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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-09
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] decision to enter politics right after WWII; JFK’s campaign for the House of Representatives and Kennedy family and supporters’ roles in it; JFK as a campaigner, strengths and weaknesses; traveling around the world with JFK in 1951 and meeting foreign leaders; JFK’s interest in foreign affairs while in Congress; JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign; the Massachusetts Democratic Party; Adlai E. Stevenson; Paul A. Dever; the tea parties for JFK’s campaigns; the organization of JFK’s 1952 campaign; and the 1956 Democratic National Convention and the question of the vice-presidential nomination, 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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A1-1-61
President John F. Kennedy is interviewed by Alexei Adzhubei, editor of the newspaper Izvestiya and son-in-law of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. (L-R) President Kennedy; Alexander Akalovsky, interpreter for the President; Georgi Bolshakov, interpreter for Mr. Adzhubei; and Mr. Adzhubei. President’s residence, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A1-2-61
President John F. Kennedy is interviewed by Alexei Adzhubei, editor of the newspaper Izvestiya and son-in-law of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. (L-R) Unidentified man; President Kennedy; Alexander Akalovsky, interpreter for the President; Georgi Bolshakov, interpreter for Mr. Adzhubei; and Mr. Adzhubei. President’s residence, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-219-1-61
President John F. Kennedy is interviewed by Alexei Adzhubei, editor of the newspaper Izvestiya and son-in-law of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. (L-R) President Kennedy; Alexander Akalovsky, interpreter for the President; Georgi Bolshakov, interpreter for Mr. Adzhubei; and Mr. Adzhubei. President’s residence, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
Collection
BGNPC
Photographs, circa 1897-1962, created and collected for publication in The Boston Globe. Photographs include early images of the John F. Fitzgerald family, the Joseph P. Kennedy family, and John F. Kennedy from childhood through his tenure as Congressman.