Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-126a-003
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's interview with Aleksei I. Adzhubei, the son-in-law of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev and editor of the newspaper Izvestia. Materials in this folder include a booklet of background information on the Soviet Union's international relations, a copy of a speech made by Adzhubei concerning the political ideology of communism, briefing materials and memoranda containing suggested remarks from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Walter W. Heller, summaries of foreign press reaction to the interview, and a draft of a letter from President Kennedy to Premier Khrushchev regarding the interview and Soviet policy on Berlin. This folder also contains transcripts of the President's interview with Adzhubei, during which the pair discussed subjects such as Berlin, disarmament, nuclear weapons testing, two countries' sharply differing political ideologies, and the future of American-Soviet relations.