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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CCK-01
Chiang Ching-kuo discusses a conversation he had with John F. Kennedy about the threat of Communist mainland China, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JMC-01
Cabot discusses Brazil’s involvement in the Alliance for Progress, U.S. foreign policy towards Poland and Eastern Europe during the John F. Kennedy Administration, and U.S.-China relations during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-03
In this interview Komer discusses negotiating disengagement with Gamal Abdel Nasser and Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] involvement in the Yemen crisis and the negotiations with Nasser and Faisal; U.S. New Guinea policy and the Dutch-Indonesian conflict; JFK and counterinsurgency; Komer and police programs as part of U.S. counterinsurgency efforts; JFK’s policy towards and involvement with India and Pakistan; U.S. military assistance to India, 1962; and U.S. missions to Pakistan and India, 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.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-012-009
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a secret mission sent by President Bush to Beijing, China, and the President's handling of U.S. policy toward China in the aftermath of the Chinese government's crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. The episode aired on Friday, December 29, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-27-A
AR37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-01-12-C
AR15, KN11
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-112a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Burma. Materials include a letter to President Kennedy from Prime Minister of Burma U Nu regarding Chinese troops in Burmese territory and a letter to the President from Henry G. Byroade on his appointment as United States Ambassador to Burma.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19872
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States from China, Tingfu F. Tsiang. United States Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke sits at right; photographers observe.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19870
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States from China, Tingfu F. Tsiang. United States Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke sits at right; photographers observe.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19869
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States from China, Tingfu F. Tsiang. United States Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke sits at right; photographers observe.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6978-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States from China, Tingfu F. Tsiang. United States Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke sits at right; photographers observe.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7940-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with United States Ambassador to the Republic of China, Admiral Jerauld Wright; persons in background are unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
JMCPP
Diplomat. Ambassador to Pakistan (1952-1953); Ambassador to Colombia (1957-1959); Ambassador to Brazil (1959-1961); Ambassador to Poland (1962-1965). The Diplomatic Papers of John Moors Cabot. Copies of diplomatic papers concerning Latin America, Europe, general political and diplomatic materials, and diaries. [Originals deposited in the Edwin Ginn Library, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts]. 22 rolls of microfilm.