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QUESTION
Iir. President, Thomas 3, Murray, a forner member of the Atomic
Energy Commission, wrote a letter to the two Presidential nominees
in which he called upon the President-elect to resume nuclear weapons
tests. Would you comment on this?
ANSWER
I can only reiterate my own position on this matter. ‘le are not
prepared to permit the Geneva Conference to go on indefinitely without achieving positive results.
I have pointed out before that this country is free to reswie
nuclear tests at any time, but we snall act oniy at sucn time as
it is clear that every possible avenue which could lead to the
conclusion of a successful test ban agreement has been appropriately
explored,
QUESTION
Mr. President, there has been some confusion about the United
States position concerning various phases of the VELA project. Could
you tell us whether the United States intends to so ahead with this
project revardless of whether the Soviet Union asrees to a coordin=
ated research program?
ANSWER
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certain aspects of the program are already well under way, as the
Soviet Union is aware. We certainly will want to carry out the
research necessary in this area, [lowever, during the current recess
in the negotiations, consideration is being given to ways and means
of doing this, bearing in mind the Soviet Union's position on the
matter.
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