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Meeting #1572, 11 December 1959:
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Here are a few short but important remarkson the need for weapon
testing in the progress of the Test Ban talks:
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''McCone stated that the
JCAE fully supports the Commission's position on the importance of
adequate safeguard positions in any test ban agreement with the
Soviet Union.
He said Sen:tor Anderson had urged that the Commission
be ina position to test a number of devices immediately after the first
of the year or as soonas the test moratorium is ended.
For example,
Senator Anderson said that he understood from .Norris Bradbury that
the Polaris warhead rejuired further testing before it would be safe
for stockpiling.
Mr.
Mr. McCone said he had later discussed this with
Bradbury who stated that Senator Anderson was not accurately
reflecting his views on the saféty of the Polaris warhead. Mr. Bradbury
said that he did not mean that the warhead was
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stockpiling.
Mr. Luedecke/
too unsafe to permit
mentioned
that there seemed to be a misunderstanding
about
among administration officials/
the progress of work on tunnels for
underground weapons tests. He said that he understood that work was
proceeding on schedule, however, he would investigate the matter further."
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