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Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1500Z) ("US Space Launch Capabilities") (NSC 0134) [President asks whether Soviets might have sabotaged launch of the Challenger space shuttle?] [declassified Dec 2005 & Spt 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: White House
Source: Reagan Library (NSC Meetings Box 12)
Editorial comments:

1100-1200 EDT = 1500-1600 GMT.

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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 11pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Asia), Defence (general), Industry, Transport, Science & technology