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The Baviet Unien bas rewncd ita teating of miclear weapons and on
(2fpoesihie, et this point, there should
(date and, if poenible, time of dey, 6.g., norning) detonated a (type and/
or magriteds) device in (pince).
ve stated additional information os to the type and/or magnitade of the
detonation end/er epecuiation that {¢ is the stort of 2 new series of tests).
This 4s the 13th anneensenent hy the United States eenesruiag noClear weapons teote ty the TAA.
: Paw Soviet Union hes sever piven the world ary asrcrances with respect
te the way fn virieh 1% oomincts meleer wapens testa and bas, in fact,
mover nade on advances announcement of any of its datoontions or test series.
Only three tinse has the Soviet mde any statensnte about its weapons tests,
and then bas but triafly acknowledged that a test hes taken places, Two of
these three etatemnts have followed the J. 3. aonounesents,
The evcreay of the Soviet weapons test program, which les been moat
aetively pursued fer the pest seven years, contrasts vith the responsible
Al] test prograne hy cur country have been announced well tn ad-
public information poliay of our Government with reapect to the U. 5. tast
program,
vance ani public information hans been made avallable about thes to the fullest
extent consistent with security. Ive detenations of the receat test series
at Enivetek were witnessed by representatives of the U. 3. press, radio
andi television so that they could repart to the world regarding the wny
7 an whteh U, 8, tests are carried on, Representatives of U. 5. ané foreign
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heave nedie. also have wituessed “open shote” ef weapons teats at the Nevada
Proving Ground.
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