Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-21B
Dictation Belt 21B contains two sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 21B.1 begins on Dictation Belt 21A. Item 21B.1 is a sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on June 4, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon. They continue to discuss the decision of Juan T. Trippe, President of Pan American World Airways, to purchase an option to order Concorde supersonic jet transports, and how the announcement of this deal with the governments of Great Britain and France will affect an American program. Item 21B.2 is a brief telephone exchange between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and a White House Operator. Lincoln asks the operator to place a call to John A. McCone on behalf of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Machine noise follows the exchange.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.