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Memos of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs: McGeorge Bundy to President Johnson, 1963-1966 are microfilmed copies of memoranda, minutes, correspondence, press releases, and published articles relating to the national security and foreign policy of the United States from Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, McGeorge Bundy. Bundy was formerly a political analyst with the Council on Foreign Relations, 1948-49; Harvard University Visiting Lecturer, 1949-51, Associate Professor of Government, 1951-54, Professor, 1954-61, and Dean Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 1953-61. As Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 1961-66, he advised President Lyndon Baines Johnson on US foreign policy, by acting as a liaison officer between national security offices such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense and the White House
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GB 0099 KCLMA MF 384-387 1985 Collection (fonds) 4 reels McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 1961-1966
Memos of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs: McGeorge Bundy to President Johnson, 1963-1966 are microfilmed copies of memoranda, minutes, correspondence, press releases, and published articles relating to the national security and foreign policy of the United States from Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, McGeorge Bundy. Bundy was formerly a political analyst with the Council on Foreign Relations, 1948-49; Harvard University Visiting Lecturer, 1949-51, Associate Professor of Government, 1951-54, Professor, 1954-61, and Dean Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 1953-61. As Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 1961-66, he advised President Lyndon Baines Johnson on US foreign policy, by acting as a liaison officer between national security offices such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense and the White House
University Publications of America, Inc., Bethesda, MD, with fully indexed guide edited by Robert Lester and compiled by Martin Schipper
Memos of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs: McGeorge Bundy to President Johnson, 1963-1966 are microfilmed copies of declassified memoranda relating primarily to American foreign policy, 1963-1966. The papers include Bundy's comments on the Alliance for Progress; atomic energy; the Atlantic Nuclear Force; European security; relations with the People's Republic of China; foreign assistance; the Vietnam War; the International Monetary Fund; the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO); the Test Ban Treaty; and the United Nations. Reels include specific mention of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 29 Nov 1963; meetings with former President Dwight David Eisenhower, 9 Dec 1963; visit by French President Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle; interview with First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, 5 Mar 1964; the French split with NATO; press attacks on Latin American policy, 25 Mar 1964; National Security Council meeting relating to Indochina, 15 May 1964, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reports relating to the Cuban assassination of alleged agents, 3 Jun 1964; the civil crisis in the Congo, 1964; meeting with John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M Warburg Professor of Economics, Harvard University, 15 Jul 1964; reports from the US ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam, Maxwell Taylor, 1964; statement on the Gulf of Tonkin Decision, 15 Aug 1964; correspondence with Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie relating to economic aid to Congo, 20 Aug 1964; the escalation of the Gulf of Tonkin 'incident', 18 Sep-6 Oct 1964; United Kingdom Arms Purchase Program, 26 Oct 1964; correspondence with British Prime Minister Rt Hon (James) Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx; meeting with UN Secretary General U Thant concerning North Vietnamese aggression at the Gulf of Tonkin, 5 Aug 1964; meetings with CIA Director John McCone, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk; the revolt in the Dominican Republic, 1965; the Warren Commission Report, 7 Jul 1965; and the Kashmir Crisis, 1965
Papers are arranged in chronological sections: 23 Nov 1963-30 Sep 1964 (MF 384); 1 Oct 1964-31 May 1965 (MF 385); 1 Jun 1965-14 Oct 1965 (MF 386); 15 Oct-28 Feb 1966 (MF 387)
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Enquiries concerning the copyright of the original material should be addressed to University Publications of America, Inc., 4520 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD, 20814-3389, USA
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Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room, Robert Lester and Martin Schipper (eds.), Memos of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs: McGeorge Bundy to President Johnson, 1963-1966 (University Publications of America, Inc, Bethesda, MD, 1985)
Date of compilation: Jun 1999 Alliances Americas Arms control Arms sales Bundy , McGeorge , 1919-1996 , US public official Caribbean Central Africa Central America Central government China Congo Cuba Defence Development aid Disarmament Dominican Republic East Asia East West relations Economic aid Eisenhower , Dwight David "Ike" , 1890-1969 , General , President of the United States Energy resources Europe Foreign relations France Galbraith , John Kenneth , b 1908 , economist Gaulle , Charles André Joseph Marie , De , 1890-1970 , French General and statesman x De Gaulle , Charles André Joseph Marie Government Gulf of Tonkin India International conflicts International instruments International law International organizations International politics International relations International tensions Johnson , Lyndon Baines , 1908-1973 , US President Kashmir Kennedy , John Fitzgerald , 1917-1963 , US President Khrushchev , Nikita Sergeyevich , 1894-1971 , Prime Minister of the USSR McNamara , Robert Strange , b 1916 , US Secretary of Defense Military equipment NATO , North Atlantic Treaty Organization x North Atlantic Treaty Organization Nonrenewable energy sources North America Nuclear energy Nuclear weapons Organizations Peace Public administration Rusk , David Dean , 1909-1994 , US Secretary of State Selassie I , Hailie , 1891-1975 , Emperor of Ethiopia South America South Asia South China Sea South East Asia State security Test Ban Treaty (1963) Thant , U , 1909-1974 , Burmese diplomat UK UN , United Nations x United Nations USA US Central Intelligence Agency x CIA US Government departments Viet Nam Vietnam War (1945-1975) War Weapons Western Europe Wilson , James Harold , 1916-1995 , Baron Wilson of Rievaulx , statesman x Wilson , Harold x Wilson of Rievaulx , Baron Wars (events) London England Equipment
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University Publications of America, Inc., Bethesda, MD, with fully indexed guide edited by Robert Lester and compiled by Martin Schipper
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Memos of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs: McGeorge Bundy to President Johnson, 1963-1966 are microfilmed copies of declassified memoranda relating primarily to American foreign policy, 1963-1966. The papers include Bundy's comments on the Alliance for Progress; atomic energy; the Atlantic Nuclear Force; European security; relations with the People's Republic of China; foreign assistance; the Vietnam War; the International Monetary Fund; the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO); the Test Ban Treaty; and the United Nations. Reels include specific mention of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 29 Nov 1963; meetings with former President Dwight David Eisenhower, 9 Dec 1963; visit by French President Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle; interview with First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, 5 Mar 1964; the French split with NATO; press attacks on Latin American policy, 25 Mar 1964; National Security Council meeting relating to Indochina, 15 May 1964, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reports relating to the Cuban assassination of alleged agents, 3 Jun 1964; the civil crisis in the Congo, 1964; meeting with John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M Warburg Professor of Economics, Harvard University, 15 Jul 1964; reports from the US ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam, Maxwell Taylor, 1964; statement on the Gulf of Tonkin Decision, 15 Aug 1964; correspondence with Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie relating to economic aid to Congo, 20 Aug 1964; the escalation of the Gulf of Tonkin 'incident', 18 Sep-6 Oct 1964; United Kingdom Arms Purchase Program, 26 Oct 1964; correspondence with British Prime Minister Rt Hon (James) Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx; meeting with UN Secretary General U Thant concerning North Vietnamese aggression at the Gulf of Tonkin, 5 Aug 1964; meetings with CIA Director John McCone, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk; the revolt in the Dominican Republic, 1965; the Warren Commission Report, 7 Jul 1965; and the Kashmir Crisis, 1965
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Papers are arranged in chronological sections: 23 Nov 1963-30 Sep 1964 (MF 384); 1 Oct 1964-31 May 1965 (MF 385); 1 Jun 1965-14 Oct 1965 (MF 386); 15 Oct-28 Feb 1966 (MF 387)
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Enquiries concerning the copyright of the original material should be addressed to University Publications of America, Inc., 4520 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD, 20814-3389, USA
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Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room, Robert Lester and Martin Schipper (eds.), Memos of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs: McGeorge Bundy to President Johnson, 1963-1966 (University Publications of America, Inc, Bethesda, MD, 1985)
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