Qctober 21, 195i
During Paris talks, Sir Harold Caccia
suggested to Mr. Merchant, on behalf
of Eden, that a test moratoriwm proposal
could be made to the USSR without risk
of acceptance and with propaganda
advantage.
November 10, 195)
Secretary approves memorandum by Gerard
C. Smith recommending following inter=
agency studythat this proposal not be
made
November 20, 195)
Secretary Dulles persuades Mendes-France
not to propose a test moratorium in a
forthcoming speech before the General
Assembly.
February 12, 1955
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Soviet
February 15, 1955
AEC released a public statement on fallout
February 23, 1955
President at a news conference stated
from large scale nuclear explosions.
the US sees nothing to be gained by a
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separate ban on thermonuclear tests
outside of a decent and proper disarmament.
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March dh, 1955
AEC Commissioner Murray proposed to the
President that further consideration be
given to a worldwide moratorium on the
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in a test moratoriun,
while willing to discuss any such proposal.
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Premier puget in an interview indicates
testing of large thermonuclear weaponse
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May 25, 1955
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Secretary Dulles approved theconclusions of
& memorandun to the Presidentprepared by an
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inter-agency group, to the effect that a
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moratorium on H-bomb testing would not be
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in the interest of the US and should not
be agreed to except as a part of a comprehensive safeguarded disarmament agreement.