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Richard W. Reuter Personal Papers
RWRPP-011-006
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Richard W. Reuter Personal Papers
RWRPP-011-004
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James C. Thomson Personal Papers
JCTPP-026-013
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James C. Thomson Personal Papers
JCTPP-024-018
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James C. Thomson Personal Papers
JCTPP-023-015
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-193-004
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda regarding Vietnam. Topics include a counterinsurgency plan by the United States for South Vietnam; relations between Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand; and the threat of communism in the region. Also included in this folder is a letter and report to Walt W. Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from Kenneth T. Young (later U.S. Ambassador to Thailand) on observations made during Mr. Young’s trip through Southeast Asia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-200-005
This folder contains summaries of public opinion towards United States policy and developments in Vietnam, a memorandum regarding articles written by journalist David Halberstam on the Mekong Delta, and memoranda by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on South Vietnam. Of note is correspondence between Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Madame Nhu (Tran Le Xuan), wife of Ngo Dinh Nhu and sister-in-law to President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-198-008
This folder contains materials regarding the political climate in South Vietnam; the relationship between Ngo Dinh Nhu and President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) summaries and reviews of developments in South Vietnam; and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge, and Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Roger Hilsman.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-198-005
This folder contains telegrams to and from the United States Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam regarding demonstrations by Buddhists and students and the subsequent imposition of martial law, the political climate in South Vietnam surrounding President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem and his chief advisor Ngo Dinh Nhu, and censorship of outgoing press by the South Vietnamese government. Also included in this folder are telegrams summarizing meetings between Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, and President Diem.
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Roger Hilsman Personal Papers
RHPP-004-012
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Roger Hilsman Personal Papers
RHPP-003-022
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Roger Hilsman Personal Papers
RHPP-003-020
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Roger Hilsman Personal Papers
RHPP-003-018
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Roger Hilsman Personal Papers
RHPP-003-017
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Roger Hilsman Personal Papers
RHPP-003-016
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Roger Hilsman Personal Papers
RHPP-003-010
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Roger Hilsman Personal Papers
RHPP-003-009
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Roger Hilsman Personal Papers
RHPP-003-006
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-306-008
This folder contains briefing papers for President John F. Kennedy's press conference of November 14, 1963 (News Conference 64). Topics include foreign aid, disarmament, the Cold War, Vietnam, and Peru. Additional briefing papers concern the Soviet Union including travel restrictions of Soviet citizens in the United States, trade with the Soviet Bloc, the Soviet military in Cuba, and incidents on the Autobahn near Berlin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-323-007
This folder contains memoranda from Walt Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and later Chairman of the Policy Planning Council in the Department of State, to President John F. Kennedy and McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include foreign aid, speech theme suggestions for the President, policy towards the Communist Bloc, and a proposal for domestic and foreign economic policy. Also included in this folder is a transcript of a “Meet the Press” interview with Rostow discussing nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union, Laos, Vietnam, and communism.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-323-006
This folder contains memoranda from Walt Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, to President John F. Kennedy and McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include the threat of communism, guerilla warfare, Vietnam, and policy planning. Also included in this folder is a copy of a speech given by Rostow on disarmament at the 6th Pugwash Conference held in Moscow. Of note is a letter to Rostow from Massachuetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Professor Leon Trilling regarding the Soviet Union’s space program.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-317-001
This folder contains memoranda and papers prepared by Roger Hilsman, Assistant Secretary of State, regarding United States policy towards South Vietnam and action plans for the removal of Ngo Dinh Nhu, advisor to President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-316-010
This folder contains telegrams, memoranda, and summaries of meetings regarding United States policy towards Vietnam, the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, and the influence of Ngo Dinh Nhu, advisor to President Diem. Of note is a draft of a letter from President John F. Kennedy to President Diem. Also included in this folder is a memorandum by Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Roger Hilsman discussing U.S. objectives in Vietnam, including victory against the Viet Cong and removal of Nhu and his wife, Madame Nhu, from the country; and a memorandum by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on the current situation in South Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-316-009
This folder contains telegrams, memoranda, and summaries of meetings regarding United States policy towards Vietnam and the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem; the influence of Ngo Dinh Nhu, advisor to President Diem, and his wife, Madame Nhu; and military effort against the Viet Cong. Also included in this folder are excerpts of interview transcripts between President John F. Kennedy, David Brinkley and Chet Huntley of the Huntley-Brinkley Report, and Walter Cronkite of Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Evening News.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-316-008
This folder contains telegrams, memoranda, and summaries of meetings regarding the political climate in Vietnam and a potential coup d’etat to remove Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother and advisor to President Ngo Dinh Diem, from a position of influence.