366. Editorial Note
On September 24, 1963, the U.S. Senate gave its consent to the Limited Test Ban Treaty, with no reservations, by a vote of 80 to 19. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee had previously approved the treaty by a vote of 16 to 1 on August 29 and reported it out on September 4. President Kennedy signed the instruments of ratification on October 7, and the treaty entered into force on October 10 when the instruments of ratification were exchanged in similar ceremonies in Washington, Moscow, and London. (14 UST 1313)
Concerning the ratification process, see Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-Eighth [Page 887] Congress, First Session, on Executive M (Washington, 1963) and The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, on Executive M, 88th Congress, 1st Session (Washington, 1963), which was issued on September 3.
Although it did not have formal jurisdiction in the matter, the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Armed Services also heard testimony on the treaty and issued a negative report on September 3. See Military Aspects and Implications of Nuclear Test Ban Proposals and Related Matters: Hearings Before the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Eighty-Eighth Congress, First Session, Parts 1 and 2 (Washington, 1964) and Investigation of the Preparedness Program: Interim Report by Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Under the Authority of S. Res. 75 (88th Cong., 1st Sess.) on the Military Implications of the Proposed Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Washington, 1963).