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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROAH-02
This interview focuses on relations with Cuba under the Kennedy Administration, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban exile community, and the Cold War, among other things.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JUB-01
Bosch discusses coups and revolutions in Cuba, Brazil, and other Latin American countries; the United States’ relationship with the Dominican Republic; and the Alliance for Progress, among other issues.
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.
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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.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-315-016
This folder contains background material and a summary for a National Security Council (NSC) Standing Group meeting discussing Cuba and international sugar prices. Also included in this folder is a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memorandum regarding the political and economic climate of Brazil, and President of Brazil João Goulart.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-112-014
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Brazil. Materials concern Brazil’s financial and political situation, a pending visit by President of Brazil João Goulart, and Cuba. Of note are numerous telegrams from United States Ambassador to Brazil Lincoln Gordon to Secretary of State Dean Rusk concerning the political and financial issues in Brazil. Also included in this folder is correspondence between President Kennedy and President Goulart. This folder contains some foreign language materials.
Textual folder
Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-214-022