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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-015
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 136 (NSAM 136) titled, "U.S. Internal Security Programs," to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are reports on the status of the United States internal security programs regarding nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union, and national security.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-334-001
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 129 (NSAM 129) titled, "U.S. – U.S.S.R. Cooperation in the Exploration of Space," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are a preliminary summary report by Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); a record of meeting; and papers regarding bilateral discussions between the United States and Soviet Union for cooperation in space exploration, including in the areas of meteorological satellites, communications satellites, geomagnetic research, and space medicine.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-333-024
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 128 (NSAM 128) titled, “Responses to Soviet Action Regarding Air Corridors,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included is a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memorandum titled, “Comment on Soviet Action in the Berlin Air Corridors.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-005
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 219 (NSAM 219) regarding the collection of information on aspects of discussions and negotiations between France and the Soviet Union, to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-002
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 216 (NSAM 216) titled, “Study of Disclosure to Russians of U.S. Satellite Reconnaissance Capability," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included is a report in response to NSAM 216 titled, “Disclosure of U.S. Satellite Reconnaissance Capability.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-338-009
This file contains memoranda relating to National Security Action Memoranda number 181 (NSAM 181) regarding action to be taken in response to new activity in Cuba by the Soviet Union to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Director of Central Intelligence John McCone, and Military Representative to the President General Maxwell Taylor from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include United States reconnaissance operations in Cuba, protocol for U.S. flights over Cuba, and increased economic and military aid to Cuba by the Soviet Union. Of note is a draft of a proposed statement on Cuban policy for President John F. Kennedy containing annotations and edits by the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-338-008
This file contains drafts of National Security Action Memoranda number 181 (NSAM 181) regarding action to be taken in response to new activity in Cuba by the Soviet Union to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Director of Central Intelligence John McCone, and Military Representative to the President General Maxwell Taylor from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda discussing Soviet Union military shipments to Cuba; the military significance of missile installations in Cuba; and the probable military, political, and psychological impact of missiles in Cuba.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-338-003
This file contains a draft and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 176 (NSAM 176) titled, “Release of Public Information Concerning Soviet Nuclear Tests,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Anthony J. Celebrezze; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone; Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg; Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow; Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb; and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-337-012
This file contains a draft and a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 172 (NSAM 172) titled, “Bilateral Talks Concerning U.S.-USSR Cooperation in Outer Space Activities,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included is a memorandum to President John F. Kennedy from Under Secretary of State George Ball as discussed in NSAM 172.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-337-008
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 168 (NSAM 168) titled, “Comparison of U.S. and USSR Atomic Energy,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. This file contains material that is closed due to security restrictions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-337-006
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 167 (NSAM 167) titled, "Harassment of Autobahn Convoys," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-331-023
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 93 (NSAM 93) titled, “Berlin Build-Up,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included in this folder is a memorandum to President Kennedy from Secretary McNamara titled, “Status of Berlin Build-up and Planning.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-330-011
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 61 (NSAM 61) titled, “An Effective Countertheme to ‘Peaceful Coexistence’,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included in this folder are memoranda by Secretary Rusk, Director Murrow, and Special Assistant to the President Arthur Schlesinger, discussing the Soviet Union propaganda phrase “peaceful coexistence,” and offering proposed alternatives.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-329-022
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 47 (NSAM 47) titled, “Soviet Assistance to Cuba,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Allen Dulles from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-342-009
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 265 (NSAM 265) titled, “Treatment of Soviet Bloc Fishing Vessels,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-016
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 255 (NSAM 255) titled, “Instructions Governing Use of the Direct Communications Link Between Washington and Moscow,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda regarding NSAM 255 and a report by the Defense Communications Agency titled, “System Plan for the United States/Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] Emergency Communications Link.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-014
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 254 (NSAM 254) requesting a review of the technical possibilities for clandestine violations of the test ban agreement for atmospheric, underwater, and outer space tests, to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda and reports related to NSAM 254.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-010
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 250 (NSAM 250) titled, “Contingency Plan for Dealing with Possible Low-Yield Soviet Atmospheric Tests,” to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-011
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 109 (NSAM 109) titled, “U.S. Policy on Military Actions in a Berlin Conflict,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-302-007
This folder contains correspondence between McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy on National Security Affairs, and David Ormsby-Gore (Lord Harlech), British Ambassador to the United States, regarding a joint statement by Great Britain and the United States on discussions for a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union. Of note is correspondence between President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.