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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-15B-1
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on March 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr, Special Assistant to the President. They discuss a prospective post in Latin America for Samuel H. Beer, Schlesinger’s trip to England, British politics, and a scandal involving John D. Profumo.Transcript included.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-171-006
This file contains material concerning Great Britain, including a memorandum to President John F. Kennedy from Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President, titled, “The British Political Situation;” correspondence between British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Prime Minister of the Maldives Ibrahim Nasir; a press release by the British Labour Party on disarmament; and a report by Sir Pierson Dixon, British Ambassador in Paris, on Charles de Gaulle and British entry into the European Economic Community (EEC).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-327-001
This folder contains memoranda to and from Arthur Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President, on various topics including an amendment to Executive Orders 10501 and 10816 for the automatic declassification of documents, the appointment of Rajeshwar Dayal as the United Nations (UN) Special Representative to Congo and its effect on United States and India relations, and a proposal to counteract the Soviet Union propaganda phrase of “peaceful coexistence.” Also included in this folder is a memorandum from Schlesinger to President John F. Kennedy titled, “How to Organize an Intelligence Service: Implications of the British Example.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065a-013
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President. Materials include background information for a meeting between the President and Ambassador to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) Bill Benton, a speech by Schlesinger at the Oxford-Cambridge boat race dinner, and a report on the British political situation. Of note is an issue of Nieman Reports concerning news management.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065a-012
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President. Materials primarily concern Harold Wilson as the leader of the Labour Party in Great Britain's Parliament. Of note is a parody of an Ian Fleming "James Bond" novel published by the Harvard Lampoon. Also included in this folder is a letter from Sam Beer to Schlesinger regarding problems within the American political system.