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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.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-H
KN37
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JFKWHP-1963-06-26-G
ST26, KN37
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JFKWHP-1963-06-26-E
ST26, KN37
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JFKWHP-1963-06-23-C
ST26, KN37
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JFKWHP-1963-07-02-E
ST27, KN38
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JFKWHP-1963-07-02-C
ST27, KN38
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JFKWHP-1963-06-29-F
KN37
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JFKWHP-1962-06-29-B
ST11, KN18
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JFKWHP-KN-C29240
President John F. Kennedy (center left, in background) stands in an open convertible after departing the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom), where he attended mass. Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, stands left of President Kennedy; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell (back to camera), sits in car in foreground. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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JFKWHP-KN-C29239
President John F. Kennedy (center left, descending stairs) departs the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) after attending mass. Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (partially obscured), walks ahead of President Kennedy; Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of Cologne, Theo Burauen, walks right of the President. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell (back to camera), stands at far right in foreground. Also pictured: Director of the United States Secret Service, James J. Rowley; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman. Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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JFKWHP-ST-C231-8-63
President John F. Kennedy (standing in second car) waves from an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Dave Grant, Floyd Boring, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the street.
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JFKWHP-ST-C231-10-63
President John F. Kennedy (standing in fourth car) rides in an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. The Castel Nuovo is visible in the background. Crowds line the street.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29395
President John F. Kennedy greets British officials after arriving aboard Air Force One at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, England. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, and Dave Grant.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-73-61
Reporters and photographers observe the meeting of President John F. Kennedy and Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia in the President’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York. Those pictured include: Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell; Assistant Press Secretary, Jay W. Gildner.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29287
President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Seán Lemass (partially hidden), upon his arrival at Dublin Airport; the President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera, stands right of President Kennedy. Those pictured include: the President's sister, Jean Kennedy Smith (second from left); Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (third from left); Irish Minister of External Affairs, Frank Aiken (fourth from left); the President's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (right of President de Valera); U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (right of Shriver); and the President's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland (right of Duke, in white coat). Also pictured, descending the stairs of Air Force One (front to back): White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O'Donnell; and Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman. Dublin, Ireland. [Blue streaking and spots in lower portion of image, yellow streaking near top left of image, and tear near top right edge of image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-46-63
President John F. Kennedy (standing in first car) rides in an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Dave Grant, Jerry Blaine, Floyd Boring, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the street.
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JFKWHP-KN-29162
President John F. Kennedy (standing in second car) waves from an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Dave Grant, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the streets.
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JFKWHP-KN-29161
President John F. Kennedy (standing in fourth car) waves from an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Dave Grant, Jerry Blaine, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. Crowds line the street.
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JFKWHP-KN-29155
President John F. Kennedy (standing in third car) rides in an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. The Castel Nuovo is visible in the background. Crowds line the street.
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JFKWHP-KN-29154
President John F. Kennedy (standing in third car) waves from an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the streets.
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JFKWHP-KN-29153
President John F. Kennedy (standing in second car, facing away from camera) waves from an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. The Castel Nuovo is visible in the background. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the streets.
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JFKWHP-KN-29152
President John F. Kennedy (standing in third car) waves from an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the streets.
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JFKWHP-KN-29149
President John F. Kennedy (standing in fourth car) waves from an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the streets.
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JFKWHP-KN-29193
President John F. Kennedy (center) stands in an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Dublin, Ireland. Irish President Éamon de Valera and Irish Military Aide Colonel Sean Brennan (both hidden) sit next to President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers, and White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. "Jerry" Blaine, Floyd Boring, and Roy Kellerman. Crowds line the street to watch the motorcade pass.