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MEMORANDUM TO: Mr. F. M. Dearborn, Special Assistant to the
President
SUBJECT: Reasons for Further Nuclear Testing
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national policy errors with regard to nuclear weapons, their causes,
consequences, and cures.
This memo therefore addresses only one
. element of the problem, the as yet unstated reasons why we must co] htinue
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nuclear tests for the benefit of all mankind as well as ourselves.
The true justifications for further testing may be divided into
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considerations of self interest, and moral, political, and militar
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All confirm the view that we must have clean weapons and smaller w Papons
than we now do.
Some of these true justifications have universal appeal if
expressed as a matter of national policy, and should serve to arouse
support for further nuclear testing.
They are:
SELF INTEREST:
Our own and that of every other world citizen is involved}
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Bodily damage from radiation is directly proportional to expos
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Present weapons produce extensive radioactive ¢Jebris,
in the air for airbursts, on the ground and in the air for groun d
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Nuclear war with present weapons means unavoidable
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