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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-11A
Dictation Belt 11A contains six sound recordings. Item 11A.1 is a telephone conversation held on March 6, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Under Secretary of State George W. Ball. They discuss the cancellation of a visit by a French official. Machine noise precedes the conversation. [White House Operator?] speaks to Under Secretary Ball while he holds for President Kennedy. Item 11A.2 is a telephone conversation held on March 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and United States Army General Chester V. Clifton. They discuss the issue of participation of Arkansas National Guard fliers in the Bay of Pigs invasion. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 11A.3 is a telephone conversation held on March 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Adrian S. Fisher. They discuss responding to a statement by Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 11A.4 is a telephone conversation held on March 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Under Secretary of State George W. Ball. They discuss international trade issues involving the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. The trade issues involve wool, oil, and a pipe embargo. The dictation belt skips occasionally. Item 11A.5 is a telephone conversation held on March 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Deputy Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach. They discuss civil rights issues in Mississippi and Louisiana and briefly discuss Interhandel. The recording begins in mid-conversation. [White House Operator?] ends the call. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 11A.6 is part of a telephone conversation held on March 7, 1963. First an unidentified man notifies President Kennedy of the death of Thomas J. Shanahan. Then the unidentified man gives Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln additional information regarding Shanahan. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 11B.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-039-012
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to members of the Country Team Seminar of the Foreign Service Institute on the South Promenade of the White House concerning the participants' training for international positions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-028-018
This folder consists of correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning United States Ambassador David K. E. Bruce. This folder contains a document from President Kennedy to Ambassador Bruce instructing the Ambassador to review certain leading United States policies toward Europe and then make recommendations for action in the coming months. The document contains detailed questions for consideration on the topics of foreign economic policy; the plan for a multilateral North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nuclear force; negotiations with the Soviet Union; and relations with Germany, the United Kingdom, and France. A draft version of the document is also included.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-035-028
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks at the swearing in of deLesseps Morrison (former Mayor of New Orleans) as the United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States and Robert F. Woodward as the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. In his speech the President voices his appreciation for the honorees' new roles in making the Alliance for Progress a reality. Materials in this folder include a press copy of the President's remarks (with responses from the honorees and Senator Allen Ellender) and a list of invited guests.
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JFKPOF-045-047
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to United States Embassy staff members at the Villa Taverna in Rome, Italy. In his speech the President thanks the audience for their diplomatic service, and discusses his hopes for cooperative international partnerships amongst European nations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France. Materials include correspondence between President Kennedy and President of France Charles de Gaulle, a meeting between President Kennedy and French Minister of Finance Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, and the resignation letter of United States Ambassador to France James M. Gavin. Of note is a statement with handwritten annotations by President Kennedy regarding the loan by France of Leonardo da Vinci‘s Mona Lisa to the United States for exhibition at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-116-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France. Materials pertain to United States Ambassador to France James M. Gavin, military relations between the United States and France, and a dinner at the White House for French Minister of State for Cultural Affairs Andre Malraux. Of note are replies by President of France Charles de Gaulle to messages by Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev. Also included in this folder is a transcript of an interview given by French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville to CBS Television Network. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-116-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Ethiopia. Materials pertain to the new Ethiopian Ambassador to the United States Ato Berhanu Dinke and a gift of a Bible with an Amharic translation to President Kennedy from Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie I. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-116-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning El Salvador. Materials pertain to El Salvadorian Ambassadors to the United States Hector David Castro and Francisco Roberto Lima, and trade between El Salvador and the United States. Also included is correspondence between President Kennedy and President of El Salvador Julio A. Rivera. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-115a-014
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Ecuador. Materials concern a meeting between President Kennedy and Foreign Minister of Ecuador Jose R. Chiriboga, new Ecuadorian Ambassadors to the United States Neftali Ponce Miranda and Jose Antonio Correa Escobar, and an invitation to President of Ecuador Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy to visit the United States. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-115a-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Ecuador. Materials pertain to a meeting between President Kennedy and Foreign Minister of Ecuador José R. Chiriboga, a possible visit to the United States by President of Ecuador José María Velasco Ibarra, and letters of credence and recall for Ecuadorian Ambassadors to the United States from the Constitutional President of Ecuador Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-115a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Dominican Republic. Materials include copies of speeches by United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic John Bartlow Martin, letters of recall and credence for Dominican Republic Ambassador to the United States Andres Freites Barrera, a letter of credence for new Dominican Republic Ambassador Enriquillo A. del Rosario, and correspondence between President Kennedy and President of the Dominican Republic Juan E. Bosch. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-122-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Morocco (officially known as the Kingdom of Morocco). Materials in this folder include memoranda, a press release announcing President Kennedy's decision to appoint John H. Ferguson as the American Ambassador to Morocco, and correspondence between President Kennedy and King Hassan II regarding diplomatic service between the two countries. This folder contains some foreign-language materials.
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JFKPOF-113-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Canada. Materials concern the Trade Expansion Act, the Columbia River Treaty negotiations, and an informal meeting between President Kennedy and Canadian Parliament member Lester Pearson. Of note is a letter of credence for Canadian Ambassador to the United States Charles Ritchie and a letter of recall for Canadian Ambassador Arnold Heeney from Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. Also included in this folder is correspondence between the President and Prime Minister of Canada John G. Diefenbaker.
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JFKPOF-112a-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cameroon, and pertains to issues with Cameroon Ambassador to the United States Aime-Raymond N'Thepe, and the appointment of a new Cameroon Ambassador to the U.S. Jacques Kuoh Moukouri.
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JFKPOF-112a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Burma. Materials include a letter to President Kennedy from Prime Minister of Burma U Nu regarding Chinese troops in Burmese territory and a letter to the President from Henry G. Byroade on his appointment as United States Ambassador to Burma.
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JFKPOF-112a-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Bulgaria. Materials concern the appointment of Lyubomir Popov as the Bulgarian Minister to the United States. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-112-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Brazil. Materials concern Brazil's financial situation, the political situation with the resignation of President Jânio Quadros, and the presentation of credentials by Brazilian Ambassador to the United States Roberto de Oliveira Campos.
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JFKPOF-112-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Bolivia. Materials include letters to President Kennedy from President of Bolivia Víctor Paz Estenssoro regarding the Alliance for Progress and aid to Bolivia, and remarks by the new Bolivian Ambassador to the United States Enrique Sanchez de Lozada upon the presentation of his credentials to President Kennedy. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-118a-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning India. Materials pertain to a call on President Kennedy by Indian Minister of Food and Agriculture S.K. Patil and a visit to the United States by President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Also included in this folder is a letter of recall for Indian Ambassador to the United States Mahomed Ali Currim Chagla and a letter of credence for new Ambassador Braj Kumar Nehru, both dated August 14, 1961. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-118a-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning India. Materials pertain to the death of former President of India Rajendra Prasad and the resignation of John Kenneth Galbraith as United States Ambassador to India. Of note is a proposal by Sudhir Ghosh of the Indian Parliament regarding United States military assistance to India.
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JFKPOF-118a-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning India. Materials include a letter of recall for Indian Ambassador to the United States Mahomed Ali Currim Chagla and a letter of credence for new Ambassador Braj Kumar Nehru, a memorandum from Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner regarding his meeting with Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, and a letter to the President from United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith regarding Vietnam. Of note is a letter from Prime Minister Nehru to President Kennedy regarding the situation in Goa. Also included in this folder is a copy of an address by Galbraith titled, “On Criticism in the Open Society,” and an issue of the newspaper Embassy Courier. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-118-016
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Iceland. Materials include correspondence between President Kennedy and President of Iceland Asgeir Asgeirsson and the appointment of James Kedzie Penfield as United States Ambassador to Iceland.
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JFKPOF-118-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Haiti. Materials include correspondence between President Kennedy and President of Haiti Francois Duvalier, and the presentation of credentials for new Haitian Ambassador to the United States Louis Mars. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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JFKPOF-118-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Guinea. Materials include a report on Guinea, a summary of U.S. Ambassador William Attwood's conversation with President of Guinea Sékou Touré, a memorandum from Attwood to Under Secretary of State George Ball titled, "The Current Situation in Guinea and its Implications for U.S. Policy," President Kennedy's appointment with Guinean Ambassador to the United States Seydou Conté, and a memorandum to President Kennedy from the new U.S. Ambassador to Guinea James I. Loeb titled, "Some Questions About Guinea."