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and agreed that he should discuss with the DOD the question of cancelling
the shots as well as the use of JI if the shots are to be carried out.
The subject DOD concurrence on the alternative location and a final
Presidential determination, the AEC would proceed with plans for the -

high altitude tests at Johnston Island.'' Also entering into the discussion
was the fact that the Army had already launched the satellite which was
to make certain measurements and that a time delay would lead to the
possibility of it not operating when needed.

Other items at these meetings included Floberg's comments ona recently
detected but uidentified seismic signal which demonstrates the difficulty
of certain identification of each Soviet test and he suggested that Senator
Humphrey be apprised of these reports and their relationship to establishing
a fool-proof weapons test detection system ''Senator Humphrey, he recalled,
had been urging that U.S. agree to a suspension of nuclear weaponstest
based on a world wide system of test detection."'
Also, in the lApril meeting, '' Mr. Strauss referred toa press conference
held earlier in the day by Dulles, and said that Dulles had commented on
recent "White House consideration of a possible statement regarding
cessation of nuclear tests in anticipation of the USSR statement on this
subject."

Supreme Soviet of USSR approves decree

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discontinuing all nuclear weapons tests in
Soviet Union and calls on US and UK to

follow suit.

USSR reserves right to resume

tests if security is threatened.

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