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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-342-010
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 266 (NSAM 266) titled, “New Action Program for Cyprus,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-342-009
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 265 (NSAM 265) titled, “Treatment of Soviet Bloc Fishing Vessels,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-342-008
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 264 (NSAM 264) titled, “Multilateral Force (MLF),” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-342-006
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 262 (NSAM 262) titled, “Yemen Disengagement,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-342-003
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 259 (NSAM 259) titled, “Aid Program for Laos – FY 64,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) David Bell from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-017
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 256 (NSAM 256) titled, “Laos Planning,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell Taylor from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-016
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 255 (NSAM 255) titled, “Instructions Governing Use of the Direct Communications Link Between Washington and Moscow,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda regarding NSAM 255 and a report by the Defense Communications Agency titled, “System Plan for the United States/Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] Emergency Communications Link.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-014
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 254 (NSAM 254) requesting a review of the technical possibilities for clandestine violations of the test ban agreement for atmospheric, underwater, and outer space tests, to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda and reports related to NSAM 254.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-013
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 253 (NSAM 253) regarding the potential use of mixed manned forces within NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) forces to assist in the development of a multilateral force, to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-011
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 251 (NSAM 251) titled, “Estimate of Greek Political Outlook,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-010
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 250 (NSAM 250) titled, “Contingency Plan for Dealing with Possible Low-Yield Soviet Atmospheric Tests,” to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-009
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 249 (NSAM 249) titled, “Laos Planning,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell Taylor from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included is a memorandum to President John F. Kennedy from the Department of State regarding the situation in Laos and the threat of communist control by North Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-008
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 248 (NSAM 248) titled, “Dispersal Plan for NORAD [North American Air Defense Command] Air Defense Squadrons,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-007
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 247 (NSAM 247) titled, “U.S. Policy Toward Spain,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included is a joint report by Secretaries Rusk and McNamara in response to NSAM 247 on United States policy toward Spain, and memoranda on the renegotiation of U.S. military bases in Spain.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-336-009
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 153 (NSAM 153) titled, "Policy Statement on Dominican Republic," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, and Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda regarding the United States plan of action for the Dominican Republic and the status of compliance with NSAM 153.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-336-002
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 146 (NSAM 146) titled, "Improvement of Police Training and Equipment in Newly Emerging Countries," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Director of Central Intelligence John McCone, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are reports of the Committee on Police Assistance Programs and the Interagency Committee on Police Assistance Programs in Newly Emerging Countries.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-020
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 141 (NSAM 141) titled, "Analysis of [President of Argentina Arturo] Frondizi’s Political Reverses," to Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID), from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-019
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 140 (NSAM 140) titled, "Participation of U.S. and Latin American Armed Forces in the Attainment of Common Objectives in Latin America," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are reports and memoranda regarding NSAM 140 and NSAM 118.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-018
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 139 (NSAM 139) titled, "Military Aid Program for Greece," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; and Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID), from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-017
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 138 (NSAM 138) titled, "Dean Ryerson’s Recommendations Regarding the South Pacific Commission," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda regarding the recommendations by Dean Knowles A. Ryerson, Senior United States Commissioner to the South Pacific Commission.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-011
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 109 (NSAM 109) titled, “U.S. Policy on Military Actions in a Berlin Conflict,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-010
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 108 (NSAM 108) titled, “Barter Program for Congolese Industrial Diamonds,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-009
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 107 (NSAM 107) titled, “Friedrichstrasse Crossing Point,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-007
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 105 (NSAM 105) titled, “Policy Toward Egypt and Syria,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda regarding United States policy toward the United Arab Republic (UAR) and the Syrian Arab Republic, and a proposed action program for the UAR.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-006
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 104 (NSAM 104) titled, “Southeast Asia,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Director of Central Intelligence Allen W. Dulles from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.