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- 1996 Sep (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Gen Mikhail Mokrinsky, Soviet reconnaissance pilot, [1960], relating to Soviet reconnaissance flights over the Pacific Ocean to observe the US Fleet and the deployment of US aircraft carriers, [1961-1963]; the Soviet opinion of the ideological differences between the USSR and USA, [1961-1963]; the detonation by the USSR of a 50 megaton nuclear weapon, Novaya Zemlya Island, USSR, 30 Oct 1961; the Soviet development of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) and the reduction in production of strategic bombers, 1956-1958; Mokrinsky's aircraft almost crashing into the US Navy aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY, [1965]. 15pp
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