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PETROSYANTS IDENTIFIED TREATY EXTENSION AND PERMITTED EXPERIMENTS AS THE MAIN OUTSTANDING "PROCLEHT, ON PERMITTED EXPER- IMENTS HE ASKED THAT E SHOULD QUOTE REMOVE THIS QUESTION UNQUOTE FROM OUR NEGOTIATIONS AND ABIDE BY ARTICLE 1 OF THE TREATY (CH PROHIBITS ALL NUCLEAR WEAPON TEST, EXPLOSIONS ),
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11. PETROSYANTS REFERRED TO RUMOURS CIRCULATING ABOUT A CHRISTMAS RECESS. IF THERE WERE A PROPOSAL FOR A RECESS STARTING ON 45 DECEMBER, WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO COMMEND IT TO MOSCOW. HE THOUGH.4 WEEKS WOULD BE REASONABLE. JOHNSON AGREED ON THE DATE BUT THOUGH THE RECESS MIGHT LAST 4 TO 6 WEEKS. HE WOULD SEEK INSTRUCTIONS FROM WASHINGTON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. EDMONDS GATO HE WOULD REPORT THAT THE US AND SOVIET DELEGATIONS FAVOURED A RECESS STARTING ON 15 DECEMBER AND WOULD RECOMMEND UK AGREEMENT. HE WOULD NEED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ABOLT THE LENTH OF THE ROCESS.
12. WE SHALL BE DISCUSSING THE SOVIET NOS PROPOSALS WITH THE US DELEGATION TODAY AND WILL TELEGRAPH COMMENTS AFTER THAT.
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