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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MJH-01
In this interview Hillenbrand discusses President John F. Kennedy [JFK] entering office amid the Berlin crisis; working as the Director of the Office of German Affairs with JFK; the Berlin Task Force and the Ambassadorial Group; JFK's attitude towards the German problem and German reactions to the Kennedy Administration; the State Department and Germany; the 1961 Vienna talks with Nikita S. Khrushchev; the erection of the Berlin Wall and the crisis it generated; the Kennedy Administration's reaction and response to the Berlin Wall; talks with Russia over Berlin and the Wall; the press "leaks crisis" on the Germany problem; JFK's working style and approach to problems, according to Hillenbrand; the impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis on the Berlin talks; JFK's German policy and relationship with German leaders; and what JFK accomplished related to Germany, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-23-E
ST26, KN37
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-29201
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks before American Embassy staff in Bad Godesberg, Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Applauding on stage, left of President Kennedy (L-R): U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee (in foreground); U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Those applauding on stage, right of the President include: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-29200
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks before American Embassy staff at the American Theatre, Plittersdorf, in Bad Godesberg, Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Seated on stage, left of President Kennedy (L-R): U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee (in foreground); U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Those seated on stage, right of the President include: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-29199
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks before American Embassy staff at the American Theatre, Plittersdorf, in Bad Godesberg, Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Seated on stage, left of President Kennedy (L-R): U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee (in foreground); U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Those seated on stage, right of the President include: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy.