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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PTH-03
In this interview Hart discusses Ellsworth Bunker’s mission in Saudi Arabia; meetings between Bunker and Prime Minister Faisal; Faisal’s distrust of Gamal Abdel Nasser and Egyptian inaction in regards to the agreement reached with Bunker; difficulties with the U.S. Department of Defense over the agreement to train Saudi pilots and use American military equipment; major problems in the Middle East, 1957–1967; communications between John F. Kennedy [JFK] and Faisal; and Saudi reactions to JFK’s death and to Lyndon B. Johnson becoming President, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-15-G
AR11, KN07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WB-01
Barbour discusses U.S.-Israeli relations during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, including negotiations about Palestinian refugees, military aid, and nuclear proliferation, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-05
In this interview Komer discusses working with McGeorge Bundy; the “inner circle” of the Bundy State Department; Komer’s major contacts; the intelligence system; the power and responsibilities of the State Department; how Bundy screened what President John F. Kennedy [JFK] would see; relations with other key officials; Robert F. Kennedy and foreign policy issues; the Bundy State Department and White House staff; the “little State Department” in the White House; the bureaucratic role of the State Department; U.S. foreign policy in Asia; relations with key U.S. Ambassadors; handling Arab-Israeli issues; domestic pressures of American-Jewish community on JFK; Arabists in the Kennedy Administration; working with Myer Feldman on Israeli issues; the United States, Saudi Arabia, and oil; filling the power vacuum left by the British; dealing with Congress on foreign aid matters; counterinsurgency; and looking back at programs during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-08
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] Cabinet and appointing the various secretaries; problems in and JFK’s wariness of the Department of State; the ideal State Department organization; problems with Dean Rusk; Maxwell D. Taylor’s Cuba investigation; the Bay of Pigs and its effect on U.S. action in Laos; John McCone’s prediction of missiles in Cuba; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and foreign policy; JFK’s vice-presidential choice at the 1960 Democratic National Convention; Johnson’s hesitant acceptance of the vice-presidential slot; RFK’s appointment as Attorney General; RFK’s involvement in staffing the White House for JFK and other presidential appointments; Lord Harlech (William David Ormsby-Gore); and State Department staff, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-13-E
AR17, KN13
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-28-D
AR17
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18828
Guests at the luncheon in honor of Western foreign ministers stand in the Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Foreign Minister Dr. Heinrich von Brentano of Germany; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs Maurice Couve de Murville of France; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18825
Guests at the luncheon in honor of Western foreign ministers stand in the Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Foreign Minister Dr. Heinrich von Brentano of Germany; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs Maurice Couve de Murville of France; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18824
Guests at the luncheon in honor of Western foreign ministers stand in the Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Foreign Minister Dr. Heinrich von Brentano of Germany; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs Maurice Couve de Murville of France; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20495-B
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Representative Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Senator Everett M. Dirksen (Illinois); President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20495-A
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); unidentified; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (hidden); member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala); others unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20423
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; President Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala); others unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20422
Deputy Director of the Food for Peace Program, James Symington, plays a guitar at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin (in back); President John F. Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; Deputy Director Symington; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20421
State Department Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin (in back, mostly hidden); President John F. Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); unidentified; Ambassador Duke; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; two unidentified men. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20420
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; President Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; several unidentified men. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20419
Deputy Director of the Food for Peace Program, James Symington, plays a guitar at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin (in back); President John F. Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; Deputy Director Symington; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; two unidentified men. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20418
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); unidentified; President Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala); others unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20417
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); unidentified; President Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; others unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20416
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; President Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; others unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6348-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group in Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R): Unidentified man (mostly hidden); Senator Ernest Gruening of Alaska; Congressman Harris B. McDowell of Delaware; Congressman William Springer of Illinois; Senator Carl T. Curtis of Nebraska (mostly hidden); Senator Dennis Chávez of New Mexico; unidentified man; Senator Clair Engle of California; Congressman Walter Norblad of Oregon (behind Engle); Congressman J. T. Rutherford of Texas; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; unidentified man; Ambassador of Mexico Antonio Carrillo Flores; Senator Albert Gore, Sr. of Tennessee; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana.
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JFKWHP-AR6348-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group in Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. The group presented the President with a silver tray from the Governor of the state of Jalisco, Mexico Juan Gil Preciado (who was not present at the meeting). (L-R) Senator Clair Engle of California; unidentified; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador of Mexico Antonio Carrillo Flores; Senator Albert Gore, Sr. of Tennessee; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Congressman D.S. Saund of California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6786-A
Guests at the luncheon in honor of Western foreign ministers stand in the Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Foreign Minister Dr. Heinrich von Brentano of Germany; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs Maurice Couve de Murville of France; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Secretary of State Dean Rusk.