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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-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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-28-D
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-H
KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-G
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-E
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-23-C
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-02-E
ST27, KN38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-02-C
ST27, KN38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-02-A
ST27, KN38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-F
KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-B
KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-A
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-01-B
ST12, KN19
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-29-B
ST11, KN18
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-E
KN37
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29318
Aides and members of President John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service detail ride in an open convertible in Naples, Italy. Driving: White House Secret Service agent, Hank Rybka. Seated in jump seat: Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers. Seated in back seat: Secret Service agents, Jerry Blaine and Dave Grant. [Discoloration at center is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29317
Aides and members of President John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service detail ride in an open convertible in Naples, Italy. Seated in front seat: White House Secret Service agents, Hank Rybka (driving) and Floyd Boring. Seated in jump seat: Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers. Seated in back seat: Secret Service agents, Jerry Blaine and Dave Grant.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29275
President John F. Kennedy arrives at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. Commander-in-Chief of AFSOUTH, Admiral James S. Russell, walks with President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., follows behind. Walking in background (L-R): Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, James J. Rowley.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29321
President John F. Kennedy (center) rides in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) with Commanding General of the 3rd Armored Division, Major General John R. Pugh, during his visit to Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Friedrich A. Foertsch; President Kennedy's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; the President’s Personal Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; Vice Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Ludwig Erhard; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister-President of Hesse, Georg August Zinn; White House Secret Service agents, Sam Sulliman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Horizontal streaks at bottom and spot in upper right corner are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29240
President John F. Kennedy (center left, in background) stands in an open convertible after departing the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom), where he attended mass. Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, stands left of President Kennedy; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell (back to camera), sits in car in foreground. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29239
President John F. Kennedy (center left, descending stairs) departs the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) after attending mass. Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (partially obscured), walks ahead of President Kennedy; Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of Cologne, Theo Burauen, walks right of the President. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell (back to camera), stands at far right in foreground. Also pictured: Director of the United States Secret Service, James J. Rowley; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman. Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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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-282-104-61
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; President Lleras; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (behind President Lleras). Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (far left of image, wearing sunglasses) and Roy Kellerman (right of platform, facing right); Special Assistant to President Kennedy Kenneth P. O’Donnell (behind Freeman). Reporters, photographers, and Colombian military police stand around platform. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-282-103-61
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 (partially hidden); President Lleras. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman (right of platform, facing right); Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (in background, behind Freeman), speaking with Special Assistant to President Kennedy Kenneth P. O’Donnell. Reporters, photographers, and Colombian military police stand around platform. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]