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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.