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No. 279-95 October 03, 1995
No. 279-P:10/03/95:Assistant Secretary of Defense for Inter

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Ash Carter will sign a Cooperative Threat Reduction agreement between the Department of Defense and the Republic of Kazakstan at 2:30 p.m. (EDT), Tuesday, Oct. 3, 1995, in the Pentagon, Room 1E801.

This agreement will permanently close and seal the former Soviet Union's Degelen Mountain nuclear test tunnel complex, the largest such site in the world.

Media interested in audiovisual coverage of this event may contact Mr. Terry Mitchell at (703) 695-0169. - END -