CHINA NUCLEAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400170024-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 24
• Content Type: PREL

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(200) CHINA
WASHINGTON, JAN. 11 CAP
AND S1{OULD BE READY TO DEPLOY INTERCONTIN
EARLY 1970S.
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JACKSON PREDICTED, ' aHECHIN NSTHREATENIINDIAHANDLOTHERLNATIONS
MEDIUM-RANGE MISSILE WHICH
ON CHINA'S BORDERS -- AND EVEN JAPAN.
HE DISCUSSED CHINA'S PROGRESS IN THE FIELD WITH NEWSMEN AFTER
ATTENDING A SECRET BRIEFING BEFORE THE SENATE-HOUSE ATOMIC ENERGY
COMMITTEE BY RICHARD M. HELMS, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLI-
GENCE AGENCY, AND OTHER CIA OFFICIALS.
JACKSON, A VETERAN MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, SAID IT. IS HIS VIEW
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HE SAID THE CHI
? THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND MISSILES WHO- ARE FULLY COMPETENT
SUBMARINES.
SS COMMUNISTS HAVE SKILLED SCIENTISTS WORKING
JACKSON SAID ,IT I
WORKING ON AN INTERCONTINENTAL MISSILE THAT COULD BE FIRED FROM
.FAR SET OFF IN COMMUNIST CHINA.
S HIS OPINION THAT THE CHINESE PROBABLY ARE
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THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED FIVE NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS SO
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PARTICULARY BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME INSTABILITY SHOWN NOW BY THE
TO DO THE NECESSARY THEORETICAL WORK.
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