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Khrushchev Eyes Nuclear Tests Parity and Ban Talks

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev said Moscow could match U S test-series numbers after its current tests if it conducts its own detonations following U S experiments in the Pacific He suggested the United States might pursue a total test ban but did not indicate any deadline for such a treaty Khrushchev also boasted of an anti missile system and claimed a global rocket that could not be destroyed by anti rocket measures He reiterated calls for Western forces to leave West Berlin and warned of a separate peace treaty with East Germany The remarks came in an interview with 12 visiting U S editors in Moscow and comments were released by Tass