08-04-2013, 10:39 AM
I liked this one, which offers some nice fodder for astronomers worried about space junk, or UFO buffs, I'm not sure which.
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1...541_b.html
OUTER SPACE: REGISTRATION OF SPACE OBJECTS
1. WE PROVIDED POLADS MAR 27 WITH TEXT OF STATEMENT REF AAND TEXT OF DRAFT REGISTRATION CONVENTION REF B.
2. CANADIAN REP, WHOSE INQUIRY WAS ECHOED BY SEVERALOTHERS, ASKED US REP FOR SOME SPECIFICS ON SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED WHICH LED TO DEVELOPMENT OF DRAFT USCONVENTION. US REP REPLIED HE WOULD SEEK GUIDANCE. MATTERWILL BE CONSIDERED FURTHER AT NEXT POLADS MEETING APR 3.
3. COMMENT: INQUIRY FOR SPECIFICS WAS PREDICTABLE. WEBELIEVE A RESPONSE IS CALLED FOR, GIVEN US DECISION TO SEEKSUPPORT OF ALLIES THROUGH NATO ON JUDGEMENT THAT THESEWOULD BE GREATER SENSITIVITY IN NATO TO SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS. WE RECOMMEND THAT DEPT PREPARE ACONFIDENTIAL BRIEFING, AT SECRET LEVEL, TO BE GIVEN ORALLYAND ELABORATING ON WHAT SECURITY MATTERS ARE INVOLVED.
END COMMENT
RUMSFELD
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1...541_b.html
OUTER SPACE: REGISTRATION OF SPACE OBJECTS
1. WE PROVIDED POLADS MAR 27 WITH TEXT OF STATEMENT REF AAND TEXT OF DRAFT REGISTRATION CONVENTION REF B.
2. CANADIAN REP, WHOSE INQUIRY WAS ECHOED BY SEVERALOTHERS, ASKED US REP FOR SOME SPECIFICS ON SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED WHICH LED TO DEVELOPMENT OF DRAFT USCONVENTION. US REP REPLIED HE WOULD SEEK GUIDANCE. MATTERWILL BE CONSIDERED FURTHER AT NEXT POLADS MEETING APR 3.
3. COMMENT: INQUIRY FOR SPECIFICS WAS PREDICTABLE. WEBELIEVE A RESPONSE IS CALLED FOR, GIVEN US DECISION TO SEEKSUPPORT OF ALLIES THROUGH NATO ON JUDGEMENT THAT THESEWOULD BE GREATER SENSITIVITY IN NATO TO SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS. WE RECOMMEND THAT DEPT PREPARE ACONFIDENTIAL BRIEFING, AT SECRET LEVEL, TO BE GIVEN ORALLYAND ELABORATING ON WHAT SECURITY MATTERS ARE INVOLVED.
END COMMENT
RUMSFELD