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SUBJECT ITALO-CHINESE LINKS, CONNECT EVENS FROM PEKING 310630Z MAY 91.
RECENT ARTICLE FROM TEMPO DATED 6 JUL 91 DESCRIBES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ITALY AND CHINA WHICH WILL ENABLE ITALIAN SATELLITES TO BE PUT IN ORBIT USING CHINESE QUOTE LONG MARCH UNQUOTE ROCKETS. AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN CHINESE GOVMNT AND ITALIAN MINISTRY FOR RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITIES AT RECENT QUOTE COLUMBUS WORKSHIP UNQUOTE SPACE CONFERENCE HELD ON CAPRI. QUOTE LONG MARCH UNQUOTE IS CAPABLE OF PUTTING PAYLOADS OF UP TO 700 KG (SEVEN HUNDRED) IN ORBIT CHEAPLY AND HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR AMERICAN SATELLITES. THE FIRST ROCKET FOR ITALY WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 1993.
ARTICLE SAYS ITALIAN CHOICE OF QUOTE LONG MARCH UNQUOTE BECAME INEVITABLE ONCE EFFORTS HAD FAILED TO DEVELOPE WITH US COMPANY LTV, A QUOTE SUPER SCOUT UNQUOTE ROCKET FOR USE FROM ITALIAN RANGE IN KENYA.
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