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Mr, Vance proposed that the President be advised that a
method had been devised for demonstrating to foreign observers
that the U.S, has developed a clean weapon and that 4 can be
demonstrated without revealing important new weapons information,
However, even this demonstration would not convince those who
want to believe that the U.S. has no such weapon, and therefore
the Commission recommends that no demonstration shot be included
in the HARDTACK series,
Mr. Floberg satd he believed that neutral countries such as
India, Sweden, and Switzerland might be persuaded by such a
demonstration and that it is thease countries, and not Communist
that the U.S, would wish to influence,
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He said that
lf proof of the U.S, cleen weapons capability is not publicly
. demonstrated by holding this test, there is a danger that the
U.S, may be forced into a disarmament agreement barming all
weapons testing.
Mr, Libby said he doubted this possibility.
Mr. Ploberg said he thought the Commission is obligated
to pravide the President guidance on whether the test should
be held, and if it is not, how he should reply to press and
diptomatic questions about his previous statement that observers
would be invited to witness clean weapons test,
Mr. Graham said
that in view of the Prasident's statement that observers would
be invited, the Commission would, in effect, be giving the
President a vote of no confidence if it advised him that a
demonstration test enould not be held,
If the test is not
does not have a clean weapons capability and that the U.S.
stockpile is made up only of normal or "dirty" weapons.
If the
observer shot is held, he said he agreed with Mr. Libby that the
countries should be permitted to analyze the samples in their own
Mr. Floberg suggested that all observer countries
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