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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.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-064-005
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and National Security Council senior staff member Robert W. Komer. Topics include Israel; foreign aid to Turkey, Afghanistan, and Algeria; negotiations between India and Pakistan regarding Kashmir; and issues between the United Arab Republic, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. Of note is a copy of a letter from Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru to President Kennedy concerning the Kashmir negotiations.