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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-27-B
KN04
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-DMS-01
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy (JFK)’s handling of Cold War crises, U.S. military involvement in Southeast Asia, and the debate regarding U.S. resumption of nuclear testing, among other issues.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-45
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy dictating memoranda. President Kennedy dictates the first memorandum to Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy on a proposed article on counter-guerrilla tactics. President Kennedy dictates the second memorandum to Bundy on the policy for Cuba. President Kennedy dictates the third memorandum to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer on troop levels in Vietnam. President Kennedy dictates the fourth memorandum to Secretary of State Dean Rusk on foreign aid, defense, and balance of payments involving West Germany and Europe. President Kennedy dictates the fifth memorandum to Special Assistant to the President Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., on a proposed electoral commission.The recording begins in mid-sentence. Occasionally, the dictation belt skips.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-132-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal to General Lyman L. Lemnitzer of the United States Army in the White House Rose Garden.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-25-B
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-25-A
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-29-A
ST11, KN17
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-12-C
AR22, ST11, KN18
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-06-A
ST11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-25-C
ST12
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-18-B
AR24, ST12, KN20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-10-B
ST12, KN19
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-15-F
AR21, ST10, KN17
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-09-E
ST14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-01-B
AR28, ST14, KN24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-01-A
AR28, ST14, KN24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-28-E
AR27, ST14, KN23
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-27-B
ST18
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-09-C
AR17, KN13
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-11-D
AR19, KN14
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-222-013
This folder contains Department of State telegrams regarding NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Subjects include a NAC (North Atlantic Council) meeting attended by Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Harlan Cleveland; a multilateral force (MLF); a trip to the United States by NATO Secretary General Dirk Stikker; and the resignation of General Lauris Norstad as Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander-in-Chief Europe, and the succession of General Lyman Lemnitzer.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-328-013
This folder contains a memorandum to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman L. Lemnitzer in reference to National Security Action Memoranda number 12 (NSAM 12) discussing the distribution of United States military forces in Vietnam to more effectively combat guerilla warfare.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29320
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Friedrich A. Foertsch; President Kennedy's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; the President’s Personal Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; Vice Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Ludwig Erhard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Commander in Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, General Truman H. Landon; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Minister-President of Hesse, Georg August Zinn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of the Seventh U.S. Army, Lieutenant General Hugh P. Harris; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
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Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-040-029
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal to General Lyman L. Lemnitzer of the United States Army in the White House Rose Garden. The press copy also includes remarks by General Lemnitzer and Roswell L. Gilpatric, Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-080-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Materials concern the appointment of the President's Chief of Staff, including a transcript of a United States Senate briefing featuring Chairman of the JCS, General Lyman Lemnitzer, and Missouri Senator Stuart Symington; a summary of a meeting between the President, the JCS, and additional members of the military; and a draft statement by the President concerning his expectations of the JCS.