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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-1962-10-10-D
AR28, KN24
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24451
Arrival ceremonies for President of Guinea, Ahmed Sékou Touré. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): President Touré; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea, Louis Lansana Béavogui; Ambassador of Guinea, Dr. Seydou Conte; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball; United States Ambassador to Guinea, William Attwood; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Ambassador of Vietnam, Tran Van Chuong; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Director of West Coast and Malian Affairs in the U.S. Department of State, William C. Trimble; U.S. State Department interpreter, José de Seabra; U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. State Department Protocol officer, Jay Rutherfurd; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King. Members of the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets stand in background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24450
President of Guinea, Ahmed Sékou Touré, delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in his honor. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea, Louis Lansana Béavogui; Ambassador of Guinea, Dr. Seydou Conte; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball; President Touré (at microphones); President John F. Kennedy; United States Ambassador to Guinea, William Attwood (in back); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Ambassador of Vietnam, Tran Van Chuong; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Director of West Coast and Malian Affairs in the U.S. Department of State, William C. Trimble; U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. State Department Protocol officer, Jay Rutherfurd; U.S. State Department interpreter, José de Seabra; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Members of the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets stand in background; members of the press gather in foreground. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24449
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in honor of President of Guinea, Ahmed Sékou Touré. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea, Louis Lansana Béavogui; President Touré; Ambassador of Guinea, Dr. Seydou Conte; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball (in back); President Kennedy (at microphones); United States Ambassador to Guinea, William Attwood (in back); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams; Director of West Coast and Malian Affairs in the U.S. Department of State, William C. Trimble; U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. State Department Protocol officer, Jay Rutherfurd; U.S. State Department interpreter, José de Seabra; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Members of the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets stand in background; members of the press gather in foreground. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24447
Arrival ceremonies for President of Guinea, Ahmed Sékou Touré. Left to right (in foreground): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor (greeting President Touré); U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (in back, partially hidden); Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Touré; President John F. Kennedy (back to camera); U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (partially hidden on edge of frame). Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24462
President of Guinea, Ahmed Sékou Touré, delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in his honor. Standing on reviewing platform in foreground (L-R): Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea, Louis Lansana Béavogui; Ambassador of Guinea, Dr. Seydou Conte; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball; President Touré (at microphones); President John F. Kennedy; United States Ambassador to Guinea, William Attwood (in back); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor. Also pictured (at right in background): U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. State Department Protocol officer, Jay Rutherfurd. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24457
Arrival ceremonies for President of Guinea, Ahmed Sékou Touré. Standing on reviewing platform in foreground (L-R): President Touré; President John F. Kennedy; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea, Louis Lansana Béavogui (in back, partially hidden); Ambassador of Guinea, Dr. Seydou Conte; United States Ambassador to Guinea, William Attwood (in back); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor (mostly hidden); U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball. Also pictured: Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Ambassador of Vietnam, Tran Van Chuong; U.S. State Department interpreter, José de Seabra; U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. State Department Protocol officer, Jay Rutherfurd. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7532-C
Arrival ceremonies for President of Guinea, Ahmed Sékou Touré. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): President Touré; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea, Louis Lansana Béavogui (in back, partially hidden); President John F. Kennedy; Ambassador of Guinea, Dr. Seydou Conte (in back, mostly hidden); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; U.S. Under Secretary of State, George Ball. Standing left of platform: Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Ambassador of Vietnam, Tran Van Chuong. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.