the Staff in three areas of International Activity of particular interest
to the Commission--test suspension,
disarmament, and the IAEA.
Test cessation negotiations have been recessed until September 27 as
a result of his trip to London, at the request of the President, accompanied
by Under Secretary of State Livingston Merchant,
and General Starbird.
Mr. Philip Farley,
The visit afforded an opportunity to discuss with
the British the various questions separating the US-UK on the one hand,
and the Soviets on the other, and to explain to the UK the difficulties
involved ina unilateral offer to disclose devices used in seismic
improvement work.
The discussions identified about 12 areas of
disagreement with the Soviets and, importantly, and dispelled the
impression that if agreement could be reached on site inspection all
other points of disagreemantwould be resolved.
recess to let some of the issues
our own position.
become
It was agreed to
quiet and to review again
Mr. McCone said he was anxious that the test suspension
not become an issue in the election campaign because many of the issues
were not clearly understood and the whole matter had assumed an
importance quite apart from other aspects of our military stature.
Competing campaign promises would prevent an objective analyses of the
situation and might force us into an undesirable position in future
negotiations."
AEC Briefing of Project Scooter Reentry Proposal, 30 August 1960:
This briefing for the Commissioners by Representatives of the contractors
and Sandia and Livermore involved in Project Scooter addressed the details
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