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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PTH-01
In this interview Hart discusses his tenure as the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia including King Saud’s visits to the United States for medical treatment beginning in 1961; the issue of the Dhahran Airfield and the American military’s use of it; the creation of the Saudi cabinet and political leadership and the transition to Faisal [Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia] in power; the revolution in Yemen and the problems and tensions it caused within Saudi Arabia and between Saudi leaders and other governments; the debate over U.S. recognition of the new Yemen Republic; various meetings of Near East State Department staff from 1961 through 1963; communication between President John F. Kennedy and Faisal; oil matters in the Near East and different oil companies and related groups; Soviet interest in Middle East oil and in Saudi Arabia; and the work of American advisers in Saudi Arabia, among other issues.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include the schedule of state, official, and Presidential guest visits for 1963; Mexico; the expulsion of Cuba from the International Monetary Fund; a visit by Secretary General of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) Thorkil Kristensen; press leaks at the Department of State; and trade of cotton textiles. Of note is a memorandum from Secretary of State Dean Rusk titled, "Arrangement Concerning the Stationing of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Outer Space." Also included in this folder is an issue of Lloyd's Bank Review.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-010
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 224 (NSAM 224) titled, “Coordination of U.S. Efforts Under the Trade Relations Act,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Governor Christian Herter, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-006
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 220 (NSAM 220) titled, “U.S. Government Shipments by Foreign Flag Vessels in the Cuban Trade,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) David Bell, and Administrator for the General Services Administration (GSA) Bernard Boutin 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-339-026
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 212 (NSAM 212) titled, “U.S. Policy Toward Yugoslavia," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) David Bell 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-339-004
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 194 (NSAM 194) titled, “Policy Toward Non-Bloc Ships in Cuban Trade,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Administrator of the Maritime Commission Donald W. Alexander, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) Fowler Hamilton, Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, and President of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charles S. Murphy 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-328-024
This folder contains a memorandum to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, in reference to National Security Action Memoranda number 23 (NSAM 23) discussing a proposal for an embargo on imports from Cuba to the United States.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-328-016
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 15 (NSAM 15) titled, “Legislation for Reallocation of Sugar Quotas,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk 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-332-010
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 108 (NSAM 108) titled, “Barter Program for Congolese Industrial Diamonds,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman 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-328-009
This folder contains a memorandum to Secretary of State Dean Rusk in reference to National Security Action Memoranda number eight (NSAM 8) discussing a commitment to changing the Battle Act (legislation concerning foreign aid and export controls, also known as the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951) as mentioned in President John F. Kennedy’s State of the Union speech, and negotiations with Poland over the sale of surplus food.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066a-010
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Ted Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President. Topics include the administration's relationship with business; solutions to civil rights issues in Birmingham, Alabama; foreign trade; apportionment of the 1964 Democratic National Convention; and the Department of State. Of note is a program for The Democratic Party of Cook County Reception and Dinner.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Materials consist of a script for Ambassador Arthur H. Dean for an educational television program, a meeting between U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency consultant Henry Kissinger and French and Italian officials concerning the Nassau Agreement and Jupiter missiles, and a memorandum to the President from Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding the agricultural trade between Eastern and Western Europe and the United States. Of note is a draft of a memorandum from Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy titled,"A Framework for Executive Operations in the State Department."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include the GRC (Government of the Republic of China), a refugee escape in Berlin, beef and textile imports, and the chemical industry in the United States.
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George W. Ball Personal Papers
GBPP-003-006
This folder contains memoranda and transcripts of telephone conversations between Under Secretary of State George Ball, President John F. Kennedy, and various members of the White House staff concerning airplane hijacking incidents, Cuban emigration to the United States, trade relations between Cuba and the United States, Cuba’s relationship with the Soviet Union (USSR), and the activities of the National Security Council’s Cuban Task Force.
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George W. Ball Personal Papers
GBPP-002-005
This folder contains transcripts of telephone conversations between Under Secretary of State George Ball, President John F. Kennedy, and various members of the White House staff concerning the Canadian economy, trade relations between Canada and the United States, and President Kennedy’s relationship with Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker.