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    "description": "This file contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Captain Walter \"Wally\" Schirra's successful completion of the Mercury-Atlas 8 test flight, also known as the Sigma 7. Materials in this file include congratulatory correspondence between President Kennedy and foreign heads of state, including Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of the Federal Republic of Germany, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India, and U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations. This file contains some foreign language material.",
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    "ocrText": "5909 7b\nADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO\nTHE SECRETARY OF STATE\nWASHINGTON 25, D. c.\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\n1. Kather OK\nWASHINGTON\nfor cleorand\n,\n2. RetumBKS\nUNCLASSIFIED\nOctober 9, 1962\ns/s 16553\nJues Sten 10/10\nMEMOR.ANDUM FOR MR. BROMLEY SMITH\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nSubject: Iran: Reply to the Shah's Congratulatory\nMessage on Orbital Flight of Commander Schirra\nReference is made to your October 5th memorandum requesting\nthe Department of State to prepare a reply to the Shah's congrat-\nulatory message on Commander Schirra's successful orbital flight.\nIt is recommended that the attached reply from the President be\nsent to the Shah at Tehran.\nIt is recommended that release of the exchange of messages\nbe left to the discretion of the Government of Iran and this view\nis incorporated in the attached message.\nW. HV Brubeck\nExecutive Secretary\nEnclosure:\n1. Text of suggested\ntelegraphic reply.\n2. Text of Shah's Message\nUNCLASSIFIED\nOCT 1 0 1962"
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