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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-1963-09-30-A
AR40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-09-A
AR34, KN33
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-20-C
AR27
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C27887G
President John F. Kennedy meets with the Vice President of the European Economic Community Commission, Sicco L. Mansholt. Left to right: Ambassador to the European Economic Community, John Tuthill; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Mansholt; President Kennedy; aide to Mansholt, Alfred Mozer; and Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C27862
President John F. Kennedy meets with the Vice President of the European Economic Community Commission, Sicco L. Mansholt. Left to right: Ambassador to the European Economic Community, John Tuthill; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Mansholt; President Kennedy; aide to Mansholt, Alfred Mozer; and Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6505-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with Canadian representatives of the US-Canadian Joint Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, George Ball; Minister of Finance, Donald M. Fleming; Minister of Trade and Commerce, George Hess; President Kennedy; Minister of National Revenue, George Nowlan; Minister of Agriculture, Francis Hamilton.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8144-H
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers an address to the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Under Secretary of State, George Ball, sits on stage at center of photograph, right of the American flag. Seated at table on stage, right of President Kennedy (L-R): President of the World Bank Group, George D. Woods; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; and Governor of the Banca d’Italia, Guido Carli. Others on stage are unidentified.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7811-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with the Vice President of the European Economic Community Commission, Sicco L. Mansholt. Left to right: Ambassador to the European Economic Community, John Tuthill; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Mansholt; President Kennedy; aide to Mansholt, Alfred Mozer; and Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7811-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with the Vice President of the European Economic Community Commission, Sicco L. Mansholt. Left to right: Ambassador to the European Economic Community, John Tuthill; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Mansholt; President Kennedy; aide to Mansholt, Alfred Mozer; and Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
GBPP
Papers 1961-1963. Lawyer, government official. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1961); Under Secretary of State (1961-66). Subject files, transcripts of telephone conversations.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17302
President John F. Kennedy meets with Canadian representatives of the US-Canadian Joint Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, George Ball; Minister of Finance, Donald M. Fleming; President Kennedy; Minister of National Revenue, George Nowlan; Minister of Agriculture, Francis Hamilton.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17301
President John F. Kennedy meets with Canadian representatives of the US-Canadian Joint Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, George Ball; Minister of Finance, Donald M. Fleming; Minister of Trade and Commerce, George Hess; Minister of National Revenue, George Nowlan; Minister of Agriculture, Francis Hamilton.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17300
Meeting with Canadian Ministers attending a meeting of the US-Canadian Joint Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs. L-R: United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, George Ball; Minister of Finance, Donald M. Fleming; Minister of Trade and Commerce, George Hess; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of National Revenue, George Nowlan; Minister of Agriculture, Francis Hamilton. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17299
President John F. Kennedy meets with Canadian representatives of the US-Canadian Joint Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, George Ball; Minister of Finance, Donald M. Fleming; Minister of Trade and Commerce, George Hess; Minister of National Revenue, George Nowlan; Minister of Agriculture, Francis Hamilton.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17298
President John F. Kennedy meets with Canadian representatives of the US-Canadian Joint Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, George Ball; Minister of Finance, Donald M. Fleming; Minister of Trade and Commerce, George Hess; Minister of National Revenue, George Nowlan; Minister of Agriculture, Francis Hamilton.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17297
President John F. Kennedy meets with Canadian representatives of the US-Canadian Joint Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, George Ball; Minister of Finance, Donald M. Fleming; President Kennedy; Minister of National Revenue, George Nowlan; Minister of Agriculture, Francis Hamilton.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7473-A
President John F. Kennedy attends a joint meeting of the governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Left to right: Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; President Kennedy; President of the World Bank, Eugene R. Black; chairman of the meeting and Executive Director of the IMF, Ahmed Zaki Saad; Managing Director of the IMF, Per Jacobsson; Under Secretary of State, George Ball. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.