Sep 23 1972
From The Space Library
Washington Post reported that U.S.-U.S.S.R. environmental protection committee established by May 23 treaty would permit placement by both nations of seismic devices on each other's territories. Purpose would be to predict earthquakes but Post said devices also could detect underground nuclear tests and distinguish them from earthquakes. If used for test detection, "devices could close the last possible gap in an extremely controversial field." U.S. had maintained that underground tests could not be banned because of inability to monitor adherence to ban by both sides. Post said cursory check of Dept. of Defense and Arms Control and Disarmament Agency sources had yielded "no one who knew that the pact contained this provision." (Berger, W Post, 9/23/72)
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