/ f SESSIONIII 4 want to putit. ; DE BOER: Let's think about itaow. This is the very point. may even have to do something about it now. , 16) TAYLOR: Off a ship in the harbor on to a truck and wherever they WARREN: We That was the argument. FREMONT-SMITH: We can't possibly get a record if everybody talks at once, which is natural for us to do under the excitement. aA WARREN: I wondered, when this came out, whether this wasn't part of the cold war effort by China, to have us thinking a bit more about the situation (blackmail). They have relatively few weapons and trying it, risking our uncertainties and unwillingness to really retatiate, might very well be the case, Could we stop a couple of ther with our defense missiles; which might settle the matter without our getting grievous injury? We might not get involved, but they’re not going to send them in clouds for a long time; they haven't got the potential yet. AYRES: I don't see that they have any such intention. They haven't even attacked Quemoy. Yet, everyone seems tc agree that China is a great threat. : TAYLOR: There's no reason that I can see that we are taking any kind of comfort in the notion that they just have two or three. They've already exploded a little stockpile. ROOT: As far aa the unknown threat is concerned, we know which nations have the capability. —C .™ YS TAYLOR: TN woe ‘ ROOT: Ninety-six nations at least. Have already tested? TAYLOR: No, no. Have the capability. ROOT: But they won't send it over until they have tried it out and we'll know when they test. Anybody with an Atoms for Peace Program has the capability. , TAYLOR: There are 96 countries with an Atoms for Peace Program. That's what I mean.