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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-221-002
This folder contains memoranda, reports, telegrams, and memoranda of conversations regarding NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Topics include United States contributions to NATO’s defense infrastructure, political consultation within NATO, a proposed a multilateral nuclear force (MLF), and the future role of NATO. Also included in this folder are materials regarding meetings between President John F. Kennedy and the Atlantic Policy Advisory Group (APAG) and NATO ministers and permanent representatives; and a copy of an address by Dean Acheson, former Secretary of State and advisor to President Kennedy, titled, “NATO in the Light of the October Crisis.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-010
This file contains memoranda to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from National Security Council staff member Samuel E. Belk regarding the proposed National Academy of Foreign Affairs for continuing education and training in the areas of national security and foreign affairs. Also included is a letter to Senator J.W. Fulbright, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, from Dean Acheson, adviser to President Kennedy and former Secretary of State, discussing the proposed Academy. The materials relate to National Security Action Memoranda number 131 (NSAM 131) titled, “Training Objectives for Counter-Insurgency.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-439-001
This folder contains memoranda regarding United States policy directives for NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) including a nuclear defense force, and a summary report of the NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Staff session. Also included in this folder is a report by Dean Acheson, former Secretary of State and advisor to President Kennedy, titled, “A Review of North Atlantic Problems for the Future.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-027-002
This folder consists of correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, from former Secretary of State and advisor to President Kennedy Dean Acheson. Materials mainly represent Acheson's views and advice on both foreign affairs and personal matters. Topics include French President Charles de Gaulle and his plans for France's nuclear development and the United States' international balance of payments problem.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-027-001
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and former Secretary of State and advisor to President Kennedy Dean Acheson. Materials mainly represent Acheson's views and advice on both foreign affairs and personal matters. Topics include a United Nations resolution on Africa; the United States' relationship with its allies, particularly Europe; the situation in Berlin; Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union; First Secretary Walter Ulbricht of the Socialist Unity Party in East Germany (Democratic Republic) and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany (Federal Republic).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-103-016
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Kennedy administration's interactions with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Materials in this folder include memoranda, a telegram, a press release of President Kennedy's speech before the NATO Military Committee, and reports on recent NATO activities by Dean Acheson, Presidential advisor on foreign affairs, and Lucius D. Battle, Special assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary. The folder also contains a copy of "Nuclear Sharing: NATO and the N+1 Country" by Albert Wohlstetter.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-329-015
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 40 (NSAM 40) titled, “Policy Directive Regarding NATO and the Atlantic Nations,” to members of the National Security Council (NSC) from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; and a report by Dean Acheson, adviser to President John F. Kennedy and former Secretary of State, titled, “A Review of North Atlantic Problems for the Future.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-116-003
Sound recording of three meeting. First is a meeting held on October 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Presidential Advisor on Foreign Affairs Dean Acheson. For most of the meeting, Acheson discusses the political climate in Europe, especially in Germany. President Kennedy speaks mainly near the end of the meeting.Next are two brief meetings on civil rights held on October 24, 1963. These consecutive meetings concern the timing of civil rights legislation and discussions with leaders in the House of Representatives on the bill and amendments. Participants include President Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations Lawrence F. O’Brien, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John McCormack (Massachusetts), Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, Representative Emanuel Celler (New York), Representative William McCulloch (Ohio), Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma), Representative Charles Halleck (Indiana), and Representative Leslie Arends (Illinois). Please note that these meetings were opened in 1984 as part of the Kennedy Library’s Civil Rights tape opening. The recording of the second meeting ends abruptly and continues on Tape 117/A53.
This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 116/A52, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 116/A52 in its entirety or the end of this recording on Tape 117/A53.