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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RH-01
In this interview Hilsman discusses his initial interactions with John F. Kennedy [JFK]; Hilsman’s appointment to the Department of State during the Kennedy Administration; Foreign Service officers and “hot-seat” jobs; issues with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; reorganizing the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; the flow of information between the State Department and the White House; staffing the State Department; the use of satellite intelligence; John A. McCone; working with and around Robert F. Kennedy [RFK]; JFK, RFK, and Vietnam; Edward G. Lansdale; Maxwell D. Taylor; the connection between Vietnam and Laos; U.S. action in Laos; the Buddhist crisis in Vietnam; the impact of WWII on Hilsman and JFK’s generation; and the 1963 coup in Vietnam, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-08
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] Cabinet and appointing the various secretaries; problems in and JFK’s wariness of the Department of State; the ideal State Department organization; problems with Dean Rusk; Maxwell D. Taylor’s Cuba investigation; the Bay of Pigs and its effect on U.S. action in Laos; John McCone’s prediction of missiles in Cuba; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and foreign policy; JFK’s vice-presidential choice at the 1960 Democratic National Convention; Johnson’s hesitant acceptance of the vice-presidential slot; RFK’s appointment as Attorney General; RFK’s involvement in staffing the White House for JFK and other presidential appointments; Lord Harlech (William David Ormsby-Gore); and State Department staff, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WWR-01
This interview focuses on Rostow’s professional relationship with John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy administration’s policy towards Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, and Europe, and the operations of the White House during the Kennedy administration, among other topics.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-23-C
KN25
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24694
Visitors pick up their checked camera bags and parcels from a trailer set up outside the East Wing Entrance of the White House, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24693
Visitors pick up their checked camera bags and parcels from a trailer set up outside the East Wing Entrance of the White House, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24685-K
Visitors pick up their checked camera bags and parcels from a trailer set up outside the East Wing Entrance of the White House, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24685-J
Visitors pick up their checked camera bags and parcels from a trailer set up outside the East Wing Entrance of the White House, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C. [Blemish at bottom of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24685-G
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24685-F
Visitors pick up their checked camera bags and parcels from a trailer set up outside the East Wing Entrance of the White House, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24685-E
Visitors pick up their checked camera bags and parcels from a trailer set up outside the East Wing Entrance of the White House, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24695
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Presidential Assistant John J. McNally (partially hidden) stands with an unidentified man at right. Washington, D.C. [Blemish at left side of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24692
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24691
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24690
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24689
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24688
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Presidential Assistant John J. McNally (facing the camera) stands at far right. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24687
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24686
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (partially hidden) and Presidential Assistant John J. McNally stand in the background at far right. The woman in the foreground at far right holds a copy of "The White House: An Historic Guide" (the White House guide book). Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24685-H
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24685-D
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24685-C
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24685-B
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Presidential Assistant John J. McNally (speaking on telephone) stands in front of the open door of the trailer at center. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24685-A
Visitors wait in line outside a trailer set up near the East Wing Entrance of the White House to leave their cameras, handbags, and parcels for inspection, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. White House photographer Captain Cecil Stoughton (holding motion picture camera) stands at left; Presidential Assistant John J. McNally (mostly hidden) stands in front of the open door of the trailer at center. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24685
Visitors pick up their checked camera bags and parcels from a trailer set up outside the East Wing Entrance of the White House, as part of new security precautions established in response to the crisis in Cuba. Washington, D.C.