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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF12-002
This folder contains memoranda, correspondence, reports, and drafts pertaining to the Executive Stockpile Committee. The committee was directed by President Kennedy to review the policies and principles for the country's program of stockpiling strategic materials. It was chaired by Edward A. McDermott, Acting Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, and work within the General Services Administration was coordinated by Maurice J. Connell of the Defense Materials Service. The file includes the final copy of "The Barter Program: A Report to the President" (22 August 1962), information on proposed legislation to amend the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, summary and analysis of recommendations contained in the committee's report, and a copy of "Disposing of Excess Stockpile Materials: Report to the President" (16 January 1963).
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF12-001
This folder contains memoranda, correspondence, outlines, and drafts pertaining to the Executive Stockpile Committee. The committee was directed by President Kennedy to review the policies and principles for the country's program of stockpiling strategic materials. It was chaired by Edward A. McDermott, Acting Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, and work within the General Services Administration was coordinated by Maurice J. Connell of the Defense Materials Service. The file includes a copy of the final draft of "Report of the Executive Stockpile Committee to the President," two drafts of a report on the barter program, and a list of "Essential Survival Items" published by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-333-020
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 127 (NSAM 127) titled, “Emergency Planning for Continuity of Government,” to Edward McDermott, Director of the Office of Emergency Planning; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; and David Bell, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 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-333-019
This file contains memoranda regarding civil defense and disaster planning for the Executive Branch, including relocation sites, transportation, and fallout shelters. Also included is a work program for the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) and a memorandum discussing the transfer of responsibility for continental defense functions from the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM) to the Department of Defense. The materials precede National Security Action Memoranda number 127 (NSAM 127) titled, “Emergency Planning for Continuity of Government .”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-333-018
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 126 (NSAM 126) titled, “Review of Principles and Policies Guiding the Stockpiling of Strategic Materials,” to Edward McDermott, Acting Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, from President John F. Kennedy. Also included is a report on policies and guidelines for the stockpiling of materials and memoranda from various agencies regarding the report.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-084a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Office of Emergency Planning. Materials consist of a report by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization Director Frank B. Ellis titled, "Basic Report of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-018
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 230 (NSAM 230) titled, “Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project PAL (Permissive Links for Nuclear Weapons in NATO),” to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget Kermit Gordon, and Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott 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-340-012
This file contains a draft and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 226 (NSAM 226) titled, “Directive Relating to the Transmittal of Information to the Watch Committee of the USIB [United States Intelligence Board],” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott, Director of the Bureau of the Budget Kermit Gordon, Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell Taylor, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb, and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) J. Edgar Hoover from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-001
This file contains a draft and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 191 (NSAM 191) titled, "Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project DEFENDER," to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell, and Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-338-015
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 187 (NSAM 187) titled, "The Barter Program," to Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott from President John F. Kennedy. Also included is a report to the President by the Executive Committee on Stockpiling in response to NSAM 142 titled, “The Barter Program.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-338-003
This file contains a draft and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 176 (NSAM 176) titled, “Release of Public Information Concerning Soviet Nuclear Tests,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Anthony J. Celebrezze; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone; Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg; Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow; Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb; and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner 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-337-005
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 166 (NSAM 166) titled, "Report on Emergency Plans and Continuity of the Government," to Director of the Office of Emergency Planning Edward A. McDermott, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-342-005
This file contains a draft and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 261 (NSAM 261) titled, “Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project FOUR LEAVES,” to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (as Chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Council), Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget Kermit Gordon, and Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott 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-342-002
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 258 (NSAM 258) titled, “Assignment of Highest National Priority to Program 437,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget Kermit Gordon, and Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott 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-341-012
This file contains drafts and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 252 (NSAM 252) titled, “Establishment of the National Communications System,” to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) E. William Henry, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Najeeb Halaby, Administrator for the General Services Administration (GSA) Bernard Boutin, Director of the Bureau of the Budget Kermit Gordon, Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner, and the Director of Telecommunications Management [to be established] from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda related to NSAM 252.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-021
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 142 (NSAM 142) to Director of the Office of Emergency Planning Edward McDermott and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell from President John F. Kennedy discussing NSAM 126 and requesting a report on the barter program. Also included is the report by the Executive Committee on Stockpiling titled, “The Barter Program.”
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USOEP
Records 1956-1970 (bulk 1961-1963). Microfilm copies of files on the natural disaster program and emergency preparations and response to events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Hard copy consists of publications, reports, handbooks, press releases, speeches, and correspondence.