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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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-31-A
AR24, KN20
Collection
LOBPP
Papers 1960-1975 (#177). Democratic Party official, government official. Director of organization, Kennedy-Johnson Presidential campaign (1960); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel (1961-1965); Postmaster General of the United States (1965-1968); chairman, Democratic National Committee (1968-1972); author No Final Victories (1974). Personal and professional papers relating to his years as a campaign adviser, White House staff member, Postmaster General, and chairman of the Democratic Party. 135 cubic feet. Open in full.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7385-B
Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), speaks to reporters at a Legislative Leaders Breakfast. Left to right: Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Speaker McCormack (at microphones); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota). Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Larry O'Brien, stands in background at far right. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7385-A
Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana) speaks to reporters at a Legislative Leaders Breakfast. Standing in group at right (L-R): Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Boggs (at microphones); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota). Also pictured: White House correspondent for UPI, Helen Thomas (in group at left); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Larry O'Brien (in background at right). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.