Word: tellers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Speaking in the Quincy House Junior Common Room, Teller, who strongly advocated development of the hydrogen bomb, maintained that the present U.S. security classification system does not protect the United States; "the Russians probably know all our secrets and all those we will discover in the next few years...
...Teller, however, differentiated between technical data, which he wants declassified, and operational information on the deployment of American weapons, which he felt should not be disclosed. Teller differentiated between technical principles and specific blueprints; he stated that detailed blueprints of nuclear weapons should be withheld as secret information...
...first step in abandoning secrecy, Teller said the U.S. government should end its practice of classifying whole areas of research. The government should be required to demonstrate that a project ought to be classified, he said. Under the present system scientists must explain why their work should not be classified before they can publish...
...Teller also advocated a thorough review of all classified information with the aim of declassifying technical data on even the most advanced nuclear weapons...
...United States reduced its secrecy, Teller continued, "we could use all kinds of pressure to get the Russians to reciprocate." He cited Russian participation in the Atoms-for-Peace conference of 1955 and the opening of Soviet non-military nuclear research facilities as indications that the Russians might abandon secrecy if the United States did so first. "The Russians do not want to appear backward or stubborn," Teller observed. "Their scientists enjoy talking about their advances...