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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-010
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include summary of the report "An Appraisal of Soviet Intentions," the presentation of credentials by Soviet Ambassador to the United States Anatoliy Federorovich Dobrynin, an analysis of a speech delivered by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, telegrams from American Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Llewellyn E. Thompson, a summary of Secretary of State Dean Rusk's meeting with Ambassador Dobrynin, memoranda from Press Secretary Pierre Salinger and Special Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev on subjects such as Berlin and disarmament. Of note are several items with handwritten notations by the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-009
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include a telegrams regarding a recent speech by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, memoranda from Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Special Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy, summaries of meetings between American and Soviet representatives concerning Laos and Berlin, and translations of a Soviet memorandum regarding a prospective peace treaty between the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include a paper of suggested talking points, a report from Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Llewellyn E. Thompson, a draft of a reply to a Soviet aide-memoire, and telegrams regarding Laos, Berlin, disarmament, and negotiations with Soviet officials concerning air transport and nuclear weapons testing. This folder also contains reports entitled "Attitude of Soviets at Canberra Antarctica Meeting" and "Soviet Motivation in Utilizing Old Baghdad Documents for Propaganda Purposes."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include telegrams, newspaper articles on space exploration and Sino-Soviet relations, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Soviet officials, including Premier Nikita Khrushchev, on subjects such as space exploration and the future of American-Soviet relations. This folder contains some Russian-language materials.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-007
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include drafts of telegrams, a report entitled "Current Strains within the Soviet System," memoranda regarding possible courses of action concerning Cuba and nuclear weapons test ban negotiations, and a summary of the President's meeting with Cabinet members and advisers regarding current policy on American-Soviet relations. The majority of this folder consists of telegrams to and from Llewellyn E. Thompson, Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, concerning Berlin, Cuba, Sino-Soviet relations, the spread of communism into Southeast Asia, and the future of American-Soviet relations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-005
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include a press release, newspaper articles, a copy of Current History devoted to American-Soviet relations, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on subjects such as space exploration, disarmament negotiations, and the future of American-Soviet relations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-004
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, press releases, a LOOK magazine article on disarmament negotiations, a report entitled "Communism at the Crossroads," a draft of a disarmament treaty proposed by the Soviet Union, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Soviet officials, including Premier Nikita Khrushchev. This folder contains some Russian-language materials.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-003
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include press releases regarding nuclear weapons testing, telegrams regarding Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's visit to the Soviet Union, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, a report of a questionnaire on the Soviet Union's economic program, and a bilingual, illustrated copy of the fable "The Swan, the Pike, and the Crab."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-002
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include telegrams regarding a possible peace treaty with Germany, a press release announcing the Soviet Union's decision to resume nuclear weapons testing, memoranda comparing economic growth in the United States and the Soviet Union, and a copy of a lecture concerning the spread of communism into Southeast Asia. This folder also contains materials concerning the Soviet "Five-Year Plan" and "Seven-Year Plan" for economic growth, including a summary of the program, a speech by Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and a draft of President Kennedy's response to Khrushchev's speech with handwritten notations by the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-001
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include press releases, a telegram in Russian from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, a copy of the Foreign Affairs article "Soviet Myths and Realities," a draft of President Kennedy's account of his trip to Europe with handwritten notations, newspaper articles regarding Soviet space exploration and the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and memoranda regarding atomic energy, the Soviet economic growth rate, and the President's interactions with Premier Khrushchev.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125-011
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include a copy of U.S. News and World Report, a memorandum from Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, correspondence between President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, a press release of an exchange of telegrams between the President and Premier Khrushchev, a report entitled "General Nasution's Mission to Moscow," and a letter to the widow of a pilot involved in a failed United States Air Force mission in the Soviet Union. This folder includes some Russian-language materials.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-048-018
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to members of the League of United Latin American Citizens at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas. In his speech the President explains the goals of the Alliance for Progress, and discusses the importance of a prosperous and politically stable western hemisphere.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-117-003
Sound recording of a meeting about the United Kingdom held on October 24, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, member of the House of Commons of Great Britain George Brown, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations Lawrence F. O’Brien, and Press Secretary Pierre Salinger. Topics include Cuba, British Guiana, containment of the communist threat, Europe, France, and Great Britain's political parties, elections, and leaders. President John F. Kennedy takes a telephone call from President Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia. Only President Kennedy's side of the conversation can be heard. After the telephone call, topics of discussion include Italy, the economy, international credits, nuclear testing, elections in the United States, civil rights, former Secretary of War of Great Britain John Profumo, and Bobby Baker. One segment of the recording totaling 5 seconds has been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 13526. One segment of the recording totaling 1 minute and 57 seconds has been removed in accordance with the donor's deed of gift. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 117/A53, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 117/A53 in its entirety
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-116-001
Sound recording of three meetings. First is a meeting held on October 11, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, President Kennedy’s Berlin Representative General Lucius Clay, Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, Military Aide to the President General Chester Clifton, Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze, Special Military Assistant to the President General Maxwell Taylor, National Security Council (NSC) Assistant for Europe and Canada David Klein, and Executive Secretary of the NSC Bromley Smith. President Kennedy and his staff review in detail recent issues that Allied troops have faced regarding convoy holdups by the Soviet Union in Berlin, Germany. They discuss changes to the dismount instructions for Berlin convoys and also discuss having talks with Allies concerning these changes. One segment of this recording totaling 29 seconds has been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 13526.Second is an October 16, 1963, meeting on the Dominican Republic. This meeting is closed in full under NLK-10-154a and NLK-01-393-6-4-7: one segment of the recording totaling 38 minutes and 48 seconds has been removed.
Third is a meeting on Berlin, Germany, held on October 21, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Ambassador-at-Large Llewellyn Thompson, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs William Tyler, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Richard Davis; John Ausland from the Department of State; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze, Special Military Assistant to the President General Maxwell Taylor, President Kennedy’s Berlin Representative General Lucius Clay, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, and the following meeting participants listed in the President's schedule: Mr. Janney, Mr. Whitman, Colonel William Smith, and Mr. Diklein. This meeting is similar to a meeting that was held on October 11, 1963. They review recent problems with the Soviets on convoy procedures. They debate further the sorts of discussions that need to be held with officials of the Soviet Union concerning these ongoing problems. One segment of the recording totaling 26 seconds has been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 13526.
This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 116/A52, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 116/A52 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-114-A49e
Sound recording of a meeting held on October 4, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Main topics of discussion are Secretary Dean Rusk’s meeting with Soviet Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Dobrynin regarding Berlin, Germany; Secretary Rusk’s talks with Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko regarding Laos; President Kennedy’s meeting with Minister Gromyko; a "New York Times" article regarding the race to the moon; and the possibility of sharing space information with the Soviet Union. They also discuss the Caribbean and Latin American regions, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and civil rights. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 114/A49, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 114/A49 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-103-001
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 31, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Director of Livermore Laboratories Dr. John Foster, Director of the Los Alamos Laboratory Dr. Norris Bradbury, Dr. Glenn Seaborg, and Commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) John Palfrey. President Kennedy and the four scientists discuss the functions of the treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). President Kennedy attempts to gauge their support or lack of support for the Treaty since the scientists will likely be asked to testify before the U.S. Senate as scientific nuclear experts. During the early part of the meeting, President Kennedy comments on the possibility of the Treaty bringing about a détente with the Soviet Union. Nine segments of the recording totaling 24 minutes and 38 seconds have been removed for reasons of national security. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 103, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 103 in its entirety.
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JFKPOF-MTG-102-005
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 31, 1963, at 4:30 p.m., between President John F. Kennedy, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Roger Hilsman, Under Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman, CIA Deputy Director for Intelligence Ray Cline, Deputy Secretary of Defense William Bundy, Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow, and General Earle Wheeler. In this National Security Council (NSC) meeting they discuss Chinese Communists intentions. They cover a variety of issues such as: the Sino-Soviet dispute, the treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT), Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s remarks to Harriman, India, Korea, Laos, Indian Nehru, U.S. relations with India, Chinese troop movements, and Korean fighting. There was also a discussion on Southeast Asia, covering Laos, Vietnam, India, measures against communists, a draft statement concerning India and Korea and Chinese Communists. There are further discussions on India, covering the present position and defense situation, Taiwan, USIA coverage of the situation, and Buddhists throughout Southeast Asia. Four segments of the recording totaling 5 minutes and 34 seconds have been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 12958. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 102, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 102 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-102-004
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 31, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, and Special Assistant to the President Carl Kaysen. They discuss Soviet (U.S.S.R.) and Chinese Communists, Under Secretary Harriman’s mission to Moscow, Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R., the non-aggression pact, stability of West Berlin, German unification, Cuba, and Laos. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 102, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 102 in its entirety.