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Date
10 Nov 1955
US Statement
USSR Statement
Chairman STRAUSS
announced today
that the Soviet Union
has, in recent days,
conducted a further
nuclear test in their
1955 series.
23 Nov 1955
Chairman STRAUSS
announced today that
another explosion had
taken place in the
current Soviet test
series.
Following
the policy of re-
porting to the
American people in-
formation of significance concerning
Soviet weapons tests,
Mr. Strauss said that
the explosion was the
largest thus far in
the USSR and was in the
range of megatons.
The Russian tests indicate an increasingly
intensive effort by
the Soviet government
to develop their
nuclear weapons potential.
26 Nov 1955
KHRUSHCHEV in fangalore,
ndia:
nnounced that
the Soviets had just set
off a nuclear weapon of
"unprecedented might"
and involving a new methof of explosion.
He
gave the assurance that
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