SOVIET SABOTAGE OF AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 28, 2011
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HAVE WRITTEN SUPPORTERS LIKE YOU BEFORE ABOUT MY FEARS THAT SOVIETS TRYING
TO KILL AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM AND PRESIDENT REAGAN'S SDI DEFENSE PROGRAM.
NOW NEW FACTS INDICATE STRONG POSSIBILITY SOVIET KGB SECRETLY "BLEW UP"
CHALLENGER SHUTTLE, FOUR OTHER AMERICAN ROCKETS AND FRENCH ROCKET THIS YEAR!!
FRENCH GOVERNMENT ALREADY INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE SOVIET SABOTAGE (SEE
ENCLOSED NEWSPAPER ARTICLE).
BUT DESPITE MY URGENT, REPEATED REQUESTS THAT CONGRESS EXAMINE POSSIBILITY
OF SOVIET KGB SABOTAGE, NOTHING EVER DONE!
ALL FOUR AMERICAN ROCKETS PLUS FRENCH "ARIANE" ROCKET CARRIED AMERICAN
RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITES.
NOW -- AMERICA HAS ONLY ONE "SPY-IN-THE-SKY" SATELLITE LEFT TO MONITOR
SOVIET NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEPLOYMENTS AND SERVE AS EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
AGAINST SOVIET NUCLEAR ATTACK!!!
WORSE!: PRESIDENT REAGAN'S EFFORT TO GET SDI, NON-NUCLEAR, SPACE-BASED
DEFENSE NOW GROUNDED -- PERHAPS PERMANENTLY!!
ALL FOUR AMERICAN SPACE ROCKETS VERY RELIABLE IN PAST: (SPACE SHUTTLE: 24
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS!), ("NIKE-ORION" ROCKET: 120 CONSECUTIVE!), ("DELTA"
ROCKET: 43 STRAIGHT!!), ("TITAN" ROCKET: 95% RELIABILITY).
CHANCES OF FOUR MALFUNCTIONING -- ONE AFTER THE OTHER -- ARE 1 IN 250 MILLION!
BUT SUSPICIOUS "COINCIDENCES" MAKE SABOTAGE VERY LIKELY:
FACT 1: THREE YEARS AGO, CAPT. WILLIAM HUGHES, KEY AIR FORCE OFFICER
IN SPACE LAUNCH COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR SPACE
RELATED WEAPONS, MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED IN THE NETHERLANDS.
U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS BELIEVE HUGHES CAPTURED BY SOVIET
AGENTS OR VOLUNTARILY DEFECTED. SAID ONE AGENT, "HUGHES IS WORTH
HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD TO THE RUSSIANS IN TERMS OF FUTURE 'STAR WARS'."
FACT 2: FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, SOVIET ELECTRONIC SPY SHIPS NORMALLY
OFF CAPE CANAVERAL FOR EVERY SHUTTLE LAUNCH, SUDDENLY, MYSTERIOUSLY
LEFT AREA AT HIGH SPEED ONLY FOUR HOURS BEFORE CHALLENGER "ACCIDENT".
FACT 3: RELIABLE SOURCES TELL ME KGB HELD MAJOR CELEBRATION OF A "PERFECT
ACTIVE MEASURE" -- THEIR TERM FOR DIRTY WORK -- AT KGB HQ, ON
(MORE TO FOLLOW: OVER, PLEASE)
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NIGHT OF CHALLENGER EXPLOSION!
FACT 4: AFTER CHALLENGER TRAGEDY, SOVIET "CONDOLENCES" CAME ONLY 2 HOURS
AFTER EXPLOSION -- IN PAST SOVIETS HAVE WAITED DAYS, EVEN WEEKS.
FACT 5: RECENTLY, SOVIET-SUPPORTED WEST GERMAN TERRORISTS USED REMOTE-
CONTROLLED BOMB TO KILL COMPANY EXECUTIVE KARL BECKURTS.
NOTE LEFT AT SCENE SAID BECKURTS WAS KILLED BECAUSE HE WAS
COLLABORATOR IN SDI.
AS FORMER HEAD OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (DIA), I KNOW SOVIET KGB
WOULD STOP AT NOTHING TO CRIPPLE AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM AND ESPECIALLY
REAGAN SDI DEFENSE, EVEN IF IT MEANT KILLING 7 SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS.
AND IF SOVIETS HAVE FOUND WAY TO SABOTAGE U.S. SPACE ROCKETS,. THEN SOVIETS
COULD SUCCEED AT KILLING SDI PERMANENTLY!
NOW MORE AND MORE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY CAN DO IT! REMEMBER SOVIET SPYS: WALKER
BROTHERS, WHITWORTH AND FORMER FBI AGENT RICHARD MILLER CAUGHT THIS YEAR ALONE!
THAT'S WHY NEED YOUR HELP NOW! URGENT YOU AND OTHER HIGH FRONTIER/SDI
SUPPORTERS GET TRUTH ABOUT SOVIET SABOTAGE.
HAVE ENCLOSED VITAL PETITION TO ATTORNEY GENERAL ED MEESE DEMANDING
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATE POSSIBILITY OF "FOUL PLAY" IN CHALLENGER
TRAGEDY AND FOUR OTHER AMERICAN LAUNCHES THIS YEAR.
ALSO HAVE ENCLOSED TWO POSTCARDS TO SEN. DAVID DURENBERGER, CONG. LEE
HAMILTON, CHAIRMEN OF SENATE AND HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEES ON INTELLIGENCE.
URGING COMMITTEE HOLD HEARINGS. POTENTIAL SABOTAGE MUST NOT BE COVERED UP!
URGENT YOU ACT NOW!
ASKING YOU TO DO TWO THIUGS IMMEDIATELY:
1. MAIL POSTCARDS CALLING ON CONGRESS TO HOLD HEARINGS.
2. SIGN PETITION TO ATTORNEY GENERAL ED MEESE AND RETURN PETITION
TO ME AT DROJECT HIGH FRONTIER ALONG WITH A SPECIAL EMERGENCY
CONTRIBUTION TO HELP SAVE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM AND SDI!
HAVE SUGGESTED AMOUNT FOR YOUR EMERGENCY GIFT ON PETITION/REPLY. THIS
MINIMUM HIGH FRONTIER MUST RECEIVE FROM EACH AND EVERY PERSON WE WRITE
IN ORDER TO PRESS INVESTIGATION AT JUSTICE AND IN CONGRESS.
HIGH FRONTIER IS A NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION. OUR PIONEERING
STUDY WAS BASIS FOR PRESIDENT REAGAN'S SDI PROGRAM TO DEFEND THIS NATION
AGAINST SOVIET NUCLEAR MISSILES.
IN PAST WE'VE TAKEN ON THE SOVIET ANTI-PROPAGANDA MACHINE, LIBERALS IN
CONGRESS LED BY TIP O'NEILL AND TED KENNEDY, AND NUCLEAR FREEZE MOVEMENT
-- WE'VE WON WITH HELP OF PATRIOTIC SUPPORTERS LIKE YOU.
WE'VE SAVED SDI FROM BEING TRADED AWAY AT LAST NOVEMBER'S SUMMIT.
NOW FACING SOVIET KGB. AND ENTIRE AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY. IF
SOVIETS HAVE FOUND WAY TO SABOTAGE AMERICAN ROCKETS, SPACE PROGRAM AND
SDI MAY BE GROUNDED PERMANENTLY.
PLEASE DON'T HESITATE. REPLY IMMEDIATELY. MAIL POSTCARDS, SIGN PETITION
AND RETURN PETITION AND EMERGENCY CONTRIBUTION TO HIGH FRONTIER.
THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY VERY REAL! URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP!
I ANXIOUSLY AWAIT YOUR REPLY.
SIGNED: LT. GEN. DANIEL 0. GRAHAM, USA (RET.)
DIRECTOR, HIGH FRONTIER
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