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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-06-22-C
AR08
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-06-21-C
AR08, KN05
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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-009-001
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18093
Meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) Prime Minister Ikeda, Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Interpreter) Toshiro Shimanouchi, unidentified man, and President John F. Kennedy. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18092
Meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) Prime Minister Ikeda, Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Interpreter) Toshiro Shimanouchi, unidentified man, President John F. Kennedy, and interpreter James J. Wickel. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18091
Meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Zentaro Kosaka, Prime Minister Ikeda, Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Interpreter) Toshiro Shimanouchi, President John F. Kennedy, State Department Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke (standing), and interpreter James J. Wickel. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18090
Meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. Standing (L-R): Japanese Ambassador to the United States Koichiro Asakai, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Zentaro Kosaka, United States Ambassador to Japan Edwin O. Reischauer, and interpreter James J. Wickel. President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Ikeda are seated. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-Q
Dinner in honor of President John F. Kennedy at the Japanese Embassy, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Zentaro Kosaka, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Mitsue Ikeda, Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-O
Dinner in honor of President John F. Kennedy at the Japanese Embassy, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Zentaro Kosaka, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Mitsue Ikeda, Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-N
Dinner in honor of President John F. Kennedy at the Japanese Embassy, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Zentaro Kosaka, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Mitsue Ikeda, Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-L
President John F. Kennedy’s yacht, “Honey Fitz,” during a meeting between the President and Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan. Hains Point, Potomac River, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-K
Cruise aboard the “Honey Fitz.” (L-R) Interpreter James J. Wickel, Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, President John F. Kennedy (holding a cigar), Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Zentaro Kosaka, and Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell T. Shepard. Potomac River, Washington, D. C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-H
President John F. Kennedy (far right) and Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda (waving) aboard President Kennedy’s yacht “Honey Fitz.” Hains Point, Potomac River, Washington, D. C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-F
Luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) State Department Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke, Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda, interpreter James J. Wickel, and Mitsue Ikeda. New York Times photographer George Tames stands at left. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-E
Luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Toshiro Shimanouchi, Mitsue Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda, interpreter James J. Wickel (partially hidden behind Mrs. Eisenhower), former First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and President John F. Kennedy. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-D
Luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Toshiro Shimanouchi, Mitsue Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda, interpreter James J. Wickel, former First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and President John F. Kennedy. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-C
Luncheon in honor of Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Mitsue Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda, Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Toshiro Shimanouchi, former First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and President John F. Kennedy. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-B
Meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Zentaro Kosaka, Prime Minister Ikeda, United States Ambassador to Japan Edwin O. Reischauer, and interpreter James J. Wickel. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-A
Meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. Standing (L-R): Japanese Ambassador to the United States Koichiro Asakai, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Zentaro Kosaka, United States Ambassador to Japan Edwin O. Reischauer, and interpreter James J. Wickel. President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Ikeda are seated. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18166-A
Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda returns from a cruise on the yacht “Honey Fitz” with President John F. Kennedy. National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe, stands at left in back; other photographers and news reporters look on. Hains Point, Potomac River, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-S
Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda pays a farewell call on President John F. Kennedy. Yellow Oval Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-R
Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda pays a farewell call on President John F. Kennedy. Yellow Oval Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6659-J
President John F. Kennedy seated in a car en route to a cruise aboard the “Honey Fitz” with Prime Minister of Japan Hayato Ikeda. Hains Point, Potomac River, Washington, D.C.