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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-240-007
This folder contains material related to President John F. Kennedy's statements during and after his trip to Europe, which included visits to Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Italy. The folder includes press copies of statements the President made as he traveled throughout Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Italy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-291-015
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda concerning the balance of payments, gold reserves, taxes, the Cabinet Committee on Balance of Payments, and the United Kingdom’s budget and economy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-274-004
This folder contains memoranda of conversations between Paul Nitze, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, and various British and German officials regarding NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and a “forward strategy,” a multilateral nuclear weapons force, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and Berlin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-302-007
This folder contains correspondence between McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy on National Security Affairs, and David Ormsby-Gore (Lord Harlech), British Ambassador to the United States, regarding a joint statement by Great Britain and the United States on discussions for a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union. Of note is correspondence between President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-302-001
This folder contains memoranda, telegrams, and press releases concerning the Soviet Union’s resumption of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing, including the detonation of a 50 megaton bomb; and international reaction, primarily from Japan and France, to the tests. Also included in this folder are press releases and drafts of proposed statements by the United States and Great Britain to the Soviet Union regarding a nuclear test ban agreement.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-301-002
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams concerning negotiations between the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union on nuclear weapons testing and a test ban treaty; and atmospheric, underground, and underwater nuclear weapons testing by the U.S., including at the Johnston Island and Christmas Island test areas.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-300-007
This folder contains memoranda, press releases, letters, and telegrams concerning atmospheric, underground, and underwater nuclear weapons testing; the effects of high-altitude nuclear tests; efforts by the United States and Great Britain to negotiate a nuclear test ban treaty at the Geneva Disarmament Conference in Geneva, Switzerland; the Johnston Island and Christmas Island test areas; the Soviet Union; and unmanned seismic monitoring stations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-300-001
This folder contains memoranda concerning atomic energy, nuclear testing, Soviet Union developments in nuclear weapons, and an agreement between the United States and Great Britain to test British nuclear devices on American soil.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-230-006
This folder contains memoranda and meeting minutes of the Nassau Steering Group, created to advise and execute decisions made during discussions in Nassau, Bahamas between President John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Topics include a proposal to establish a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Nuclear Force, creation of a Multilateral Nuclear Force, and revisions to memoranda.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-299-017
This folder contains memoranda concerning nuclear testing, atmospheric nuclear weapons testing, and a joint response by the United States and Great Britain to continued nuclear testing by the Soviet Union.