Symington Committee, Follow-up Question on BEAR Production.

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 2, 1956
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of current production of BUR turboprop
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all evidence an Soviet heavy bombers* Based on
greed national eastlmste that about /+0 BEAR aircraft
in the by I JUy 19560, and that about 30 were In
at that time, This review also romAted In a
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amts is that about 40 BISON aircraft had
with about 35 in operational unite? These
given to the Committee in April,
eaten that, probsbI7 at least part
dlties* BISON and BUR production in 1955
abl lam rate than we had previous believed
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