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...Issues. As he flew off to Moscow for another round of test-ban talks, Presidential Envoy Averell Harriman noted hopefully that Russia was being more pleasant in "the small things of life." As for the big things, "we are going in good faith and in the hope of achieving some steps that will be beneficial." The principal issues facing Harriman and his fellow negotiator, British Minister of Science Viscount Hailsham, in Moscow...
...NONAGGRESSION PACT. Khrushchev declared that "at the conclusion of a test-ban agreement," he will revive Russia's hoary demand for a nonaggression pact between the 15 NATO powers and the satellite nations of the Warsaw Treaty. In the past, this proposal has invariably been rejected by the West because West Germany and France object that it would imply Western acceptance of a divided Europe and recognition of East Germany. In any case, they point out, no such declaration is needed, for NATO's defensive purposes were guaranteed in its charter 14 years...
...policymakers emphasize that a test-ban treaty would have little if any effect on the balance of power. Since both East and West have more than enough nuclear warheads for any conceivable conflict, the only way either side could gain a decisive strategic lead would be through a major breakthrough in missile delivery systems, which would not be covered by the test ban. In any case, nuclear technology is now so advanced that weapons such as the anti-missile missile can be developed entirely in the laboratory. Furthermore, no Western statesman believes that a test-ban agreement will restrain...
...attempt toward an "early agreement on a comprehensive test-ban treaty" will be made in high-level talks between Great Britain, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. in Moscow in July...
Rather than cut Sarah off, as she so richly deserves, the President of the U.S. promised to "look into it." Then there was a question about what Kennedy had once called the "genie" of unrestricted nuclear testing. With U.S.-Russian test-ban talks at a standstill, a reporter asked: "The genie, sir, is it out of the bottle...