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JFKWHP-KN-C29210
President John F. Kennedy views East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at Checkpoint Charlie along the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of the Berlin Brigade, Major General Frederick O. Hartel; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left foreground, back to camera) visits the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29209
President John F. Kennedy views the Brandenburg Gate (hung with red banners) in East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; President John F. Kennedy’s sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Reporters and photographers observe from below platform at right. Yellow sign in background reads, “In the agreements of Yalta and Potsdam U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Truman undertook: to uproot German militarism and Nazism; to arrest war criminals and bring them to judgment; to prevent rebirth of German militarism; to ban all militarist and Nazi propaganda; to ensure that Germany never again menaces her neighbours or world peace. These pledges have been fulfilled in the Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, President Kennedy?”
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JFKWHP-KN-C29208
President John F. Kennedy views the Brandenburg Gate (hung with red banners) in East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; President John F. Kennedy’s sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland. Reporters and photographers observe from below platform at right. Yellow sign in background reads, “In the agreements of Yalta and Potsdam U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Truman undertook: to uproot German militarism and Nazism; to arrest war criminals and bring them to judgment; to prevent rebirth of German militarism; to ban all militarist and Nazi propaganda; to ensure that Germany never again menaces her neighbours or world peace. These pledges have been fulfilled in the Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, President Kennedy?” [Blue streaking on image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C29207
President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden) views the Brandenburg Gate (hung with red banners) in East Berlin, East Germany (Democratic Republic), from an elevated platform at the Berlin Wall in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (mostly hidden); Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Jerry Blaine. Reporters and photographers observe from below platform at right. Yellow sign in background reads, “In the agreements of Yalta and Potsdam U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Truman undertook: to uproot German militarism and Nazism; to arrest war criminals and bring them to judgment; to prevent rebirth of German militarism; to ban all militarist and Nazi propaganda; to ensure that Germany never again menaces her neighbours or world peace. These pledges have been fulfilled in the Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, President Kennedy?” [Discoloration in image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, back to camera) greets officials during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, back to camera) inspects honor guard troops during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic); French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse walks left of President Kennedy. Those standing at right include: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic); Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt (mostly obscured), and Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner, stand right of the President. Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Chairman of the Committee to Strengthen the Security of the Free World, General Lucius D. Clay; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; President of the Berlin House of Representatives, Otto Bach; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Special Counsel to President Kennedy, Theodore C. Sorensen; French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, 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.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, standing on platform) observes as Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt, delivers remarks during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner, stands right of the President. Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; President of the Berlin House of Representatives, Otto Bach; French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Military Aide to President Kennedy, 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.
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President John F. Kennedy (near center left) stands on a platform during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Air Force One sits in the background.
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President John F. Kennedy stands on a platform with Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt (right), and Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner (center), during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; Minister for All-German Affairs, Dr. Rainer Barzel; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; President of the Berlin House of Representatives, Otto Bach; Special Counsel to the President, Theodore C. Sorensen; French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; 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. Air Force One sits in the background.
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Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt, speaking to reporters; unidentified reporter at left. Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the President’s Special Representative in Berlin, Lucius D. Clay. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation concerning the impending possibility of war between the United States and the Soviet Union over the crisis in Berlin, Germany. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation concerning the impending possibility of war between the United States and the Soviet Union over the crisis in Berlin, Germany. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson from Berlin, West Germany, in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy’s personal representative in Berlin General Lucius Clay; and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Charles Bohlen.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (USSR), Andrei Gromyko. Seated (L-R): Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, Vladimir S. Semenov; Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin; Minister Gromyko; President Kennedy (in rocking chair). United Press International (UPI) photographer, Frank Cancellare, stands in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (USSR), Andrei Gromyko. Seated (L-R): Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, Vladimir S. Semenov; Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin; Minister Gromyko; President Kennedy (in rocking chair). Also pictured: US State Department interpreter, Alexander Akalovsky (standing at far right); United Press International (UPI) photographer, Frank Cancellare (far left in background); White House Secret Service agent, Frank Yeager, stands in back (behind photographers). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt. Ambassador of West Germany, Karl Heinrich Knappstein, sits at far left. Three unidentified persons stand at right in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt. Ambassador of West Germany, Karl Heinrich Knappstein, sits at far left. Three unidentified persons (including a motion picture photographer) stand at right in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the President’s Special Representative in Berlin, Lucius D. Clay. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the President’s Special Representative in Berlin, Lucius D. Clay. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) stands on a platform with French Commandant in Berlin, Major General Edouard Toulouse, during his arrival ceremony at Tegel Airport in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel; Chairman of the Committee to Strengthen the Security of the Free World, General Lucius D. Clay; U.S. Commandant in Berlin, Major General James H. Polk; British Commandant in Berlin, Major General David Peel Yates; U.S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; White House Secret Service agent, Sam Sulliman. [Portion of negative is missing along right edge.]
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President John F. Kennedy meets with E. Allan Lightner, Jr., Minister and Deputy Chief of the United States Mission in Berlin. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.