Memorandum from George Springsteen to Brent Scowcroft, Regarding Possible High-Level Activities in Connection with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
This memo includes information regarding the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, a joint U.S.-Soviet Union space mission.
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President Ford--General Secretary Brezhnev
Participation
NASA has suggested the following:
--The President and Brezhnev could utilize
satellite TV directly to exchange good luck
messages with both crews the night before the
launch, and/or congratulatory messages after
successful launches;
--TV and/or voice conversations by both
Brezhnev and the President with both crews
after the two space ships have docked; and
--an exchange of letters and/or symbolic gifts
from the President and Brezhnev by the crews
during the docked portion of the flight.
We believe it would be appropriate for the
President to participate in such activities, and
recommend that he do so. Live TV exchanges would
give him and Brezhnev the opportunity to appear
before world TV audiences.
We believe it would also be appropriate to have
a brief congratulatory message from the President
to the Soviet Cosmonauts and Brezhnev following the
successful completion of the flight, and recommend
that this be done.
We also recommend that approval be given to a
proposal to arrange visits by both crews to each
other's country shortly after the flight. Such
visits would provide the President and Brezhnev
with an opportunity to receive both crews, and
would provide an excellent occasion for public
appearances by the US crew before large Soviet
audiences.
FORD
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