Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-023-004-p0032
Shotgun given as a gift from President John F. Kennedy to President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. Richard Gookin from the Department of State sent this photograph and six others with a memorandum dated July 11, 1961, to Evelyn Lincoln. The inscription on the barrel of the shotgun reads: "Custom built by Winchester for Mohammad Ayub Khan." A plaque set in the stock of the shotgun reads: "His Excellency Mohammad Ayub Khan H. P. K., H. J. President of Pakistan from his friend John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, July 1961."