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barring a scientific breakthrough to achieve absoltte
defense.
A very small number of our present weapor 1S
burst on the ground will kill a nation, perhaps a
continent.
Russians are aware of this.
Bulganin's
recent letter to the Turkish Prime Minister bears
heavily upon this point in threatening the Turks.
We now have and will have massive deterrent even if
Stop advances in high yield, dirty, weapons or in 1
we
ee
ducing their sice to fit delivery vehicles yet unde
Tne hazard of radiation is exaggerated.
with assurance?
this
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What scientist?
Wne says
Some of us may
1 a gard less tnan that of Russian agsression,.
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Signeca.
elieve
put
perhavs it only seems less because we are accustome d to
thinking in such. terms and see the Russian threat no ore
cleariy.
ignorance.
Perhaps we overlook that of radiation thr ouch
Three times within the last few years t Ine
limits of exposure for nuclear workers have been ch angea always downward.
This week the Washington schools are
shifting from TB --ray to innoculation to avoid rad ation,