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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-03
In this interview Komer discusses negotiating disengagement with Gamal Abdel Nasser and Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] involvement in the Yemen crisis and the negotiations with Nasser and Faisal; U.S. New Guinea policy and the Dutch-Indonesian conflict; JFK and counterinsurgency; Komer and police programs as part of U.S. counterinsurgency efforts; JFK’s policy towards and involvement with India and Pakistan; U.S. military assistance to India, 1962; and U.S. missions to Pakistan and India, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-24-A
ST14, KN23
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24232
Arrival ceremony in honor of President of Pakistan, Muhammad Ayub Khan, at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, North Kingstown, Rhode Island. President John F. Kennedy (back to camera, holding hat) and President Ayub Khan greet military personnel; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stands right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Phillips Talbot.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24231
President John F. Kennedy and President Muhammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan (center left) review honor guard troops, following President Ayub Khan's arrival at Quonset Point Naval Air Station; Major Arthur J. Poillon, United States Marine Corps (USMC), escorts the Presidents. North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24251
President John F. Kennedy (left) and President Muhammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan review honor guard troops, following President Ayub Khan's arrival at Quonset Point Naval Air Station; Major Arthur J. Poillon, United States Marine Corps (USMC), escorts the Presidents. North Kingstown, Rhode Island.