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Feb 5, 2026

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President John F Kennedy 1917-1963 and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1929-1994 4 June 1961 Vienna, Austria on second Day their Talks met itself the US President John F Kennedy and the Soviet Prime Minister n Khrushchev in the Soviet Mess Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19610604_mab_k09_217
President John F Kennedy 1917 1963 4 June 1961 – Vienna, Austria – on second Day their Conversations, the 4 June 1961, met itself US President John F Kennedy and the Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev in the Soviet Message in Vienna the Picture shows you during their Conference in apparently good Mood left is the US Foreign Ministe Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19610604_mab_k09_191
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1929 1994 4 June 1961 Vienna, Austria Mr Nikita Kruschev and President Kennedy and their Wives took to a Reception and Banquet part, the the Austrian Government to their Honours at Castle Schönbrunn GAB at Picture Mr Nikita Kruschev and Woman Jacqueline Kennedy before the yesterday Dinner at Castle Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19610604_mab_k09_157
President John F Kennedy 1917 1963 4 June 1961 – London, England, United Kingdom – President John F Kennedy met to its Weekend talks with Khrushchev in Vienna on London Airport a Kennedy was from its Woman Jacqueline accompanied Mr MacMillan welcomed you London London, United Kingdom England United Kingdom Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19610604_mab_k09_015
President John F Kennedy 1917 1963 3 June 1961 – Vienna, Austria – US President John F Kennedy welcomed Mr Nikita KHRUSCHTSCHOW with a Handshake, as the Russian Head of State in the US Message in Vienna arrived, at the Talks to start Vienna Wine Austria Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19610603_mab_k09_862
President John F Kennedy 1917 1963 3 June 1961 Vienna, Austria the Russian Prime Minister Nikita Krushchev and the US President John F Kennedy Meeting itself in Vienna Vienna Wine Austria Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19610603_kts_k09_863
President John F Kennedy 1917 1963 3 June 1961 Vienna, Austria the Russian Prime Minister Nikita Krushchev and the US President John F Kennedy Meeting itself in Vienna Vienna Wine Austria Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19610603_kts_k09_862
President John F Kennedy 1917 1963 28 March 1961 Vienna, Austria on Evening of 3 June GAB the Austrian Federal President Adolf Sharpening a Gala Dinner to Honours from President Kennedy and Prime Minister Khrushchev and their Women at Castle Schönbrunn in Vienna This Picture shows from left US President Kennedy, Woman Nina Khrushchev and Woman Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19610328_mab_k09_405
American President John Kennedy and soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrouchtchev meeting in Vienna Austria June 1961 (a few weeks after the operations Bay of the Pigs Playa) 1718790 American President John Kennedy and soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrouchtchev meeting in Vienna Austria June 1961 (a few weeks after the operations Bay of the Pigs Playa); (add.info.: American president John Kennedy and soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrouchtchev meeting in Vienna Austria june 1961 (a few weeks after the operations Bay of the Pigs Playa)). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1718790
American President John Kennedy and soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrouchtchev meeting in Vienna Austria June 04, 1961 (a few weeks after the operations Bay of the Pigs Playa) 1703432 American President John Kennedy and soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrouchtchev meeting in Vienna Austria June 04, 1961 (a few weeks after the operations Bay of the Pigs Playa); (add.info.: american president John Kennedy and soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrouchtchev meeting in Vienna Austria june 04, 1961 (a few weeks after the operations Bay of the Pigs Playa)). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1703432
ARCHIVE 19610604 President John F Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev meet at the Soviet Embassy in Vienna x450x Copyright: xUPIx KENNEDY- CHRUSTJOV
Vienna, Austria. First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev and President of USA John Kennedy (L-R) meet in the Schoenbrunn Palace. Vasily Yegorov TASS 32406890
Vienna. Austria. June 3, 1961. Nikita Khrushchev (R-L), a First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, John Kennedy, a President of the United States, Dean Rusk, a United States Secretary of State, negotiate at the residence of the American Ambassador to Austria. Vasily Egorov TASS 771325
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. Two unidentified White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff members prepare equipment for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. An unidentified man unpacks White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) equipment in preparation for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. Three unidentified men (two kneeling and one standing) prepare White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) equipment for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. The man in the middle kneeling is smoking a cigar. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. Three unidentified men (two kneeling and one standing) prepare White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) equipment for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. Two unidentified White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff members use communications equipment in preparation for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. An unidentified man works on White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) equipment in preparation for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. An unidentified man works on White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) equipment in preparation for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. Two unidentified men work on White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) equipment in preparation for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff prepare communications equipment for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. WHASA officer Oscar N. Smith stands at right. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. Three unidentified White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff members (two women sitting behind communications equipment and one man standing) prepare for a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) communications equipment in an unidentified building for use at a summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. Two unidentified White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff members use communications equipment for the arrival of President John F. Kennedy at Schwechat Airport in Schwechat, Austria; the President visited Vienna for a summit with Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. Austrian military honor guard and President John F. Kennedy in a car departing Schwechat Airport in Schwechat, Austria; the President visited Vienna for a summit with Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. A Pan American World Airways airplane is visible in the background. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. Two unidentified White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff members use communications equipment for the arrival of President John F. Kennedy at Schwechat Airport in Schwechat, Austria; the President visited Vienna for a summit with Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. A CBS Television News van is in the background. Copyright: xpiemagsx
Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, Oscar N. Smith, with communications equipment in preparation for the arrival of President John F. Kennedy at Schwechat Airport in Schwechat, Austria; the President visited Vienna for a summit with Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Copyright: xpiemagsx
President John F. Kennedy meets Nikita Khrushchev at the Vienna summit meeting of June 1961. Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, is second from left. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL012 EC264
The Vienna summit 1961, between President John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev. The Vienna summit was a summit meeting held on June 4, 1961, in Vienna, Austria, between President John F. Kennedy of the United States and Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union. The leaders of the two superpowers of the Cold War era discussed numerous issues in the relationship between their countries. Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP17A11492
US AMERICAN PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY JFK WITH SOVIET PREMIER NIKITA KRUSHCHEV IN 1961 IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA ; 24 NOVEMBER 1963, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU467355
John F. Kennedy, the nation s 35th President, would have turned 100 years old on May 29, 2017. With the centennial anniversary of John F. Kennedy s birth, the former president s legacy is being celebrated across the nation. PICTURED: June 03, 1961 - Vienna, Austria - The historic handshake between NIKITA KROUTCHEV and JOHN F. KENNEDY. Vienna Austria - ZUMAz03_ 19610603_jlr_z03_529 Copyright: xJFKxCollectionx
John F. Kennedy, the nation s 35th President, would have turned 100 years old on May 29, 2017. With the centennial anniversary of John F. Kennedy s birth, the former president s legacy is being celebrated across the nation. PICTURED: June 4, 1961 - Vienna, Austria - U.S. President John F. Kennedy meets with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev prior to formal talks at the Vienna Summit June 4, 1961 in Vienna, Austria. Vienna Austria - ZUMAp138 19610604_jlr_p138_001 Copyright: xCiax
Summit meeting Kennedy and Krushchev in Vienna. On 3rd June 1961, in Vienna the talks began between the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Nikita Krushchev and the US President John F Kennedy, in friendly atmosphere. Our picture shows John F Kennedy stepping down to meet Krushchev in front of the US embassy in Vienna UnitedArchives01021506
Summit meeting Kennedy and Krushchev in Vienna. On 3rd June 1961, in Vienna the talks began between the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Nikita Krushchev and the US President John F Kennedy, in friendly atmosphere. Behind Kennedy is seen the US Foreign Minister Dsan Rusk UnitedArchives01021505
VIENNA, AUSTRIA. Soviet leader Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (L) and U.S. president John Fitzgerald Kennedy meet at the residence of the US ambassador in Vienna. 448843
VIENNA, AUSTRIA. Soviet leader Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (L) and U.S. president John Fitzgerald Kennedy meet at the US embassy in Vienna for talks on the Cuban Missile (Caribbean) Crisis. Highlight TASS_100820
Jun 03, 1961; Vienna, Austria; President JOHN KENNEDY of the United States, greeted Mr. NIKITA Chruschtschow with a handshake, when the Russian leader arrived at the United States Embassy in Vienna to start their talks. Vienna Austria - ZUMAk09
Jun 03, 1961; Vienna, Austria; Russian Prime Minister NIKITA Chruschtschow and U.S. President JOHN F. KENNEDY meet in Vienna Vienna Austria - ZUMAk09

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President John F Kennedy 1917-1963 and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1929-1994 4 June 1961 Vienna, Austria on second Day their Talks met itself the US President John F Kennedy and the Soviet Prime Minister n Khrushchev in the Soviet Mess Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19610604_mab_k09_217

President John F Kennedy 1917 1963 3 June 1961 Vienna, Austria the Russian Prime Minister Nikita Krushchev and the US President John F Kennedy Meeting itself in Vienna Vienna Wine Austria Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19610603_kts_k09_863

President John F Kennedy 1917 1963 3 June 1961 Vienna, Austria the Russian Prime Minister Nikita Krushchev and the US President John F Kennedy Meeting itself in Vienna Vienna Wine Austria Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19610603_kts_k09_862

ARCHIVE 19610604 President John F Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev meet at the Soviet Embassy in Vienna x450x Copyright: xUPIx KENNEDY- CHRUSTJOV

Vienna, Austria. First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev and President of USA John Kennedy (L-R) meet in the Schoenbrunn Palace. Vasily Yegorov TASS 32406890

President John F. Kennedy meets Nikita Khrushchev at the Vienna summit meeting of June 1961. Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, is second from left. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL012 EC264

US AMERICAN PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY JFK WITH SOVIET PREMIER NIKITA KRUSHCHEV IN 1961 IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA ; 24 NOVEMBER 1963, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU467355

Summit meeting Kennedy and Krushchev in Vienna. On 3rd June 1961, in Vienna the talks began between the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Nikita Krushchev and the US President John F Kennedy, in friendly atmosphere. Behind Kennedy is seen the US Foreign Minister Dsan Rusk UnitedArchives01021505

VIENNA, AUSTRIA. Soviet leader Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (L) and U.S. president John Fitzgerald Kennedy meet at the residence of the US ambassador in Vienna. 448843

VIENNA, AUSTRIA. Soviet leader Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (L) and U.S. president John Fitzgerald Kennedy meet at the US embassy in Vienna for talks on the Cuban Missile (Caribbean) Crisis. Highlight TASS_100820

Jun 03, 1961; Vienna, Austria; President JOHN KENNEDY of the United States, greeted Mr. NIKITA Chruschtschow with a handshake, when the Russian leader arrived at the United States Embassy in Vienna to start their talks. Vienna Austria - ZUMAk09

Jun 03, 1961; Vienna, Austria; Russian Prime Minister NIKITA Chruschtschow and U.S. President JOHN F. KENNEDY meet in Vienna Vienna Austria - ZUMAk09