The Associated Press
Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1999; 5:37 p.m. EST

MOSCOW –– The Associated Press erroneously reported Nov. 2 that Francois le Blevennec, a spokesman at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, said the current strategic balance in Europe makes it unnecessary for Hungary to deploy nuclear missiles. Le Blevennec did not speak of any strategic balance, saying only that when Hungary joined NATO this year deploying nuclear missiles in that country was considered "undesirable and unnecessary."