Close
Not finding the information you're looking for? Please contact the Archives research staff.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-17A
Dictation Belt 17A contains four sound recordings from April 2, 1963. Item 17A.1 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Under Secretary of Treasury for Monetary Affairs Robert V. Roosa. They discuss a strategy for the United States and other countries to increase international monetary liquidity. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 17A.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and (William) David Ormsby-Gore, the British ambassador to the United States. In preparation for President Kennedy’s prospective meeting with Harold Wilson, they discuss international military arrangements, a nuclear test ban, and trade. Before the conversation, there is a delay, and Ambassador Ormsby-Gore briefly speaks to an unidentified woman. Item 17A.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Eugene R. Black. They discuss Lucius Clay’s prospective testimony on funding levels for the foreign aid program and the Alliance for Progress program for Latin America. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 17A.4 is part of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps. They discuss the suspicion that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is trying to place people in the Peace Corps. The recording of the conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 17B.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.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the London gold market, the tax bill, an Inter-American Development Bank meeting, and financial discussions between the United States and Brazil. Also included in this folder is a report on the balance of payments by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include United States gold reserves and losses, the London gold market, OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) meetings on the United States balance of payments, and controls over capital movements. Also included in this folder is a memorandum to the President from Under Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler titled, "Sustaining Recovery, Avoiding Recession, or Minimizing a Decline in the National Economy," and a speech by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the balance of payments in Great Britain, a meeting of the Treasury Economic Consultants, and the National Housing Act. Also included in this folder is a letter from Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon to Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means Wilbur D. Mills.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-075a-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), and primarily pertain to steel prices and the U.K. (Great Britain) budget. Also included in this folder are copies of two articles CEA member Paul A. Samuelson wrote for The Washington Post.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-075a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Topics include the budget and economic policy for the U.K. (Great Britain), United States monetary policy, and a summary of a Brookings Institute report on the balance of payments. Also included in this folder is an excerpt from a 1958 study by the Council of State Chambers of Commerce on the effect of tax cuts.
Textual folder
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."