Military Procurement Authorization, Fiscal Year 1964: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2440 (S. 843), Department of Defense Programs and Authorization of Appropriations During Fiscal Year 1964, for Procurement, Research, Development, Tests, and Evaluation of Aircraft, Missiles, and Naval Vessels for Armed ForcesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1963 - 1063 pages |
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