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• Publication Date: February 13, 1967
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Carl Duckett asked that you get together
on this matter. - had
originally asked for an informal telephonic
response; the attached note which is.brief
and to the point should serve his needs very
well.
13 February 1967
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Remarks :
Re: Soviet Space Treaty
Attached for your review is Dave Brandwein'
reply to the question addressed to
by James Gehrig, Staff Director of the Senate
Aeronautical and Space Science Committee. As
you recall, Gehrig asked about the impact of the
Soviet Space Treaty on American intelligence
activity. Although-had merely requested
an informal telephonic response from DD/S&T,
it might be worthwhile to have - drop by
for a personal talk with you before giving him
this reply. Otherwise, if you prefer, we can
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TREATY ON PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE ACTIVTT.IES. OF STATES
IN THE EXPLORATION AND USE OF OUTER SPACE, IIVCLUDDTG THE MOON
AND OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES
The states parties to this Treaty,
Inspired by the great prospects opening up before mankind as a result
of man's entry into outer:.space,
Recognizing the common interest of all mankind in the progress of the
exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes,
Believing that the exploration and use of outer space should be carried
on for the benefit of all peoples irrespective of the degree of their
..economic or scientific development,
Desiring to contribute to broad international co-operation in the
scientific as well as the legal aspects of the exploration and use of
outer space for peaceful purposes,
Believing that such co-operation will contribute to the development of
mutual understanding and to the strengthening of friendly relations between
States and peoples,
Recalling resolution 1962 (XVIII), entitled "Declaration of Legal
Principles Governing the Activities of States in the E:gloration and Use
of Outer Space", which was adopted unanimously by the United Nations
General Asser?nly on 13 December 1963,
Recalling resolution 1884 (xviii), calling upon States to refrain from
placing in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons' or
any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction or from installing such
weapons on celestial bodies, which was adopted unanimously by the United
Nations General Assembly on 17 October 1963,
Taking acount of United Nations General Assembly resolution 110 (IT)
of 3 November 19T+7,-which cond.eraned propaganda designed or likely to provoke
or encourage any threat to the peace,'breach of the peace or act of aggres-
sion, and considering that the aforementioned resolution is applicable to
outer space,
Convinced that a Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of
States in Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and
Other Celestial Bodies, will. further the Purposes and Principles of the
Charter of the United Nations,
Have agreed an tbe following-,
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The exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and, other
celestial bodies, shall be carried out'for the benefit,and in the
interests of all countries, irrespective of their degree of economic.or
.scientific development, and shall be the province of all mankind.
Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be
free for exploration and use by all States without discrimination of any
kind, on a basis of equality and in accordance with international law, and
there shall be free access to all areas of celestial bodies.
There shall be freedom of scientific investigation in outer space,
including the moon and other celestial bodies, and States shall facilitate
and encourage international co-operation in such investigation.
Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not
subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use
or occupation, or by any other means.
States Parties,to the Treaty shall carry on activities in the explora-
tion and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies,
in accordance with international law, including the Charter of the United
Nations, in the interest of maintaining international peace and security
and promoting international co-operation and understanding.
Parties to the Treaty exclusively for peaceful purposes. The establishment
of military bases, installations and fortifications, the testing of any
type of weapons and the conduct of military manoeuvres on celestial bodies
shall be forbidden. The use of military personnel for scientific research
or for any other peaceful purposes shall not be prohibited. The use of
any equipment or facility necessary for peaceful exploration of the moon
and other celestial bodies shall also not be prohibited.
States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around
the eartrany o jests carrying nuclear wea-?ons or any other kinds of
weapons sip. , s c weapons on celestial bodies or
station such weapons in outer space in any other manner.
The moon and other celestial bodies shall be used by all States
States Parties to the Treaty shall regard astronauts as envoys of
mankind in outer space and shall render to them all possible assistance in
the event of accident, distress, or emergency landing on the territory of
another State Party or on the high seas. Vhen astronauts make such a
landing, they shall be safely and promptly returned to the State of
registry of their space vehicle.
In carrying on activities in outer space and on celestial bodies,
the astronauts of one State Party shall render all possible assistance to
the astronauts of other States Parties.
States Parties to the Treaty shall immediately inform the other States
Parties to the Treaty or the Secretary-General of the United Nations of
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celestial bo ies, which could constitute a danger to the life or health
of astronauts.
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Article VI
States Parties to the Treaty shall bear international responsibility
for national activities in outer space, including the moon and other
celestial bodies, whether such activities are carried on by governmental
agencies or by non-governmental entities, and for assuring that national
activities are carried out in conformity with the provisions set forth in
the present Treaty. The activities of non-governmental entities in outer..
space, including the moon and other celestial. bodies, shall require
authorization and continuing supervision by the State concerned. When
activities are carried on in outer space, including the moon and other
celestial bodies, by an international organization, responsibility for
compliance with this Treaty shall be borne both by the international
organization and by the States Parties to the Treaty participating in such
organization.
Each State Party to the Treaty that launches or procures the launching
of an object into outer space, including the moon and other celestial
bodies, and each State Party from whose territory or facility an object is
launched, is internationally liable for damage to another State Party to
the Treaty or to its natural or juridical persons by such object or its
component parts on the Earth, in air space or in outer space, including the
moon and other celestial bodies.
A State Party to the Treaty on whose registry an object launched
into outer space is carried shall retain jurisdiction and control over
such object, and over any personnel thereof, while in outer space or on a
celestial body. Ownership of objects launched into outer space, including
objects landed or constructed on a celestial body, and of their component
parts, is not affected by their presence in outer space or on a celestial
body or by their return to the Earth. Such objects or component parts
found beyond the limits of the State Party to the Treaty on whose registry
they are carried shall be returned to that State, which shall, upon
request, furnish identifying data prior to their return.
In the exploration and. use of outer. space, including the moon and other
celestial bodies, States Parties to the Treaty shall be guided by the
principle of co-operation and mutual assistance and shall conduct all their
activities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies,
with due regard to the corresponding interests of all other States Parties
to the Treaty. States Parties to the Treaty shall pursue studies of outer
space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, and conduct explora-
tion of them so as to avoid their harmful contamination and also adverse
changes in the environment of the Earth resulting from the introduction of
extraterrestrial matter and, where necessary, shall adopt appropriate
measures for this purpose. If a State Party to the Treaty has reason to
believe that an activity or experiment planned by it or its nationals in
outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, would cause
potentially harmful interference with activities of other States Parties in
the peaceful. exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other
celestial bodies, it shall undertake appropriate international consultations
before proceeding with any such activity or experiment. A State Party to
the Treaty which has reason to believe that an activity or experiment planned
by another State Party in outer space, including the moon and other celestial
bodies, would ca u. e o tia 1
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e o outer space, including the moon and other
celestial bodies, may request consultation concerning the activity or
experiment.
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In order to promote international. co-operation in the exploration and
use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, in con-
formity with the purposes of this Treaty, the States Parties to the Treaty
shall consider on a basis of equality any requests by other States Parties
to the Treaty to be a forded an opportunity to observe the flight of space
objects launched by those States.
The nature of such an opportunity for observation and the conditions
under which it could be afforded shall; be determ n _A _:0y agreement be weer
the States concerned. w~~
In order to promote international co-operation in the peaceful explora-
tion and use of outer space, States Parties to the Treaty conducting
activities in outer space, including the moon and other, celestial bodies,
agree to inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations as well as the
public and the international scientific community, to the greatest extent
feasible and practicable, of the nature, conduct, locations and results of
such activities. On receiving the said information, the Secretary-General
of the United Nations should be prepared to disseminate it immediately and
effectively.
Article XII
All stations, installations, equipment and space vehicles on the moon
and other celestial bodies shall be open to representatives of other
States Parties to the Treaty on a basis of reciprocity.. Such representa-
tives shall give reasonable advance notice of a projected visit, in order
that appropriate consultations may be held and that maximum precautions may
be taken to assure safety and to avoid interference with normal operations
in the facility to be visited.
The provisions of this Treaty shall apply to the activities of States
Parties to the Treaty in the exploration and use of outer space, including
the moon and other celestial bodies, whether such activities are carried on
by a single State Party to the Treaty or jointly with other States, includ-
ing cases where they are carried on within the framework of international
inter-governmental organizations.
Any practical questions arising in connexion with activities carried
on by international inter-governmental organizations in the exploration
and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies,
shall be resolved by the States Parties to the Treaty either with the
appropriate international organization or with one or more States members
of that international organization, oinich are Parties to this Treaty.
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Article XIV
1. This Treaty shall be open to all States for signature. Any State
which does not sign this Treaty before its entry into force in accordance
-vi th.paragraph 3 of this article may accede to it at any time.
2. This Treaty shall be subject to ratification by signatory States.
Instruments of ratification and instruments of accession shall be deposited
with the Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States
of America, which are hereby designated the Depositary Governments.
3. This Treaty shall enter into force upon the deposit of instruments
of ratification by five Governments including the Governments designated as
Depositary Governments under this Treaty.
4. For States whose instruments of ratification or accession are
deposited subsequent to the entry into force of this Treaty, it shall enter
into force on the date of the deposit of their, instruments of ratification
or accession.
5. The Depositary Governments shall promptly inform all signatory and
acceding States of the date of each signature, the date of deposit of each
instrument of ratification of and accession to this Treaty, the date of its
entry into force and other notices.
6. This Treaty shall be registered by the Depositary Governments
pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.
Any State Party to the Treaty may propose amendments to this Treaty.
Amendments shall enter into force for each State Party to the Treaty
accepting the amendments upon their acceptance by a majority of the States
Parties to the Treaty and thereafter for each remaining State Party to the
Treaty on the date of acceptance by it.
Any State Party to the Treaty may give notice of its withdrawal from
the Treaty one year after its entry into force by written notification to
the Depositary Governments. Such withdrawal shalt take effect one year
from the date of receipt of this notification.
This Treaty, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and
Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archivus
of the Depositary Governments. Duly certified copies of this Treaty shall
be transmitted by the Depositary Governments to the Governments of the
signatory and acceding States.
IN WITLESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this
Treaty.
DOi1TE in ............. at the cities of London, Moscow and SW7ashington,
the ..... day of .......... one thousand nine hundred and ............
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