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About Oral History
Digital Identifier
JFKOH-JH-01
Interviewee(s)
Harllee, John, 1914-2005
Biographical Note
(1914 - 2005) U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (ret.); senior instructor at the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville, Rhode Island, while John F. Kennedy [JFK] was assigned there during WWII; served in the Navy’s Congressional Liaison Unit on special assignment to Congressman JFK (1947–1948); chairman for Citizens for Kennedy and Johnson [Lyndon B. Johnson] in northern California, 1960 presidential campaign; member of Federal Maritime Commission (1961-1963), and chairman of the Commission (1963-1969)
Interviewer(s)
Charles T. Morrissey
Access Restriction Status
Open
Use Restriction Status
None
Description
In this interview Harllee discusses his interactions with John F. Kennedy [JFK] during World War II; working with Congressman JFK on selection procedures for Annapolis and West Point, 1947–1948; his impressions of JFK in Congress; working as chairman of Citizens for Kennedy and Johnson [Lyndon B. Johnson] in northern California, 1960; anti-Catholic opposition to JFK in California during the 1960 presidential election; and becoming a member of the Federal Maritime Commission amid changes to the Commission’s powers and functions, among other issues.
Date(s) of Materials
6 June 1964
Deed Status
Deeded
Copyright Status
Donated to the United States
Collection
Series
Series 1. John F. Kennedy Oral History Interviews, 1964-2012.
Preferred Citation
John Harllee, recorded interview by Charles T. Morrissey, June 6, 1964, (page number), John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Program.
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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 1965-013
Transcript
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