ARTICLE IN 12 AUGUST 1963 ISSUE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00961R000100140241-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2002
• Sequence Number: 241
• Publication Date: August 13, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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OSA-44 12-.63
13 August 1963
1rEMCRAHDUH FOR: Assistant Director, OSA
SUBJECT . Article in 12 August 1963 Issue of
The Wall Street Journal
1. Attached is a copy of an article appearing in the
12 August 1963 issue of The Wall Street Journal. The
only prrtion of interest is that outlined in red.
It is the +pinion of S
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at this artil i
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not compromising, since it merely speculates about four
types of aircraft which Air Force planners feel are required
for defensive warfare, but which are futuristic concepts
at this point. The paragraph outlined in red does, in
fact, describe to some extent the R-12. However, it could
just as easily be interpreted as a reference to the RX,
which is openly being considered as a future development
by the Defense Department, and for which requests for
proposal have been submitted to several aircraft manufacturers.
In essence, it merely describes an aircraft that many
people have been recommending ostensibly without success,
for several years.
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