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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-21-B
KN08
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-22-A
AR07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CBB-02
Bowles discusses U.S. ambassadors, his attempts to reorganize the State Department, the Kennedy administration’s failure to support liberal reform movements around the world, and Bowles’ conflicts with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CBB-01
Bowles discusses his role as foreign policy advisor during the presidential campaign; staffing the State Department; relationship with Dean Rusk and John F. Kennedy; foreign policy towards developing nations; and leaving his position as Under Secretary of State, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JKG-03
Galbraith discusses Jacqueline B. Kennedy’s trip to India and Pakistan, her strained relationship with the press after the assassination, and their friendship with the Kennedy family, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-06
In this interview Komer discusses U.S. aid to India and Pakistan and some problems involved with it, including the question of long-term U.S. aid and a shift in focus from Pakistan to India; problems with the Agency for International Development; oil and U.S. policy; U.S. involvement in the Congo; Komer’s meetings with President John F. Kennedy [JFK] and how Komer briefed him; the relations among JFK, Dean Rusk, John Kenneth Galbraith, Adlai E. Stevenson, and McGeorge Bundy; JFK’s interest in India and Pakistan and his attempt at a mediation between the two on Kashmir; and JFK and Algeria and Morocco, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-03
In this interview Komer discusses negotiating disengagement with Gamal Abdel Nasser and Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] involvement in the Yemen crisis and the negotiations with Nasser and Faisal; U.S. New Guinea policy and the Dutch-Indonesian conflict; JFK and counterinsurgency; Komer and police programs as part of U.S. counterinsurgency efforts; JFK’s policy towards and involvement with India and Pakistan; U.S. military assistance to India, 1962; and U.S. missions to Pakistan and India, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-29-E
AR18
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-111-007
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda between United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith, President John F. Kennedy, and numerous National Security Council officials. Topics include U.S. policy and military assistance to India, relations between India and Pakistan, Kashmir, and the political climate of India. Of note is a letter from Ambassador Galbraith to President Kennedy upon the conclusion of his duties as ambassador.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-111-006
This folder contains telegrams primarily between United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith and Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include military assistance to India, relations between India and Pakistan, U.S. policy towards India, and the contents of letters sent by President John F. Kennedy to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-429-008
This folder contains copies of outgoing memoranda from Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council (NSC), to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and President John F. Kennedy. Topics include a Kashmir settlement and negotiations between India and Pakistan, United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith’s role in the negotiations, and U.S. military aid to India. Of note are draft letters from President Kennedy to Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru and President of Pakistan Ayub Khan.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-118a-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning India. Materials pertain to a call on President Kennedy by Indian Minister of Food and Agriculture S.K. Patil and a visit to the United States by President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Also included in this folder is a letter of recall for Indian Ambassador to the United States Mahomed Ali Currim Chagla and a letter of credence for new Ambassador Braj Kumar Nehru, both dated August 14, 1961. This folder contains some foreign language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-118a-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning India. Materials pertain to the death of former President of India Rajendra Prasad and the resignation of John Kenneth Galbraith as United States Ambassador to India. Of note is a proposal by Sudhir Ghosh of the Indian Parliament regarding United States military assistance to India.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-118a-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning India. Materials include a letter of recall for Indian Ambassador to the United States Mahomed Ali Currim Chagla and a letter of credence for new Ambassador Braj Kumar Nehru, a memorandum from Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner regarding his meeting with Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, and a letter to the President from United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith regarding Vietnam. Of note is a letter from Prime Minister Nehru to President Kennedy regarding the situation in Goa. Also included in this folder is a copy of an address by Galbraith titled, “On Criticism in the Open Society,” and an issue of the newspaper Embassy Courier. This folder contains some foreign language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include the purchase of United Nations bonds, foreign aid and the Clay Committee report, negotiations between India and Pakistan, United States policy regarding the travel of foreign military attaches, and a meeting between the President and a Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy from the Foreign Service Institute. Also included in this folder is a telegram from Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding his conversation with President of France Charles de Gaulle, and a report by the Subcommittee for Review of the Mutual Security Programs on Military Aid to Western Europe.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18894
President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassador to the United States from India, Braj Kumar Nehru, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Phillips Talbot (left) looks on. White House Secret Service Agent, Gerald “Jerry” Blaine, stands in background at right.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18893
President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassador to the United States from India, Braj Kumar Nehru, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Phillips Talbot (left) looks on.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18892
President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassador to the United States from India, Braj Kumar Nehru, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18891
President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassador to the United States from India, Braj Kumar Nehru, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Phillips Talbot (left) looks on.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6602-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with the Ambassador of India, Mohamed Ali (Mahommedali) Currim Chagla. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C200-8-63
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Indian Ambassador to the United States, B. K. Nehru, upon his departure from the White House; President Kennedy met with President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Ambassador Nehru, and other Indian officials. Photographers in background are unidentified. West Wing Entrance, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
JKGPP
Economist, educator, author, diplomat. Professor of Economics, Harvard University (1949-1975); Ambassador to India (1961-1963). Correspondence, memorandums, draft manuscripts of books and articles, reports, speeches, interviews, testimonies, and news clippings covering his early career, early government service, Harvard University, the 1960 Presidential election campaign as well as other Presidential and Senatorial campaigns, diplomatic papers, and his career as an author.