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Presents the position of nuclear powers America, Britain, France and Russia on the nuclear test ban treaty to be discussed at the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Hydronuclear experiments by weapons scientists; Secret tests at Los Alamos and British nuclear weapons laboratory; Jason report and Los Alamos report on nuclear tests published by US; Possibility of hydronuclear experiments by nuclear nations.

The world's attempts to control the spread of nuclear weapons just took a turn for the worse. At a crucial disarmament meeting in New York, 188 countries couldn't even agree what to talk about. After two weeks of talks, the preparatory committee for next year's review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended on May 7 with delegates unable to agree on an agenda. Most countries blame the U.S. and other nuclear weapons states for trying to sideline a commitment they made in 2000 to eliminate their nuclear arsenals. The U.S. accuses Iran of blocking agreement so as to avoid scrutiny of its nuclear intentions.