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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-22-F
ST34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-05-A
ST02, KN03
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-1962-04-29-B
AR19, ST09, KN15
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-116-9-61
President John F. Kennedy and others watch television coverage of the lift-off of astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. aboard "Freedom 7," on the first US manned sub-orbital flight. L-R: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; Chief of Staff of the United States Navy Admiral Arleigh Burke; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Office of the President’s Secretary, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-116-4-61
President John F. Kennedy and others watch television coverage of the lift-off of astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. aboard "Freedom 7," on the first US manned sub-orbital flight. L-R: Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Special Assistant to the President, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; President Kennedy. Standing in the doorway, partially hidden, are: President Kennedy’s brother-in law, Stephen Smith; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Chief of Staff of the United States Navy, Admiral Arleigh Burke. Office of the President’s Secretary (Evelyn Lincoln), White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-116-3-61
President John F. Kennedy and others watch television coverage of the lift-off of astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. aboard "Freedom 7," on the first US manned sub-orbital flight. L-R: Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Special Assistant to the President, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (standing in doorway, facing away); President Kennedy. Office of the President’s Secretary (Evelyn Lincoln), White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-116-2-61
President John F. Kennedy and others watch television coverage of the lift-off of astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. aboard "Freedom 7," on the first US manned sub-orbital flight. L-R: Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Special Assistant to the President, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (standing in doorway); President Kennedy. Office of the President’s Secretary (Evelyn Lincoln), White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-116-1-61
President John F. Kennedy and others watch television coverage of the lift-off of astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. aboard "Freedom 7," on the first US manned sub-orbital flight. L-R: Unidentified woman; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff (partially hidden); Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin; Special Assistant to the President, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; President Kennedy. Office of the President’s Secretary (Evelyn Lincoln), White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF053-009-p0017
Photograph of Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Seated in the front row are President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson (both wearing light-colored coats). Also in attendance are Reverend Philip M. Hannan; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy; White House Secret Service Agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; and Roger L. Stevens, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center. Verso contains, "145," handwritten in pencil, and a stamp of, "Credit Photo By, City News Bureau, CO. 5-2000, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington 8, D.C."
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF053-009-p0015
Photograph of President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson at the groundbreaking ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. First row (standing, L-R): Reverend Philip M. Hannan (wearing wide-brimmed hat), Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy, President Johnson, and the First Lady. Also in attendance are Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy; White House Secret Service Agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; and Roger L. Stevens, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center. Verso contains, "243," handwritten in pencil, and a stamp of, "Credit Photo By, City News Bureau, CO. 5-2000, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington 8, D.C."