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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WAH-03
In this interview, Harriman discusses American opinion on negotiations in Laos; U.S. negotiations and objectives in Indonesia; American relations with Achmed Sukarno; friction between the State Department and the Pentagon over who should control the situation in Vietnam, civilians or the military; Ngo Dinh Diem and the military coup that overthrew him; problems with and for newspapermen in Vietnam; and his opinion on where the United States went wrong in Vietnam, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WHS-02
This interview focuses on Sullivan’s involvement in Vietnamese affairs, the 1963 coup that overthrew Ngo Dinh Diem, and tensions between the United States military and the embassy in South Vietnam, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JCT-03
In this interview, he discusses Roger Hilsman’s 1963 speech on firm policies towards China, the changing approaches to foreign policy in Southeast Asia between the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and the conflicting ideologies on U.S. involvement in Vietnam, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-23-D
AR40, ST29
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-08-02-C
AR39, ST27
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-24-D
AR35, KN34
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28090
President John F. Kennedy exchanges gifts with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Malaya, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, during a meeting in the Oval Office. Left to right: U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk (on edge of frame); Tun Razak; President Kennedy; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, Roger Hilsman (behind the President); Ambassador of Malaya, Omar Ong Yoke Lin. White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 74.334a-b, "Jeweled kris and sheath"]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28089
President John F. Kennedy exchanges gifts with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Malaya, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, during a meeting in the Oval Office. Left to right: U.S. Ambassador to Malaya, Charles F. Baldwin (on edge of frame); Tun Razak; President Kennedy; Ambassador of Malaya, Omar Ong Yoke Lin; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, Roger Hilsman; unidentified (on edge of frame). White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 74.334a-b, "Jeweled kris and sheath"]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C320-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Prime Minister of Laos, Prince Souvanna Phouma (seated on sofa at right), in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Seated on sofa at left (L-R): United States Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, Roger Hilsman; unidentified (mostly obscured); Ambassador of Laos, Prince Tiao Khampan. Eight photographers, all holding cameras, stand in the background, including White House Photographer Abbie Rowe (wearing glasses, standing behind sofa at left). An unidentified man holds a camera light in the background at right. [Notes: Spotting throughout image and horizontal line along bottom edge are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8139-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Prime Minister of Laos, Prince Souvanna Phouma (seated on sofa at left), in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. United Press International (UPI) photographer, Frank Cancellare, stands in the background, holding a camera.
Collection
JCTPP
Papers 1960-1966. Government official, educator. Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State (1961); Special Assistant to the President's Special Representative for Africa, Asia, and Latin America (1961-1963); Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (1963-1964); member, National Security Council (1964-1966). Memorandums, reports, notes, working papers, speech drafts, staffing lists, subject files, and news clippings concerning Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam.
Collection
RHPP
Papers 1958-1995 (bulk 1961-1964). Government official. Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State (1961-1963); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (1963-1964). Memorandums, reports, correspondence, countries file, speeches, daily diaries, appointment books, and articles.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8059-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Masayoshi Ōhira, in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: United States Ambassador to Japan, Edwin O. Reischauer; Ambassador of Japan, Ryuji Takeuchi; Minister Ōhira; President Kennedy; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, Roger Hilsman.