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The Kennedy–Khrushchev Letters

Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy Moscow, October 4, 1962.

Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy Moscow, October 4, 1962.

ESTEEMED MR. PRESIDENT, On behalf of the Soviet people and myself personally, I am happy to congratulate you and the American people on the occasion of the successful completion of the flight of the space ship "Sigma-7" with Cosmonaut W. Schirra. Please convey cordial greetings and very best wishes to Cosmonaut-Airman Walter Schirra. N. Khrushchev.

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