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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-DEB-01
Bell compares the cabinet officers and White House staff during the Truman and Kennedy administrations, discusses the functions of the Budget Bureau and its operations during the Kennedy administration, and briefly discusses U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), among other issues.
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-ROWK-04
In this interview Komer discusses President John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] interest in Indonesia and Iran; U.S.-Indonesian relations; the Indian Ocean and Iran task forces; JFK’s contact with the Iranian Shah; Pakistani-Afghani disputes; U.S. aid to Afghanistan; Komer’s attempt to revamp the military aid program; McGeorge Bundy and Walt W. Rostow as President JFK’s advisers; and JFK’s direct contact with a select few National Security staff, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WBP-01
This interview focuses on military and economic assistance to other countries during the Kennedy administration, working with Congress to pass a budget, and the relationships between the various departments in the White House, among other topics.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-025-012
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate initiatives to cut federal spending, including President Clinton's plan to freeze executive branch pay, reduce personnel, cut agency expenses, and reduce foreign aid, and the pledge by Congress to cut congressional spending. The episode aired on Wednesday, March 10, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-298-001
This folder contains memoranda and reports concerning proposed changes to the Military Assistance Program (MAP), foreign aid, and support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-297-010
This folder contains memoranda concerning foreign aid legislation and appropriations.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-297-009
This folder contains memoranda concerning foreign aid legislation and appropriations.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-297-008
This folder contains telegrams, and memoranda concerning a vote by the United States House of Representatives to cut funding for the foreign aid program, the Mutual Security Program, and strategies to garner support for the foreign aid program.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-297-007
This folder contains a draft of a statement on foreign aid and memoranda concerning the Foreign Assistance Act of 1963, international trade, and appropriations for the foreign aid program.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-297-006
This folder contains memoranda concerning foreign aid appropriations and the presence of the United States military in European countries.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-297-004
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda concerning the United States foreign aid program and appropriations for it. Also included is a report entitled, “Proposed Program, Foreign Economic Assistance, Fiscal Year 1962.”
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-297-003
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda concerning foreign aid legislation and the reorganization of and funding for the United States foreign aid program.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-297-002
This folder contains a press release and memoranda concerning an Emergency Freedom Fund and the reorganization of and funding for the United States foreign aid program.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-070-012
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Bureau of the Budget. Topics include a proposed transfer of funds from military assistance programs to economic assistance programs, civilian employment in the executive branch, campaign costs legislation, and AID (Agency for International Developments) programs in Laos. Of note is a report by Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell of preliminary recommendations for the 1964 federal budget.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-068-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Agency for International Development (AID),and consist of the proposed AID program for FY 1963.
Collection
CMRPP
Papers 1945-1983. Journalist. Chief diplomatic correspondent, Washington Post (1949-1971). Research materials, writings, notes, memorandums, subject files.