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May 29, 1963

State Department Telegram 6389 to US Embassy United Kingdom

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In this telegram, President Kennedy encourages Prime Minister Macmillan to take a positive interest in the MLF project, in which the British had little interest because of financial reasons and their doubts about the German role. Kennedy also expressed concern about the future of German nuclear efforts.


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NARA, RG 59, Presidential and Secretary of State correspondence with Foreign Heads of State, 1953-1964, box 16, President Kennedy's Correspondence with Prime Minister Macmillan 1963 Vol. III; heavily excised version published in Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963, Volume XIII Western Europe and Canada (Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1994), document 200. Contributed to NPIHP by Bill Burr.

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2018-06-08

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Telegram

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177761

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Secret

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