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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-223-007
This file contains Department of State telegrams and memoranda regarding a NATO (North Atlantic Trade Organization) embargo on the export of large diameter pipe to the Soviet Union. Topics include pressure by the United States on NATO member countries to enforce the embargo, the response of the Soviet Union, and Great Britain’s rejection of the embargo.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-213-005
This folder contains Department of State telegrams regarding tariff negotiations; the TEA (Trade Expansion Act) and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade); agricultural trade negotiations; a friendship treaty between France and Germany (also known as the Élysée Treaty); and discussions between Belgium, the Netherlands, and others on Great Britain’s entry into the Common Market (also known as the European Economic Community).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-117-012
This file contains telegrams and memoranda regarding relations between the United States and Iraq, and Iraq’s relations with the Soviet Union and Arab world. Topics include U.S. support of Kurdish and Kuwaiti independence, disagreements in the oil trade industry, and the potential overthrow of Iraqi Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim. [Notes: Contains 1 photographic print (JFKNSF-PH-007).]
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-075a-001
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding Germany. Subjects include trade, Berlin, Chancellor of German Konrad Adenauer and the political climate, and relations with France and the United States. Also included are numerous Memoranda of Conversations between various U.S. and German officials, including President John F. Kennedy and German Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss, discussing Berlin, disarmament, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-075-002
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding relations between the United States and Germany including the sale of military equipment to Germany and the U.S. balance of payments. Also included are numerous Memoranda of Conversations between various U.S. and German officials, including President John F. Kennedy, German Ambassador to the United States Wilhelm G. Grewe, Chairman of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) Erich Mende, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, discussing Berlin, disarmament, and the purchase of UN (United Nations) bonds and vested assets.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-074-010
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding relations between the United States and Germany including a visit to Germany by Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, a meeting between President John F. Kennedy and German Ambassador to the United States Wilhelm G. Grewe, the sale of military equipment to Germany and the U.S. balance of payments, and nuclear weapons. Additional topics include the election in Germany and the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-073-005
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding France, including relations with Great Britain, Algeria, Eastern Europe, Morocco, and communist China; and development of agricultural policy under the European Economic Community (EEC).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-072-007
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding France. Topics include attitudes of the French government to European Economic Community (EEC) trade negotiations; United States agricultural policy and Trade Expansion Act; and a coal miner's strike.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-171-003
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding Great Britain, including trade with the United States, a proposed trade agreement with the Soviet Union, and excerpts of a speech given by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Also included are memoranda in preparation for a meeting between President John F. Kennedy and Chief of the Defense Staff of the British Armed Forces and Admiral of the Fleet Lord Louis Mountbatten, First Earl Mountbatten of Burma; and a memorandum from the President to U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. Bruce requesting a review on U.S. policies toward Europe.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-170a-001
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding Great Britain including negotiations for admittance into the EEC (European Economic Community), nuclear weapons, and a United States tariff on bicycles.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-152-003
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding relations between the United States and the Philippines. Topics include the election of Diosdado Macapagal as President of the Philippines; the Philippine sugar and tobacco industries; and presentations of credentials by U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines William E. Stevenson and Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Emilio Abello. Also included are materials regarding President Macapagal’s visit to the U.S. including a prospective itinerary.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-072-004
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding France including participation in a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) multilateral nuclear force, an assassination plot against French President Charles de Gaulle, French territories, and criticism by the French media of the United States agricultural policy and Trade Expansion Act.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-201-001
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding South Vietnam. Topics include relations with the United States, U.S. aid, the South Vietnamese economy and the Commercial Import Program (CIP), religious persecution and demonstrations by Buddhists, military operations against the Viet Cong, and the government of President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem.
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JFKNSF-303-010
This folder contains memoranda of the agendas for Planning Group meetings, assignments, and status updates. Also included in this folder are numerous papers concerning United States foreign aid to underdeveloped countries, the EEC (European Economic Community) and trade, and U.S. strategy for long-term development and productivity.
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JFKNSF-310-004
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding trade policy and increased trade between the United States and the Soviet Union. Also included in this folder is a memorandum concerning a proposal by Germany to buy reunification through economic assistance to the Soviet Union.
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JFKNSF-310-003
This folder contains a report by the Export Control Review Board of the Department of Commerce on an expansion of trade between the United States, Soviet Union, and European Bloc countries, and memoranda of President John F. Kennedy’s response to the report.
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JFKNSF-310-002
This folder contains memoranda and a paper titled, “U.S. Policy on Trade with the European Soviet Bloc,” discussing United States policy and the political implications on trade between the U.S., Soviet Union, and members of the European Communist Bloc.
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JFKNSF-310-001
This folder contains a draft paper titled, “U.S. Policy on Trade with the European Soviet Bloc,” discussing United States policy and the political implications on trade between the U.S., Soviet Union, and members of the European Communist Bloc.
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JFKNSF-309-018
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding a Tariff Commission report on the escape-clause in the Trade Expansion Act and the watch movements industry, an upcoming United Nations conference on trade and development to discuss the displeasure of less-developed countries with the GATT (General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade), and poultry levy negotiations and the GATT Panel’s decision.
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JFKNSF-309-017
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda regarding the cotton textiles industry and United States obligations for the Long-Term Arrangement for the international textiles trade, Presidential authority over products reserved from trade negotiations, and escape-clause actions and restrictions in the Trade Expansion Act. Also included in this folder are memoranda of conversations for a meeting on trade and the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and an upcoming United Nations conference on trade and development.
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JFKNSF-309-016
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding negotiations between the United States and the EEC (European Economic Community) on a poultry levy and restrictions on poultry imports to members of the EEC.
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JFKNSF-309-015
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding tariff negotiations between the United States and the EEC (European Economic Community), including levies on U.S. poultry exports to Germany, potential tariffs on bicycles, and dairy imports. Also included in this folder is a report on the family farm by the National Agricultural Advisory Committee and a study titled, “Agricultural Protection by Nontariff Trade Barriers,” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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JFKNSF-309-014
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding tariff negotiations between the United States and the EEC (European Economic Community). Topics include levies on U.S. poultry exports to Germany, withdrawal of U.S. tariff concessions, and potential tariffs on bicycles. Also included in this folder is a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service titled, “Agricultural Protection by Nontariff Trade Barriers.”
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JFKNSF-309-013
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding Article XXIII of GATT (General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade) and restrictions on agricultural products, specifically fruit and canned fruit, imported into France from the United States.
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JFKNSF-309-012
This folder contains telegrams, primarily from Michael Blumenthal, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, to Christian Herter, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, regarding meetings between United States officials and members of the EEC (European Economic Community). Topics include trade negotiations for poultry and grains, the German steel industry, France’s trade policies, and recognition of MFN (most-favored-nation) status to Poland and Yugoslavia. Also included in this folder is a paper discussing trade and foreign aid.