Approgeg or Beggar-31 31 11 9 12 10 003177755 1 TYURA TAM RANGE RESUMES PRACTICE ACTIVITY Comment on I The Tyura Tam - Klyuchi missile 1 test range resumed practice activ- ity on 23 and 24 November Resump- tion of practice activity indicates probable preparations for another event either an ICBM test or another satellite launching attempt Previous extensive practice activity started on 4 November--the day after the launching oi Sputnik II--and ran through 10 November This was fol- lowed on 13 and 14 November by KRUG direction finding activity which ceased on 15 November The period of relative quiet following the extensive practice activities of 4-10 November and the KRUG practices of 13-14 November could have been caused by the delay or postponement of a scheduled flight test or by changes in range communications Judging by Soviet statements of the number 12 14 of satellites to be launched during the Inter- national GeOphysicai Year at the rate of about one per month the orbiting of another earth satellite possibly containing another animal is considered more likely than an ICBM test The timing of this event cannot yet be determined but the attempt is likely to occur in the near future Nov Current Intelligence Bulletin Page 3 Approved for Release 2019I12I10 This document is from the holdings of The 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