Jan 14 1967
From The Space Library
USAF launched an unidentified satellite from WTR with Thor-Agena D booster; satellite reentered Feb. 2. (UPI, NYT, 1/16/67, 18; Pres Rep 1967; GSFC SSR, 2/15/67)
U.S.S.R. tested first missiles in November 1947 and first multistage ballistic missile 10 yrs later, Pravda disclosed in tribute to Sergei P. Korolev, "chief constructor of space systems for U.S.S.R.," on first anniversary of his death. (Reuters, NYT, 1/16/67,20)
New US. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Llewellyn E. Thompson carried special message from President Johnson to Soviet leaders in MOSCOW, which reportedly appealed for mutual agreement not to deploy anti- missile systems. Ambassador Thompson's mission was first diplomatic followup to President Johnson's Jan. 10 State of the Union address in which the President indicated that US. had decided to defer deployment of such a system and hoped U.S.S.R. would do the same. (NYT, 1/15/67,23)
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