102. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy0
Moscow, May 17,
1963.
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
1- Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. The source text is a Department of State translation of a commercial telegram from Moscow. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.↩
- Printed from a copy that bears this typed signature.↩