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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-199-005
This file contains memoranda and reports regarding South Vietnam. Topics include the political climate surrounding President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem and his chief advisor Ngo Dinh Nhu, the oppression of Buddhists and the effect on Viet Cong activity, and programs by the Agency for International Development (AID) and United States Information Agency (USIA) for South Vietnam. Of note is a letter from Pope Paul VI to the Archibishop of Vietnam Paul Nguyen Van Binh. Also included are transcripts of interviews between President John F. Kennedy and Walter Cronkite, and on the Huntley-Brinkley Report.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-319-004
This folder contains minutes and agendas for meetings of the Special Group for Counter-Insurgency (CI). Topics include an international police training program, South Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and a counterinsurgency training program for United States officials.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-078-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Defense. Materials include comments on a Readers Digest article titled, "We're Running the Wrong Race with Russia," a progress report for the Department of Defense cost reduction program, Space Project 461, and a report by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maxwell D. Taylor of their mission to South Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-091a-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the U.S. Information Agency (USIA). Topics include a possible meeting with leaders of the motion picture industry, foreign reaction to U.S. foreign policy and the repression of President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam, and former USIA officer John C. Donnell. Also included in this folder is a letter from Cyril Thornton to Assistant Press Secretary Jay Gildner expressing his condolences to the President for the death of his son Patrick.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-072-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Topics include relations between Chancellor of Germany Konrad Adenauer and President of France Charles de Gaulle, Cuban involvement with communist subversion in Venezuela, and the CIA’s role in South Vietnam. Of note is a letter from Representative Frank C. Osmers to Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee concerning the effectiveness of intelligence and the CIA regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also included in this folder is a report titled, “A Short Study of the Supersonic Transport Development, Schedule and Cost” by Clarence L. Johnson.