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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-171-006
This file contains material concerning Great Britain, including a memorandum to President John F. Kennedy from Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President, titled, “The British Political Situation;” correspondence between British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Prime Minister of the Maldives Ibrahim Nasir; a press release by the British Labour Party on disarmament; and a report by Sir Pierson Dixon, British Ambassador in Paris, on Charles de Gaulle and British entry into the European Economic Community (EEC).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-035-017
This folder contains memoranda regarding Cuba including the United States-backed invasion near the Bay of Pigs, Cuba’s standing with the OAS (Organization of American States), U.S. policy towards Cuba, and the administration of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro and plans for his removal from office. Also included in this folder is a memorandum to the President from Special Assistant Arthur M. Schlesinger titled, “Cuba: Political, Diplomatic and Economic Problems,” discussing operational planning for the Bay of Pigs invasion and relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-327-009
This folder contains multiple drafts of President John F. Kennedy's State of the Union address to Congress by speechwriter and Special Counsel to the President Ted Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President Arthur Schlesinger, and the Department of State. Also included in this folder are memoranda to Sorensen from Schlesinger and others commenting on Sorensen’s draft.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-327-006
This folder contains an article for Look magazine by United States Ambassador to Guinea William Attwood on the foreign policy of President John F. Kennedy’s administration; and a copy of a lecture titled, “Public Opinion in the United States and Foreign Policy,” given by Arthur Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President, at the International Seminar for Diplomats held in Salzburg, Austria.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-327-005
This folder contains correspondence and memoranda to and from Arthur Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include a trip to the United States by George Brown, Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in Great Britain; invitations to Schlesinger for participation in various international conferences and seminars; and various foreign affairs issues. Also included in this folder are a draft of an article on communism, and a copy of a speech by Schlesinger on communism and the Cold War.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-327-003
This folder contains memoranda to and from Arthur Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President, on various issues including Berlin, renegotiation of United States military bases in Spain and Portugal, an announcement of plans for a future presidential library for President John F. Kennedy, and the reassignment of Chester Bowles from Undersecretary of State. Also included in this folder is a copy of a speech given by Schlesinger before the Indian Council of World Affairs in New Delhi, India titled, “Ideology vs. Democracy.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-327-002
This folder contains memoranda to and from Arthur Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President, on various foreign affairs issues. Also included in this folder are articles regarding former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Morgenthau Plan to control Germany after World War II; and a letter to Schlesinger from journalist and author Theodore H. White discussing White’s trip to Asia with comments on Communist China, Vietnam, and the U.S. Department of State.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-327-001
This folder contains memoranda to and from Arthur Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President, on various topics including an amendment to Executive Orders 10501 and 10816 for the automatic declassification of documents, the appointment of Rajeshwar Dayal as the United Nations (UN) Special Representative to Congo and its effect on United States and India relations, and a proposal to counteract the Soviet Union propaganda phrase of “peaceful coexistence.” Also included in this folder is a memorandum from Schlesinger to President John F. Kennedy titled, “How to Organize an Intelligence Service: Implications of the British Example.”
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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.