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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-19-C
AR11, ST04, KN07
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-13-B
AR11, KN07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-03
In this interview Komer discusses negotiating disengagement with Gamal Abdel Nasser and Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] involvement in the Yemen crisis and the negotiations with Nasser and Faisal; U.S. New Guinea policy and the Dutch-Indonesian conflict; JFK and counterinsurgency; Komer and police programs as part of U.S. counterinsurgency efforts; JFK’s policy towards and involvement with India and Pakistan; U.S. military assistance to India, 1962; and U.S. missions to Pakistan and India, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-08
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] Cabinet and appointing the various secretaries; problems in and JFK’s wariness of the Department of State; the ideal State Department organization; problems with Dean Rusk; Maxwell D. Taylor’s Cuba investigation; the Bay of Pigs and its effect on U.S. action in Laos; John McCone’s prediction of missiles in Cuba; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and foreign policy; JFK’s vice-presidential choice at the 1960 Democratic National Convention; Johnson’s hesitant acceptance of the vice-presidential slot; RFK’s appointment as Attorney General; RFK’s involvement in staffing the White House for JFK and other presidential appointments; Lord Harlech (William David Ormsby-Gore); and State Department staff, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JSF-02
Farland discusses the Bay of Pigs controversy and Panama’s involvement, the Panama Canal treaty, and JFK’s visit to Costa Rica for the San Jose meeting, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JCT-01
In this interview, he discusses Chester Bowles’ political style, the unconventional selections of ambassadorial positions, and the nation’s role in the world, among other issues.
Textual folder
Pedro A. Sanjuan Personal Papers
PASPP-001-008
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6485-D
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs George Ball; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Soviet Affairs Charles Bohlen (partially hidden); Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Sir Norman Brook; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sir Patrick Dean (mostly hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; unidentified man (mostly hidden); U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; unidentified man (partially hidden); Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; unidentified man (mostly hidden); former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; unidentified man; President's Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Walt W. Rostow. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18793-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) talks with President of Mali, Modibo Keïta (at left on couch), and others in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Those present include: Minister Resident of Mali in Guinea, Demba Diallo; Ambassador of Mali to the United Arab Republic, Modibo Diallo; Chief of the Cabinet of the Presidency, Mamadou Macalou; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen Williams (standing).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6513-E
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Ambassador of Nigeria, Julius Momo Udochi, at a reception for African Freedom Day held in the Drawing Room of the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. L-R: Chester B. Bowles, President Kennedy's Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams; Virginia Rusk; Ambassador Udochi; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17425
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: unidentified man (mostly hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Sir Norman Brook (partially hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; unidentified man (partially hidden); former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; unidentified man; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; two unidentified men (one mostly hidden); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; unidentified man. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17424
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Soviet Affairs Charles Bohlen; unidentified man (partially hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Sir Norman Brook (mostly hidden); United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sir Patrick Dean (mostly hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; unidentified man (partially hidden); former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; unidentified man; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; two unidentified men (one mostly hidden); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; unidentified man. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17423
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs George Ball (mostly hidden); Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Soviet Affairs Charles Bohlen (mostly hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Sir Norman Brook (mostly hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; unidentified man; Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton (partially hidden); unidentified man; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; unidentified man; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17422
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: unidentified man (mostly hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sir Patrick Dean (partially hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; unidentified man (mostly hidden); U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; unidentified man (mostly hidden); former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; unidentified man; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; unidentified man (looking backward); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy (mostly hidden); Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; unidentified man; President's Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Walt W. Rostow. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21554
Guests attend a diplomatic reception at the White House. Those pictured include: Ambassador of the Central African Republic, Jean-Pierre Kombet (center right, in foreground); Ethel Skakel Kennedy (at left); Presidential Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs, Chester B. Bowles (back right, face obscured); Dorothy Stebbins Bowles, wife of Mr. Bowles (center); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall (speaking with Mr. Bowles); Ambassador of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin (in background, at right). East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7203-B
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and others attend a diplomatic reception at the White House. Front row (L-R): President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren. Others (L-R): Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind Ambassador Sevilla-Sacasa); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back); Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (very back); Under Secretary of State, George Ball; unidentified woman (partially hidden); Presidential Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs, Chester B. Bowles; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (in back); Dorothy Stebbins Bowles, wife of Mr. Bowles. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-66-2-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs George Ball; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Soviet Affairs Charles Bohlen; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Sir Norman Brook (mostly hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; unidentified man (partially hidden); former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; unidentified man (partially hidden); Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; unidentified man (partially hidden); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; unidentified man (partially hidden); Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; unidentified man; President's Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Walt W. Rostow. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-66-1-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan and members of British and American cabinets. (L-R) Front row: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Ambassador of Great Britain Harold Caccia. (L-R) Back row: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs George Ball; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Soviet Affairs Charles Bohlen; unidentified man; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Sir Norman Brook (mostly hidden); Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain David K. E. Bruce; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; unidentified man; former Secretary of State Dean Acheson; unidentified man (mostly hidden); Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; unidentified man; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; unidentified man; Chairman of State Department Policy Planning Council George McGhee (partially hidden); Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler; President's Special Assistant for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Permanent Under Secretary for the Foreign Office Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar; unidentified man; President's Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Walt W. Rostow. Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21466
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and others attend a diplomatic reception at the White House. Front row (L-R): President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren. Others (L-R): Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (behind Vice President Johnson, face partially hidden); Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind Ambassador Sevilla-Sacasa); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador (in front); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (head turned, partially hidden); Presidential Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs, Chester B. Bowles; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Dorothy Stebbins Bowles, wife of Mr. Bowles. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21465
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and others attend a diplomatic reception at the White House. Front row (L-R): President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren. Others (L-R): Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (behind Vice President Johnson, face partially hidden); Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind Ambassador Sevilla-Sacasa); Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (behind Mrs. Sevilla-Sacasa); Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Presidential Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs, Chester B. Bowles; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (in back); Dorothy Stebbins Bowles, wife of Mr. Bowles (face obscured). Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21464
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and others attend a diplomatic reception at the White House. Front row (L-R): President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren. Others (L-R): Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (behind and left of Vice President Johnson); Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (face obscured); Lillian Somoza de Sevilla-Sacasa, wife of the Nicaraguan Ambassador; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (behind Mrs. Sevilla-Sacasa); Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Presidential Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs, Chester B. Bowles; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (in back); Dorothy Stebbins Bowles, wife of Mr. Bowles (mostly hidden). Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6779-F
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) talks with President of Mali, Modibo Keïta (third from left on couch), and others in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Those present include: Minister Resident of Mali in Guinea, Demba Diallo; Ambassador of Mali to the United Arab Republic, Modibo Diallo; Chief of the Cabinet of the Presidency, Mamadou Macalou; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen Williams (standing, second from right); Under Secretary of State, Chester Bowles (second from left on couch); Deputy Director of the Office of West African and Malagasy Affairs, Donald Dumont; interpreter, Arva Floyd.