-2lay down these burdens not in fright -- but in mutual agreement in which we
know we can trust.
The next fact is that long ago the Adrninistration publicly propossd
that the world establish systems of adequate and mutual inspection so as to
enable universal disarmament programs to proceed with the world's confidence that they were being faithfully carried out.
With such an inspection
system established, we proposed further that all future work in the nuclear
science be directed toward the peaceful uses of mankind.
This would mean
that all bomb development and testing would cease forthwith, with both sides
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knowing that the other was carrying out its bargain.
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As the world knows, none of these proposals was cxeapioa by the Soviets.
The next fact is this.
Many months back our government turned ite
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development and testing work away from the search for bigger and more
destructive bombs, to the perfection of smaller and cleaner ones. By this,
I mean hydrogen bombs that have very little radioactive fall-out. Our purpose
in the development of small, clean H-bombs is to defend our country against
the possibility of long-range hydrogen bomb missiles direct against our cities.