Show II how ow Test An Au If wo we fail to get un an agreement on testing then of course us as I said wo test sa said hI President Ken nedy in answer I to n a press pross conference question on the dint dim prospects of tine tho Geneva conifer confer once I presume tine the resident President continued thero them tuo others who will test and I regard that as n very risky in the long run ruin procedure for the tho future futuro of the tho human race raco On tine the other hand if wo we do not test and others test Hutt has a risk I made lUndo the tho determination that would bo be the tho greater greuter risk N w wo we are going to try hr horo zero before tine tho end of April and we will willal al also o continuo tr trying ing after tiro tho tots tests begin if wo we are aro un- un tut able ahlo to get agreement before then because I would much prefer a test agreement than to continuo continue this kin kind of Tine foregoing from President Kennedy is proby ably tiro tho clearest outline wo we kayo haya yet had had on basic nuclear policy And mono will disagree with his earnest preference for an end of testing over nn an endless contest for bigger and aud bigger bombs and increasing ever global lo nl terror It is also reassuring to have 0 this reiteration of his decision to test lest if others do However there are 10 two factors that thai we hope are aro not being Ov overlooked at the tho Pentagon and in the tho State Department One is that ethers others have tested rued in n I big way dur dur- during ing the tho time wo we refrained c on tine tho strength of What wo we assumed was n a s 's agree agree- agreement ment And Aud this lends up to tine tho second point for tr Mr Husks Rusk's boys hoys to consider Just how do you snake mako not agreement stick with a power that Inns Ims never honored ono one before The Tho Russians hate havo been beon inspecting from froin end to end enrol 1 for out more than 40 yearns ear will doubtless continuo to do so ment or n no wo we could effectively inspect such Buch n a country as theirs thein under tinder such sucha n a system as t theirs seems unlikely |