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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-197-006
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding South Vietnam. Topics include relations between South Vietnam and Cambodia; United States and South Vietnamese military actions against the Viet Cong, including defoliant operations; and the Strategic Hamlet Program.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-197-005
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding South Vietnam. Topics include relations between South Vietnam and Cambodia, including tensions arising from Vietnamese Air Force strikes near the Cambodian border, and a neutrality agreement proposed by Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia; United States and South Vietnamese military actions against the Viet Cong; and French foreign policy in Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-197-004
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding South Vietnam. Topics include relations between South Vietnam and Cambodia, including tensions arising from Vietnamese Air Force strikes near the Cambodian border; United States and South Vietnamese military actions against the Viet Cong; and the Strategic Hamlet Program.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-195a-004
This folder contains Department of State cables and memoranda regarding the conflict in Vietnam. Topics include United States military involvement; defoliant operations; guidelines for U.S. media coverage; mobile medical teams; the Strategic Hamlet Program; guerilla warfare and Viet Cong activity; and an attack on the palace of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-195-015
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding Vietnam, including a need for a multilateral economic aid program, and United States policy towards Vietnam under the International Control Commission (ICC). Also included are copies and drafts of correspondence between President John F. Kennedy and Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (officially known as the Republic of Vietnam), regarding South Vietnam's independence, foreign aid, and the spread of communism throughout the region.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-232-011
This folder contains orientation materials for a war game exercise pertaining to Southeast Asia, including Laos and Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-232-012
This folder contains materials related to a war game exercise pertaining to Southeast Asia, including Laos and Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-232-009
This folder contains a summary report regarding a war game exercise pertaining to Southeast Asia, including Laos and Vietnam.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-036-011
This folder contains materials associated with John F. Kennedy's The Strategy of Peace, a compilation of speeches and statements concerning foreign policy by Senator Kennedy published during the 1960 Presidential campaign. Materials in this folder include partial drafts of adapted speeches concerning the spread of communist ideology in Southeast Asia, possible American military involvement in Vietnam, and French colonial conflicts, specifically in Algeria.
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Adam Clymer Personal Papers
ACLPP-009-008
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-060-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of May 22, 1963 (News Conference 56). During this press conference President Kennedy answered questions from the press on a variety of topics including the controversial integration at the University of Alabama, the 1963 Wheat Referendum, troops in Vietnam, foreign aid, and the progress of the nuclear test ban proposal. Background materials in this folder include briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Of note is a memorandum from Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara to the President regarding the procedures and policies for the selection and assignment of personnel within the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The official White House transcript of the press conference and the stenotype transcript of the press conference are also included.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-058-017
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 February 21, 1963 (News Conference 50). Materials primarily consist of department and agency reports, memorandums, and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include the economy, Vietnam, and Cuba. Also included are draft press conference announcements, some with handwritten editorial marks and annotations by the President, and newspaper clippings. Of note is a memorandum to the Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric from Rear Admiral John L. Chew detailing the incident of two Cuban MiG fighter aircraft firing upon a privately-owned shrimp boat in the Florida Straits.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-058-009
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 January 24, 1963 (News Conference 47). Materials primarily consist of department and agency reports, memorandums, and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include European unity, Cuba, the economy, and Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-058-007
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 January 24, 1963 (News Conference 47). Materials primarily consist of department and agency reports, memorandums, and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include Cuba, the economy, disarmament, and Vietnam. Of note are copies of correspondence between the President and Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-405-014
This folder contains memoranda to President John F. Kennedy on various topics including East Berlin, atmospheric nuclear weapons testing, Vietnam, and a meeting between President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in Bermuda.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-404-003
This folder contains carbon copies of McGeorge Bundy's outgoing correspondence on various topics, including nuclear weapons testing and Vietnam, as well as responses to letters from the public and members of the press. The folder also contains carbon copies of Bundy's memoranda to President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-342-019
This file contains a memorandum to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from U. Alexis Johnson, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, regarding a follow-up report on National Security Council (NSC) actions by the Department of State. Also included is a report titled, “Status Report on the Presidential Program for Vietnam.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-017
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 256 (NSAM 256) titled, “Laos Planning,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell Taylor 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-336-011
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 155 (NSAM 155) titled, "Emergency Medical Program for Vietnam," to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff 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-332-006
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 104 (NSAM 104) titled, “Southeast Asia,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Director of Central Intelligence Allen W. 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-231-021
This folder contains memoranda regarding border security and the communist threat in South Vietnam and Thailand; current political and military situations in Cambodia, Laos, South Vietnam, and Thailand; and the United States position on the region.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065-009
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include a letter relaying a conversation between Schlesinger and the Counselor of the Soviet Embassy Mr. Kornienko, Berlin, the John Birch Society, Vietnam, and a proposal to organize the democratic parties of the world. Of note are letters and newspaper clippings concerning Army indoctrination abuses and a related seminar in San Antonio, Texas.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065-001
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Walt W. Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include Vietnam, the Soviet Union, and China. Of note is a telegram from President Kennedy to President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-064a-009
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Walt W. Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include foreign aid, Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, guerilla warfare, and communism. Of note is an excerpt from the book “Gold and the Dollar Crisis,” by Robert Triffin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-064a-008
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Walt W. Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include foreign aid and nuclear weapons. Of note is a book review by the President of "Deterrent of Defense" by B.H. Liddell Hart. Also included in this folder is a copy of a speech by Brigadier General Edward G. Lansdale titled "Civic Action", and a letter from Wolf Ladejinsky concerning Vietnam.