About Folder
Title
Nuclear weapons: Testing: General, 1962: 4 April-30 July and undated
Collection
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
Finding Aid | Digitized Content
Finding Aid | Digitized Content
Digital Identifier
JFKNSF-300-006
Date(s) of Materials
1962: 5 April-31 July
Folder Description
This folder contains telegrams, memoranda, press releases, statements, and a briefing paper concerning atmospheric, underground, and underwater nuclear weapons testing; updates on a disarmament conference in Geneva, Switzerland; the Johnston Island and Christmas Island test areas; financing the nuclear test program; and radioactive Iodine from nuclear fallout. Also included in this folder is a report by the Federal Radiation Council entitled, “Health Implications of Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Testing,” and a report by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service entitled, “Foreign Radio and Press Reaction to U.S. High-Altitude Nuclear Testing.
Extent / Physical Description
271 digital pages
Series
Series 05. Subjects.
Preferred Citation
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files. Subjects. Nuclear weapons: Testing: General, 1962: 4 April-30 July and undated
Contributor(s)
United States. Bureau of the Budget. Federal Radiation Council
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Foreign Broadcast Information Service
Media Type
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Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction.
One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.
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