The Cold War On The Periphery: the United States, India and Pakistan

Photos

Photo 1, President Harry S. Truman and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru drive to the White House following the Indian leader's arrival at Washington's National Airport, October 11, 1949. Nehru's sister, Ambassador Yijaya Lakshmi Pandit, sits between the two leaders. Secretary of State Dean Acheson is in the automobile's front seat. (Photo by the U.S. Department of State, courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Library.)
Photo 2, Truman welcomes Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan to the United States at Washington's National Airport, May 1950. (Photo by the U.S. Department of State, courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Library.)
Photo 3, Truman and Liaquat with their families in front of Blair House, Washington, May 1950. Secretary of State Acheson stands behind. (Photo by the U.S. Department of State, courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Library.)
Photo 4, U.S. Ambassador Chester Bowles chats Prime Minister Nehru during one of their frequent meetings. (Photo by W. Suschitzky, courtesy of Yale University Library.)
Photo 5, President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower greet Indian Prime Minister Nehru and his daughter, Indira Gandhi, before meeting with reporters at the White House, December 1956. (Photo by the National Park Service, courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library.)
Photo 6, Eisenhower and Nehru pose for photographers following their White House meeting, December, 1956. (Photo by the National Park Service, courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library.)
Photo 7, Eisenhower and Nehru enjoy a jaunt in a golf cart during their informal meeting at the president's farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, December, 1956. (Photo by the National Park Service, courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library.)
Photo 8, Pakistani Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy snaps a photogenic souvenir of his White House visit with President Eisenhower, July 1957. Pakistani Ambassador Mohammed Ali Bogra and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles watch with amusement. (Photo by the National Park Service, courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library.)
Photo 9, Eisenhower stands to return the enthusiastic greetings of Indian well-wishers during an open-air automobile ride following his arrival in New Delhi, December 1959. (Photo by the U.S. Information Agency, courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library.)
Photo 10, President John F. Kennedy and Pakistani President Mohammed Ayub Khan stand to greet onlookers during a drive along Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue, July 11, 1961. Ayub had just arrived in Washington for several days of official talks with the new American president. (Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library.)
Photo 11, Kennedy meets with Ayub Khan at the White House, July 11, 1961. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson join Ayub on the Oval Office couch.(Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library.)
Photo 12, Former President and Mrs. Eisenhower join Kennedy, Ayub and their wives for a state dinner at Mount Vernon in honor of the visiting Pakistani leader, July 13, 1961. (Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library.)
Photo 13, President and Mrs. Kennedy greet Pakistani President Ayub Khan upon his arrival at Newport, Rhode Island, for informal talks, September 24, 1962. (Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library.)
Photo 14, Ayub and Mrs. Kennedy riding together in Middlesex, September 25, 1962. (Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library.)
Photo 15, President and Mrs. Kennedy join Ayub and Pakistani Ambassador Aziz Ahmed (at left) on the law of a Newport, Rhode Island, estate, September 254, 1962. Assistant Secretary of State Philips Talbot (with hat) and Ambassador Walter P. McConaughy stand at the right. (Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library.)
Photo 16, Kennedy and Indian Prime Minister Nehru exchange pleasantries prior to an official meeting at the White House, November 7, 1961. (Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library.)
Photo 17, President and Mrs. Kennedy welcome Prime Minister Nehru to a state dinner in his honor at the White house, November 9, 1961. (Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library.)
Photo 18, Ayub and Jacqueline Kennedy admire Sardar, the Arabian stallion that the former gave Mrs. Kennedy during his earlier visit to the United States, September 25, 1962. Following his talks with President Kennedy in Newport, Ayub traveled to the Kennedy's Middlesex, Virginia, estate to ride with Mrs. Kennedy. (Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library.)
Photo 19, Vice-President Johnson introduces Ayub to a Texas-style barbecue at his Johnson City ranch, July 1961. (Photo by Art Kowert, courtesy of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library.)
Photo 20, President Johnson consults with one of his, and President Kennedy's, most influential South Asia policy advisers, National Security Council aide Robert Komer, June 30, 1966. (Photo by Yoichi R. Okamoto, courtesy of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library.)
Photo 21, Johnson meets with newly appointed Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at the White House, March 28, 1966. (Photo by Yoichi R. Okamoto, courtesy of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library.)