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would afford observers an opportunity to test a cloud sample of
a clean weapons test and demonstrate that there was actually
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greatly reduced fallout from the weapon and would not reveal
important new weapons information,
Under this plan, samples
would be brought to the UCRL laboratory at Berkeley, where they
would be analyzed in the presence of the foreign observers.
General Starbird added, however, that any observers who attended
@ clean Weapons test and who are predisposed not to believe any
analysis which shows a weapon to be clean would not be convinced
otherwise by the demonstration.
On the other hand, those who
believe that the U.S. has developed a clean weapon do not need
a demonstration shot to prove it to them,
Mr, Libby pointed out that countries such as India are
capable of conducting their own akatysis of the cloud samples
and inquired why, after observing the test detonation, they
should not be provided samples to analyze in their own laborator:’
General Starbird replied that certain additional weapons
information could be deduced that would not be discovered af the
tests were conducted under U.S, supervision at the UCRL laborato:
Mr. Fleids added that each country probably would arrive at a
different conclusion about the cleanliness of the weapon tested
and the result would be general confusion about what the test
actually proved.
Mr, Libby said he did not favor holding the
test since he believed the effort and money expended on it could
much more profitably be spent on other projects but, if a
demonstration is to be held, the foreign observers should be
permitted to take the samples to their own laboratories for
analysis.
To prohibit this, he said, would only bring about
accusations that the U.S, was attempting to censor the results
of the test.
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