RUSSELL L « SCHWEICKART 892 LA SIERRA DR. SACRAMENTO , CA 95825 29 August 1984 Dear Col 1 ©agues , This is to update you on developments in the -formation of the Planetary Congress o-f Space Explorers . On September 7--9, Donn Eisele , Edgar Mitchell , Tom Stafford and I will meet with Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov , Oleg Makarov and Yuri Romanenko at a private chateau near Paris to discuss the final steps in the formation of the Congress . Jean -Loup Chretien , the French payload specialist who flew on one of the Soyuz missions will also be joining us in the meeting . As before , everyone has agreed there will be no publicity about the event . Our purpose is to finalize agreements for the first Congress which we hope to convene next summer . We will discuss issues such as sponsorship and /or affiliation of the organization , where the meeting will bee held , topics for the agenda , project proposals , and press policy . 1' am currently working on the agenda for the weekend meeting . If there are any topics you would like us to address please notify me by phone ? (916 ) 324-3259 at work , or (916 ) 971-3473 at home . Enclosed are copies of some of the communications we have V exchanged with the Soviets over the last several months . Following the meeting I will be back in touch to advise you of the outcome . It is the current intention to advise all eligible people of the Congress , the schedule , etc . I hope that you will be able to join us at the first Congress . RUSTY SCHWEICKART Enelosures cc s Joe Allen Walt Cunningham Neil Armstrong Ron Evans A 1 Bean Ed Gibson , Scott Carpenter Jim Irwin Gerry Carr Jim Lovell Gene Cernan Bi 11 Pogue Mike Col 1 ins Deke Slayton Pete Conrad n F r o m 2 S T Z i i 4 5 0-L i n e s O n s 2 9 AUG 1 9S 4 f i t s 0 1: 3 3 T o s S T Z i 1 4 C c : TCA 4 2 0 S u b j e c t ; COLLEAGUES AGAIN . W a i t , » » S e n t t o - S T Z i 1 4 Acknowiedqed J a n e t s I t h i n k w e c a n a o w i t h t h i s. I ' v e m a d e m i n o r e d i t s t o i t a n d a d d e d t o t h e distribution l i s t . C a l l m e i f y o u h a v e a n y q u e s t i o n s. D e a r C o l l e a g u e s ! T h i s i s t o u p d a t e y o u o n developments i n t h e f o r m a t i o n G t t h e P l a n e t a r y C o n g r e s s o f S p a c e E x p l o r e r s. Q n S e p t e m b e r 7- 9 , D o n n E i s e l e , E d g a r M i t c h e l l , T o m S t a f f o r d a n d I w i l l m e e t w i t h C o s m o n a u t s A l e x e i L e o n o v , O l e g M a k a r o v a n d Y u r i R o m a n e n k o a t a p r i v a t e c h a t e a u n e a r P a r i s t o d i s c u s s t h e i n a l t e f o r m a t i o n o f t h e C o n g r e s s . J e a n -L o u p C r e t i e n , t h e F r e n c h p a y l o a d s p e c i a l i s t w h o f l e w o n o n e o f t h e S o y u z m i s s i o n s w i l^ l a l s o b e j o i n i n g u s i n t h e m e e t i n g. A s b e f o r e , e v e r y o n e h a s a g r e e d t h e r e w i l l b e n o p u b l i c i t y a b o u t t h e e v e n t . O u r p u r p o s e i s t o f i n a l i z e a g r e e m e n t s f o r t h e f i r s t C o n g r e s s w h i c h w e h o p e t o c o n v e n e n e x t s u m m e r, W e w i l l d i s c u s s i s s u e s s u c h a s sponsorship a n d / o r affiliation o f organization t h e T w h e r e t h j j n e t i n a w i l l b e h e l d , t o p i c s f o r t h e a g e n d a , p r o j e c t p r o p o s a l s ^ p^ r e s s p o1 i c y f c a a d o t h e r g-r? ) I a m c u r r e n t l y w o r k i n g o n t h e a g e n d a f o r t h e ^w e e k e n d m e e t i n g . I f t h e r e a r e a n y t o p i c s y o u w o u l d l i k e u s t o a d d r e s s p l e a s e n o t i f y m e b y p h o n e ; ( 9 1 6 ) 3 2 4- 3 2 5 9 a t w o r k , o r ( 9 1 6 ) 9 7 1-3 4 7 3 a t h o m e . E n c l o s e d a r e c o p i e s o f s o m e o f t h e communications w e h a v e e x c h a n g e d w i t h t h e S o v i e t s o v e r t h e l a s t s e v e r a l m o n t h s . F o l l o w i n g t h e m e e t i n g I w i l l b e b a c k i n t o u c h t o a d v i s e y o u o f t h e o u t c o m e. I t i s t h e c u r r e n t i n t e n t i o n t o a d v i s e a l l e l i g i b l e p e o p l e o f t h e C o n g r e s s t h e s c h e d u l e , e t c . I h o p e t h a t y o u w i l l b e a b l e t o j o i n u s a t t h e f i r s t C o n g r e s s. RUSTY SCHNEICKART 9 A u g u s t 1 9 0 4 l o n g t e l e g r a m t o A l e x e i L e o n o v 2 0 A u g u s t t e l e g r a m t o y o u ( w h i c h y o u j u s t F e d E x p r e s s e d t o u s ) t h e p a c k a g e y o u s e n t t o E i s e l e S t a f f o r d & M i t c h e l l [ WITHOUT ENCLOSURES ] J a n e t : c c 's t o t h e s e t r o o p s.