Frederick Kempe - Berlin 1961

reluctance to discuss

security commitment to

televised Oval Office speech on

visit to

Cuba, Bay of Pigs invasion

acknowledgment of error

demonstration of weakness

failure of mission

linking to Berlin issue

miscalculations and oversights

plan

pretext of U.S. noninvolvement

Cuban Missile Crisis

de Gaulle and

death

drug use

East Berlin, on Soviet control of

East German border closure

acquiescence to

Checkpoint Charlie confrontation

inaction on

on military escort for U.S. vehicles

on prospect of

relief at

Eisenhower

on Berlin issue

on Kennedy’s leadership ability

Kennedy’s opinion of

on Laos

on nuclear war

election (1960)

inauguration and inaugural address

Khrushchev’s role in

margin of victory

Nixon–Kennedy debates

German reunification

first mention of

lack of commitment to

skepticism about

health

Khrushchev

back-channel communications with

confidential correspondence with

Kennedy’s mistrust of

on Kennedy’s weakness

misinterpretation of motives of

role in Kennedy’s election

ultimatum to Kennedy

military buildup

concern at cost of

defense spending

reinforcement of Berlin garrison

test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile

nuclear capability

call for disarmament

disclosure of details

fear of war

military instructions to NATO

nuclear testing

test ban proposal

war planning

political standing

popularity

on racial tensions in U.S.

self-assessment

Soviet policy, ambivalence on

spy-flight ban over Soviet territory

Vienna Summit

advance preparations through intermediary

agreement to meeting

arrival and first encounter with Khrushchev

casual conversation

on communism

on Cuba

disadvantage at outset

invitation to Khrushchev

on Iran

on Laos

on nuclear test ban

on permanent division of Berlin

poor performance

preconditions for

references to West Berlin

womanizing

youth and inexperience

Kennedy, Robert “Bobby”

back-channel communications, arrangement of

on Checkpoint Charlie confrontation

failure to document

on upcoming Vienna Summit

Berlin deliberations

concession on withdrawal of missiles from Turkey

KGB meeting on U.S. policy

pressure on, for early Kennedy–Khrushchev meeting

on Soviet nuclear testing

Kharlamov, Mikhail

Khrushchev, Nikita

background

captive U.S. airmen, release of

communist ideology

conciliatory gestures

on Cuban invasion by U.S.

Cuban Missile Crisis

ability to strike U.S. targets

Kennedy’s weakness in

linking to Berlin issue

nuclear buildup

retreat

surprise at Kennedy’s resolve

death

domestic shortfalls and failures

East German border closure

approval of

Checkpoint Charlie confrontation

Clay’s plans to breach

plans for

proposal to Warsaw Pact states

restriction of operation to East German territory

satisfaction with

East Germany

economic assistance to

exodus of refugees

proposal for treaty granting control of access

Eisenhower

Camp David meeting

lack of respect from

Paris Summit

ultimatum to

on “free city” status for Berlin

on German reunification

on Germany’s frontier and revanchism

on Iran

Kennedy

back-channel communications with

confidential correspondence with

on early negotiations with

impatience with

negotiation positions

perceived weakness of

role in election of (1960)

ultimatum to

Laotian policy

linking of Cuban and Berlin issues

Mao, strained relations with

military buildup

military cuts

NATO, threats against

nuclear testing and capability

ouster from power

peaceful-coexistence policy

physical features

political standing

popularity

Potsdam accord, intention to abrogate

psychological makeup

repressive measures

Siberian science city

space program

Stalinism, repudiation of

UN, outburst at

UN, proposals about involvement in Berlin negotiations

leadership vacancy

protection of West Berlin

on U.S. U-2 spy mission

Vienna Summit

agreement to meet

arrival at and first encounter with Kennedy

casual conversation

on communism

control of conversation

on Cuba

determination to discuss Berlin

on Iran

on Laos

on nuclear test ban

report on outcome

threat to sign treaty with East Germany

on West German importance to Soviet economy

Khrushchev, Sergei

concern for N. Khrushchev’s health

on N. Khrushchev’s intentions about nuclear strike

on N. Khrushchev’s preoccupation with Germany

on N. Khrushchev’s satisfaction with border closure

on threat to demilitarize West Berlin

Kissinger, Henry

alternative Berlin plan

on Berlin issue

as White House consultant

Kohler, Foy

Berlin deliberations

on border-crossing escorts

order for retreat from Checkpoint Charlie confrontation

Konev, Ivan

demand for end of Autobahn patrols

doubts about loyalty of East German forces

intelligence on U.S. preparation for hostilities

job responsibilities

on U.S. tanks at Checkpoint Charlie

World War II service

Korolyov, Sergei

Kosygin, Alexei

Kozlov, Frol

Kramer, Erwin

Kreisky, Bruno

Kroll, Hans

Krone, Heinrich

Kulbeik, Helmut

Kuznetsov, Vasily

Kvitsinsky, Yuli

Lamphir, Bob

Laos

as base for attacks on South Vietnam

communist goals in

Geneva conference on

Macmillan’s recommendation on

neutrality agreements on

as test case for Berlin

Lawford, Peter

Lazai, Hans-Joachim

Lazarev, Colonel

Leibing, Peter

LeMay, Curtis E.

Lemmer, Ernst

Lemnitzer, Lyman

Leonhard, Wolfgang

Leuschner, Bruno

Lightner, Dorothy

Lightner, E. Allan, Jr.

anticommunist stance

defiance of border procedures

and first report of border closure

on show of resolve in Berlin

as West Berlin diplomat

Lincoln, Evelyn

Lippmann, Walter

Litfin, Günter

Lochner, Robert H.

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.

Los Angeles Times

Lünser, Bernd

Macmillan, Harold

acquiescence to border procedures

on Adenauer’s response to border closure

Berlin strategy

“Grand Design” proposal

on Kennedy’s youth and character

on Khrushchev’s linking of Berlin and

Cuban issues

on negotiations with Khrushchev

offer to mediate with Khrushchev

relationship with Kennedy

on Soviet demands at Vienna Summit

Malenkov, Georgy

Malinovsky, Rodion

Mansfield, Mike

Mao Tse-tung. See China

Maron, Karl

Matern, Hermann

Mautner, Karl

McCart, Sam

McCord, Thomas

McGrory, Mary

McHugh, Godfrey

McIntyre, William T.

McKone, John

McNamara, Robert

Berlin deliberations

on Checkpoint Charlie confrontation

on Soviet declaration of missile expansion

war planning

Mende, Erich

Menshikov, Mikhail

Mielke, Erich

Mikoyan, Anastas

Molotov, Vyacheslav

Muller, George

Murphy, David

Murrow, Edward R.