Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban

, by Seaborg, Glenn T.; Harriman, W. Averill; Loeb, Benjamin (CON)

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ISBN: 9780520049611 | 0520049616
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Copyright: 6/1/1983

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The inside story of the diplomacy and negotiations that lead to the signing of the Limited Test Ban Treaty

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Sources and Acknowledgments	p. xiv
Prologue: Negotiations Pre-Kennedy	p. 1
From Bravo to the Conference of Experts	p. 3
The U.S. on the Defensive	p. 3
More Modest Approaches	p. 6
New Test Ban Proposals: Official and Unofficial	p. 7
Toward Technical Discussions	p. 10
The Conference of Experts	p. 12
Test Ban Negotiations Begin	p. 14
Early Days of the Geneva Conference	p. 14
Technical Challenges	p. 16
High-Altitude Detection	p. 19
Impasse over Technical Data	p. 20
Agreement Almost Reached	p. 21
Reversal	p. 24
Downward Spiral	p. 27
In Search of a Policy	p. 29
First Meetings with the President	p. 30
Opposing Views	p. 32
Were the Soviets Cheating?	p. 34
War in My Head	p. 35
McCloy's Review	p. 35
The Principals Endorse Concessions	p. 37
The President Takes a Hand	p. 43
A White House Luncheon	p. 45
On Decision Making	p. 49
Off to Geneva	p. 51
A Bad Start at Geneva	p. 54
Enter the Troika	p. 54
Western Concessions Introduced	p. 55
The West Tables a Complete Treaty	p. 57
A New Atmosphere in Geneva	p. 59
Internal Debate, External Challenge	p. 61
Differing Views	p. 61
Weighing the Options	p. 63
Confrontation in Vienna	p. 66
Preparing--While Seeming Not To	p. 68
Teetering on the Brink	p. 73
The Panofsky Panel	p. 74
The Gauntlet Thrown	p. 76
Reluctant Militancy	p. 79
Over the Brink	p. 81
Meetings, Meetings	p. 81
A New Western Proposal	p. 85
The President Decides	p. 86
A Bad Start	p. 89
A Drift Toward Atmospheric Testing Begins	p. 89
Organization and Disarmament Initiatives	p. 92
An Agency is Born	p. 92
A Plan for General and Complete Disarmament	p. 96
The President at the UN	p. 98
A Statement of Agreed Principles	p. 99
Toward Atmospheric Testing	p. 103
A New Policy Position	p. 103
I "Meet the Press"	p. 105
Negotiations with the British	p. 108
And with the French	p. 110
Decision Delayed	p. 111
British Interventions	p. 113
The AEC Takes a Stand	p. 114
The Decision to Prepare in the Open	p. 115
Test Plans and a Summit	p. 116
The Committee on Atmospheric Testing	p. 116
Quest for Christmas Island	p. 117
A Sober Reevaluation	p. 119
The Geneva Conference's Last Gasp	p. 121
An Aside on Public Opinion	p. 122
The Test Committee's Program	p. 123
Preparations for the Bermuda Summit	p. 125
Dialogue at the Summit	p. 126
The Decision To Test in the Atmosphere	p. 132
New Uncertainties	p. 132
Various Views	p. 133
Summit Correspondence	p. 134
Decision to Test, with an Escape Clause	p. 135
Geneva Revisited	p. 140
Preparing the U.S. Position	p. 140
A New Low at Geneva	p. 142
Technical Reevaluation	p. 144
The Eight-Nation Memorandum	p. 147
Operation Dominic	p. 150
Overview	p. 150
Some Public Reactions	p. 151
Electrons on High	p. 152
Final Tests	p. 157
Evaluation	p. 158
A Turning	p. 159
Auguries of Change	p. 161
Weakening of the U.S. Position	p. 161
Four Significant Meetings	p. 164
New Western Proposals	p. 168
The Missile Crisis and Its Aftermath	p. 172
The Course of the Crisis	p. 172
Reactions to the Settlement	p. 175
Enter the Black Boxes	p. 176
How Many Inspections? A Misunderstanding	p. 178
An Anniversary: "Happy Relationships"	p. 181
Unproductive Talks	p. 183
"My Hopes Are Somewhat Dimmed"	p. 186
Those Opposed	p. 186
Further Changes in the U.S. Position	p. 187
Continued Deadlock in Geneva	p. 189
Plans for Further U.S. Atmospheric Tests	p. 192
The Proliferation Connection	p. 193
My Effort to Save the Plowshare Program	p. 195
Where is the Genie?	p. 198
The Tide Begins To Turn	p. 201
My Journey to the Soviet Union	p. 201
The Hot Line	p. 206
A New Western Initiative	p. 207
Further Moves by the President	p. 211
The Speech: Its Genesis	p. 211
The Speech: Its Content	p. 213
The Speech: Its Reception	p. 216
Preparation for a Mission	p. 219
Dissension within the Administration	p. 219
The President Abroad	p. 224
Toward a Limited Treaty	p. 226
Instructing Harriman	p. 228
Uncertainty	p. 229
"A Shaft of Light"	p. 233
Twelve Days in Moscow	p. 235
Arrival	p. 235
A Good Beginning	p. 238
Requiem for the Comprehensive	p. 240
Gromyko's Aggressive Pursuit of a Nonaggression Pact	p. 243
A Trade: Peaceful Uses for Withdrawal	p. 244
Accession	p. 249
Khrushchev: "Up Close and Personal"	p. 250
"The Great Man of the Meeting"	p. 251
Ceremonies and Reactions	p. 254
Terms of the Treaty	p. 254
Initialing	p. 255
First Reactions	p. 256
Giving the Senate a Role	p. 258
The Delegation	p. 259
"A Glorious Day"	p. 260
The Senate Consents	p. 263
Presidential Efforts	p. 263
The Hearings Overall	p. 265
Rusk and McNamara	p. 266
My Testimony: Could Plowshare Survive?	p. 266
The Joint Chiefs and the Four Safeguards	p. 269
Edward Teller and Other Scientists	p. 271
Reservations Proposed	p. 273
Political Aspects	p. 275
The Stennis Committee	p. 276
Conflicting Committee Reports	p. 277
Floor Debate	p. 278
Consent	p. 280
Epilogue	p. 283
A Reckoning	p. 285
Four Minutes to Midnight	p. 285
Hopes Fulfilled and Unfulfilled	p. 286
Still Needed: A Comprehensive Test Ban	p. 293
Partial Steps	p. 295
Recent Efforts: Near Agreement Once Again	p. 296
A Look Back: If Kennedy and Khrushchev Had Survived	p. 297
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water	p. 302
Notes	p. 306
Index	p. 311
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Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban

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