STENNIS STATEMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP65B00383R000400120016-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: January 1, 2000
• Content Type: STATEMENT

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STENNIS STATEMENT
Senator Stennis stated today that the Subcommittee received
testimony on Wednesday on the role that the intelligence services will
play in the event the U. S. should negotiate a nuclear test ban treaty
with the Soviet Union. This testimony was presented in executive
session by John A. McCone, Director of Central Intelligence.
Senator Stennis said that Mr. McCone "Save the Subcommittee
very valuable and helpful information about the manner in which our
intelligence services will assist in detecting, identifying, and locating
suspected secret underground, atmospheric, underwater, or outer
space tests in violation of a test ban and in the identification of any
nation which conducts them.
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The first part is all right. First, ask Stennis if he could restrict his
statement to the first sentence. Anything further than that is not in order.
Replace last sentence with the following:
Among -othe tMngs, Stenni-9 -said we-e_xplared with Mr.
McConee the manner in which our intelligence services will assist
in detecting, identifying, and locating suspected secret under-
ground, atmospheric, underwater, or outer space tests'Vand in
the identification of any a c x nation which conducts` them.
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Senator Stennis stated today that the Subcommittee received
testimony on Wednesday on the role that the intelligence services will
play in the event the U. S. should negotiate a nuclear test ban treaty
with the Soviet Union. This testimony was presented in executive
session by John A. McCone. Director of Central Intelligence. Senator
Stennis said that Mr. McCone "gave the Subcommittee very valuable
and helpful information
weapons program, their estimated requirements for additionV set
and the contribution which the intelligence community'-of the United
States might make in detecting and identifying ferreign nuclear activities
during a test ban. " Mr. McCone's tesinony, the Senator Stated,
would be very helpful in assisting the Subcommittee to make a judgment
as to whether our current nuclear test ban proposal or any nuclear
test ban V=W at the present time would be in the national self interest.
sir t - fiii* said trees w # r . e the
manner inVhich our intelligence a ices will assist th selection of
sites whtch~re suspected of beir the scene of secret under round
nuclear tests \ nd in the identif ation o ny Hats which condu,ts
tests in the atm here, o he high seas, or in outer space in violation
of a treaty.
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