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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.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-067-013
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding the Dominican Republic, including the military coup ousting President Juan E. Bosch and installation of a civilian junta; the effect on economic and military aid due to suspended relations with the United States; and the response of various Latin American countries to the military coup.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-067-012
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding the Dominican Republic including the military coup ousting President Juan E. Bosch, concerns over the influence of communism in the region, and the effect on economic and military aid due to suspended relations with the United States.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-067-010
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding the Dominican Republic. Topics include relations between President Juan E. Bosch and various political and military leaders in the Dominican Republican; the potential for a military coup as a result of opposition to the President’s policy on communism and social reform efforts; and United States aid to the Dominican Republic, including economic and military assistance programs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-393-006
This file contains memoranda, reports, and correspondence regarding the Dominican Republic. Topics include Unites States education and economic aid programs; President of the Dominican Republic Juan E. Bosch’s policies on communism and social reform efforts; relations between President Bosch and various political and military leaders; and details regarding the military coup ousting President Bosch. Also included is a report on the situation in the Dominican Republic by U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic John Bartlow Martin.