LETTER TO THE HON. S. SYMINGTON FROM LEO C. KOENIG

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000700190047-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2003
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: August 18, 1961
• Content Type: LETTER

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Beast 1S, 1961
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Senate Building
1 read aaa article in 'TRUE I~4aga~aine, June 19~I
Edition gerta~lag to Russia's early attempts to
launch an a,stronaeat.
'i'he article written by I~!ir. James Mills tells how
_=~lex Ledosesky was killed. at Kapustin Yar in 1959,
erenty Schibarin was .killed tb+e follawiz-g Fel+rexary
asad in Jaaeaary 1959 A~adrei h+fitkov who eras killed
shortly after laeanchirtg.
I aria interested to kaoar if this is true and ha,~
it been efffici,lly re~ce3rded as true by the gaverament
e~f the United States.
fiery truly ypurs.
!s/ Leo C. Koenig
Leo C. Koenig
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August 21, 1961
From: Mr. Leo C. Koenig
Respectfully referred to
Hon. Allen W. Dulles
____________________Director__of__Central Intelligenr-e
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for such consideration as the communication
herewith submitted may warrant, and for a report
thereon, in duplicate to accompany return of
inclosure.
1
Stuart Symingl;~n U . S . S .
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SEP 1961
BRIEF FOR: Acting Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Senator Symington's Letter re Soviet
Cosmonauts
Attached for your signature is a response to
Senator Symington with respect to a query from one
of his constituents as to the validity of a TRUE magazine
article identifying Soviet cosmonauts who had been killed
during space launchings. The names are the same as
those which had previously appeared in Drew Pearson's
column earlier this year.
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This snore matter was reviewed again. in OSI
and indicated that Pete Scoville
thought it better to simply furnish Seaator
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draft response to the constftusnt. OSI has
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