IN EVENT OF MOON DISASTER
It is difficult to imagine a memo more chilling than this one, expertly written by presidential speechwriter William Safire on July 18th 1969, as the world waited anxiously for Apollo 11 to land safely on the surface of the moon. Sent to US President Nixon‘s Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman, it was a …
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