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...Soviet announcement of new nu clear tests did indeed hand the U.S. a major propaganda victory, although the leaders of 24 neutral nations meeting in Belgrade were slow to let their anger rise at the Russians. In the cold war of nerves, the U.S. had won its bet that it could out last the Russians at the test-ban conference table-the "bladder technique.'' as the approach was called by U.S. Negotiator Arthur Dean...
Moscow's bang sent shudders down millions of spines. For months Nikita Khrushchev had vowed not to resume unilateral nuclear testing, paying lip service to scientists and humanitarians who feared pollution of the earth's atmosphere, assuring the nervous neutrals that only the warmongering West wanted to resume testing, feigning loyalty to the long, tedious test-ban negotiations in Geneva, where the painful quest for the first step toward effective world arms control droned...
...many months, the West believed that the Russians sincerely wanted a worldwide test-ban agreement. Perhaps they did. They were aware, after all, that nuclear fallout-even from their own weapons-could kill Communists as well as nonCommunists. Moscow also seemed as sensitive as the West to the deep opposition among the Afro-Asian neutrals to further test explosions. The Russians also seemed to view the test ban as a device to close the membership of the "nuclear club.'' At the Geneva conference, Russian delegates hinted privately that they had no desire to see nuclear bombs...
...Peek. New President John F. Kennedy talked hopefully of the test-ban talks as one area where "a new initiative" might actually achieve results and provide a first step toward real disarmament...
...Breakthrough? Why did Khrushchev do it? All the evidence now indicates that the Kremlin's boss decided at least six months ago against the whole idea of joining a test-ban treaty. In all probability, Khrushchev has been under heavy pressure from his own generals who demand an armory of refined, small nuclear weapons to match the superior variety of tactical weapons already developed by the U.S. for such tactical missiles as Minuteman and Polaris...