They number 272 memoranda directed to various government agencies and staff from either President Kennedy himself or McGeorge Bundy, his national security adviser. Image size averages 120K and the quality varies. Most of the scanned documents are onionskin carbon copies of the originals, as the originals were sent to the individuals to whom each memorandum was directed. Some documents were so deteriorated that they were replaced in the files by photocopies. These are so marked.
Some images are as yet unavailable due to classification restrictions.
They will be scanned and made available as they are declassified. Attachments were not scanned due to the volume of the material Page design and image scanning and editing by Raluca Sisu, a Kennedy Library volunteer. 161 U.S. Internal Security Programs NSAM 162 Development of U.S. and Indigenous Police. NSAM 258 Assignment of Highest National Priority to Prog.