Disarmament: Nuclear test ban negotiations, 30 July 1962 meeting

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Title
Disarmament: Nuclear test ban negotiations, 30 July 1962 meeting
Collection
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
Finding Aid | Digitized Content
Digital Identifier
JFKPOF-100-015
Date(s) of Materials
July 1962: 29-30
Folder Description
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's meetings with advisors to discuss international negotiations over the prohibition of test detonations of nuclear weapons. Materials in this folder include a list a attendees, an agenda from National Security Advisor and Special Assistant to the President McGeorge Bundy, and memoranda from William C. Foster, Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, summarizing the main issues of discussion. The folder also contains a table of estimated nuclear weapons capabilities for individual countries and speculative memoranda regarding how different types of nuclear test bans may affect the development of nuclear technology, the diffusion of nuclear weapons, the country's readiness for nuclear testing, and the balance of military powers between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Extent / Physical Description
44 digital pages
Series
Series 08. Subjects.
Preferred Citation
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files. Subjects. Disarmament: Nuclear test ban negotiations, 30 July 1962 meeting
Media Type
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