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The treaty initialed yesterday, therefore, is a limited treaty which
permits continued underground testing and prohibits only those tests that we
ourselves can police. It requires no control posts, no on-site inspection and
no international body.
We should also understand that it has other limits as well. Any
nation which signs the treaty will have an opportunity to withdraw it if finds
that extraordinary events related to the subject matter of the treaty have
jeopardized its supreme interests; and no nation's right to self-defense will
in any way be impaired. Nor does this treaty mean an end to the threat
of
nuclear war. It will not reduce nuclear stockpiles; it will not halt the
production of nuclear weapons; it will not restrict their use in time of war.
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