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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BBH-01
In this interview Hickenlooper discusses various meetings with President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on foreign relations; Soviet and American nuclear testing; the nuclear test ban treaty; the Bay of Pigs invasion; Laos and Vietnam; the Punta del Este Conference in 1962; the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Hickenlooper's 1962 reelection campaign; traveling with JFK to Costa Rica; the 1961 Berlin crisis; JFK's congressional relations; and social occasions at the Kennedy White House, among other issues.
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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CAS-01
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy (JFK)’s efforts to strengthen American ties with Latin America, the communist threat in Venezuela, and the relationship between JFK and President Betancourt, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GAS-01
This interview focuses on the relationship between John F. Kennedy (JFK) and Senator Smathers, JFK’s handling of US-Cuba relations, and JFK’s interest in the future of Latin America, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-CFNS-01
Cull, Ffrench, Noto, and Schoenenberger discuss why the Immigration and Naturalization Service was tasked with planning the prisoners’ homecoming along with the actual planning, preparations, and concerns over the prisoners’ homecoming, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JEN-01
In this interview he discusses the Cuban prisoners release project, including working with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; why the Cubans agreed to the prisoners’ release; trips to Cuba and interactions with Fidel Castro; starting as the administrative assistant to the Attorney General; James B. Donovan; Castro’s view of the United States; problems with the prisoners’ release; and the significance of this project in regards to John F. Kennedy’s Administration as a whole, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-MDT-01
This interview focuses on Taylor’s relationship with Robert F. Kennedy (RFK), the role and responsibilities of the Special Group (Counterinsurgency), and the investigation into Operation Mongoose, among other issues.