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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-077-012
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Defense. Topics include the removal of JUPITER missiles from Italy and Turkey, a visit by Congolese National Army General Joseph Mobutu, tactical air force capabilities, and U.S. defense contributions for Western Europe. Of note is an article from Look magazine on Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara titled, “Revolution in the Pentagon.” Also included in this folder is an interim report by the Preparedness Investigation Subcommittee on the Cuban military build-up. [Note: Contains 1 photographic print (JFKPOF-PH-487P).]
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116a-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France. Materials included correspondence between President Kennedy and President of France Charles de Gaulle regarding the Congo, Laos, and Berlin. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-111a-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Belgium. Topics include United Nations negotiations for the issue in the Congo regarding the Katanga uprising, and an informal visit and meeting between President Kennedy and Prince Albert of Belgium. Also included in this folder is correspondence between the President and Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs Paul-Henri Spaak. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-117b-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Ghana. Materials include memoranda regarding a trip to the United States by President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah, a summary of a meeting between Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Walt W. Rostow and Ghanaian Finance Minister K.A. Gbedemahm, and a joint statement by Nkrumah and British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Duncan Sandys. Of note is a letter to British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan from Nkrumah.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-117b-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Ghana. Materials include telegrams from United States Ambassador to Ghana Francis H. Russell regarding the Congo, a meeting with President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah, and relations between the United States and Ghana.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-117b-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Ghana. Materials include telegrams from United States Ambassador to Ghana Francis H. Russell regarding the Congo, President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah, the Volta River project, and a protest at the United States Embassy in Accra.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-117b-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Ghana. Materials consist of correspondence between President Kennedy and President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah, and telegrams from United States Ambassador to Ghana Francis H. Russell regarding the Congo, Nkrumah, and general African affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-117b-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Ghana. Materials concern the Volta River Project, the Congo, and President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah. Of note are two letters to President Kennedy from Barbara Ward Jackson regarding Nigeria, Ghana, and Nkrumah. Also included in this folder is correspondence between President Kennedy and Nkrumah.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114-016
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Congo, and pertains to a visit to the United States by President of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) Fulbert Youlou.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114-015
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Congo, and consists of a policy paper titled, "An Analytical Chronology of the Congo Crisis."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114-014
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Congo. Materials concern a meeting between President Kennedy and Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) Cyrille Adoula. Also included in this folder is a memorandum titled, “Retraining and Modernization of the Congolese National Army (ANC).” This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Congo. Materials concern the reintegration of Katanga into the Congo and U.S. policy for the Congo. Also included in this folder is correspondence between President Kennedy and Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) Cyrille Adoula, and a paper by the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research Roger Hilsman titled, “Possible Soviet Military Assistance to the Congo.” This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114-012
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Congo. Materials concern the situation in Katanga; Indian troops in the Congo; and issues with President of the Republic of the Congo Joseph Kasavubu, Congolese politician Moise Tshombe, and Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) Cyrille Adoula. Also included in this folder is correspondence between President Kennedy, President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah and President of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) Fulbert Youlou. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Congo. Materials include correspondence between President Kennedy and President of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) Fulbert Youlou regarding civil rights in the United States and the Addis Ababa Conference. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Congo. Materials include briefing papers for the visit of Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) Cyrille Adoula, and correspondence between President Kennedy and President of the Republic of the Congo Joseph Kasavubu regarding the proposed disposal of tin. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Congo. Materials include correspondence between President Kennedy and President of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) Fulbert Youlou, and a letter to the President from United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) Edmund A. Guillon regarding the Katanga issue. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Congo. Materials include a memorandum titled, “Legal and Constitutional Positions of Kasavubu and Lumumba,” telegrams from various African politicians congratulating President Kennedy on his inauguration, and a letter of credence for new Ambassador of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) to the United States Emmanuel Damongo Dadet. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Congo. Materials include a letter from President Kennedy to President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah regarding issues in the Congo, a summary of a report on the Congo and West Africa by Averell Harriman, and a memorandum from Harriman to Kennedy regarding Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo Patrice Lumumba. Also included in this folder are memoranda from Consultant on African Affairs Winifred Armstrong for a possible program on Africa to Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa Senator John F. Kennedy.
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JFKPOF-054-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's News Conference of February 15, 1961 (News Conference 4). President Kennedy began the press conference by reaffirming the United States support of the United Nations presence in the Republic of the Congo. He then announced the formal recognition of the Government of El Salvador by the United States, and briefly discussed his economic program. The announcements were followed by questions from the press on a variety of topics, including United States-Soviet relations, the launch of a Soviet space probe towards Venus, Cuba, and the situation in the Congo. Background material in the folder includes memorandums concerning interest rates. Of note is a transcript of Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson's speech to the United Nations Security Council on February 15, 1961 concerning the situation in the Republic of the Congo following the assassination of former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, and the subsequent actions of the Soviet Union towards Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold of the United Nations. The official White House transcript of the press conference and the stenotype transcript of the press conference are also included.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-054-005
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 February 8, 1961 (News Conference 3). Materials primarily consist of briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics of the briefing papers include nuclear disarmament; the United Nations; the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion; United States policy concerning the situation in the Republic of the Congo; information about former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba; United States-Cuba relations; economic problems and political affairs in Latin America; and Soviet criticism of President Kennedy's administration. Drafts of press conference announcements are also included.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-037-009
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's toast to President and Prime Minister Cyrille Adoula of the Republic of the Congo. In his speech the President welcomes Adoula, acknowledges his personal accomplishments, and praises recent efforts to restore order to the Republic of the Congo. Materials in this folder include a draft and press copy of the speech, as well as a menu for the luncheon with handwritten notations by the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-057-011
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 August 29, 1962 (News Conference 42). 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, nuclear disarmament, situations in the Congo and Laos, and the Robert Soblen espionage case. Also included are draft press conference announcements and newspaper clippings. Of note are materials relating to Cuba, including the seizure of counterfeit U.S. currency originating in Cuba, and recent Soviet military shipments to Cuba.
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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.