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    "title": "Address at 18th U.N. General Assembly, 20 September 1963",
    "description": "This file contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's address to the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations. In his speech the President discusses the recently signed treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests (later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty or Limited Test Ban Treaty), remarking that peace may be attainable when two nations with incompatible ideologies negotiate with each other. The President famously asks, \"Space offers no problems of sovereignty…Why, therefore, should man's first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition?\" President Kennedy also explains that the task of maintaining peace and decreasing global tension must be shared by all nations. He proposes ways for the United Nations to increase and improve their efforts in developing countries, specifically focusing on health, human rights, agriculture, communication, and the environment. Materials in this folder include drafts by Special Assistant to the President and speechwriter Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., a press copy, and a reading copy of the speech with handwritten notations by the President, in addition to memoranda from Schlesinger and Adlai Stevenson, Ambassador to the United Nations.",
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        "Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr., 1917-2007"
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    "ocrText": "September 19, 1963\nSCHEDULE FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO\nTHE UNITED NATIONS\nThe following schedule has been approved by all concerned for\nthe President's visit to the United Nations on Friday, September 20th:\n1. Arrival at the United Nations 69 11 aome\nAmbassador Stevenson will pick up the President at his hotel\nand escort hin to the Delegates Entrance of the United Nations arriving\nthere at 11 o'clock. The Japanese Foreign Minister's speech, which\nwill commence at or shortly after 10: 30,1s expected to take forty\nminutes and should be completed between 11:10 and 11:15. The Protocol\nOfficer of the United Nations will meet the President outside the\nDelegates Entrance. Just inside the entrance the President will be\nmet by the Secretary General and the four top Americans on his staf?:\nDr. Ralph Bunche, Under Secretary for Special Political Affairs;\nMr. David Vaughan, Director of General Services; Mr. Paul Hoffman,\nManaging Director of the United Nations Special Fund; Maurice Pate,\nExecutive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund. A few pictures\nwill be taken at this point. The Secretary General vill then escort\nthe President to the elevator and to bis office on the second floor\nbehind the podium.\n2. The President's Speech - 11:10-11:15.\nWhen the Japanese Foreign Minister completes his speech, the\nPresident will be escorted to the rostrum by the United Nations\nProtocol Officer. After completing his speech, the President vill be\nseated in a chaix next to the rostrum until the United Nations\nProtocol Officer escorts him back behind the podium.\n3. Reception for Delegates.\nAmbassador Stevenson will pick up the President immediately\nafter the Assembly is adjourned and escort him to the Indonesian Lounge\nwhere he will receive the Chairmen of Delegations and the Permanent\nRepresentatives of the Member States.\n4.0\nMeeting with American Members of the Secretariat - 1 pomo\nThe President will leave the receiving line with\nAmbassador Stevenson not later than 12:50 and return to the Secretary\nGeneral's office behind the podium. At one o'clock the President will\nreturn to the podium in the Assembly Hall to greet the assembled\nAmerican members of the Secretariat. This should not take more than\nfive or ten minutes and at its close the President should return to\nthe Secretary General's office behind the podium."
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