Protest letter against the US subcritical nuclear test (January 17, 2021)

January 17, 2021

His Excellency Mr. Donald Trump
President
The United States of America

Mr. Joseph M. Young
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Embassy of the United States of America in Japan

Letter of Protest

We have learned that your country conducted a subcritical nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site in November last year.

This test was conducted as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is set to enter into force, running completely contrary to the global trend towards the abolition of nuclear weapons. Your country’s actions betray the wishes of the hibakusha and millions of others who seek the abolition of these weapons, and are utterly unacceptable.

I vehemently demand that the United States immediately cease and never again repeat such nuclear testing, conducted in ignorance of global trends and the spirit of Hiroshima which calls for world peace.

MATSUI Kazumi
Mayor
The City of Hiroshima

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