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Secret notes on nuclear arms

Secret notes on nuclear arms

TOKYO, Japan - Pictured is a newly declassified cable sent by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Edwin Reischauer to the State Department on April 4, 1963, which contains a passage referring to the secret minutes: ''paras 2A and 2C of classified record of discussion.''

DOCTOR WHO

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Secret notes on nuclear arms

Secret notes on nuclear arms

TOKYO, Japan - Pictured is a newly declassified cable sent by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Edwin Reischauer to the State Department on April 4, 1963, which contains a passage referring to the secret minutes: ''paras 2A and 2C of classified record of discussion.''