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TAPE_NUMBER: EF00/0755 IN_TIME: 03:18:23 - 07:28:10 - 09:13:51 // 12:19:24 LENGTH: 02:31 SOURCES: Shots 1-10 = GREENPEACE VNR and shots 11-14 = USA GOVERNMENT VNR RESTRICTIONS: GREENPEACE = No re-use/re-sale without clearance FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: English/Nat XFA The environmental lobby group Greenpeace is preparing to protest against a test of the Star Wars defence system on Friday by sailing one of its ships into a forbidden hazard zone. The Greenpeace vessel MV Arctic Sunrise is heading for California's central coast where the test will be held. The United States Air Force issued a request on Tuesday for ships to stay clear of the zone during the test. But Greenpeace say they will sail directly into the hazard area in an effort to stop the test. This tiny boat with a crew of 23 is heading into uncharted waters - a zone off the coast of California which is at the center of a nuclear missile test. Greenpeace has sent the MV Arctic Sunrise into the zone in an effort to stop a test of the controversial Star Wars missile system which the United States says will become one of its main defences against nuclear attack. Aboard the 164 foot Dutch registered vessel are activists from the United States, Russia, France, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, India, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Cook Islands and Turkey. SOUNDBITE: (English) "We're on our way to one of the hazard zones where the Star Wars test is going to be carried out." SUPER CAPTION: John Sprange, Nuclear Campaigner At this stage it's not clear what the U-S Air Force will do if the Greenpeace protest ship remains in the hazard zone. SOUNDBITE: (English) "The Star Wars system is going to unleash chaos. It's going to unknit the whole of the arms control regime for the last thirty years. It will probably unleash further development in nuclear weapons which we have just got over in the last ten years since the end of the Cold War." SUPER CAPTION: John Sprange, Nuclear Campaigner The missile will be fired from the Vandenberg Air Force in California, home of the U-S Air Force Space Command. Greenpeace has set up a round the clock vigil outside the base, hoping to attract the attention of the world media who will be stationed there during the test. Greenpeace has sent a letter to President Bill Clinton asking him to cancel the test and the entire Star Wars program before it damages arms control agreements. SOUNDBITE: (English) "So the message is to Bill Clinton is take your finger off the button, say 'No' to Star Wars, cancel the program and let's get on with nuclear disarmament." SUPER CAPTION: Steve Shallhorn, Greenpeace U-S-A Greenpeace says the system will only encourage another nuclear arms race. SHOTLIST: Off the California Coast/ Vandenberg Air Force Base, U-S-A - July 5/6, 2000 July 6 2000 - Off the California Coast 1. Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise 2. Greenpeace activist and Arctic Sunrise 3. Bow view of Greenpeace ship 4. Banner on Arctic Sunrise 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Sprange, Nuclear Campaigner 6. Crew preparing to lower rubber dinghy into water 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Sprange, Nuclear Campaigner 8. Wide of Greenpeace vessel 9. Bow of Arctic Sunrise 10. Pan of Arctic Sunrise July 5 2000 - Vandenberg Air Force Base 11. Greenpeace activists outside air force base. 12. Activists preparing to inflate balloon 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Steve Shallhorn, Greenpeace U-S-A 14. Various of activists with protest balloon?