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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
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28855
President John F. Kennedy attends arrival ceremonies for President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Left to right: unidentified; US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; unidentified Indian military aide; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; President Radhakrishnan; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; President Kennedy; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; General Maxwell D. Taylor; Indian Ambassador to the United States, B. K. Nehru, and his wife, Shobha “Fori” Nehru; unidentified; US Ambassador to India, John Kenneth Galbraith. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C200-4-63
President John F. Kennedy attends arrival ceremonies for President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Left to right: four unidentified men; US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (hands folded); unidentified Indian military aide; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton (in back, mostly hidden); President Radhakrishnan; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; US Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; General Maxwell D. Taylor; Minister of External Affairs of India, Lakshmi N. Menon (in back); Director of the Historical Division of the Ministry of External Affairs of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Gopal (in back, mostly hidden); Indian Ambassador to the United States, B. K. Nehru, and his wife, Shobha “Fori” Nehru; unidentified; US Ambassador to India, John Kenneth Galbraith. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.