U.S. Inquiry On Soviet Missiles
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 7 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives today ordered an investigation to find out whether the Soviet Union is ahead of the United States in the race to develop inter - continental missiles. The inquiry was requested by Mr William Bray. (Republican. Indiana), a committee member, who accused military leaders of making a “fetish" of secrecy. He said that the taxpayer was footing the defence bill and should know at least as much as the Russians. President Eisenhower reported today that the United States had speeded up its pace in Jhe race to develop inter-continental missiles. In his State of the Union message, he said that “the development of long range missiles has been on an accelerated basis for some time.” Senator Henry Jackson (Democrat. Washington), chairman of the Confressional Committee on Atomic nergy, said yesterday there was reason to believe that the Soviet Union already might have a supersonic missile capable of delivering a hydrogen explosive on a target 1500 miles away.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27860, 7 January 1956, Page 2
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