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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-03
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1962 steel crisis; some major issues and accomplishments of John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] presidency; choosing the U.S. Ambassador to Russia; foreign aid and treaties; the military coup in Peru; the space race during the Kennedy Administration; the 1962 congressional and gubernatorial campaigns; JFK’s dinner for the Nobel Prize winners; the Polaris submarines; problems with the New York Herald Tribune; New York politics; various pieces of federal legislation, 1961–1963; the Dominican Republic; Department of Justice investigations under RFK; the difficulties of being Attorney General; congressional issues in early 1963; the Vietnam War escalation in 1963; American support of the coup in Vietnam; Henry Cabot Lodge as the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; the prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion; American actions in Cuba; unemployment and civil rights; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin; JFK’s trips to the South and speeches on civil rights; the nuclear test ban treaty; and JFK’s trip to Ireland and Rome, among other issues.
Sound recording
United States Information Agency Audio Recordings Collection
USIAAU-003
Sound recording of a news conference held by the Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow on May 29, 1961. Director Murrow begins the press conference by making a statement about an offer made by Prime Minister of Cuba Fidel Castro to exchange Cuban prisoners for tractors. Director Murrow calls it a major blunder by Prime Minister Castro and summarizes reactions to the offer as surveyed by the USIA, particularly negative press reactions in Latin America. Director Murrow then answers questions from news reporters relating to the prisoners-for-tractors offer, including some concerning the response of the United States and the role of the USIA. Accession MR-1972-096-003.
Textual folder
Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-216-005
Textual folder
Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-202-005
Textual folder
Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-202-004
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-115-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba, and consists of an issue of the journal Encounter containing an article by Theodore Draper titled, "Castro's Cuba."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a letter to President Kennedy from former United States Ambassador to Cuba Earl E.T. Smith, newspaper articles regarding Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, and memoranda to the President from Special Assistant Arthur M. Schlesinger concerning conversations with reporters about Cuba. Of note is a memorandum titled, “Cuba Policy.” Also included in this folder is an editorial from the exiled Cuban newspaper El Diario de la Marina titled, “Washington’s Leftwingers-Tragic Threat to the Future of Cuba.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1052-006
This folder contains an American Broadcasting Company (ABC) transcript of the fourth presidential debate between candidates Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The candidates answered questions on numerous issues, including disarmament, foreign policy, nuclear weapons, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, Cuba, Latin America, and the Soviet Union. The debate was moderated by Quincy Howe of ABC.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1052-005
This folder contains an unofficial transcript of the fourth presidential debate between candidates Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The candidates answered questions on numerous issues, including disarmament, foreign policy, nuclear weapons, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, Cuba, Latin America, and the Soviet Union. The debate was moderated by Quincy Howe of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).