CIA • 1959

SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT -- THE SOVIET SPACE RESEARCH PROGRAM: MONOGRAPH II OBJECTIVES

SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT~- THE SO~TIET SPACE RESEARCH PROGRAM MONOGRAPH II OBJECTIVES CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE approved fat Release r Date ) Scientific Intelligence Report THE SOVIET SP~,CE RESEARCH PROGRAM MONOGRAPH II OBJECTIVES 21 August 1959 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE ~~~- The objectives of the Soviet space research program have been obscured by frequent and variant Soviet statements, often by responsible officials. Nevertheless, the immediate and long- range dbjectives can be determined to a considerable degree by a review and evaluation of Soviet statements and activities re- lating to principal astronautical goals, the purposes of current space projects, and the political, military, and scientific aims of the USSR. In considering Soviet statements, the greatest weight must be given to those by officials and scientists who are in a position to know Soviet plans and who have proved to be fairly reliable spokesmen in the past...