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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-007-006
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate a congressional initiative to impose trade restrictions on Cuba and Angola. They discuss whether the proposed trade restrictions will apply pressure to Cuban President Fidel Castro. The episode aired on Wednesday, June 3, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-11A
Dictation Belt 11A contains six sound recordings. Item 11A.1 is a telephone conversation held on March 6, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Under Secretary of State George W. Ball. They discuss the cancellation of a visit by a French official. Machine noise precedes the conversation. [White House Operator?] speaks to Under Secretary Ball while he holds for President Kennedy. Item 11A.2 is a telephone conversation held on March 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and United States Army General Chester V. Clifton. They discuss the issue of participation of Arkansas National Guard fliers in the Bay of Pigs invasion. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 11A.3 is a telephone conversation held on March 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Adrian S. Fisher. They discuss responding to a statement by Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 11A.4 is a telephone conversation held on March 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Under Secretary of State George W. Ball. They discuss international trade issues involving the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. The trade issues involve wool, oil, and a pipe embargo. The dictation belt skips occasionally. Item 11A.5 is a telephone conversation held on March 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Deputy Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach. They discuss civil rights issues in Mississippi and Louisiana and briefly discuss Interhandel. The recording begins in mid-conversation. [White House Operator?] ends the call. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 11A.6 is part of a telephone conversation held on March 7, 1963. First an unidentified man notifies President Kennedy of the death of Thomas J. Shanahan. Then the unidentified man gives Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln additional information regarding Shanahan. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 11B.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-315-009
This folder contains background materials, a summary, and a Record of Actions for a National Security Council (NSC) Standing Group meeting regarding the price of sugar on the international market, and United States policy towards Cuba. Topics of background materials include potential actions against Cuba; U.S. reconnaissance flights over Cuba; oil supplies in Cuba; and Fidel Castro, the Cuban Prime Minister.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-314-002
This folder contains an agenda, background memoranda, a list of attendees, and a Record of Action for meeting number 508 of the National Security Council (NSC) wherein President John F. Kennedy discusses national security issues. Topics include Cuba; France, Great Britain, and a multilateral nuclear force; United States trade negotiations; foreign aid; and the economy. Of note is a meeting summary containing the President’s handwritten notes. Also included in this folder is a transcript of a news conference held by White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger.
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-215-012
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-215-011
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-202-006
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-202-005
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-202-003
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-202-002
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-218-003
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-218-001
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-115-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials concern the release of American prisoners in Cuba, attacks on Cuba by Cuban exiles, and trading vessels with Free World and Polish flags on route to Cuba. Also included in this folder is an article from the Saturday Evening Post by Richard Armstrong titled, “How the Communists Plan to Win Latin America,” and numerous newspaper clippings regarding Cuba.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a proclamation of a trade embargo levied against Cuba, talking points for the situation in Cuba and a review of United States policy, and a statement by President Kennedy titled, “Soviet Military Shipments to Cuba.” Also included in this folder is a memorandum outlining possible courses of action for the United States to take regarding the Soviet military build-up in Cuba.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0240-008
This folder contains letters and memoranda concerning trade between the United States and Cuba and the embargo placed on Cuban imports.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0240-007
Materials in this folder include letters, memoranda, and telegrams concerning trade between the United States and Cuba, particularly the importing of cigars from Cuba to the United States. Of note are copies of Proclamation 3504, “Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba,” signed October 23, 1962, and Proclamation 3447, “Embargo on All Trade with Cuba,” signed February 3, 1962.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-341-004
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 244 (NSAM 244) titled, “The Future of the World Sugar Market,” to 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-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-339-004
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-328-020
This folder contains a memorandum from President John F. Kennedy to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, in reference to National Security Action Memoranda number 19 (NSAM 19) regarding a proposal to cut imports from Cuba to the United States. Of note is a memo signed by the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-058-011
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of February 7, 1963 (News Conference 48). Materials primarily consist of department and agency reports, memorandums, and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include Cuba, the economy, taxes, disarmament, and exports. Also included is a copy of a telegram sent by TASS (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union) regarding U.S. Congressional concern over the size of the Soviet military build-up in Cuba.
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George W. Ball Personal Papers
GBPP-003-007
This folder contains transcripts of telephone conversations between Under Secretary of State George Ball and various members of the White House staff concerning the activities of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, trade relations between Cuba and the United States, and Congressional hearings on the United States’ military involvement in Cuba.
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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.