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Approved For ,lease 2001/08/27: CIA-RDP66ROO63 TT1--O*P#-5_/ Ir, MO W4r1 & , , . tr on ~ d US IE~6 g 7 ? The idea of reconnaissance satellites as a peaceful mil..ita activit., aiad as distinguished from weapons-carrying vehicles,, is intrinsical too ophisticated to arouse interest in the general public an era. None of ..,ho glamour and human Intereat of nanned space flight attaches to such sterious technological efforts. Under the circ+otaovs it is scarcely orprising that public interest in reconnaissance catallites of any kind neg l..gible almost erreryhere in the free vorid. As far an we can tell, ? hia indifference 3 s practicaUy absolute in the less sophisticated areas of the world Latin Acriea, Africa, the Middle Fasts and Southeast Asia. on in Western Europe, Canada,,and Japan meager and mostly routing press