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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MJH-01
In this interview Hillenbrand discusses President John F. Kennedy [JFK] entering office amid the Berlin crisis; working as the Director of the Office of German Affairs with JFK; the Berlin Task Force and the Ambassadorial Group; JFK's attitude towards the German problem and German reactions to the Kennedy Administration; the State Department and Germany; the 1961 Vienna talks with Nikita S. Khrushchev; the erection of the Berlin Wall and the crisis it generated; the Kennedy Administration's reaction and response to the Berlin Wall; talks with Russia over Berlin and the Wall; the press "leaks crisis" on the Germany problem; JFK's working style and approach to problems, according to Hillenbrand; the impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis on the Berlin talks; JFK's German policy and relationship with German leaders; and what JFK accomplished related to Germany, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-30-D
AR18, KN14
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20738
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Ambassador of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin (left), in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. United States Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (far right), and unidentified photographers stand in background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20740
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) laughs with Ambassador of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin (left), during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Unidentified photographers stand in background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20739
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Ambassador of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin (left), in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. United States Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, stands in background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20737
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Ambassador of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin (left), in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Unidentified photographers stand in background. [Scratches and tear in upper right portion of image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7137-B
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Ambassador of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin (left), in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Unidentified photographers stand in background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7137-A
Ambassador of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin (right), departs the White House following a meeting with President John F. Kennedy. United States Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, stands at left. West Wing Entrance, White House, Washington, D.C.