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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-308-005
This folder contains cables sent within the Department of State concerning Soviet Union manned spacecrafts Vostok III and IV; meetings of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and Legal Subcommittee; Project West Ford, a United States space communications experiment; and a bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Soviet Union for collaboration on space activities, including numerous revisions by the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-308-004
This folder contains cables sent within the Department of State concerning United States military space activities, meetings of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and the Legal Subcommittee, and a bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Soviet Union for collaboration on space activities including meteorological satellites and geomagnetic mapping.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-307-011
This folder contains memoranda regarding the probability of the Soviet Union to establish a space station; possible adverse environmental effects of large-scale experiments; a comparison of the space program and NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) budget to previous administrations; and a memorandum by The RAND Corporation titled, “Military Space Activities and the Cold War (U),” summarizing space programs and actions by the Soviet Union. Also included in this folder is a report of a meeting of the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations General Assembly Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space by Leonard C. Meeker, Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State, and U.S. delegate to the committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-307-009
This folder contains memoranda regarding the Soviet Union and space exploration, including general flight activities, unreported failures, and registration of space launchings to the United Nations General Assembly Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Also included in this folder is a report by the Space Vehicle Panel of the President’s Science Advisory Committee concerning technical problems and issues for a lunar landing.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-307-008
This folder includes drafts of the United States Policy on Outer Space and memoranda containing reactions to the policy, including concerns about national security. Also included in this folder is a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly regarding international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-307-007
This folder contains memoranda regarding the law of outer space, a letter and a Concurrent Resolution proposed by Representative Olin Teague expressing concerns about national security with collaborations in space between the United States and the Soviet Union, and a draft of U.S. policy on outer space. Also included in this folder is a report by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space dated, July 14, 1959. Topics include communications satellites, arrangements for an international operational system, liability for space vehicle incidents, and UN registry of space launchers.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0653-009
This folder contains the first page of a response letter from the Office of the Administrator at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Representative Sydney Herlong, Jr. of Florida regarding a tour of Cape Canaveral, Florida by the representatives of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.