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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LCH-01
In this interview Heinz discusses how he came to work in the Office of International Security Affairs [ISA] in the Department of Defense [DOD]; the changeover in the DOD between the Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy Administrations; Heinz’s view of the Bay of Pigs; the regular operations and organization within ISA, including the different regional desks’ responsibilities; relationships between the ISA and other agencies; ISA as “the little State Department”; differences of opinion between DOD and the State Department, the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the debate over whether to put troops in Laos; Robert S. McNamara and Roswell L. Gilpatric; the status of Okinawa; the question of U.S. defense perimeters; and W. Averell Harriman’s trip to Geneva and the neutralization solution for Laos, among other issues.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-E
Luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Toshiro Shimanouchi, Mitsue Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda, interpreter James J. Wickel (partially hidden behind Mrs. Eisenhower), former First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and President John F. Kennedy. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
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Luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Toshiro Shimanouchi, Mitsue Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda, interpreter James J. Wickel, former First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and President John F. Kennedy. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-C
Luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Mitsue Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda, Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Toshiro Shimanouchi, former First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and President John F. Kennedy. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18157
Luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) Mitsue Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda, interpreter James J. Wickel, former First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and President John F. Kennedy. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18156
Luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) Mitsue Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda, interpreter James J. Wickel, former First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and President John F. Kennedy. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18155
Luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) Mitsue Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda, interpreter James J. Wickel, former First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and President John F. Kennedy. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.