Mar 31 1964

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Unnamed "high State Department official" told New York Herald Tribune that talks between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. regarding Soviet cooperation in worldwide comsat network had been scheduled for June in Geneva. The official said the talks came in response to Soviet government's recent expression of interest in such negotiations to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Other sources indicated Soviet representatives had visited Communications Satellite Corp. in Washington and FCC inquiring about procedural arrangements. (Loory, N.Y. Herald Trib., 4/1/64; Av. Wk., 4/6/64,15)

SAF fired advanced Minuteman ICBM down the Atlantic Missile Range and 30 seconds later followed it with a Nike-Javelin sounding rocket to study the Minuteman's exhaust. This was first in 16-test series. (UPI, NYT, 4/1/64, 60; M&R, 4/6/64,10)

Movie director/auteur Stanley Kubrick writes to Arthur C. Clarke, "(I want) to discuss with you the possibility of doing the proverbial 'really good' science-fiction movie."

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