Government official. Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1961-1966). McGeorge Bundy was considered one of the "best and brightest" of President Kennedy's circle of advisors and cabinet members, best known for his role as policy maker during the Vietnam conflict. Following President Kennedy's assassination, Bundy stayed on as President Johnson's national security adviser until 1966, when he resigned to become president of the Ford Foundation.
White House Staff Files (1961-1963) consist of correspondence with the Department of State concerning visas and immigration cases.
Personal Papers (1961-1987) consist of letters, memos, research notes and drafts, writings, publications, photographs, and ephemera. Includes information regarding social and professional organizations and 20th -century personalities, academic figures and government officials. Topics include World War II, Harvard University, the John F. Kennedy Library, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, civil rights, United States foreign policy, and atomic weapons development and control.
Also see National Security Files, a subfile of the Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy constituting the working files of McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. It is the primary foreign policy file of the Kennedy White House.