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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.
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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
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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-ST-C230-38-63
President John F. Kennedy views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Vertical blemish near center of image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-2-63
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; 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 agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Roy Kellerman.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18606
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers remarks upon his return from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Vice President Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay; and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Charles Bohlen.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18605
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; and President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18604
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; and President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18602
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers remarks upon his return from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; unidentified (seated); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay; and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Charles Bohlen.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18601
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers remarks upon his return from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) LOOK Magazine photographer, Stanley Tretick; President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; unidentified (seated); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay; and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Charles Bohlen.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18600
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's return from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay; and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Charles Bohlen.
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JFKWHP-AR6752-D
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers remarks upon his return from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Vice President Johnson; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay; and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Charles Bohlen.
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JFKWHP-AR6752-B
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay; and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Charles Bohlen.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29288
President John F. Kennedy (center right, standing at microphones) delivers remarks at Free University of Berlin in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Those seated in first row on stage include: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; Chairman of the Committee to Strengthen the Security of the Free World, General Lucius D. Clay; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring. [Blemishes at bottom of image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C29253
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern in foreground, back to camera) delivers remarks before a crowd gathered at Rudolph Wilde Platz in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). President Kennedy delivered his speech from a platform erected on the steps of West Berlin’s city hall, Rathaus Schöneberg. Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, and interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber, stand right of the President; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt, stands left of the President. Also pictured: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29248
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern in foreground, back to camera) delivers remarks before a crowd gathered at Rudolph Wilde Platz in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). President Kennedy delivered his speech from a platform erected on the steps of West Berlin’s city hall, Rathaus Schöneberg. Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, and interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber, stand right of the President; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt, stands left of the President. Also pictured: the President’s sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29211
President John F. Kennedy (hidden) views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Floyd Boring, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Horizontal streak at bottom of image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C29210
President John F. Kennedy views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29206
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. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29225
President John F. Kennedy (center left, back to camera) greets officials during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse.