Mar 20 1962
From The Space Library
Premier Khrushchev replied to President's letter of March 17 proposing U.S.-U.S.S.R. cooperation on peaceful uses of outer space by accepting in principle and specifically approving of cooperation in certain areas (letter released on March 21): (1) communications satellites; (2) weather satellites; (3) coordination of tracking and data reception on scientific satellites; (4) international search and rescue operations to recover space crews who have returned to earth outside the planned recovery areas; (5) mapping the earth's magnetic field and exchange of information on space medicine; (6) joint agreement on problems of international law as related to space exploration, beyond those points already agreed to in the U.N., especially the prohibition of space experiments that would inhibit the space experiments of other nations. Premier Khrushchev warned, however, that space cooperation would "depend to some extent on the settlement of the disarmament problem," since much military hardware and techniques were used in peaceful space exploration vehicles.
U.S.S.R. representative to U.N.'s Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space pledged that U.S.S.R. would cooperate "by deeds" in international programs on space. Promised reports to U.N. on Soviet satellite and rocket launchings, cooperation on communications satellites but on the basis of "international regional agreements." USAF awarded contract to North American Aviation, Inc., for development of RS-70 prototypes, including fabrication of three aircraft.
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