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Threshold Test Ban Treaty Signed

United States · Government / Nuclear Arms Control. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1974

Richard Milhous Nixon3 July 1974

Moscow · Government / Nuclear Arms Control

Signs the Threshold Test Ban Treaty limiting underground nuclear weapon tests to yields of 150 kilotons or less.

Names involved

Richard Milhous Nixon

Provenance

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