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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-213-005
This folder contains Department of State telegrams regarding tariff negotiations; the TEA (Trade Expansion Act) and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade); agricultural trade negotiations; a friendship treaty between France and Germany (also known as the Élysée Treaty); and discussions between Belgium, the Netherlands, and others on Great Britain’s entry into the Common Market (also known as the European Economic Community).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-111a-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Belgium. Materials include a list of tariff concession items with restrictions by EEC (European Economic Community) countries and in violation of GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), an atomic cooperation agreement for mutual defense purposes between the United States and Belgium, and an article by Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs Paul-Henri Spaak titled, “How I See the Unification of Europe.” This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-009-011
This folder contains memoranda and cables regarding the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs Paul-Henri Spaak’s views on the state of Europe including the EEC, agriculture, Great Britain, Germany, and France; and meetings between Spaak and United States Ambassador to Belgium Douglas MacArthur II. Also included in this folder is a memorandum of conversation for a meeting between Foreign Minister Spaak and President John F. Kennedy on the European Economic Community (EEC) and agricultural protectionism.