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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-XXB
Dictation Belt XXB contains five sound recordings. Item XXB.1 is a brief telephone exchange between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and an unidentified woman who answers the telephone at the office of Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner. Lincoln announces someone’s arrival. [White House Operator?] places the call at Lincoln’s request. Part of the exchange is unintelligible because of an echo. Machine noise precedes and follows the exchange. Item XXB.2 is a fragment of badly garbled and unintelligible chatter. This is not a telephone conversation, but rather chatter recorded when the telephone was off the hook. Item XXB.3 is a brief telephone exchange between a White House Operator and an unidentified woman. The operator announces a call from Stanley Tretick to Priscilla “Fiddle” Wear. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item XXB.4 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric. They discuss arrangements for a meeting of governors and civil defense arrangements for communities in the southeast United States. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item XXB.5 is a conversation between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified man. They discuss the reaction of the press to an unidentified crisis. President Kennedy refers to remarks by G. Mennen Williams. Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln also speaks. This is not a telephone conversation, but rather a conversation recorded when the telephone was left off the hook. The recording is indistinct and often unintelligible.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.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-32-3
Sound recording of a telephone conversation possibly held on October 23, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric. They discuss setting rules of engagement for a naval blockade of Cuba, in case American naval forces need to engage Soviet ships. They also discuss arranging a meeting with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York and the Civil Defense Committee.The recording begins in mid-conversation. After the conversation, there is a brief fragment of indistinct speech followed by another brief exchange between President Kennedy and Gilpatric. Machine noise follows.
This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 32, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-32, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 32.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-32
Dictation Belt 32 contains three sound recordings. Item 32.1 is a telephone conversation held on October 23, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and General Lucius Clay. President Kennedy reads a message from Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev delivered in response to U.S. actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Kennedy invites General Clay to be involved in discussions about the crisis and expresses concern about possible consequences for Berlin, Germany. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 32.2 is a brief telephone exchange between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Secretary Rusk asks to see President John F. Kennedy. The recording begins in mid-sentence and ends abruptly. Item 32.3 is a telephone conversation possibly held on October 23, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric. They discuss setting rules of engagement for a naval blockade of Cuba, in case American naval forces need to engage Soviet ships. They also discuss arranging a meeting with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York and the Civil Defense Committee. The recording begins in mid-conversation. After the conversation, there is a brief fragment of indistinct speech followed by another brief exchange between President Kennedy and Gilpatric. Machine noise follows.Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-XXB-4
Sound recording of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric. They discuss arrangements for a meeting of governors and civil defense arrangements for communities in the southeast United States.The recording begins in mid-conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt XXB, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-XXB, Title: Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt XXB.