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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.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-313-025
This folder contains an appendix to the National Security Council (NSC) Record of Action of January 13, 1962 regarding the position of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the military aid program and communism.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-276-010
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams concerning activities and recommendations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Topics include nuclear weapons testing, policies and procedures of the JCS, military operations and exercises, and communist aggression and the Military Aid Program (MAP). Also included in this folder are lists of meetings attended by numerous JCS members.