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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BBH-01
In this interview Hickenlooper discusses various meetings with President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on foreign relations; Soviet and American nuclear testing; the nuclear test ban treaty; the Bay of Pigs invasion; Laos and Vietnam; the Punta del Este Conference in 1962; the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Hickenlooper's 1962 reelection campaign; traveling with JFK to Costa Rica; the 1961 Berlin crisis; JFK's congressional relations; and social occasions at the Kennedy White House, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LCH-01
In this interview Heinz discusses how he came to work in the Office of International Security Affairs [ISA] in the Department of Defense [DOD]; the changeover in the DOD between the Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy Administrations; Heinz’s view of the Bay of Pigs; the regular operations and organization within ISA, including the different regional desks’ responsibilities; relationships between the ISA and other agencies; ISA as “the little State Department”; differences of opinion between DOD and the State Department, the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the debate over whether to put troops in Laos; Robert S. McNamara and Roswell L. Gilpatric; the status of Okinawa; the question of U.S. defense perimeters; and W. Averell Harriman’s trip to Geneva and the neutralization solution for Laos, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-27-A
KN08
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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
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.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JTC-02
In this interview Conway discusses working with John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; the negative reaction to the choice of Lyndon B. Johnson for JFK’s running mate; labor leadership and JFK’s campaign; unions and the religious issue during the 1960 election; discussing presidential appointments with JFK after the election; Conway’s role in JFK’s Administration; the Housing and Home Finance Agency, legislation, and working with Congress; accelerated public works, the Department of Commerce, and problems with the extent of presidential powers; Walter Reuther and his relationship with JFK; confrontations between Johnson and Robert F. Kennedy [RFK]; working with RFK on civil rights marches and their legislative demands; and interactions with RFK from 1964 through 1968, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, 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.
Photograph
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-18951
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. Sitting at left is Vice Admiral Bernard L. Austin, President of the Naval War College.
Photograph
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18947
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Allen Dulles speaks at a ceremony announcing John McCone as the new Director of the 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.
Photograph
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.
Photograph
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18944
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. Sitting at left is Vice Admiral Bernard L. Austin, President of the Naval War College.