Chairman Khrushchev says USSR has super-bombs even more
powerful than 100 megatons.
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atmospheric testing, mid-June and possibiy 1 July is
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AQ vet memo for the Sec. of State from Phillip Farley, is on "use of
Christmas Island for US Nuclear Tests-discussion with Lord Home."
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As background,
Farley notes that both the Prime Minister and foreign Secretary of England will
have to be convinced "that our proposed tests are necessary for maintaining free
world security and that a sound and consistance public defense of resumstion of
atmospheric testing can be made in the US
'
He notes the reconnaissance
party visit to Christmas during the week of 4 Dec. and the review by US experts
with senior UK technical officials of the tentative testing program on Dec. 8.
As to these 2 steps, he says "the two preliminary steps specifically suggested
by Prime Minister Macmillan in his letter of Nov. 16 have thus been taken well
in advance of the Bermuda meeting."
Noting that preparations are continuing for
testing without Christmas Island, he emphasis that the AEC and DOD are eager to
obtain access to Christmas and briefly the reasons.
He further states "if ad-
equate preparations for any considerable use of the island are to be made, however,
a decission to its availability is needed by the end of the Bermuda meeting."
As for the suggested approach to Rush he states "it is recommended that you discuss
this matter in Paris with Lord Home: you might (a) confirm that, while intensive
preparations to test have been authorized,
atmospheric testing,
the President has not decided to resume
(b) express the hope that US-UK technical discussions have
shown that, in developing our tentative test program, we have followed the criteria
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the President and Prime Minister have excha
nged,
(c) reiterate our strong interest
in use of Christmas Island in view of the undes
irability of Yre-activating Anawetack (2°
(d)
indicate the general terms we have in mind,
and (e) attempt to ascertain the UK
attitude and any specific dificulties which the Briti
sh see beyond those raised in
the Prime Ministers letter of Nov.
16.