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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-300-009
This folder contains staff reports prepared by the Federal Radiation Council entitled, “Estimates of Fallout in the United States from Nuclear Weapons Testing Conducted Through 1962,” and a report of the Federal Radiation Council entitled, “Health implications of fallout from nuclear weapons testing through 1961,” concerning the history of nuclear testing, the effects of nuclear weapons testing, and associated health implications.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-300-006
This folder contains telegrams, memoranda, press releases, statements, and a briefing paper concerning atmospheric, underground, and underwater nuclear weapons testing; updates on a disarmament conference in Geneva, Switzerland; the Johnston Island and Christmas Island test areas; financing the nuclear test program; and radioactive Iodine from nuclear fallout. Also included in this folder is a report by the Federal Radiation Council entitled, “Health Implications of Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Testing,” and a report by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service entitled, “Foreign Radio and Press Reaction to U.S. High-Altitude Nuclear Testing.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-300-004
This folder contains a report by the Federal Radiation Council entitled, “Health Implications of Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Testing,” and memoranda concerning funding for the nuclear weapons program and health issues associated with nuclear testing and nuclear fallout.