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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RH-01
In this interview Hilsman discusses his initial interactions with John F. Kennedy [JFK]; Hilsman’s appointment to the Department of State during the Kennedy Administration; Foreign Service officers and “hot-seat” jobs; issues with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; reorganizing the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; the flow of information between the State Department and the White House; staffing the State Department; the use of satellite intelligence; John A. McCone; working with and around Robert F. Kennedy [RFK]; JFK, RFK, and Vietnam; Edward G. Lansdale; Maxwell D. Taylor; the connection between Vietnam and Laos; U.S. action in Laos; the Buddhist crisis in Vietnam; the impact of WWII on Hilsman and JFK’s generation; and the 1963 coup in Vietnam, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WCB-02
Battle discusses the internal politics of the Virginia delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1956 and 1960; his appointment as ambassador to Australia; conflicts, both active and political, that arose in the South Pacific during his tenure as ambassador, including West New Guinea (West Irian), Malaysian independence, and the Vietnam War; Australian politics and politicians; and military cooperation between the U.S. and Australia.
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-148-003
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-148-002
Collection
LBPPP
Papers 1947-1965. Lawyer, diplomat. Counsel, Nuremberg trials (1947-1948); Ambassador to Togo (1961-1964). Arguments, case reviews, and news clippings relating to the German war crimes trials (Dachau); news clippings, press releases, correspondence, policy papers, speeches relating to his Foreign Service career.
Collection
JWDSPP
Papers, 1919-1972 [Bulk 1938-1940]. Secretary and press attaché to Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, 1938-1940. Correspondence, copies of Kennedy’s speeches, newspaper clippings, press releases and radio messages, pamphlets, luncheon/dinner invitations, and other items.