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Dec. 26, 1956
SUBJECT:
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Mr. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Brigadier General Andrew J. Goodpaster, The White House
Mr. Robert Murphy, Deputy Under Secretary of State
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The President referred to 25 nuclear tests proposed .
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starting May lst, all of which were to take place in Nevada
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