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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-061-006
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 October 31, 1963 (News Conference 63). Materials primarily consist of department reports and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include the United States and Soviet space programs, civilian employment in the executive branch, Vietnam, and the selling of surplus wheat to the Soviet Union. Also included are draft press conference announcements and newspaper clippings. Of note is correspondence dated July 25-27, 1949, between Representative Carl Vinson and President Harry S. Truman concerning the length of the tour of duty of the respective Chiefs of Services.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-061-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of October 9, 1963 (News Conference 62). The President began the press conference with a statement that the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries expressed a willingness to buy several million tons of surplus American wheat from private grain dealers. He went on to say the transaction would benefit the balance of payments and the American taxpayers, as well as improve relations with other countries. Following this statement the President answered questions on a variety of topics including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Vietnam, the upcoming meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, military coups in Latin America, and space exploration. Background materials in this folder consist of memorandums and briefing papers for the President on foreign affairs and national security. The stenotype transcript of the press conference is also included.
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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-088-004
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.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-086a-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC). Materials concern Project Vanguard, Project West Ford, environmental health, a status report on activities of the PSAC, a list of possible projects between the United States and the Soviet Union, and a report on large rocket boosters for space exploration. Also included in this folder is a report by President of the American Electric Power Company Philip Sporn regarding the economic distress in the coal mining industry and its effect on coal mining regions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-080a-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Justice. Materials include a letter to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy from United States Ambassador to Australia William C. Battle, background information on civil rights for a meeting between the President and clergymen, and a summary of progress towards the voluntary desegregation of commercial establishments. Of note is a summary of a meeting between Kennedy and Soviet Ambassador to the United States Anatoliy Dobrynin where Dobrynin gave Kennedy a talking paper for President Kennedy from Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-080-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Interior, and consists of a report by Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall on Robert Frost's trip to the Soviet Union in September 1962.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-079a-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Interior, and consists of a report titled, "Recent Electric Power Developments in the U.S.S.R.," by the United States Delegation tour to the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-120-002
Sound recording of a meeting held on November 8, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, Under Secretary of Agriculture Charles S. Murphy, and Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman. The recording of this meeting begins on Tape 119. Participants discuss talks with the Soviet Union regarding terms and conditions of the delivery system of U.S. wheat to the Soviet Union, the effect on U.S. shipping, and the basis for Soviet action. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 120/A56, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 120/A56 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-120-001
Sound recording of part of a meeting held on November 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, Under Secretary of Agriculture Charles S. Murphy, and Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman. The recording of this meeting begins on Tape 119/A55. Participants discuss talks with the Soviet Union regarding terms and conditions of the delivery system of U.S. wheat to the Soviet Union, the effect on U.S. shipping, and the basis for Soviet action. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 120/A56, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 120/A56 in its entirety or the beginning of this recording on Tape 119/A55.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-119-006
Sound recording of part of a meeting held on November 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, Under Secretary of Agriculture Charles S. Murphy, and Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman. They discuss talks with the Soviet Union regarding terms and conditions of the delivery system of U.S. wheat to the Soviet Union, the effect on U.S. shipping, and the basis for Soviet action. The recording of this meeting ends abruptly and continues on Tape 120. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 119/A55, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 119/A55 in its entirety or the remainder of this recording on Tape 120/A56.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-119-005
Sound recording of a meeting about Berlin, Germany, held on November 5, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson, and President Kennedy’s Personal Representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay. Topics of discussion include the stopping of a United States convoy in Berlin, a review of the situation, speculation on its significance, alternative courses of action, press guidance, the Soviet Union’s November celebration, diplomatic representation, the use of small force, Soviet ship movements, and possible Allied action. They also discuss the Ambassadorial Group, Soviet press coverage, and a possible conversation with the Canadian foreign minister. There is further discussion of the possible situation that may arise in Berlin and the possible U.S. response and contingency plans. One segment of the recording totaling 1 minute has been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 13526. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 119/A55, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 119/A55 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-119-004
Sound recording of two meetings held on November 5, 1963. The first is a meeting about the Dominican Republic between President John F. Kennedy, United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic John Bartlow Martin, United States Ambassador to Chile Ralph Dungan, Assistant Secretary of State Edwin Martin, and Deputy Chief of Mission from the Department of State Spencer King. They discuss prospects for constitutional elections in the Dominican Republic, an assessment of the situation there, and prospects for the future. Second is a meeting about foreign policy between President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy. They discuss convoys in Berlin, Germany, and action by the Soviet Union against the French and the British and French stance. They also discuss problems concerning the ticketing of Russian journalists by police in Washington, D.C.; Berlin convoy access; and William Attwood and Prime Minister of Cuba Fidel Castro.
This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 119/A55, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 119/A55 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-119-002
Sound recording of a meeting held on November 2, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, and Under Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman. They discuss the delivery of wheat on American ships to the Soviet Union, alternatives, and related discussions with American unions. Other topics of discussion include a review of the coup situation in Vietnam; Berlin, Germany; plans for a visit by President of France Charles DeGaulle; and the allocation of resources by the Soviet Union. Also Under Secretary Ball talks to Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz on the telephone. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 119/A55, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 119/A55 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-115-002
Sound recording of a meeting held on October 10, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (USSR) Andrei Gromyko, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Soviet Ambassador to the United States Anatoliy Dobrynin, Under Secretary of State Llewellyn Thompson, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Semenov, member of the Soviet Foreign Ministry Mr. Sukhodrev, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) General Maxwell Taylor (briefly). President Kennedy and Foreign Minister Gromyko discuss numerous topics during this long (just under two hours) White House meeting. Topics of discussion include Autobahn situations and access in Berlin, Germany; the treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests (later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty or Limited Test Ban Treaty); disarmament; reduction in the military; nuclear weapons; the multilateral force (MLF); China; trade; the Civil Air Agreement; Cuba; and the relations between the superpowers. Prior to the meeting there is a brief discussion between President Kennedy, General Taylor, and Secretary Rusk on what the staff expects Foreign Minister Gromyko to bring up at the meeting. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 115/A51, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 115/A51 in its entirety.