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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-023
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 235 (NSAM 235) titled, “Large-Scale Scientific or Technological Experiments with Possible Adverse Environmental Effects,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges; Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Anthony J. Celebrezze; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg; Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb; Director of the National Science Foundation Alan Tower Waterman; Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy; and Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069a-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Topics include high energy accelerator physics, atomic energy, and nuclear weapons testing. Of note is a report by the Twining Committee titled, "Military Implications of U.S. and Soviet Nuclear Testing." Also included in this folder is the report of a trip to the Soviet Union by the U.S. Atomic Energy Delegation titled, "Atomic Energy in the Soviet Union." This folder also contains a folder of a report titled, "Panel on High Energy Accelerator Physics," by the General Advisory Committee to the AEC and the Presidential Science Advisory Committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-016
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Jerome B. Wiesner, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. Topics include nuclear weapons testing, candidates for a new director of the National Science Foundation, and a status report on activities of the President's Science Advisory Committee. Of note are parts one and two of a report by the President's Science Advisory Committee titled, "Report of the Ad Hoc Panel on Project Rover."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-015
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Jerome B. Wiesner, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. Materials concern atmospheric nuclear tests, the Advisory Committee of Science and Technology, and a Life magazine article about civil defense. Of note is a report by the National Science Foundation titled “Investing in Scientific Progress,” regarding a 10 year forecast of the nation’s science education and training needs. Also included in this folder is a memorandum by Wiesner titled “Military Power, Arms Limitation, and Foreign Policy.”
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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.