Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-016-006
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is correspondence with journalist Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, regarding relations between the United States and the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), nuclear testing and disarmament, and the planned civil rights march on Washington. Materials include letters about Mr. Cousin's upcoming meeting with Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev, drafts of letters written by Mr. Cousins for President Kennedy to use to gain public support for the ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and notes for President Kennedy to consider as a potential basis for remarks to the civil rights march leaders on August 28, 1963. Also of note are letters from Senator John Sherman Cooper, including a copy of his statement before Congress concerning the continuing presence of Soviet forces and arms in Cuba.