pecuassirirp £0 1958 moments Sere Anenaters 4 Suh afeu acen ty za bec _c lie natiounc security councic wannaron oc mee couripeviay July 10 1970 wationat security precision mEMoRANDUM 10 to The Secretary of State The Secretary of Defense The Director National Aeronautics and Space Administration The Dizector Office of Science and Technology The Executive Secretary National Aeronautics and Space Council SUBJECT — International Space Cooperation US—USSR Activities The President has decided that space cooperation with the Soviet Union should be pursued simultaneously through high—level diplomatic and technical agency channels He has noted and approved the scope of a US—USSR cooperative space program forwarded from the Ad Hoo Committee on International Space Cooperation through the NSC Under Secretaries Committee The President does not at this time desire to send a formal com— munication to Premier Kosygin urging closer space cooperation He will however consider such a message whenever it appears likely that a concrete program proposal will be favorably received by the Soviet Union bort flazs —— _ ces The Director Office of Management and Budget Mr Peter M Flanigan conripmwzias