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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.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0005-001-024
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate a U.S. arms deal with Iran and the future of U.S. military aid to the Contras in Nicaragua. The episode aired on Thursday, December 4, 1986, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-016-016
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate reductions in U.S. military forces in the Persian Gulf. The episode aired on Wednesday, January 13, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-11-D
AR19, KN14
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-20918
President John F. Kennedy (left) and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, ride in the backseat of a bubble-top car en route to Blair House, following arrival ceremonies for the Shahanshah and his wife, the Empress Farah Pahlavi (not pictured). White House Secret Service agent Bill Greer (driving), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (center), and White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn (right) sit in the front seat; United States military honor guard troops stand in the background. Hangar 11, Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-20917
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (left) and the Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi, ride in the backseat of a bubble-top car en route to Blair House, following arrival ceremonies for the Empress and her husband, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (not pictured). United States military honor guard troops and military band stand in the background. Hangar 11, Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7165-H
Unidentified commander of troops escorts Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, and President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) past United States military color guard and honor guard troops during arrival ceremonies inside Hangar 11 at Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.