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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-317-018
This folder contains summaries of telephone conversations between President John F. Kennedy and United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn E. Thompson. Topics include meetings between President Kennedy and Soviet officials, the sale of wheat to the Soviet Union, and the Jewish community in Russia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include a paper of suggested talking points, a report from Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Llewellyn E. Thompson, a draft of a reply to a Soviet aide-memoire, and telegrams regarding Laos, Berlin, disarmament, and negotiations with Soviet officials concerning air transport and nuclear weapons testing. This folder also contains reports entitled "Attitude of Soviets at Canberra Antarctica Meeting" and "Soviet Motivation in Utilizing Old Baghdad Documents for Propaganda Purposes."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-007
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include drafts of telegrams, a report entitled "Current Strains within the Soviet System," memoranda regarding possible courses of action concerning Cuba and nuclear weapons test ban negotiations, and a summary of the President's meeting with Cabinet members and advisers regarding current policy on American-Soviet relations. The majority of this folder consists of telegrams to and from Llewellyn E. Thompson, Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, concerning Berlin, Cuba, Sino-Soviet relations, the spread of communism into Southeast Asia, and the future of American-Soviet relations.