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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-323-003
This folder contains memoranda from Marcus Raskin, National Security Council Assistant for Disarmament and Nuclear Testing, to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, regarding foreign relations and nuclear weapons issues. Topics include disarmament negotiations between the United States and Soviet Union, the U.S. Ambassadorship to the Soviet Union, and the relation between counterforce and nuclear war. Also included in this folder is a transcript of a conversation between Raskin and numerous military strategists discussing an article by Arthur Waskow titled, “Unintended War.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-323-002
This folder contains memoranda from Marcus Raskin, National Security Council Assistant for Disarmament and Nuclear Testing, to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, regarding foreign relations and nuclear weapons issues. Topics include business holdings and a potential conflict of interest for John McCone, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); United States trust territories; U.S. disarmament policy; nuclear test ban treaty negotiations; and an eight-point disarmament proposal by the Soviet Union. Also included in this folder is a paper by Allan Forbes, Jr. discussing the arms race and suggestions for an international security program titled, “The Defense of Democracy.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-323-001
This folder contains memoranda from Marcus Raskin, National Security Council Assistant for Disarmament and Nuclear Testing, to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include a nuclear weapons policy proposal of unilateral action, resumption of nuclear weapons testing, United States relations with the Soviet Union and Germany, the effect of alliances and pact commitments on U.S. foreign policy, and policy proposals for the U.S. ACDA (Arms Control and Disarmament Agency). Also included in this folder is a memorandum to Democratic members of congress titled, “A New Liberalism in the Democratic Party,” discussing a need to reform liberal policies to reflect the current era.