Disarming argument

LOWTHER MUST be one of those think-tank analysts former national security adviser McGeorge Bundy warned us about nearly 40 years ago, when he decried their rationalizing the use of nuclear weapons and reminded us that "in the real world of real political leaders . . . a decision that would bring even one hydrogen bomb down on one city of one's own country could be recognized in advance as a catastrophic blunder."

Bundy made a convincing case then for working toward total, universal nuclear disarmament, and in today's world of nine nuclear weapons states, the case is even more compelling. Furthermore, no one, despite Lowther's insinuation, is advocating unilateral disarmament.

TOM HALSTED
Gloucester

The writer is a former director of the Arms Control Association and a former director of public affairs at the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.