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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-214-007
This folder contains telegrams, memoranda, and draft reports on United States policies and objectives towards Europe. Topics include European unity, communism, France and French President Charles de Gaulle, the European Economic Community (EEC), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and shared nuclear responsibility.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-214-006
This folder contains memoranda for the record of European Policy Review group meetings. Topics include United States military forces in Europe and within NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), the European Economic Community (EEC) and France, a proposed multilateral nuclear force (MLF) within NATO, relations between France and Germany, and French President Charles de Gaulle.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-214-003
This folder contains papers by Policy Review (PR) study groups regarding United States policy towards Europe; an appraisal of British, French, and West German strategic views; and the impact of an Executive Committee within NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) on the policies of French President Charles de Gaulle. Also included in this folder is a paper by the PR Military Committee titled, “Strategic Problems and Alternatives,” discussing the Cold War, collective defense in Europe, and a European nuclear weapons force.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-213-003
This folder contains memoranda regarding the role of the United States in Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defense system, U.S. policy towards Germany, and French President Charles de Gaulle’s foreign policy. Also included in this folder are materials regarding a speech by German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer discussing German domestic and foreign policy; and relations between Germany, the U.S., and NATO.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-213-002
This folder contains memoranda and reports regarding European countries. Topics include United States policies in Europe; relations between France and the Soviet Union; French President Charles de Gaulle and resistance to Great Britain’s entry into the Common Market (also known as the European Economic Community); and a cost estimate of the U.S. partnership with Europe in the areas of military expenditures, foreign aid, and trade. Also included in this folder are memoranda by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) titled, “Franco-Soviet Discussions and Negotiations,” and United States Information Agency (USIA) Research and Reference Service reports titled, “Reactions to European Situation.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-212-007
This file contains memoranda regarding negotiations for Great Britain’s entry into the Common Market (also known as the European Economic Community, or EEC) and resistance by French President Charles de Gaulle, and United States relations and policies toward European countries. Also included are reports of foreign news media reaction to a veto by France of Great Britain’s admittance into the Common Market.