ASSESSMENT OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SABOTAGE OF U.S. SPACE AND MISSILE LAUNCH VEHICLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89G00643R001000040003-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 28, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 8, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/11/28: CIA-RDP89G00643R001000040003-9
September 8, 1987
SYSTEM II
90891
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE ROBERT M. GATES
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence;
SUBJECT: Assessment of the. Possibility of Sabotage of
U.S. Space and Missile Launch Vehicles (S)
Thank you for your memorandum summarizing the Intelligence Commu-
nity's findings regarding the possibility that our recent series
of launch failures might have been the result of sabotage. Our
space and missile launch vehicles provide critical support to a
variety of programs essential to our national security. I
appreciate the completeness of the Intelligence Community's
assessment which should finally put to rest any concerns that
sabotage might have been the cause of the failures. (S)
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Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/11/28: CIA-RDP89G00643R001000040003-9