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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-183-001
This folder contains correspondence between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Topics include relations between the United States and Soviet Union, Berlin and German unification, disarmament, nuclear testing, Laos, space flights, and the Bay of Pigs invasion. Also included in this folder are letters from Premier Khrushchev to President Dwight D. Eisenhower and John J. McCloy, Advisor to President Kennedy on Disarmament. This folder contains some Russian-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-064-014
This file contains the text of correspondence between United Nations (UN) Secretary General U Thant, President John F. Kennedy, Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-047-005
This file contains correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, United Nations Acting Secretary General U Thant, and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis. This file contains some Spanish-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-316-001
This folder contains summaries and Record of Actions of National Security Council (NSC) Executive Committee meetings regarding the build-up of Soviet Union military equipment, personnel, and missiles in Cuba; United States missiles in Turkey; and the embargo placed on Soviet ships into Cuba. Of note are messages to President John F. Kennedy from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Also included in this folder are intelligence memoranda on Cuba and the Soviet Union by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-315-005
This folder contains an agenda, background memoranda, a summary, and a Record of Actions for a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) Standing Group regarding United States policy towards Cuba. Also included in this folder are memoranda of conversations on Laos between Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs W. Averell Harriman, Soviet Union Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko, and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning public statements made by Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Materials in this folder include copies of "The Quotable Khrushchev" from Soviet Affairs Notes, compilations of quotations from Premier Khrushchev on subjects such as communism, international affairs, and the Soviet economy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-100-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee and the Kennedy administration's efforts to achieve a substantial global reduction in national armaments and armed forces. Materials in this folder include a copy of the Department of State publication "Freedom From War: The United States Program for General and Complete Disarmament in a Peaceful World" and a letter from Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev to President Kennedy concerning the President's reply to the recent Soviet disarmament proposal and the role of government leadership in this endeavor.
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-216-006
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-015
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a memorandum from the President to editors and radio and television news directors regarding sensitive national security information, correspondence between the President and Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev, and a memorandum to the President’s personal secretary Evelyn Lincoln from Naval Aide to the President Tazewell T. Shepard titled, “Relocation of Dependents of Personnel Involved in the White House Emergency Plan.” Also included in this folder is the text for a pamphlet by a group named DADVER titled, “Experiences Adquired [sic] as a Result of the Communist Occupation of the Island of Cuba.” This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-126a-007
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's correspondence with Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Materials in this folder include memoranda regarding the transmission of letters, a handwritten note by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy regarding her letter to Premier Khrushchev, and correspondence between the President and Premier Khrushchev on subjects such as disarmament and nuclear weapons testing. This folder contains some Russian-language materials.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-126a-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's correspondence with Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Materials in this folder include handwritten drafts of letters, memoranda regarding the transmission of letters, and correspondence between the President and Premier Khrushchev on subjects such as Berlin, disarmament, nuclear weapons testing, and the two countries' sharply differing political ideologies. This folder contains some Russian-language materials and several items with handwritten notations by President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-126a-005
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's correspondence with Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Materials in this folder include memoranda regarding the transmission of letters, drafts of suggested responses by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and correspondence between the President and Premier Khrushchev on subjects such as Berlin, disarmament, the future of American-Soviet relations, and the two countries' sharply differing political ideologies. This folder contains some Russian-language materials and several items with handwritten notations by President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-126a-004
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Materials in this folder include a memorandum from journalist Edward M. Murrow and copies of Premier Khrushchev's public speeches concerning communist ideology and Soviet international relations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include telegrams, newspaper articles on space exploration and Sino-Soviet relations, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Soviet officials, including Premier Nikita Khrushchev, on subjects such as space exploration and the future of American-Soviet relations. This folder contains some Russian-language materials.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125a-002
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include telegrams regarding a possible peace treaty with Germany, a press release announcing the Soviet Union's decision to resume nuclear weapons testing, memoranda comparing economic growth in the United States and the Soviet Union, and a copy of a lecture concerning the spread of communism into Southeast Asia. This folder also contains materials concerning the Soviet "Five-Year Plan" and "Seven-Year Plan" for economic growth, including a summary of the program, a speech by Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and a draft of President Kennedy's response to Khrushchev's speech with handwritten notations by the President.