Deoiassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Reiease 2016 08308 T ae Preyz'dem Daily - I 7 May 1970 48 - Deolassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016 08 08 Declassified in Part Sani zed Copy Approved for Release 2016 08 08 CIA-RDP79T00936A008300060001-9 Soviets Continue Work on Complex Vehicle SWIM Complex Vehicle mull-N ml'llhn End-I 91119-0 lmndaI-nv 2130mm mum on Lunar low Dav-ml Wm $0 000 U5 Sliurn Li o Ilnusl ww- million Ha mh MUCWIM Ipwndal MW 2351000 on MIMI Ylm oqr pol-Mn 100 000 Suunv mMu-mWW-W'r 50x1 Declassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016 08108 CIA-RDP79T00936A008300060001-9 Deciassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Reiease 2016108f08 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY The latest photography from a satellite over Tyuratam shows that the-Soviets are'still working on their largest Space boosterw-assembled on one of- the pads at-Complex and therefore dubbed the US observers of Soviet rocketry The first-booster of this type-to be tested blew up on -the other pad at Complex last_July mixing nk-it w tempt to'launch-a payload to the moon The exten sive damage to that pad is still being repaired The J-Bird is the-Soviet counterpart of the - mjit cannot deliver-as - 1arge a payload to the moon The difference in per- formance is in the high-energy propellants in the- upper stages of the saturn - The Soviet3 wou d have to use-two Jwairds -_to put a man on the moon-ea rendezvous wouid be necessary Thus both launch I 'pads at CompZex wouid be needed Inter-_ planetary probes and oiraumiunar missions can be handled-by one J Bird which could also be used to orbit a permanent space -3tation weighing 100 to 150 tons An un manned lunar landing and-return mission could also be Zaunahed ' Because of the problems the Soviets have been having with their'iarge epaae'booeta1 era the intelligence community has esti mated that they probably will not be able '-to make a lunar landing before 1923 FOR THE Deofassified in Pad Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016 3082'08