58. Editorial Note
During a TASS broadcast at 7 p.m. EDT on August 30, 1961, the Soviet Union announced that it was resuming atomic testing. For text, see Documents on Disarmament, 1961, pages 347-348. Through intelligence channels, the U.S. Government had prior knowledge of the announcement and began drafting a statement that was released by the White House at approximately 9 p.m. (Memoranda of telephone conversations: Rusk-Stevenson, Rusk-Bohlen, Rusk-Bundy, and Rusk-Wiesner, all the evening of August 30; Department of State, Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192, Telephone Conversations) For text of the announcement, see Documents on Disarmament, 1961, pages 348-350. The memorandum of Rusk’s telephone conversation with Wiesner indicates that Dean’s recall, announced in the statement, was initiated by the President.