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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-017
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 138 (NSAM 138) titled, "Dean Ryerson’s Recommendations Regarding the South Pacific Commission," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda regarding the recommendations by Dean Knowles A. Ryerson, Senior United States Commissioner to the South Pacific Commission.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-011
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 109 (NSAM 109) titled, “U.S. Policy on Military Actions in a Berlin Conflict,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara 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-332-010
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 108 (NSAM 108) titled, “Barter Program for Congolese Industrial Diamonds,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman 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-332-009
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 107 (NSAM 107) titled, “Friedrichstrasse Crossing Point,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk 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-332-008
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 106 (NSAM 106) titled, “Request for Report on Proposal to Establish a U.S. Police Academy,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk 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-332-007
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 105 (NSAM 105) titled, “Policy Toward Egypt and Syria,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda regarding United States policy toward the United Arab Republic (UAR) and the Syrian Arab Republic, and a proposed action program for the UAR.
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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-332-005
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 103 (NSAM 103) titled, “Deployment of U.S. Military Forces,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara 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-332-004
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 102 (NSAM 102) titled, “U.S. Policy Concerning Bases in Morocco,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda regarding a report of the Moroccan Base Survey Team, authorized by NSAM 102.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-003
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 101 (NSAM 101) titled, “Follow-Up on the President’s Speech to the United Nations [UN] General Assembly on September 25, 1961,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included is a memorandum from Secretary Rusk to President John F. Kennedy regarding his UN address; a memorandum of the United States economic and social initiative at the UN General Assembly; and a booklet by the Department of State titled, “Freedom From War: U.S. Program for General and Complete Disarmament in a Peaceful World.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-002
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 100 (NSAM 100) titled, “Contingency Planning for Cuba,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk 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-328-007
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number six (NSAM 6) titled, “Plan of Reorganization of the Foreign Aid Program,” to Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell 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-328-006
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number five (NSAM 5) titled, “Study of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization,” to Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell 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-328-005
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number four (NSAM 4) titled, “Purchases of Uranium from Foreign Countries," to the Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara 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-328-004
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number three (NSAM 3) titled, “Bunkering of Free World Ships Under Communist Chinese Charter,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk 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-328-003
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number two (NSAM 2) titled, “Development of Counter-Guerrilla Forces,” to the Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and a response by McNamara.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-328-002
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number one (NSAM 1) titled, “Separate Budgeting of Spending Abroad,” to Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, regarding separate budgets for military and foreign aid spending abroad.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-013
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 111 (NSAM 111) titled, “First Phase of Vietnam Program,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk 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-332-012
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 110 (NSAM 110) titled, “NSAM 56 - Evaluation of Paramilitary Requirements,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara 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-251-005
This folder contains items regarding a trip to Europe by McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and his address to the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) meeting in Copenhagen. Materials include travel itineraries, correspondence with various American embassies in Europe, a copy of Bundy’s ATA speech, and telegrams regarding the reaction of the German press to Bundy’s visit to West Germany. Also included in this folder is a memorandum of a conversation between Bundy and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany (Federal Republic). This folder contains some foreign language materials.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-302-007
This folder contains correspondence between McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy on National Security Affairs, and David Ormsby-Gore (Lord Harlech), British Ambassador to the United States, regarding a joint statement by Great Britain and the United States on discussions for a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union. Of note is correspondence between President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-062a-004
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Materials consist of the results of seven surveys conducted by Benton & Bowles from July 1960-April 1963. The surveys were conducted to assess United States public opinion on various domestic and international issues, such as the Cold War and the space program. Also included in this folder is a copy of the survey that was sent to U.S. households.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-062a-003
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include international relations, Radio Free Europe, and a meeting between the President and General Lauris Norstad, Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe. Of note is a newspaper article from The Sun Weekly about British Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-062a-002
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include international relations, Cuba, and multilateral forces (MLF).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-062a-001
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include international relations, funding for the fine arts collection at the White House, and the resignation of General James M. Gavin as Ambassador to France. Of note is an article concerning misunderstandings between the United States and Germany from the German newspaper Rheinischer Merkur.