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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0926-041
This folder contains correspondence in support of President John F. Kennedy's speeches during his trip to Germany. Of note is a telegram from entertainer Josephine Baker expressing her admiration for his remarks in Bonn.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-027-003
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-27-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) stands in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) as his motorcade travels from the Großer Stern on its route through West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing with the President: Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer. Crowds line the streets; the Siegessäule (Victory Column) is visible in the background.
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-3-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left foreground, back to camera) visits the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Jay W. Gildner, of the United States Information Agency (USIA); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29300
President John F. Kennedy (center) visits with U.S. Army Sergeant Major Richard C. Whitfield during a lunch with military officers in the mess hall at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Ross McEuen sits at far right.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29299
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) visits with U.S. Army Sergeant Major Richard C. Whitfield during a lunch with military officers in the mess hall at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Commander of U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Associated Press photographer, Henry Burroughs.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29414
President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade passes by troops and military equipment during an inspection at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). [Blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
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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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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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JFKWHP-KN-C29319
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) stands on a reviewing platform during his arrival ceremony at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Military personnel stand at attention.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29256
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with an unidentified military officer during an inspection of troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29255
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) inspects military equipment during his visit to Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing right of President Kennedy (L-R): Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis (in foreground); U.S. Army in Europe Project Officer, Colonel Frank Meszar; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; two unidentified persons; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29254
President John F. Kennedy (mostly obscured, in first car) rides in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during an inspection of military troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic); military personnel stand at attention.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29385
President John F. Kennedy (far left) visits with officials from Bad Godesberg, West Germany, following his signing of the Golden Book of Bad Godesberg. Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben, stands mostly hidden behind President Kennedy; others are unidentified. Included in the President’s schedule: Bürgermeister of Bad Godesberg, Franz Linz; Stadtdirektor of Bad Godesberg, Dr. Fritz Brüse. Residence of Minister Martin J. Hillenbrand (Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States Embassy), Bad Godesberg, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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JFKWHP-KN-C29313
President John F. Kennedy visits with officials from Bad Godesberg, West Germany, following his signing of the Golden Book of Bad Godesberg. Left to right: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (standing in doorway); Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; President Kennedy; two unidentified men. Included in the President’s schedule: Bürgermeister of Bad Godesberg, Franz Linz; Stadtdirektor of Bad Godesberg, Dr. Fritz Brüse. Residence of Minister Martin J. Hillenbrand (Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States Embassy), Bad Godesberg, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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JFKWHP-KN-C29387
President John F. Kennedy visits with officials on the steps of Villa Hammerschmidt in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Left to right: President Kennedy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee (partially obscured); President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke; Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; two unidentified persons. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler stands in background at left. Two unidentified German girls stand with the officials.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29312
President John F. Kennedy (left foreground) stands with President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke, on the steps of Villa Hammerschmidt in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Head of the Office of the Federal President, Hans-Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld, stands at far left.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29316
President John F. Kennedy (center left foreground) sits with President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke, and Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, during a ceremony establishing the German Development Service (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst), or German Peace Corps, at Villa Hammerschmidt. Standing (L-R): Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler (mostly obscured); U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; unidentified. Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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JFKWHP-KN-C29315
President John F. Kennedy attends a ceremony establishing the German Development Service (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst), or German Peace Corps, at Villa Hammerschmidt. Left to right: President Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber (partially obscured); Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel (mostly obscured); an unidentified member of the clergy. Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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JFKWHP-KN-C29314
President John F. Kennedy (seated at left) and Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, listen to President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke, deliver remarks during a ceremony establishing the German Development Service (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst), or the German Peace Corps, at Villa Hammerschmidt. Standing at left (L-R): Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber. Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel, stands in group at right. Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). [Blemish along right edge is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C29301
President John F. Kennedy (center left) visits with attendees of a ceremony establishing the German Development Service (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst), or the German Peace Corps, at Villa Hammerschmidt; Eunice Kennedy Shriver stands in center. Also pictured: President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber. Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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JFKWHP-KN-C29298
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel (seated at table in center), looks on as an unidentified man signs the charter establishing the German Development Service (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst), or the German Peace Corps, in a ceremony at Villa Hammerschmidt; an unidentified man sits at left. Also pictured: Secretary-General of the International Peace Corps, Richard Goodwin; White House Secret Service agent, Sam Sulliman. Unidentified persons may include: Director of the Karl Duisberg Society, Cologne, J. W. Funke. Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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JFKWHP-KN-C29297
President John F. Kennedy (center left) stands on landing outside Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall) in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing right of President Kennedy (L-R): Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder (partially obscured); unidentified; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) signs the Golden Book outside Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall) in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing right of President Kennedy (L-R): Mayor of Bonn, Wilhelm Daniels; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29295
President John F. Kennedy (center, on top landing) delivers remarks outside Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall) in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also standing on top landing: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (partially obscured); Mayor of Bonn, Wilhelm Daniels; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Standing on stairs at right: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Libeth Werhahn, daughter of Chancellor Adenauer; Cecilia McGhee, wife of U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George McGhee. Also pictured: Director of the United States Secret Service, James J. Rowley; Secret Service agent, Sam Sulliman.