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102. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy 0

Moscow, May 17, 1963.

Dear Mr. President: Accept our cordial congratulations on the successful flight of Cosmonaut G. Cooper on the spaceship “Faith-7” which made a new contribution to the exploration of the expanses of the universe.

The Soviet people send congratulations and best wishes to the intrepid Cosmonaut Gordon Cooper.

N. Khrushchev
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  1. Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. The source text is a Department of State translation of a commercial telegram from Moscow. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.↩
  2. Printed from a copy that bears this typed signature.↩