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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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LEM-03
In this interview Martin discusses helping fill government positions after John F. Kennedy [JFK] is elected President, 1960; the appointment of African American judges, including Thurgood Marshall to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; providing African American candidates for different agency positions; civil rights crises during JFK’s Administration; Lee White as the White House advisor on civil rights; the civil rights bill introduced in 1963; religious groups in the civil rights movement; the issue of “white backlash”; and working for President JFK versus working for President Lyndon B. Johnson, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JKR-01
In this interview Ruina discusses the Nike-Zeus antiballistic-missile-missiles; briefing President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on the Nike-Zeus missiles; JFK’s comprehension of the briefing material and the type of questions he asked; Project Defender; the background and organization of the Advanced Research Projects Agency; the leadership and organization of the Department of Defense; interactions with Robert S. McNamara; competition between the military and the Defense Department on research and development and for resources and congressional funds; the period of new, advanced—but not always useful—technology; and Project AGILE and counterinsurgency efforts in Vietnam, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-29-A
ST11, KN17
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22067
President John F. Kennedy walks with Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer (partially hidden); General Maxwell D. Taylor; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric. Washington, D.C. [Blurriness in image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22066
President John F. Kennedy walks through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer (partially hidden). Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22065
President John F. Kennedy walks through a doorway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (partially hidden), walks with the President; White House Secret Service agent, Ken Wiesman, walks at far left. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22064
President John F. Kennedy walks with Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: General Maxwell D. Taylor (partially hidden); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric (mostly hidden); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C247-5-62
President John F. Kennedy walks through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer (mostly hidden); General Maxwell D. Taylor (partially hidden); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; White House Secret Service agents, Win Lawson, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Ken Wiesman. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C247-4-62
President John F. Kennedy walks with Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C247-3-62
President John F. Kennedy walks through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (partially hidden); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric. Observers applaud at left. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C247-2-62
President John F. Kennedy walks through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer (partially hidden); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C247-1-62
President John F. Kennedy walks through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; General Maxwell D. Taylor; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Ken Wiesman. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22063
President John F. Kennedy walks through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; White House Secret Service agents, Bob Lilley, Roy Kellerman, Win Lawson, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Ken Wiesman. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22060
President John F. Kennedy walks through a hallway inside the Pentagon; President Kennedy attended a briefing session with representatives from the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer (partially hidden); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; White House Secret Service agents, Win Lawson, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Ken Wiesman. Washington, D.C.