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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SEH-01
In this interview Harris discusses his work as an economic adviser to John F. Kennedy [JFK]; his interactions with JFK both before and after he became President; JFK’s evolving economic policies and how they were influenced over time; the interaction between the Council of Economic Advisers and the Department of the Treasury on various issues; and several different economic programs under President JFK, 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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CDD-04
Dillon discusses his work in areas of foreign policy and his involvement with Cuban Missile Crisis, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CDD-03
Dillon discusses his work with the Internal Revenue Service and the accomplishments of the John F. Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CDD-02
Dillon discusses his roles as chief financial adviser to JFK and the role of the Treasury Department in the JFK Administration,among other issues.
Textual folder
Robert A. Wallace Personal Papers
RAWPP-002-001
Textual folder
Robert A. Wallace Personal Papers
RAWPP-001-013
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the exchange of bonds, gold, and the resignation of Ray M. Gidney as Comptroller of the Currency. Also included in this folder are copies of speeches by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon, a joint report by the Departments of Defense and Treasury on the impact on the balance of payments and the deployment of troops to Europe, and a memorandum to Council of Economic Advisers member James Tobin from Arthur Okun titled, "Must We have a Recession?".
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-068-006
This folder contains carbon copies of outgoing memoranda, dictated by President John F. Kennedy to his secretary Evelyn Lincoln, to the Department of the Treasury and the Veterans Administration, and primarily focus on domestic and foreign affairs.