Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PMK-01
Philip M. Kaiser (1913 - 2007) was the United States ambassador to the Republic of Senegal and to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from 1961 to 1964. This interview focuses on the Kennedy administration’s foreign policy in regard to Africa and John F. Kennedy’s meetings with President Leopold Senghor of Senegal and President Ould Daddah of Mauritania, among other topics.