Indeed, he regarded many of his putative advisers as a threat to world peace. That year, he used diplomacy relentlessly and skillfully to achieve a breakthrough nuclear agreement with the Soviet Union, the Limited Test Ban Treaty.
到1963年，肯尼迪已不再信任军方和CIA的建议。事实上，他认为他的许多所谓顾问是世界和平的威胁。这一年，他不懈地巧妙使用外交手段与苏联达成了突破性核协议——部分禁止核试验条约。