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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD 

SUBJRCT: USUN Msg 533 

On 2 December, Colonel Marshall Sanders called concerning 

subject message. I extracted a copy from the file and phoned 

Sanders. His problem: 

1. Scott George of State was ready to relay the 

contents of this message throughout State but had some reservation about the language in the second paragraph—starting on 

page 1: 

--Be felt that we would get into discussion on 

definition of "weaponry." 

--By committing ourselves now, we deny U.S. flexibility 

in case we should want to alter position two or three years 

hence. 

I advised Sanders: 

--The language looked good to me, albeit a bit 

repetitive of the first paragraph. 

would not object to deletion. 

Sanders said be would advise George to delete the entire 

second paragraph. 

RICHARD S. WIGGINS 

Lt. Colonel, USAF 

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rollowing arc insvractie,ns toi doal with possibility, Soviet,a 

will raise issue of or Gemini: 

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potaibIe of' space or ta bil. labs' 'as. platforr,:is for ds-opping 

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tended ct:.n.cluc.c defonco research primarily but will doubtless 

oducc importara b,-.3n.:.:fits in terms scientific knowledge ;and • 

dvancethent space en.ploratiOn generally. 'There no ,r elationohip 

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2, Gemini. Should SOVs rap Gcmilik5.P;ogrum as having military 

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':dhorild SOW; rctlpan spying from satellite issue*DEZ, may reiterate 

pos1t.o2 that observation from space is consistent with international Law, just as is observation from the high seas. END 

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