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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.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-07-B
ST25, KN36
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JFKWHP-1963-06-06-E
ST25, KN36
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JFKWHP-1963-06-06-D
ST25, KN36
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JFKWHP-1963-06-06-B
ST25, KN36
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JFKWHP-1963-06-05-D
ST25, KN36
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JFKWHP-1963-06-05-B
KN 36
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JFKWHP-1963-06-05-A
ST25, KN36
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JFKWHP-1963-07-02-C
ST27, KN38
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JFKWHP-1962-05-25-D
ST10, KN17
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JFKWHP-1962-06-06-A
ST11
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JFKWHP-1962-04-28-A
AR19, ST09, KN15
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JFKWHP-1962-09-12-C
ST13, KN22
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JFKWHP-1962-09-11-C
ST13, KN22
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JFKWHP-1962-04-14-C
KN15
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JFKWHP-KN-C29275
President John F. Kennedy arrives at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. Commander-in-Chief of AFSOUTH, Admiral James S. Russell, walks with President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., follows behind. Walking in background (L-R): Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, James J. Rowley.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29321
President John F. Kennedy (center) rides in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) with Commanding General of the 3rd Armored Division, Major General John R. Pugh, during his visit to Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Friedrich A. Foertsch; President Kennedy's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Federal Minister of Defense of West Germany, Kai-Uwe von Hassel; the President’s Personal Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; Vice Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Ludwig Erhard; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister-President of Hesse, Georg August Zinn; White House Secret Service agents, Sam Sulliman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Horizontal streaks at bottom and spot in upper right corner are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C29100
Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (left, wearing safari hat and holding a bottle of beer), and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (also holding a bottle of beer), observe activities during President Kennedy's visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C28952
President John F. Kennedy (center, holding framed object) visits with military officers and others aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego. Left to right: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy; Commanding Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain Horace Hardaway Epes, Jr.; Executive Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk, Captain William E. Donnelly, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (in back); Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Jesse R. "J. R." Johnson.
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JFKWHP-ST-A43-3-61
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) watches a helicopter land on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C, prior to departing for the US Naval Academy commencement ceremony at Annapolis, Maryland. Standing at right with backs to camera: Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul B. “Red” Fay; Congressman Richard E. Lankford (Maryland). The Washington Monument is visible in the background.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21134
President John F. Kennedy (bottom left, wearing sunglasses), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS) at Bogue Field, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Those pictured include: Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia); Chief of Staff of the United States Army General George H. Decker; Ambassador of Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic; Major General Richard C. Mangrum, Commanding General, Second Marine Aircraft Wing; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed; Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. “Red” Fay; White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell.
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JFKWHP-ST-37-1-62
President John F. Kennedy attends oath of office ceremony for United States Army nurses. Special assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, and White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson, stand in doorway. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's daily schedule for a complete list of attendees. White markings on image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C22042
President John F. Kennedy visits with a man identified in the photographer’s log as Staff Sergeant Staymes (right), of the United States Air Force. Standing in background is Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C28963
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Seated in first row, left to right: Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; President Kennedy; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Robert T. S. Keith. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Special Assistants to the President, Larry O'Brien and Kenneth P. O'Donnell.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-31-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses); Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (center); Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O’Donnell (right); White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (background, behind President Kennedy); others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.