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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MJH-01
In this interview Hillenbrand discusses President John F. Kennedy [JFK] entering office amid the Berlin crisis; working as the Director of the Office of German Affairs with JFK; the Berlin Task Force and the Ambassadorial Group; JFK's attitude towards the German problem and German reactions to the Kennedy Administration; the State Department and Germany; the 1961 Vienna talks with Nikita S. Khrushchev; the erection of the Berlin Wall and the crisis it generated; the Kennedy Administration's reaction and response to the Berlin Wall; talks with Russia over Berlin and the Wall; the press "leaks crisis" on the Germany problem; JFK's working style and approach to problems, according to Hillenbrand; the impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis on the Berlin talks; JFK's German policy and relationship with German leaders; and what JFK accomplished related to Germany, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-15-G
AR11, KN07
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-08-21-D
AR10, KN07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-F
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-D
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-C
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-A
KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-25-F
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-25-A
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-24-C
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-23-E
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-23-B
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-23-A
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-14-A
AR29, ST15, KN25
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-3-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left foreground, back to camera) visits the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Jay W. Gildner, of the United States Information Agency (USIA); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29321
President John F. Kennedy (center) rides in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) with Commanding General of the 3rd Armored Division, Major General John R. Pugh, during his visit to Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Friedrich A. Foertsch; President Kennedy's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; the President’s Personal Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; Vice Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Ludwig Erhard; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister-President of Hesse, Georg August Zinn; White House Secret Service agents, Sam Sulliman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Horizontal streaks at bottom and spot in upper right corner are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29320
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Friedrich A. Foertsch; President Kennedy's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; the President’s Personal Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; Vice Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Ludwig Erhard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Minister-President of Hesse, Georg August Zinn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of the Seventh U.S. Army, Lieutenant General Hugh P. Harris; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29387
President John F. Kennedy visits with officials on the steps of Villa Hammerschmidt in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Left to right: President Kennedy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee (partially obscured); President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke; Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; two unidentified persons. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler stands in background at left. Two unidentified German girls stand with the officials.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29229
Eunice Kennedy Shriver and others gather at Kölner Rathaus (City Hall) in Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic), to hear President John F. Kennedy deliver remarks. Left to right (in foreground): U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Foreign Minister of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; unidentified; Mrs. Shriver; unidentified; Cecilia McGhee; Libeth Werhahn, daughter of Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Chancellor Adenauer; City Manager of Cologne, Dr. Max Adenauer; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George McGhee; two unidentified persons; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-29204
President John F. Kennedy (center) sits with Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, during a ceremony at Kölner Rathaus (City Hall) in Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic). Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of Cologne, Theo Burauen (left, back to camera), delivers remarks. City Manager (Oberstadtdirektor) of Cologne, Dr. Max Adenauer, stands at center left; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber, and Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner, stand behind the Chancellor and the President; Eunice Kennedy Shriver (right) stands in the background. Also pictured: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Libeth Werhahn, daughter of Chancellor Adenauer; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Cecilia McGhee; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18828
Guests at the luncheon in honor of Western foreign ministers stand in the Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Foreign Minister Dr. Heinrich von Brentano of Germany; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs Maurice Couve de Murville of France; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18825
Guests at the luncheon in honor of Western foreign ministers stand in the Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Foreign Minister Dr. Heinrich von Brentano of Germany; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs Maurice Couve de Murville of France; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18824
Guests at the luncheon in honor of Western foreign ministers stand in the Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Foreign Minister Dr. Heinrich von Brentano of Germany; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs Maurice Couve de Murville of France; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6368-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with the United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany Walter C. Dowling in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Ambassador Dowling.