RUSS 'LEAD' IN MISSILE PROGRESS DOUBTED

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00058R000100130143-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 143
• Publication Date: June 18, 1956
• Content Type: NSPR

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-Russ 'Lead' In Missile
Progress Doubted
WASHINGTON .-: t :le> Di-
ector Allen W. Dulles of the
'entral _I,nteiligC agency
aid Sunday he
as "no evi-
ence" that Rus-
ia is ahead of
he United
States if the
ield of inter-
,ontinental bal-
istic missiles.
He also said
e feels "quite
ure" the Soviets
,are not ahead Dulles
f us" in developing atomic
.nergy to create electric power
espite the "very dramatic pro-
ram announced recently in
heir sixth five-year plan."
Dulles, interviewed over three
'ew York television stations
by Rep. Ostertag (R., N. Y.),
hesitated to make a comparison
between U. S. and Soviet de-
velopment of ' ocean-spanning
ballistic missiles.
He said the Russians "have
made quite a lot of progress
in that field, but I hale ; no
evidence they are ahead f us."
Senate Democrats have i arged
that the administration has
permitted the Soviets to forge
ahead of this country.
Turning to recent attabks on
Josef Stalin by current Soviet
leaders, Dulles said he believes
the Kremlin is try?ng tOi per-
suade the "befuddled" Russian
people that "they are doing
away with tyranny." But, he
said, the Kremlin still is;;dom-
inated."hy a bunch of tyrants."
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