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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-118a-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning India. Materials include correspondence between President Kennedy and President of India Rajendra Prasad, a memorandum from former United States Ambassador to India John S. Cooper on his talks with Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Nehru regarding U.S. aid to India and the Congo. Of note is a letter to President Kennedy from the Dalai Lama. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-118-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Haiti, and includes letters to President Kennedy from President of Haiti Francois Duvalier regarding a request for financial assistance to Haiti. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-118-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Greece. Materials include background information for a meeting between President Kennedy, Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon, and Greek Coordination Minister Panagiotis Papaligouras; memoranda regarding aid to Greece; and a memorandum to the President from American Ambassador to Greece Henry R. Labouisse titled, “Our Relations with Greece.” Also included in this folder is a folder titled, “Briefing Book on Caramanlis Visit, April 17, 1961-April 20, 1961.”
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JFKPOF-116b-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Gabon. Materials pertain to the new Gabonese Ambassador to the United States Jules Mbah and a letter to President Kennedy from President of Gabon Leon Mba requesting aid to build a railroad. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-111-014
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Argentina. Materials concern the Punta del Este conference, the Alliance for Progress, Cuba, aid to Argentina, and oil contracts in Argentina. Also included in this folder is correspondence between President Kennedy, President of Argentina Arturo Frondizi and President of Argentina José María Guido. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-111-012
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Argentina. Materials concern a scientific mission to Argentina to study Foot and Mouth disease and meat processing, a letter to President of Argentina Arturo Frondizi from President Kennedy regarding the Punta del Este conference, aid to Argentina, and the forced resignation of President Frondizi. Of note is correspondence between President Kennedy and the new President of Argentina José María Guido regarding the quarantine placed on Cuba. Also included in this folder are letters to President Kennedy from Don Emilio Donato del Carril resigning as Ambassador to the United States for Argentina and Dr. Roberto Alemann assuming the position vacated by del Carril. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-111-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Argentina. Materials concern a meeting between the President, the Argentine Minister of Economy Dr. Roberto Alemann, and the Argentine Ambassador Don Emilio Donato del Carril; and a request for aid to Argentina. Also included in this folder are a joint communiqué between President Kennedy and President of Argentina Arturo Frondizi, a letter to President Kennedy from President Frondizi regarding the Alliance for Progress, and a letter to President Frondizi from President Kennedy concerning Cuba. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-114a-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Costa Rica. Materials concern loan projects for Costa Rica by the Agency for International Development (AID), political situations in the Dominican Republic and Honduras, and a gift of an autographed picture of President Kennedy to various groups in Costa Rica and former President José Figueres. Also included in this folder is a letter to President Kennedy from President of Costa Rica Francisco J. Orlich requesting financial assistance for a development program in Costa Rica. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-119-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Iran. Materials pertain to a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to the United States Hossein Ghods-Nakhai, military assistance to Iran, and the political situation in Iran. Also included in this folder are telegrams from United States Ambassador to Iran Julius C. Holmes regarding his conversations with the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Of note is a paper by senior staff member of the National Security Council Robert W. Komer titled, “Our Policy in Iran.”
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JFKPOF-137-008
This folder contains a transcript of Under Secretary of State (and eventual Secretary of the Treasury) C. Douglas Dillon to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support of pending amendments to the Mutual Security Act to provide foreign aid to Latin American countries.
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JFKPOF-137-006
This folder contains a transcript of Montana Senator Mike Mansfield's statement to the United States Senate regarding foreign aid to Latin America. In his remarks, Senator Mansfield discusses the country's relationships with Cuba and calls for a new approach to financial aid to and international relations with Latin American countries that incorporates social, economic, and political considerations.
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JFKPOF-123b-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Ryukyu Islands. Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda regarding the President's interactions with officials from the Ryukyu Islands, press releases announcing foreign aid appropriations for the Islands, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Seisaku Ota, Chief Executive of the Government of the Ryukyus, concerning the importance of American assistance for the Islands' overall social and economic welfare.
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JFKPOF-120-009
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning American famine relief for Kenya. Materials in this folder include a press release, memoranda, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Kenyan Leader of the House Ronald Ngala.
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JFKPOF-054-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's News Conference of January 25, 1961 (News Conference 1). President Kennedy began the press conference with a statement concerning the scheduling of the Geneva negotiations for a nuclear test ban. He then announced that the United States Government had decided to increase famine relief for the Congo and that the Soviet Union had released two members from the crew of the United States Air Force RB-47 aircraft. Following the announcements the President answered questions from the press on a variety of topics including United States policy on nuclear disarmament negotiations, diplomatic relations with Cuba, and communications with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Background material in the folder include a memorandum concerning the proposed reconvening of the International Control Commission (ICC) in Laos; an update concerning the location of the hijacked Portuguese cruise ship the Santa Maria; drafts of press conference announcements; newswires; and briefing papers for the President on foreign affairs and national security. The official White House transcript of the press conference is also included.
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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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JFKPOF-095-007
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the creation and administration of the Alliance for Progress, a comprehensive foreign aid initiative intended to encourage economic cooperation, promote social and economic prosperity, and establish political stability in the western hemisphere. Materials in this folder include press copies of speeches delivered by President Kennedy concerning the Alliance for Progress, copies of the Charter of Punta Del Este, a copy of the Declaration of Cundinamaca and Recommendations of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor on the Alliance for Progress, and a Spanish-language copy of Jose Antonio Bonilla Atiles' "Discurso de Punta del Este." The folder also includes reports, studies, and memoranda evaluating the impact and effectiveness of individual programs within the Alliance for Progress and the feasibility of the larger concept of a cooperative, foreign aid initiative in the western hemisphere.
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JFKPOF-056-010
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of June 7, 1962 (News Conference 35). Materials primarily consist of department and agency reports and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include the economy, proposed tax legislation, nuclear testing, and foreign aid. Of note is a copy of an address given by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon at the annual dinner of the New York Financial Writers Association on the economy; memorandums to the President from economist and United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith concerning the current economic situation in the United States and the proposed tax cuts; and a copy of a letter from economist Moses Abramovitz, sent to the President by Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Walter W. Heller, concerning the current economic situation in the United States. This folder also includes several draft press conference announcements.
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JFKPOF-045-007
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks concerning the Tools for Freedom program in the new flower garden of the White House. In his speech the President commends the representatives of the Boston Chamber of Commerce for their donations as part of the Tools for Freedom program, an initiative to stimulate economic development, economic education, and technical training in the Philippines. The press copy also includes remarks from Ambassador Amelito R. Mutuc and Charles Adams, President of the Raytheon Company.
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JFKPOF-044-034
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's address at the opening ceremony of the 1963 World Food Congress held at the Departmental Auditorium in Washington, D.C. In his speech the President discusses his administration's "Food for Peace" program, and explains that any concerted effort to eliminate world hunger must be comprehensive, international in scope, and based on the premise that nations facing food crises are capable of solving these problems with foreign assistance. Materials in this folder include a memorandum, draft by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, press copy, and reading copies of the speech, in addition to a program for the conference.
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JFKPOF-043-044
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks before representatives of the National Conference on Cooperatives and the Future in the new flower garden of the White House. In his speech the President discusses the relationship between the government and farmer cooperatives, and proposes the implementation of cooperative farming systems as viable foreign aid mechanisms. Materials in this folder include a draft and press copy of the speech, in addition to a copy of Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman's address opening the conference.
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JFKPOF-040-031
This folder contains a draft and press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks upon the signing of S. 2768, the United Nations Bond Bill, authorizing a loan of up to $100 million to the United Nations to support the organization's peace-keeping efforts.
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JFKPOF-040-015
This folder contains press copies of President John F. Kennedy's remarks concerning trade and foreign aid made during an interview with chief correspondent David Schoenbrun, on the CBS program Washington Review. In his speech the President proposes a new trade bill as a solution to the challenges of the European Common Market and the advance of communism.
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JFKPOF-041-022
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks upon the signing of a contract between the Agency for International Development (AID) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) to establish electrification projects in underdeveloped countries. The press copy also includes remarks from Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development, and Clyde T. Ellis, former Arkansas Senator and General Manager of the NRECA. Materials in this folder include a draft with handwritten notations by the President and a press copy of the speech.
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JFKPOF-064-003
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include nuclear weapons, Department of Defense expenditures and the international balance of payments, Spain, and foreign aid. Of note are tables summarizing correspondence between President Kennedy and Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru and President of Pakistan Ayub Khan. Also included in this folder is an issue of The Outsider’s Newsletter.
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JFKPOF-060-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President’s News Conference of August 20, 1963 (News Conference 60). The President began the press conference with a statement urging the House of Representatives to pass the Mutual Defense and Assistance Bill of 1964, stating that the foreign aid program is essential to the strength of the free world. Following this announcement the President answered questions on a variety of topics including the four safeguards proposed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to protect the country under the limited language of the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT), the upcoming civil rights march in Washington D.C., atmospheric nuclear testing, British Guiana, and legislation. Background materials in this folder include briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Of note is an article by David Halberstam from The New York Times titled “Vietnamese Reds Gain in Key Area,” and a critique of the article by Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Victor H. Krulak. Also included in this folder is a statement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding their position on the three-environment LTBT and a transcript of Meet the Press focusing on the treaty. The official White House transcript of the press conference and the stenotype transcript of the press conference are also included.