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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200430037-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: November 1, 1957
• Content Type: PREL

ASSOCIATED PRESS NOV 1 1957
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A RUSSIA WAS ABOUT
TO LAUNCH ITS EARTH SATELLITE -- AND IT IS EXPECTING "FURTHER REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOP-
MENTS" FROM THE SOVIET.
THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY BY PRESIDENT EISENHOWER' S COMMITTEE ON SCIENTISTS AND
ENGINEERS. THE COMMITTEE MADE PUBLIC PORTIONS OF A TALK GIVEN BEFORE IT BY ASST.
DIRECTOR HERBERT SCOVILLE JR. OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) ON OCT. L,
SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE MOSCOW ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCHING OF SPUTNIK.
DR. SCOVILLE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING:
"THERE HAS BEEN PUBLICITY ABOUT THE RUSSIAN EARTH SATELLITE. THEY WON'T ANNOUNCE
ANYTHING UNTIL THEY HAVE IT UP THERE. IT W)ULDN' T SURPRISE US IF SUCH AN ANNOUNCE-
MENT CAME AT ANY TIME. WE MUST BE PREPARED FOR IT. THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THESE
THINGS...
"THERE IS NO QUESTION BUT THAT THE SOVIETS ARE CAPABLE OF GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
BOTH IN PEACETIME AND WARTIME. IN VIEW OF THE DYNAMIC DRIVE OF THEIR ENTIRE SCIEN-
TIFIC PROGRAM, WE MUST EXPECT FURTHER REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTS IN ADDITION TO THE
FIRST SATELLITE LAUNCHING."
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