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Meeting with Vice President Johnson on his return from West Berlin

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President Kennedy returns to the White House from Hyannis Port.

Vice President Johnson reports to the President on his trip to West Berlin.

President Kennedy directs the Secretary of Defense to report on what military build-up of conventional forces that NATO countries will provide in the Berlin crisis. He also orders a review of contingency planning in case of a Soviet blockade of the city.

President Kennedy signs into law a bill (HR23) to authorize the construction of the Arbuckle Reclamation Project in south-central Oklahoma. (PL87-594).

 
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