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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MJH-01
In this interview Hillenbrand discusses President John F. Kennedy [JFK] entering office amid the Berlin crisis; working as the Director of the Office of German Affairs with JFK; the Berlin Task Force and the Ambassadorial Group; JFK's attitude towards the German problem and German reactions to the Kennedy Administration; the State Department and Germany; the 1961 Vienna talks with Nikita S. Khrushchev; the erection of the Berlin Wall and the crisis it generated; the Kennedy Administration's reaction and response to the Berlin Wall; talks with Russia over Berlin and the Wall; the press "leaks crisis" on the Germany problem; JFK's working style and approach to problems, according to Hillenbrand; the impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis on the Berlin talks; JFK's German policy and relationship with German leaders; and what JFK accomplished related to Germany, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WAH-02
In this interview Harriman discusses his position in the State Department as a roving ambassador, including his flexibility in making decisions in the field, and traveling around the world; John F. Kennedy's [JFK] conception of the Soviet Union; interactions with Souvanna Phouma and changes in general opinion of him; evaluating options for American action or intervention in Laos; the international meeting in Geneva over Laos, including dealing with the Soviet negotiator George M. Pushking and with the Chinese; comparing JFK and Franklin D. Roosevelt in their respective administration of the State Department; and the Joint Chiefs’ attitude towards Laos and the concept of limited commitment, 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-05
In this interview Komer discusses working with McGeorge Bundy; the “inner circle” of the Bundy State Department; Komer’s major contacts; the intelligence system; the power and responsibilities of the State Department; how Bundy screened what President John F. Kennedy [JFK] would see; relations with other key officials; Robert F. Kennedy and foreign policy issues; the Bundy State Department and White House staff; the “little State Department” in the White House; the bureaucratic role of the State Department; U.S. foreign policy in Asia; relations with key U.S. Ambassadors; handling Arab-Israeli issues; domestic pressures of American-Jewish community on JFK; Arabists in the Kennedy Administration; working with Myer Feldman on Israeli issues; the United States, Saudi Arabia, and oil; filling the power vacuum left by the British; dealing with Congress on foreign aid matters; counterinsurgency; and looking back at programs during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-04
In this interview Komer discusses President John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] interest in Indonesia and Iran; U.S.-Indonesian relations; the Indian Ocean and Iran task forces; JFK’s contact with the Iranian Shah; Pakistani-Afghani disputes; U.S. aid to Afghanistan; Komer’s attempt to revamp the military aid program; McGeorge Bundy and Walt W. Rostow as President JFK’s advisers; and JFK’s direct contact with a select few National Security staff, 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 folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-25-A
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-22-B
AR41, ST31, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-27-B
AR19, ST09, KN15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-15-A
AR28, KN24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-02-19-A
AR32, ST20, KN30
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-14-A
AR29, ST15, KN25
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-09-B
AR31, ST19, KN28
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-03-A
AR18, KN14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-11-D
AR19, KN14
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29279
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern, back to camera) delivers an address at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy. Also pictured: President of Italy, Antonio Segni; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29321
President John F. Kennedy (center) rides in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) with Commanding General of the 3rd Armored Division, Major General John R. Pugh, during his visit to Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Friedrich A. Foertsch; President Kennedy's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; the President’s Personal Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; Vice Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Ludwig Erhard; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister-President of Hesse, Georg August Zinn; White House Secret Service agents, Sam Sulliman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Horizontal streaks at bottom and spot in upper right corner are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29320
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Friedrich A. Foertsch; President Kennedy's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; the President’s Personal Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; Vice Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Ludwig Erhard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Minister-President of Hesse, Georg August Zinn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of the Seventh U.S. Army, Lieutenant General Hugh P. Harris; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25915
Retired Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, General Lauris Norstad (right, at microphones), delivers remarks after receiving the Distinguished Service Medal; President John F. Kennedy observes from left. Standing at left, in the background (left to right): Isabelle Norstad; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25911
President John F. Kennedy presents the Distinguished Service Medal to retired Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, General Lauris Norstad; President Kennedy (center left) pins the medal to General Norstad's lapel. Standing at left, in the background (left to right): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (standing behind lectern), observes at right. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C231-12-63
President John F. Kennedy greets military officials upon his arrival aboard a U.S. Army helicopter at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. Left to right (facing camera): President Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith (partially hidden); U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29272
President of Italy, Antonio Segni (at lectern, back to camera), delivers remarks at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President John F. Kennedy sits at left in front row. Also pictured: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8201-D
President John F. Kennedy and President of Bolivia, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, greet dignitaries in the receiving line during an arrival ceremony in honor of President Paz Estenssoro. Standing on the red carpet, in foreground (left to right): Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Barksdale Hamlett; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Paz Estenssoro; President Kennedy; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (shaking hands with President Kennedy). Standing at right: Ambassador of Paraguay, Dr. Juan Plate; Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; Ambassador of Panama, Augusto Guillermo Arango (in back, mostly hidden); U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (holding hat). Standing behind red carpet (left to right): U.S. Department of State interpreter, Fernando van Reigersberg; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (partially hidden). White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (in front of hedge), stands in the background; members of the United States Marine Band stand on the stairs of the South Portico in the background at right. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7728-D
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy greet President of Venezuela, Rómulo Betancourt, and First Lady of Venezuela, Carmen Valverde de Betancourt, upon their arrival at the White House for a ceremony in their honor. Left to right (in foreground): Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Virginia Rusk; Mrs. Kennedy; U.S. Department of State interpreter, Donald Barnes (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (in back); Robin Chandler Duke (behind her husband); Mrs. Betancourt (holding bouquet of roses); President Betancourt; Virginia Betancourt de Pérez, daughter of President and Mrs. Betancourt (partially hidden behind open car door); U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk. Honor guard troops line the driveway in the background. Also pictured: U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; White House Secret Service agents, Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey and Win Lawson. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7728-C
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend an arrival ceremony in honor of President of Venezuela, Rómulo Betancourt, and First Lady of Venezuela, Carmen Valverde de Betancourt. President Kennedy greets President Betancourt (in front of open car door) upon his arrival at the White House; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (wearing hat), and U.S. Department of State interpreter, Donald Barnes (back to camera), stand on either side of the Presidents. Mrs. Kennedy (holding bouquet of roses) and U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (far left), descend the stairs; honor guard troops line the driveway in the background. Also pictured: U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; White House Secret Service agent, Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.