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...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...
...reduction of U.S. secrecy would also permit a fuller public debate on defense policy and disarmament, Teller maintained. "Secrecy is a thoroughly undemocratic measure," he observed, "which makes it difficult for the citizen to fulfill the duty of making up his mind on important public question...
...talking nonsense when we speak of a national defense policy," Teller said, "because in this country the sovereign power--the people--remain uninformed...
...Teller emphasized that in a democracy the public--not the scientists--should be responsible for the way in which scientific inventions are used...