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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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-27-A
KN08
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-08
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] Cabinet and appointing the various secretaries; problems in and JFK’s wariness of the Department of State; the ideal State Department organization; problems with Dean Rusk; Maxwell D. Taylor’s Cuba investigation; the Bay of Pigs and its effect on U.S. action in Laos; John McCone’s prediction of missiles in Cuba; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and foreign policy; JFK’s vice-presidential choice at the 1960 Democratic National Convention; Johnson’s hesitant acceptance of the vice-presidential slot; RFK’s appointment as Attorney General; RFK’s involvement in staffing the White House for JFK and other presidential appointments; Lord Harlech (William David Ormsby-Gore); and State Department staff, among other issues.
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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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18954
President John F. Kennedy talks with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Allen Dulles and CIA Director-designate John McCone outside Founders Hall at the Naval War College, United States Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. (L-R) Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn (wearing sunglasses); Director Dulles; President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Director-designate McCone.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18953
John McCone speaks about his appointment as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Pringle Auditorium at the Naval War College, United States Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. Sitting at left is Vice Admiral Bernard L. Austin, President of the Naval War College.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18952
President John F. Kennedy talks with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Allen Dulles and CIA Director-designate John McCone outside Founders Hall at the Naval War College, United States Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. (L-R) Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn (wearing sunglasses); Director Dulles; President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Director-designate McCone.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18950
President John F. Kennedy talks with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Allen Dulles (left of the President) and CIA Director-designate John McCone (right) outside Founders Hall at the Naval War College, United States Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn (wearing sunglasses) stands behind the President.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18949
President John F. Kennedy, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Allen Dulles, and CIA Director-designate John McCone sit in the back seat of an open car at the Naval War College, United States Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. Seated in the front sear are Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr. and Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn (wearing sunglasses); members of the press observe.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18948
President John F. Kennedy, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Allen Dulles, and CIA Director-designate John McCone sit in the back seat of an open car at the Naval War College, United States Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn (wearing sunglasses) opens the car door; members of the press observe.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18946
President John F. Kennedy announces the appointment of John McCone as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Pringle Auditorium at the Naval War College, United States Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. (L-R) President Kennedy; CIA Director Allen Dulles; CIA Director-designate John McCone.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18945
President John F. Kennedy announces the appointment of John McCone as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Pringle Auditorium at the Naval War College, United States Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. (L-R) President Kennedy; CIA Director Allen Dulles; CIA Director-designate John McCone.