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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-DH-01
In this interview Henderson discusses working at the United States Embassy in Peru under President Dwight D. Eisenhower; his daily routine and responsibilities as economic counselor; the Point Four Program and Peru; Peruvian elections; James I. Loeb as the U.S. Ambassador to Peru and changes and tensions within the Embassy; the military coup in Peru and the events leading up to it; Haya de la Torre’s self-destructive behavior in the Peruvian presidential election; working at the Embassy in Peru after the coup and after Loeb leaves his position; pressure on the United States from Peruvian authorities; the issue of U.S. non recognition of the military leaders; Canadian and British interests in Peru; John Wesley Jones as the U.S. Ambassador to Peru; problems with military governments and transitions; Henderson’s daily routine and responsibilities as the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia; his first few weeks in Bolivia; John F. Kennedy [JFK] and Bolivian President Victor Paz Estenssoro; Henderson’s impressions of JFK; American hostages in Bolivia in late 1963; the military coup in Bolivia and the events leading up to it; the political breakdown of Bolivia; and political and military maneuvering in other Latin American countries, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-21-E
AR11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-19-C
AR11, ST04, KN07
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-05-C
AR07
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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-25-C
AR31, KN29
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-062a-013
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Ralph A. Dungan, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include ambassadorial appointments, foreign aid, and elections in Nicaragua and Peru. Of note is a letter from the Crow Indian Tribal Council of Montana presenting a gift of a peace pipe to the President.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PAS-03
This interview focuses on relations with diplomats in Washington D.C. and Robert F. Kennedy’s 1965 trip to Latin America, among other topics.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6792-K
Dinner in honor of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, given by President Manuel Prado Ugarteche of Peru, at the Embassy of Peru, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Claribel Rapp Berckemeyer (wife of Ambassador Berckemeyer); President Prado; Mrs. Kennedy; First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru; President Kennedy; Ambassador of Peru Fernando Berckemeyer.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-210-12-61
A large crowd watches as the Presidential motorcade arrives at Blair House, Washington, D.C. President Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche of Peru stands in the street and waves to the crowd. Also pictured: Military Aide to President Kennedy General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to President Kennedy Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Secret Service agents Stu Stout, Gerald “Jerry” Behn, Art Godfrey, and Bill Greer.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6563-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with the US Ambassador to Peru, James I. Loeb, Jr., in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7684-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with United States Ambassador-designate to Peru, John Wesley Jones. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
DOHPP
Economist, diplomat, government official. Economic officer and Foreign Service officer, Mexico (1942-1943), Chile (1943), Bolivia (1943-1947), Department of Commerce (1947-1950), Switzerland (1950-1956); Assistant Director, Economic Defense Administration, Department of State (1956-1959); Economic Counselor, Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'affaires, U.S. Embassy, Peru (1960-1963); Ambassador to Bolivia (1963-1968). Official, personal and family correspondence with speech files, clippings, scrapbooks, and subject files pertaining to Foreign Service work and life abroad. Also papers of wife Dorothy documenting life of a Foreign Service family abroad.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6475-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Peru Pedro Beltrán and Ambassador of Peru Fernando Berckemeyer in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.