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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.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116a-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France, and consists of program and itinerary information for President Kennedy’s trip to meet with President of France Charles de Gaulle in Paris.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116a-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France, and consists of program and itinerary information for President Kennedy’s trip to meet with President of France Charles de Gaulle in Paris. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116a-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France, and consists of program and itinerary information for President Kennedy’s trip to meet with President of France Charles de Gaulle in Paris. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116a-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning France, and consists of program and itinerary information for President Kennedy’s trip to meet with President of France Charles de Gaulle in Paris.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-234-003
This folder includes material related to President John F. Kennedy's trip to Paris, France, including background papers, talking points, and briefing materials for President Kennedy's discussions with President Charles de Gaulle of France.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-234-002
This folder includes material related to President John F. Kennedy's trip to Paris, France, including background papers, talking points, and briefing materials for President Kennedy's discussions with President Charles de Gaulle of France.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-234-001
This folder includes material related to President John F. Kennedy's trip to Paris, France, including background papers, talking points, and briefing materials for President Kennedy's discussions with President Charles de Gaulle of France.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-233-010
This folder includes briefing book material for President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's trip to Paris, France, including schedules, guest and passenger lists, and other logistical documentation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-233-009
This folder includes briefing book material for President John F. Kennedy's trip to Paris, France, including talking papers for meetings between President Kennedy and President Charles de Gaulle of France.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-233-008
This folder includes briefing book material for President John F. Kennedy's trip to Paris, France, including biographical sketches of various French government officials.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-233-007
This folder includes material related to President John F. Kennedy's trip to Paris, France, including reports and memoranda of conversations for meetings between President Kennedy and President Charles de Gaulle in Paris.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-233-006
This folder includes material related to President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's trip to Paris, France, including schedules, reports, and memoranda of conversations for meetings between President Kennedy and President Charles de Gaulle in Paris.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-233-004
This folder includes material related to President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's trip to Europe, including stops in Paris, France; Vienna, Austria; and London, England. The folder includes schedules, reports, and memoranda of conversations for meetings between President Kennedy and President Charles de Gaulle of France in Paris, as well as meetings between President Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khruschev of the Soviet Union in Vienna.