Memorandum for Vice President and others concerning the Apollo Moon Mission.
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Memorandum for Vice President and others concerning the Apollo Moon Mission.
This primary source comes from the Collection JFK-4: Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: National Security Files.
National Archives Identifier: 193535
Full Citation: National Security Action Memorandum No. 144 Assignment of Highest National Priority to the APOLLO Manned Lunar Landing Program; 4/11/1962; National Security Files: Meetings and Memoranda: National Security Action Memoranda; Meeting Records and Memoranda, January 20, 1961–November 22, 1963; Collection JFK-4: Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: National Security Files,; John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, MA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/national-security-action-memo-apollo/, May 18, 2026]
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