NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 172

TO:                  Secretary of State
                        Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Agency

SUBJECT:       Bilateral Talks Concerning US-USSR Cooperation in Outer Space Activities
 

The President has reviewed the report on the current state of these conversations sent to him by the Secretary of State on July 5, 1962.

The President concurs in the general approach described in the report and has requested that the responsible agencies proceed to carry out the steps described in paragraphs one through seven of pages three and four.

 
                                                                                                                   McGeorge Bundy

cc:    Secretary of Defense
        Director of the Office of Science and Technology
        Director of Central Intelligence