The first dramatic step to explain our position could well bee
announcement by you before the UN, or other appropriate forum,
pending a safeguarded nuclear weapon ban plus inspection and disarmament, the U.S. will {1) produce and use only clean weapons ies
soon as testing develops that capability) and use them only in self
defense; (2) eliminate all or most of the danger fram nuclear tes
by testing under ground or by testing above ground in clean versi
t,
only; and (3) share the principles of clean weapons with the Soviet
Union in order that it also may protect the rest af mankind in the
event of nuclear war.
Although the offer to share the principles of clean weapons may
be opposed on political and technical grounds and cannot be impl
nted
with respect to wholly clean weapons until we know how to make them,
it is most important psychologically anc should not be discarded
without convincing evidence that the disclosures which might be involved
would be contrary to national interest. Fallure to tie this offer to
other proposals might lead to a demand by the USSR or a neutral
country that we show good faith by sharing our knowledge.
F,
Attachment
The Case for Clean
Nuclear Weapons
M.,
Dearborn,
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