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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LWH-01
In this interview, Lord Harlech discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] early opinions on disarmament; dealings with Nikita S. Khrushchev and the Soviet Union; the Cuban crisis; issues with selling and testing American missiles; how JFK’s relationship with British Prime Minister M. Harold Macmillan developed over time and how they worked together on specific issues; how JFK’s interest in politics and foreign affairs developed; difficulties with France over their nuclear program in 1962; JFK’s skills and character; JFK’s different circles of friends; and JFK and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’ approaches to life in the public eye, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-HEHA-01
Alphand discusses his role as French Ambassador, his impressions of President Kennedy, and the President’s relationship with Charles de Gaulle and France in regards to foreign policy issues, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-C
ST34, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-06-01-C
ST03
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JCPW-01
In this interview they discuss their article in Look magazine; personal recollections of President John F. Kennedy's [JFK] assassination; working on JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK’s campaigning style; JFK’s relationship with the press, White House staff, and his family; and JFK’s trips to Nassau, Europe, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch, among other issues.
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.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-23D-4
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss former Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s upcoming meeting with President Charles de Gaulle of France. They consider whether Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John A. McCone should speak to Nixon about the meeting. They also discuss the protection of U.S. embassy property in Havana, Cuba.This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 23D, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-23D, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 23D.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-23D
Dictation Belt 23D contains six sound recordings. Item 23D.1 is a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester. They discuss the purchase of furniture at Otis Air Force Base and wasteful spending. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 23D.2 is a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and United States Air Force General Godfrey T. McHugh, Air Force Aide to the President. They discuss the purchase of furniture at Otis Air Force Base and the possible effect on the Air Force budget. Item 23D.3 is a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy. They discuss the timing of a presidential speech on a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 23D.4 is a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss former Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s upcoming meeting with President Charles de Gaulle of France. They consider whether Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John A. McCone should speak to Nixon about the meeting. They also discuss the protection of U.S. embassy property in Havana, Cuba. Item 23D.5 is a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Deputy Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach. They discuss James M. Landis and an issue involving the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 23D.6 is a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator Clair Engle of California. They discuss the impending resignation of Postmaster General J. Edward Day and their thoughts on choosing a successor. Following this conversation, there is a fragment of another conversation; the entire conversation, including this fragment, is recorded on Dictation Belt 23E.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-171-022
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding the hospitalization and subsequent resignation of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, and British views toward France. Also included are Memoranda of Conversations between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Great Britain and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30680
Eunice Kennedy Shriver (left, back to camera) visits with President of France, General Charles de Gaulle, during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Also pictured: Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Ambassador-designate from South Vietnam to Cambodia, Trần Chánh Thành; Ambassador of Spain, Antonio Garrigues y Díaz-Cañabate. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30679
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) escorts President of France, General Charles de Gaulle, through the ground-floor Center Hall to attend a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville (mostly hidden), walks behind General de Gaulle. Washington, D.C.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-119-002
Sound recording of a meeting held on November 2, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, and Under Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman. They discuss the delivery of wheat on American ships to the Soviet Union, alternatives, and related discussions with American unions. Other topics of discussion include a review of the coup situation in Vietnam; Berlin, Germany; plans for a visit by President of France Charles DeGaulle; and the allocation of resources by the Soviet Union. Also Under Secretary Ball talks to Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz on the telephone. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 119/A55, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 119/A55 in its entirety.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-551-1-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy walks with President of France, Charles de Gaulle, during a formal dinner held at the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. [Notes: This is a copy negative created by Cecil Stoughton from an Associated Press image.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-167-1-61
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy walks with President of France, Charles de Gaulle, during a formal dinner held at the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. [Notes: This is a copy negative created by Cecil Stoughton from an Associated Press image.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6511-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with former Prime Minister of France Paul Reynaud (center) and unidentified guest (left) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-61-63
President of France, General Charles de Gaulle, visits with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Joan Bennett Kennedy stands at far right. Also pictured: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Republic, Mahmoud Fawzi; Ambassador of the United Arab Republic, Dr. Mostafa Kamel; Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-29-63
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) escorts President of France, General Charles de Gaulle, through the Diplomatic Reception Room to attend a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.