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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-B
AR41, ST34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
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-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.
Moving image
United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-03-T-1
Silent motion picture covering President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru arriving at Andrews Air Force Base and being greeted by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Mrs. Rusk, General Lyman Lemnitzer, and embassy staff members. United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith also attends. President Kennedy and Prime Minister Nehru make addresses on a speaker's stand, inspect troops, go through a reception line, and board a U.S. Army helicopter. Materials in this series were created, commissioned, or collected by the United States Air Force.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-08-B
AR38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-03-B
AR18, KN14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-11-F
AR19, KN15
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6536-J
(L-R) President of Indonesia Ahmed Sukarno; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson aboard a United States Army helicopter on the South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-153-4-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (L – R): Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Mohammad Ayub Khan; President Kennedy (head turned away from camera; sitting in fabric-covered rocking chair); unidentified man (back to camera). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-153-1-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. President Kennedy (center; back to camera; seated in fabric-covered rocking chair). On couch at right (L – R; backs to camera): President Mohammad Ayub Khan; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Three unidentified men on couch at left. Photographers in background, including National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe (far left). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6687-F
President John F. Kennedy meets with President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (L – R): Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Mohammad Ayub Khan; President Kennedy (seated in fabric-covered rocking chair). Two unidentified men with backs to camera. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6881-H
Arrival ceremonies for Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. (L-R) Indian Ambassador to the United States B.K. Nehru; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden by Prime Minister Nehru); Prime Minister Nehru; President John F. Kennedy. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6881-E
President John F. Kennedy makes a speech during arrival ceremonies for Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. (L-R) United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith; State Department Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; President Kennedy; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Indian Ambassador to the United States B.K. Nehru; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Prime Minister Nehru. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6881-D
Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru makes a speech during arrival ceremonies. (L-R) United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith; State Department Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; Prime Minister Nehru; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Indian Ambassador to the United States B.K. Nehru; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President John F. Kennedy. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6881-C
Arrival ceremonies for Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. On platform (L-R): United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith; State Department Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; Indian Ambassador to the United States B.K. Nehru; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Prime Minister Nehru; and President John F. Kennedy. Also in the photograph are Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton, Indira Gandhi, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and Lady Bird Johnson. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28873
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a state dinner in honor of President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Front row (L-R): US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (in front of candelabra); Minister of External Affairs of India, Lakshmi N. Menon; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Radhakrishnan; President Kennedy. Middle rows (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Kitty Galbraith (wife of US Ambassador to India, John Kenneth Galbraith); Shobha “Fori” Nehru (wife of Indian Ambassador to the United States, B. K. Nehru); Robin Chandler Duke (wife of Ambassador Duke); Ambassador Nehru; Ambassador Galbraith. Top row (L-R): Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-74-63
President Lyndon B. Johnson attends graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Also pictured: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Virginia Rusk; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; President of the Corporate Chamber of Portugal, Clotário Luís Supico Pinto; President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera; Prime Minister of Japan, Hayato Ikeda; Vice President of Liberia, William R. Tolbert, Jr.; Secretary of State of Liberia, J. Rudolph Grimes; Prince Bertil of Sweden; White House Secret Service agent, Rufus Youngblood. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20804
President John F. Kennedy greets President of Brazil João Goulart (center left) after his arrival at the White House for a luncheon in his honor. (L-R) General Amaury Kruel, Head of the Military Household of President Goulart; Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; President Goulart; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Photographers take photos in the background. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7144-E
President John F. Kennedy greets President of Brazil João Goulart (left) after his arrival at the White House for a luncheon in his honor. (L-R) Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back, partially hidden), President Goulart, President Kennedy, and General Amaury Kruel, Head of the Military Household of President Goulart. Photographers and other members of the press observe in the background, including White House photographer, Chief Robert L. Knudsen. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8009-C
President John F. Kennedy visits with Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Gordon Menzies; Prime Minister Menzies visited the White House to attend a luncheon in his honor. Left to right: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Ambassador of Australia, Sir Howard Beale; PM Menzies; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8009-B
President John F. Kennedy visits with Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Gordon Menzies; Prime Minister Menzies visited the White House to attend a luncheon in his honor. Left to right: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Ambassador of Australia, Sir Howard Beale; PM Menzies; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7956-X
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a state dinner in honor of President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Front row (L-R): Minister of External Affairs of India, Lakshmi N. Menon; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Radhakrishnan; President Kennedy. Middle rows (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Kitty Galbraith (wife of US Ambassador to India, John Kenneth Galbraith); Shobha “Fori” Nehru (wife of Indian Ambassador to the United States, B. K. Nehru); Robin Chandler Duke (wife of US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke); Ambassador Galbraith; Ambassador Nehru. Top row (L-R): Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8255-3N
Members of the Kennedy family, officials, and dignitaries attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy (holding folded flag), Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) stand in foreground; the eternal flame is in center (foreground). Also pictured: President Lyndon B. Johnson; Prime Minister of Japan, Hayato Ikeda; Vice President of Liberia, William R. Tolbert, Jr.; President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera; Minister of External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; Prince Georg Valdemar of Denmark; President of the Senate of Australia, Sir Alister McMullin; Ambassador of Ecuador, Dr. José Antonio Correa Escobar; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Joseph Luns; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands; President of Congress of Nicaragua, Luis Somoza Debayle; President of the Corporate Chamber of Portugal, Clotário Luís Supico Pinto; Prince Jean of Luxembourg; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Ambassador of Japan, Ryuji Takeuchi; Ambassador of Canada, Charles S. A. Ritchie; Ambassador of Pakistan, Ghulam Ahmed; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Virginia Rusk; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Representative T. Ashton Thompson (Louisiana); U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, John C. Metzler; White House Secret Service agents, Paul Rundle and Rufus Youngblood. Honor guard pallbearers stand at attention, including: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8255-3M
Members of the Kennedy family, officials, and dignitaries attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; honor guard pallbearers fold the casket flag; Jacqueline Kennedy (mostly hidden), Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) stand at left. Also pictured: President Lyndon B. Johnson; Prime Minister of Japan, Hayato Ikeda; Vice President of Liberia, William R. Tolbert, Jr.; President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of France, General Charles de Gaulle; Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, John C. Metzler; White House Secret Service agent, Rufus Youngblood. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.