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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-041-026
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's toast to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of Germany at a luncheon in the White House State Dining Room. In his speech the President discusses the importance of building stronger partnerships with European nations. The press copy also includes remarks by Chancellor Adenauer concerning the countries' historical relationship following World War II.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-041-025
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks at the arrival ceremony for Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of Germany on the South Lawn of the White House. Materials in this folder include a press copy of the speech and various memoranda concerning the ceremony's schedule. The press copy of the speech includes Chancellor Adenauer's response.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-060-003
This file contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of June 24, 1963 (News Conference 57), held at the Foreign Ministry in Bonn, Germany. During this press conference President Kennedy answered questions from the press on a variety of topics including relations between the United States, Germany, and Western Europe; German reunification; the Berlin crisis; the proposed nuclear test ban treaty; U.S. military forces in Western Europe; international trade policy; and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-009
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 telegrams regarding a recent speech by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, memoranda from Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Special Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy, summaries of meetings between American and Soviet representatives concerning Laos and Berlin, and translations of a Soviet memorandum regarding a prospective peace treaty between the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-103-004
Sound recording of a meeting held on August 5, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Under Secretary of State George Ball, and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy (who joins later in the meeting). This long meeting covers a variety of issues concerning the Federal Republic of Germany. Secretary McNamara just returned from a meeting with German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and relays the specifics to President Kennedy. The German reservations about the treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT), criticisms of the State Department by Chancellor Adenauer, the effect of German abstention on the U.S. Senate debate on the Treaty, and the German political climate are discussed in detail. In addition, during the latter half of the meeting, President Kennedy discusses the upcoming U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the Treaty, who should testify in front of the Committee, who the White House would like to testify to offset negative testimony from such witnesses as Teller and General Curtis LeMay. There is also a brief discussion that is difficult to hear concerning a Northeast Airline issue and the Civil Aeronautics Board. Six segments of the recording totaling 7 minutes and 48 seconds have been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 12958. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 103, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 103 in its entirety.