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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-214-007
This folder contains telegrams, memoranda, and draft reports on United States policies and objectives towards Europe. Topics include European unity, communism, France and French President Charles de Gaulle, the European Economic Community (EEC), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and shared nuclear responsibility.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-214-006
This folder contains memoranda for the record of European Policy Review group meetings. Topics include United States military forces in Europe and within NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), the European Economic Community (EEC) and France, a proposed multilateral nuclear force (MLF) within NATO, relations between France and Germany, and French President Charles de Gaulle.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-214-004
This folder contains papers, memoranda, and draft outlines by Policy Review (PR) study groups regarding Europe and the United States including military policy; economics; and the relation between domestic politics and foreign policy in Germany, France, and Italy. Also included in this folder is a partial transcript of a press conference given by French President Charles de Gaulle discussing the Nassau Agreement and French relations with Germany.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-214-003
This folder contains papers by Policy Review (PR) study groups regarding United States policy towards Europe; an appraisal of British, French, and West German strategic views; and the impact of an Executive Committee within NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) on the policies of French President Charles de Gaulle. Also included in this folder is a paper by the PR Military Committee titled, “Strategic Problems and Alternatives,” discussing the Cold War, collective defense in Europe, and a European nuclear weapons force.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-075a-001
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding Germany. Subjects include trade, Berlin, Chancellor of German Konrad Adenauer and the political climate, and relations with France and the United States. Also included are numerous Memoranda of Conversations between various U.S. and German officials, including President John F. Kennedy and German Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss, discussing Berlin, disarmament, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-075-002
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding relations between the United States and Germany including the sale of military equipment to Germany and the U.S. balance of payments. Also included are numerous Memoranda of Conversations between various U.S. and German officials, including President John F. Kennedy, German Ambassador to the United States Wilhelm G. Grewe, Chairman of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) Erich Mende, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, discussing Berlin, disarmament, and the purchase of UN (United Nations) bonds and vested assets.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-074-010
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding relations between the United States and Germany including a visit to Germany by Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, a meeting between President John F. Kennedy and German Ambassador to the United States Wilhelm G. Grewe, the sale of military equipment to Germany and the U.S. balance of payments, and nuclear weapons. Additional topics include the election in Germany and the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-184-005
This file contains copies, drafts, and memoranda regarding correspondence between Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy on Laos, Cuba, nuclear weapons, and a nuclear test ban treaty.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-183-001
This folder contains correspondence between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Topics include relations between the United States and Soviet Union, Berlin and German unification, disarmament, nuclear testing, Laos, space flights, and the Bay of Pigs invasion. Also included in this folder are letters from Premier Khrushchev to President Dwight D. Eisenhower and John J. McCloy, Advisor to President Kennedy on Disarmament. This folder contains some Russian-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-171-006
This file contains material concerning Great Britain, including a memorandum to President John F. Kennedy from Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President, titled, “The British Political Situation;” correspondence between British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Prime Minister of the Maldives Ibrahim Nasir; a press release by the British Labour Party on disarmament; and a report by Sir Pierson Dixon, British Ambassador in Paris, on Charles de Gaulle and British entry into the European Economic Community (EEC).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-171-002
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding Great Britain, including admittance into the EEC (European Economic Community), nuclear weapons, a meeting between President John F. Kennedy and leader of the Liberal Party of Great Britain Jo Grimond, and the death of Labour Party leader Hugh Gaitskell.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-170a-002
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding Great Britain including negotiations for admittance into the EEC (European Economic Community), nuclear weapons, and a reduction of United States Air Force personnel in Great Britain.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-170a-001
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding Great Britain including negotiations for admittance into the EEC (European Economic Community), nuclear weapons, and a United States tariff on bicycles.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-170-019
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding Great Britain, including negotiations for admittance into the EEC (European Economic Community), atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, nuclear matters with France, and transatlantic flights between the United States and British Isles.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-072-004
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding France including participation in a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) multilateral nuclear force, an assassination plot against French President Charles de Gaulle, French territories, and criticism by the French media of the United States agricultural policy and Trade Expansion Act.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-037-005
This folder contains memoranda regarding policies and actions after the Cuban Missile Crisis including continued air surveillance of Cuba; a non-invasion pledge by the United States provided no nuclear weapons are present or reintroduced into Cuba; and a meeting between John J. McCloy, Chairman of the General Advisory Committee on Disarmament of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), and Soviet Union Deputy Premier Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan. Also included in this folder is a statement by Mikoyan broadcast on Cuban television and radio discussing the Cuban Revolution, the United States, and socialism in Cuba.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-037-004
This folder contains memoranda regarding policies and actions after the Cuban Missile Crisis including the removal of Soviet Union IL-28 bombers and offensive weapons from Cuba, plans for a potential air attack on Cuba, and the Federal Aviation Agency response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also included in this folder is a paper by the Department of State titled, “Cuban Contingency Paper,” discussing United States air surveillance of Cuba and potential responses, and actions to take in the event of non-removal of the IL-28 bombers by the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-037-003
This folder contains memoranda regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis including Soviet Union removal of IL-28 bomber planes from Cuba, inquiries into the crisis from reporters and the general public, and details of the agreement between the U.S. and Soviet Union that ended the crisis. Also included in this folder are various drafts of a paper by ISA (Department of Defense, International Security Affairs) titled, “Some Lessons from Cuba,” discussing Soviet objectives and withdrawal from Cuba, nuclear weapons, and intelligence.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0917-009
This file contains reading copies of Senator John F. Kennedy's speeches that are undated, but were likely written between 1958 and 1960. Speech titles include "Jefferson, Jackson and Roosevelt," "Heritage of Roosevelt," "The Continuing Issue of Labor Reform," "The Meaning of a Democratic Victory in Hawaii," "New Ideas to Survive," "India and China," "The United States and Hawaii -- And Our Future in Asia," "Can We Afford to Waste Our Water," "Should Nuclear Tests be Resumed," and "Are We Up to the Task."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-296-012
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda concerning negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union for a non-aggression pact (NAP), a nuclear test ban treaty, and observation posts (OP).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-296-011
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda concerning negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union for a non-aggression pact (NAP), a nuclear test ban treaty, observation posts (OP), and the reunification of Germany.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-296-010
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda concerning international reactions to the negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union for a non-aggression pact (NAP), a nuclear test ban treaty, observation posts (OP), and the reunification of Germany.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-296-009
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda concerning negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union for a non-aggression pact (NAP) and/or a nuclear test ban treaty.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-296-008
This folder contains memoranda concerning the dispersal of United States nuclear weapons to support non-U.S. North Atlantic Treaty Association (NATO) military forces.
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JFKNSF-294-004
This folder contains memoranda; a Department of State Policy Planning Council report entitled, “Assignments, Status, and Terms of Reference: Basic National Security Policy Planning Tasks;” and a report entitled, “Basic National Security Policy,” concerning national security policies and objectives, foreign policy, arms control, the Soviet Union, and the military.