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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.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-111-006
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks to members of the Country Team Seminar of the Foreign Service Institute on the South Lawn of the White House concerning the participants’ training for international positions.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-039-012
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to members of the Country Team Seminar of the Foreign Service Institute on the South Promenade of the White House concerning the participants' training for international positions.