FULBRIGHT PREDICTS EASY TREATY VICTORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200930052-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2000
• Sequence Number: 52
• Content Type: NSPR

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to send the limited nuclear test ban treaty to the Senate floor.
Foreign Relations Committee should' be-.ready Within two weel
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. J. William Fulbright . says hlo
In. 2 Weeks; 80-20 Vote Expecte
A-Ban Going to Senate Floor
dicts ratification of the ban on
'all but underground blasts-
perhaps with less than 20 votes
in opposition.
Fulbright made this fore-
?ist after Director John A.
the quired two-thirds major-
/J
gerice Agency told the commit-
tee he favors ratification and
regard,, the treaty as compati-
ble witl national security,
Ear, r, Fulbright had said
the V#9 might be 80 to 20 in
favo of the pact-well over
fcCone's endorsement
ity,
These safeguards include an
aggressive" program for nuclear'Y
weapons development through :'
underground teats, maintenancett.
a rcadinecs to resume atmos-
improvement of techniques to
The Senate Preparedness
subcommittee, a unit of the
Armed Services Can hnittee,`
heard Gen. Curtis Lentyty, Alt,'
icca Committee, meanwhile, has
astxe.. Defense Sec. Robert S.
McNamara to set forth how
(D-Miss.) reported Lem* \
ported the treaty but ex~*
"far more concern than
v;ifceuards urged by the Joint ! other military chiefs;.": '
ied out. greatest possible emphasis
pact his blessing. The mill I tions listed by the joint CW
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