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Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-WAH-01
In this interview Harriman discusses his role in the State Department and how it developed over time; Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] work on the Special Committee for Counter Insurgency in Latin America; various criticisms of RFK’s travels and his work on the counter insurgency committee, especially by the younger generation; how Lyndon B. Johnson supported RFK in his 1964 Senate campaign; RFK’s trip to Africa; and RFK and Vietnam, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-23-B
AR24, KN20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-13-E
AR17, KN13
Collection
USIA
Records (RG306), 1949-1965 (bulk 1961-1964). Microfilm copies of news clippings, articles, reports, speeches, news releases, photographs, the chronological correspondence file of Director Edward R. Murrow, and records from the Voice of America. Hard copies consist of memoranda, telegrams, news releases, teletype messages, condolence mail, foreign press coverage of President Kennedy's assassination, and Murrow speeches.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20495-B
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Representative Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Senator Everett M. Dirksen (Illinois); President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20495-A
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); unidentified; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (hidden); member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala); others unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20423
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; President Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala); others unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20422
Deputy Director of the Food for Peace Program, James Symington, plays a guitar at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin (in back); President John F. Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; Deputy Director Symington; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20421
State Department Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin (in back, mostly hidden); President John F. Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); unidentified; Ambassador Duke; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; two unidentified men. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20420
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; President Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; several unidentified men. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20419
Deputy Director of the Food for Peace Program, James Symington, plays a guitar at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin (in back); President John F. Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; Deputy Director Symington; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; two unidentified men. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20418
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); unidentified; President Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala); others unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20417
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); unidentified; President Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; others unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20416
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Left to right: Member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; President Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala), in front; others unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C22821
President John F. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy stand with President of the Republic of Ecuador, Dr. Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, and First Lady of the Republic of Ecuador, Gladys Peet de Arosemena, at the North Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C. President Arosemena Monroy and Mrs. Arosemena visited the White House to attend a luncheon in their honor. Left to right: Lady Bird Johnson (partially hidden on edge of frame); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Arosemena Monroy; President Kennedy; Mrs. Arosemena; Mrs. Kennedy; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (in back, partially hidden); Robin Chandler Duke (wife of U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke).
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JFKWHP-KN-C22820
President John F. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy stand with President of the Republic of Ecuador, Dr. Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, and First Lady of the Republic of Ecuador, Gladys Peet de Arosemena, at the North Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C. President Arosemena Monroy and Mrs. Arosemena visited the White House to attend a luncheon in their honor. Left to right: Lady Bird Johnson (partially hidden on edge of frame); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Arosemena Monroy; President Kennedy; Mrs. Arosemena; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (in back); Mrs. Kennedy; Robin Chandler Duke (wife of U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke).
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JFKWHP-AR6424-I
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. President John F. Kennedy (at left) addresses the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. Front row of attendees facing camera, L-R: Berta Alvarado Puerto (directly behind lectern); Ambassador of Honduras, Dr. Céleo Dávila; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; Claribel Berckemeyer; Ambassador of Costa Rica, Manuel G. Escalante; Mrs. Manuel G. Escalante. Photographers, reporters, and other members of the audience unidentified. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6424-G
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. President John F. Kennedy (at left) addresses the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. Front row of section at right, L-R: Foreign Minister of Honduras, Dr. Andrés Alvarado Puerto; Berta Alvarado Puerto; Ambassador of Honduras, Dr. Céleo Dávila; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; Claribel Berckemeyer; Ambassador of Costa Rica, Manuel G. Escalante; Mrs. Manuel G. Escalante. Also pictured: Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Under Secretary of State, Chester Bowles. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6424-E
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. Front row, L-R: Foreign Minister of Honduras, Dr. Andrés Alvarado Puerto; Berta Alvarado Puerto; Ambassador of Honduras, Dr. Céleo Dávila; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; Claribel Berckemeyer; Ambassador of Costa Rica, Manuel G. Escalante; Mrs. Manuel G. Escalante. Also pictured: Under Secretary of State, Chester Bowles; Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Special Assistant to the President, Arthur Schlesinger; Senator George Smathers (Florida); Edward R. Murrow. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6424-A
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Berta Alvarado Puerto; Ambassador of Honduras, Dr. Céleo Dávila; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; Claribel Berckemeyer. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17290
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind unidentified man); unidentified man standing in doorway. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20415
Deputy Director of the Food for Peace Program, James Symington, plays a guitar at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. L-R: Unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin (in back, mostly hidden); President John F. Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; Deputy Director Symington; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom), partially hidden; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala); unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17289
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; unidentified woman; two unidentified men. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17288
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; unidentified woman with back to camera; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (behind unidentified woman); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17287
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Unidentified woman with back to camera; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson (behind unidentified woman); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; unidentified man; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified woman; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind unidentified woman); unidentified man. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.