Pakistan Trade West Germany

West German government investigators said they have not found any hard evidence to back up allegations that the firm Nukem, near Frankfurt, was involved in the illegal export of nuclear bomb ingredients to Libya and Pakistan. But Environment Minister Klaus Toepfer told a newspaper that officials are checking all "suspicions, indications and rumors," both in West Germany and abroad.

A West German news magazine reported that more than 70 West German companies have helped Pakistan in the development of an atomic bomb and that Bonn officials ignored intelligence reports about nuclear-related exports. "From special steel, optical equipment and computers to highly explosive tritium, the German companies delivered practically everything that is needed for the construction of an atomic bomb," Stern magazine said.

A West German news magazine reported that more than 70 West German companies have helped Pakistan in the development of an atomic bomb and that Bonn officials ignored intelligence reports about nuclear-related exports. "From special steel, optical equipment and computers to highly explosive tritium, the German companies delivered practically everything that is needed for the construction of an atomic bomb," Stern magazine said.

West German automobile giant Daimler-Benz sold trucks to the military in Pakistan without proper export permits, the news magazine Der Spiegel reported. A spokesman for Daimler-Benz, Friedrich Loesch, denied that export rules were broken, saying the trucks were "multi-use vehicles" not specifically designed for military purposes. However, he conceded that the trucks could be used by the Pakistan military.

Police on Friday sealed off a nuclear processing plant where authorities investigated reports the operator broke an international treaty by shipping weapons-grade nuclear material to Libya and Pakistan. Authorities said the international police organization, Interpol, and the Swedish government also were looking into reports the alleged shipments passed through Sweden.

Police on Friday sealed off a nuclear processing plant where authorities investigated reports the operator broke an international treaty by shipping weapons-grade nuclear material to Libya and Pakistan. Authorities said the international police organization, Interpol, and the Swedish government also were looking into reports the alleged shipments passed through Sweden.