Sergeant and tracking capabilities : memo 1959 Dec 16.

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Sergeant and tracking capabilities : memo 1959 Dec 16.

This memo summarizes two meetings, the first with Bob Kamm and the next with Pickering and Dubridge. At the Pickering meeting the continuation of Sergeant and cancellation of Vega is one of the issues discussed.

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