"SOME HOPE OF A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD"

KENNEDY-RUSK CONFER ON EVE OF TEST BAN TREATY SIGNING IN MOSCOW

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 2, 1963, President John F. Kennedy "held a final conference with Secretary of State Dean Rusk*" as the Secretary prepared to leave for Moscow "to sign the limited nuclear test ban treaty."

President Kennedy said that he sees "some hope of moving towards a more peaceful world" but cautions that while this is "an important step" it is "only a first step."

Mr. Rusk will be accompanied by United Nations Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson along with six United States senators, four Democrats and two Republicans.

*David Dean Rusk (1909-1994) was born in Cherokee County, Georgia & graduated Davidson College 1931.  DDR earned his MA at Oxford University & served as U.S. Secretary of State 1961-1969.

SOURCE

"Kennedy, Rusk Draft Strategy," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 2, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

David Dean Rusk

U.S. Secretary of State

1961-1969

Department of State