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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EDAG-06
In this interview Gullion discusses the State Department’s staff for Africa; the U.S. policy towards the Congo and Katangese secession; the process of and difficulties with arranging a meeting between Moise Kapenda Tshombe and Cyrille Adoula at Kitona Air Base; and UN military operations and other actions in the Congo, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EDAG-04
In this interview Gullion discusses his impressions of President John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] character; JFK’s attitude toward and experience with disarmament; President JFK and the arts; and JFK’s concept of the presidency, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EDAG-03
In this interview Gullion discusses the fighting in the Congo over Katangese secession; the UN forces involved in the Katanga fighting, including prominent generals; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] role in the Congolese crisis and various influences on his view of U.S. and UN policy in the Congo; differing opinions on the U.S. Congo policy; and the importance of Belgian and British views on the Congo to JFK, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EDAG-02
In this interview Gullion discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] views on the roles of U.S. Ambassadors and diplomatic missions; Gullion’s work in the Congo, 1961-1963; JFK’s views of the Congo and of Africa; UN policy in the Congo and the U Thant plan; and Moise Kapenda Tshombe and Cyrille Adoula and Katangese secession, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-06
In this interview Komer discusses U.S. aid to India and Pakistan and some problems involved with it, including the question of long-term U.S. aid and a shift in focus from Pakistan to India; problems with the Agency for International Development; oil and U.S. policy; U.S. involvement in the Congo; Komer’s meetings with President John F. Kennedy [JFK] and how Komer briefed him; the relations among JFK, Dean Rusk, John Kenneth Galbraith, Adlai E. Stevenson, and McGeorge Bundy; JFK’s interest in India and Pakistan and his attempt at a mediation between the two on Kashmir; and JFK and Algeria and Morocco, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-02
In this interview Komer discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] personal diplomacy with the United Arab Republic [UAR] through letters; normalizing U.S.-Egypt relations; the Yemen conflict and U.S. interests; negotiating Yemen with M. Harold Macmillan and the attempt to have the United Kingdom recognize the Yemen Republic; dealing with Gamal Abdel Nasser; and difficulties with Saudi Arabia and the UAR, among other issues.
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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ECH-02
This interview focuses on the Africa Program, the relationship of the Agency for International Development with European countries, and specific involvement of the Agency for International Development with African countries, among other things
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CFD-01
Darlington comments upon his role as an ambassador, meetings with President John F. Kennedy, the African Bureau of the State Department, American Foreign Aid, and Foreign Service under the Kennedy Administration, among other issues
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RR-01
This interview focuses on the United States’ and Belgium’s policies towards issues in the Congo, the United States’ policies regarding Europe, and the Belgium government’s view of the Kennedy administration, among other topics.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Congo. Materials include a memorandum titled, “Legal and Constitutional Positions of Kasavubu and Lumumba,” telegrams from various African politicians congratulating President Kennedy on his inauguration, and a letter of credence for new Ambassador of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) to the United States Emmanuel Damongo Dadet. This folder contains some foreign language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-329-001
This folder contains a memorandum from President John F. Kennedy to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara in reference to National Security Action Memoranda number 26 (NSAM 26) regarding notification to the Departments of State and Defense of a decision by United States Ambassador to the Congo (Democratic Republic) Clare H. Timberlake to reverse the course of U.S. Navy ships.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Materials concern persons recommended for recess appointments in the Foreign Service, a statement by the President concerning the Federal budget for 1962-1963, ambassadorial appointments, a speech by Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles, and a comment on the report of the United Nations General Assembly's investigation into the death of Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo Patrice Lumumba. Of note is a telegram from Ambassador Arthur H. Dean to the President regarding the President's upcoming address on disarmament before the United Nations. Also included in this folder are meeting minutes from the Fourth and Fifth Regional Operations Conferences.
Textual folder
Edmund A. Gullion Personal Papers
EAGPP-003-007
Textual folder
Edmund A. Gullion Personal Papers
EAGPP-001-010
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6747-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Congo (Leopoldville) Edmund A. Gullion in the Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6439-A
Ambassador Emmanuel Damongo Dadet of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) with President John F. Kennedy. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
EAGPP
Papers 1943-1997 (bulk 1953-1971). Diplomat, educator. Career foreign service officer (1937-1964), Deputy Director of the U.S. Disarmament Administration (1960-1961), U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo (1961-1964), Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (1964-1978). Correspondence, speeches, oral history interviews, reports, publications, news clippings, photographs.