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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-03
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1962 steel crisis; some major issues and accomplishments of John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] presidency; choosing the U.S. Ambassador to Russia; foreign aid and treaties; the military coup in Peru; the space race during the Kennedy Administration; the 1962 congressional and gubernatorial campaigns; JFK’s dinner for the Nobel Prize winners; the Polaris submarines; problems with the New York Herald Tribune; New York politics; various pieces of federal legislation, 1961–1963; the Dominican Republic; Department of Justice investigations under RFK; the difficulties of being Attorney General; congressional issues in early 1963; the Vietnam War escalation in 1963; American support of the coup in Vietnam; Henry Cabot Lodge as the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; the prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion; American actions in Cuba; unemployment and civil rights; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin; JFK’s trips to the South and speeches on civil rights; the nuclear test ban treaty; and JFK’s trip to Ireland and Rome, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-02-D
ST27, KN38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-02-C
ST27, KN38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-13-D
KN15
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-223-011
This folder contains Department of State telegrams regarding a visit by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Secretary General Dirk Stikker to Washington, D.C. to meet with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and President John F. Kennedy. Also included in this folder are briefing memoranda concerning areas of discussion for the meetings such as the Nassau Agreement, a MLF (multi-lateral force) within NATO, the status of conventional forces build-up, a strengthening of political consultation, and NATO defense planning.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29279
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern, back to camera) delivers an address at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy. Also pictured: President of Italy, Antonio Segni; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29278
President John F. Kennedy (standing at lectern at left in background) delivers an address at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy. Unidentified military personnel sit on horses in foreground.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29277
President John F. Kennedy arrives at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy, aboard a U.S. Army helicopter; President Kennedy greets Commander-in Chief of AFSOUTH, Admiral James S. Russell. The President visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. Jean Kennedy Smith descends helicopter stairs.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29276
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) sits in an open convertible with Commander-in Chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)’s Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), Admiral James S. Russell, after arriving at AFSOUTH, a NATO military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29275
President John F. Kennedy arrives at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. Commander-in-Chief of AFSOUTH, Admiral James S. Russell, walks with President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., follows behind. Walking in background (L-R): Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, James J. Rowley.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29274
President John F. Kennedy (center right) stands with President of Italy, Antonio Segni, during his arrival ceremony at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. Also pictured: Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander-in-Chief of AFSOUTH, Admiral James S. Russell; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. A large crowd observes.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29273
President John F. Kennedy (center) inspects troops upon arrival at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, walks with President Kennedy. A large crowd observes.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21123-J
President John F. Kennedy (center left) signs the guest book at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Looking on, in foreground, are (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the SACLANT; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); and an unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officer (on far edge of image).
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JFKWHP-KN-C21123-H
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) signs the guest book at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Looking on, in foreground, are (L-R): President John F. Kennedy; Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); and Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the SACLANT. Unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officers stand in the background.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21123-G
President John F. Kennedy (center left, holding hat) stands with Vice Admiral Harold T. Deutermann, Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), upon his arrival at the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Admiral Robert L. Dennison (mostly hidden, left of Vice Admiral Deutermann), Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and SACLANT, and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in front, second from right) walk behind President Kennedy. Several unidentified North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military officers stand in the background.
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JFKWHP-ST-C231-24-63
President John F. Kennedy (standing at lectern in background) delivers an address at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy. An unidentified military officer sits on horse in foreground.
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JFKWHP-ST-C231-21-63
President John F. Kennedy (center right) stands with President of Italy, Antonio Segni, during his arrival ceremony at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. Also pictured: Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander-in-Chief of AFSOUTH, Admiral James S. Russell. A large crowd observes.
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JFKWHP-ST-C231-13-63
A U.S. Army helicopter sits on the tarmac at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President John F. Kennedy traveled aboard the helicopter to the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks.
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JFKWHP-ST-C231-12-63
President John F. Kennedy greets military officials upon his arrival aboard a U.S. Army helicopter at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. Left to right (facing camera): President Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith (partially hidden); U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29272
President of Italy, Antonio Segni (at lectern, back to camera), delivers remarks at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President John F. Kennedy sits at left in front row. Also pictured: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29271
President John F. Kennedy walks to a podium during his arrival ceremony at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, walks with President Kennedy. Commander-in-Chief of AFSOUTH, Admiral James S. Russell, escorts President Kennedy at right. Also pictured: Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29270
President John F. Kennedy (center right) walks with President of Italy, Antonio Segni, during his arrival ceremony at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. Also pictured: Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commander-in-Chief of AFSOUTH, Admiral James S. Russell. A large crowd observes.