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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-DH-01
In this interview Henderson discusses working at the United States Embassy in Peru under President Dwight D. Eisenhower; his daily routine and responsibilities as economic counselor; the Point Four Program and Peru; Peruvian elections; James I. Loeb as the U.S. Ambassador to Peru and changes and tensions within the Embassy; the military coup in Peru and the events leading up to it; Haya de la Torre’s self-destructive behavior in the Peruvian presidential election; working at the Embassy in Peru after the coup and after Loeb leaves his position; pressure on the United States from Peruvian authorities; the issue of U.S. non recognition of the military leaders; Canadian and British interests in Peru; John Wesley Jones as the U.S. Ambassador to Peru; problems with military governments and transitions; Henderson’s daily routine and responsibilities as the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia; his first few weeks in Bolivia; John F. Kennedy [JFK] and Bolivian President Victor Paz Estenssoro; Henderson’s impressions of JFK; American hostages in Bolivia in late 1963; the military coup in Bolivia and the events leading up to it; the political breakdown of Bolivia; and political and military maneuvering in other Latin American countries, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LCH-01
In this interview Heinz discusses how he came to work in the Office of International Security Affairs [ISA] in the Department of Defense [DOD]; the changeover in the DOD between the Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy Administrations; Heinz’s view of the Bay of Pigs; the regular operations and organization within ISA, including the different regional desks’ responsibilities; relationships between the ISA and other agencies; ISA as “the little State Department”; differences of opinion between DOD and the State Department, the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the debate over whether to put troops in Laos; Robert S. McNamara and Roswell L. Gilpatric; the status of Okinawa; the question of U.S. defense perimeters; and W. Averell Harriman’s trip to Geneva and the neutralization solution for Laos, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-17-A
AR29, ST16, KN25
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-10-A
AR29, ST15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-24-A
KN14
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20735
President John F. Kennedy visits with former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. Persons in background are unidentified. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20734
President John F. Kennedy visits with former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. Persons in background are unidentified. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20721
President John F. Kennedy visits with former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. Persons in background are unidentified. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20720
President John F. Kennedy visits with former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. Persons in background are unidentified. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20698
President John F. Kennedy (center, behind Lincoln Continental) bids farewell to former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (partially hidden), stand behind car at right. All others are unidentified. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20697
President John F. Kennedy (partially hidden) visits with former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20696
President John F. Kennedy visits with former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. Persons in background are unidentified. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20695
President John F. Kennedy visits with former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20694
President John F. Kennedy greets Secretary of the Army, Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., and former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. Also pictured are White House Secret Service agents, Sam Sulliman and Roy Kellerman. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20693
President John F. Kennedy visits with former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. Persons in background are unidentified. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20692
President John F. Kennedy visits with former president General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) at General Eisenhower’s residence in Palm Springs. Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A10-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. On speakers' platform, left of lectern: Janet Avery Dulles (widow of former Secretary Dulles); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Lieutenant General Harold W. Grant; Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs (behind lectern). Right of lectern: Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen); former director of the CIA, Allen W. Dulles. Chantilly, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A31-7-62
Funeral services for Eleanor Roosevelt in the rose garden on the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; Laura Franklin “Polly” Delano; Representative James Roosevelt (California); Gladys Irene Roosevelt; Elliott Roosevelt; Patricia Peabody Roosevelt; John Aspinwall Roosevelt; Anne Lindsay Roosevelt; Anna Roosevelt Halsted; James A. Halsted; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; former president, Harry S. Truman; former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Nina Warren; Supreme Court Justice, Arthur Goldberg; Dorothy Goldberg; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A10-8-62
President John F. Kennedy and former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, attend the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. President Kennedy, General Eisenhower (center left), and Janet Avery Dulles (widow of former Secretary Dulles) view a bust of the late Secretary of State; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby, stands left of Mrs. Dulles. Also pictured (in background): former Administrator of the FAA, General Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada; Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.; Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey. Chantilly, Virginia.
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JFKWHP-ST-A10-7-62
President John F. Kennedy (center) and former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (back right, partially hidden), tour the terminal building of Dulles International Airport at dedication ceremonies for the airport named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles; President Kennedy greets attendees. Also pictured: Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Walt Coughlin, Floyd Boring, and Ron Pontius. Chantilly, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A10-5-62
Former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (center), walks through one of the mobile lounges at Dulles International Airport during dedication ceremonies for the airport named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles; Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs, walks right of General Eisenhower. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Lieutenant General Harold W. Grant; former Administrator of the FAA, General Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada. Chantilly, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A10-36-62
Former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (center left), and others attend the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Seated on speakers’ platform (L-R): Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (mostly hidden on edge of frame); Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay (in back, partially hidden); General Eisenhower; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone (in back, mostly hidden); Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen); unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); former director of the CIA, Allen W. Dulles. Standing: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; unidentified; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Chantilly, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A10-35-62
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Also pictured on speakers’ platform: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (face obscured); Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Aline B. Saarinen, widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen, (mostly hidden, right of lectern); former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Allen W. Dulles. White House Secret Service agent, Ken Giannoules (partially hidden), stands at left in front of platform. Chantilly, Virginia.
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JFKWHP-ST-A10-20-62
President John F. Kennedy and former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, attend the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. President Kennedy, General Eisenhower (center), and Janet Avery Dulles (widow of former Secretary Dulles) view a bust of the late Secretary of State; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby, stands left of Mrs. Dulles. Also pictured (in background): former Administrator of the FAA, General Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada; Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); Virginia Rusk (wife of Secretary of State, Dean Rusk); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Chantilly, Virginia.