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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-18B-3
Sound recording of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. They discuss administering the State Department and making staff changes at the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). They also discuss conferring with Carl Kaysen on a plan to assist Eduardo Mondlane in Mozambique’s effort to gain independence.The beginning of the recording is garbled. Machine noise follows the conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 18B, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-18B, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 18B.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-18B-2
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on May 8, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss a strategy for the State Department to deal with an unidentified issue at the United Nations (U.N.).The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 18B, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-18B, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 18B.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-18B
Dictation Belt 18B contains three sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 18B.1 begins on Dictation Belt 18A.7. This is a sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on May 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith S. Green of Oregon. They complete their discussion about legislative strategy on an education bill and dealing with the National Education Association of the United States. Item 18B.2 is a telephone conversation held on May 8, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss a strategy for the State Department to deal with an unidentified issue at the United Nations (U.N.). The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 18B.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. They discuss administering the State Department and making staff changes at the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). They also discuss conferring with Carl Kaysen on a plan to assist Eduardo Mondlane in Mozambique’s effort to gain independence. The beginning of the recording is garbled. Machine noise follows the conversation.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Materials consist of investigative reports conducted by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations) and the Civil Service Commission of Louis E. Frechtling regarding his appointment as Special Officer for Foreign Assistance in the Deputy Coordinator's Office.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Materials consist of a draft of a paper by Chairman of the Policy Planning Council Walt W. Rostow titled, "A Plan and Scenario for Bringing Our Balance of Payments Under Control," and a speech by Rostow titled, "How to Make a National Market."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include the schedule of state, official, and Presidential guest visits for 1963; Mexico; the expulsion of Cuba from the International Monetary Fund; a visit by Secretary General of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) Thorkil Kristensen; press leaks at the Department of State; and trade of cotton textiles. Of note is a memorandum from Secretary of State Dean Rusk titled, "Arrangement Concerning the Stationing of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Outer Space." Also included in this folder is an issue of Lloyd's Bank Review.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Materials include a memorandum to the President from Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding Martin Luther King's upcoming appearance before the United Nations Apartheid Committee, a report by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen Williams on his trip to West and West Central Africa, a summary of the public reaction to the President's European trip, and a memorandum to the President from Under Secretary of State George W. Ball titled, "Proposed Nuclear Offer to De Gaulle." Also included in this folder is a paper by James Reston titled, "Kennedy and the American Diplomats: State Department Allowances."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include the purchase of United Nations bonds, foreign aid and the Clay Committee report, negotiations between India and Pakistan, United States policy regarding the travel of foreign military attaches, and a meeting between the President and a Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy from the Foreign Service Institute. Also included in this folder is a telegram from Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding his conversation with President of France Charles de Gaulle, and a report by the Subcommittee for Review of the Mutual Security Programs on Military Aid to Western Europe.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Materials consist of a review by Special Assistant Representative for Asian, African, and Latin American Affairs Chester Bowles of ambassadorial appointments, including individual evaluations and recommendations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Materials consist of a review by Special Assistant Representative for Asian, African, and Latin American Affairs Chester Bowles of ambassadorial appointments, including individual evaluations and recommendations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-044-029
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks at the Department of State National Foreign Policy Conference for Non-Governmental Organizations. Materials in this folder include various memoranda, including a list of suggested remarks from Department of State Executive Secretary William H. Brubeck. Brubeck's recommended talking points address the Cuban Missile Crisis, the administration's foreign policy goals, and the contributions made by non-governmental organizations to public understanding of international issues.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065-008
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. Topics include a conversation between Fidel Castro and New York Times journalist Tad Szulc, academic exchange programs and resources, and possible changes in the office of Under Secretary of State. Of note is a USIA (United States Information Agency) paper titled "Justice and the Mistreatment of Political Prisoners in Castro's Cuba."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-068-005
This folder contains carbon copies of outgoing memoranda, dictated by President John F. Kennedy to his secretary Evelyn Lincoln, to the Department of State and other departments and agencies, and primarily focus on domestic and foreign affairs and international relations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-006
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Roger Tubby, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. Materials concern reactions by the news media to the State Department's foreign policy briefing conferences.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066a-010
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Ted Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President. Topics include the administration's relationship with business; solutions to civil rights issues in Birmingham, Alabama; foreign trade; apportionment of the 1964 Democratic National Convention; and the Department of State. Of note is a program for The Democratic Party of Cook County Reception and Dinner.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include the Nassau Agreement, wool textile imports, suggestions of ambassadors, negotiating the balance of payments, and Great Britain and the MLF (multilateral force). Also included in this folder is a report by the Committee to Strengthen the Security of the Free World titled, "The Scope and Distribution of United States Military and Economic Assistance Programs."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Materials consist of two reports by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research titled, "How France Distributes Aid to African Countries," and, "French Economic Assistance to Underdeveloped Countries."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Materials consist of a script for Ambassador Arthur H. Dean for an educational television program, a meeting between U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency consultant Henry Kissinger and French and Italian officials concerning the Nassau Agreement and Jupiter missiles, and a memorandum to the President from Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding the agricultural trade between Eastern and Western Europe and the United States. Of note is a draft of a memorandum from Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy titled,"A Framework for Executive Operations in the State Department."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include the GRC (Government of the Republic of China), a refugee escape in Berlin, beef and textile imports, and the chemical industry in the United States.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include Secretary of State Dean Rusk’s visit to Berlin and Bonn, coordination between United States international programs, MRBMs (medium-range ballistic missiles), Congo, and a seminar by the Foreign Service Institute titled, “Problems of Development and Internal Defense.” Also included in this folder is a map dated December 1, 1960 detailing United States Foreign Service Posts and Department of State Jurisdictions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include suggested talking points for the President for a meeting with the United States Advisory Commission in International Educational and Cultural Affairs, the relation of foreign assistance programs on the balance of payments, a luncheon for President of the Commission of the European Economic Community Walter Hallstein, the President receiving members of the senior seminar in foreign policy of the Foreign Service Institute, and the resignation of Philip H. Coombs as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. Also included in this folder is a copy of a speech given by Under Secretary of State George W. Ball titled, “Vietnam-Free World Challenge in Southeast Asia.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include the OAS (Organization of American States) Task Force on Education, Science, and Culture; actions on Cuban prisoners; meetings between Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and President Sukarno of Indonesia; and a visit with the President by Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Dr. A. Sigvard Eklund. Of note are speech notes for the President for his remarks to the Department of State. Also included in this folder is a report on the Punta del Este Conference.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Materials concern persons recommended for recess appointments in the Foreign Service, a statement by the President concerning the Federal budget for 1962-1963, ambassadorial appointments, a speech by Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles, and a comment on the report of the United Nations General Assembly's investigation into the death of Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo Patrice Lumumba. Of note is a telegram from Ambassador Arthur H. Dean to the President regarding the President's upcoming address on disarmament before the United Nations. Also included in this folder are meeting minutes from the Fourth and Fifth Regional Operations Conferences.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include the foreign student program, Berlin, the foreign trade program, and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Of note are materials relating to a proposed study by Representative Porter Hardy of the Department of State's personnel policies, practices, and procedures. Also included in this folder is a memorandum from the President to Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding upcoming negotiations on Berlin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include legislation to establish the United States Disarmament Agency for World Peace and Security, Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles, aid to Guinea, issues with the German Democratic Republic and the Soviet Union, and details of the ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Venezuela’s independence. Of note is a letter from the President to Vice President Johnson regarding the disarmament agency legislation.