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    "description": "This file contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this file include newspaper articles, background papers on nuclear science and possible cooperative space exploration projects, a summary of a telephone conversation between President Kennedy and French President General Charles de Gaulle, an itinerary for President Kennedy's trip to Vienna, Austria, and copies of a joint statement issued by the President and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev concerning nuclear weapons, disarmament, and Germany following discussions in Vienna. The majority of this file consists of telegrams and memoranda to President Kennedy from Cabinet members and advisors regarding suggested strategies for discussing subjects such as nuclear weapons, disarmament, Berlin, and Laos with Premier Khrushchev.",
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        "Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971",
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    "ocrText": "bb.\nCONFIDEN AL\n-7- -\nCategory (c)\nThese proposals relate to the exploration of celestial\nbodies.\n(i) Mars or Venus programs.\nPlanetary investigations are immensely difficult\nundertakings requiring protracted programs of great complexity\nand variety, progressing through fly-bys, orbiters, hard and\nsoft landings, and surface prospecting. The U.S. and the USSR\ncould coordinate their independent programs so as to provide\nfor a useful sequencing and, perhaps, sharing of experimental\nmissions, with scientific benefits and economics. Full data\nexchange, guaranteed by provision of telemetry calibrations,\nshould be provided. If cooperation is interrupted, no loss is\nsustained and the programs may proceed independently.\nThe U.S. and USSR could, alternatively, enter\ninto a joint program that would mean more intimate involvement;\nsuch a program would include cooperative development of equip=\nment and sharing of experimental missions, and would point\ntoward eventual joint launching of probes.\n(ii) Manned Exploration of Moon.\nThe exploration of the surface of the moon is\nthe first space endeavor where we think that the presence of\nman will add greatly to what could reasonably be done with\ninstrumented packages.\nAs a first step in con-limited cooperative\neffort, the U.S. and the USSR would each undertake to place a\nsmall party (about 3) of men on the moon for scientific purposes\nand return them to earth.\nAs in planetary programs, a more extensive\ncooperative program could also be envisaged in which the U.S.\nand USSR enter into a joint manned lunar program, including\ncooperative development, planning, and internationational\nexploration.\nJONEIDENTI AL"
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