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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-115-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a statement regarding an Alpha 66 raid, newswires reporting the participation of Arkansas National Guardsmen in the Bay of Pigs invasion, and a memorandum to the President from the Situation Room regarding a report of planes firing on a United States merchant ship near Cuba. Also included in this folder are thank you letters from the President to various persons for their contribution to the Bay of Pigs invasion and, “the Cuban crisis in October.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials concern a proposal by Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro to exchange 500 tractors for 1,000 Cuban captives from the Bay of Pigs invasion. Also included in this folder are letters to the President from Directorio Magisterias Revolucionario (Board of Cuban Revolutionary Educators); Mothers and Cuban Women in Exile; and Colegio Nacional de Doctores en Ciencias Sociales, Derecho Público y Diplomático (National Association of Doctors in Social Sciences, Public and Diplomatic Law) giving their support for the United States. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a memorandum to the President from Senator Mike Mansfield titled, "The Cuban Aftermath," a letter to the President from Emmet John Hughes concerning Cuba, and a memorandum from Senator Clairborne Pell regarding Cuban policy. Also included in this folder is a report titled, "Justice and the Mistreatment of Political Prisoners in Castro's Cuba."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a letter from President Kennedy to Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev regarding the invasion of Cuba, numerous telegrams concerning the Cuban invasion, a memorandum to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy from Federal Bureau of Investigations Director J. Edgar Hoover titled, “Foreign Economic Matters-Cuba,” and a letter to the President from former United States Ambassador to Cuba Earl E.T. Smith advising the President on Cuba. Also included in this folder are memoranda to the President from Senator George A. Smathers concerning a plan for the situation in Cuba.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-128b-009
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning news reports received through wire services. Topics include domestic issues such as unemployment and social services, and international matters such as foreign aid to India, American negotiations with the Laotian government, and the Algerian War (also known as the Algerian War of Independence). The majority of the folder's materials concerns the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the state of Cuba under the leadership of Prime Minister (and eventual President) Fidel Castro, and President Kennedy's conflict with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.