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Apollo-Soyuz: Space Age Detente
Focusing on Details: Compare and Contrast
Examine the documents included in this activity and write your response in the space provided.


What is similar about these two letters? Look for similar phrases or ideas.
What is different?
What ideas or events does each leader emphasize?
Do you think they agree on why this event is important?
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Apollo-Soyuz: Space Age Detente
Focusing on Details: Compare and Contrast
How do Ford’s and Brezhnev’s arguments about the space program in 1975 compare to current views of the space program?
Do you think their wishes have come true? Why or why not?
In addition to promoting scientific exploration, how did this spaceflight promote diplomacy between the United States and the Soviet Union?
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Letter from President Gerald Ford to Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, Regarding the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
9/17/1975
This letter includes information regarding the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, a joint U.S.-Soviet Union space mission. The original was delivered to Leonid Brezhnev by the Apollo astronauts during a tour of the Soviet Union after the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
This primary source comes from the Collection GRF-0056: White House Central Files Subject Files (Ford Administration).
National Archives Identifier:
7347331Full Citation: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, Regarding the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project; 9/17/1975; Collection GRF-0056: White House Central Files Subject Files (Ford Administration), . [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-from-president-gerald-ford-to-soviet-general-secretary-leonid-brezhnev-regarding-the-apollosoyuz-test-project, February 17, 2025]
Letter from President Gerald Ford to Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, Regarding the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
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Message from Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev to President Gerald Ford Regarding the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
7/25/1975
This message includes information regarding the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, a joint U.S.-Soviet Union space mission.
This primary source comes from the Collection GRF-0332: Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft West Wing Office Files (Ford Administration).
National Archives Identifier:
7347327Full Citation: Message from Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev to President Gerald Ford Regarding the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project; 7/25/1975; Collection GRF-0332: Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft West Wing Office Files (Ford Administration), . [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/message-from-soviet-general-secretary-leonid-brezhnev-to-president-gerald-ford-regarding-the-apollosoyuz-test-project, February 17, 2025]
Message from Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev to President Gerald Ford Regarding the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
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