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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-309-008
This folder contains material regarding the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, including memoranda discussing peril points and oversight of foreign trade policy and drafts of a letter from President John F. Kennedy to Chairman Wilbur D. Mills of the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives. Also included are drafts to the trade bill of the following amendments: Appointment of Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, Inter-Agency Trade Organization, and Denial of Benefits.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-309-006
This folder contains memoranda regarding the trade agreements program. Topics include the liberalization of trade policy, a proposal by Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges to shift leadership of foreign trade policy from the Department of State to the Department of Commerce, and extending most-favored-nation status to Poland and Yugoslavia. Of note are memoranda from 1957 concerning recognition of Poland as a most-favored-nation. Also included in this folder are a Foreign Commerce Study on the State Department’s role in the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Program and Executive Orders 10082, Prescribing Procedures for the Administration of the Reciprocal Trade-agreements Program, and 10741, Establishing the Trade Policy Committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-314-013
This folder contains a summary, a Record of Actions, and background materials for meeting number 518 of the National Security Council (NSC) regarding a potential sale of wheat to the Soviet Union and bloc countries. Also included in this folder are materials from the Office of Export Control of the Department of Commerce regarding commodities licensed for export to Eastern European countries.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-314-012
This folder contains materials for meeting number 518 of the National Security Council (NSC) regarding a potential sale of wheat to the Soviet Union and bloc countries, including memoranda from various departments and agencies offering opinions on the potential sale. Also included in this folder is a report by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State titled, “Trade Expansion as a Potential Lever in U.S. Relations with the USSR and Eastern Europe.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-292-001
This folder contains memoranda concerning balance of payments, gold reserves, taxes, trade, the Cabinet Committee on Balance of Payments, and a potential reduction of Department of Defense spending to improve the balance of payments.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-291-011
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda concerning the balance of payments, gold reserves, and the establishment of an inter-Cabinet Committee to address the balance of payments deficits and minimizing the gold outflow.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-291-010
This folder contains briefing papers, a press release, and memoranda concerning gold reserves, balance of payments, and trade.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-297-007
This folder contains a draft of a statement on foreign aid and memoranda concerning the Foreign Assistance Act of 1963, international trade, and appropriations for the foreign aid program.