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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RH-01
In this interview Hilsman discusses his initial interactions with John F. Kennedy [JFK]; Hilsman’s appointment to the Department of State during the Kennedy Administration; Foreign Service officers and “hot-seat” jobs; issues with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; reorganizing the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; the flow of information between the State Department and the White House; staffing the State Department; the use of satellite intelligence; John A. McCone; working with and around Robert F. Kennedy [RFK]; JFK, RFK, and Vietnam; Edward G. Lansdale; Maxwell D. Taylor; the connection between Vietnam and Laos; U.S. action in Laos; the Buddhist crisis in Vietnam; the impact of WWII on Hilsman and JFK’s generation; and the 1963 coup in Vietnam, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-18-D
AR21, ST10
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-216-1-62
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Attendees include: Director of FSI, Carl W. Strom; Director-designate of FSI, George Morgan; coordinator of the Senior Seminar, Andrew V. Corry; Senior Seminar participants, Davis E. Boster, William D. Brewer, Emerson M. Brown, Stephen P. Dorsey, John W. Fisher, J. Robert Fluker, William M. Gibson, Colonel John M. Hightower, Captain Raymond E. Hill, M. Gordon Knox, Carol C. Laise, LaRue R. Lutkins, Lawrence B. Myers, Robert M. Phillips, Colonel Daniel F. Riva, Charles E. Rogers, Colonel George G. Ryffel, Philip P. Schaffner, Abraham M. Sirkin, John L. Stegmaier, Richard K. Stuart, and William W. Tyng. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7252-G
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Attendees include: Director of FSI, Carl W. Strom; Director-designate of FSI, George Morgan; coordinator of the Senior Seminar, Andrew V. Corry; Senior Seminar participants, Davis E. Boster, William D. Brewer, Emerson M. Brown, Stephen P. Dorsey, John W. Fisher, J. Robert Fluker, William M. Gibson, Colonel John M. Hightower, Captain Raymond E. Hill, M. Gordon Knox, Carol C. Laise, LaRue R. Lutkins, Lawrence B. Myers, Robert M. Phillips, Colonel Daniel F. Riva, Charles E. Rogers, Colonel George G. Ryffel, Philip P. Schaffner, Abraham M. Sirkin, John L. Stegmaier, Richard K. Stuart, and William W. Tyng. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7252-F
President John F. Kennedy (center left) meets with members of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Attendees include: Director of FSI, Carl W. Strom; Director-designate of FSI, George Morgan; coordinator of the Senior Seminar, Andrew V. Corry; Senior Seminar participants, Davis E. Boster, William D. Brewer, Emerson M. Brown, Stephen P. Dorsey, John W. Fisher, J. Robert Fluker, William M. Gibson, Colonel John M. Hightower, Captain Raymond E. Hill, M. Gordon Knox, Carol C. Laise, LaRue R. Lutkins, Lawrence B. Myers, Robert M. Phillips, Colonel Daniel F. Riva, Charles E. Rogers, Colonel George G. Ryffel, Philip P. Schaffner, Abraham M. Sirkin, John L. Stegmaier, Richard K. Stuart, and William W. Tyng. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7252-E
President John F. Kennedy (left, in profile) meets with members of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Attendees include: Director of FSI, Carl W. Strom; Director-designate of FSI, George Morgan; coordinator of the Senior Seminar, Andrew V. Corry; Senior Seminar participants, Davis E. Boster, William D. Brewer, Emerson M. Brown, Stephen P. Dorsey, John W. Fisher, J. Robert Fluker, William M. Gibson, Colonel John M. Hightower, Captain Raymond E. Hill, M. Gordon Knox, Carol C. Laise, LaRue R. Lutkins, Lawrence B. Myers, Robert M. Phillips, Colonel Daniel F. Riva, Charles E. Rogers, Colonel George G. Ryffel, Philip P. Schaffner, Abraham M. Sirkin, John L. Stegmaier, Richard K. Stuart, and William W. Tyng. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7252-D
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Attendees include: Director of FSI, Carl W. Strom; Director-designate of FSI, George Morgan; coordinator of the Senior Seminar, Andrew V. Corry; Senior Seminar participants, Davis E. Boster, William D. Brewer, Emerson M. Brown, Stephen P. Dorsey, John W. Fisher, J. Robert Fluker, William M. Gibson, Colonel John M. Hightower, Captain Raymond E. Hill, M. Gordon Knox, Carol C. Laise, LaRue R. Lutkins, Lawrence B. Myers, Robert M. Phillips, Colonel Daniel F. Riva, Charles E. Rogers, Colonel George G. Ryffel, Philip P. Schaffner, Abraham M. Sirkin, John L. Stegmaier, Richard K. Stuart, and William W. Tyng. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7252-C
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with an unidentified man during a meeting with members of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI); Director of FSI, Carl W. Strom, stands in center. Standing in background are Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, and an unidentified White House Police officer. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7252-B
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with an unidentified man during a meeting with members of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Attendees include: Director of FSI, Carl W. Strom; Director-designate of FSI, George Morgan; coordinator of the Senior Seminar, Andrew V. Corry; Senior Seminar participants, Davis E. Boster, William D. Brewer, Emerson M. Brown, Stephen P. Dorsey, John W. Fisher, J. Robert Fluker, William M. Gibson, Colonel John M. Hightower, Captain Raymond E. Hill, M. Gordon Knox, Carol C. Laise, LaRue R. Lutkins, Lawrence B. Myers, Robert M. Phillips, Colonel Daniel F. Riva, Charles E. Rogers, Colonel George G. Ryffel, Philip P. Schaffner, Abraham M. Sirkin, John L. Stegmaier, Richard K. Stuart, and William W. Tyng. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7252-A
President John F. Kennedy speaks with members of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) during a meeting in the Rose Garden. Attendees include: Director of FSI, Carl W. Strom; Director-designate of FSI, George Morgan; coordinator of the Senior Seminar, Andrew V. Corry; Senior Seminar participants, Davis E. Boster, William D. Brewer, Emerson M. Brown, Stephen P. Dorsey, John W. Fisher, J. Robert Fluker, William M. Gibson, Colonel John M. Hightower, Captain Raymond E. Hill, M. Gordon Knox, Carol C. Laise, LaRue R. Lutkins, Lawrence B. Myers, Robert M. Phillips, Colonel Daniel F. Riva, Charles E. Rogers, Colonel George G. Ryffel, Philip P. Schaffner, Abraham M. Sirkin, John L. Stegmaier, Richard K. Stuart, and William W. Tyng. White House, Washington, D.C.