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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ECH-01
This interview focuses on Hutchinson’s appointment to the Kennedy Administration, the Agency for International Development, and new attitudes towards Africa, among other things.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROAH-03
This interview focuses on U.S. economic policy in regards to Cuba during the Kennedy Admin., reactions of U.S. citizens to the Cuban policy, and the United States' economic investments in Cuba at the time of Fidel Castro's takeover, among other things.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROAH-01
This interview focuses on Bay of Pigs prisoners, exchanges with Fidel Castro for the prisoners, and effects of the missile crisis on prisoner release, among other things.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BBH-01
In this interview Hickenlooper discusses various meetings with President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on foreign relations; Soviet and American nuclear testing; the nuclear test ban treaty; the Bay of Pigs invasion; Laos and Vietnam; the Punta del Este Conference in 1962; the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Hickenlooper's 1962 reelection campaign; traveling with JFK to Costa Rica; the 1961 Berlin crisis; JFK's congressional relations; and social occasions at the Kennedy White House, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WGB-01
Brown discusses key political and military figures and events in Laos during his tenure as ambassador; instances where his opinion differed from the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C.; U.S. aid and military involvement in Laos, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-06
In this interview Komer discusses U.S. aid to India and Pakistan and some problems involved with it, including the question of long-term U.S. aid and a shift in focus from Pakistan to India; problems with the Agency for International Development; oil and U.S. policy; U.S. involvement in the Congo; Komer’s meetings with President John F. Kennedy [JFK] and how Komer briefed him; the relations among JFK, Dean Rusk, John Kenneth Galbraith, Adlai E. Stevenson, and McGeorge Bundy; JFK’s interest in India and Pakistan and his attempt at a mediation between the two on Kashmir; and JFK and Algeria and Morocco, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-05
In this interview Komer discusses working with McGeorge Bundy; the “inner circle” of the Bundy State Department; Komer’s major contacts; the intelligence system; the power and responsibilities of the State Department; how Bundy screened what President John F. Kennedy [JFK] would see; relations with other key officials; Robert F. Kennedy and foreign policy issues; the Bundy State Department and White House staff; the “little State Department” in the White House; the bureaucratic role of the State Department; U.S. foreign policy in Asia; relations with key U.S. Ambassadors; handling Arab-Israeli issues; domestic pressures of American-Jewish community on JFK; Arabists in the Kennedy Administration; working with Myer Feldman on Israeli issues; the United States, Saudi Arabia, and oil; filling the power vacuum left by the British; dealing with Congress on foreign aid matters; counterinsurgency; and looking back at programs during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WIEK-01
This written statement focuses on William E. Knox’s trips to the Soviet Union and Knox’s meeting with Chairman Krushchev in 1962, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WEK-01
This interview focuses on Knight’s role on the Italian Desk and the Opening to the Left issue, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-HPJ-02
This interview focuses on observations of the incoming John F. Kennedy Administration, United States involvement in Indonesia, and communication with the Kennedy White House regarding Indonesia, among other things.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-HPJ-01
This interview focuses on meeting John F. Kennedy, relations with the Far East, and serving as Ambassador to Indonesia, among other things.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ECH-02
This interview focuses on the Africa Program, the relationship of the Agency for International Development with European countries, and specific involvement of the Agency for International Development with African countries, among other things
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KTY-03
In this interview Young discusses the creation of the Dean Rusk-Thanat Khoman Agreement in March 1962; drafting the Internal Security Program for Thailand and urging Thai officials to create their own; Robert F. Kennedy’s visit to Bangkok in 1962 and his support on Thai issues; Thailand’s road building program; the different approach to Asia by select assistant secretaries of State; and working with the country team for Thailand, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-012-013
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 Senate vote on whether the Soviet Union should be allowed to move into a new Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C., with concerns over Soviet espionage activities. The episode aired on Wednesday, October 14, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0365-007
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between various members of the White House staff and individual citizens concerning incidents of religious discrimination, discriminatory housing practices, United States military personnel participating in civil rights demonstrations, the treatment of African diplomats visiting Washington, D.C., and the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a large political rally during which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech advocating harmonious racial relations. The folder also contains a report from Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke on efforts to improve housing procedures for visiting African diplomats and a transcript of a meeting between President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and business executives concerning the voluntary desegregation of commercial establishments.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6485-G
President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan pose for photographs from a deck on the President’s yacht “Honey Fitz” in Washington, D.C. Unidentified attendees of the onboard meeting stand in the background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6513-J
President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk greet guests at a reception for African Freedom Day held in the Drawing Room of the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. Ambassador of Nigeria, Julius Momo Udochi, stands second from left.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6513-I
The Drawing Room of the State Department Auditorium in Washington, D.C. set up for a reception for African Freedom Day.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6513-H
President John F. Kennedy visits with Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea, Dr. Seydou Conte, at a reception for African Freedom Day held in the Drawing Room of the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams, Protocol officer for the State Department Clement E. "Clem" Conger, and others look on.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6513-E
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Ambassador of Nigeria, Julius Momo Udochi, at a reception for African Freedom Day held in the Drawing Room of the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. L-R: Chester B. Bowles, President Kennedy's Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams; Virginia Rusk; Ambassador Udochi; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6513-D
President John F. Kennedy greets a guest at a reception for African Freedom Day held in the Drawing Room of the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams looks on.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6513-C
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception for African Freedom Day held in the Drawing Room of the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6513-B
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception for African Freedom Day held in the Drawing Room of the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. Those looking on include Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher, and Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6513-A
President John F. Kennedy greets a guest at a reception for African Freedom Day held in the Drawing Room of the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and others look on.
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.