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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-213-005
This folder contains Department of State telegrams regarding tariff negotiations; the TEA (Trade Expansion Act) and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade); agricultural trade negotiations; a friendship treaty between France and Germany (also known as the Élysée Treaty); and discussions between Belgium, the Netherlands, and others on Great Britain’s entry into the Common Market (also known as the European Economic Community).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-309-016
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding negotiations between the United States and the EEC (European Economic Community) on a poultry levy and restrictions on poultry imports to members of the EEC.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-309-015
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding tariff negotiations between the United States and the EEC (European Economic Community), including levies on U.S. poultry exports to Germany, potential tariffs on bicycles, and dairy imports. Also included in this folder is a report on the family farm by the National Agricultural Advisory Committee and a study titled, “Agricultural Protection by Nontariff Trade Barriers,” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-309-014
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding tariff negotiations between the United States and the EEC (European Economic Community). Topics include levies on U.S. poultry exports to Germany, withdrawal of U.S. tariff concessions, and potential tariffs on bicycles. Also included in this folder is a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service titled, “Agricultural Protection by Nontariff Trade Barriers.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-309-012
This folder contains telegrams, primarily from Michael Blumenthal, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, to Christian Herter, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, regarding meetings between United States officials and members of the EEC (European Economic Community). Topics include trade negotiations for poultry and grains, the German steel industry, France’s trade policies, and recognition of MFN (most-favored-nation) status to Poland and Yugoslavia. Also included in this folder is a paper discussing trade and foreign aid.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-309-010
This folder contains memoranda regarding GATT (General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade) negotiations between the United States, the EEC (European Economic Community), and other European countries; and a report by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) titled, “US-EEC Agricultural Trade: Case History of Poultry.” Also included in this folder is a briefing book for President John F. Kennedy’s meeting with Sicco Mansholt, Vice President of the EEC Commission for Agriculture, and a memorandum for record of the meeting.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-009-011
This folder contains memoranda and cables regarding the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs Paul-Henri Spaak’s views on the state of Europe including the EEC, agriculture, Great Britain, Germany, and France; and meetings between Spaak and United States Ambassador to Belgium Douglas MacArthur II. Also included in this folder is a memorandum of conversation for a meeting between Foreign Minister Spaak and President John F. Kennedy on the European Economic Community (EEC) and agricultural protectionism.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Materials concern the EEC (European Economic Community) and consist of a report to the President from Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman titled, "Agricultural Trade Problems with the EEC."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-121-004
Sound recording of a meeting held on November 20, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, and later in the meeting Under Secretary of Agriculture Charles S. Murphy. They discuss the European Economic Community’s (EEC) recently announced “Mansholt” plan on European grain and cereal prices. They also discuss international commodity agreements, market sharing proposals, protectionism and what President Kennedy should say during his scheduled meeting with Chancellor of West Germany Ludwig Erhard later in the month. This final Presidential Recording ends with President Kennedy on the telephone discussing a recent statement by Dean Acheson; it ends with President Kennedy in mid-sentence. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 121/A57, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 121/A57 in its entirety.