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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-097-003
This folder contains Department of State telegrams regarding the United States, Soviet Union, and Berlin. Topics include travel regulations for East German scientists and professors, demonstrations in West Berlin at the Berlin Wall and various points along the border, the shooting of East German refugee Peter Fechter by East German guards at the Berlin Wall, closure of the Soviet Commandant’s office in East Berlin, and regulations for the firing of weapons at the East Berlin border.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-097-002
This folder contains Department of State telegrams regarding the United States, Soviet Union, and Berlin. Topics include U.S. helicopter flights over East Berlin, observances for the one year anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, potential travel requirements by the Germany (Democratic Republic), and protocols for air corridor use. Of note are telegrams regarding an effort by CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) to film an attempted escape of East Berlin refugees via a tunnel.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-097-001
This folder contains Department of State telegrams regarding the United States, Soviet Union, and Berlin. Topics include U.S. helicopter flights over East Berlin, U.S. and Soviet Union flights over the Berlin Central Zone, a potential Soviet Union-Germany (Democratic Republic) peace treaty, and travel documents for an East German crew on a train to Austria. Also included in this folder is a draft of a paper titled, “Air Access Contingency Planning Resume for Measures Not Involving Use of Force.” Of note are telegrams regarding the one year anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-085-002
This folder contains memoranda regarding the United States, Soviet Union, and Berlin including a review of Berlin contingency planning and a record of a meeting between President John F. Kennedy and West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt. Of note are memoranda and papers regarding a potential effect on West Berlin of the Soviet Union build-up in Cuba (also known as the Cuban Missile Crisis) including a blockade by the Soviet Union, inspections of allied traffic into Berlin by the Soviet Union and Germany (Democratic Republic), and immediate military preparations for Berlin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-085-001
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding the United States, Soviet Union, and Berlin. Topics include the potential integration of West Berlin into the Federal Republic of Germany (also known as the Eleventh Land concept); the probable character of an air corridor contest between the Soviet Union and Germany (Democratic Republic), and the U.S., France, and Great Britain; an intelligence assessment of Soviet Union intentions for Berlin; and the closure of the Soviet Commandant’s office in East Berlin. Also included in this folder is a paper expressing the views of the Departments of State and Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff titled, “The Preferred Sequence of Military Actions in a Berlin Conflict.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-084-008
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding the United States, Soviet Union, and Berlin. Topics include U.S. helicopter flights over East Berlin, contingency plans for a Soviet Union-Germany (Democratic Republic) peace treaty and a review by the quadripartite powers, closure of the Soviet Commandant’s office in East Berlin, and U.S. intelligence assessments of Soviet Union activities in Berlin. Of note are memoranda regarding the shooting of East German refugee Peter Fechter by guards at the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie and subsequent demonstrations in West Berlin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-080-011
This folder contains telegrams from the Department of State and the Staff Communications Office of the Department of the Army regarding the defection to East Germany of United States Army Officer Captain Alfred Svenson. Also included in this folder is background information on Captain Svenson.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-016
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 137 (NSAM 137) titled, "Restrictions on East German Athletes," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-321-015
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda from David Klein, National Security Council Assistant for Europe and Canada, to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include a trip by poet Robert Frost to Moscow, United States aid to Greece, Soviet Union activity in Germany, and contingency plans for a Soviet Union-Germany (Democratic Republic) peace treaty.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-321-008
This folder contains memoranda from David Klein, National Security Council Assistant for Europe and Canada, to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include French military and nuclear policies; procedures for the harassment of U.S. military convoys by Soviet troops on the autobahn; travel requirements for East German residents; and negotiations between the U.S. and Soviet Union on German reunification, Berlin, and nuclear energy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-321-007
This folder contains memoranda primarily from David Klein, National Security Council Assistant for Europe and Canada, to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include Algeria, potential uprisings in East Berlin and East Germany, travel restrictions on residents of East Germany, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and nuclear weapons, and chaff drops by the Soviet Union in the Berlin air corridor.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-337-006
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 167 (NSAM 167) titled, "Harassment of Autobahn Convoys," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.