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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LBH-01
In this interview Hays discusses early interactions with John F. Kennedy [JFK]; obstacles to becoming an Assistant Secretary of State and his work in that position; Hays’ trip abroad to visit the Pope; moving over to the White House and his work as a Special Assistant to the President; Federal-State intergovernmental relations; visiting Africa and various Peace Corps installations; the relationship between JFK’s Administration and different African countries; JFK and humor; making speeches and acting as a spokesman for the Kennedy Administration; and Hays’ last interaction with JFK before the assassination, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-26-A
ST05, KN08
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JOFF-01
In this written statement Figueres discusses his memories of John F. Kennedy [JFK], the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Social Democratic Movement in Latin America, JFK’s assassination, the Alliance for Progress, and attending JFK’s funeral, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TEM-02
This interview focuses on relations with Latin America during the Kennedy administration, John F. Kennedy’s meetings with Latin American heads of state, and official visits to Latin America, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TEM-01
This interview focuses on Moscoso’s time as Ambassador to Venezuela, the inception of the Alliance for Progress program, and John F. Kennedy’s trip to Venezuela and Colombia, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-30-C
KN19
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-03-20-B
ST21, KN32
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-12-17-E
ST07
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-12-16-D
ST07
Textual folder
United States Information Agency Records
USIA-001-010
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHPST-285-53-61
President John F. Kennedy and President of Venezuela Rómulo Betancourt arrive at a land grant ceremony at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela, aboard a United States Marines helicopter.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-285-68-61
President John F. Kennedy waves to the crowd at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia; the ceremony marked the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-285-2-61
President of Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo speaks at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). On platform (L-R): First Lady of Colombia Berta Puga Martínez; United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman; unidentified; President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Lleras.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-285-13-61
President John F. Kennedy and President of Colombia, Alberto Lleras Camargo, unveil a plaque at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) program. L-R: President Kennedy; First Lady of Colombia Berta Puga Martínez (in back); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Lleras; several unidentified persons. Standing in background: United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman (left of President Kennedy); White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (right of President Kennedy).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-285-1-61
Cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). L-R: President John F. Kennedy; President of Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; unidentified.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-282-126-61
Cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-282-125-61
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). On platform (L-R): United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman (partially hidden); unidentified; President Kennedy; President of Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. White House Secret Service agents Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey and Roy Kellerman (faces obscured), stand to right of platform. Colombian military police, reporters, and photographers stand on either side of platform. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-282-124-61
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). On platform (L-R): United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman; unidentified; President Kennedy; President of Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo (partially hidden); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. White House Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman (face obscured), stands to right of platform. Colombian military police, reporters, and photographers stand on either side of platform. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-282-123-61
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). On platform (L-R): First Lady of Colombia Berta Puga Martínez; United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman; unidentified; President of Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Special Assistant to President Kennedy Kenneth P. O’Donnell, stands in back at far left of image; White House Secret Service agent Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey (right of platform, wearing sunglasses) speaks with Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman. Colombian military police, reporters, and photographers stand around platform. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-282-122-61
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). On platform (L-R): First Lady of Colombia Berta Puga Martínez (partially hidden); United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman; President Kennedy; President of Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. White House Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman stands to right of platform. Colombian military police, reporters, and photographers stand on either side of platform. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-282-121-61
White House photographer Captain Cecil Stoughton (left), and Director of the United States Secret Service James J. Rowley (right) at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia. President John F. Kennedy attended the ceremony to mark the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). Attendees in background are unidentified. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-282-120-61
Cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). President John F. Kennedy stands towards back of crowd at right (mostly hidden). Standing in middle of crowd: White House Secret Service agents Roy Kellerman and Milt Wilhite; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member Anthony S. Suglia (wearing sunglasses). Colombian military police, reporters, photographers, and various attendees stand in crowd. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]