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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WDC-01
Coerr discusses the Bay of Pigs and its effect on White House-State Department relations, U.S. relations with the Dominican Republic and Uruguay, and the formation of the Alliance of Progress, among other issues.
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-03
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1962 steel crisis; some major issues and accomplishments of John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] presidency; choosing the U.S. Ambassador to Russia; foreign aid and treaties; the military coup in Peru; the space race during the Kennedy Administration; the 1962 congressional and gubernatorial campaigns; JFK’s dinner for the Nobel Prize winners; the Polaris submarines; problems with the New York Herald Tribune; New York politics; various pieces of federal legislation, 1961–1963; the Dominican Republic; Department of Justice investigations under RFK; the difficulties of being Attorney General; congressional issues in early 1963; the Vietnam War escalation in 1963; American support of the coup in Vietnam; Henry Cabot Lodge as the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; the prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion; American actions in Cuba; unemployment and civil rights; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin; JFK’s trips to the South and speeches on civil rights; the nuclear test ban treaty; and JFK’s trip to Ireland and Rome, 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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-08-20-A
AR39, ST28
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-067-013
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding the Dominican Republic, including the military coup ousting President Juan E. Bosch and installation of a civilian junta; the effect on economic and military aid due to suspended relations with the United States; and the response of various Latin American countries to the military coup.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-067-012
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding the Dominican Republic including the military coup ousting President Juan E. Bosch, concerns over the influence of communism in the region, and the effect on economic and military aid due to suspended relations with the United States.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-067-010
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding the Dominican Republic. Topics include relations between President Juan E. Bosch and various political and military leaders in the Dominican Republican; the potential for a military coup as a result of opposition to the President’s policy on communism and social reform efforts; and United States aid to the Dominican Republic, including economic and military assistance programs.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-393-006
This file contains memoranda, reports, and correspondence regarding the Dominican Republic. Topics include Unites States education and economic aid programs; President of the Dominican Republic Juan E. Bosch’s policies on communism and social reform efforts; relations between President Bosch and various political and military leaders; and details regarding the military coup ousting President Bosch. Also included is a report on the situation in the Dominican Republic by U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic John Bartlow Martin.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-336-009
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 153 (NSAM 153) titled, "Policy Statement on Dominican Republic," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, and Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda regarding the United States plan of action for the Dominican Republic and the status of compliance with NSAM 153.
Collection
USPCPC
Photographs, 1961-1968 and undated. Black-and-white images of United States Peace Corps administrators and staff, both at headquarters and in the field, as well as images of volunteers working at their duty stations abroad. Photographers include Rowland Scherman, Paul Conklin and Abbie Rowe.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-388-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, at microphone) meets with Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) representatives from Latin America in the Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.; President Kennedy delivered remarks for the occasion. Standing behind the President, from left to right: U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, Teodoro Moscoso; Argenil Plazas García of Colombia; Francisco Calazans Fernandes of Brazil; unidentified; Alicia Navarro of Chile; four unidentified; Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Gonzalo J. Facio Segreda; and Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora. The eight representatives who met with the President are: Fadrique Muñoz of Bolivia; Mr. Calazans Fernandes of Brazil; Ralfo Rezende Decourt of Brazil; Ms. Navarro of Chile; Mr. Plazas García of Colombia; Fernando Fernández Tapia of the Dominican Republic; Dr. Menandro Alcibíades Canelo of El Salvador; and Filiberto Antonio Trujillo of El Salvador.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-388-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (center right, at microphone) delivers remarks to Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) representatives from Latin America in the Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Standing behind the President, from left to right: U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, Teodoro Moscoso; Argenil Plazas García of Colombia; Francisco Calazans Fernandes of Brazil; unidentified; Alicia Navarro of Chile; four unidentified; Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Gonzalo J. Facio Segreda; and Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora. The eight representatives who met with the President are: Fadrique Muñoz of Bolivia; Mr. Calazans Fernandes of Brazil; Ralfo Rezende Decourt of Brazil; Ms. Navarro of Chile; Mr. Plazas García of Colombia; Fernando Fernández Tapia of the Dominican Republic; Dr. Menandro Alcibíades Canelo of El Salvador; and Filiberto Antonio Trujillo of El Salvador.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8079-F
President John F. Kennedy (center right) visits with Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) representatives from Latin America in the Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: unidentified (in back); U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, Teodoro Moscoso (in profile); Argenil Plazas García of Colombia; two unidentified (one mostly hidden behind Mr. Plazas García); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Gonzalo J. Facio Segreda (hidden behind the President); and Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora. The eight representatives who met with the President are: Fadrique Muñoz of Bolivia; Francisco Calazans Fernandes of Brazil; Ralfo Rezende Decourt of Brazil; Alicia Navarro of Chile; Mr. Plazas García of Colombia; Fernando Fernández Tapia of the Dominican Republic; Dr. Menandro Alcibíades Canelo of El Salvador; and Filiberto Antonio Trujillo of El Salvador.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8079-D
President John F. Kennedy (center, at microphone) meets with Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) representatives from Latin America in the Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.; President Kennedy delivered remarks for the occasion. Left to right: Francisco Calazans Fernandes of Brazil; unidentified; Alicia Navarro of Chile; two unidentified; President Kennedy; two unidentified (one mostly hidden behind the President); Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Gonzalo J. Facio Segreda; and Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora. The eight representatives who met with the President are: Fadrique Muñoz of Bolivia; Mr. Calazans Fernandes of Brazil; Ralfo Rezende Decourt of Brazil; Ms. Navarro of Chile; Argenil Plazas García of Colombia; Fernando Fernández Tapia of the Dominican Republic; Dr. Menandro Alcibíades Canelo of El Salvador; and Filiberto Antonio Trujillo of El Salvador.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8079-C
President John F. Kennedy (center right) visits with Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) representatives from Latin America in the Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: three unidentified; Argenil Plazas García of Colombia; U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, Teodoro Moscoso (back to camera); unidentified (in back); President Kennedy; and two unidentified. The eight representatives who met with the President are: Fadrique Muñoz of Bolivia; Francisco Calazans Fernandes of Brazil; Ralfo Rezende Decourt of Brazil; Alicia Navarro of Chile; Mr. Plazas García of Colombia; Fernando Fernández Tapia of the Dominican Republic; Dr. Menandro Alcibíades Canelo of El Salvador; and Filiberto Antonio Trujillo of El Salvador.