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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-405-009
This folder contains memoranda to President John F. Kennedy on various topics including the United Nations General Assembly meeting and negotiations with the Soviet Union on Berlin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-011
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 109 (NSAM 109) titled, “U.S. Policy on Military Actions in a Berlin Conflict,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-276-011
This folder contains messages from the Staff Communications Office of the United States Department of the Army, primarily for the LIVE OAK group, regarding harassment of U.S. military convoys by Soviet Union troops on the Autobahn, schedules and activity of Soviet flights in the Berlin air corridors, and an incident involving Soviet troops firing on a U.S. military convoy vehicle and the Soviet response. Also included in this folder are memoranda concerning the time required to move United States battle groups or battalions by land to Berlin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-272-005
This file contains Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memoranda regarding the Soviet Union. Topics include global reactions to Soviet military buildup in Cuba; submarine technology; Soviet policy in Berlin, Germany; relations with Albania; and attitudes of Soviet military officers towards the United States-NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) strategic deterrent forces.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-116-001
Sound recording of three meetings. First is a meeting held on October 11, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, President Kennedy’s Berlin Representative General Lucius Clay, Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, Military Aide to the President General Chester Clifton, Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze, Special Military Assistant to the President General Maxwell Taylor, National Security Council (NSC) Assistant for Europe and Canada David Klein, and Executive Secretary of the NSC Bromley Smith. President Kennedy and his staff review in detail recent issues that Allied troops have faced regarding convoy holdups by the Soviet Union in Berlin, Germany. They discuss changes to the dismount instructions for Berlin convoys and also discuss having talks with Allies concerning these changes. One segment of this recording totaling 29 seconds has been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 13526.Second is an October 16, 1963, meeting on the Dominican Republic. This meeting is closed in full under NLK-10-154a and NLK-01-393-6-4-7: one segment of the recording totaling 38 minutes and 48 seconds has been removed.
Third is a meeting on Berlin, Germany, held on October 21, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Ambassador-at-Large Llewellyn Thompson, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs William Tyler, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Richard Davis; John Ausland from the Department of State; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze, Special Military Assistant to the President General Maxwell Taylor, President Kennedy’s Berlin Representative General Lucius Clay, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, and the following meeting participants listed in the President's schedule: Mr. Janney, Mr. Whitman, Colonel William Smith, and Mr. Diklein. This meeting is similar to a meeting that was held on October 11, 1963. They review recent problems with the Soviets on convoy procedures. They debate further the sorts of discussions that need to be held with officials of the Soviet Union concerning these ongoing problems. One segment of the recording totaling 26 seconds has been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 13526.
This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 116/A52, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 116/A52 in its entirety.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (USSR), Andrei Gromyko. Seated (L-R): Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, Vladimir S. Semenov; Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin; Minister Gromyko; President Kennedy (in rocking chair). Also pictured: US State Department interpreter, Alexander Akalovsky (standing second from right, in shadow); United Press International (UPI) photographer, Frank Cancellare (standing second from left in background); White House Secret Service agent, Frank Yeager (standing in back, hands folded). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (USSR), Andrei Gromyko. Seated (L-R): Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, Vladimir S. Semenov; Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin; Minister Gromyko; President Kennedy (in rocking chair). United Press International (UPI) photographer, Frank Cancellare, stands at far left in background; others are unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (USSR), Andrei Gromyko. Seated (L-R): Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, Vladimir S. Semenov; Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin; Minister Gromyko; President Kennedy (in rocking chair). Also pictured: US State Department interpreter, Alexander Akalovsky (standing third from right, in shadow); United Press International (UPI) photographer, Frank Cancellare (at far left in background); White House Secret Service agent, Frank Yeager (behind photographers). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (USSR), Andrei Gromyko. Seated (L-R): Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, Vladimir S. Semenov; Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin; Minister Gromyko; President Kennedy (in rocking chair). United Press International (UPI) photographer, Frank Cancellare, stands at far left in background; others are unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation on the Berlin Crisis. The President spoke from the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (right, standing at microphones) delivers remarks at Free University of Berlin in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Those seated on stage at left include: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Speaker of the Berlin House of Representatives, Otto Bach; Free University Rector, Ernst Heinitz; French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner. [Scratches at bottom of image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (far left) observes as Speaker of the Berlin House of Representatives, Otto Bach, delivers remarks from the steps of West Berlin’s city hall, Rathaus Schöneberg, before a crowd gathered at Rudolph Wilde Platz. West Germany (Federal Republic).
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Crowds gather at Rudolph Wilde Platz in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic), to hear President John F. Kennedy deliver remarks from the steps of West Berlin’s city hall, Rathaus Schöneberg.
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-26-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) listens as Speaker of the Berlin House of Representatives, Otto Bach, delivers remarks from the steps of West Berlin’s city hall, Rathaus Schöneberg, before a crowd gathered at Rudolph Wilde Platz. Interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber, and Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton, stand right of the President. West Germany (Federal Republic).
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President John F. Kennedy (right foreground) views the crowd gathered at Rudolph Wilde Platz in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic), to hear him deliver remarks. President Kennedy delivered his speech from the steps of West Berlin’s city hall, Rathaus Schöneberg.
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-38-63
President John F. Kennedy views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Vertical blemish near center of image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-23-63
President John F. Kennedy views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing with the President: Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk.
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left foreground, back to camera) visits the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Jay W. Gildner, of the United States Information Agency (USIA); White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Roy Kellerman.
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) visits Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Sam Sulliman, Paul A. Burns, Jerry Blaine, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Floyd Boring, and Roy Kellerman.
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-30-63
President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden) views the Brandenburg Gate (hung with red banners) in East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Reporters and photographers observe from below platform at right. Yellow sign in background reads, “In the agreements of Yalta and Potsdam U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Truman undertook: to uproot German militarism and Nazism; to arrest war criminals and bring them to judgment; to prevent rebirth of German militarism; to ban all militarist and Nazi propaganda; to ensure that Germany never again menaces her neighbours or world peace. These pledges have been fulfilled in the Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, President Kennedy?”
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-29-63
President John F. Kennedy views the Brandenburg Gate (hung with red banners) in East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Jerry Blaine.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18606
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers remarks upon his return from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Vice President Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay; and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Charles Bohlen.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; and President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18604
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; and President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18603
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson meet to deliver remarks upon the Vice President’s return from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay; and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Charles Bohlen.