Military Procurement Authorizations, Fiscal Year 1966: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Department of Defense of the Committee on Appropriations, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, on S. 800, Department of Defense Programs, and Authorization of Appropriations During Fiscal Year 1966 for Procurement, Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation of Aircraft, Missiles, and Naval Vessels for the Armed Forces, February 24-26; March 2-4, 8-10, 12, 15, 1965U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965 - 1261 pages |
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