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1955, with Cold War anxiety skyrocketing, Eisenhower made a remarkable
proposal to his Russian counterpart, Premier Nikita Khrushchev. He suggested
that each country allow the other to conduct reconnaissance flights in
the air and from space over the other country, and that the imagery obtained
be given to the United Nations. |
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Soviets, however, rejected "Open Skies". Thereafter, the United
States and the Soviet Union proceeded separately and in secret. |
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1958, the Air Force abruptly canceled a planned satellite system that was
classified but had been publicly acknowledged,  and
reconstituted it as the supersecret Corona reconnaissance satellite program.
It was organized under the new Keyhole security protocols, the most secret
security orders in American history. |
