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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-HAB-05
Brown discusses the U.S. and Soviet Union’s nuclear testing, the debate within the Kennedy Administration over whether to have atmospheric or underground testing, and negotiations leading to the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-HAB-01
Brown discusses atmospheric nuclear testing by the U.S. and Soviet Union; overstatement of the nuclear threat from the Soviet Union during the Eisenhower administration, various missile systems; and the capabilities of the U.S.’ nuclear weapons, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JWUF-02
Fulbirght discusses the 1961 “Muzzling the Military” memorandum limiting political activity by members of the military, several Foreign Agents Registration Act cases, United States relations with the Soviet Union, and an October 1963 trip to Arkansas that Fulbright took with John F. Kennedy, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-019-003
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming discuss the agenda for the upcoming summit meeting in Washington, D.C., between President George H. W. Bush and President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. The Senators debate expectations for negotiations on nuclear arms control, restraints on chemical weapons, and reductions in conventional forces in Europe. The episode aired on Wednesday, May 30, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-002-004
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-294-004
This folder contains memoranda; a Department of State Policy Planning Council report entitled, “Assignments, Status, and Terms of Reference: Basic National Security Policy Planning Tasks;” and a report entitled, “Basic National Security Policy,” concerning national security policies and objectives, foreign policy, arms control, the Soviet Union, and the military.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-312-007
This folder contains memoranda of agendas and outcomes of weekly luncheon meetings held by the National Security Council. Topics include the Operations Coordinating Board and organizational responsibility agreements; civil aviation from the Soviet Union; the commissary and PX (postal exchange) in Athens, Greece; the Soviet direction probe Venus; and anticipation of nuclear tests by communist China.
Textual folder
Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-214-023
Textual folder
Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-214-022
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0899-003
This file contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech given at the Pere Marquette Council of the Knights of Columbus anniversary dinner in Boston, Massachusetts. In his speech the Senator discusses the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons program and a need for the United States to strengthen its national security and defense .
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-294-003
This folder contains memoranda and a draft of a report entitled, “Basic National Security Policy Short Version,” concerning national security policies and objectives, foreign policy, Communist regimes, nuclear arms control, the Soviet Union, and the military.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-275-010
This folder contains a draft memorandum for President John F. Kennedy regarding the Department of Defense budget for FY 1964 and recommendations for the strategic retaliatory forces ballistic missile defense programs, including cancellation of the Skybolt missile program. Also included in the memorandum are the Soviet Union strategic retaliatory forces and long-range nuclear weapons program.