35. Editorial Note
In a letter to Chairman Khrushchev, February 22, 1961, President Kennedy expressed the hope that “it will be possible, before too long, for us to meet personally for an informal exchange of views” and indicated that he had asked Ambassador Thompson to pursue the question of a meeting. For text, see Foreign Relations, 1961–1963, volume VI, pages 5–7. Khrushchevʼs reaction to Kennedyʼs proposal is described in Documents 41 and 42. In a May 12 letter to Kennedy, Khrushchev accepted the U.S. proposal for a meeting in Vienna on June 3-4 and reviewed some of the international problems requiring solutions. For text, see Foreign Relations, 1961–1963, volume VI, pages 18–21.