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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-060-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of May 22, 1963 (News Conference 56). During this press conference President Kennedy answered questions from the press on a variety of topics including the controversial integration at the University of Alabama, the 1963 Wheat Referendum, troops in Vietnam, foreign aid, and the progress of the nuclear test ban proposal. Background materials in this folder include briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Of note is a memorandum from Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara to the President regarding the procedures and policies for the selection and assignment of personnel within the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 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-058-011
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 February 7, 1963 (News Conference 48). Materials primarily consist of department and agency reports, memorandums, and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include Cuba, the economy, taxes, disarmament, and exports. Also included is a copy of a telegram sent by TASS (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union) regarding U.S. Congressional concern over the size of the Soviet military build-up in Cuba.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-057-002
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 July 5, 1962 (News Conference 38). 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, current labor statistics and disputes, disarmament, statistics on Latin America, and trade. Of note are memorandums to the President by Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Walter W. Heller concerning the stock market in the United States and gold and dollar losses since 1953, and a draft statement on foreign aid containing annotations by President Kennedy. Also included in this folder is an issue of The New Republic, dated July 9, 1962.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-423-001
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda regarding Indonesia’s economic instability, repayment of debts to the Soviet Union, and relations with Malaysia; trade negotiations with United States oil companies; and economic aid from the U.S., Netherlands, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-325-009
This folder contains memoranda from various persons to Walt Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, regarding economic aspects of CENTO (Central Treaty Organization), a proposal to aid countries in the development of manpower, and a motion to review the Trade Agreements Program. Also included in this folder are resolutions made by the United States delegation at the 4th meeting of the Development Assistance Group (DAG) regarding strengthening the DAG and the common aid effort.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-325-006
This folder contains memoranda regarding the United States foreign aid program including suggestions for a statement by President John F. Kennedy on the program, the Federal budget, and expanding international exports for underdeveloped countries.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-010
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 108 (NSAM 108) titled, “Barter Program for Congolese Industrial Diamonds,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-328-009
This folder contains a memorandum to Secretary of State Dean Rusk in reference to National Security Action Memoranda number eight (NSAM 8) discussing a commitment to changing the Battle Act (legislation concerning foreign aid and export controls, also known as the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951) as mentioned in President John F. Kennedy’s State of the Union speech, and negotiations with Poland over the sale of surplus food.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-328-005
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number four (NSAM 4) titled, “Purchases of Uranium from Foreign Countries," to the Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-292-001
This folder contains memoranda concerning balance of payments, gold reserves, taxes, trade, the Cabinet Committee on Balance of Payments, and a potential reduction of Department of Defense spending to improve the balance of payments.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-291-013
This folder contains memoranda from the Cabinet Committee on Balance of Payments to President John F. Kennedy concerning the findings and recommendations of the Committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-291-012
This folder contains two chapters from a study done by the Brookings Institute concerning the balance of payments.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-291-011
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda concerning the balance of payments, gold reserves, and the establishment of an inter-Cabinet Committee to address the balance of payments deficits and minimizing the gold outflow.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-291-010
This folder contains briefing papers, a press release, and memoranda concerning gold reserves, balance of payments, and trade.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-290-019
This folder contains memoranda, correspondence, an address, and a press release concerning the creation and management of the Alliance for Progress, a comprehensive foreign aid initiative intended to encourage economic, social, and political prosperity and stability in Latin America. Of note is a letter from President Arturo Frondizi of Argentina to President John F. Kennedy expressing support for the Alliance for Progress.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-226-004
This file contains memoranda and telegrams regarding a French nuclear program, the potential sale of a Skipjack or other nuclear-propelled submarines to France, and a possible change to United States policy towards a French nuclear program in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-226-003
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding a French nuclear program; a European “force de frappe” (strike force); a potential sale of a nuclear Skipjack submarine to France; and a proposed cooperative program between the United States and France for research and development, production and procurement, and logistics support for nuclear weapons.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-296-018
This folder contains memoranda concerning the United States Export Control Act, the United States Economic Defense Policy, national security, and trade with the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066a-010
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Ted Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President. Topics include the administration's relationship with business; solutions to civil rights issues in Birmingham, Alabama; foreign trade; apportionment of the 1964 Democratic National Convention; and the Department of State. Of note is a program for The Democratic Party of Cook County Reception and Dinner.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-126a-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the commercial sale of wheat to the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include memoranda, a list of attendees for a meeting on the subject, and a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the potential transactions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-063-003
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Frederick G. Dutton, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include standards of conduct for civilian employees in federal departments and agencies, an advisory committee for integration in the armed forces, and problems with highway construction in Alabama. Of note are materials related to export licenses for Poland and Yugoslavia.
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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-061-004
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 9, 1963 (News Conference 62). Materials primarily consist of department reports and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include the selling of surplus wheat to the Soviet Union, the public accommodations proposal as part of the Civil Rights bill, West German trade to Soviet Bloc countries, Hurricane Flora and U.S. disaster aid to Cuba, and the 1964 fiscal year budget appropriations for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Also included are draft press conference announcements and newspaper clippings. Of note is a report of a survey by Vice Chairman of the Advisory Committee Roy E. Larsen and Foreign Service Officer Glenn G. Wolfe for the U.S. Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs on the Cultural Presentations Program.
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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."