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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-06-08-B
ST03, KN04
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GWB-03
Ball discusses U.S. military involvement in Laos and Vietnam in the early 1960s, the crisis in the Congo following secession of Katanga Province, and the development of U.S. foreign policy towards Africa, among other issues.
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-EDAG-01
In this interview Gullion discusses his first impressions of and early relationship with Congressman John F. Kennedy [JFK]; JFK’s 1951 visit to Indochina and its affect on his stance on foreign policy; the State Department’s issues with JFK throughout his career; and JFK as a Senator, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JWF-01
J. Wayne Fredericks discusses JFK’s Africa policy, the U Thant plan to end the Katangan rebellion, and George McGhee’s mission to the Congo, 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.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-011
Sound recording of the President's News Conference of February 15, 1961 (News Conference 4). President Kennedy begins the press conference by reaffirming the United States support of the United Nations presence in the Republic of the Congo. He then announces the formal recognition of the Government of El Salvador by the United States, and briefly discusses his economic program. The announcements are followed by questions from the press on a variety of topics, including United States-Soviet relations, the launch of a Soviet space probe towards Venus, Cuba, and the situation in the Congo.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-05-C
AR16, KN12
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-05-B
AR16, KN12
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-006-018
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-169-003
This file contains memoranda and copies of correspondence between the Department of State, President John F. Kennedy, and President of the United Arab Republic (UAR) Gamal Abdel Nasser discussing American foreign policy, the United Nations response to the Congolese fight for independence, and relations between the United States and Cuba.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-033-007
This folder consists of Department of State cables regarding negotiations between the United Nations (UN), Congolese politician Moise Tshombe, and Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) Cyrille Adoula for the reintegration of Katanga Province into the Congo; United States policy for the Congo; and a payment scheme for the UMHK (Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, or Mining Union of Upper Katanga) to be paid to the Congo’s Monetary Council and the Katanga Province. Also included are cables discussing the Katanga gendarmerie, and a U.S. military mission to survey UN forces in the Congo.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-033-006
This folder consists of Department of State cables regarding negotiations between the United Nations (UN), Congolese politician Moise Tshombe, and Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) Cyrille Adoula for the reintegration of Katanga Province into the Congo; United States policy for the Congo; and a payment scheme for the UMHK (Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, or Mining Union of Upper Katanga) to be paid to the Congo’s Monetary Council and the Katanga Province.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-028a-011
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding the crisis in the Congo and attempted reintegration of Katanga, United States operating plan and policy for the Congo, and U.S. military aid to support UNOC (the United Nations Operation in the Congo).
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-316-005
This folder contains summaries and Record of Actions of National Security Council (NSC) Executive Committee meetings regarding negotiations between the United States and Soviet Union for a declaration agreement on the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. policy towards Cuba and Brazil, and U.S. military assistance to the Congo.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-314-016
This folder contains an agenda, background materials, and Records of Actions of National Security Council (NSC) Standing Group meetings. Topics include nuclear weapons testing, relations between the United States and France, and proposed actions by the U.S. towards Algeria and the Congo.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-319a-002
This folder contains memoranda, telegrams, and letters between National Security Council staff member Samuel E. Belk and various persons. Topics include the treatment of Jewish persons in the Soviet Union, a request for President John F. Kennedy to meet with victims of the Hiroshima bombing to discuss nuclear testing, the Congo, peace keeping expenses in the United Nations (UN), and a request by African students in Bulgaria and other Bloc countries for assistance to transfer to Western European schools.