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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-06
In this interview Komer discusses U.S. aid to India and Pakistan and some problems involved with it, including the question of long-term U.S. aid and a shift in focus from Pakistan to India; problems with the Agency for International Development; oil and U.S. policy; U.S. involvement in the Congo; Komer’s meetings with President John F. Kennedy [JFK] and how Komer briefed him; the relations among JFK, Dean Rusk, John Kenneth Galbraith, Adlai E. Stevenson, and McGeorge Bundy; JFK’s interest in India and Pakistan and his attempt at a mediation between the two on Kashmir; and JFK and Algeria and Morocco, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-05
In this interview Komer discusses working with McGeorge Bundy; the “inner circle” of the Bundy State Department; Komer’s major contacts; the intelligence system; the power and responsibilities of the State Department; how Bundy screened what President John F. Kennedy [JFK] would see; relations with other key officials; Robert F. Kennedy and foreign policy issues; the Bundy State Department and White House staff; the “little State Department” in the White House; the bureaucratic role of the State Department; U.S. foreign policy in Asia; relations with key U.S. Ambassadors; handling Arab-Israeli issues; domestic pressures of American-Jewish community on JFK; Arabists in the Kennedy Administration; working with Myer Feldman on Israeli issues; the United States, Saudi Arabia, and oil; filling the power vacuum left by the British; dealing with Congress on foreign aid matters; counterinsurgency; and looking back at programs during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-04
In this interview Komer discusses President John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] interest in Indonesia and Iran; U.S.-Indonesian relations; the Indian Ocean and Iran task forces; JFK’s contact with the Iranian Shah; Pakistani-Afghani disputes; U.S. aid to Afghanistan; Komer’s attempt to revamp the military aid program; McGeorge Bundy and Walt W. Rostow as President JFK’s advisers; and JFK’s direct contact with a select few National Security staff, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, 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-JCT-03
In this interview, he discusses Roger Hilsman’s 1963 speech on firm policies towards China, the changing approaches to foreign policy in Southeast Asia between the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and the conflicting ideologies on U.S. involvement in Vietnam, 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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KTY-02
In this interview Young discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the high level visit; the need for scholarly diplomacy in U.S. relations with Asian countries; the role of an ambassador; the relationships between the Embassies in Thailand and Laos; William Averell Harriman’s meetings with Thai and Laotian leaders; different strategy proposals for and conflicting opinions on Laos; U.S. programs in Thailand; and the Dean Rusk-Thanat Khoman Agreement, among other issues.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-45
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy dictating memoranda. President Kennedy dictates the first memorandum to Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy on a proposed article on counter-guerrilla tactics. President Kennedy dictates the second memorandum to Bundy on the policy for Cuba. President Kennedy dictates the third memorandum to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer on troop levels in Vietnam. President Kennedy dictates the fourth memorandum to Secretary of State Dean Rusk on foreign aid, defense, and balance of payments involving West Germany and Europe. President Kennedy dictates the fifth memorandum to Special Assistant to the President Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., on a proposed electoral commission.The recording begins in mid-sentence. Occasionally, the dictation belt skips.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-01-A
AR24, KN20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-30-A
AR26, ST13, KN21
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23506
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, partially hidden); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (very back); Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re; Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Representative Thomas F. Johnson (Maryland); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back, face obscured); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemishes on image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-8-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): unidentified motion picture photographer; Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, mostly hidden); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (in back, mostly hidden); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re; Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified (in back); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Representative Thomas F. Johnson (Maryland); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Walter H. Judd of Minnesota (in back, partially hidden); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-7-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, mostly hidden); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (face obscured); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois (very back, mostly hidden); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks after signing the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, partially hidden); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (very back); Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re; Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified (partially hidden); Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland (very back); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd of Minnesota (in back, mostly hidden); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back, partially hidden). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks after signing the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (in back, mostly hidden); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Barratt O’Hara of Illinois (partially hidden on edge of frame). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-366-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): unidentified motion picture photographer; Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, mostly hidden on far edge of frame); Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (in back, partially hidden); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (face obscured); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois (very back, mostly hidden); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7438-D
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, mostly hidden); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (in back, mostly hidden); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re; Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland (in back, partially hidden); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7438-C
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, partially hidden); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (in back); Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re; Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified (in back); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland (in back); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back, partially hidden); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7389-B
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon signing the Foreign Assistance Act, S. 2996 Public Law 87-565. Looking on (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Representative Wayne L. Hays of Ohio (mostly hidden); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Francis E. Walter (Pennsylvania); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Representative Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (New Jersey); Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.