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Mr. Hayden then raised the question of the UK nuclear testing at Maralinga in the 1950s which he had discussed with Mr. Luce earlier in the day. The British Government had been very helpful in helping the Australian Government to deal with this controversy. It was recognised that the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty imposed limits on information which we could supply. One area of controversy was a series of non-explosive tests conducted in the period up to 1963. The Australian High Commissioner had been instructed to approach the Foreign and Commonwealth office
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