Statement by the President Upon Sending to Foreign Nations Prints of Lunar Photographs Made by Surveyor I.
THIS EFFORT is made in order that careful study of the photographs will be possible around the world. We intend that the knowledge we derive from space will be available for the enrichment of our common experience and the advancement of peaceful undertakings in the exploration of outer space.
Note: The statement was read by Bill D. Moyers, Special Assistant to the President, at his news conference at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 1966, at the White House. Mr. Moyers announced that the President had sent the photographs to the Chiefs of State of more than 100 foreign nations, including the Soviet Union, and to the world's scientific community.
The statement was not made public in the form of a White House press release.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Statement by the President Upon Sending to Foreign Nations Prints of Lunar Photographs Made by Surveyor I. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/238810