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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WAH-01
In this interview Harriman discusses early interactions with John F. Kennedy [JFK], from 1945 to 1956; the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions; helping get JFK the votes from New York state for the presidential nomination; traveling to Africa in 1960 and the problems with the Department of State’s work there; meeting with JFK and discussing various presidential appointments between JFK’s election and inauguration; and the religious demographics in New York state and how they impacted JFK’s 1960 victory, among other issues.
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JFKWHP-1961-09-26-C
ST05
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JFKWHP-1961-09-26-A
ST05, KN08
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JFKWHP-1961-09-25-B
ST04, KN08
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JFKWHP-1961-09-24-B
ST04, KN08
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18923
President John F. Kennedy meets with disarmament advisors in the President’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York. (L-R) John J. McCloy, Advisor to the President on Disarmament; Arthur Dean, Chairman of the United States Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18906
President John F. Kennedy meets with disarmament advisors in the President’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York. (L-R) Arthur Dean, Chairman of the United States Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy.
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JFKWHP-AR6618-A
President John F. Kennedy speaks prior to signing Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Chairman of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Ambassador of Uruguay, Carlos A. Clulow; unidentified man in back; Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora; Chairman of the Council of the OAS, Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Silvio O. Conte of Massachusetts (in back); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr., of Michigan (in shadow); Congressman William H. Natcher of Kentucky (in back); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); former President Harry S. Truman; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); two unidentified men. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-29-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-28-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back, mostly hidden); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-27-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back, mostly hidden); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-26-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-25-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-24-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-106-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-105-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back, head turned); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-71-61
President John F. Kennedy and President Arturo Frondizi of Argentina attend a breakfast conference in the President’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York. (L-R) Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Frondizi; State Department interpreter Donald Barnes; President Kennedy; Foreign Minister of Argentina Miguel Angel Cárcano.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-70-61
President John F. Kennedy and President Arturo Frondizi of Argentina attend a breakfast conference in the President’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York. (L-R) Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Frondizi; State Department interpreter Donald Barnes (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Foreign Minister of Argentina Miguel Angel Cárcano.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-31-61
President John F. Kennedy, President Arturo Frondizi of Argentina, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Foreign Minister of Argentina Miguel Angel Cárcano talk to reporters and photographers at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-30-61
President John F. Kennedy, President Arturo Frondizi of Argentina, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Foreign Minister of Argentina Miguel Angel Cárcano talk to reporters and photographers at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-67-61
President John F. Kennedy, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and others talk with members of Latin American delegations to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) during a luncheon at the Towers of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-63-61
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson (four from left at back table), Secretary of State Dean Rusk (second from left at front table, looking at a piece of paper), and others talk with members of Latin American delegations to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) during a luncheon at the Towers of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-58-61
Secretary of State Dean Rusk (center, hands clasped) talks with members of Latin American delegations to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) during a luncheon at the Towers of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-86-61
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk greet delegates to the General Assembly of the UN at United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York. President of the UN General Assembly Mongi Slim stands at far left.