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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-121-004
Sound recording of a meeting held on November 20, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, and later in the meeting Under Secretary of Agriculture Charles S. Murphy. They discuss the European Economic Community’s (EEC) recently announced “Mansholt” plan on European grain and cereal prices. They also discuss international commodity agreements, market sharing proposals, protectionism and what President Kennedy should say during his scheduled meeting with Chancellor of West Germany Ludwig Erhard later in the month. This final Presidential Recording ends with President Kennedy on the telephone discussing a recent statement by Dean Acheson; it ends with President Kennedy in mid-sentence. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 121/A57, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 121/A57 in its entirety.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-106-001
Sound recording of part of a meeting held on August 15, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman. The recording of this meeting begins on Tape 104. Secretary Freeman reports on his trip to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. They discuss agriculture in the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) and Eastern Europe, the subsidy plan for wheat proposed by Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, an agriculture tour, successes and failures of the agricultural program, the upcoming 1964 election, Republican voting, and possible speeches by President Kennedy. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 106, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 106 in its entirety or the beginning of this recording on Tape 104.