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(#3) POF: Series 9. Countries

Administrative Information
Historical Note
Collection Overview


List of Series
Series 1. General Correspondence
Series 2. Special Correspondence
Series 3. Speech Files
Series 4. Legislative Files
Series 5. Press Conferences
Series 6. Staff Memoranda
Series 7. Departments and Agencies
Series 8. Subjects
Series 9. Countries
Series 10. Personal Secretary's Files
Series 11. Special Events through the Years
Series 12. White House Signal Agency
Series 13. Presidential Recordings (White House Meetings and Telephone Recordings file)
ADDITIONS
Addition of June 2005

Collection Description

Series 9. Countries.
Boxes 111-128

Eighteen boxes [7.5 linear shelf feet] of the Countries series were opened to research in January 1974. At that time twenty-one and one-half boxes [9.0 linear shelf feet] were closed because of national security classification. In addition, eight and one-half boxes [3.5 linear shelf feet] of valuable original documents were withdrawn for preservation and were replaced in the files by electrostatic copies.

The Countries series contains many State Department cables, reports and memoranda, and similar documents from the White House staff and from other agencies concerning U.S. relations with foreign countries. There is a great deal of material on the more formal aspects of these relations, including letters of credence and recall of ambassadors, arrangements by the Office of Protocol for visits of state, and briefing materials for President Kennedy's visits with foreign dignitaries in Washington and abroad. The Countries series is not a complete record of U.S. foreign policy for the Kennedy Administration, nor is it even a complete record of the President's participation in the formulation and execution of that policy, although many of the documents in this series do record some of the highlights. Until the National Security Files can be declassified and made available it is probably the richest source of documents of the time relating to foreign policy available to scholars.

The Countries series is arranged alphabetically by the name of each country and within each country subseries the arrangement is usually chronological. In some cases an original distinction between "Security" folders (containing classified material) and the rest of the subseries has been maintained. In some cases the material has been further divided into topical sub-subseries such as material relating to the Vienna meeting between Kennedy and Khrushchev. At the end of the Countries series is a small subseries of briefing material prepared for President Kennedy in the spring of 1963, detailing the background and giving performance estimates of foreign ambassadors accredited to Washington. (A parallel book on U.S. representatives abroad is found in the State subseries of the Departments and Agencies series.) Some filing oddities such as "Antarctica," "Puerto Rico," and "Ismali Moslem Sect" have been retained to show the flavor of the original, although "Scotland" has been merged into the "United Kingdom" subseries. Researchers should also refer to the CO series of the White House Central Subject Files and, as they become declassified and opened, the National Security Files. Oral History interviews with U.S. ambassadors and with foreign dignitaries are another rich source available in the Kennedy Library.

48 Boxes. [20.0 Linear Shelf Feet]
  

Box 111   Afghanistan
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Ambassador Abdul Majid, 1961
Zahir Visit, 9/63 (2 folders)
Africa
General, 7/18/63
Algeria
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Newspapers, 7/63
American Samoa
General, 9/7/62
Antarctica
General, 6/61
Argentina
General
1961
1962
1963
Security, 1961-1963
PSAC Report on Foot and Mouth Disease, 1/31/62
Asia
General, 7/61-3/62
Australia
General
1961
1962
1963
Security, 1961-1963
Menzies Visit, 6/62
Austria
General
1961
1962-1963
Belgium
General
1961
1962
1963
Security
1961-1963
Briefing Book, Spaak Visit, 11/61
Bermuda
General, 12/61
Box 112   Bolivia
General
1961
1962-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Paz Visit 10/63 (3 folders)
Security, Report on Economic Policy, 3/24/61
Brazil
General
1/61-6/61
7/61-9/61
10/61-12/61
1/62-6/62
7/62-12/62
1/63-4/63
5/63-11/63
Security
1961
1962
1963
Box 112a   Hickman Price Report, 11/16/60
Security, Briefing Book, Goulart Visit, 4/62 (3 folders)
British Guiana
Security, 1961-1963
Bulgaria
General, 1961-1963
Burma
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Burundi
General, 6/62-9/62
Cambodia
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1962
Cameroon
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1961-1962
Ahidjo Visit, 3/62
Box 113   Canada
General
1961
1962
1963
Security
1961
1962
1963
JFK Trip to Ottawa, 5/61
Security, JFK Trip to Ottawa., 5/61 (6 folders)
Box 113a State Department History of Letters of Credence, 6/62
Pearson Visit, 5/63
Central African Republic
General, 3/62
Ceylon
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Ambassador Gopallawa, 4/63
Chad
General, 1961-1962
Security, 1961
Chile
General
1961
1962
1963
Security, 1961-1962
Alessandri Visit, 12/62
China
General
1/61-4/61
5/61-12/61
1962
1963
Security
1961
1962-1963
Information Brochures, 1954-1963
Box 114   Colombia
General
1961
1962-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Communist China
General, 1961
Security, 1961
Congo
General
1959-1960
1/61-6/61
7/61-12/62
1962
1963
Harriman Report, 1960 (closed folder)
Security
1961
1962
1963
Analytical Chronology, 1/25/61
Youlou Visit, 6/61
Box 114a   Costa Rica
General
1961
1962
1963
Security, 1961-1963
Ambassador Facio, 5/62
Crete
General, 2/63
Cuba
General
1/61-3/61
4/1/61-4/21/61
4/22/61-4/30/61
5/1/61-5/15/61
5/16/61-5/31/61
6/61-12/61
1/1/62-10/22/62
10/23/62
10/24/62-12/31/62
Box 115   1/63-3/63
4/63-11/63
Security
1961
1962
1963
Post-Graduate Medical Education, University of Miami, 12/60
WDP Biographies, 1961
Draper Article, 3/61
Conference Notes and Doodles, 10/62-12/62
Security, Missile Crisis
Khrushchev Correspondence, 10/23/62-12/19/62
Planning Sub-Committee, 10/24/62-10/28/62
Box 115a   Cyprus
General, 2/61-6/62
Czechoslovakia
General, 2/62-11/63
Dahomey
General, 3/61-10/63
Denmark
General, 12/61-11/62
Security, 1/61-11/62
Dominican Republic
General
1961
1962-1963
Security, 2/61-9/63
Martin Report, (n.d.)
Ecuador
General
1961
1962
1963
Security, 1961-1963
Arosemena Visit, 7/62
Egypt (See United Arab Republic)
Box 116   El Salvador
General, 1/61-5/63
Ethiopia
General
1961
1962
1963
Security, 1961-1963
European Economic Community
1962-1963
Finland
General, 1961-1963
Security, 4/61-2/62
France
General
1961
1/62-5/62
6/62-12/62
1/63
2/63
3/63-11/63
Box 116a   Security
1961 (4 folders)
1962
1963
JFK Visit to de Gaulle, 5/61-6/61 (6 folders)
de Gaulle Press Conference, 1/14/63
"The U.S. and de Gaulle," 1/30/63
Gabon
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1962
Germany
General
1/61-3/61
4/61-5/61
6/61
7/61
8/61-10/61
11/61-12/61
1/62-4/62
5/62-8/62
Box 117   9/62-12/62
1/63-6/63
7/63-8/63
9/63-11/63
Security
1/61-6/61
7/61
8/61-12/61
1/62-9/62
Box 117a   10/62-12/62
1/63-3/63
4/63-11/63
Berlin, 1961
Berlin Crisis Polls, 7/61
Adenauer Visit, 11/62
JFK visit, 6/63
Security, Adenauer Meeting, General, 4/61 (4 folders)
Security, Briefing Book, Adenauer Meeting, 4/61 (6 folders)
Security, Interdepartmental Coordinating Group Papers, 7/61
Box 117b Ghana
General
1961
1962-1963
Security
1/61
2/1/61-2/18/61
2/19/61-2/28/61
3/1/61-10/12/61
10/13/61-7/11/62
7/12/62-11/22/62
CIA Briefing Material, 2/61
Nkrumah Visit, 3/61
State Department Briefing on Nkrumah, 3/61
Greece
General, 1961-1963
Box 118   Security
1/61-4/61
5/61-11/63
Guatemala
General
1961
1962
1963
Security, 1961-1963
Guinea
General
1961
1962
1963
Security, 1961-1963
Haiti
General, 1961-1963
Security
1961-1963
Duvalier Letters of 7/61
Honduras
General, 1961-1962
Hungary
General, 1961
Iceland
General, 1961-1963
Box 118a   India
General
11/60-5/61
6/61-12/61
1/62-3/62
4/62-12/62
1/63-4/63
5/63-11/63
Security
1961
1962
1963
Nehru Visit, 11/61
Security, Briefing Book Nehru Visit, 11/61
Bombay Opinion Poll, 9/63
Box 119   Indonesia
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Sukarno Visit, 4/61
Security, Sukarno visit, 4/61
Credentials of Ambassador Zairin Zain, 4/61
Sukarno-Keita Visit, 9/61
Peace Corps Training, 2/63-5/63
Iran
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Shah Visit, 4/62
Iraq
General, 1961-1963
Box 119a   Ireland
General
1961-1962
1/63-8/63
9/63-2/64
Ismali Moslem Sect
General, 3/13/61
Israel
General, 1961-1963
Security
1961-1963
David Ben-Gurion, 1/61-5/61
Briefing Book, Ben-Gurion visit, 5/61
Arms Control, 1963
Italy
General
1961
1962
1/63-5/63
6/63-11//63
Security
1961-1962
1963
Briefing Book, Fanfani Visit, 6/61 (2 folders)
Ivory Coast
General, 1961-1963
Houphouet-Boigny Visit, 5/62
Jamaica
General, 1961-1963
Box 120   Security, 1961-1963
Japan
General
1961
1962
1963
Security
1960-1963
Briefing Book, Ikeda Visit, 6/61 (4 folders)
Jordan
General, 1961-1962
Security, 1961-1963
Kenya
General, 11/61-1/62
Korea
General
1961
1962-1963
Box 121   Security
1961-1963
Briefing Book, Park Visit, 11/61
Kuwait
General, 1961-1962
Laos
General
1/61-3/61
4/61-12/61
1962
1963
Security
1/61-2/61
3/1/61-3/10/61
3/11/61-3/20/61
3/21/61-3/31/61
4/1/61-4/20/61
4/21/61-4/30/61
5/61-6/61
7/61-12/61
1/1/62-4/15/62
4/16/62-5/10/62
5/11/62-5/31/62
6/1/62-6/9/62
6/10/62-7/31/62
8/62
9/62-12/62
1/63-5/63
6/63-11/63
State Department Memo on Courses of Action, 4/30/61
Alternative Papers I and II, 5/2/61 (2 folders)
Telegrams, 5/29/62-6/9/62
Laos Planning Material, 6/18/63
Box 121a   Latin America
General
1960-1961
1962-1963
Security, 1960-1963
Lebanon
General, 1961-1962
Liberia
General, 1961
Security
1961-1963
Briefing Book, Tubman Visit, 10/61
Libya
General, 1961-1963
Luxembourg
General, 1961-1963
Box 121b   Malagasy Republic
General, 1961-1963
Malaya/Malaysia
General, 1961-1963
Mali
General, 1961-1963
Malta
General, 1963
Mauritania
General, 1961 and 1963
Mexico
General
1/61-5/62
Box 122   6/62-7/62
8/62-12/62
1963
Security, 1961-1963
Isthmian Canals, Oil and Gas, 6/62
JFK Trip to Mexico City, 6/62-7/62
Security, 1961-1963
Monaco
General, 1961-1963
Morocco
General
1961-1962
1963 (2 folders)
Security, 1960-1963
Nepal
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Box 122a   Netherlands
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1961-1963
JFK-Luns Meeting, 4/61
New Zealand
General, 1961-1963
Nicaragua
General, 1961-1963
Niger
General, 1961-1963
Nigeria
General, 1961-1962
Security, Briefing Book, Balewa Visit, 9/61
Norway
General, 1961-1963
Outer Mongolia
General, 1961
Box 123   Pakistan
General
1961
1962
1963
Security
1961
1962
1963
Salinity and Waterlogging, 1961
Mrs. Kennedy's Trip, 3/62
Security, Briefing Book, Ayub Visit, 7/61
Box 123a   Panama
General
1961
1962-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Paraguay
General, 1961-1963
Peru
General
1961
1962-1963
Security
1961-1963
Briefing Book, Prado Visit, 9/61
Philippines
General
1961
1962
1963
Security, 1962-1963
Box 123b   Poland
General, 1961-1963
Portugal
General, 1961 and 1963
Security, 1961-1963
Puerto Rico
General, 1961-1963
Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of
General, 1961-1963
Rumania
General, 1961 and 1963
Rwanda
General, 1962-1963
Ryukyu Islands
General, 1961-1962
Task Force Report, 11/61-1/62 (4 folders)
San Marino
General, 1961
Saudi Arabia
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Senegal
General
1961
1962-1963
Box 124   African Summer Study Report I-II, 6/61-7/61
African Summer Study Report III-IV, 6/61-7/61
African Summer Study Report V-VII, 6/61-7/61
Security, Briefing Book, Senghor Visit, 11/61
Sierra Leone
General, 1961-1962
Somali Republic
General, 1962-1963
South Africa, Republic of
General, 1961
Southeast Asia
General, 1961-1962
Spain
General, 1961-1963
Sudan
General, 1961-1962
Sweden
General, 1961 and 1963
Security, 1959-1962
Box 124a   Switzerland
General, 1962-1963
Syria
General, 1961-1963
Tanganyika
General, 1961-1964
Thailand
General, 1961-1963
Security, 1961-1962
Togo, Republic of
General, 1961-1962
Trinidad and Tobago
General, 1962
Trust Territory
General, 1963
Box 125   Tunisia
General
1/59-4/61
5/61-11/63
Security
1961-1963
Briefing Book, Bourguiba Visit, 5/61 (2 folders)
Turkey
General, 1961-1963
Howard International Inc. Claim vs. Ziraat Bank, 1959-1962
Uganda
General, 1961-1963
USSR
General
1957 and 1959
1959-1960
1960
1/61-2/61
Box 125a   3/61-7/61
8/61
9/61-12/61
1/62-6/62
7/62-12/62
1963
Security
1/61-5/61
6/61-8/61
9/61-12/61
1962
1/63-5/63
6/63-11/63
Box 126   Vienna Meeting
Background Documents, 1953-1961
General (A)
Nixon (B)
Reading Material (C)
Previous Khrushchev Conversations (D)
Mansfield Interview (E)
Briefing Book (F)
Briefing Material, General (G-1)
Briefing Material, Position Papers (G-2)
Briefing Material, Background Papers (G-3)
Briefing Material, Reference Papers (G-4)
Talking Papers (H)
Memos of conversations, 6/61 (I) and (J)
Adzhubei Meetings, 1960-1962
Adzhubei Interview, 1961
Box 126a   Khrushchev Reports, 1961 (3 folders)
Kennedy - Khrushchev Letters, 1961
Kennedy - Khrushchev Letters, 1962
Kennedy - Khrushchev Letters, 1963
Wheat Negotiations, 1963
"Time" Newsmagazine, "The Soviet Economic Offensive," 11/61
"Life" Pamphlet, "Communism: The Nature of Your Enemy," 3/62
Box 127   United Arab Republic
General, 1961-1962
Security
1961
1962
1963
United Kingdom
General
1/61-5/61
6/61-12/61
1/62-6/62
7/62-12/62
1/63-6/63
7/63-11/63
Box 127a   Security
12/19/60-3/20/61
3/27/61-4/30/61
5/61-9/61
10/61-12/61
1/5/62-3/10/62
3/11/62-6/30/62
7/62-9/62
10/62-12/62
1/63-4/63
5/63-6/63
7/63-11/63
Transcripts of Kennedy - Macmillan Phone Calls, 1963
Security Briefing Book, Macmillan visit, 4/61
Security, Nassau Meeting, 1962-1963 (2 folders)
Box 128   United Nations
General, 1961 and 1963
Security, 1962-1963
Upper Volta
General, 1961-1962
Uruguay
General, 1961-1963
Vatican
General, 1961-1963
Venezuela
General
1961-1962
1963
Security, 1961-1963
Vietnam
General
1960-1961
1962
Box 128a   1963
Security
1961
1962
1963
West Indies
General, 1961
Western Samoa
General, 1961-1962
Yemen
General, 1962-1963
Security, 1961 and 1963
Yugoslavia
General, 1962-1963
Security, 1961-1963
Chiefs of Mission in Washington, D.C., 3/63
Afghanistan - Brazil
Bulgaria - China
Colombia - El Salvador
Estonia - Guinea
Haiti - Israel
Italy - Lebanon
Liberia - Mexico
Morocco - Paraguay
Peru - Sierra Leone
Somalia - Togo
Trinidad and Tobago - Yugoslavia
Miscellaneous Wire Service Extracts
1961
Miscellaneous Wire Service Reports
12/3/61-12/4/61

 

 
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POF,The Presidential Papers (1961-1963) of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (1961-1963). President's Office Files is a subcollection of the Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy consisting of the working files of President Kennedy as maintained by his personal secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln, in the Oval Office of the White House. Series include: general correspondence, special correspondence, speech files, legislative files, press conferences, staff memorandums, departments and agencies, subjects, countries, personal secretary's files, special events through the years, White House Signal Agency, and Presidential recordings. 81 feet, 28 rolls of microfilm, 127 audiotapes, 73 dictabelts.,