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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Moving image
White House Films
JFKWHF-WHS01
Motion picture covering President John F. Kennedy's European trip in the summer of 1963. President Kennedy arrives in West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) and travels to various sites. Included are appearances with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of the Federal Republic of Germany and Mayor of West Berlin Willy Brandt. President Kennedy then arrives in Ireland and is greeted by Irish President Eamon de Valera. Among President Kennedy's travels are a visit to the Kennedy Homestead with Jean Kennedy Smith and Eunice Kennedy Shriver. President Kennedy then arrives in England and is greeted by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan before traveling to various sites. President Kennedy then arrives in Italy and is greeted by Italian President Antonio Segni before visiting various sites. President Kennedy visits the Vatican and meets Pope Paul VI.Source: White House # D-3618.
Photographed by: Cecil W. Stoughton.
Sound by: Alfred J. Storey.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-30-B
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-F
KN37
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-234-013
This folder includes material related to President John F. Kennedy's trip to London, England, including correspondence and briefing materials for President Kennedy's discussions with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of the United Kingdom and other British officials.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29359
President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan, exit the Prime Minister’s residence, Birch Grove House, near Chelwood Gate, Sussex, England.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29445
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) observes as Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan, delivers remarks during President Kennedy’s arrival ceremony at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, England. Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, stands at right.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29444
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) observes as Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan, delivers remarks during President Kennedy’s arrival ceremony at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, England.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-236-003
This folder contains a briefing book for President John F. Kennedy's meetings in Bermuda with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of the United Kingdom. Materials include position papers and background papers.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-236-002
This folder contains a briefing book for President John F. Kennedy's meetings in Bermuda with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of the United Kingdom. Materials include position papers, background papers, and the text of several statements for delivery by President Kennedy.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-236-001
This folder includes material related to President John F. Kennedy's trip to Bermuda. The folder includes correspondence and memoranda related to trip planning, as well as materials regarding meetings between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of the United Kingdom. The folder also contains memoranda of conversations between various representatives of the United States and the United Kingdom.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-235-017
This folder contains copies of memoranda of conversations between President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of the United Kingdom during their meetings in Bermuda.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-235-016
This folder contains memoranda of conversations between President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of the United Kingdom during their meetings in Bermuda.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-235-015
This folder includes material related to President John F. Kennedy's trip to Bermuda. The folder includes correspondence and memoranda related to trip planning, as well as briefing materials for meetings between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of the United Kingdom.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-233-005
This folder includes material related to President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's trip to Europe, including stops in Vienna, Austria and London, England. The folder includes reports and memoranda of conversations for meetings between President Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union in Vienna, as well as meetings between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of the United Kingdom in London.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19786
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) addresses crowd upon his arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan stands at left; Governor of Bermuda Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne stands at right; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands in background at right. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19782
Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan addresses crowd upon President John F. Kennedy’s arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. President Kennedy and the Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne, stand to the right. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19781
Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan addresses crowd upon President John F. Kennedy’s arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. President Kennedy and the Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne, stand to the right. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19778
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) speaks with Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne, upon the President’s arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. L-R: Unidentified; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan; British Ambassador to the United States Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Governor Gascoigne. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19777
President John F. Kennedy speaks with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan upon the President’s arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. L-R: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Lady Joyce Gascoigne (wife of the Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne), partially hidden; unidentified; Prime Minister Macmillan; President Kennedy; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; British Ambassador to the United States Sir David Ormsby-Gore. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A4-4-61
Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan addresses crowd upon President John F. Kennedy’s arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida; President Kennedy listens at right. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A4-1-61
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) addresses crowd upon his arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan stands to left of President Kennedy; the Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne, stands at right. Military Aide to President Kennedy General Chester V. Clifton stands in background between the President and Governor Gascoigne. All others are unidentified. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-283-22-61
Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan (in center, standing in front of microphones) addresses crowd upon President John F. Kennedy’s arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. President Kennedy and the Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne (mostly hidden), stand behind Prime Minister Macmillan. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda. [Photograph by Dan Lewis]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29358-A
View of Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan’s residence, Birch Grove House, in Chelwood Gate, Sussex, England. President John F. Kennedy stayed at the residence during his visit to England.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29358
View of Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan’s residence, Birch Grove House, in Chelwood Gate, Sussex, England. President John F. Kennedy stayed at the residence during his visit to England.