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Folder, "Bombs in Orbit - General (Ballistic Missiles in Orbit, FOBS, MOBS, etc.)," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 11 (Item)
  • which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. 1/13/2009 QJ ~ NEWS CONFERENCE of SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Robert S. McNamara at Pentagon Friday, November 3, 1967 * * * Mr. Goulding
Folder, "Military Use of Space," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 15 (Item)
  • highly placed in Washington arc so contra­ dictory that they blur rather than clarify our understanding. Leu than a year ago, for instance, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara de­ clared that "attack from enemy satel­ lites is not a very likely threat
Folder, "NSAM # 271: Cooperation with the USSR on Outer Space Matters, 11/12/1963," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • response to the proposals for cooperation already made by President Kennedy and by you. (b) No new high-level US initiative is recommended until the Soviet Union . has had a fur-ther opportunity (possibly ·t hree months) to discharge its current obligations
Folder, "NSAM # 285: Cooperation with the USSR on Outer Space Matters, 3/3/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • !~ and Medicine--A proposal for co­ operation in this fie was made by the Soviet group, apparently in belated respo~se to President Kennedy's first letter to Chairman Khrushchev on space cooperation in March, 1962. The procedure for joint preparation
Folder, "Bombs in Orbit - Committee of Principals," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 11 (Item)
  • on December 3, 19620 On September 20, 1963j President Kennedy reaffirmed our intention to keep weapons of mass destruction out of orbito Since that time, we· have met with the representatives of the Soviet Union on this problemo We are glad
Folder, "Outer Space Treaty [2 of 2]," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 16 (Item)
  • : special This day today, satisfaction. Mr. President, Excellencies, must give you some As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aeronautics and Space Science under the Eisenhower Administration, as Chairman of the Space Council in the Kennedy