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EDMUND VALTMAN, Hartford Times
Days before the United States resumed atmospheric nuclear testing under Operation Dominic in 1962, Hartford Times cartoonist Edmund Valtman expressed the opinion that Soviet intransigence had pushed the United States to its limit. The test ban negotiations fell apart when the Soviets rejected an American inspection clause, arguing it violated their borders. Valtman, who had lived under Soviet rule in his native Estonia, drew cartoons for the Hartford Times between 1951 and 1975. In this cartoon, he clearly blamed the Soviets for escalating nuclear weapons testing. |