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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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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-193-004
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda regarding Vietnam. Topics include a counterinsurgency plan by the United States for South Vietnam; relations between Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand; and the threat of communism in the region. Also included in this folder is a letter and report to Walt W. Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from Kenneth T. Young (later U.S. Ambassador to Thailand) on observations made during Mr. Young’s trip through Southeast Asia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-192-011
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-192-010
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JFKNSF-191-031
This folder contains memoranda regarding relations between the United States and the Catholic Church, and the Church’s attitude towards the Jewish faith. Of note is a memorandum by journalist Norman Cousins, editor of The Saturday Review, discussing his recent trip to Rome and Moscow, including a meeting between himself and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-191-025
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda regarding diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Poland; the health of Pope John XXIII; and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memorandum titled, “Change in the Church,” discussing the Pope’s position and attitude towards Christianity, social and economic issues, and political issues in relation to the Soviet Union and other communist states.
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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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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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JFKNSF-171-022
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding the hospitalization and subsequent resignation of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, and British views toward France. Also included are Memoranda of Conversations between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Great Britain and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home.
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JFKNSF-171-015
This file contains memoranda regarding Great Britain including air defense exercises in India, a United States news media story about a potential security lapse, and British involvement in India and Pakistan relations. Also included is a copy of a speech by Lord Privy Seal and Member of Parliament Edward Heath on foreign affairs given as part of a debate in the British House of Commons.
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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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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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JFKNSF-171-002
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding Great Britain, including admittance into the EEC (European Economic Community), nuclear weapons, a meeting between President John F. Kennedy and leader of the Liberal Party of Great Britain Jo Grimond, and the death of Labour Party leader Hugh Gaitskell.
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JFKNSF-170a-009
This file contains memoranda, correspondence, and Department of State telegrams regarding relations between Great Britain and the United States including Great Britain’s admittance into the EEC (European Economic Community), communication via teleprinter, and reaction of the press and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to a speech by former Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-170a-002
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 reduction of United States Air Force personnel in Great Britain.
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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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JFKNSF-170-019
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding Great Britain, including negotiations for admittance into the EEC (European Economic Community), atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, nuclear matters with France, and transatlantic flights between the United States and British Isles.
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JFKNSF-170-004
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding relations between the United States and Great Britain, including negotiations for aviation routes to the Caribbean, Berlin, and a summary of a conversation on various topics between President John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Also included are copies of correspondence between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan, and a birthday message from the President to Queen Elizabeth II.
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JFKNSF-170-001
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding relations between the United States and Great Britain, including a potential trip to the U.S. by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, reaction to President John F. Kennedy’s State of the Union address, and an agreement between the U.S. and West Indies on the use of certain defense areas in the Caribbean.
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JFKNSF-169-017
This folder contains material related to arms limitations strategy in the United Arab Republic and reports from Ambassador John Badeau of discussions with General Gamal Abdel Nasser.