PROJECT MERCURY MANNED SPACE FLIGHT (MA-9)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000100120014-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: May 3, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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SECRET May 3, 1963
NSC REFERRAL NOT REQUIRED
NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 237
TO: The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Director of Central Intelligence',
SUBJECT: Project MERCURY Manned Space Flight (MA-9)
The President is aware of the contingency planning with respect
to the possibility of the landing of MERCURY 9 or future Gemini
flights in the territorial waters of Communist China, North Vietnam,
or Cuba, as described in the letter dated May 1, 1963, from the
Deputy Under Secretary of State to the Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense for International Security Affairs.
The President agrees that the Secretary of Defense has
adequate authority to authorize the penetration of the territorial
waters of the above countries for the purpose of locating, rendering
assistance to, and retrieving the personnel and spacecrafts.
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McGeorge Bundy
cc: Director, Bureau of the Budget
Administrator, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PLANS)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (INTELLIGENCE)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (RESEARCH)
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Distribution: As above
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This memorandum contains information for the addressees. Ad-
dressees may give this memorandum additional circulation within
their components as required. All copies should be destroyed not
filed, upon completion of circulation. A master file will be kept in
the Executive Director's Office; and will 1*1avaiiable upon request.
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