Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-128-001
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the activities and operations of the United Nations. Materials in this folder include press releases announcing the United Nations General Assembly's resolution on nuclear weapons and memoranda from Special Assistant to the President and speechwriter Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and Lucius D. Battle, Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary. This folder also contains correspondence between President Kennedy and Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant regarding the President's speech at American University and civil unrest in the Republic of Congo.