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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-03
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1962 steel crisis; some major issues and accomplishments of John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] presidency; choosing the U.S. Ambassador to Russia; foreign aid and treaties; the military coup in Peru; the space race during the Kennedy Administration; the 1962 congressional and gubernatorial campaigns; JFK’s dinner for the Nobel Prize winners; the Polaris submarines; problems with the New York Herald Tribune; New York politics; various pieces of federal legislation, 1961–1963; the Dominican Republic; Department of Justice investigations under RFK; the difficulties of being Attorney General; congressional issues in early 1963; the Vietnam War escalation in 1963; American support of the coup in Vietnam; Henry Cabot Lodge as the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; the prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion; American actions in Cuba; unemployment and civil rights; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin; JFK’s trips to the South and speeches on civil rights; the nuclear test ban treaty; and JFK’s trip to Ireland and Rome, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-128a-009
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Yugoslavia (then known as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a state in existence from 1943 until 1992). Materials in this folder include correspondence between Presidents Kennedy and Yugoslav President Josip Tito, a newspaper article regarding Tito's interactions with Cuba, and memoranda regarding a proposed economic policy towards communist countries. This folder also contains materials concerning President Tito's visit to the United States, including background information, itineraries, guest lists, summaries of administrative arrangements, a suggested toast to President Tito, drafts and press releases of a joint statement issued by the heads of state, telegrams regarding news media coverage of the Yugoslav leader's visit, and memoranda regarding the presentation of a special commendation to local police officers for their services during the visit. Of note are several items with handwritten notations by President Kennedy.