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Statement made at President's Press Conference - July 3, 1957:
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"Tncidentally, now we are talking, and very hopefully
about, about some kind of suspension of tests. But if,
ever under any circumstances there is another test made, I
am going to invite any country in the world that wants to
come and fire its rockets in the air and see just exactly
how much radio (radioactive) fallout there is from those bombs
because we are not testing to make at this ~- to make bigger
bombs, as I have told you before.
We are trying to make
small bombs, clean bombs, and to develop usefulness in a
peaceful world, as well as just weapons of war."
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Question:
"Sir, would you elaborate a little more on this
statement that you make that future atomic tests are going to be
open to any country that wants to come to watch them?"
President:
"Well, I said this -- well I don't mean to say
to take the men and show them all your formulae,
sort of thing as to what you have done.
and all that
But I said certain
people have questioned the proposition that Dr. Lawrence and
Dr, Teller brought to me, that eventually you could make completely
clean bombs, add that even now you are 96 per cent clean, that
is, you have only 4 per cent of radioactivity, radioactive fallout,
that you did in the original bomb.
"T say we would be glad to ask any nation there to put its
proper instruments in the alr to detect whether or not their
contention is true.”
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