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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-10B
Dictation Belt 10B contains five sound recordings from March 6, 1963. The recording of the conversation in item 10B.1 begins on Dictation Belt 10A.7. Item 10B.1 is part of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Deputy Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach. They continue to discuss issues involving the Communications Satellite Corporation. Item 10B.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. They discuss unemployment figures and plans for releasing a statement. Item 10B.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Lawrence F. O'Brien, Special Assistant to the President. They discuss the issue of participation of Arkansas National Guard fliers in the Bay of Pigs invasion. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 10B.4 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Under Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. (“Joe”) Fowler. They discuss the location of an IRS facility and possible repercussions in Pennsylvania. The recording begins with [White House Operator?] placing calls as requested by President Kennedy and Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln. After delays, [White House Operator?] announces the call from Under Secretary Fowler. Item 10B.5 is a telephone conversation between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Mary Wilder, secretary to Clark Clifford. Wilder reads a letter from Philip L. Graham announcing his resignation as an incorporator of the Communications Satellite Corporation.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-113-005
Sound recording of a National Security Council (NSC) meeting held on September 30, 1963, concerning wheat sales to the Soviet Union. Discussed are Canadian-Soviet wheat negotiations and the possible sale of U.S. wheat to the Soviet Union and political pitfalls of such an action. The first eight minutes of the meeting are recorded and then the recording skips to the end of the meeting when President John F. Kennedy asks a smaller group of several staff members to stay to continue the discussion. The discussion with the smaller group continues on Tape 114/A49. The larger group includes President Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, Under Secretary of the Treasury Henry Fowler, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, Under Secretary of Agriculture Charles Murphy, Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) General Marshall Carter, Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) General Curtis LeMay, Director of the Office of Emergency Planning Edward McDermott, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Acting Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Donald Wilson, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen, Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations Lawrence F. O’Brien, Presidential Advisor Kenneth O’Donnell, Department of Justice official Norbert Schlei, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Jack Behrman, Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze, Chief United States Trade Negotiator Christian Herter, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Bromley Smith. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 113, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 113 in its entirety or the remainder of this recording on Tape 114/A49.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-113-004
Sound recording of a meeting held on September 30, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations Lawrence F. O’Brien, and Under Secretary of the Treasury Henry Fowler. They discuss economics, a tax cut bill, and support or opposition in Congress to that tax cut bill. One segment of the recording totaling 1 minute and 50 seconds has been removed in accordance with the donor's deed of gift. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 113, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 113 in its entirety. Please note that this meeting was opened in 1983 as part of the Tax Cut tape release package.