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Soviet Test Detection Assessment

United States · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1960Date range
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Chronological records

1960

John A. McCone23 June 1960

Washington · Warfare / Nuclear

McCone stated that there was no technical evidence of secret Soviet testing during the moratorium, while warning that small underground tests could escape detection.

Names involved

John A. McCone

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