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Received from George W. Ball of Princeton, NJ, in March 1982 (Acc. 1982-027).
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George W. Ball was born on December 21, 1909, in Des Moines, IA. He received his B.A. from Northwestern University in 1930. He received his J.D. in 1933, and was admitted to the Illinois bar the following year. Ball began his career of government service working in the General Counsel's Office of the U.S. Department of Treasury (1933-1935). As a government official, he also served in the Lend Lease Administration, which later became the Foreign Economic Administration (1942-1944). From 1944 to 1945, Ball was Director of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey in London, England. Briefly, following WWII, Ball served as General Counsel for the French Supply Council in Washington, DC (1945-1946). Ball, continuing in government service, became Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in 1961. From 1961 to 1966, he served as the Under Secretary of State. He also served as permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations. George W. Ball died on May 26, 1994.
The Papers of George W. Ball consists of one series: Memoranda of Telephone Conversations. The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject. Most items are memoranda of telephone conversations between Ball and his numerous contacts. The documents in this collection cover the period 1961 to 1963.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
This series consists of memoranda of telephone conversations between George W. Ball, acting as Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and Under Secretary of State, and his numerous contacts.
This folder contains transcripts of telephone conversations between Under Secretary of State George Ball, President John F. Kennedy, and various members of the White House staff concerning the Canadian economy, trade relations between Canada and the United States, and President Kennedy’s relationship with Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker.
This folder contains memoranda and transcripts of telephone conversations between Under Secretary of State George Ball, President John F. Kennedy, and various members of the White House staff concerning airplane hijacking incidents, Cuban emigration to the United States, trade relations between Cuba and the United States, Cuba’s relationship with the Soviet Union (USSR), and the activities of the National Security Council’s Cuban Task Force.
This folder contains transcripts of telephone conversations between Under Secretary of State George Ball and various members of the White House staff concerning the activities of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, trade relations between Cuba and the United States, and Congressional hearings on the United States’ military involvement in Cuba.