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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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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-01001-037
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF22-009
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Office of Emergency Planning. Types of material include letters, memoranda, reports, press releases, and charts. Correspondents include Edward A. McDermott (director). The file also contains a report with recommendations for "Central Management of Resources After Nuclear Attack"; the first chapter of the National Plan for Emergency Preparedness; an interim plan for the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) from the Federal Communications Commission.
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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-085-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP). Topics include proposed stockpile legislation, the barter program, a meeting of the Civil Defense Advisory Council, and the need for greater OEP appropriations for personnel. Also included in this folder is a letter from OEP Director Edward A. McDermott to Senator Harry F. Byrd in response to Byrd's press release titled, "The Federal Budget Could and Should be Cut."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-085-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP), and consists of a report by the Executive Stockpile Committee titled, "Disposing of Excess Stockpile Materials."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-085-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP). Topics include the general policy for strategic and critical materials stockpiling, tungsten, cobalt, and rationing preparedness.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-085-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP). Topics include the appointment of Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM) Director Frank B. Ellis as a United States District Judge for Louisiana, the appointment of Edward A. McDermott to replace Ellis as Director of the OEP, the authorization of disaster assistance funds for certain states affected by floods, and copper. Also included in this folder is a report titled, "The National Plan for Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization: Annex 27, Emergency Economic Stabilization."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-085-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP). This folder contains documents that are closed due to classification restrictions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-085-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP). Materials consist of a report on civil defense titled, "A Responsibility for Civilian or Military Direction," and a news release announcing the official AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organization) position on the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-085-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP). Materials concern a memorandum to the President from Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM) Director Frank B. Ellis regarding civil defense and defense mobilization programs, Executive Order 10952 assigning civil defense responsibilities to the Secretary of Defense and others, and a copy of concluding comments from a speech given by attorney Edward P. Morgan. Of note is a draft of a letter by the President on civil defense for Life magazine. Also included in this folder is a draft of a memorandum for the President from Special Counsel Ted Sorensen regarding the reorganization of civil defense.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-085-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP). Materials concern containment actions for civil defense, a memorandum to the President from Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM) Director Frank B. Ellis regarding problems of the OCDM and its future, the role of the OEP, and the authorization of disaster assistance funds for certain states affected by floods. Also included in this folder is a letter from Ellis to John Corson of McKinsey and Company, Inc. regarding a discussion of the possible transfer of nonmilitary defense to the Department of Defense.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-085-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP). Topics include production and demand for natural rubber, a possible reorganization of the OCDM (Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization), and a meeting of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee. Also included in this folder are reports to the President from OCDM Director Frank B. Ellis titled, "The Record of the Office and Civil and Defense Mobilization and its Future," and, "The Battle Creek Operations of the OCDM."
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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-339-021
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 207 (NSAM 207) titled, "Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project CENTAUR," 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 McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Of note is a letter to President John F. Kennedy from Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson regarding Project CENTAUR.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Name File
JFKWHCNF-0572-011
This file consists of correspondence concerning John E. Cosgrove, Assistant Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (later the Office of Emergency Planning). It includes information about Cosgrove's career and previous role as Assistant Director of Education for the AFL-CIO; copies of two of his articles from the Notre Dame Law School journal; and organizational charts of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. Note that the file also contains two misfiled letters pertaining to Lewis Cosgrove and Ruth Tufts Cosgrove.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-010
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 200 (NSAM 200) titled, “Acceleration of Civil Defense Activities,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda regarding civil defense preparedness and the crisis in Cuba (later known as the Cuban Missile Crisis).
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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.