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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-30-C
KN19
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22646
President John F. Kennedy (right foreground) meets with President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos (seated across from President Kennedy), and officials of Mexico regarding an Agricultural Credit Agreement, an initiative of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). Also seated at table: Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico, Antonio Ortiz Mena; Foreign Minister of Mexico, Manuel Tello; Minister of Agriculture of Mexico, Julián Rodríguez Adame; U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, Teodoro Moscoso. Photographers observe. Los Pinos (the official residence of the President of Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22666-JJ
President John F. Kennedy meets with President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, and officials of Mexico regarding an Agricultural Credit Agreement, an initiative of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). Seated at table (clockwise from left foreground): President Kennedy; unidentified; Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico, Antonio Ortiz Mena; President López Mateos; Foreign Minister of Mexico, Manuel Tello; U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, Teodoro Moscoso. Los Pinos (the official residence of the President of Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22666-HH
President John F. Kennedy (left foreground) meets with President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos (seated across from President Kennedy), and officials of Mexico regarding an Agricultural Credit Agreement, an initiative of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). Also seated at table: Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico, Antonio Ortiz Mena; U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, Teodoro Moscoso; Foreign Minister of Mexico, Manuel Tello. Los Pinos (the official residence of the President of Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22666-C
President John F. Kennedy (center foreground) meets with President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos (seated across from President Kennedy), and officials of Mexico regarding an Agricultural Credit Agreement, an initiative of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). Also pictured: Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico, Antonio Ortiz Mena; U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, Teodoro Moscoso. Los Pinos (the official residence of the President of Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22647
President John F. Kennedy meets with President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, and officials of Mexico regarding an Agricultural Credit Agreement, an initiative of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). Seated at table (clockwise from left foreground): President Kennedy; unidentified; Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico, Antonio Ortiz Mena; President López Mateos; Foreign Minister of Mexico, Manuel Tello; U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, Teodoro Moscoso. Los Pinos (the official residence of the President of Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22543
President John F. Kennedy (left foreground) meets with President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos (seated across from President Kennedy), and officials of Mexico regarding an Agricultural Credit Agreement, an initiative of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). Also seated at table: Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico, Antonio Ortiz Mena; U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, Teodoro Moscoso; Foreign Minister of Mexico, Manuel Tello. Los Pinos (the official residence of the President of Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.