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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-27A
Dictation Belt 27A contains six sound recordings. Item 27A.1 is a telephone conversation held on October 10, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. They discuss a situation involving access at Berlin and related talks with Soviet officials. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 27A.2 is a telephone conversation held on October 10, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. They talk about the hospitalization of newspaperman Ed Lahey and plan a future discussion. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 27A.3 is a telephone conversation held on October 10, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. They discuss the Soviets permitting convoys to move at Berlin. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 27A.3A is a brief fragment of a telephone conversation held in October 1963. An unidentified man (possibly Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara) says he will report back when he hears more information. The recording begins in mid-sentence. Item 27A.4 is a brief telephone exchange in October 1963 between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Secretary Rusk reports on Soviet officials and issues involving the Berlin access situation. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 27A.5 is a telephone conversation held in October 1963 between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Gerald G. Wagner. Lincoln reports that she has not relayed Wagner’s letter. [White House Operator?] announces the call. Machine noise follows the conversation.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-035-010
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks at a Press Club luncheon (News Conference 12) held at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. In his address the President acknowledges three major changes in the world since World War II: economic growth and reconstruction in Europe, increasing concerns about nuclear warfare, and new global threats to human liberty and economic growth. The President's speech is followed by a press question and answer session on various topics, including the President's scheduled meeting with Premier Nikita Khrushchev, mutual security between Europe and the United States, and the strengths of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations. Materials in this folder include a draft with handwritten notations by the President and a press copy of the speech and press conference.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-109-012
This folder contains a summary of international news media reaction to the release of Soviet Colonel Rudolph Abel and Americans Francis Gary Powers and Frederic L. Pryor from custody as a result of the 1960 U-2 incident, during which an American U-2 Central Intelligence Agency aircraft was shot down over the Soviet Union, prompting a deterioration in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-106-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning a drive to raise public funds for Radio Free Europe (later known as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), a radio and communications organization funded by the United States Congress to promote democratic values and curtail the spread of communist ideology in Eastern Europe. Materials in this folder include memoranda, a briefing paper on Radio Free Europe, a list of guests attending meetings concerning the status of the organization, and a draft of suggested remarks for President Kennedy's statement urging for public donations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-115-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials concern the release of American prisoners in Cuba, attacks on Cuba by Cuban exiles, and trading vessels with Free World and Polish flags on route to Cuba. Also included in this folder is an article from the Saturday Evening Post by Richard Armstrong titled, “How the Communists Plan to Win Latin America,” and numerous newspaper clippings regarding Cuba.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-015
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a memorandum from the President to editors and radio and television news directors regarding sensitive national security information, correspondence between the President and Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev, and a memorandum to the President’s personal secretary Evelyn Lincoln from Naval Aide to the President Tazewell T. Shepard titled, “Relocation of Dependents of Personnel Involved in the White House Emergency Plan.” Also included in this folder is the text for a pamphlet by a group named DADVER titled, “Experiences Adquired [sic] as a Result of the Communist Occupation of the Island of Cuba.” This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-014
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a transcript of a conversation between the President and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric; transcripts of three press conferences held by Press Secretary Pierre Salinger on October 23, 1962; and a proclamation titled, "Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba." Also included in this folder is a report by the United States Information Agency (USIA) Research and Reference Service titled, "Overseas Reactions to President Kennedy's Cuban Announcement."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a letter from President Kennedy to Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev regarding the invasion of Cuba, numerous telegrams concerning the Cuban invasion, a memorandum to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy from Federal Bureau of Investigations Director J. Edgar Hoover titled, “Foreign Economic Matters-Cuba,” and a letter to the President from former United States Ambassador to Cuba Earl E.T. Smith advising the President on Cuba. Also included in this folder are memoranda to the President from Senator George A. Smathers concerning a plan for the situation in Cuba.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a letter to President Kennedy from former United States Ambassador to Cuba Earl E.T. Smith, newspaper articles regarding Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, and memoranda to the President from Special Assistant Arthur M. Schlesinger concerning conversations with reporters about Cuba. Of note is a memorandum titled, “Cuba Policy.” Also included in this folder is an editorial from the exiled Cuban newspaper El Diario de la Marina titled, “Washington’s Leftwingers-Tragic Threat to the Future of Cuba.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-042-015
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's preparation for a press interview in Palm Beach, Florida. Topics related to foreign affairs include nuclear weapons, international economics, conflict with the Soviet Union, and the state of affairs in Cuba. Domestic topics include taxes, health care, employment, and the 1962 Congressional elections. Materials in this folder include various memoranda, an article on deflation from Banking, a press copy of an address by Director of Intelligence and Research for the Department of State Roger Hilsman, a transcript from a November Meet the Press broadcast concerning the Soviet Union, and a transcript of a briefing with Press Secretary Pierre Salinger.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-057-009
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of August 22, 1962 (News Conference 41). Materials primarily consist of draft press conference announcements and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include the economy, disarmament, the military space program, Latin America and the Alliance for Progress, the Soviet Union and Berlin, and foreign aid. Of note are materials relating to recent activity surrounding Cuba, including an increase in supplies and technicians from the Soviet Union and the possibility of lawyer James B. Donovan traveling to Cuba to negotiate for the release of prisoners.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-057-008
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of August 22, 1962 (News Conference 41). Materials primarily consist of memorandums and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include the economy, disarmament, the military space program, legislation, the Soviet Union, and foreign aid. Also included are draft press conference announcements, some with handwritten editorial marks and annotations by the President, and newspaper clippings. Of note is a statement by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara before the Senate Appropriations Committee in support of the Military Assistance Program for fiscal year 1963.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-056a-007
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of June 27, 1962 (News Conference 37). Materials primarily consist of memorandums and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include the recent action by Chinese Communist military forces in the Taiwan Strait area, the situation in Laos, the President's forthcoming trip to Mexico, Berlin negotiations, and United States policy towards India. Also included are draft press conference announcements and a Department of Defense publication titled "The Changing Pattern of Defense Procurement." Of note are handwritten notes and doodles by President Kennedy.
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JFKPOF-126a-003
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's interview with Aleksei I. Adzhubei, the son-in-law of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev and editor of the newspaper Izvestia. Materials in this folder include a booklet of background information on the Soviet Union's international relations, a copy of a speech made by Adzhubei concerning the political ideology of communism, briefing materials and memoranda containing suggested remarks from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Walter W. Heller, summaries of foreign press reaction to the interview, and a draft of a letter from President Kennedy to Premier Khrushchev regarding the interview and Soviet policy on Berlin. This folder also contains transcripts of the President's interview with Adzhubei, during which the pair discussed subjects such as Berlin, disarmament, nuclear weapons testing, two countries' sharply differing political ideologies, and the future of American-Soviet relations.
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JFKPOF-126a-002
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's interactions with Aleksei I. Adzhubei, the son-in-law of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev and editor of the newspaper Izvestia. Materials in this folder include newspaper articles, political cartoons from Izvestia, biographical information on Adzhubei, memoranda from Special assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary Lucius D. Battle in preparation for the President's meeting with the Soviet editor, and telegrams regarding Adzhubei's journalistic style, role in American-Soviet relations, and remarks on international events.