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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France. Materials include a letter to the President regarding France and nuclear weapons from Clare Booth Luce, and replies by Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy and the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116-012
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France. Materials include a speech by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Lauris Norstad and speeches by President of France Charles de Gaulle. Also included in this folder is a letter from President Kennedy to President of the Action Committee for the United States of Europe Jean Monnet regarding Freedom House.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France. Materials include correspondence between President Kennedy and President of France Charles de Gaulle, a meeting between President Kennedy and French Minister of Finance Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, and the resignation letter of United States Ambassador to France James M. Gavin. Of note is a statement with handwritten annotations by President Kennedy regarding the loan by France of Leonardo da Vinci‘s Mona Lisa to the United States for exhibition at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France. Materials pertain to United States Ambassador to France James M. Gavin, military relations between the United States and France, and a dinner at the White House for French Minister of State for Cultural Affairs Andre Malraux. Of note are replies by President of France Charles de Gaulle to messages by Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev. Also included in this folder is a transcript of an interview given by French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville to CBS Television Network. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France. Materials include correspondence on various topics between President Kennedy and President of France Charles de Gaulle, an article on De Gaulle titled, “De Gaulle at the Summit,” by Ambassador W. Averell Harriman, and a memorandum to Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy from Nicholas Wahl titled, “Conversing with General de Gaulle and His Prime Minister.” This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-150-006
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Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-148-004
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Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-121-003
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Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-100-018
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116a-015
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France, and consists of a draft of a memorandum to President Kennedy titled, "The U.S. and De Gaulle-The Past and the Future."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-119a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Israel. Materials consist of United States intelligence reports regarding French-Israeli relations; the trial for Adolf Eichmann; the resignation of David Ben-Gurion as Prime Minister of Israel; and a paper by an ad hoc working group of the United States Intelligence Board titled, "The Arab-Israeli Situation."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0894-004
This folder contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy's speech before the United States Senate titled, "The War in Indochina." In his speech the Senator addresses reports on French success with fighting communism in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, and discusses proposals for increased U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia in the form of military aid.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-375-008
This folder contains memoranda and reports regarding NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and a nuclear defense force in Europe including reports titled, “NATO Polaris Forces,” and, “NATO Nuclear Forces.” Also included in this folder is a Department of State memorandum titled, “Reported De Gaulle Plan for an East-West Settlement.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-375-005
This folder contains memoranda regarding NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and nuclear weapons. Topics include NATO’s nuclear role, MRBMs (medium-range ballistic missiles), and United States nuclear aid to France. Also included in this folder are numerous summaries of meetings and memoranda of conversations between various individuals.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Materials include a memorandum to the President from Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding Martin Luther King's upcoming appearance before the United Nations Apartheid Committee, a report by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen Williams on his trip to West and West Central Africa, a summary of the public reaction to the President's European trip, and a memorandum to the President from Under Secretary of State George W. Ball titled, "Proposed Nuclear Offer to De Gaulle." Also included in this folder is a paper by James Reston titled, "Kennedy and the American Diplomats: State Department Allowances."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-056-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's News Conference of May 17, 1962 (News Conference 33). During this press conference President Kennedy answered questions from the press on a variety of topics including the investigation of Billie Sol Estes' involvement in federal farm programs; United States-French political differences concerning the Berlin negotiations and French President Charles De Gaulle's proposal for an independent European nuclear deterrent; the dispatch of United States forces to Thailand; and the situation in Laos. Background materials in this folder consist of briefing papers on domestic and foreign affairs including the economy and the Billie Sol Estes case. Of note are Department of State telegrams concerning West New Guinea dispute between the Dutch and Indonesian governments. 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. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-001
This file contains a draft and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 241 (NSAM 241) titled, “Report on French Gaseous Diffusion Plant,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda on the potential involvement of Germany in the gaseous diffusion plant, and a report in response to NSAM 241.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-005
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 219 (NSAM 219) regarding the collection of information on aspects of discussions and negotiations between France and the Soviet Union, to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone 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-292-004
This folder contains telegrams concerning a reduction of United States Military logistics facilities in France to improve the balance of payments.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-007
This file contains drafts and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 197 (NSAM 197) titled, “(a) Improved Procedure—Communication to Other Countries of RD on Nuclear Weapons, (b) Approved Determinations for France, Italy, and the Netherlands,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-330-014
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 64 (NSAM 64) to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from President John F. Kennedy discussing a need to improve world-wide consultation as implied in a letter to the President from French President Charles de Gaulle; and a memorandum to President Kennedy from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, regarding NSAM 64.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-197-005
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding South Vietnam. Topics include relations between South Vietnam and Cambodia, including tensions arising from Vietnamese Air Force strikes near the Cambodian border, and a neutrality agreement proposed by Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia; United States and South Vietnamese military actions against the Viet Cong; and French foreign policy in Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-322-002
This folder contains memoranda from Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council (NSC) to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include negotiations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, France-Algeria relations, Syria’s secession from the UAR (United Arab Republic), and United States military policy in Berlin and relations with the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0919-026
This folder contains correspondence related to President John F. Kennedy’s speech following his European trip, delivered from the Oval Office at the White House. The President discussed his visits to Paris, France; Vienna, Austria; and London, England, and reported on his meetings with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev regarding nuclear weapons proliferation, the current situation in Laos, and relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0919-023
This folder contains correspondence related to President John F. Kennedy’s speech following his European trip, delivered from the Oval Office at the White House. The President discussed his visits to Paris, France; Vienna, Austria; and London, England, and reported on his meetings with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev regarding nuclear weapons proliferation, the current situation in Laos, and relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.