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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-02
In this interview Komer discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] personal diplomacy with the United Arab Republic [UAR] through letters; normalizing U.S.-Egypt relations; the Yemen conflict and U.S. interests; negotiating Yemen with M. Harold Macmillan and the attempt to have the United Kingdom recognize the Yemen Republic; dealing with Gamal Abdel Nasser; and difficulties with Saudi Arabia and the UAR, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-169-005
This file contains Department of State memoranda regarding relations between the United States and the United Arab Republic (UAR). Also included is a copy of a letter from President of the UAR Gamal Abdel Nasser to President John F. Kennedy, discussing improved relations between the countries as a result of U.S. aid, and American foreign policy in Israel and Palestine.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-169-004
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding relations between the United States and the United Arab Republic (UAR), and copies of correspondence between President John F. Kennedy and President of the UAR Gamal Abdel Nasser. Topics include U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, the conflict between Israel and Palestine, foreign policy in Cuba, and relations between the UAR and Cuba.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-125-011
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding Jordan’s economy; government elections; water development along its borders; and relations with Israel, the UAR (United Arab Republic), and the Soviet Union. Also included in this folder is a draft of a United States contingency plan for Jordan.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-322-012
This folder contains memoranda from Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council (NSC) to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Topics include relations between numerous Middle Eastern countries; a revolution in Yemen; relations between the United States, Saudi Arabia, and the UAR (United Arab Republic); the sale of HAWK missiles to Israel; and the Cuban Missile Crisis.