by Dean Rusk
In the third of four programmes, DEAN RUSK , the former American Secretary of State, recollects the Kennedy years and remembers that they were far removed from 'Camelot', the popular name for Kennedy's term of office.
He talks to Kenneth Harris about the day-to-day development of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 and its eventual outcome. In 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated and Rusk found himself working for President Johnson. In this exclusive television interview, he describes the qualities of Johnson as President and talks about the slow but deep involvement of the United States, and himself, in the war in Vietnam.
Research MONA ADAMS
Picture research VALERIE SMITH Film editor JOHN KENT Producer JOHN WALKER