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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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-11-F
AR20, ST10, KN16
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-27-K
ST16
Collection
RHPP
Papers 1958-1995 (bulk 1961-1964). Government official. Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State (1961-1963); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (1963-1964). Memorandums, reports, correspondence, countries file, speeches, daily diaries, appointment books, and articles.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-505A-6-62
Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (left), administers the oath to an unidentified staff member during his commissioning ceremony. Those observing include: staff member in the President’s office, Priscilla Wear; Assistant to the President on Far Eastern Affairs and senior staff member of the National Security Council, Michael V. Forrestal (partially hidden); Special Assistant to the President, Frederick Holborn. Office of the Military Aide, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-505A-5-62
Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (left, partially hidden), administers the oath to an unidentified staff member during his commissioning ceremony. Those observing include: Assistant to the President on Far Eastern Affairs and senior staff member of the National Security Council, Michael V. Forrestal; Special Assistant to the President, Frederick Holborn. Office of the Military Aide, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21703
President John F. Kennedy and Minister of State for Cultural Affairs of France, André Malraux, greet guests at a dinner in honor of Minister Malraux; wife of the minister, pianist Madeleine Malraux, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (partially hidden) stand at left. Guests include: former Representative Emily Taft Douglas (Illinois); Chairman of the Board of Directors of the White House Historical Association, David E. Finley; socialite and artist, Margaret Eustis Finley; Assistant to the President on Far Eastern Affairs and senior staff member of the National Security Council, Michael V. Forrestal; Editor of ARTnews magazine, Alfred M. Frankfurter. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21693
President John F. Kennedy visits with philanthropist Frances L. Loeb (shaking hands with the President) and her husband, investment banker John L. Loeb (left), at a dinner in honor of Minister of State for Cultural Affairs of France, André Malraux. Also pictured: Assistant to the President on Far Eastern Affairs and senior staff member of the National Security Council, Michael V. Forrestal; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21685
President John F. Kennedy and Minister of State for Cultural Affairs of France, André Malraux, greet guests at a dinner in honor of Minister Malraux; wife of the minister, pianist Madeleine Malraux, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stand at left. Guests include: Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois (shaking hands with the minister) and former Representative Emily Taft Douglas (Illinois); Chairman of the Board of Directors of the White House Historical Association, David E. Finley; socialite and artist, Margaret Eustis Finley; Assistant to the President on Far Eastern Affairs and senior staff member of the National Security Council, Michael V. Forrestal. Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard, stands at left in background. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.