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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-323-007
This folder contains memoranda from Walt Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and later Chairman of the Policy Planning Council in the Department of State, to President John F. Kennedy and McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include foreign aid, speech theme suggestions for the President, policy towards the Communist Bloc, and a proposal for domestic and foreign economic policy. Also included in this folder is a transcript of a “Meet the Press” interview with Rostow discussing nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union, Laos, Vietnam, and communism.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-320-002
This folder contains memoranda to and from General Chester V. Clifton (C.V. Clifton), Military Aide to President John F. Kennedy, on various issues of national security, foreign affairs, and information requested by the President. Topics include Vietnam, Laos, a proposal to increase the size of the United States Army and conventional military forces, and the swiftness of U.S. responses to messages from the Soviet Union. Also included in this folder are background memoranda on the Geneva Protocol of 1925 and actions of the U.S. in relation to the Protocol.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-319a-006
This folder contains a memorandum by Chester Bowles, President John F. Kennedy’s Special Representative for Asian, African, and Latin American Affairs, titled, “U.S. Policies in the Far East: Review and Recommendations, ” regarding United States policy towards Communist China; non-communist Asia; Sino-Soviet relations; and military situations in Laos, Vietnam, and Taiwan.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-404-003
This folder contains carbon copies of McGeorge Bundy's outgoing correspondence on various topics, including nuclear weapons testing and Vietnam, as well as responses to letters from the public and members of the press. The folder also contains carbon copies of Bundy's memoranda to President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065-009
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include a letter relaying a conversation between Schlesinger and the Counselor of the Soviet Embassy Mr. Kornienko, Berlin, the John Birch Society, Vietnam, and a proposal to organize the democratic parties of the world. Of note are letters and newspaper clippings concerning Army indoctrination abuses and a related seminar in San Antonio, Texas.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065-001
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Walt W. Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include Vietnam, the Soviet Union, and China. Of note is a telegram from President Kennedy to President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-064a-009
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Walt W. Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include foreign aid, Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, guerilla warfare, and communism. Of note is an excerpt from the book “Gold and the Dollar Crisis,” by Robert Triffin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-064a-008
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Walt W. Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include foreign aid and nuclear weapons. Of note is a book review by the President of "Deterrent of Defense" by B.H. Liddell Hart. Also included in this folder is a copy of a speech by Brigadier General Edward G. Lansdale titled "Civic Action", and a letter from Wolf Ladejinsky concerning Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-062-015
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Chester Bowles, the President's Special Representative for Asian, African, and Latin American Affairs. Topics include ambassadorial appointments, relations between the United States and Portugal regarding Africa, and recommendations for improving the situation in Vietnam. Of note are two letters from Holden Roberto, President of the Union of the Populations of Angola, to President Kennedy regarding policies of the United States and Portugal in Angola.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include suggested talking points for the President for a meeting with the United States Advisory Commission in International Educational and Cultural Affairs, the relation of foreign assistance programs on the balance of payments, a luncheon for President of the Commission of the European Economic Community Walter Hallstein, the President receiving members of the senior seminar in foreign policy of the Foreign Service Institute, and the resignation of Philip H. Coombs as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. Also included in this folder is a copy of a speech given by Under Secretary of State George W. Ball titled, “Vietnam-Free World Challenge in Southeast Asia.”