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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-111-006
This folder contains telegrams primarily between United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith and Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include military assistance to India, relations between India and Pakistan, U.S. policy towards India, and the contents of letters sent by President John F. Kennedy to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-320-016
This folder contains memoranda to and from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, on various topics of foreign affairs and Kaysen’s resignation from the National Security Council. Also included in this folder is a draft of a speech for President John F. Kennedy’s address to a meeting of the International Monetary Fund.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-320-015
This folder contains memoranda to and from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, on various topics of foreign affairs including international economics; Cuba; and Berlin, disarmament, and relations between United States and Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-320-014
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams to and from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, on various topics of foreign affairs including disarmament, aid to Taiwan (officially the Republic of China), and the Federation of Malaya (later known as Malaysia).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-320-013
This folder contains a report of the Task Force Ryukyus and recommendations for United States policy towards the Ryukyu Islands. The report includes background material on U.S. involvement with the Ryukyu Islands, relations with Japan, current economic policy and levels of assistance in the Ryukyu Islands, and a U.S. military base on the island of Okinawa.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-320-012
This folder contains memoranda primarily from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include development aid to Tanganyika (later known as Tanzania); a United States military base in Okinawa, Japan; and Berlin negotiations and a visit by Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic) Konrad Adenauer.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-320-011
This folder contains a memorandum from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, to General Maxwell Taylor titled, “Strategic Air Planning and Berlin,” discussing SIOP-62 (Single Integrated Operational Plan), a plan that includes a National Strategic Target List (NSTL) to direct strike forces against the Soviet Union in the event of war.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-320-010
This folder contains memoranda primarily between Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include a proposed draft on national security policy, foreign aid and development planning, the tin stockpile, and Berlin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-320-009
This folder contains a paper written by Harvard University professor Carl Kaysen (later Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs) titled, “Improving the Efficiency of Military Research and Development.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-016
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 202 (NSAM 202) titled, “AEC Procurement Policy for Domestic Uranium through 1972,” to Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-008
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 198 (NSAM 198) titled, “Presidential Authorization for KINGFISH,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg, and Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are a report and memoranda regarding anticipated effects from the KINGFISH test event.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-007
This file contains drafts and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 197 (NSAM 197) titled, “(a) Improved Procedure—Communication to Other Countries of RD on Nuclear Weapons, (b) Approved Determinations for France, Italy, and the Netherlands,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-004
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 194 (NSAM 194) titled, “Policy Toward Non-Bloc Ships in Cuban Trade,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Administrator of the Maritime Commission Donald W. Alexander, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) Fowler Hamilton, Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, and President of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charles S. Murphy from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-002
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 192 (NSAM 192) to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb, and Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. The NSAM is in regards to a memorandum titled, “A Separate Arms Control Measure for Outer Space,” to President John F. Kennedy from Director William C. Foster.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-001
This file contains a draft and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 191 (NSAM 191) titled, "Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project DEFENDER," to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell, and Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-338-017
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 189 (NSAM 189) titled, "Presidential Meeting on Laos, September 28, 1962," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.