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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.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-132-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the swearing-in ceremonies of General Maxwell D. Taylor as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff held in the White House Rose Garden.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-27-B
ST18
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-040-030
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks at the swearing-in ceremonies of General Maxwell D. Taylor as Chariman of the Joint Chiefs of the Staff in the White House Rose Garden. The press copy also includes remarks by General Taylor and Roswell L. Gilpatric, Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C73-2-62
President John F. Kennedy stands outdoors with the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and others following a meeting at the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Left to right: Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; President Kennedy; Chairman of the JCS, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay.