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Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-37-1
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on October 26, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy, State Department Spokesman Lincoln White, and Press Secretary to the President Pierre Salinger. They discuss White’s comments to the press concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis, press reaction, and procedures for releasing further statements.A long delay precedes the conversation.
This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 37, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-37, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 37.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-37
Dictation Belt 37 contains two sound recordings. Item 37.1 is a telephone conversation held on October 26, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy, State Department Spokesman Lincoln White, and Press Secretary to the President Pierre Salinger. They discuss White’s comments to the press concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis, press reaction, and procedures for releasing further statements. A long delay precedes the conversation. Item 37.2 is a brief fragment of a telephone conversation between an unidentified man and a man identified as “Joe.” They talk about an announcement concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Following the conversation, there is machine noise, a ringing telephone, and very brief fragments of indistinct speech.Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-114a-014
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Cuba. Materials include a transcript of a conversation between the President and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric; transcripts of three press conferences held by Press Secretary Pierre Salinger on October 23, 1962; and a proclamation titled, "Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba." Also included in this folder is a report by the United States Information Agency (USIA) Research and Reference Service titled, "Overseas Reactions to President Kennedy's Cuban Announcement."