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United States Information Agency Audio Recordings Collection
USIAAU-053
Sound recording of a radio program called "Window on the World," produced by the United States Information Service (USIS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The speaker is Tarzie Vittachi. Vittachi reflects on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and reactions of leaders and citizens in Asia and worldwide. Vittachi also discusses relations between India, China, and other countries. The recording seems to end abruptly. A brief segment from a Voice of America (VOA) program called "Reporter at Large" follows the program. The date "9/7/63" is written on the tape box label [not the correct date of the "Window on the World" program]. Accession MR-1984-015.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065-009-p0023
United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith walking through an underground mine in India. Special Assistant to the President Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., sent the photographs to President John F. Kennedy with a memorandum dated July 18, 1961. The following is stamped on the verso of the photograph: "Ref. No. 009820, Photo Lab, USIS (India)."
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065-009-p0021
United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith walking with unidentified mine workers through an underground mine in India. Special Assistant to the President Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. sent the photographs to President John F. Kennedy with a memorandum dated July 18, 1961. The following is stamped on the verso of the photograph: "Ref. No. 009819, Photo Lab, USIS (India)."
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-118a-005-p0035
United States Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith standing with a tiger. The photograph was taken in India by the United States Information Service (USIS). Inscribed in blue ink on the front of the photograph is: "Dear Mr. President. Would you like some help with Senator Kenneth Keating? Ken." Ambassador Galbraith sent the photograph with an undated memorandum to President John F. Kennedy.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-118a-001-p0061
An unidentified man holding a cheetah cub. An unidentified young boy is petting the cub. The photograph was taken in India by the United States Information Service (USIS).
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-118a-008-p0137
The "Western Rocket" train with an inset showing United States Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith at the controls, during his ten day tour of American-aided projects in India. Inscribed in red ink on the front of the photograph is: "The Train." The photograph was taken in India by the United States Information Service (USIS).
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065a-001-p0032
Special Assistant to the President Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Director, Food for Peace, George S. McGovern with an unidentified man in a village schoolhouse south of Madras, India. The unidentified man is pointing to a photograph of President John F. Kennedy which is enshrined beneath a photograph of Mahatma Gandhi. Arthur Schlesinger sent the photograph to President Kennedy with a letter dated February 15, 1962. The following is stamped on the verso of the photograph: "Ref. No: , Photo Lab, USIS, Madras."