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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-04
In this interview Komer discusses President John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] interest in Indonesia and Iran; U.S.-Indonesian relations; the Indian Ocean and Iran task forces; JFK’s contact with the Iranian Shah; Pakistani-Afghani disputes; U.S. aid to Afghanistan; Komer’s attempt to revamp the military aid program; McGeorge Bundy and Walt W. Rostow as President JFK’s advisers; and JFK’s direct contact with a select few National Security staff, 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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-24-A
ST14, KN23
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-24-C
ST09
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-322-016
This folder contains memoranda from Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council (NSC) to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs regarding various foreign affairs and national security issues including tactical air mobility for the United States Army, policy towards Pakistan, and foreign aid. Of note is a memo concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and diplomatic and international relations measures moving forward.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C117-47-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center, background) listens to a performance of Khyber Rifles bagpipers at the Khyber Rifles officers’ mess at Landi Kotal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Also pictured: Secret Service agent, Clint Hill; Assistant White House Press Secretary, Jay W. Gildner.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C117-28-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center, background) listens to a performance of Khyber Rifles bagpipers at the Khyber Rifles officers’ mess at Landi Kotal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24232
Arrival ceremony in honor of President of Pakistan, Muhammad Ayub Khan, at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, North Kingstown, Rhode Island. President John F. Kennedy (back to camera, holding hat) and President Ayub Khan greet military personnel; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stands right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Phillips Talbot.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24231
President John F. Kennedy and President Muhammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan (center left) review honor guard troops, following President Ayub Khan's arrival at Quonset Point Naval Air Station; Major Arthur J. Poillon, United States Marine Corps (USMC), escorts the Presidents. North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24251
President John F. Kennedy (left) and President Muhammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan review honor guard troops, following President Ayub Khan's arrival at Quonset Point Naval Air Station; Major Arthur J. Poillon, United States Marine Corps (USMC), escorts the Presidents. North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-117-3-62
Bagpipers of the Khyber Rifles perform for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and others at the Khyber Rifles officers’ mess at Landi Kotal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C117-T148-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center, background) attends a performance of Khyber Rifles bagpipers at the Khyber Rifles officers’ mess at Landi Kotal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Also pictured: Secret Service agent, Clint Hill; Assistant White House Press Secretary, Jay W. Gildner.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-117-1-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center, background) listens to a performance of Khyber Rifles bagpipers at the Khyber Rifles officers’ mess at Landi Kotal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.