-8- USSR Statement “o . eG Chairman STRAUSS: "Within the past few days the Soviets C \ 5, have exploded another nuclear device." "This is the fifth United States announcement of Soviet nuclear weapon tests in the “ye past eight months." 2 April 1956 Chairman STRAUSS announced today that "the Soviet Union in recent days has conducted another nuclear test in their current series. This is the sixth United States announcement of Soviet weapons tests in the past eight months. 13 April 1956 I. G. Kabanov, Minister of Foreign Trade, in Geneva before Economic Commission for Europe: ", . . of course, we do not conceal the fact that in the event we are compelled to use it (atomic energy) for military purposes, we shall not hesitate to use it for military purposes." 23 April 1956 Nikita S. Khrushchev, Soviet Communist Party Chief, (in London): (more) 2 4 2. id x 21 March 1956 US Statement x Date

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