COLLECT CHARGE T0 SE ii If v-v Department of tate Authority EMMA 13mm 3 DISTRIBUTION ream mmom Amembassy KATHMANDU to INFO SECDEF DIA CSAF b3 FTD WPAFB OHIO 1127 FT BELVOIR VA JOINT MESSAGE MOON Fragments Nepal SUBJ REFS Ao Kathmandu 762 B9 State 231792 DTG 2821232 Dec 71 1 Restored Space fragment will be on board Embassy support flight 115 arriving Kathmandu on or about March 109 Fragment is packed in shipping crate cargo no 72 33365 marked in care of DAD 20 State and Defense representatives examined Eragment prior to shipment finding restoration acceptable and 1 DRAFT ED BY PM AE ARTurrentine bpw TEL EXT 21836 DRAFTING DATE APPROVED BY 2 29 72 CLEARANC ES Burleigh subs m Lissfelt subsW U - ysxde #53 Anderson subs mq DIA Mr Green Campbell subs vl FORM 4_68 09322 SECRET Classi cation SECRET mm I n- I Classi cation AuthO tYW Department of State @th TELEGRAM COLLECT CHARGE To msmaunon PAGE 2 DEPTEL to KATHMANDU 1 fragment in good conditiono Restored fragment does not vary significantly from its appearance prior to removal of sampleo 30 Report on fragment for Embassy to share with GON will be forwarded soon under separate covero 4 Please confirm satisfactory condition of fragment upon receipt and report GON reaction when fragment returned GP-3 END _1 DRAFTED BY DRAFT DATE TEL EXT APPROVED BY CLEARANCES SECRET Classi cation FORM 05-322 4-68                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu