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"Pakistan's Master Plan" Cartoon
© Anwar Ali, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration
"Pakistan's Master Plan" Cartoon
© Anwar Ali, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration

"Pakistan's Master Plan" Cartoon

Artifact IDMO 2024.1.7
Date 1961
Date Presented6/10/61
Artist (Cartoonist, Pakistani, 1922-2004)
Place MadePakistan
Medium Ink, on paper
DimensionsOverall H 13 7/8 in x W 11 in (35.2 cm x 27.9 cm )

Physical DescriptionCartoon drawing of President John F. Kennedy at a desk writing a speech with a headline "On Waterlogging and Salinity" while holding off a snake coiling around his arm marked "Berlin Crisis". On the desk is a book entitled "Pakistan's Master Plan". Cartoon is inscribed on border "With Compliments to President John F. Kennedy of the United States. Muhammad Ayub Khan 6.10.61 President of Pakistan"
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Custodial History NoteThis cartoon was published in 1961, it was given as a gift to President John F. Kennedy by the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Ayub Khan the same year. It was donated to the the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in 1965 by the Estate of President John F. Kennedy.
Credit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Gift of the Estate of President John F. Kennedy
Use Restriction StatusCopyright NARAUse Restriction NoteThis image is subject to copyright, use is restricted. It is the user’s responsibility to determine and satisfy any copyright or other use restrictions. © Anwar Ali, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA
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