RUSSIANS IMPROVED IN SPACE EFFORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800030006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 3, 1965
• Content Type: TRANS

RADIO TV REPORTS. INC.
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FORt CIA - MAIL ROOM LIBRARY
PROGRAM WMAL Evening Report
DATE February 3, 1965 6:00 P.M.
WMAL Radio FOIAb3b`,
CITY Washington, D. C.
RUSSIANS IMPROVED IN SPACE EFFORT
BOB GNEISER: "The head man of NASA, James Webb, out in
California today, where he told a luncheon meeting that the
Russians did better than expected in-the space efforts last
gear."
JAMES WEBB: "I would say during the last year, the Russians
have shown more progress than we thought they could a year ago.
They flew more than twice as many important space missions last
year, as they did the year before. They have 'flown some very
sophisticated vehicles -- in some ways, in the area of science
just as sophisticated,, or perhaps in some oases moreso, than we
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