Office of the Historian

230. National Security Study Memorandum 721 2

Washington, September 4, 1969.

TO:

  • Secretary of State
  • Director of NASA
  • Assistant to the President for Science and Technology

SUBJECT:

  • International Space Cooperation Committee

The President has directed the creation of an ad hoc group on International Space Cooperation. The President has directed that the Committee prepare a report on possible forms of International Space Cooperation with friendly countries as well as with the Soviet Union. The report should discuss alternative possible approaches and their costs and gains.

The Committee should also coordinate on approaches to other governments on the subject of space cooperation.

The President has directed that the Committee be chaired by a representative of the Secretary of State and include representatives of the addressees of this memorandum and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

Henry A. Kissinger
  1. Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H-162, NSSM Files, NSSM 72. Confidential. Copies were sent to Laird and Flanigan.↩
  2. President Nixon specified the creation of an ad hoc group on international space cooperation with friendly countries and the Soviet Union.↩