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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP33-02415A000100360018-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 18
• Content Type: REGULATION

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Enclosure #1
Interim Statement
As announced by , it is possible
that a space object has impacted on the territory of
As a result, U. S. authorities are investigating to establish whether
in fact this might be of U. S. origin and, if so, which specific
vehicle might be involved.
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Enclosure #2
Background Data for Development of a Contingency Statement
Le ali . There is, strictly speaking, no settled regime of
law governing activities in outer space. However, the UNGA
unanimously adopted UNGA Resolution 1721 (XVI) which "commends
to States for their guidance in the exploration and use of outer
space" two principles:
a. International law, including the Charter of the United
Nations, applies to outer space and celestial bodies;
b. Outer space and celestial bodies are free for
exploration and the use by all States in conformity with
international law, and are not subject to national
appropriation.
There is no reasonable basis for considering unarmed satellites
as constituting either a threat or the use of force (proscribed by
Article 2 (4) of the UN Charter), and there is nothing in the Charter
which could be construed as prohibiting the essentially non-aggressive
activities of a photographic satellite.
It is well established that areas subject to the jurisdiction of
a State may be freely observed from points outside that jurisdiction,
e. g. , from a ship on the high seas. Observation from outer space,
which is not subject to territorial claims, also cannot be considered
to constitute a violation of international law.
Secrecy. We publicly announced long ago our intention in the
Samos program to develop photographic and other types of satellites.
This is a matter of public record.
The U. S. has been conducting an open space program. We
have announced every satellite firing. The U. S. has registered with
the UN every U. S. satellite successfully placed in orbit, or already
in orbit, as of 15 February 1962, and is now registering failures as
well.
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The U. S. has also, as a matter of national policy, made public
the results of those of our satellite operations that would be of
scientific, technical or economic value to the world. The Soviet
Union can make no such claim.
Aggressive Intent. Photographic satellites are unarmed.
They pose, therefore, no threat to any nation. The fact that they
are launched by a military organization does not make them an
aggressive military device any more than the presence of Major
Titov made Vostok II an aggressive military vehicle. Photographic
satellites are peaceful, just as satellites for communications,
navigation or weather prediction are peaceful. They are military
as well, in just the same proportion as communications, navigation
or weather prediction are military.
Espionage. Espionage implies a violation of sovereignty.
Where there is no sovereignty, there can be no espionage. Soviet
trawlers have for years operated in international waters off USA
coasts collecting information on U. S. civil and military operations.
They have monitored the U. S. fleet in every ocean of the world.
Major Titov has taken our picture from space. These Soviet acts
are legal, since they are conducted from points over which we
neither have nor wish to have jurisdiction. The U. S. must insist,
however, on precisely the same rights the Soviets enjoy. Inter-
national law is not divisible into Communist law and non-Communist
law.
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