See also Organization of American States
Lawford, Peter, [>] fn.
Lawrence, David L., [>]; at 1960 convention, [>], [>], [>]; Buchwald on, [>]
Lawrence, Ernest, [>]
League of Latin-American Citizens, [>]
Lebanon, [>]
Leddy, John, [>], [>]
Lee, John Bracken, [>]
Lee, Admiral John M., [>]
Léger, Alexis, [>]
Legislative program, [>]; and Sorenson, [>]. See also Congress
Lehman, Herbert, [>], [>], [>], [>]; calls for liberal endorsement of JFK-LBJ ticket, [>]; at Eleanor Roosevelt’s funeral, [>]
LeMay, General Curtis, [>]
Lemnitzer, General Lyman L., [>], [>], [>]; reviews Cuban situation for new administration, [>]; outlines escalation in Southeast Asia, [>]; endorses case for limited commitment in Laos, [>]; and resumption of nuclear testing, [>], [>]
Le Monde, [>]
Leoni, Raúl, [>]
Le Salut (de Gaulle), [>]
Lester, Richard, [>]
Leva, Marx, [>]
Levin, Bernard, [>]
Lewis, Howard, [>]
Liberals, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; and LBJ, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]. [>], [>]; mistrust of JFK by, [>]–[>], [>]; and Stevenson, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; after West Virginia primary, [>]–[>], [>]; endorse JFK, [>]–[>], [>]; at convention, [>]; and JFK, relationship, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; and cabinet appointments, [>]; and Freeman appointment, [>]; and policies, [>]–[>]; and civil rights, [>]
Liberia, [>], [>]
Libya, [>]
Lidell Hart, H. B., [>], [>]
Life, [>]; JFK writes for, “Old Navy: 1776–1860,” [>]; and Fred Schwarz, [>]. [>]
Ligas Camponeses (Brazil), [>]
Lightner, Allan, [>]
Lincoln, Abraham, [>], [>], [>], [>]; and Emancipation Proclamation, [>]. [>]–[>]
Lincoln, Evelyn, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and the Kennedy children, [>]
Lincoln, Murray, [>]
Lincoln Memorial, [>]; and civil rights March, [>]
Lindsay, John, [>]
Lippmann, Walter, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; quoted, [>]; JFK discusses Khrushchev speech with, [>]; Khrushchev to, on status of Berlin, [>]; cites JFK on Robert Nathan, [>]; accuses JFK of Eisenhower economic policy, [>]; and JFK’s failure in public information, [>]; urges trading Cuban for Turkish missile bases, [>]
Little Rock crisis of 1957, [>], [>], [>]
Livermore Atomic Testing Laboratory, [>]
Livingston, Robert R., [>] fn.
Lleras Camargo, Alberto, [>], [>], [>]; JFK visits, [>]; to JFK on Latin American trip, [>]; JFK respect for, [>]; calls for foreign ministers meeting to consider Cuba, [>]; at Punta del Este II, [>]; and review of Alliance for Progress, [>]; reaction of, to assassination, [>]
Locke-Ober Restaurant (Boston), [>], [>]
Lodge, George Cabot, [>]; and Metropolitan Club, [>]
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., [>]–[>], [>]; as ambassador to Vietnam, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; Washington’s instructions to, the Nhu regime, [>]
Lodge-Gossett amendment, [>]
Loeb, James, Jr., [>], [>]; ambassador to Peru, [>]; mission to Guinea, [>], [>]; on Soviet resumption of testing, [>]; predicts political impasse in Peru, [>]; and military junta, Peru, [>]
London Observer, reports Nenni’s enthusiasm for JFK, [>]
London School of Economics, [>], [>]
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt (Mrs. Nicholas), [>], [>]
Look, [>], [>], [>] fn.
Lopez Fresquet, Rufo, [>], [>]
Lord, Walter, [>] fn.
Los Alamos, [>]
Los Angeles, Democratic National Convention at, [>]–[>]; JFK accepts nomination, [>]–[>]
Loveless, Herschel, [>], [>]
Lovett, Robert A., [>], [>], [>]; role of, in cabinet ‘man-hunt,’ [>]; Neustadt suggests for Secretary of Treasury, [>], [>]; recommends Rusk for State Department appointment, [>]; and Clay committee, [>], [>]; and ExCom in Cuban missile crisis, [>]
Lowell, Robert, [>]
Lubell, Samuel, [>]
Lubin, Isador, [>]
Lucas, Scott W., [>]
Luce, Henry R., [>], [>], [>]
Lumumba, Patrice, [>]; murder of, [>], [>]; and Khrushchev, [>]
Lunar exploration, [>], [>], [>]. See also Space program
Luns, Dr. Joseph, [>]
Luxembourg, [>]
Lyons, Leonard, [>]
MacArthur, General Douglas, [>]
McCarthy, Eugene, [>], [>]; nominates Stevenson at 1960 convention, [>]
McCarthy, Joseph, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; JFK’s attitude toward, [>]–[>], [>]; Kennedy family’s relationship with, [>], [>], [>]; censure of, [>]; effect of, on State Department, [>]; and Reed Harris, [>]; Senate Committee on Government Operations, [>]
McCarthy, Mary, [>]
McCloskey, Matthew, [>]
McCloy, John J., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; Khrushchev to, on Berlin, [>]; and inspection of nuclear testing sites, [>]; Khrushchev to, on resumption of testing, [>]; on resumption of testing, [>], [>]; special disarmament adviser, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; and Zorin, [>]–[>]; and Cuban missile crisis, [>], [>]; and negotiations planning, [>]
McCone, John, [>]; and CIA appointment, [>]; and Soviet missiles in Cuba, [>], [>]
McConnell, Grant, [>] fn.
McCormack, John, [>], [>]; and LBJ nomination (1960), [>]; and JFK in fight for Democratic State Committee control (1956), [>]; and JFK discuss foreign aid bill, [>]
McCulloch, Frank, [>]
McDonald, David J., [>]
McElroy, Neil, [>]
Maceo, Antonio, [>], [>], [>]
McFarland, Ernest W., [>]
McGhee, George C., [>], [>]; as Rhodes Scholar, an; on Berlin, [>]; and State Department reorganization, [>]; and neutral nations, [>]; and Congo, [>]; and population control, [>]
McGovern, George S., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and Food for Peace, [>], [>], [>], [>]; and PL [>], [>]; War Against Want, [>] fn.; described, [>]–[>]; in election of 1962, [>]
McGowan, Carl, [>]
McGrory, Mary, [>]
McHugh, Colonel Godfrey, [>]
McHugh, Reverend L. C., [>], [>]
McKinley, William, [>]
MacLeish, Archibald, [>], [>]
McLeod, Scott, [>]
Macmillan, Harold, [>], [>], [>], [>]; to JFK on Laos, [>]; JFK visits after Vienna, [>]–[>]; and Eisenhower, [>]; described, [>]; and JFK, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; Washington visit, [>]; and nuclear testing, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; Bermuda meeting, [>]–[>]; on escalation of testing, [>]–[>]; and colonialism, [>]; and West New Guinea issue, [>]; and Volta Dam, [>]–[>]; and Cuban missile crisis, [>]; and Common Market, [>], [>]; and nuclear deterrents, [>], [>]; and de Gaulle, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; and Skybolt, [>], [>]; political future of, [>], [>], [>]; and JFK in Nassau, [>]–[>]; and Polaris, [>]; and Gaitskell, [>]–[>]; at Birch Grove meeting, [>]; and test ban, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; and test ban negotiations, [>], [>]; on assassination, [>]
McNamara, Robert S., [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; as Secretary of Defense, [>]–[>]. [>], [>], [>], staffs Defense Department, [>]–[>]; and FDR, Jr., [>]; and Bay of Pigs, [>], [>], [>], [>]; and strategy, [>]; as administrator, [>]–[>], [>]; on Defense Department, [>]; on “viable society,” [>]; and “missile gap,” [>]. [>]–[>]; and Berlin, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; and Rusk, [>]; and nuclear testing, [>], [>]–[>]; and disarmament, [>], [>]–[>]; counterforce doctrine, [>]–[>]; on “winning” a nuclear war, [>]; on national security, [>]; and Vietnam, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; and South Africa, [>]; predicts value of Operation Tycoon, [>]; and steel price increase, [>]; and economic problems, [>]; reorganizes military education program, [>]; and ExCom in Cuban missile crisis, [>], [>], [>], [>]; JFK on, in missile crisis, [>], [>]; refutes Keating’s allegations, [>]; and unified nuclear deterrent, [>]–[>]; and conventional forces, [>]–[>]; and Skybolt, [>]–[>
], [>], [>], [>]; and JFK-Mc-Namara Nassau meeting, [>]; nuclear policies of, and European leaders, [>]; and test ban, [>]; refutes opposition to treaty, [>]; and Senate ratification of treaty, [>]; and Birmingham race riots, [>]
McNaughton, John: and disarmament policy, [>], [>], [>]; and Joint Chiefs of Staff, [>]; and test ban treaty negotiations, [>], [>]
McShane, James, [>]
Macy, John, [>]
Madison, James, [>], [>]
Magnuson, Dr. Paul, [>]
Magsaysay, Ramón, [>]
Maguire, Richard, [>]
Mailer, Norman, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; Deer Park, [>], [>]; The Naked and the Dead, [>]; protests Bav of Pigs, [>]; criticizes Jacqueline Kennedy, [>]; on Robert Kennedy, [>]; “existential politics” of, [>]; on tragedy of assassination, [>]
Maine, University of, [>]
Making of a Quagmire, The (“Halberstam), [>] fn.
Making of the President: 1960, The (White), [>]; JFK expresses admiration for, [>]
Malcolm X, [>]; Baldwin describes meeting with, [>]
Mali, [>]; nationalism in, [>]
Malinovsky, Rodion, [>]
Malraux, André, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; JFK to, on management of industrial society, [>]–[>]; and de Gaulle, [>], [>]
Malta, [>]
Manatos, Mike, [>]
Manchester, William, [>], [>]
Manchester Guardian, [>]–[>]
Mann, Thomas C., [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>] fn.; and Cuban White Paper, [>]; and Bay of Pigs invasion plan, [>]; resignation of, [>]; as ambassador to Mexico, [>]
Manning, Robert, [>]
Manpower development and training, [>] fn., [>], [>]
‘Manpower drag’ theory, [>]
Mansfield, Mike, [>]; on Ngo Dinh Diem, [>]; ‘‘Reprieve in Viet Nam,” [>] fn.; opposes Acheson Berlin policy, [>]; and LBJ, [>]; JFK regard for, [>]; and test ban ratification, [>]; on JFK’s legislative program, [>] fn.
Mao Tse-tung, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; JFK quotes, [>]; and nuclear war, [>]; and test ban treaty, [>]
Maritain, Jacques, [>]
Markel, Lester, [>]
Marlborough (Churchill), [>], [>]
Marlin (Kennedy yacht), [>], [>]
Marshall, Burke, [>], [>], [>], [>]; and Meredith case, [>]; and “double standard in law,” [>]–[>]; Federalism and Civil Rights, [>] fn.; and voting rights, [>]–[>]; and Birmingham, [>], [>]
Marshall, General George C.: mission to China, [>]; and FDR, [>]
Marshall, Thurgood, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Marshall Plan, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; effect of, on European communism, [>]; and Lincoln Gordon, [>]; compared with Alliance for Progress, [>]
Martí, José, [>]
Martin, Edwin M., [>]–[>], [>]; and Argentine military coup, [>]; and Loeb work out contingency planning for Peru, [>]; and military junta, Peru, [>]; and Cuban missile crisis, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Martin, Graham, [>], [>]
Martin, John Bartlow, [>]; and Dominican Republic, [>], [>], [>]–[>]; and Stevenson, [>]; Overtaken by Events, [>]; and civil rights, [>]–[>]
Martin, Louis, [>]; and civil rights, [>]
Martin, William McChesney, Jr., [>]
Marxism, [>]
Mason, Edward S., [>]; and Clay committee, [>]
Massachusetts, Democratic party in, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [>], [>]; Center for International Studies, [>]
Matos, Huber, [>], [>]
Matteson, Robert, [>]
Matthews, Herbert, [>]
Maugham, Somerset, [>]
Mauritania, [>]
May, Edgar, [>]
May, Elaine, [>]
Mayobre, José Antonio, [>]
M’Ba, León, [>]
Meader, Vaughn (“The First Family”), [>]
Meany, George, [>], [>], [>]
Mecklin, John, [>] fn., [>]–[>]; describes Diem assault on Buddhists, [>]; on Krulack-Mendenhall mission to Vietnam, [>]
Medical care, [>], [>], [>]; for aged, [>]
Medicare, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Meet the Press (TV program), [>] fn.; JFK on McCarthyism (1951), [>]; JFK on possible vice-presidential candidates, [>]; JFK quotes Mme. de Stael, [>]; JFK on Southeast Asia, [>]; JFK on Berlin, [>]; and Stevenson, [>]; questions JFK on population control, [>]; Sylvia Porter questions JFK on U.S. economy, [>]; Jagan on, [>], [>]
Mehta, Asoka, [>]
Mehta, G. L., [>]
Mekong valley project, [>]
Mellon, Andrew, [>]
Mellon, Mrs. Paul, [>]
Memoirs (de Gaulle), [>]; Le Salut, [>]
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (McCarthy), [>]
Mencken, H. L., [>]
Mendenhall, Joseph, [>]–[>]
Mendés-France, Pierre, [>], [>]
Menon, V K. Krishna, [>]; Stevenson on, [>]
Menshikov, Mikhail: at Vienna summit meeting, [>]; delivers Russian space puppy to Mrs. Kennedy, [>]
Merchant, Livingston, [>], [>], [>]
Meredith, James, [>]–[>] passim, [>], [>]; registration of, at Ole Miss, [>]
Merton, Robert K., [>]
Mesta, Perle, [>]
Metropolitan Club, [>]
Mexico, [>]; JFK visits (1962), [>]; nationalization program in, [>]; and Castro, [>], [>]; opposes sanctions against Cuba, [>], [>]
Meyer, Cord, [>]
Meyer, Eugene, [>]
Meyer, Mrs. Eugene, [>]
Meyer, Karl, [>]; “Our Men in Miami,” [>]
Michelfelder, William, [>]
Michener, James, [>]; Fires of Spring, [>], [>]; Tales of the South Pacific, [>]
Middle East: and Hammarskjöld, [>]; and JFK, [>], [>]–[>]
MIG-21 fighters, [>]
Mikoyan, Anastas, [>]
Militant, The, [>] fn.
Military Assistance and Advisory Group, (Laos), [>]–[>]
Military pacts, [>]; SEATO, [>], [>], [>]; and John Foster Dulles, [>]. See also North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mill, John Stuart, [>]
Miller, Herbert, [>]
Miller, Herman P., [>]
Miller, Merle, [>]
Millikan, Max, [>], [>], [>]; A Proposal—Key to a More Effective Foreign Policy (with Rostow), [>]; and foreign economic policy, [>]
Mills, C. Wright, [>], [>]; protests Bay of Pigs fiasco, [>]; and “the power elite,” [>]
Mills, Wilbur, [>], [>], [>]
Minimum wage, [>], [>]; JFK urges increase in, [>]; Congress passes bill raising, [>], [>] fn.
Minow, Newton N., [>], [>], [>], [>]; at Los Angeles, [>]–[>], [>]; and Stevenson, [>]; and Federal Communications Commission, [>], [>]
Mintz, Morton, [>]
Minuteman program, [>], [>]; and defense budget, [>]–[>]
Minutemen (extremist group), [>]
Miró Cardona, Dr. José, [>], [>], [>]–[>]; and Cuban Revolutionary Council, [>]–[>], [>]; described, [>]; irritation of, with CIA, [>]; misunderstanding of extent of U.S. support, [>]–[>], [>] fn., [>]; during Bav of Pigs fiasco, [>]
‘Missile gap,’ [>], [>]; McElroy’s prediction of, [>]; and McNamara, [>], [>]–[>]; and Soviets, [>]; and defense budget, [>]–[>]
Missile program, [>]; Soviet, [>]; U.S., [>]. See also Jupiter; Minuteman; Polaris
Mission in Torment (Mecklin), [>] fn.
Mississippi, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; federalization of National Guard in, [>], [>], [>]; federal money and segregation in, [>]; and Civil Rights Commission, [>]–[>]. See also Barnett, Ross; Meredith, James; Mississippi, University of
Mississippi, University of (Ole Miss), [>]–[>]; federal intervention at, [>], [>]; and General Walker, [>], [>]; presidential role in, [>]–[>]; Lyceum, [>]. See also Barnett, Ross; Civil rights; Meredith, James
Mississippi: The Closed Society (Silver), [>] fn
Mitchell, Clarence, [>]
Mitford, Jessica, [>]
MNR, [>], [>]
Mobilization for Youth, [>]
Mohr, Charles, [>]
Moley, Raymond, [>]
Mondlane, Eduardo, [>]
Monnet, Jean, [>], [>]; and Ball, [>]; and economic unification of Europe, [>], [>], [>], [>]; JFK’s affection for, [>]
Monroney, A. S. (“Mike”), [>], [>]; and Stevenson, [>], [>], [>]
Monthly Review, [>]
Moore, Barrington, Jr., [>]
Mora, José A., [>]
Moraes, Frank, [>]
Morales, Ramón Villeda, [>]
Morales-Carrión, Arturo, [>]; and Latin American Task Force, [>]; at Punta del Este, [>], [>]; urges JFK’s Latin American trip, [>]; and Dominican crisis, [>], [>]; and John Hill, [>]; on Alliance for Progress, [>], [>]
Morgenstern, Oskar (On the Accuracy of Economic Observations), [>] fn.
Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., [>], [>]
Mormons, [>]
Morrison, deLesseps, [>]; favors sanctions against Cuba, [>]; Latin American Mission, [>] fn.; and Argentine military coup, [>]
Morrissey, Frank, [>]
Morse, Wayne, [>]; and colonialism, [>]; fights JFK’s aid program, [>]; and Argentina, [>]
Moscoso, Teodoro, [>]; and Latin American Task Force, [>]; and ICA, [>]; AID Deputy for Latin America, [>]; and Alliance for Progress, [>], [>]–[>]
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, [>]
Mountjoy, Lord, [>]
Movimiento Revolucionario del Pueblo (MRP), [>]–[>], [>]
Moyers, Bill D., [>], [>], [>]
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, [>]
Mozambique, [>]
Muhammad, Elijah, [>]; Baldwin describes meeting with, [>]
Multilateral force (MLF), [>]–[>], [>], [>]; and Eisenhower, [>]; Ottawa proposal, [>], [>]–[>]; and McNamara, [>]; and U.S. Atlantic policy, [>]–[>]; and cancellation of Skybolt. [>]; and Statement on Nuclear Defense Svstems, [>]–[>], [>]; and West Germany, [>]–[>], [>]; and Bruce, [>]–[>]; and State Department, [>]–[>]; Douglas-Home reports British reaction to, [>]; and European leaders, [>]
Mumford, Lewis, [>]
Mundt, Karl, [>]
Muñoz Marín, Luis, [>], [>], [>], [>]; and Tugwell, [>]
Murphy, Harry S., Jr., [>] fn.
Murphy, Robert, [>]
Murray, Reverend John Courtney, [>]
Murrow, Edward R., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and USIA, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; opposes Cuban invasion, [>]; ignorance of Bay of Pigs plan, [>]; and nuclear testing, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; and uncommitted nations, [>]; background of, [>]–[>]; and JFK, [>]
Murville, Couve de, [>], [>]
Mutual Security Administration, [>
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