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SAVING UKMIS GENEVA; MODUK (DS11 FOR NORBURY).
Your telegrams 51 and 52 to St Helena and No. 3 Saving to
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COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY.
Pitcairners have had experience of monitoring nuclear
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explosions from French atmospheric nuclear testing days when
there was a station on Pitcairn. I see no difficulty except
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the physical ones of mounting a similar exercise again.
do not think there would be any difficulty about a site or
security. Some local labour would be available.
Accommodation
could be a problem. But the main problem would seem to be how
to get equipment to Pitcairn and how to arrange visits to the
site, Presence of Russians on Pitcairn would need careful
explanation. I assume any station there would be directed
primarily against French.
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Similarly I see no difficulty about on site inspection.
Without consulting more widely than seems desirable at this
stage I cannot be sure about the legal framework. But I am
sure we could fix it.
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