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The USSR has continued ts expsoit popular anxiety over cone

use of atomic energy in an attempt tc | roader

discredit those of the US.

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(1) The Soviet Council of Ministers announced or June “Cu
5, 000 kilowatt atomic power plan’ had teen pacec ir Operat.on qo. tn
disclosed site in the USSR on June 2°, ani produced electric curre:t fo:
industry and agriculture in the neighboring region
Work was sei:
be
under way to set up atomic power stations “with a capacity of 5h. Jol to

100, 000 kilowatts. '' A lack of pri paga..aa correlation petween ‘ch

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ment and earlier Soviet propagania treatmien’ of the igssie . usin
ster ¢
energy for peace suggested, however, ‘nat Moscow nado pans. ‘re
end of May to announce a specific achieremert in chis ele

(2) Although Soviet spokesmen, notabiy in the UN Disari: aeoent subCommittee took steps to play down the ‘nreat of retaliatory athacr ¢ "ax or
of stress on the need for an unconditional bur on the use of itor.

oe ape ns

Moscow continued to use direct anc ind ree’ ‘ireats of a ome ret

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(8) The USSR continued tc show 114+ 1 SenSitive inthe Fett one Cor,
mittee of the UN Trusteeship Counei. t any j;roposa whiet «ia
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effect of prohibiting or stigmatizing atiumic te Sts in pene ns
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context of a genera! ban on use of atcrr ¢ aeajons
(4) At the same time, there we © indications tha Sox @ 5
be planning to blame US nuclear t-sts ‘or recent natura hsaeter

fers might
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in Eastern Europe.

(5)

In UN Disarmament talks ara nits note ov duals vet

Western Powers proposing a conivrenc:e on Europear, Secuti, t)

spoke of the "exceptional importaice’

fupreeing toarounmeor iy

atomic and hvdrogen weapons and a recuciien of arms and are.
reiterated that an agreement ‘wt ts use nug ear weapons 4 1 8
portant step forward,

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