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...scientist believes that the United States has limited objectives at the disarmament conference. One was the Moscow-Washington "hot line," which was obtained; the other is a test ban, so that the continuing arms race will not poison the atmosphere. But beyond that, he said, Washington is not ready to go. Since we now have the edge in the armaments race, Washington finds it useful to keep the Soviet Union under the economic strain of an arms race...
This is also one of the political purposes of the Soviet nuclear test series, the scientist said--to push the United States toward a disarmament agreement. He emphasized that such an accord would be against U.S. interests, because the United States would be politically incapable of throwing as much money into an economic competition as the Soviet Union...
...scientist discounted the contention that the negotiations had actually snarled on the issue of on-sight inspections, the Soviet Union wanted three--although three is easily sufficient, they could have compromised on five any day of the week," the scientist said. "What the inspection issue really demonstrates is the sincerity of the Russian effort to reach a limited disarmament agreement, where they could keep a nuclear force but would not be forced to continue to spend so much in developing it. The Russians are profoundly suspicious of any inspection schemes. What is surprising is that they were willing to accept...
...choice of J. Robert Oppenheimer as recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award by the Atomic Energy Commission is as welcome as it is overdue. As director of the Manhattan project Dr. Oppenheimer contributed significantly to the development of atomic energy. Both as a scientist and as an administrator he performed valuable and important services...
...Atomic Commission cancelled Dr. Oppenheimer's security clearance after he was charged with flirting with Communism and associating with Communists. Ever since, Oppenheimer's reputation as scientist and citizen has been in question...