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and “Policy Concerning U.S. Assistance in the Development of Foreign Communications Satellite
Capabilities,” 91-95; and “Report of the United States Delegation…on Definitive Arrangements for the
International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium,” 108-20; and “Some Recent International Reactions
to ERTS-1,” 259-62; and State Department, 85-89, 91-95; and “Transfer of U.S. Communications Satellite
Technology,” 96-99; and “U.S. Assistance in the Early Establishment of Communications Satellite Service,”
95-96
V-2 rocket, 157
Vanguard, Project, 2
Viking, Project, 134
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Waple, Ben F., 56-57, 61-64; and “Establishment of Domestic Communications-Satellite Facilities by Non-
Governmental Entities,” 120-32
Washington University, George, 388
Weather Bureau, U.S., 158-60, 168; and “Basic Agreement Between U.S. Department of Commerce and the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Concerning Operational Meteorological Satellite Systems,”
206-11; and “National Plan for a Common System of Meteorological Observation Satellites,” 204-06; and
“Observing the Weather from a Satellite Vehicle,” 177-83
Webb, James E., and AT&T, 45-60; and “Basic Agreement Between U.S. Department of Commerce and the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Concerning Operational Meteorological Satellite Systems,”
206-11; and “Earth Resources Survey Program,” 248-50, 250-52, 253-56
WEFA Group, Inc., 391; and “The Economic Impact of the Space Program,” 451-55
Weinberger, Caspar, 135
Welsh, Edward C., 71, 76-77
Wenk, Edward, Jr., 86
Western Electric Co., 54-56, 69
Western Union International Corp., 5; and “Administrative and Regulatory Problems Relating to the
Authorization of Commercially Operable Space Communications Systems,” 61-64; and “Establishment of
Domestic Communications-Satellite Facilities by Non-Governmental Entities,” 120-32
Wexler, Harry, 156; and “Observing the Weather from a Satellite Vehicle,” 177-83
White, Robert M., 211-13
White Sands, NM, 157
Williams, Donald D., and Commercial Communications Satellite, 35-39; and “Commercial Satellite Communication
Project,” 31-35
Winokur, Robert S., 381-83
Wireless World, 1; and “Extra-Terrestrial Relays,” 16-22
Withee, Gregory W., 375-78
Wolf, Francis Colt de, 89
Wright, George W., 401-02
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Yardley, John F., 396, 498-501, 539-41
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Zimmerman, James V., 262-69
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