YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE ATTACHED COMMUNIST BROADCAST TREATMENT OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF DR. TELLER'S TESTIMONY BEFORE THE JOHNSON COMMITTEE.

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: December 3, 1957
• Content Type: MEMO

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In a telephone conversation with John
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Barkley it was requested that some
appropriate comment on Communist propaganda
could be attached to the britadcast text enclosed.
The purpose would be to send it to the Counsel
the Johnson Preparedness Investigating Sub-
committee as an illustration of Communist
treatment of the hearings. I would very much
appreciate assistance on this matter.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: THE DIRECTOR
You may be interested in the attached
Communist broadcast treatment of certain
aspects of Dr. Teller's testimony before the
Johnson Committee. I am attempting to append
an appropriate comment to this and forward a
copy to Mr. Weisl to illustrate Communist
treatment of these hearings.
JOHN S. WARNER
Legislative Counsel
3 December 1957
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(TEXT) DR.'TELLER IS A WORLD-RENOWNED U.S. SCIENTIST; BECAUSE
OF HIS WORK IN THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FIELD, HS IS KNOWN IN THE UNITED
STATES AS THE "FATHER OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB."
RECENTLY, HE WAS CALLED TO GIVE EVIDENCE BEFORE THE NEWLY
ESTABLISHED SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING THE
REASONS WHY THE UNITED STATES' GUIDED MISSILE AND SATELLITE
PROGRAM IS LAGGING BEHIND THAT OF THE SOVIET UNION.
DR. TELLER, ONE OF THE HEADS OF THE NUCLEAR PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, GAVE THE SENATORS HIS VIEWS ON
THE PRESENT STATE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES
AND'IN THE SOVIET UNION. HE SUMMED UP HIS ATTITUDE-WITH THE -
WORDS: 914 RUSSIANS ARE AHEAD OF'US." HE SAID, AMONG OTHER THINGS,-THAT
WITHIN A FEW YEARS THE USSR WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE WEATHER IN
THE UNITED STATES AND TO CAUSE RAIN OR DROUGHT THERE AS IT PLEASED.
DR. TELLER MAY TELL THE SENATORS WHATEVER HE LIKES. AFTER ALL,
HE IS A LEARNED MAN. WHAT IS INTERESTING TO US IS THAT HIS -
THEORY ABOUT EVENTUAL SOVIET CONTROL OVER THE WEATHER OF THE UNITED
STATES WAS QUICKLY GRABBED UP BY THE-SUBCOMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN, THE
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FROM TEXAS, LYNDON JOHNSON. THE LATTER
BLANDLY ACCUSED THE USSR OF BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DROUGHTS WHICH
REGULARLY AFFECT HIS STATE.
TEXAS HAS-BEEN SUFFERING FROMA CATASTROPHIC LACK OF MOISTURE
FOR YEARSNOW AND IS STEP BY STEP TURNING INTO A DESERT. THE U.S.
AUTHORITIES HAVE SO'FAR DONE NOTHING TO'DEAL-WITH THIS SITUATION.
THERE IS NO MONEY AVAILABLE FOR AFFORESTATION AND THE BUILDING OF
WATER RESERVOIRS BECAUSE OF REARMAMENT.
ENATOR JOHNSO EAGERLY GRASPED THIS CHANGE TO JUSTIFY HIMSELF
TO . "THERE YOU HAVE IT. THE DROUGHT IS DUE TO THE-
RUSSIANS-1-T0 THE COMMUNISTS!'" POOR TEXAS, ANDLUCKY SENATOR JOHNSON!
THERE'CANNOT BE MANY U.S. SENATORS WHO CAN AS EASILY EVADE THEIR'
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE PROBLEMS OF THE STATE WHOSE ELECTORS HAVE
SENT THEM TO WASHINGTON.
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