Nuclear Tests

Britain has resumed nuclear testing. Fleeting Press reports (not in the main dallies) announced that on July 19 a British nuclear test device was exploded underground in Nevada, as part of an Anglo-American joint programme.

Investigating, women's vice-president and chairman of International Affairs Committee Helen Sutch found that neither the British High Commission nor the American Embassy had heard of the test but both later confirmed that it had taken place. According to the United States Embassy, it was part of an agreement between the United States and Britain to collaborate on a joint military and technical programme.

Commenting. Miss Sutch said that the explosion was clearly not for peaceful purposes.

"It thus plainly contravenes the spirit of the partial nuclear test ban agreement," she said.