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Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-012-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate a request for Radio Free Europe funding and the Soviet Union's attempts to jam Radio Free Europe broadcasts to Eastern Europe and Russia. The episode aired on Thursday, October 15, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-25-D
AR41
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-306-010
This folder contains memoranda regarding Radio Free Europe (RFE), including meetings at the White House to raise funds for the program and broadcasts in the Soviet Union. Also included in this folder is a list of invitees to an RFE meeting at the White House.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-106-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning a drive to raise public funds for Radio Free Europe (later known as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), a radio and communications organization funded by the United States Congress to promote democratic values and curtail the spread of communist ideology in Eastern Europe. Materials in this folder include memoranda, a briefing paper on Radio Free Europe, a list of guests attending meetings concerning the status of the organization, and a draft of suggested remarks for President Kennedy's statement urging for public donations.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-026-005
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-026-004
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8209-C
President John F. Kennedy (seated near center left) attends a luncheon to discuss the activities of Radio Free Europe. Seated at table in foreground, facing camera (L-R): President of Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Walter A. Munns; President of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Howard M. Packard; President of Martin Marietta, George M. Bunker; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Anaconda Company, Clyde E. Weed; Chairman of the Board and CEO of Honeywell, Inc., Paul B. Wishart; President of Bechtel Corporation, Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr.; Chairman of the Board and CEO of the New York Life Insurance Company, Richard K. Paynter, Jr.; and Chairman of the Board and CEO of the General Telephone & Electronics Corporation, Donald C. Power. Seated at table in foreground, facing away from camera (R-L): Chairman of the Executive Committee of Time, Inc., Roy E. Larsen; President of Aluminum Company of America, John D. Harper; Chairman and CEO of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Raymond C. Firestone; President and CEO of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Byron K. Elliott; and President of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Gilbert W. Fitzhugh. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Notes: For a full list of luncheon attendees, see JFKWHSFSLF-026-005.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8209-A
President John F. Kennedy (seated at center) attends a luncheon to discuss the activities of Radio Free Europe. Seated at table, facing camera (L-R): President of the Coca-Cola Company, J. Paul Austin; Chairman of the Board of Procter & Gamble, Neil H. McElroy; President of the DuPont Company and Chairman of the Radio Free Europe Fund, Crawford H. Greenewalt; President Kennedy; President of Allegheny Ludlum, Edward J. Hanley; Chairman of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Frederick R. Kappel; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U. Alexis Johnson; Publisher of Reader’s Digest magazine, DeWitt Wallace; and President of Boeing, William M. Allen. Seated at table, facing away from camera (L-R): Chairman of General Electric, Gerald L. Phillippe, and Chairman of Eli Lilly & Company, Eugene N. Beesley. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8209-B
President John F. Kennedy (seated second from left) attends a luncheon to discuss the activities of Radio Free Europe. Seated at table, facing camera (L-R): Crawford H. Greenewalt; President Kennedy; President of Allegheny Ludlum, Edward J. Hanley; Chairman of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Frederick R. Kappel; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U. Alexis Johnson; Publisher of Reader’s Digest magazine, DeWitt Wallace; and President of Boeing, William M. Allen. Seated at table, facing away from camera (L-R): Chairman of Eli Lilly & Company, Eugene N. Beesley, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the General Motors Corporation, Frederic G. Donner (partially visible at edge of frame). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6404-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with Radio Free Europe Fund group. L-R: unidentified man; President of Standard Oil Company of California, T.S. Petersen; unidentified man (hidden behind Petersen); President of American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Frederick R. Kappel; President of Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Comp., Robert S. Stevenson; two unidentified men; President of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), M.J. Rathbone; Chairman of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Edwin J. Thomas; unidentified man; Chairman of the Radio Free Europe Fund and President and CEO of Campbell Soup Company, W.B. Murphy; President Kennedy; four unidentified men (one hidden); Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, George Champion; three unidentified men. Cabinet Room. White House, Washington, D.C.