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a year.
Only practicable way of building and maintaining an NSS
would be by long-range helicopter from one of the islands of French
Polynesia. We should have to seek French agreement for this,
which they might be reluctant to give in view of the French nuclear
test site at Muroroa only 620 miles from Pitcairn.
9.2
Probably the worst proposed location in terms of seismic
noise. An NSS here could detect water-borne signals from the
French test site at Muroroa but the site is too remote to monitor
any other territory with the possible exception of Henderson, Oeno
and Dedcie which are all uninhabited islands near Pitcairn.
a possible site for clandestine testing.
ESKDALEMUIR, UK
C POLITICALLY POSSIBLE SITES
10.1 A good location in seismic and logistic terms.
Not
A
10.2 A seismic array station already exists there, which would
be useful for the provision of data under stage 1 of the SVA.
land line to Aldermaston already exists, from where data could be
transmitted internationally.
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PART II:
LOCATIONS NOT PROPOSED BY THE USSR
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A TERRITORIES SOON TO BE INDEPENDENT
ANTIGUA
11.
ST LUCIA
Independence expected in 1980.
12.
Independent on 22 February 1979.
ST VINCENT
13.
Independence likely in 1979.
NEW HEBRIDES
14.
1980.
Anglo-French condominium expected to become independent in
French agreement to NSS very unlikely.
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