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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-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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-30-A
AR26, ST13, KN21
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23508
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (mostly hidden); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23507
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller of California (mostly hidden on far edge of frame); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (face obscured); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois (very back, mostly hidden); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23506
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, partially hidden); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (very back); Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re; Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Representative Thomas F. Johnson (Maryland); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back, face obscured); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemishes on image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-9-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing in background (L-R): Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Photographers stand in foreground. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers] [Blurriness in image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-7-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, mostly hidden); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (face obscured); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois (very back, mostly hidden); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-5-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Representative William T. Murphy of Illinois (mostly hidden); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (face obscured); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois (very back); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-6-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): unidentified motion picture photographer; Representative George P. Miller (California); Representative William T. Murphy of Illinois (mostly hidden); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (face obscured); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois (very back); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-4-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks after signing the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified; Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland (very back); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back, partially hidden); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks after signing the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, partially hidden); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (very back); Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re; Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified (partially hidden); Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland (very back); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd of Minnesota (in back, mostly hidden); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back, partially hidden). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks after signing the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (in back, mostly hidden); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Barratt O’Hara of Illinois (partially hidden on edge of frame). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-11-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) distributes pens after signing the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (mostly hidden); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland (in back); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back); Representative Barratt O’Hara of Illinois (face obscured). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers] [Blurriness in image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-10-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) distributes pens after signing the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re; Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified; Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland (very back); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd of Minnesota (in back, mostly hidden); Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back, partially hidden); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): unidentified motion picture photographer; Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, mostly hidden on far edge of frame); Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (in back, partially hidden); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (face obscured); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois (very back, mostly hidden); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7438-F
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (in back, mostly hidden); unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois (in back, partially hidden); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7438-C
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, partially hidden); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (in back); Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re; Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified (in back); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland (in back); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back, partially hidden); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7438-B
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) and others laugh during the signing of the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller of California (mostly hidden on edge of frame); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama (in back); Representative Clement J. Zablocki of Wisconsin (mostly hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Ink bleed-through in upper right corner of image is original to file print.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7438-A
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands a pen to Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa, after signing the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (in back, mostly hidden); Senator de la Rosa; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.