LUNA 23 LANDS ON THE MOON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100180015-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 1999
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: November 6, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT LUNA 23 LANDS ON THE MOON
REF OSR MORNING BRIEFING, Li NOV ?04, SECRET
THE SOVIETS' UN MANNED SPACE PROBE, LUNA 23, LANDED ON THE
MOON EARLY THIS 'iC;RN_ING ? THE SPACECRAFT IS LXPEC l ED TO COLL_EC`IT A
FEW OUNCES OF SOIL SAMPLES AND RETURN TO EARTH, WITH RECOVERY
IN THE SOVIET UNION OCCURRING EARLY NEXT WEEK.
THE SOVIETS HAVE
SORT SINCE MID-19690.
IN FEBRUARY 19.72 WERE
24 HOURS AND RETURNED
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ATTEMPTED AT LEAST FOUR MISSIONS OF THIS
ONLY LUNA 16 IUN Sf2EPTEMBER 1970 AN ID LUNA 20
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TO EARTH WITH LESS THAN A POUND OF SOIL S
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