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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-255-004
This folder contains correspondence regarding nuclear weapons and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, as well as a report titled "Peaceful Settlements of International Disputes in the Communist Bloc" by Kazimierz Grzybowski.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-255-003
This folder contains correspondence regarding nuclear weapons and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, as well as an agency report titled "The Report of the Inspection Study Group."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069a-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Materials concern a proposal for a new disarmament agency from Acting Deputy Director of the United States Arms Control Administration Edmund A. Gullion, a press release announcing William Foster as director of the ACDA, and background information for a meeting between the President and the General Advisory Committee. Of note are numerous press releases concerning disarmament including reports on nuclear test ban negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland and an exchange of views on disarmament from the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-215-29-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-28-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back, mostly hidden); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-215-27-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back, mostly hidden); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-26-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-215-25-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-215-24-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-106-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-105-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back, head turned); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-104-61
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon signing HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Advisor to the President on Disarmament, John J. McCloy; unidentified (in back); Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; three unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-255-001
This folder contains materials created by or about the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency related to nuclear weapons, weapons production and regulation, and disarmament.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-255-002
This folder contains materials created by or about the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency related to nuclear weapons, weapons production and regulation, and disarmament.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20392
President John F. Kennedy meets with advisors on disarmament in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. L-R (around table): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Assistant Secretary of State, Foy Kohler, sits in background along windows.
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USACDA
Records 1961-1965. Microfilm copies of legislative histories and other records relating to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and negotiations. Hard copy includes reports, contracted studies, and publications on other topics.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-9-62
President John F. Kennedy (standing right of the H.M.S. Resolute desk, in profile) and others watch as Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller (left) swears in members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) six unidentified persons (including three cameramen, one in front), National Park Service (NPS) Photographer Abbie Rowe (in back, wearing glasses), Assistant Executive Clerk Miller (in front), Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, President Kennedy (in front), Ralph E. McGill (mostly hidden over the President's shoulder), Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (back to camera). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-8-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left, with arms raised) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, Dr. James Perkins, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, John Cowles, President Kennedy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Senator J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas (facing away), and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (back to camera). The President's H.M.S. Resolute desk is visible in the foreground. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-116-6-62
President John F. Kennedy (center) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (facing away). The President's H.M.S. Resolute desk is visible in the foreground. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-116-5-62
President John F. Kennedy (standing right of the H.M.S. Resolute desk, in profile) and others watch as Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller (left) swears in members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) five unidentified persons (including two cameramen), National Park Service (NPS) Photographer Abbie Rowe (in back, wearing glasses), Assistant Executive Clerk Miller (in front), Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner (face obscured), former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, President Kennedy (in front), Herman Phleger (mostly hidden, over the President's shoulder), Ralph E. McGill, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J. (in back), Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas (partially hidden), Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden), and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (back to camera). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-116-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster (partially hidden on far edge of image), President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, Secretary of State Dean Rusk (in back), Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), and Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-116-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster (partially hidden at far edge of image), President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, Secretary of State Dean Rusk (in back), Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), and Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20817
President John F. Kennedy (center) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) unidentified (mostly hidden at far edge of image), Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back, mostly hidden), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough (in back, mostly hidden), Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J. (in back, mostly hidden), Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), Secretary of State Dean Rusk (in back, partially hidden), and Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota). The President's H.M.S. Resolute desk is visible in the foreground. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20816
President John F. Kennedy (center right) and Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster (far left) stand with members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency during the swearing-in ceremony for the committee. (L-R) Director Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles, President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., and Ralph E. McGill. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20815
President John F. Kennedy stands with members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency during the swearing-in ceremony for the committee. (L-R) President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany (mostly hidden at far edge of image), Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles, President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., Ralph E. McGill (facing away), Dr. Herbert F. York, and Dr. Isidor I. Rabi. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.