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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The prompt resumption of underground tests to develop peaceful uses of atomic energy, research in the field of seismic…”

On the recordOctober 8, 1960
The prompt resumption of underground tests to develop peaceful uses of atomic energy, research in the field of seismic technology and improvement of nuclear weapons should then be considered, as may appear appropriate in the situation then existing.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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A Letter by Senator John F. Kennedy to Thomas E. Murray

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