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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-45
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy dictating memoranda. President Kennedy dictates the first memorandum to Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy on a proposed article on counter-guerrilla tactics. President Kennedy dictates the second memorandum to Bundy on the policy for Cuba. President Kennedy dictates the third memorandum to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer on troop levels in Vietnam. President Kennedy dictates the fourth memorandum to Secretary of State Dean Rusk on foreign aid, defense, and balance of payments involving West Germany and Europe. President Kennedy dictates the fifth memorandum to Special Assistant to the President Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., on a proposed electoral commission.The recording begins in mid-sentence. Occasionally, the dictation belt skips.
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JFKWHP-1963-06-25-A
ST26, KN37
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JFKWHP-1962-03-09-C
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JFKWHP-1962-04-11-D
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President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Friedrich A. Foertsch; President Kennedy's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; the President’s Personal Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; Vice Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Ludwig Erhard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Minister-President of Hesse, Georg August Zinn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of the Seventh U.S. Army, Lieutenant General Hugh P. Harris; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in honor of President of the Republic of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Left to right: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard; President Nkrumah; unidentified man (behind President Nkrumah); Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer (mostly hidden); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; two unidentified men; President Kennedy (at microphones). Hangar #10, Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C19195
Arrival ceremonies for William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia. On platform, front row (L – R): President Tubman; President John F. Kennedy. Second row: Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Elbert G. Mathews, Ambassador to Liberia (behind Secretary Rusk); others unidentified. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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Arrival ceremonies for William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia. On platform, front row (L – R): President Tubman (at microphones); President John F. Kennedy. Second row: Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke (right of platform). Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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JFKWHP-KN-C19190
Arrival ceremonies for William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia. On platform, front row (L – R): President Tubman (at microphones); President John F. Kennedy. Second row: Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke (right of platform). Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the arrival ceremonies for William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia. President Tubman (front, left); President Kennedy (at microphones); Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer (behind President Tubman, partially hidden); Secretary of State Dean Rusk (behind and right of President Tubman); others unidentified. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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Arrival ceremonies for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, and his wife, the Empress Farah Pahlavi, inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Standing on the Reviewing Platform (L-R): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy; the Shahanshah; the Empress; Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai), mostly hidden behind Secretary Rusk; Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; unidentified man; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (center) stands in front of the platform. Standing in line behind the Empress: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers welcoming remarks to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, during arrival ceremonies inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Looking on from the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi (holding bouquet of roses); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; the Shahanshah; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai); Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; unidentified man; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands left of the platform; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton (in back) stands right of the platform. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers welcoming remarks to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, during arrival ceremonies inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Looking on from the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi (holding bouquet of roses); the Shahanshah (facing away); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai); Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram (facing away); unidentified man; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands left of the platform; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton (in back) stands right of the platform. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (at microphones), issues a response to President John F. Kennedy’s welcoming remarks during arrival ceremonies inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Looking on from the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi (holding bouquet of roses); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai); President Kennedy; Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram (hidden behind the President); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; unidentified man; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands left of the platform; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton (in back) stands right of the platform. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (at microphones), issues a response to President John F. Kennedy’s welcoming remarks during arrival ceremonies inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Looking on from the Reviewing Platform (L-R): the Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi (holding bouquet of roses); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Iran Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Qods-Nakhai); President Kennedy; Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Aram (hidden behind the President); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; unidentified man; and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands left of the platform; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton (in back) stands right of the platform. Standing in line behind Secretary Rusk: Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk; and Major General Mohammad Amir-Khatami, Commanding General of the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Standing in line behind General Lemnitzer: Walter N. Tobriner, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and District of Columbia Commissioners Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke and John B. Duncan.
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President John F. Kennedy talks with John McCone at the swearing-in ceremony of McCone as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Standing in the background (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson (Washington); and United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with retired Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Allen W. Dulles at the swearing-in ceremony of John McCone as Director of the CIA. Mr. McCone stands in the middle of Mr. Dulles and President Kennedy. Standing in the background (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson (Washington). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren (on left) swears-in John McCone as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). President John F. Kennedy looks on. Standing in the background (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson (Washington). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blue spot on bottom right is on the original negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy attends the swearing-in ceremony of John McCone as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. (L-R) Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson (Washington); Mr. McCone; United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren; President Kennedy. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Arrival ceremonies for El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. (L – R): of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; President John F. Kennedy; President Abboud; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer. Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton (behind and between Secretary Rusk and General Lemnitzer); others unidentified. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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Arrival ceremonies for El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. Front row (L – R): Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; President John F. Kennedy; President Abboud; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer. Back row (L – R): Unidentified officer; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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Arrival ceremonies for El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. Front row (L – R): Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; President John F. Kennedy; President Abboud; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer. Back row (L – R): Unidentified officer; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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Arrival ceremonies for El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. President Abboud delivers remarks from microphone. Looking on: President John F. Kennedy; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer (right of President Kennedy); Secretary of State Dean Rusk (second from right; man at far right mostly out of frame); others unidentified. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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Arrival ceremonies for El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. President Abboud delivers remarks from microphone. Looking on (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Secretary of State Dean Rusk (second from right); others unidentified. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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Arrival ceremonies for El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. President Abboud delivers remarks from microphone. Looking on (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Secretary of State Dean Rusk (second from right); others unidentified. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.