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April 3, 1961	Excerpt from Ninutes Nº 322 of the CC Presidium of April 3, 1961, 'On the Launch of the Satellite-ship' Final Presidium (or Politburo) decree, entitled “On the Launch of a Space Satellite-Ship,” approving the launch of a spaceship with a human on board.
March 30, 1961	Report from D. Ustinov et al to the CPSU CC regarding the Preparation and Launch of a Manned Spacecraft Memo from representatives of industry, the scientific community, the armed forces, the KGB, and the space designer community to the Central Committee report on final preparations for piloted spaceflight and asking for permission to launch a spaceship with a human on board.
March 24, 1961	Report from D. Ustinov et al to the CPSU CC on Preparations to Launch the Vostok-3A Report to Central Committee from industrial leaders, military leaders, scientists, and designers on preparations to launch a final automated test flight before actual piloted spaceflight.
January 25, 1961	Report of the Results of the Examinations held with Cosmonaut Students of the Air Force’s Cosmonaut Training Center Results of examinations held with the core group of cosmonaut trainees at the Cosmonaut Training Center.
November 10, 1960	Report from D. Ustinov et al on Preparations for Two Test Flights of the Vostok-A Prototype Report from industrial leaders, scientists, and designers to the Central Committee on preparations for two test flights of the Vostok-A prototype before human space mission on Vostok-3A variant
October 11, 1960	Decree of the CPSU Central Committee and USSR Council of Ministers on the Object Vostok-3A Decree issued by the Central Committee and the Council of Ministers entitled “On the Object Vostok-3A” approving the plan to carry out a human spaceflight in December 1960.
September 27, 1960	Top Secret Service and Character References for Core Group of Six Cosmonauts Training for the First Human Spaceflight Brief service and political character references for the core group of six cosmonauts training for the first human spaceflight.
September 10, 1960	Proposal from D. Ustinov et al to the CPSU CC on Human Spaceflight Formal proposal to Central Committee from a group of industrial leaders, military officials, scientists, and designers to carry out the first human spaceflight by December 1960.
August 3, 1960	Decree from N.S. Khrushchev and M. Smirtyukov on Cosmonaut Training Center USSR Council of Ministers Decree entitled “The Preparation of a Manned Spaceflight,” approved full-on preparations for a human spaceflight.
June 15, 1960	Proposal from D. Ustinov et al to the CPSU CC on Cosmonaut Training Center Proposal to the Central Committee from industrial leaders and the scientific community on creating a cosmonaut training center and establishing regulations on the professional activities of cosmonauts.