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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.
Textual folder
Edmund A. Gullion Personal Papers
EAGPP-003-006
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-121-002
Sound recording of a brief meeting held on November 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Included are mentions of the Otto Otepka security case at the Department of State and the tax issues of Ed Gullion. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 121/A57, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 121/A57 in its entirety.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6747-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Congo (Leopoldville) Edmund A. Gullion in the Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C.
Collection
EAGPP
Papers 1943-1997 (bulk 1953-1971). Diplomat, educator. Career foreign service officer (1937-1964), Deputy Director of the U.S. Disarmament Administration (1960-1961), U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo (1961-1964), Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (1964-1978). Correspondence, speeches, oral history interviews, reports, publications, news clippings, photographs.