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TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY KENNETH O'DONNELL ON WHITE HOUSE LETTERHEAD, NOVEMBER 13, 1961, WITH ORIGINAL WHITE HOUSE MAILING ENVELOPE Ken O'Donnell TLS as Special Assistant to the President, on official The White House letterhead and dated November 13, 1961; written on behalf of President John F. Kennedy and addressed to Anthony J. Carolla, Assistant Principal of Pearl River High School, Pearl River, NY, in response to a request for senior students and advisors to meet with the President during a planned visit to Washington; in the letter, O'Donnell explains that due to an exceptionally heavy schedule—including commitments surrounding the visit of Chancellor Adenauer—the request cannot be accommodated, noting that the President has consistently declined similar requests from numerous student groups sgned in ink by O'Donnell as Special Assistant to the President; accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope with Washington, D.C. postmark; clear and well-preserved example of early Kennedy administration correspondence reflecting the volume of public engagement requests and the formal role of presidential aides in managing access to the White House (2)