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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-17B-1
The recording of this conversation begins on Dictation Belt 17A.4. Sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on April 2, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps. They discuss speaking to Richard M. Helms about the suspicion that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is trying to place people in the Peace Corps. They also discuss facilitating the movement of members of the Peace Corps into the Foreign Service.Machine noise follows the conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 17B, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-17B, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 17B.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-17B
Dictation Belt 17B contains four sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 17B.1 begins on Dictation Belt 17A.4. Item 17B.1 is part of a telephone conversation held on April 2, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps. They discuss speaking to Richard M. Helms about the suspicion that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is trying to place people in the Peace Corps. They also discuss facilitating the movement of members of the Peace Corps into the Foreign Service. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 17B.2 is a telephone conversation held on April 3, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. They discuss possible requests by the Air Force Inspector General to use polygraph tests to investigate a Defense Department leak. They also discuss seeking input on the matter from Press Secretary Pierre Salinger and Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 17B.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Louis Harris. They discuss polling on upcoming elections in Canada and Kentucky. They also discuss Harris’s professional plans. Item 17B.4 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified man. First they discuss a topic that is unclear. Then they discuss providing a recommendation for a student applying to Harvard. There is a brief delay before the conversation, and machine noise follows the conversation.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-TPH-17A-4
Sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on April 2, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps. They discuss the suspicion that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is trying to place people in the Peace Corps. The recording of the conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 17B.1.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 17A, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-17A, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 17A.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-17A
Dictation Belt 17A contains four sound recordings from April 2, 1963. Item 17A.1 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Under Secretary of Treasury for Monetary Affairs Robert V. Roosa. They discuss a strategy for the United States and other countries to increase international monetary liquidity. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 17A.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and (William) David Ormsby-Gore, the British ambassador to the United States. In preparation for President Kennedy’s prospective meeting with Harold Wilson, they discuss international military arrangements, a nuclear test ban, and trade. Before the conversation, there is a delay, and Ambassador Ormsby-Gore briefly speaks to an unidentified woman. Item 17A.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Eugene R. Black. They discuss Lucius Clay’s prospective testimony on funding levels for the foreign aid program and the Alliance for Progress program for Latin America. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 17A.4 is part of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps. They discuss the suspicion that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is trying to place people in the Peace Corps. The recording of the conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 17B.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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White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-105
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks to members of the Peace Corps staff in the United States Chamber of Commerce Auditorium in Washington, D.C. In his speech President Kennedy congratulates the staff of the successful development of the Peace Corps from its conceptual stage, and characterizes federal employment as the epitome of public service. A question and answer session follows the President’s speech, during which he addresses space exploration, the state of the American economy, the prospect of a domestic version of the Peace Corps, diversity amongst Peace Corps volunteers, and the relationship between the Peace Corps and American foreign policy. The recording also contains remarks from Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-006-006
This folder contains correspondence between Kennedy and various family members. Of note is correspondence between Kennedy and his brother-in-law, Sargent Shriver.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-014-021
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-014-020
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-014-019
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-014-018
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-014-017
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-014-016
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF37-016
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning President Johnson's Message on Poverty. There are final copies of the speech, various drafts and notes by Heller and others, and related memoranda. The file also includes testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor by both Heller and Sargent Shriver, and a speech by Heller at the Conference on Poverty and Affluence in the United States.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF37-013
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning poverty in general. Types of items include memoranda, papers, press releases, and news clippings. Of note are an address by Sargent Shriver at the 165th commencement of Georgetown University (1964); a paper titled "A Skeptic's View of the War on Poverty" by Lowell E. Gallaway; a Council of Economic Advisers staff memorandum titled "An Income-Asset Measure of Poverty - Some Tentative Results and Some Implications for Social Welfare Policy"; a speech titled "Prognosis for Poverty" by Robert J. Lampman; and a draft bibliography on poverty in the United States prepared by Robert L. Olson of the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0935-008
This folder contains correspondence between Senator John F. Kennedy, R. Sargent “Sarge” Shriver, and various individuals concerning the activities of the Illinois Women’s Committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0935-004
This folder contains a telegram, memoranda, newspaper articles, a program for a Democratic Party fundraising dinner, and correspondence between Senator John F. Kennedy, R. Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, members of Senator Kennedy’s staff, and various individuals concerning the political climate of Illinois and Senator Kennedy's presidential campaign efforts in the state.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-032-017
This folder consists of correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, with and concerning Peace Corp Director and President Kennedy's brother-in-law R. Sargent Shriver ("Sarge"). Items include a phone message concerning the dedication ceremony of the Kennedy laboratories for mental retardation research at Massachusetts General Hospital, a letter addressed to Shriver regarding the Peace Corps in Afghanistan, and material relating to the 1963 Joseph P. Kennedy International Award in Mental Retardation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-031-005
This folder consists of correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Materials consist of an annual report of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation submitted by Executive Director Robert Sargent Shriver and a letter from Ambassador to Spain Antonio Garrigues to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy regarding his friendship with Joseph P Kennedy, Jr.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-086-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Peace Corps. Materials include a letter to the President from the Peace Corps Special Representative for Africa Harris Wofford, a memorandum from Director of the Peace Corps Sargent Shriver to the President concerning Wofford, and newspaper clippings regarding the Peace Corps program in Peru. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-086-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Peace Corps. Materials consist of a copy of a newspaper article on the Peace Corps; and two articles written by Director of the Peace Corps Sargent Shriver, one for Foreign Affairs titled, "The Peace Corps' First two Years," and the second titled, "The Best Job in Washington," for the New York Times.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-086-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Peace Corps. Materials consist of memoranda to the President from Director of the Peace Corps Sargent Shriver regarding upcoming trips by Shriver to various Peace Corps project locations, a copy of an editorial by E.S. James in Baptist Standard magazine concerning a meeting between James and the President, and a letter from the Peace Corps Special Representative for Africa Harris Wofford in Ethiopia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-086-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Peace Corps. Materials include biographical summaries of Peace Corps Representatives, a copy of a letter from Senator Hubert Humphrey to Director of the Peace Corps Sargent Shriver, and a press release concerning Peace Corps assignments and brief biographies of the volunteers. Also included in this folder is a copy of remarks by the President at a Peace Corps meeting, and a transcript of a question and answer session at the meeting between the President and Peace Corps staff and trainees.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-085-018
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Peace Corps. Materials concern announcements of Peace Corps volunteers and upcoming projects, Harris Wofford as Peace Corps Director to Ethiopia, newspaper clippings regarding the Peace Corps, and numerous letters to Director of the Peace Corps Sargent Shriver from various persons concerning the Peace Corps program. Of note is a letter to the President from Associate Director, Inspector General of the Peace Corps Bill (William) Haddad. Also include in this folder is a copy of Peace Corps News for March 1962.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-085-017
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Peace Corps. Topics include media coverage in Guinea of Director of the Peace Corps Sargent Shriver's visit, budget appropriations, and the Margery Michelmore incident. Also included in this folder is a letter to Peace Corps Representatives overseas from Shriver and numerous newspaper clippings about the Peace Corps.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-085-016
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Peace Corps. Materials consist of a narrative of Director of the Peace Corps Sargent Shriver's trip to Guinea from June 14-15, 1961. This folder contains some foreign language material.