Statement by the Acting Press Secretary Expressing the President's Concern for Early Ratification of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
I WAS ASKED yesterday and again this morning for the President's views on NPT.
The President has authorized me to issue the following statement in response to these questions:
The President has been increasingly concerned, since he submitted the nonproliferation treaty to the Senate last July, about the effects here and abroad of delaying ratification of the treaty. It is our strong hope that all nations will sign, ratify, and adhere to the terms of the nonproliferation treaty.
Note: The statement was issued by Wyatt Thomas Johnson, Jr., Assistant Press Secretary to the President.
The treaty was favorably considered by the Senate on March 13, 1969. The text is printed in Senate Executive H (90th Cong., 2d sess.) and in the Department of State Bulletin (vol. 59, p. 85).
Lyndon B. Johnson, Statement by the Acting Press Secretary Expressing the President's Concern for Early Ratification of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/236206