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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-025
Contains 15 sound recordings (two-minute debate segments) of the radio program "Face Off" with Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming. These episodes aired from July 7, 1988, to July 27, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-025-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation to impose tough, new U.S. economic sanctions against South Africa in opposition to apartheid. The episode aired on Wednesday, July 27, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-025-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the U.S. Supreme Court's announcement that it might reverse a 1976 ban on "segregation academies," private white-only academies that avoid desegregation. The episode aired on Tuesday, July 26, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2011-006
Audio recording of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Tanzanian official Nsilo Swai addressing the Tanzania X group at their training facility at Syracuse University in October 1965. Speakers include Senator Kennedy; Dr. Fred G. Burke, director of the East Africa Studies program at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University; and A. Z. Nsilo Swai, Tanzania Minister of Industries, Mineral Resources and Power, and former Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations. After his speech, Swai takes questions from the volunteers. The audience may also include individuals from the Somalia and Malawi groups that trained at Syracuse with Tanzania X in the fall of 1965. The recording was made by Ingrid Liedman, a member of Tanzania X.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-099-005
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations James Reynolds, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor John Leslie, National Mediation Board member Francis O’Neill, and the following railroad management officials: J.E. Wolfe, Curtis McRee, E.L. (Ernest) Hallman, John Gaherin, and the following from labor: Samuel Phillips, Louis Wagner, Neil Spiers, Alton Zimmerman, and Charles Luna. This meeting is similar to the other railroad works meeting on Tape 99. Participants discuss the ongoing labor situation with railroad workers, a dispute over work rules. Please note that this meeting was opened in November 1985 as part of the Railroad Works Dispute tape release. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 99, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 99 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-097-003
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 10, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of the Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations James Reynolds, and the following Labor and Management officials: Joseph Judge, Charles Luna, Louis Corsi, Louis Wagner, Robert Perkins, H.E. Gilbert, Roy Davidson, Richard Murway, Neil Speirs, J.E. Wolfe, David Swit, John Gaherin, E.L. Hallman, C.A. MacRae, and Francis O’Neill. This meeting is similar to an earlier meeting in the day. President Kennedy and the Labor and Management officials discuss the ongoing labor situation with railroad workers. Please note that this meeting was opened in November of 1985 as part of the Railroad Works Dispute tape release. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 97, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 97 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-097-001
Sound recording of three meetings held on July 10, 1963, concerning the ongoing labor situation with railroad workers. Included are meetings with White House staffers, with labor and management officials, and with Congressional leadership. Please note that this recording was opened in November 1985 as part of the Railroad Works Rules Dispute tape. Participants in the White House staffer meeting include President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, and Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Carl Kaysen. Participants in the labor and management meeting include President Kennedy, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations James Reynolds, and the following labor and management officials: Joseph Judge, Charles Luna, Louis Corsi, Louis Wagner, Robert Perkins, H.E. Gilbert, Roy Davidson, Richard Murway, Neil Speirs, J.E. Wolfe, David Swit, John Gaherin, E.L. (Ernest) Hallman, C.A. MacRae, and Francis O'Neill. Participants in the Congressional leadership meeting include Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John McCormack (Representative from Massachusetts), Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana, Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, Senator Lister Hill of Alabama, Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon, Senator Pat McNamara of Michigan, Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma, and Representative Adam C. Powell of New York. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 97, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 97 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-096-004
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 9, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, and the following labor leaders: James Reynolds, Louis Wagner, H.E. Gilbert, Roy Davidson, Neil Speirs, J.E. Wolfe, E.L. (Ernest) Hallman, David Swit, Louis Corsi, Robert Perkins, Richard Murway, Joseph Judge, Frances O’Neill, John Gaherin, and C.A. MacRae They discuss an ongoing labor dispute concerning railroad workers and work rules. The meeting begins with President Kennedy reading the statement released from the White House that day (see "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy, 1963: Item 298") urging railroad management and union leaders to arbitrate their dispute. Please note that this meeting was opened in November of 1985 as part of the Railroad Works Dispute tape release. At the end of the recording, there are office noises and hallway conversations for about ten minutes. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 96, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 96 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-088-006
Sound recording of a meeting held on May 21, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Chairman of the Civil Service Commission John Macy, and the following members of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing: Chief Benefits Director for the Veterans Administration’s Department of Veterans Benefits Cyril F. Brickfield, Philip Brownstein of Farmers Home Administration, Jack Conway of the Industrial Union Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), John Dervan of the Veteran’s Administration, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans Administration William Driver, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, Administrator of Veterans Affairs for the Veteran’s Administration John S. Gleason, Floyd Micree of Farmers Home Administration, Theodore Jones of the Supreme Life Insurance Co; Advisor Ferdinand Kramer, Joseph McMurray of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Cyril Magnin, Assistant Attorney General from the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division Burke Marshall, Associate Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans Administration A.H. Monk, John Nolan from the Department of Justice, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense John J. Reed, Joseph Robertson from the Department of Agriculture, Advisor Roland Sawyer, William Seabron from the Department of Agriculture, Milton Semer from the Housing and Home Finance Agency, Simon Trevas from the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Robert Weaver from the Housing and Home Finance Agency, Advisor Lewis Weinstein, Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury Robert A. Wallace, and Special Assistant to the President David L. Lawrence. The meeting centers on Robert Kennedy and John Macy’s report to the President’s Commission on Equal Opportunity in Housing and to the President. The report concerned civil rights issues in Birmingham, Alabama, and federal involvement in the area. Mr. Macy also reports in detail the number of minority federal employees in the Alabama area, and there is discussion of how to increase this number. Please note that the recording of this meeting was previously made available in the Civil Rights 1963 release in the 1980s. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 88, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 88 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-088-005
Sound recording of a meeting held on May 20, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Indian Minister for Economic and Defense Coordination T.T. Krishnamachari, Under Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Philips Talbot, member of the National Security Council Robert W. Komer, Indian Foreign Secretary M.J. Desai, and Indian Ambassador to the United States B.K. Nehru. President Kennedy and Defense Minister Krishnamachari discuss in detail the steps that might be taken to aid India, including a defense commitment by the United States. The India-Pakistan situation is discussed in great detail, providing the Indian point of view in depth regarding relations and the Kashmir dispute. Air defense of India and U.S. aid are also discussed. Two segments of the recording totaling 1 minutes and 38 seconds have been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 12958. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 88, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 88 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-087-004
Sound recording of a meeting held on May 17, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs W. Averell Harriman, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Philips Talbot, Deputy Administrator for the Agency for International Development (AID) Frank Coffin, Special Representative and Advisor on African, Asian, and Latin American Affairs Chester Bowles, Assistant Secretary of Defense William Bundy, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, and member of the National Security Council Robert W. Komer. President Kennedy again discusses what steps the United States can take to aid India against Chinese aggression without inflaming Pakistan and the rest of the region. The relations between the United States and the United Kingdom on this subject are also discussed as well as what should be said to Indian Minister of Economic and Defense Coordination T.T. Krishnamachari during his upcoming meeting with President Kennedy. The recording ends abruptly and the rest of the tape is blank. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 87, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 87 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-087-002
Sound recording of a meeting between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, and the founder of the Action Committee for the United States of Europe Jean Monnet. The discussion provides the President with an informal view, from the European side, of the multilateral force negotiations with Europe and the overall relations between the United States and its Western allies. The President’s upcoming trip to Europe is also discussed. Partway through the meeting the President takes a telephone call about civil rights issues in Alabama. Only President Kennedy’s side of the telephone conversation is recorded on this tape. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 87, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 87 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-087-001
Sound recording of office noises and hallway conversations on the first reel and part of the second reel of Tape 87. The only discussions take place between White House Signal Corps staff members as they set up the translator's equipment, likely for the May 15, 1963, meeting between President John F. Kennedy and German Minister Heinrich Krone and German Ambassador to the United States Heinrich Knappstein. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 87, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 87 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-087
Sound recording of the following meetings, etc.:Office noises and hallway conversations.
May 17, 1963, meeting with the founder of the Action Committee for the United States of Europe Jean Monnet.
May 17, 1963, meeting on domestic and trade issues affecting the cotton industry.
May 17, 1963, meeting on steps the United States can take to aid India against Chinese aggression without inflaming Pakistan and the rest of the region.
For more complete descriptions, including full lists of participants, see individual meeting records listed in Related Records. Recordings of individual meetings have been excerpted from this Tape.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-086-006
Sound recording of a meeting between President John F. Kennedy and Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration William Orrick, Jr., held on May 14, 1963, to discuss Orrick’s impending position as Assistant Attorney General and consequential personnel moves at the Department of State, including at the position Orrick is vacating. One segment of the recording totaling 10 seconds has been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 12958. One segment of the recording totaling 10 minutes and 56 seconds has been removed in accordance with the deed of gift for the Papers of John F. Kennedy. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 86, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 86 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-086-005
Sound recording of a meeting between President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations Christian Herter, and Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Carl Kaysen. According to the President's Appointment Books this meeting took place on May 13, 1963, from 4:20-4:50 p.m., between President Kennedy and trade advisors. They met to review linear cuts and other specifics on international trade agreements. One segment of the recording totaling 77 seconds has been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 12958. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 86, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 86 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-086-004
Sound recording of a meeting between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. From the way the tape itself plays, it seems as though this NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) meeting took place immediately following the Haiti meeting, which was most likely held on May, 13, 1963, though the date cannot be confirmed conclusively. President Kennedy, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Secretary of State Dean Rusk discuss a House Foreign Affairs Committee report on NATO that was just partially released, as well as commentary of NATO military force levels, financial budgets of each of the countries, and the upcoming meeting in Ottawa, Canada. Cuba and the civil rights situation in Birmingham, Alabama, are also briefly mentioned. Two segments of the recording totaling 17 seconds have been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 12958. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 86, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 86 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-086-001
Sound recording of a National Security Council Meeting on India held on May 9, 1963. Identified participants in this meeting include: President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell Taylor, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs W. Averell Harriman, Assistant Secretary of State Phillips Talbot, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, Ambassador to India Chester Bowles, Acting Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) Frank Coffin, Assistant Secretary of Defense William Bundy, and Member of the National Security Council Robert Komer. President Kennedy discusses with his staff the sale of mobile air defense units to India and potential diplomatic consequences. There is also extensive conversation on the possibility of providing a defense commitment to India in the case of a Chinese attack on the sub-continent and the use of nuclear weapons in the defense of countries in Asia instead of the introduction of large numbers of US soldiers. General Maxwell Taylor is first to bring up the issue of nuclear weapons versus ground troops. President Kennedy speaks briefly, and then General Taylor’s point is affirmed strongly by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. Eight segments of the recording totaling 2 minutes and 43 seconds have been removed for reasons of national security. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 86, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 86 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-086
Sound recording of the following meetings:May 9, 1963, National Security Council (NSC) meeting on India.
May 12, 1963, meeting concerning civil rights and the situation in Birmingham, Alabama.
Meeting on Haiti, most likely held on May 13, 1963.
Meeting on NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), most likely held on May, 13, 1963.
May 13, 1963, meeting on international trade.
May 14, 1963, meeting on Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration William Orrick's impending position as Assistant Attorney General and consequential personnel moves at the Department of State.
For more complete descriptions, including full lists of participants, see individual meeting records listed in Related Records. Recordings of individual meetings have been excerpted from this Tape.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-085-005
Sound recording of a meeting held on May 8, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Admiral George W. Anderson. They discuss Admiral Anderson's expiring term as Chief of Naval Operations. It is clear from Admiral Anderson's tone that he believes that Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara has been extremely critical of Admiral Anderson’s handling of the TFX affair. (The TFX fighter plane contract was awarded to General Dynamics over Boeing. Members of the military had complained that they had preferred the Boeing plans, and that these recommendations were not taken into account by Secretary McNamara in the final decisions. The United States Senate later began an investigation of this contract award.) Admiral Anderson criticizes Secretary McNamara’s handling of the Department of Defense (DOD) in general. The President is quiet for most of the meeting, but does discuss Admiral Anderson taking an Ambassadorship to Portugal. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 85, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 85 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-085-004
Sound recording of an undated meeting, possibly held on May 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. They discuss various issues concerning the Department of Defense (DOD), including the military situation in Vietnam, the Congressional budget fight on military spending in Vietnam and personnel issues in DOD, specifically the nomination of a new Deputy Secretary of Defense. The exact date of this meeting is uncertain since it does not appear in the President’s Appointment Books. Secretary McNamara refers to his discussion "yesterday" on the same issues, which could refer to the SECDEF (Secretary of Defense) Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, that took place on May 6, 1963. One segment of the recording totaling 1 minute and 50 seconds has been removed for reasons of national security. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 85, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 85 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-085-003
Sound recording of a meeting held on May 6, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy. Secretary Rusk reports to the President on his trip to India and Pakistan. Four segments of the recording totaling 2 minutes and 17 seconds have been removed for reasons of national security. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 85, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 85 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-085-002
Sound recording of a meeting held on May 4, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and his guests, twenty members of the organization Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) present for a lobbying session. The President takes the opportunity to pitch the successes of his administration’s legislative agenda to this liberal action group that on occasion had been critical of some of the moves of his administration. Earlier that day the New York Times ran an Associated Press photograph by Bill Hudson of a police dog lunging at a civil rights protester in Birmingham, Alabama. The President comments on the shock of the photograph at several points during the meeting and states with frustration, “I mean what law can you pass to do anything about police power in the community of Birmingham? There is nothing we can do… The fact of the matter is that Birmingham is in worse shape than any other city in the United States and it’s been that way for a year and a half… I think it’s terrible the picture in the paper. The fact of the matter that’s just what (Bull) Connor wants. And ah, as I say, Birmingham is the worst city in the south. They have done nothing for the Negroes in that community, so it is an intolerable situation, that there is no argument about.” The President goes on to pointedly comment that in a recent meeting with a newspaperman, the reporter commented, "‘Isn’t it outrageous in Birmingham’ and I said, 'Why are you over there eating at the Metropolitan Club every day? You talk about Birmingham and you’re up there at the Metropolitan Club … they wouldn’t even let Negro ambassadors in.’ So now he (the reporter) said, ‘Well we want to work from the inside,’ and I said, ‘Well your one contribution is that now they won’t let white ambassadors in.’ (laughter) Most of your novelists that you read every day… they’re all over there at the Metropolitan Club… so I think that we have worked hard on civil rights. I think it is a national crisis." This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 85, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 85 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-085-001
Sound recording of a meeting held on May 3, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, British Ambassador to the United States David Ormbsy-Gore, and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy. They discuss the subject of United Kingdom participation in the multilateral force (MLF), with Ambassador Ormsby-Gore relaying the opinions of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan concerning the specifics of the program. The previous Nassau meeting and President Kennedy's upcoming trip to Europe are also mentioned. British Guiana is discussed near the end of the meeting, but that portion is closed pending appropriate agency reviews. Four segments of the recording totaling 6 minutes and 47 seconds have been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 12958. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 85, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 85 in its entirety.
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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.