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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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JFKWHP-1962-09-12-C
ST13, KN22
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JFKWHP-1962-09-11-D
ST13, KN22
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JFKWHP-1962-09-11-C
ST13, KN22
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JFKWHP-1962-03-23-D
KN14
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JFKWHP-1962-02-23-B
ST08, KN12
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JFKWHP-KN-23757
President John F. Kennedy (center) exits a high-altitude chamber, during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (left, back to camera) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stand in doorway. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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JFKWHP-ST-A13-61-62
President John F. Kennedy (center, holding hat) and astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) walk past United States Air Force Honor Guard upon President Kennedy's arrival at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Walking behind are Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden, over Glenn's shoulder), Congressman Dante B. Fascell of Florida (in back, left of President Kennedy), White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (in back, at far left), President Kennedy's brother-in-law Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (in back, right of Press Secretary Salinger), and White House Secret Service Agent Emory Roberts (in back, partially hidden, left of Glenn). Air Force One is visible in the background.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20730
President John F. Kennedy views Atlas missile equipment during a tour of space craft displays inside a hangar at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: President Kennedy; Brigadier General Seth J. McKee; Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power; others unidentified.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20729
President John F. Kennedy (at right in background) speaks with members of Warren Air Force Base’s 389th Strategic Missile Wing, following the launch of the Atlas 134D missile. Crew member, Major Clifford W. Simonson, stands in center (back to camera). Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown, stands at right in foreground. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20728
President John F. Kennedy views “Pioneer 5” probing satellite during a tour of space craft displays inside a hangar at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown (wearing glasses); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; President Kennedy; Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20727
President John F. Kennedy (center) views the Discoverer XIV satellite during a tour of space craft displays inside a hangar at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, stands behind President Kennedy.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20726
President John F. Kennedy visits Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Major Clifford W. Simonson of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) stands at left; Major Simonson presented the President with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20725
Major Clifford W. Simonson (left) of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) presents President John F. Kennedy with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20719
President John F. Kennedy and others watch Atlas 134D missile launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown (in back); President Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power; Major General Joseph J. Preston (behind General Power); Brigadier General Seth J. McKee.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20718
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) and others gather to watch Atlas 134D missile launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; President Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, partially hidden); Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power; Major General Joseph J. Preston.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20717
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) and others watch Atlas 134D missile launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; unidentified man in back; President Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (behind the President); Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power; Brigadier General Seth J. McKee.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20716
President John F. Kennedy and others watch Atlas 134D missile launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. President Kennedy’s bubble-top limousine sits at left.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20715
President John F. Kennedy and others watch Atlas 134D missile launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. President Kennedy’s bubble-top limousine sits at left.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20713
President John F. Kennedy views silo-lift launcher and Minuteman missile in its underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Unidentified photographer; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Brigadier General Seth J. McKee; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; President Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; unidentified.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20712
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) views silo-lift launcher and Minuteman missile in its underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Brigadier General Seth J. McKee; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Major General Joseph J. Preston; President Kennedy; Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; unidentified; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20711
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) views silo-lift launcher and Minuteman missile in its underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Brigadier General Seth J. McKee; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Major General Joseph J. Preston; President Kennedy; Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power; unidentified; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20702
President John F. Kennedy tours Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Left to right: Brigadier General Seth J. McKee; Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power; President Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (on edge of image).
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JFKWHP-KN-C20701
President John F. Kennedy (center) steps into a car following his tour of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, stands at left.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20691
President John F. Kennedy (center) meets members of Warren Air Force Base’s 389th Strategic Missile Wing, following the launch of the Atlas 134D missile. Crew members (L-R): Kenneth Haithcoat, Major Clifford W. Simonson (left of President Kennedy), SMSgt Chupka (behind Major Simonson), Roger Egert, Sherman Jackson, Gerald Beth, MSgt Reginald Bufkin, TSgt Arnold Kovakka, SSgt Dale Howe, A1C J. W. Hill, and Frank Waters. Also pictured: Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Major General Joseph J. Preston; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Toby Chandler. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.