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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-24B
Dictation Belt 24B contains three sound recordings from July 30, 1963. Item 24B.1 is a brief fragment of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified man (probably Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations Frederick G. Dutton). They discuss putting together a congressional delegation for an unidentified occasion (probably the signing of the treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). Item 24B.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Lawrence F. O’Brien, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss inviting United States Senators to join a congressional delegation to the signing of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 24B.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. They discuss a legislative strategy for dealing with delays in the United States Senate on a defense appropriations bill and a military construction authorization bill. They also discuss possible effects of defense contract cuts on employment in California and on the 1964 election.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-121-001
Sound recording of part of a meeting held on November 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Lawrence F. O’Brien, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee John Bailey, Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell, Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen, and Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee Dick Maguire. The recording of this meeting begins on Tape 120/A56. Participants discuss plans for the 1964 Democratic National Convention. This very long and involved meeting with advisors covers a proposed apportionment rules change, southern delegates, committee positions and assignments, the advantage and disadvantage of requiring loyalty of delegates, the program for the Convention, and films for the Convention. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 121/A57, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 121/A57 in its entirety or the beginning of this recording on Tape 120/A56.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-120-004
Sound recording of part of a meeting held on November 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Lawrence F. O’Brien, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee John Bailey, Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell, Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen, and Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee Dick Maguire. They discuss plans for the 1964 Democratic National Convention. This very long and involved meeting with advisors covers a proposed apportionment rules change, southern delegates, committee positions and assignments, the advantage and disadvantage of requiring loyalty of delegates, the program for the Convention, and films for the Convention. The recording of this meeting ends abruptly and continues on Tape 121/A57. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 120/A56, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 120/A56 in its entirety or the remainder of this recording on Tape 121/A57.