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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-115-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a statement regarding an Alpha 66 raid, newswires reporting the participation of Arkansas National Guardsmen in the Bay of Pigs invasion, and a memorandum to the President from the Situation Room regarding a report of planes firing on a United States merchant ship near Cuba. Also included in this folder are thank you letters from the President to various persons for their contribution to the Bay of Pigs invasion and, “the Cuban crisis in October.”
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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-114a-014
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a transcript of a conversation between the President and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric; transcripts of three press conferences held by Press Secretary Pierre Salinger on October 23, 1962; and a proclamation titled, "Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba." Also included in this folder is a report by the United States Information Agency (USIA) Research and Reference Service titled, "Overseas Reactions to President Kennedy's Cuban Announcement."
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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. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-012
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials concern an article by Charles J.V. Murphy in Fortune magazine titled, "Cuba: The Record Set Straight." Also included in this folder is an excerpt from The New Leader dated June 5, 1961 consisting of section II of an article by Theodore Draper titled, "Cuba and U.S. Policy."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials concern a proposal by Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro to exchange 500 tractors for 1,000 Cuban captives from the Bay of Pigs invasion. Also included in this folder are letters to the President from Directorio Magisterias Revolucionario (Board of Cuban Revolutionary Educators); Mothers and Cuban Women in Exile; and Colegio Nacional de Doctores en Ciencias Sociales, Derecho Público y Diplomático (National Association of Doctors in Social Sciences, Public and Diplomatic Law) giving their support for the United States. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a memorandum to the President from Senator Mike Mansfield titled, "The Cuban Aftermath," a letter to the President from Emmet John Hughes concerning Cuba, and a memorandum from Senator Clairborne Pell regarding Cuban policy. Also included in this folder is a report titled, "Justice and the Mistreatment of Political Prisoners in Castro's Cuba."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include notes titled, “Some Lessons from Cuba,” by United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; H. Con. Res. 226 regarding the Caracas Declaration of Solidarity of March 28, 1954; and a world aeronautical chart of Cuba. Also included in this folder is an editorial by Jose Antonio Rubio Padilla titled, “To Watch a Crime in Silence is to Commit It.” This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a letter from President Kennedy to Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev regarding the invasion of Cuba, numerous telegrams concerning the Cuban invasion, a memorandum to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy from Federal Bureau of Investigations Director J. Edgar Hoover titled, “Foreign Economic Matters-Cuba,” and a letter to the President from former United States Ambassador to Cuba Earl E.T. Smith advising the President on Cuba. Also included in this folder are memoranda to the President from Senator George A. Smathers concerning a plan for the situation in Cuba.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a letter to President Kennedy from former United States Ambassador to Cuba Earl E.T. Smith, newspaper articles regarding Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, and memoranda to the President from Special Assistant Arthur M. Schlesinger concerning conversations with reporters about Cuba. Of note is a memorandum titled, “Cuba Policy.” Also included in this folder is an editorial from the exiled Cuban newspaper El Diario de la Marina titled, “Washington’s Leftwingers-Tragic Threat to the Future of 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. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-137-006
This folder contains a transcript of Montana Senator Mike Mansfield's statement to the United States Senate regarding foreign aid to Latin America. In his remarks, Senator Mansfield discusses the country's relationships with Cuba and calls for a new approach to financial aid to and international relations with Latin American countries that incorporates social, economic, and political considerations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-128b-009
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning news reports received through wire services. Topics include domestic issues such as unemployment and social services, and international matters such as foreign aid to India, American negotiations with the Laotian government, and the Algerian War (also known as the Algerian War of Independence). The majority of the folder's materials concerns the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the state of Cuba under the leadership of Prime Minister (and eventual President) Fidel Castro, and President Kennedy's conflict with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Files. Chronological File
JFKWHCFCHRON-006-001
This file contains carbon copies of President John F. Kennedy’s outgoing correspondence to individuals and organizations regarding the space program, birthday greetings, gifts, the White House Regional Conference Report, and expressions of congratulations for various occasions. Also included are Executive Order 10990 to reestablish the Federal Safety Council (E.O. 10990) and Proclamation 3447 establishing a trade embargo on Cuba.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-401-012
This folder contains carbon copies of McGeorge Bundy's outgoing correspondence on various topics, including nuclear weapons, Berlin, and Cuba, as well as responses to letters from the public and members of the press. The folder also contains Bundy's advice and analysis related to the Cuban Missile Crisis, including drafts of speeches and letters to Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-054-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's News Conference of April 12, 1961 (News Conference 9). President Kennedy began the press conference by encouraging the public to get vaccinated for polio. He then announced the formation of an advisory group to assist in changes to the foreign aid program and the sale of a United States Naval Ordnance Plant in West Virginia. Following the announcements the President answered questions from the press on a variety of topics including the possibility of an intervention in Cuba by the United States Armed Forces, the United States and Soviet space programs, and a comparison of democracy versus communism. Items include a draft press conference announcement, the official White House transcript of the press conference, and the stenotype transcript of the press conference.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-054-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's News Conference of January 25, 1961 (News Conference 1). President Kennedy began the press conference with a statement concerning the scheduling of the Geneva negotiations for a nuclear test ban. He then announced that the United States Government had decided to increase famine relief for the Congo and that the Soviet Union had released two members from the crew of the United States Air Force RB-47 aircraft. Following the announcements the President answered questions from the press on a variety of topics including United States policy on nuclear disarmament negotiations, diplomatic relations with Cuba, and communications with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Background material in the folder include a memorandum concerning the proposed reconvening of the International Control Commission (ICC) in Laos; an update concerning the location of the hijacked Portuguese cruise ship the Santa Maria; drafts of press conference announcements; newswires; and briefing papers for the President on foreign affairs and national security. The official White House transcript of the press conference is also included.
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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-339-027
This file contains drafts and a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 213 (NSAM 213) titled, “Interdepartmental Organization for Cuban Affairs," 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-339-022
This file contains a draft and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 208 (NSAM 208) titled, "Cuban Overflights," to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0924-058
This folder contains materials related to President John F. Kennedy's remarks at the presentation of the flag of the 2506th Cuban Invasion Brigade at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, including a press release and carbon copies of the President's reading copy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0924-051
This folder contains correspondence related to President John F. Kennedy's radio and television address regarding the Soviet Union's military buildup in Cuba, known as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0924-049
This folder contains correspondence related to President John F. Kennedy's radio and television address regarding the Soviet Union's military buildup in Cuba, known as the Cuban Missile Crisis.