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John F. Kennedy Cold War Handwritten Notes and Doodle

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President Kennedy Handwritten Notes and Doodles on yellow lined loose leaf page—double sided, oversized,
no date, or origination, circa 1962-63:
Front page: "6 on site missiles" "series of tests" "sufficient high intensity?'' "8-10" circled, "threshold" "threshold" "threshold" "Broader revocation" - "2 years" "6 years" "6 years" "6 years" "camouflage" below camoflauge Kennedy writes "6" ten times inside a circle which he then crosses out. On the bottom JFK draws a boat and underneath the boat he writes and circles, "6 tests", "6 tests" , "high nuclear weapon tests" and doodles below a sketch.
Reverse: "8", "crackdown" , "economic" , "economic" , "economic" ,
"?", "?" ,"?" , " China" ," China" , " China" .

One of the major highlights of Kennedy’s Presidency was the eventual 1963 signing of the nuclear test ban treaty with China that reduced the Cold War rhetoric. These notes were probably written prior to the Test Ban Treaty and seem to go over US options in dealing with the threat of nuclear weapons.

Format: Handwritten Notes

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President Kennedy Handwritten Notes and Doodles on yellow lined loose leaf page—double sided, oversized,
no date, or origination, circa 1962-63:
Front page: "6 on site missiles" "series of tests" "sufficient high intensity?'' "8-10" circled, "threshold" "threshold" "threshold" "Broader revocation" - "2 years" "6 years" "6 years" "6 years" "camouflage" below camoflauge Kennedy writes "6" ten times inside a circle which he then crosses out. On the bottom JFK draws a boat and underneath the boat he writes and circles, "6 tests", "6 tests" , "high nuclear weapon tests" and doodles below a sketch.
Reverse: "8", "crackdown" , "economic" , "economic" , "economic" ,
"?", "?" ,"?" , " China" ," China" , " China" .

One of the major highlights of Kennedy’s Presidency was the eventual 1963 signing of the nuclear test ban treaty with China that reduced the Cold War rhetoric. These notes were probably written prior to the Test Ban Treaty and seem to go over US options in dealing with the threat of nuclear weapons.

Format: Handwritten Notes

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