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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JSE-01
Everton discusses the 1962 coup d’état, Burmese and Chinese foreign policy issues, and Burmese nationalization, among other issues.
Sound recording
United States Information Agency Audio Recordings Collection
USIAAU-011
Sound recording of Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow delivering an address at Bucknell University to inaugurate the Anna Putterman memorial lectures. He discusses Bucknell University's educational ties to Burma and Burma's recent decision to curtail funding for educational exchange programs with the United States. He also calls for a greater focus from American universities on international studies and the education of foreign students. An unidentified speaker thanks Director Murrow. Accession MR-1972-096-011.
Textual folder
R. Sargent Shriver Personal Papers
RSSPP-028-010
Textual folder
James C. Thomson Personal Papers
JCTPP-008-011
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-319-002
This folder contains memoranda regarding the Special Group for Counter-Insurgency (CI). Topics include a review of the group’s activities for 1962, current progress, and future; counterinsurgency threats in Nicaragua and Bolivia; an action plan for Burma; and a paper on United States overseas internal defense policy.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-112a-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Burma. Materials concern the Kuomintang (KMT) in Burma, United States Air Force military assistance to Burma, and a meeting between President Kennedy and U.S. Ambassador to Burma Henry A. Byroade. Of note are two letters to the President from Burmese Prime Minister U Nu regarding the KMT and the U.S. in Vietnam. Also included in this folder is a telegram to the President from Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Averell Harriman summarizing a meeting with Prime Minister of Burma Ne Win.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
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.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-338-014
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 186 (NSAM 186) titled, "Countries under the Cognizance of the Special Group (CI)," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Administrator for the Agency for International Development (AID) Fowler Hamilton, and Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
Photograph
R. Sargent Shriver Personal Papers
RSSPP-028-010-p0013
Photograph of Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps, in Manila, Philippines as part of an eight nation tour. Caption on verso of photo reads: "United States Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver chats with Ma Khin Khin Hla whome [sic] he met in Washington when she represented Burma at the New York Herald Tribune Youth Forum. In the center is U Soe Tin, Executive Secretary of the Burmese Foreign Office. Burma, June, '61 [sic], USIS Photo, Rangoon."
Photograph
R. Sargent Shriver Personal Papers
RSSPP-028-010-p0011
Photograph of Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps, in Rangoon, Burma as part of an eight nation tour. Caption on verso of photo reads: "Burmese Prime Minister U Nu greets Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver, USIS photo, Rangoon, Burma, May '61."
Photograph
R. Sargent Shriver Personal Papers
RSSPP-028-010-p0009
Photograph of Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps, in Rangoon, Burma as part of an eight nation tour. Caption on verso of photo reads: "Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver [center] joins his host, Dr. E. Maung, Burmese Acting Foreign Minister [right], and his wife [left], at dinner on May 9." A stamp on the verso reads, "USIS PHOTO, RANGOON, BURMA."