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The Kennedy–Khrushchev Letters

Telegram From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev Washington, February 13, 1961.

Telegram From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev Washington, February 13, 1961.

I wish to extend my congratulations and those of the American people for the impressive scientific achievement represented by the launching of your space vehicle to Venus. We shall watch its progress with interest and wish you success in another chapter of man's exploration of the universe. John F. Kennedy.

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