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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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-03
In this interview Komer discusses negotiating disengagement with Gamal Abdel Nasser and Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] involvement in the Yemen crisis and the negotiations with Nasser and Faisal; U.S. New Guinea policy and the Dutch-Indonesian conflict; JFK and counterinsurgency; Komer and police programs as part of U.S. counterinsurgency efforts; JFK’s policy towards and involvement with India and Pakistan; U.S. military assistance to India, 1962; and U.S. missions to Pakistan and India, among other issues.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-129-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s welcome address to President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan at Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-24-A
ST14, KN23
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-21-B
ST09
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-22-H
ST09
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-123-009
This folder contains a briefing book in preparation for Pakistani President Muhammad Ayub Khan's visit to the United States, which includes an itinerary, a description of administrative arrangements, biographical information on President Ayub, and briefing papers on Pakistani international relations.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-030-008
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-123-002
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Pakistan. Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, correspondence between President Kennedy and President Muhammad Ayub Khan, biographical information on prominent Pakistani officials, and a press release announcing Walter P. McConaughy as the new Ambassador to Pakistan. This folder also contains materials concerning President Ayub's visit to the United States, including an itinerary, suggested remarks to be delivered upon President Ayub's arrival, and a press release of a joint statement to be delivered prior to President Ayub's departure.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-123-001
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Pakistan. Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, correspondence between President Kennedy and President Muhammad Ayub Khan, background information on the history and government of Pakistan, biographical information on prominent Pakistani officials, and press releases of a joint statement made by Presidents Kennedy and Ayub concerning American-Pakistani relations. This folder also contains materials concerning President Ayub's visit to the United States, including programs, guest lists for events, briefing papers, and suggested remarks to be delivered upon President Ayub's arrival.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-009-004
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-009-003
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-9-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. Aerial view of Continental Color Guard and Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (part of the “Old Guard”). Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-8-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (Clockwise from top): President John F. Kennedy; Begum Shereen Aziz Ahmed, wife of Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Aziz Ahmed; Illinois Congressman Robert B. Chiperfield; Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt and wife of late Ohio Congressman Nicholas Longworth; Indiana Congressman Charles Halleck (back to camera); Lady Bird Johnson (back to camera); New York Congressman John J. Rooney (back to camera); Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; Begum Nasir Akhtar Aurangzeb, daughter of President Ayub Khan. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-7-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. Aerial view of Continental Color Guard and Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (part of the “Old Guard”). Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-5-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-4-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-3-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (Clockwise from top): Social Secretary to the First Lady Letitia Baldrige; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton (standing); Air Force Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay; journalist Doris Fleeson Kimball, wife of former Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball; Missouri Senator Stuart Symington; Mrs. James Deakin; businessman Maurice Tempelsman (back to camera); Edith Vanocur, wife of journalist Sander “Sandy” Vanocur (back to camera); Syed Haider Raza, Air Vice Marshal for Pakistan Air Force; Maureen Mansfield, wife of Montana Senator Mike Mansfield; David Finley, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the White House Historical Association. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-2-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. Various unidentified guests. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-16-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub of Pakistan. (Clockwise from top): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Foreign Minister of Pakistan Manzur Qadir; Minnesota Congressman Walter H. Judd; Mary Bell, wife of Director of the Office of Management and Budget David Bell; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Madelin Gilpatric, wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric (back to camera); horticulturalist Henry F. duPont (back to camera); Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon (back to camera); President Mohammad Ayub Khan. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-15-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-14-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (Clockwise from top): Anne Bodine Clifton, wife of Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; Walter Hoving, owner of Tiffany & Company; Mrs. Syed Haider Raza, wife of the Air Vice Marshal for the Pakistan Air Force; Anne Sidey, wife of journalist Hugh Sidey; Nsim Ahmed; Mrs. John Taber, wife of New York Congressman John Taber; Oklahoma Congressman Carl Albert. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-13-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (Clockwise from top): Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton (wearing uniform); Mrs. John J. Rooney; Iowa Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper; Betty Ford (mostly hidden); journalist William S. White; Mrs. Austin B. Mason; Nazir Ahmed, Pakistani Secretary of the Ministry of National Reconstruction and Information; Blanche Halleck, wife of Indiana Congressman Charles Halleck; Pennsylvania Congressman Thomas E. Morgan. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-12-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (Clockwise from top): Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright; journalist Ève Curie Labouisse, wife of American Ambassador to Greece Henry R. Labouisse; Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; Julia Ann Shepard, wife of Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Brigadier M. Sarwar, Physician to President Ayub Khan; Ohio Congresswoman Frances Bolton (back to camera). Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-11-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (Clockwise from top) Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; President Mohammad Ayub Khan; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Foreign Minister of Pakistan Manzur Qadir; others unidentified. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.