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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.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-211-007
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the White House Rose Garden to representatives from the Brazilian National War College and the Brazilian Military Institute of Engineering. In his speech the President discusses the proper function of the military during peacetime.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-03-A
AR18, KN14
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-046-023
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks in the White House Rose Garden to representatives from the Brazilian National War College and the Brazilian Military Institute of Engineering. In his speech the President discusses the proper function of the military during peacetime. The press copy also includes remarks from Ambassador Roberto de Oliveria Campos, Brazilian Ambassador to the United States.
Textual folder
Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-214-022
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20803
Unidentified commander of troops escorts President John F. Kennedy (left, holding hat) and President of Brazil João Goulart during arrival ceremonies at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. U.S. Marine Band plays in the background; United States military honor guard troops stand at far right.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20802
Unidentified commander of troops (saluting, center left) escorts President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) and President of Brazil João Goulart past United States military color guard and honor guard troops during arrival ceremonies at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.