MORE OF USSR SATELLITE FOUND IN CANADA

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06771767
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2020
• Case Number: F-2018-02723
• Publication Date: February 13, 1978

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�MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL SERVICE IN ENGLISH 2000 GMT 13 FEB 78 LD
TEXT)) SEARCH TEAMS HAVE RECOVERED SEVERAL MORE
u,FRAT-AENTS OF RADIO ACTIVE DEBRIS FROM THE SOVIET SATELLITE
4("THAT PLUNGED 910M ORBIT OVER NORTHWEST CANADA LAST MONTH.
AT THE UNITED NATIONS, THE CANADIAN MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL
L./AFFAIRS, DON JAmIESON, SAYS CANADA WILL PROPOSE
THE WORLD BODY ESTABLISH A NUCLEAR�FREE ZONE IN NEAR OUTER
SPACE. THE PROPOSAL WILL BE PRESENTED TO A SPECIAL UN TECHNICAL
AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE, PROBABLY ON TUESDAY.
MR AMIESON SAYS SO FAR THE SOVIET UNION HAS GIVEN NO
u4INDI0ATI0N THAT IT WILL PAY THE SEARCH AND RECOVERY BILL
�INCURRED BY CANADA. THE COST OF CLEANING UP
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ALL THE SATELLITE FRAGMENTS COULD REACH $10 MILLION.
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