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

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
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
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
September 8, 1987
Content Type: 
MEMO
File: 
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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) SECRET Declassify on: OADR SECRET Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/11/28: CIA-RDP89G00643R001000040003-9
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