Telegram from Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to American Embassy in Moscow, Regarding President Gerald Ford's Apollo-Soyuz Messages

This telegram includes information regarding President Gerald Ford's pre-launch message to the Apollo and Soyuz crews; message to Leonid Brezhnev following successful completion of the Soyuz space mission; Soviet Union Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin's visit to Houston, Texas; and...

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OF with Department of State TELEGRAM STATES OF LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 9407 PAGE 01 STATE 167764 65 ORIGIN EUR-12 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SS-15 NSC-05 $50-00 NSCE-00 NASA-01 USIE-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 INR-07 NSAE-00 PA-01 PRS-01 SP-02 INRE-00 OES=03 PM-03 CPR-01 SAJ-01 1053 R DRAFTED BY EUR/SOVISHUMPHREY:JLR APPROVED BY EUR/SOV:SPOLANSKY C - MR. SHINN S/S - F. ORTIZ WHITE HOUSE-TEXT RECEIVED FROM WH 083254 0 162241Z JUL 75 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW IMMEDIATE DEPALD LIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 167764 GOOD E.O. 116521 N/A TAGS: TSPA, US, UR SUBJECT: PRESIDENT'S APOLLO-SOYUZ MESSAGES: DOBRYNIN VISIT TO HOUSTON APOLLO-SOYUZ FUNCTIONS IN DEPARTMENT AND AT CANAVERAL REFS: A) STATE 165701 B) STATE 162485 c) STATE 163930 D) STATE 160735 1. PRESIDENT'S PRE-LAUNCH MESSAGE TO BOTH CREWS (REF A) MADE PUBLIC HERE. DEPARTMENT WILL POUCH TO EMBASSY, ATTENTION SCICOUNSELOR 2. SIGNED ORIGINAL OF PRESIDENT'S LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS TO GENERAL SECRETARY BREZHNEV CREF B) FOR TRANSMITTAL TO MFA AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF SOYUZ FLIGHT (SCHEDULED FOR JULY 21). IF ORIGINAL DOES NOT ARRIVE IN TIME FOR RECEIVED LIMITED OFFICIAL USE JUL 2 1975 CENTRAL FILES