# Documents from the files of Ambassador Gerard C. Smith on the Vela event (posted 8 December 2016)

> About 50 documents from the National Archives (Smith records) and the Carter Library: the October 1979 CIA panel memorandum, Garwin's letter of 19…

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# Documents from the files of Ambassador Gerard C. Smith on the Vela event (posted 8 December 2016)

About 50 documents from the National Archives (Smith records) and the Carter Library: the October 1979 CIA panel memorandum, Garwin's letter of 19 October 1979, State Department telegrams on New Zealand rainwater and on Jack Ruina's information, the Varona statement and NRL hydroacoustic findings. Individual file URLs were not listed in this pass. The posting also links the Foreign Relations of th

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