182. Editorial Note
At a meeting of the National Security Council on April 18, 1962, the President approved the nuclear atmospheric test series proposed by the Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission for the spring of 1962. The resulting test series, called Dominic I, ultimately consisted of 36 detonations held in the Pacific Ocean area from April 25 to November 3, 1962. The first 27 were held in the vicinity of Christmas Island in the spring and summer. The remaining 9 tests, approved by President Kennedy at a meeting of the National Security Council on September 6, were conducted in the Johnston Island area in the fall. The Soviet Union resumed atmospheric nuclear testing in early August 1962. For further information, see Foreign Relations, 1961–1963, volume VII, pages 439–442 and 566–568.