Memorandum from Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to President Gerald Ford, Regarding a Meeting with Soviet Cosmonauts Involved in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

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The Apollo-Soyuz - Test Project, set in the May 1972 US-USSR
Agreement on Space Cooperation signed at the Summit meeting
in Moscow, is an experimental flight scheduled for July 1975
to test compatible rendezvous and docking systems which are
being developed for future US and USSR manned spacecraft.
The mission plan calls for Apollo rendezvous and docking with
the Soyuz and two days of joint activities, including experiments
in space science and applications. The benefits of the mission
include contributions to a rescue capability for future manned
space flights and broadened opportunities for US and USSR space
cooperation in the years ahead.
B.
Participants: Ambassador Dobrynin, NASA Deputy Administrator
George M. Low, Major General Vladimir A. Shatalov (Commander
R.
of Cosmonaut Training), the Soviet crew (Colonel Aleksey A.
Leonov, Valeriy N. Kubasov), the US crew (Brigadier General
Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand, Donald K. Slayton), and
Henry A. Kissinger.
C. Press Arrangements: Press photo session. Meeting to be
announced.
III. TALKING POINTS
1.
Your joint flight next year, fulfilling an objective set in the
1972 Agreement on Space Cooperation, will mark an important
step forward in US-Soviet relations. Additionally, the flight
has significance for all who believe that different countries can
contribute to a better world by working together on projects that
broaden human knowledge and extend man's capacity to cope
with his environment.
2.
A principal purpose of your flight is to increase the safety
of manned flights in space. We are thus looking forward to the
day when US and Soviet manned spacecraft can rendezvous, dock,
and transfer crew members.
3.
The joint flight will also help pave the way to joint space
activities in the future which will help both our countries gain more
insights into the utility of space than they could from separate
programs.
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