from a London co -raspondent - | 7 7 0 Circles within the British China Friendship isseciation who are sympathetic to China in the current dispute have beon drawing attention to a noglected aspect of the Test an Treaty. Thoy allege thet the partial nature of the treaty (i.e. the fact that underground testing is not included in the ban) enables the United States now to press ahead with the development of so-called tactical miclear weapons because it is precisely the underground tests which ars requirad for such development, These tactical molear weap ons are, of course, primarily designed for use against liberation movements in the underdeveloped countries, A recent Observer roport gives certain circumstantial support to an argument that might otherwise appear simply to be pro-—Chineso apologotics, On 29 September, Nora Beloff wrote concerning United States' policy in Vietnam:
"The prasent American Democratic leadership flatly rejocts any parallel betwoen the present war in Indo-China and the previous French enter— prise. One of the most prominent of President Kennody's advisors who accompanied General Maxwell Taylor on one of his earlier missions to Vistnan approved Democratic opposition to Dulles! proposal for dropping A—bombs to save the French at Dien Hion Phu,
"Fut he added he would not have tho same objections to using = nmucloar woapons, if the military situation required it, in the prosoent anti— Commnist conflict. "This is different," he said, "it isn't an imperialist