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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-04-29-A
AR06
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-26A-2
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on August 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. They discuss the possibility of appointing United States Ambassador to Costa Rica Raymond L. Telles to a new position. They also discuss the prospects of political problems in California, where Latin American groups could resent a perceived favoritism in appointments given to Texans.The recording begins in mid-conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 26A, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-26A, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 26A.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-26A
Dictation Belt 26A contains six sound recordings. Item 26A.1 is a telephone conversation held on August 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. In preparation for Secretary Rusk’s press conference, they discuss the prospect of answering a question about France and a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). The recording begins in mid-conversation, and machine noise follows the conversation. Item 26A.1A is a telephone conversation between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and a White House Operator. The operator brings Lincoln up to date on President John F. Kennedy’s recent telephone calls. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 26A.2 is a telephone conversation held on August 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. They discuss the possibility of appointing United States Ambassador to Costa Rica Raymond L. Telles to a new position. They also discuss the prospects of political problems in California, where Latin American groups could resent a perceived favoritism in appointments given to Texans. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 26A.3 is a telephone conversation held on August 19, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Under Secretary of State George W. Ball. They discuss foreign aid given to countries that engage in merchant shipping to Cuba. They also discuss foreign aid for India and negotiations with the Soviet Union on nuclear test inspections. They also discuss American troops in Europe and German officials’ views on the matter. Item 26A.4 is a brief telephone exchange between President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Kennedy asks to visit President Kennedy to review an unidentified matter. Item 26A.5 is a brief fragment of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified man. The recording is noisy and ends abruptly. The full conversation (including this fragment) is recorded on Dictation Belt 26B.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-05-C
ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-03-20-B
ST21, KN32
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-03-18-F
KN31
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-12-63
President John F. Kennedy (left foreground, looking through binoculars) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell (looking through binoculars) sits right of President Kennedy. US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles sits at far right (back to camera); a Nike Zeus missile is visible in the background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C27370
At left, members of the Costa Rican Christian Democratic Youth (Juventud Costarricense Demócrata Cristiana) greet President John F. Kennedy (right) during a welcoming ceremony at the United States Embassy residence in San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica. The group (holding a banner written in Spanish) presented President Kennedy with a letter bearing 500,000 signatures from the people of Costa Rica committed to the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso). U.S. State Department interpreter Donald Barnes (second from right) and U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica Raymond L. Telles (applauding, mostly hidden on far right edge of image) stand right of the President.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C27367
President John F. Kennedy (at the microphone) delivers remarks during a welcoming ceremony given by members of the Costa Rican Christian Democratic Youth (Juventud Costarricense Demócrata Cristiana) at the United States Embassy residence in San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica. The group (at left, holding a banner written in Spanish) presented President Kennedy with a letter bearing 500,000 signatures from the people of Costa Rica committed to the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso). U.S. State Department interpreter Donald Barnes stands right of the President; Secretary of State Dean Rusk (partially hidden) stands behind Mr. Barnes; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica Raymond L. Telles is at far right.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6547-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with US ambassadors before they depart the United States for their posts. L-R: US Ambassador to Chile, Robert F. Woodward; US Ambassador to Togo, Leon B. Poullada; President Kennedy; US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles; US Ambassador to Luxembourg, James W. Wine. Oval Office White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6547-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles (right), before the ambassador departs the United States for his post. Oval Office White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-003-p0076
United States ambassador to Costa Rica Raymond L. Telles (center, shaking hands, wearing a pale-colored necktie) presenting autographed photographs of President John F. Kennedy to officers of the Federation of Students and representatives of the student body of the University of Costa Rica. Ambassador Telles sent this photograph and one other to Evelyn Lincoln with a letter dated September 25, 1963.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-003-p0075
United States ambassador to Costa Rica Raymond L. Telles (center) presenting an autographed photograph of President John F. Kennedy to officers of the Federation of Students and representatives of the student body of the University of Costa Rica. Ambassador Telles sent this photograph and one other to Evelyn Lincoln with a letter dated September 25, 1963.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-6-63
President John F. Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses) and others view missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Left to right: Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (bottom left); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (far left, wearing safari hat); Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin; President Kennedy; US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles (center, with back to camera); Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell (right, wearing glasses). The Pershing missile is visible in the background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C27232
President John F. Kennedy greets boy scouts from the “Guías y Scouts de Costa Rica” (Guides and Scouts of Costa Rica) at the United States Embassy residence in San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica. Left to right: unidentified man (on edge of frame); White House Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns; unidentified; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Armistead I. Selden, Jr. of Alabama (face obscured); US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (in back); US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond Telles; Representative William S. Mailliard of California (in back, face obscured); others unidentified. Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers, stand in background (in front of column).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C27222
President John F. Kennedy greets little league baseball players at the United States Embassy residence in San Rafael de Escazú. A group of little leaguers stands at right in foreground. Others (L-R): unidentified man; White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson (in back); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns; President Kennedy; Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon (face obscured); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (in back); Representative William S. Mailliard (California); US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond Telles; others unidentified.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C27221
President John F. Kennedy greets little league baseball players at the United States Embassy residence in San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica. A group of little leaguers stands at right in foreground. Others (L-R): White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson; unidentified; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (in back); Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns; President Kennedy; Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Representative Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Representative William S. Mailliard (California); US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (in back); US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond Telles; others unidentified.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-9-63
Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin (at microphones), delivers remarks upon the arrival of President John F. Kennedy, who visited the missile range to view demonstrations; President Kennedy stands behind General Thorlin on podium stairs. Standing in background, left to right: Martha Morelock Thorlin; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Representative Thomas G. Morris of New Mexico (visible over the President's shoulder); Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (in back); US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles; Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Secret Service agents, Tony Sherman and Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn. A United States Marine Corps helicopter is visible in the background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-8-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left, back to camera) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Seated right of President Kennedy, left to right: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell (wearing glasses); US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles (at far right). A Nike Zeus missile is visible in the background.