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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-355-001
This folder contains the President’s Intelligence Checklists (PICLs) prepared for President John F. Kennedy and other senior officials by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide analysis on developing national security and international relations issues. The checklists in this folder cover multiple subjects and countries, including China; India; Pakistan; Laos; Congo; Berlin, Germany; West New Guinea; Indonesia; and Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-354-004
This folder contains the President’s Intelligence Checklists (PICLs) prepared for President John F. Kennedy and other senior officials by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide analysis on developing national security and international relations issues. The checklists in this folder cover multiple subjects and countries, including Syria; Algeria; Congo; the Soviet Union; Guatemala; and nuclear weapons.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-354-003
This folder contains the President’s Intelligence Checklists (PICLs) prepared for President John F. Kennedy and other senior officials by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide analysis on developing national security and international relations issues. The checklists in this folder cover multiple subjects and countries, including Syria; Berlin, Germany; Argentina; Laos; Vietnam; and nuclear weapons.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-354-002
This folder contains the President’s Intelligence Checklists (PICLs) prepared for President John F. Kennedy and other senior officials by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide analysis on developing national security and international relations issues. The checklists in this folder cover multiple subjects and countries, including Laos; Congo; Vietnam; Brazil; the Soviet Union; Argentina; and Syria.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-354-001
This folder contains the President’s Intelligence Checklists (PICLs) prepared for President John F. Kennedy and other senior officials by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide analysis on developing national security and international relations issues. The checklists in this folder cover multiple subjects and countries, including Congo; Berlin, Germany; Laos; Vietnam; Pakistan; Algeria; the Soviet Union, and nuclear weapons testing.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-353-005
This folder contains the President’s Intelligence Checklists (PICLs) prepared for President John F. Kennedy and other senior officials by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide analysis on developing national security and international relations issues. The checklists in this folder cover multiple subjects and countries, including Laos; Congo; Berlin, Germany; Latin America; and the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-353-004
This folder contains the President’s Intelligence Checklists (PICLs) prepared for President John F. Kennedy and other senior officials by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide analysis on developing national security and international relations issues. The checklists in this folder cover multiple subjects and countries, including Laos; Thailand; Congo; Argentina; Berlin, Germany; the Punta del Este conference; and the Soviet Union's relations with multiple nations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-353-003
This folder contains the President’s Intelligence Checklists (PICLs) prepared for President John F. Kennedy and other senior officials by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide analysis on developing national security and international relations issues. The checklists in this folder cover multiple subjects and countries, including West New Guinea; Laos; India; Indonesia; the Punta del Este conference; and the Soviet Union's relations with multiple nations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-353-002
This folder contains the President’s Intelligence Checklists (PICLs) prepared for President John F. Kennedy and other senior officials by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide analysis on developing national security and international relations issues. The checklists in this folder cover multiple subjects and countries, including Laos; Vietnam; Berlin, Germany; Congo; Portugal; and nuclear weapons.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-353-001
This folder contains the President’s Intelligence Checklists (PICLs) prepared for President John F. Kennedy and other senior officials by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide analysis on developing national security and international relations issues. The checklists in this folder cover multiple subjects and countries, including Goa, India; Vietnam; Laos; and Congo.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-319-007
This folder contains memoranda and a paper by Brigadier General Edward Lansdale titled, “The Cuba Project,” (also known as Operation Mongoose), a covert operation headed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) aimed at overthrowing Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro and the communist government. Also included in this folder are handwritten notes by 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-326-011
This folder contains a paper titled, “Limited War: Part I,” discussing the character of limited war; responsibilities of the United States government; the communist threat; military trends; and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) missions in limited war including intelligence, covert operations, and propaganda.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-334-014
This file contains memoranda and papers regarding continuing education and training in the areas of national security and foreign affairs, counter-insurgency training objectives, and the implementation of National Security Action Memoranda number 131 (NSAM 131) titled, “Training Objectives for Counter-Insurgency.” Also included is a copy of NSAM 131 to Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Director of Central Intelligence John McCone; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID); and Edward R. Murrow, Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA), 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-333-016
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 124 (NSAM 124) titled, “Establishment of the Special Group (Counter-Insurgency),” from President John F. Kennedy to Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Director of Central Intelligence John McCone; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID); Edward R. Murrow, Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA); and General Maxwell Taylor, Military Representative to the President.
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-216-004
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-216-003
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-216-002
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-216-001
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-215-003
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-214-023
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-214-018
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-214-011
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-218-002
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-217-006
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-109-012
This folder contains a summary of international news media reaction to the release of Soviet Colonel Rudolph Abel and Americans Francis Gary Powers and Frederic L. Pryor from custody as a result of the 1960 U-2 incident, during which an American U-2 Central Intelligence Agency aircraft was shot down over the Soviet Union, prompting a deterioration in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.