U.S. N-TESTS CALLED NEEDLESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200310092-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 92
• Content Type: NSPR

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'fled Needle~.'
By Robert C. Cowen
fecting tl?c' .o-ca'.1ec1 ''neutron
bomb" helps tnc dis-
arinairent debate on its funda-
mcntsa h.-o c- rio tlse ri.d of
tesi ban rill,',re ph the. risks
of the prei d o:. i:ncictlr weap?
oils to ,thcr uour,:ric~"
One of the argri,rwnts of test
ban ':rilics. : uch: as sera
Thomas J. Dodd (D) of Con-
nccticul, has I) , that con-
It- ,J t Weighed
timid Lt, 'Lai, is needed to this he Su\ icts gaining referred lu s as an en-,
military ;?dvatilu;;c over the hanced radiation weapon.'
to obviate the need fur further 110 so d th the lehnmiar
testing- lion had taken into arcourit d}lti
bomb `' or alsou sc'an' hydro- adtntnl_;lratioll5 statCiTtellt ({y r,.
bait issue is a it ter if `rweigll,-
Ii on destruct.l t.
would be pri-
be ;i
nsi fall -
Mr. Fisher is quoted by the;,.
Associated Press as saying, `As .<
made. significant advances in the direction of tactical weap-
ens with a smaller [fallout-'
pro,dneutgj fission as compared
e"-ild lesion component."
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