MEMORANDUM TO: SECRETARY OF STATE [AND OTHERS] FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY

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• Publication Date: August 27, 1962
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington
TOP SECRET August 27, 1962
MEMORANDUM TO: Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Director of Central Intelligence
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Director, Office of Science and Technology
The President desires that the space program of the United States be
forcefully explained and defended at the forthcoming sessions of the
UN Outer Space Committee and the General Assembly. The Depart-
ment of State is requested to consult with the Department of Defense,
CIA, NASA, AEC, ACDA and the Office of the Science Adviser to
develop positions which meet the following objectives:
1. To show that the distinction between peaceful and aggressive
uses of outer space is not the same as the distinction. between military
and civilian uses, and that U. S. aims to keep space free from
aggressive use and offers cooperation in its peaceful exploitation
for scientific and. technological purposes.
2. To build and sustain support for the legality and propriety
of the use of space for reconnaissance. This position should proceed
from the approved recommendations of the report submitted on this
subject on June 30, 1962.
3. To make it plain that neither U. S. nuclear tests nor other
U. S. experiments in space were undertaken without a proper sense
of scientific responsibility, and that, in the case of the nuclear tests,
these were a response to previous Soviet tests.
4. To demonstrate the precautionary character of the U. S.
military program in space.
5. To show that U. S. policies for communication satellites
are fully consistent with cooperative international arrangements.
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McGeorge Bundy
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