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    "title": "USSR: Vienna meeting: Background documents, 1953-1961: General",
    "description": "This file contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Soviet Union. Materials in this file include newspaper articles, background papers on nuclear science and possible cooperative space exploration projects, a summary of a telephone conversation between President Kennedy and French President General Charles de Gaulle, an itinerary for President Kennedy's trip to Vienna, Austria, and copies of a joint statement issued by the President and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev concerning nuclear weapons, disarmament, and Germany following discussions in Vienna. The majority of this file consists of telegrams and memoranda to President Kennedy from Cabinet members and advisors regarding suggested strategies for discussing subjects such as nuclear weapons, disarmament, Berlin, and Laos with Premier Khrushchev.",
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        "Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971",
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    "ocrText": "12\n- -3-572, MAY 25, 7 P.M. FROM BERL IN\nI\nREAL 1ZE PRESIDENT IN F IRST MEETING WITH KHRUSHCHEV WILL NOT\nWISH APPEAR UNREASONABLE; HOWEVER, ANY INDICATION PRESIDENT\nWILL ING DISCUSS \" INTER IM SOLUTIONS, \" COMPROMISES, OR MODUS\nVIVENDI IF SOVS SIGN SEPARATE PEACE TREATY, WOULD REDUCE IMPACT\nOF WARNING KHRUSHCHEV OF DIRE CONSEQUENCES HIS MISCALCULATING\nOUR RESOLVE.\nFACT THAT IN THIS MEET ING THINGS CAN BE SAID WHICH CANNOT BE\nSPELLED OUT IN QUADR IPART ITE CONFERENCE MAY GIVE PRESIDENT\nOPPORTUNITY TELL KHRUSHCHEV IN BLUNT LANGUAGE THAT WE CONSIDER\nUSSR SOLELY TO BLAME FOR DIVISION OF GERMANY AND DENIAL\nRIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION TO GERMAN PEOPLE; SOVS SHOULD\nKEEP HANDS OFF BERL IN WHERE U.S. COMMITTED TO STAY; THERE\nREALLY NOTHING FURTHER TO DISCUSS ON BERL IN ITSELF.\nIN SUM, VIENNA WILL BE PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST ING GROUND AND U.S.\nPOSITION ON BERL IN IN MY VIEW SHOULD BE MOLDED CAREFULLY\nTO CREATE STRONGEST POSSIBLE IMPRESSION ON KHRUSHCHEV OF U.S.\nFIRMNESS OF INTENT TON ON BERL IN IN EFFORT TO DETER HIM FURTHER\nFROM COURSE OF ACTION HE HAS BEEN THREATENING SINCE NOV 1958.\nL IGHTNER\nJH"
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