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About Oral History
Digital Identifier
JFKOH-BBH-01
Interviewee(s)
Hickenlooper, Bourke B. (Bourke Blakemore), 1896-1971
Biographical Note
(1896 - 1971) Senator from Iowa (1945-1969); Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Interviewer(s)
Holt, Pat
Access Restriction Status
Open
Use Restriction Status
None
Description
In this interview Hickenlooper discusses various meetings with President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on foreign relations; Soviet and American nuclear testing; the nuclear test ban treaty; the Bay of Pigs invasion; Laos and Vietnam; the Punta del Este Conference in 1962; the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Hickenlooper's 1962 reelection campaign; traveling with JFK to Costa Rica; the 1961 Berlin crisis; JFK's congressional relations; and social occasions at the Kennedy White House, among other issues.
Date(s) of Materials
30 July 1964
Deed Status
Rights Transferred Upon Death of Donor
Copyright Status
Donated to the United States
Collection
Series
Series 1. John F. Kennedy Oral History Interviews, 1964-2012.
Preferred Citation
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, recorded interview by Pat Holt, July 30, 1964, (page number), John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Program.
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Person(s)
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Use Restriction Note
Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
Accession Number
OH 1989-014
Transcript
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