Show Y r f Y v P Jw N 1 Gen Geh S. S No defense to atomic offense Soviet I Vulnerable To Atom Mom Blow I AF Chief Avers DETROIT Aug 29 UP UP Gen Hoyt S S. S Air Force chief of oC staff said Friday Russia could not now or in the near future future fu fu- fu ture stop the American atomic counteroffensive which would be launched if iC Russia started a war said in a speech prepared for or the Air Force reunion here that if the Russians attempt a knockout atomic blow I against the United States it will not save them from terrible punishment pun In an earlier speech to the theas I as association Army Undersecretary Undersecretary tary Karl R R. Bendetsen said that Russia will not knowingly precipitate precipitate precipitate pre pre- a decisive global war now or at any time in m the near r fu fu- Iture fu- fu ture said all 1 available evidence confirms us in a conviction that the means do not now exist for stopping an atomic nor counteroffensive nor are such means l likely kely to appear in the near future The air staff chief said th this s conclusion is baj based ed on our own exhaustive and continuing tests and further reinforced by the experiences experiences ex ex- ex of friendly air forces He lie added I say this however in no spirit of complacency It It behooves us to press on hard with research and develop develop- ment |