Significant assemblage of five 'Cold War era' press releases from the Office of the White House Press Secretary, eight total pages, ranging in size from 8.5 x 14 to 8.5 x 11, dated between January 21 and October 17, 1961. Release subjects include (in chronological order): a public exchange of telegrams between President Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev; a presidential directive to the Department of Commerce to release immediately more than $818 million of Federal-aid highway funds; an executive order related to the interagency coordination of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act; a release relaying that the President met with Congressional leaders and members of the National Security Council to discuss the resumption of nuclear testing by the Soviet Union; and a White House statement urging the Soviet Union not to proceed with their plans "to explode a giant nuclear bomb—the equivalent to 50 million tons of TNT." Also includes a typed memorandum from the secretary of state, dated September 5, 1961. In overall fine condition.
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