Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy

by Caroline Kennedy

  68. And in 1964, President Johnson was the one who posed for pictures with poor families in Appalachia.

  69. A planned trip to Japan by Eisenhower in June 1960 was cancelled just before his planned arrival because of anti-American riots.

  70. BARRY GOLDWATER (1909–1998) was Republican senator from Arizona and the most prominent conservative of the day. JFK had met Goldwater before World War II when he went to an outdoor work camp near Phoenix, and they remained warm and jocular friends for the rest of their lives. Kennedy presumed that voters would find the Arizonan so extreme that, if nominated, he would lose to Kennedy in a landslide in 1964 (as Goldwater ultimately did to LBJ). Goldwater later insisted that JFK had agreed, if they should be the two presidential candidates in 1964, to fly around the country and debate together, almost like Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in 1858. There is no doubt that when Goldwater raised the idea, the President responded pleasantly, but it does not seem likely that in 1964, the competitive JFK, eager for the biggest victory possible, would have so gingerly offered so weak a challenger as Goldwater the benefit of being seen all over the country arguing with the President as an equal. Kennedy had, however, committed himself to face his 1964 opponent in televised debates like those of 1960 with Nixon.

  71. GEORGE ROMNEY (1907–1995) was president of American Motors before his election as Republican governor of Michigan in 1962. RFK later recalled in a 1964 oral history conversation that for a time, Romney was the opponent his brother "feared the most. . . . He thought he had this appeal to . . . God and country. . . . He spoke well, looked well. He perhaps would cause some trouble in the South, where we were in trouble anyway [over civil rights]. . . . That's why . . . we never talked about Romney."

  72. NELSON ROCKEFELLER (1908–1979) was elected governor of New York in 1958. Two years later, he seriously considered challenging Nixon, whom he loathed, in the 1960 Republican primaries but decided to stay out. JFK had worried that Rockefeller might be a strong opponent when he ran for reelection; however, he divorced his wife and in May 1963 remarried a younger woman, which at the time was a mortal sin in presidential politics.

  73. After the 1960 campaign, JFK told Bradlee that Nixon was "mentally unsound" and "sick, sick, sick." When Nixon was defeated in 1962 for governor of California, Kennedy called the victor, Edmund "Pat" Brown (1905–1996)—the President's hidden tape machine was on—and marveled at how the loser had told reporters in Los Angeles that they wouldn't have Nixon "to kick around anymore" because it was his "last press conference." JFK explained to Brown, "You reduced him to the nuthouse." Brown agreed: "I really think he's psychotic. He's an able man, but he's nuts."

  74. WILLIAM SCRANTON (1917– ) was a moderate Republican congressman when elected Pennsylvania governor in 1962.

  75. Referring to the relaxation between Washington and Moscow that began after the missile crisis and ripened with the test ban treaty of the summer of 1963.

  76. JFK pursued a frequent private correspondence with the Soviet leader, which Bundy puckishly called "the pen-pal letters."

  77. In 1963, the Senate Permanent Investigations Committee examined the award to General Dynamics of a $6.5 billion contract, the most lucrative such mandate in American history, to build a new TFX fighter plane. Before his appointment as McNamara's deputy, Gilpatric had been counsel to General Dynamics and was criticized for participating in the TFX decision. Although in March 1963 Gilpatric had announced his return to the law, he remained at the Pentagon until January 1964 in an effort to clear his name.

  78. TIMOTHY REARDON (1915–1993) was JFK's administrative assistant in the House and Senate and a special assistant in the White House.

  INDEX

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  NOTE: Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. The letter "n" indicates footnotes.

  A

  Abboud, Ibrahim, 212, 308

  Abu Simbel, temples of, xvii, xxix–xxx

  Acheson, Dean, 31, 295n12

  Adams, Abigail and John, xxviii

  Adams, John Quincy, 127, 144

  Adenauer, Konrad, 195, 220, 233–34, 247n29,

  248

  Adzhubei, Aleksei, 206–7

  Adzhubei, Rada Khrushcheva, 206, 207

  Africa, diplomats in, 304

  Agnelli, Giovanni, 219n82

  Ahmed, Aziz, 220n85

  Ahmed, Bashir, 274n77

  AID (Agency for International Development), 320

  Air Force One, xxx, xxxin4, 276

  Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, 103n37, 105

  Algeria, political unrest in, 64, 65

  Alliance for Progress, 197n42, 273

  Alphand, Hervé, 229n95, 254, 292, 293, 294, 298, 318

  Alphand, Nicole, 225, 229, 254

  Alsop, Joseph, 27, 87, 133, 155, 156, 216,

  324

  Alsop, Stewart, 270, 271n64

  Alsop, Susan Mary, 27n36

  American Ballet Theatre, xxx

  American Revolution, 143n42, 215n77

  American University, JFK's speech at, 147n47

  Anderson, George, 266n58

  Angelo, Bonnie, 341

  Arno, Peter, 49n23

  Attwood, William, 304n23, 316

  Auchincloss, Hugh D., Jr., xix, 66, 158n61, 314, 341

  Auchincloss, Janet, 83n13, 314–15, 341

  Auchincloss, Nina Gore, 173n75

  Ayub Khan, Mohammad, 303–4

  B

  Bailey, John, 94–95

  Baldrige, Letitia "Tish," 131n30, 169

  and C. Luce, 168, 306

  and press conferences, 170

  as social secretary, 132, 168–69, 170, 208, 333, 348

  and White House-itis, 174–75

  Ball, George, 90, 315

  Barnes, Donald, 194–95

  Barnett, Ross, 258n47

  Bartlett, Charles:

  and elections, 278n79

  JFK and the press, 271, 323, 325

  and Latin America, 270, 311

  socializing with, xx, 24, 156n58

  Bartlett, Martha Buck, 24n32, 156n58

  Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, 183n12, 195–96n39

  Battle, William, 303n22

  Bay of Pigs, 181–89

  and A. Dulles, 181, 186n17, 188–89

  and CIA, 116n11, 181nn7–8, 183n12, 186, 272–73

  and Eisenhower administration, 116n11, 180n5, 181n7, 183

  as "first Cuba," 13n13, 270

  investigation of, 45n13, 119, 189, 190n27

  political opponents of, 116, 271n63

  prisoners captured, 191–92n28

  responsibility for, 116n11, 186, 187n18

  Beale, Elizabeth Virginia, 170n73

  Bell, David, 319–20

  Berckemeyer, Fernando, 311

  Berle, Adolf, 184

  Berlin:

  and Cold War, 49n23, 201n49, 211n70, 220, 233–35, 236, 245n24

  JFK's visit to, 198, 220

  post-World War II designs for, 201n49

  Berlin, Isaiah, 252–53

  Berlin Wall, 69n52, 201n49, 245n24

  Beschloss, Michael, xix–xxxii

  Betancourt, Rómulo, 199n47, 200, 309, 311

  Billings, Lemoyne, 239n15

  Biltz, Norman, 10–11

  Blair, William McCormick, 303n22, 314

  Blake, Robert, 145n45

  Blake, Sylvia Whitehouse, 145

  Blanch, Lesley, The Sabres of Paradise,

  209

  Blough, Roger, 256–58

  Boggs, Hale, 281

  Bohlen, Charles "Chip," 295n14, 317–18

  Bosch Gavin~o, Juan, 312n36

  Boston Post, 75

  Boudin, Stéphane, 138n36, 142n42,

  293n8

  Bouvier, Janet Norton Lee, xix

  Bouvier, John V., Jr., 158n61, 315

  Bouvier, John V. III, xix, xx, 1
67

  Bowles, Chester, 270, 315, 315n39

  Bradlee, Ben, 221n86, 277

  connections of, 195n39, 196

  JFK and the press, 128, 323

  socializing with, 24, 24, 81, 255

  Bradlee, Tony, 24, 24, 81

  Brandt, Willy, 247n30

  Bridges, Styles, 149

  Brown, Edmund "Pat," 346n73

  Bruce, Evangeline Bell, 168n69

  Buchan, John, 42

  Buchanan, James, 134

  Buck, Pearl, 331

  Buckley, William F., 323n52

  Bundy, McGeorge, 128, 130, 215, 254

  and Cuba, 264, 265, 271

  and de Gaulle, 223–24

  and Kennedy administration, 113n7, 119, 157, 202, 292, 312, 315, 332, 347

  and Skybolt, 290

  Burin des Roziers, Étienne, 295

  Burke, Arleigh, 184n14, 190n27

  Burke, Edmund, "Speech to the Electors of Bristol," 41, 215

  Burke, Maud Alice, 253n40

  Burke, William "Onions," 9–10, 13, 14, 34n56, 75n3

  Burkley, George, 334n61

  Burns, James M., 36n57

  John Kennedy: A Political Profile,

  52n26

  Burton, Richard, 46

  Busch, Noel, 49

  Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 244

  C

  Camelot, xiii, 247n29

  Camp David, 165, 167, 254, 263

  Canada, state visit to, 220–22

  Cardona, Jose Miro, 183–84, 192, 193, 196–97

  Casals, Pablo, xxx

  Cassini, Oleg, 25n35

  Castro Ruz, Fidel:

  and Bay of Pigs, 116n11, 181n7, 191–92n28

  and Eisenhower administration, 116n11, 179, 180n5, 181n7, 183n11

  and missile crisis, 196n41, 236n7

  plots to overthrow government of, 116n11, 181n7, 195, 196n41

  takeover of Cuban government by, 179, 180, 196n39

  and test ban treaty, 292

  U.S. sanctions against, 310n33

  Cavanaugh, Father John, 103

  Celeste, Vincent, 35n56

  Childs, Blair, 29n41

  China, 292, 295, 347

  Christina (yacht), 219n83

  Churchill, Clementine, 219n83

  Churchill, Randolph (Winston's father), 54, 55

  Churchill, Randolph (Winston's son), 287–89, 290–91

  Churchill, Winston, 50, 54, 161, 216n79, 219–20, 228, 248

  books by, 42n3, 47–48

  and de Gaulle, 225, 291

  CIA (Central Intelligence Agency):

  and Bay of Pigs, 116n11, 181nn7–8, 183n12, 186, 272–73

  and Penkovsky, 193

  and Soviet missile crisis, 182n9–10

  civil rights movement, 258–61, 273, 274n76, 310

  Clay, Henry, 223

  Clifford, Clark, 85n18, 126

  and Profiles in Courage, 59–61

  and steel crisis, 257, 258

  and White House restoration, 137, 138

  Cohn, Roy, 75

  Cold War:

  and Berlin, 49n23, 201n49, 211n70, 220, 233–35, 236, 245n24

  and Cuba, see Cuba

  and nuclear testing, 245–46

  sensitive spots in, 112n6, 201

  test ban treaty, 213n73, 246, 247–48n31, 248n32, 251, 292

  Cole, Nat "King," 148n50

  Common Market, 291, 295, 298

  Condon, Elizabeth Guest, 173

  Connally, John, 89, 90n25

  Connally, Nellie, 89

  Cooper, John Sherman, 29n39

  Cooper, Leroy Gordon, 327

  Cooper, Lorraine, 29n39, 156

  Cuba, 179–86, 189–96

  Bay of Pigs, 13n13, 45n13, 116, 119, 181–89, 190n27, 270–71, 272–73

  and calendar, 267n61, 268–69

  covert action against, 194n34, 195

  Soviet missiles in, 13n13, 112n6, 182, 187, 196n41, 211n69, 234–35, 236n7, 248n31, 251, 254, 261–67, 270–73, 274n76, 294n10, 295n12, 317n42

  Tractors for Freedom, 191–92n28, 193

  U-2 photographs of, 182n9, 262n53, 264n55

  U.S. sanctions against, 262n53, 310n33

  Cuban brigade, 191, 193–94

  Cugat, Xavier, 194n33

  Cunard, Lady Emerald, 253

  Cushing, Richard Cardinal, 103–4, 149, 260

  D

  Dallas Morning News, 124n23

  Daniel, Jean, 195–96

  d'Argenlieu, Georges, 65

  Davids, Jules, 46, 252

  Day, J. Edward, 123n20, 124–25

  Dean, Arthur, 248, 250

  de Gaulle, Charles, 52–54, 53, 198, 200, 207, 247n29, 293–99

  and China, 347

  and Churchill, 225, 291

  and Common Market, 291, 298, 299

  and Cuba, 233, 294n10, 295n12

  and the glory of France, 52n27, 224n90, 292

  Jacqueline's impersonation of, 203n52

  and JFK's funeral, 54, 294n11, 295n12, 296–97

  and Kennedys' visit to France, 222–24, 223

  memoirs of, 54, 291

  and Mona Lisa, 227n92

  and NATO, 224n90, 254n41

  and nuclear testing, 247–48n31, 292

  and Roosevelt, 225, 291

  supporters of, 228, 229

  visit to D.C., 222

  de Gaulle, Yvonne, 224, 227

  Delon, Alain, 28

  De Sapio, Carmine, 119n15

  Devonshire, Duchess of, 253

  Diefenbaker, John, 220–21n86, 221–22, 287n1, 290

  Diem, Ngo Dinh, 202n50, 305n24

  Dillon, C. Douglas, 116–17, 123, 263, 272n66, 319

  Dillon, Phyllis, 263

  Dirksen, Everett, 279n81

  Dobrynin, Anatoly, 206n62

  Donald, David H., 251–52, 305n24

  Douglas, Paul, 74

  Douglas, Stephen, 345n70

  Douglas, William O., 321n50

  Douglas-Home, Alec, 216, 218–19

  Douglas-Home, William, 216n79, 218–19

  Douglass, Adele Astaire, 215

  Duke, Angier Biddle, 239n13, 314

  Dulles, Allen, 180–81, 186n17, 187–89, 190n27, 228, 343

  Dulles, John Foster, 236n5

  Dungan, Ralph, 332

  du Pont, Harry, 138n36, 279

  E

  Egypt, historic preservation in, xvii, xxix–xxx

  Eisenhower, Dwight D.:

  administration of, 8n5, 45n13, 64, 119n14, 186n17, 189n25, 236n5, 277, 306n28

  and Camp David, 165

  and civil rights, 259n49, 277