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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-184-005
This file contains copies, drafts, and memoranda regarding correspondence between Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy on Laos, Cuba, nuclear weapons, and a nuclear test ban treaty.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-184-002
This file contains Department of State telegrams, press releases, copies, and drafts of correspondence between Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy on the buildup of Soviet missiles and military equipment in Cuba, and the dismantling of the missile bases by the Soviet Union. Also included is a report by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service titled, "Foreign Radio and Press Reaction to Khrushchev's 28 October Letter on Dismantling Cuban Missile Bases."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-183-001
This folder contains correspondence between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Topics include relations between the United States and Soviet Union, Berlin and German unification, disarmament, nuclear testing, Laos, space flights, and the Bay of Pigs invasion. Also included in this folder are letters from Premier Khrushchev to President Dwight D. Eisenhower and John J. McCloy, Advisor to President Kennedy on Disarmament. This folder contains some Russian-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-064-014
This file contains the text of correspondence between United Nations (UN) Secretary General U Thant, President John F. Kennedy, Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-047-005
This file contains correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, United Nations Acting Secretary General U Thant, and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis. This file contains some Spanish-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-316-001
This folder contains summaries and Record of Actions of National Security Council (NSC) Executive Committee meetings regarding the build-up of Soviet Union military equipment, personnel, and missiles in Cuba; United States missiles in Turkey; and the embargo placed on Soviet ships into Cuba. Of note are messages to President John F. Kennedy from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Also included in this folder are intelligence memoranda on Cuba and the Soviet Union by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-315-005
This folder contains an agenda, background memoranda, a summary, and a Record of Actions for a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) Standing Group regarding United States policy towards Cuba. Also included in this folder are memoranda of conversations on Laos between Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs W. Averell Harriman, Soviet Union Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko, and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-216-006
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-115-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials consist of letters to President Kennedy from Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev regarding Soviet missiles and military equipment in Cuba. Also included in this folder is a memorandum to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy summarizing a meeting between Kennedy and Soviet Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Dobrynin. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-015
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a memorandum from the President to editors and radio and television news directors regarding sensitive national security information, correspondence between the President and Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev, and a memorandum to the President’s personal secretary Evelyn Lincoln from Naval Aide to the President Tazewell T. Shepard titled, “Relocation of Dependents of Personnel Involved in the White House Emergency Plan.” Also included in this folder is the text for a pamphlet by a group named DADVER titled, “Experiences Adquired [sic] as a Result of the Communist Occupation of the Island of Cuba.” This folder contains some foreign language material.