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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LCH-01
In this interview Heinz discusses how he came to work in the Office of International Security Affairs [ISA] in the Department of Defense [DOD]; the changeover in the DOD between the Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy Administrations; Heinz’s view of the Bay of Pigs; the regular operations and organization within ISA, including the different regional desks’ responsibilities; relationships between the ISA and other agencies; ISA as “the little State Department”; differences of opinion between DOD and the State Department, the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the debate over whether to put troops in Laos; Robert S. McNamara and Roswell L. Gilpatric; the status of Okinawa; the question of U.S. defense perimeters; and W. Averell Harriman’s trip to Geneva and the neutralization solution for Laos, among other issues.
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President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. L-R: Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric (leaning forward); Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; President Kennedy; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Associate Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher sits in background between President Kennedy and Admiral Anderson (wearing hat and sunglasses). Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. Also pictured: Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); White House Secret Service Agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul “Red” Fay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Mary Lee Lamar Anderson (wife of Admiral Anderson); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Secretary of the Navy, John B. Connally. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. Also pictured: Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul “Red” Fay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Mary Lee Lamar Anderson (wife of Admiral Anderson); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Secretary of the Navy, John B. Connally; White House Secret Service agent, Jim Johnson. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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President John F. Kennedy stands outdoors with the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and others following a meeting at the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Left to right: Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; President Kennedy; Chairman of the JCS, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay.
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President John F. Kennedy (bottom left, wearing sunglasses), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS) at Bogue Field, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Those pictured include: Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia); Chief of Staff of the United States Army General George H. Decker; Ambassador of Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic; Major General Richard C. Mangrum, Commanding General, Second Marine Aircraft Wing; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed; Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. “Red” Fay; White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, looking through binoculars) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the island of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Those pictured on the lower deck with President Kennedy include (L-R): Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina).
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President John F. Kennedy (left, looking through binoculars) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the island of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Those pictured on the lower deck with President Kennedy include (L-R): Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina).
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the island of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea off the coast of North Carolina. Those pictured on the lower deck with President Kennedy include (L-R): Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Congressman L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina).
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Front row (L – R): Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; unidentified man; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; unidentified man. Others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with administration officials. (L-R) Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Military advisor to the President General Maxwell Taylor; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric. Palm Beach, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. Also pictured: Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Secretary of the Navy, John B. Connally; White House Secret Service Agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Jim Johnson; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. Also pictured: Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Secretary of the Navy, John B. Connally; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with administration officials. (L-R) Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Military advisor to the President General Maxwell Taylor; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric. Palm Beach, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy (wearing sunglasses); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally (sitting behind); unidentified man. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of his administration regarding the budget for the Department of Defense at the Joseph P. Kennedy residence in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Clockwise, from top: President Kennedy; David E. Bell, Director, Bureau of the Budget; Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Jerome B. Wiesner, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; Theodore C. “Ted” Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President; McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor; unidentified man; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; General Maxwell D. Taylor, Military Representative of the President; and Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense.
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President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. L-R: unidentified; Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson; unidentified; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; President Kennedy; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Mary Lee Lamar Anderson (wife of Admiral Anderson). Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Damage on right side of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. L-R: Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; President Kennedy; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Mary Lee Lamar Anderson (wife of Admiral Anderson); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. L-R: Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; President Kennedy; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Blemish at bottom left of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. L-R: unidentified woman; Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric (facing away); Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; President Kennedy; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. L-R: Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric (facing away); Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; President Kennedy; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Mary Lee Lamar Anderson (wife of Admiral Anderson); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.