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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JSB-01
Badeau discusses his and John F. Kennedy’s relationship with Gamal Abdel Nasser; conflicts in Yemen, Jordan, and Kuwait during his tenure as ambassador; U.S. aid to the UAR; and the pro-Israel lobby in the U.S.
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-02
In this interview Komer discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] personal diplomacy with the United Arab Republic [UAR] through letters; normalizing U.S.-Egypt relations; the Yemen conflict and U.S. interests; negotiating Yemen with M. Harold Macmillan and the attempt to have the United Kingdom recognize the Yemen Republic; dealing with Gamal Abdel Nasser; and difficulties with Saudi Arabia and the UAR, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-169-008
This file contains Department of State memoranda and telegrams regarding relations between the United States and Arab nations. Also included is correspondence between President John F. Kennedy and President of the United Arab Republic (UAR) Gamal Abdel Nasser discussing U.S. aid to the Middle East and foreign policy towards Israel and Palestine.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-169-005
This file contains Department of State memoranda regarding relations between the United States and the United Arab Republic (UAR). Also included is a copy of a letter from President of the UAR Gamal Abdel Nasser to President John F. Kennedy, discussing improved relations between the countries as a result of U.S. aid, and American foreign policy in Israel and Palestine.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-125-011
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding Jordan’s economy; government elections; water development along its borders; and relations with Israel, the UAR (United Arab Republic), and the Soviet Union. Also included in this folder is a draft of a United States contingency plan for Jordan.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-322-015
This folder contains memoranda from Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council (NSC) to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs regarding a conflict in Yemen and the participation of the United Arab Republic (UAR), relations between the UAR and Saudi Arabia, and United States involvement in Israel-Arab relations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-119a-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Israel. Materials pertain to arms limitation negotiations between Israel and the United Arab Republic (UAR). Also included in this folder is a folder titled, "Arab-Israeli Arms Control Initiative."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-119a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Israel. Materials consist of United States intelligence reports regarding French-Israeli relations; the trial for Adolf Eichmann; the resignation of David Ben-Gurion as Prime Minister of Israel; and a paper by an ad hoc working group of the United States Intelligence Board titled, "The Arab-Israeli Situation."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-019
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 231 (NSAM 231) titled, “Middle Eastern Nuclear Capabilities,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-100-001
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State George Ball, John McCloy, Assistant Secretary of State Phillips Talbot, United States Ambassador to the United Arab Republic (UAR) John Badeau, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Paul Nitze, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, member of the National Security Council Robert W. Komer, and Hermann Eilts. They discuss a possible Near East arms limitation agreement, and specifically relations between the UAR and Israel. Five segments of the recording totaling 15 minutes and 27 seconds have been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 12958. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 100, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 100 in its entirety.