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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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28873
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a state dinner in honor of President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Front row (L-R): US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (in front of candelabra); Minister of External Affairs of India, Lakshmi N. Menon; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Radhakrishnan; President Kennedy. Middle rows (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Kitty Galbraith (wife of US Ambassador to India, John Kenneth Galbraith); Shobha “Fori” Nehru (wife of Indian Ambassador to the United States, B. K. Nehru); Robin Chandler Duke (wife of Ambassador Duke); Ambassador Nehru; Ambassador Galbraith. Top row (L-R): Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7956-X
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a state dinner in honor of President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Front row (L-R): Minister of External Affairs of India, Lakshmi N. Menon; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Radhakrishnan; President Kennedy. Middle rows (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Kitty Galbraith (wife of US Ambassador to India, John Kenneth Galbraith); Shobha “Fori” Nehru (wife of Indian Ambassador to the United States, B. K. Nehru); Robin Chandler Duke (wife of US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke); Ambassador Galbraith; Ambassador Nehru. Top row (L-R): Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.