232. Editorial Note

On October 3, President Eisenhower replied to Prime Minister Kishi’s letter of September 24 on the nuclear testing program. For texts of both letters, see Department of State Bulletin, October 21, 1957, pages 635 and 636, respectively. Documentation on the question of nuclear testing appears in volume XIX. Additional documentation regarding Japan’s claims for damages allegedly arising from the United States nuclear testing program is in Department of State, Central Files 711.5611, 794.5, and 894.245.