House Democratic Caucus Condemns U.S. Nuclear Test
The House Democratic Caucus today unanimously approved a resolution condemning Tuesday’s nuclear test and calling on President Reagan to postpone further underground testing of nuclear weapons.
The test was conducted despite a threat from the Soviet Union that it would end a unilateral moratorium on nuclear weapons testing after the first U.S. test this year.
The Democrats’ resolution, also introduced in bill form with 140 co-sponsors, urges Reagan to begin immediate negotiations with the Soviet Union “to achieve a reciprocal, simultaneous and verifiable ban on nuclear weapons tests.”
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