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This item is a Department of State translation of a congratulatory message from Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev to President John F. Kennedy on Project Mercury astronaut Colonel L. Gordon Cooper Jr.'s successful completion of the Mercury-Atlas 9 test flight, also known as Faith 7.
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Message from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to President John F. Kennedy on flight of astronaut L. Gordon Cooper
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Message from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to President John F. Kennedy on flight of astronaut L. Gordon Cooper
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This item is a Department of State translation of a congratulatory message from Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev to President John F. Kennedy on Project Mercury astronaut Colonel L. Gordon Cooper Jr.'s successful completion of the Mercury-Atlas 9 test flight, also known as Faith 7.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: President's Office Files
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Soviet Union
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (10/01/1958 - )
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Cooper, Gordon, 1927-2004
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1963-05-17
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
2
2a
DIVISION OF LANGUAGE SERVICES
(TRANSLATION)
LS NO. 56727
R-13/T-24
Russian
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YWC 1579 MWR153 XSSS
MOSCOW 73/72-17-0920 USSR GOVT.
PRIORITY
HIS EXCELLENCY
JOHN F. KENNEDY,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
WASHINGTON.
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT:
ACCEPT OUR CORDIAL CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OF COSMONAUT
G. COOPER ON THE SPACESHIP "FAITH-7" WHICH MADE A NEW CONTRIBUTION TO THE
EXPLORATION OF THE EXPANSES OF THE UNIVERSE.
THE SOVIET PEOPLE SEND CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO THE INTREPID
COSMONAUT GORDON COOPER.
N. KHRUSHCHEV
MOSCOW, KREMLIN, MAY 17, 1963.