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Lincoln Gordon Personal Papers
LGPP-128-011
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-041-020
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to students and faculty members of the Brazilian Escola Superior de Guerra in the White House Flower Garden. In his speech the President discusses the contemporary challenges facing both countries and the historical relationship between Brazil and the United States.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-022-004
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is correspondence with Leonard G. Wolf, Director of Food for Peace Brazil, regarding a booklet for the Brazilian Food for Peace program. A copy of the booklet entitled "Food for Peace Brazil: A Program of Hope" is included.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-242-006
This folder contains telegrams from Department of State officials, including United States Ambassador to Brazil Lincoln Gordon, regarding proposed trips to Brazil in July and November 1962 by President John F. Kennedy and subsequent postponements. Topics include a schedule for the advance security and planning teams; suggested itineraries for President Kennedy; staff designations for coordination between the White House and Brazil; and the form of scope, talking, position, and background papers in preparation for the President’s trip. Also included in this folder is a press release of an exchange of letters between President Kennedy and President of Brazil João Goulart regarding the postponement of the November 1962 trip due to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-242-005
This folder contains telegrams from Department of State officials, including United States Ambassador to Brazil Lincoln Gordon, regarding a proposed trip to Brazil by President John F. Kennedy and the subsequent postponement due to political unrest in the country. Topics include suggested itineraries, including stops in the cities of São Paulo, Recife, Natal, and Brasilia; meetings between President Kennedy and President of Brazil João Goulart; and potential security issues. Also included in this folder is a draft statement announcing the postponement and a memorandum to President Kennedy from White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger regarding Salinger’s trip to Brazil and meeting with President Goulart.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-290-025
This folder contains memoranda concerning the second anniversary of the Alliance for Progress, a comprehensive foreign aid initiative intended to encourage economic, social, and political prosperity and stability in Latin America. Also included in this folder is a report issued by the United States Information Agency’s Research and Reference Service titled, “The Economic and Political Climate of Opinion in Latin America and Attitudes Toward the Alliance for Progress.” The report includes the results of a public opinion survey in seven countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-290-023
This folder contains a Staff Report prepared by the Bureau of the Budget titled, “Survey of the Alliance for Progress Program in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia (June 16-July 12, 1962),” concerning the management and stability of the Alliance for Progress program in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066-002
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include candidates for ambassador to Italy, the Jasna Gora monastery in Poland, and a visit to the White House by members of the Brazilian National War College.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-139a-009
This file contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy’s secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the incoming and outgoing messages that passed through the White House communications center. Topics include the activities of the Inter-American Press Association and President Kennedy’s meeting with Brazilian President João Goulart.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-001-007
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Lincoln Gordon Personal Papers
LGPP-137-007
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Lincoln Gordon Personal Papers
LGPP-137-006
Note: There is no page 11 in this report.
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Lincoln Gordon Personal Papers
LGPP-137-005
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Lincoln Gordon Personal Papers
LGPP-137-003
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Lincoln Gordon Personal Papers
LGPP-137-002
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Lincoln Gordon Personal Papers
LGPP-136-009
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Lincoln Gordon Personal Papers
LGPP-136-008
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-012-013
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-012-012
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-114-A50c
Sound recording of two meetings. First is a meeting on Brazil held on October 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs W. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Edwin Martin, United States Ambassador to Brazil Lincoln Gordon, Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) David Bell, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Marshall Carter, Director of Covert Operations for the CIA Richard Helms, and Special Assistant to the President Ralph Dungan. They discuss the conditions in Brazil, President of Brazil Joao Goulart’s popularity, and the possible removal of President Goulart and his possible successors. There are also discussions on Brazilian military intervention, President Kennedy's possible trip to Brazil, and a Presidential statement regarding coups. Second is a meeting on Vietnam held on October 8, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) General Maxwell Taylor. They discuss a possible coup and the position of the United States on a possible coup and Vietnamese military leaders, press leaks, the use of Lucien Conein, a military display for Vietnamese Independence Day, appearances by Secretary McNamara and General Taylor before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the Congressional adjournment. At the end of the meeting, several Senators enter the room and talk among themselves briefly before the tape cuts off.
This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 114/A50, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 114/A50 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-013-002
This folder contains reports, memoranda, and correspondence regarding Brazil.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20167
President John F. Kennedy poses with members of the Organization of American States (OAS) Task Force on Education, Science, and Culture in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Dr. David Stitchkin (Chile), Dr. Mario Báncora (Argentina), Dr. Kenneth Holland, Dr. Carlos Lacalle (Uruguay), Secretary General of the OAS Dr. José Mora, President Kennedy, Chairman of the Task Force Dr. Gabriel Betancur Mejía (Colombia), Executive Secretary of the Task Force Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner, Dr. Carlos Chagas (Brazil), Dr. Frederick H. Harbison, Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs, unidentified, Dr. Carlos Cueto Fernandini (Peru), and unidentified. Also included in the President's schedule: Dr. Ismael Rodríguez Bou (Puerto Rico); Dr. Alberto Venancio, Assistant to Dr. Chagas of Brazil; Ovidio Deleon and Hugo Muñoz, members of the Technical Staff. [Damage at upper left of image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19179
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Roberto de Oliveira Campos, Ambassador of Brazil. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19178
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Roberto de Oliveira Campos, Ambassador of Brazil. Unidentified photographers and staff members, including Assistant Special Counsel to the President Richard "Dick" Goodwin (far right), stand in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20206
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Brazilian Minister of Labor André Franco Montoro in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Ambassador of Brazil Roberto de Oliveira Campos (mostly hidden); Clovis Garcia, Coordinator, National Housing Commission of Brazil; Minister Montoro; and President Kennedy. Partially hidden, U.S. State Department Interpreter José de Seabra (with pen and paper) and Lucy Franco Montoro, wife of Minister Montoro, sit at far right.