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The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, signed at Moscow, August 5, 1963:
This treaty prohibits nuclear weapons testing in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water. Efforts to achieve a test ban agreement began in 1955 and extended over eight years. Having coming so close to nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis, both President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev actively sought to reduce tensions between the two nations in the months that followed.
This treaty was signed at Moscow on August 5, 1963, by US Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, and British Foreign Secretary Lord Home. On September 24, the US Senate voted for its ratification, which the President signed on October 7. The treaty entered into force on October 10, 1963.
According to the Special Counsel of the President, "no other single accomplishment in the White House ever gave him greater satisfaction." |