Word: clamp
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CARTER'S ATTEMPT to clamp down on the export of nuclear technology to Third World nations has met with little success. A number of the United States' allies, notably France and West Germany, have been all too willing to step into the void and to supply expertise and equipment to nations such as Iraq and Brazil. Moreover, last fall a conference of 66 nations and five international organizations, which Carter convened to strengthen his non-proliferation campaign, concluded world-wide development of the fast breeder reactor should go ahead despite the dangers of nuclear weapons proliferation...