RHQAllied Forces Northern RegionIs now Senior Military Consultant,EDS Defence

Sir Robert Walmsley

Was Chief of DefenceProcurementIs now Non-exec Director, EDOCorporation

CAAT held a campaign dayin London in July to collectsignatures for the Call theShots petitions and get thepostcards and keys signed.In just three hours, with sixpeople, we collected 221petition signatures and got108 keys and postcardssigned. This shows howmuch can be achieved withlittle more than a fewclipboards and some willingvolunteers!CAAT

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NEWS

Six Lancaster University students andmembers of the local communityface criminal charges for ademonstration against multinationalcorporations – including BAE Systems– that met at the university inSeptember 2004.

While some protestors engageddelegates at the Corporate VenturingConference in conversation, otherswere removed by security. Thedemonstration continued outside.Police were called but said that thedemonstrators were doing nothingillegal.

Five months later the ‘George Fox6’ received a court summons for thecriminal offence of AggravatedTrespass. This carries a maximumsentence of three months

imprisonment. While the universitydenies any involvement, theprotestors claim that the police musthave had the university’s approval topress charges.

The protestors said: “It is wrong,and in the long termcounterproductive, for an academicinstitution to ignore [concerns overunethical companies and theuniversity’s involvement with them],let alone to prosecute those whoraise them.”

Lancaster University is to hostanother Corporate VenturingConference from 6–8 September.

Contact the George Fox 6Supporters Group on 01524 383012or [email protected].


Lancaster studentsface criminal chargesfor campus protest

Comedy night –all proceeds goto CAAT’scampaignagainst theDSEi arms fair

‘Stand up against the armsfair’, featuring comedy fromAdam Bloom, Ivor Dembina,Felix Dexter, AyeshaHazarika, Stewart Lee, AngieMcEvoy and Ian Stone

Thursday 8th September, doors8.30pm, for a prompt 9pm start.Tickets are £8 (£5 concession).

Red Rose Comedy Club, 129Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park,London N7 7QG. It is a smoke-free venue and is accessible towheelchair users.

To book tickets, please send acheque payable to ‘CAAT’ to theoffice or email [email protected]

Mike Lewis, the newMedia Co-ordinatorstarted work at work atCAAT on 11th JulyHe writes: I am extremely excited to be joining the teamas Media Co-ordinator at such a busy and critical time– in the run-up to September’s DSEi arms fair, and inthe aftermath of the meeting of the world’s largest armstraders at Gleneagles. CAAT’s hard-won media profilehas long been a source of both inspiration and envy forme, coming from a background in advocacy,communications and research. Having trained as aneconomic historian specialising in Southeast Asia, I’vespent the past year researching and teaching atCambridge University, as well as helping to establish aUK-based research organisation, the Iraq AnalysisGroup, which deals with issues of economicdevelopment and military accountability. My mediaexperience includes work with the Campaign AgainstSanctions on Iraq and Cambridgeshire Against RefugeeDetention. I’ve also spent some time working with therefugee assistance organisation France Terre d’Asile inParis. I’m looking forward to meeting many of CAAT’ssupporters at events in the coming months.

New publicationsTwo CAAT publications on arms trade corruption are nowavailable in print. These are the CAAT 2005 Lecture byJoe Roeber, Parallel Markets: Corruption in theInternational Arms Trade and Nicholas Gilby’s The UKgovernment and arms trade corruption: a short history.

The lecture text provides a clear and striking overview ofthe extent and role of corruption in the official arms trade.It describes how it is the most corrupt of all legalinternational trades and, more than that, is “hot-wired forcorruption”. Roeber considers the impact of corruptionand, perhaps most importantly, demonstrates that ratherthan being peripheral to the business of selling arms,corruption is central to it.

Nicholas Gilby’s paper focuses on the UK and is theresult of extensive research in the National Archives. Hehas unearthed documents from the 1970s that providehard evidence of official knowledge of corruption in armsdeals in Venezuela and Indonesia. However, Gilby’s is notjust a historical study. It exposes the misleading nature ofrecent statements given to Parliament by the MoD andputs the continuing debate over the Export CreditsGuarantee Department’s anti-bribery procedures intosharp perspective. The paper is in-depth and fascinating,quoting in context some startlingly frank correspondence.A number of the original documents to which it refers areavailable on the CAAT website. IAN PRICHARD

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PARLIAMENTARY


In September 2003, it was reportedin the Sunday Times that BritishAerospace (now BAE Systems) hadpaid a company directed by EvelynLeChene to infiltrate CAAT andcollect information about itsworkings and activities (seeCAATnews issue 181).

Whilst CAAT cannot identify allthe agents involved in providingLeChene with information, a carefulstudy by a Steering Committeeinvestigating group has left littledoubt that, from his first contactwith CAAT, former NationalCampaigns and Events Co-

ordinator Martin Hogbin was one ofthem.

The group investigated suspiciousactivity linked to Martin�s officeemail account while he wasemployed at CAAT, as well asconsidering the evidence on whichthe Sunday Times based its article.The report of the steps taken duringthe investigation, the evidencegathered and the conclusions drawnhas now been published.

To read the report and a newSteering Committee statement thataccompanies it, visit

http://www.caat.org.uk/spying.phpor phone the office.

We urge everyone involved incampaigning activities to read boththe Steering Committee statementand report, particularly if they areconsidering working with Martin. Wealso encourage all campaigningorganisations to check their emaillogs for the period before October2003 to make sure that noinformation was being forwarded toany email [email protected] (the address towhich Martin was sendinginformation).

Spying on CAAT � new statement and report

Many of you now have the Call theShots pack and have sent off thepostcard to your MP. However, MPsmay be persuaded even more by anindividual letter from a constituent.

Please find time over the summerto write to your MP, House ofCommons, Westminster, LondonSW1 0AA. Tell your MP that you:

� Are worried about the movementof government ministers, civilservants and members of thearmed forces to companies thatmanufacture military equipment;

� Think it is essential to:

1. Remove the potential for ministersand public servants to beinfluenced in their current posts bythe possibility of obtaining futureemployment;

2. Prevent ministers and publicservants from taking personaladvantage of informationobtained during their officialduties;

3. Stop ministers and public servantsfrom obtaining preferentialtreatment or privileged access togovernment after leaving publicoffice;

� Are concerned that there is nomandatory minimum time thatmust pass between someoneleaving a ministerial or publicoffice and taking up a positionwith a commercial company, andthat there are no rules to preventsomeone working on a project inthe commercial sector to which hisor her previous public work hassome relevance.

Ask your MP to raise yourconcerns with Rt Hon John Hutton,the Chancellor of the Duchy ofLancaster, as he has responsibility forthe Advisory Committee on BusinessAppointments, which regulates thesematters.

European NetworkIn May, CAAT hosted a meeting of itscounterpart organisations in theEuropean Network Against ArmsTrade. As well as updating eachother about our work, we alsodiscussed the ENAAT ResearchGroup (two reports are coming soonand will be publicised in latereditions of CAATnews), themilitarisation of the EU, export creditsagencies and the pros and cons ofthe proposed Arms Trade Treaty.ANN FELTHAM

Stop the revolvingdoor � write to your MP

New SteeringCommitteememberswantedThe Steering Committee meetsquarterly to decide CAAT�s policyand direction. It includes eightSupporter Representatives who siton the Committee for two years.

Please think about standing forSteering Committee, particularly ifyou are active at a local level.

� To become a SupporterRepresentative you need to havebeen receiving CAATnews formore than 12 months. You mustbe proposed and seconded byother supporters of at least 12months standing, only one ofwhom may be a member ofSteering Committee. The paidstaff and the Returning Officermay not make nominations. Thedeadline is Wednesday 5thOctober. Send your nominationsto Ann at the office.

� If you have not previouslyregistered to vote and want todo so please send in a requestnow. It must include yoursignature.

For further info contact Ann on 0207281 0297 or [email protected]

INFORMATION

The UK arms industry hasseen dramatic changes inthe past few years, theextent of which calls intoquestion the industry’sfundamental purpose, whileundermining a primeGovernment justification forsupporting arms exports.Ian Prichard and JoeZacune explain.

The main justification for the UKarms industry is the need to retain a‘defence industrial base’. Theargument goes that we need toexport arms to make UK armscompanies viable and able tocontinue supplying the Ministry ofDefence.

This whole idea of a ‘defenceindustrial base’ is, however, rooted inthe past. Traditionally the armsbusiness was (and by the public stillis) expected to comprise UK-ownedcompanies, producing arms withinthe UK, for the UK’s military. Yet anumber of ongoing trends haveundermined this position:

• The major UK arms companiesare increasingly focussing on UScontracts which requires that moreof their production is locatedthere. As a result, small andmedium-sized US companies areswiftly being acquired by UKcompanies including BAE Systems,Smiths, GKN, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce, VT Group and Cobham.BAE Systems appears to want to

go one step further and actuallybecome a US company.

• Companies in the UK areincreasingly being acquired bynon-UK companies.

The company with the largestarms work-force in the UK is stillBAE Systems. However, the nextlargest arms-production work-forces belong to Thales, a Frenchcompany that has acquired Racal,Thomson Marconi Sonar, ShortMissile Systems, Thorn, Avimo andPikington Optronics to build its UKpresence, and an Italian company,Finmeccanica, which purchasedWestland helicopters last year. Addto this several thousand workers atthe French/German/Spanish (andregistered in the Netherlands)EADS, and the presence ofLockheed Martin UK, RaytheonSystems Limited, GeneralDynamics UK, NorthropGrumman UK, Claverham andEDO MBM Technology (allsubstantial UK subsidiaries of USarms companies), and the UK‘defence industrial base’ has adistinctly globalised feel.

• Ministry of Defence contracts areincreasingly being awarded tonon-UK companies. Having a UKpresence gives companies adistinct edge when bidding forMoD contracts, and high-profileprocurement competitionssometimes seem to boil down tothe claims each bidder makes

over the jobs it will ‘create’ or‘secure’. However, sizeable MoDcontracts can also be obtainedwithout a UK presence, either byan individual company or incollaboration with a UK company.The largest contracts have seenteams of UK and non-UKcompanies brought together tobid; a striking example being themassive, £13 billion, air-to-airrefuelling contract, eventuallysecured by a team led by EADS.

When the Government subsidisesUK arms exports, it is subsidisingFrench, Italian and US companies aswell as UK companies. The ‘jobs’argument used to justify policies andsubsidies are increasingly withcompanies that have no commitmentto UK employees or the UK, only tointernational shareholders (whetherthey are UK companies or not).

There is no UK ‘defence industrialbase’ in the sense that we are askedto believe in it; its place has beentaken by international big business.The Government’s use of the‘defence industrial base’ in supportof arms exports is either naive or isanother disingenous attempt to justifythe unjustifiable.

Note: for the purposes of this article‘UK companies’ refer to companiesthat are headquartered in the UK.This does not mean that most of theirproduction or employees are in theUK or that the majority of theirshares are held by UK citizens orinstitutions.


A UK ‘Defence Industrial Base’ –or just international big business?

In June the Stockholm InternationalPeace Research Institute (SIPRI)reported its findings for 2004 globalmilitary expenditure.

SIPRI found that global militaryexpenditure rose in 2004 to $975billion at 2003 prices.

The US spent $455 billion at 2003prices. Approximately $238 billion ofthis was raised almost exclusively formilitary operations in Afghanistanand Iraq: this bill is greater than theyear’s military expenditure of theentirety of Africa, Latin America, theMiddle East and Asia (except Japan

but including China). The UK rosefrom being the third largest militaryspender in 2003 to being the secondin 2004, undermining reports of‘defence cuts’.

For more see SIPRI’s website athttp://yearbook2005.sipri.org/ch8/ch8

New figures for global military expenditure in 2004

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CAAT CASH

I am delighted to announce that thisOctober, for the first time, CAAT willbe represented among the 40,000runners in the Chicago Marathon.CAAT supporter Steven Downey is anexperienced runner but this will behis first Marathon. We are delightedthat he is taking on the challenge forCAAT and wish him good luck withhis training.

I would also like to mention LouiseEaton, who organised a hugelysuccessful Day of Dance in Saltaire.The event, which was held in May,raised money for four organisations– CAAT, Yorkshire CND, ChernobylChildren’s Project and Oxfam.Congratulations Louise and thankyou very much for your donation of£1,000 to CAAT.

Stand up against the arms fairAs part of the protests around theDSEi arms fair this autumn, CAAT

will be holding a comedy night onThursday 8th September. You willhave read the shocking facts aboutDSEi on pages 8 and 9 of this issue,and will have seen details of theprotests against the arms fair thatare being organised by CAAT andother groups. The comedy night isaimed at increasing awareness of thearms fair and encouraging people totake part in the protests; but we alsohope to raise £1,000 for thecampaign.

Arrive early to avoiddisappointmentThe comedy night will take place atthe Red Rose Club on Seven SistersRoad in London. The club isaccessible to wheelchair users and isone of the few smoke-free stand-upvenues in London. The comedianswho have generously agreed todonate their time are Adam Bloom,

Ivor Dembina, Felix Dexter, AyeshaHazarika, Stewart Lee, Angie McEvoyand Ian Stone. Doors open at8.30pm.

Tickets are £8 (£5 concessions) forwhat is sure to be a hilarious night’sentertainment in support of a vitalpart of CAAT’s campaign. To book,please send a cheque payable to‘CAAT’, with your name, addressand how many tickets you require, to11 Goodwin Street, London N43HQ. Or email [email protected] phone the office on 020 72810297.

Skydivers neededFinally, in the last issue I asked forvolunteers to take part in asponsored skydive for CAAT, but asyet have had no takers! It’s a greatopportunity to have the experience ofa lifetime, so if you would like moredetails please get in touch.


FundraisingBy Kathryn Busby

The actor and long-time CAATsupporter Ed Bishop died in June.The newspaper obituaries focusedon Ed’s acting career andparticularly his appearance inscience fiction films, which includedplaying Commander Ed Straker inGerry Anderson’s series UFO.

Most also mentioned the timethat he used his acting talents forCAAT. This was in 1993 at the RoyalNavy and British Army EquipmentExhibition, a predecessor of DSEi asthe UK government’s arms fair.CAAT had hired a limousine,complete with chauffeur, to takeprevious buyers of UK arms to thefair. These were Ivan the Terrible,Hitler, General Galtieri of Argentinawho had invaded the Falklands,Saddam Hussein and Chile’sGeneral Pinochet. Ed played the lastmentioned. As CAATnews reportedit: “the dictators succeeded in

driving past the police checkpointsand up to the main entrance. Ivanthe Terrible, in 16th Century RussianTsar’s costume, was allowedthrough the entrance, but whenPinochet’s case was found tocontain monopoly money, securitywas called. Loudly complaining tothe Channel 4 camera crew that

they had been allowed in before,the five dictators were escorted backto the car, and saluted by the policeas they left the site.”

Ed met his wife Jane Skinnerwhile playing Pinochet and shegenerously asked that donations inhis memory be made to CAAT. Oursympathy and thoughts go to her.

Obituary: Ed Bishop

Ed Bishoptries to cut adeal withdelegates onthe way tothe RNBAAEarms fairJANE SKINNER

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Campaign Against Arms Trade thrives onyour participation. Some suggestions arebelow.

For more information on all of these contact the CAAToffice on 020 7281 0297 or if you have any enquiries notcovered below contact [email protected]

Subscribe to a CAAT email listSign up to receive the monthly CAAT bulletin with thelatest news and events; to receive press releases; to jointhe list for the CAAT Action Network and find out aboutnonviolent direct action to stop the arms trade; or to findout when the latest CAATnews is on the website.

Contact [email protected] or visitwww.caat.org.uk/lists

Make a donation The donations of our supporters enable CAAT to strugglefor a world without arms trading; without your help therewould be no campaign. Support CAAT by sending us acheque, setting up a regular standing order donation, orby taking part in a fundraising event.

Contact Kathryn at [email protected]

Contact your MPIt is estimated that every letter written to a politicianrepresents about 80 people who care but haven’t gotaround to writing. If you would like to visit or write to yourMP, contact the CAAT office to find out if your MP hasshown an interest in arms trade issues.

On some issues it is also worth contacting your MEP. Ifyou live in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales, you canalso raise issues that have an impact on employment orthe economy with your national representatives.

Contact Ann at [email protected]

Campaign locallyCAAT has a network of local contacts and groups aroundthe UK who take responsibility for promoting anti-armstrade activity and the work of CAAT in their area. Get incontact if you would like to know what is happening inyour area or if you are interested in becoming a localcontact or setting up a group. All that’s needed is awillingness to raise awareness of arms trade issues in anyway that you feel is appropriate.

Contact Beccie at [email protected] for info,including the Local Campaigns Pack.

Raise awarenessOrganising a public meeting, using the local media andrunning a street stall have proved effective ways for CAATgroups to raise awareness of arms trade issues. CAAT canprovide speakers for public meetings, materials for stallsand can also help with publicity.

Contact Anna at [email protected] or [email protected]

For media info contact Mike at [email protected]

Research the arms companiesCAAT has produced a range of research on the UK’s mainarms companies. However, staff at the CAAT office are notable to track all arms company developments and wouldappreciate receiving any information you find. This caninclude anything from watching out for information in yourlocal press, to undertaking basic research in your locallibrary, to approaching a company directly forinformation.

Contact Ian at [email protected]

Protest against the arms tradeA protest can confront the arms trade and illustrate thatmany people do not think that the arms trade is anordinary, acceptable business. In addition, a protest cangenerate a lot of publicity, which will raise awarenessabout the company and the arms trade in general. CAATis a non-violent organisation and any protest organisedunder the name of CAAT needs to be non-violent (contactthe office for the CAAT guidelines).

Contact Anna at [email protected]

Join the CAAT Christian NetworkThe Network raises arms trade issues within nationalchurch structures and local churches.

Contact Beccie at [email protected]

Order a CAAT publicationCAAT produces briefings, reports and leaflets on a rangeof issues.

Contact Patrick at [email protected]

GET ACTIVE!


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email: [email protected]: www.caat.org.uk

Campaigns diary13–19 August 2005EDO campaign demo and peace camp,Brighton. See page 6.

27 August 2005Info and training day for independent non-violent action at DSEi. See pages 3 and 8–9.

8 September 2005‘Stand up against the arms fair’ comedynight, with all proceeds to CAAT campaignagainst the DSEi arms fair, London. See page8.

10 September 2005Musical protest outside the ExCel Centre,London, 2–4.30pm. Contact ELAAF, c/o C.I.U.Durning Hall, Earlham Grove, London E7 9AB

11 September 2005CAAT alternative DSEi conference, Part I. Seepages 3 and 8–9.

12 September 2005DSEi Candle-Lit Vigil, 6pm. See pages 3 and8–9.

13 September 2005Demonstration against the DSEi arms fair, 12noon; also CAAT alternative DSEi conference,Part II, 4–8pm. See pages 3 and 8–9.

27 September 2005Protest at Reed’s Helitech exhibition, Duxford.See page 3.

22–24 October 2005Trident Ploughshares weekend of actionchallenging Rolls Royce in Derby. Seewww.tridentploughshares.org or phone 0845330 3877

12 November 2005CAAT National Gathering, London. See page 5.

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