SPUTNIKS DID NOT FAIL

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28457, 11 December 1957, Page 15

SPUTNIKS DID NOT FAIL

Russian Claim In Broadcast NEW YORK, December 10. Soviet Russia claimed today that it had no failures in launching its two earth satellites, the United Press reported from London. The United Press said that Moscow Radio broadcast a statement in the Communist newspaper ‘‘Pravda’’ quoting Professor Sedov, a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, on the “no failures” report. Pravda carried articles by Professor Sedov and by Professors Maskhelishvili and Sergeyev on the occasion of the one thousandth orbit around the earth of Sputnik I. Professor Sedov said th? launching of the sputniks was preceded by large-scale preparatory work based on extensive research. As a result. Russia had had no failures in launching its earth satellites, he said. “Two attempts were made and both were successful.” Professor Sergeyev said: “Observations have revealed the identity of computed and experimental data. The programme of scientific research for both sputniks was carried out successfully and in full.” Professor Sedov said that the Soviet sputniks were launched somewhat earlier than expected because the original calculations proved correct. Of the United States difficulties. Professor Sedov said: “This bears out once more the complexity of this task. “I believe that the American specialists will before long succeed in launching earth satellites. The Soviet scientists sincerely wish them success.”

Observers said there were no signs yet of takeovers at the B.P.M. Royal Dutch Shell Company and Unilevers, both of which are understood to have British capital as well as Dutch.

The powerful Indonesian Communist Party, which claims to be the dominant political group in Java Island, said yesterday that the Indonesian people would not act against the big enterprises of the “imperialist powers" if they did not show enmity to Indonesia over the West Irian dispute. The party, in a statement last month, before the United Nations debate on West Irian, advocated war with Holland if other measures failed to gain the disputed territory. The party issued a statement saying that the Indonesian Government was giving the Netherlands time to consider Indonesia’s demand for West New Guinea before deciding to call the taking over of enterprises “nationalisation” or “confiscation.”

The statement, according to the “New York Times” news syndicate. said that if the Dutch gave up West New Guinea they migh* hope to get repayment, and have their properties “denationalised.”