The Presidential Recordings John F. Kennedy: The Great Crises,9780393049541

The Presidential Recordings John F. Kennedy: The Great Crises

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ISBN13: 9780393049541
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Pub. Date: 2001-10-17
Publisher(s): W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

These volumes provide a unique glimpse into the real workings of the Kennedy White House, presenting perhaps the most reliable record of the Kennedy presidency ever published. In the summer of 1962, President John F. Kennedy installed a secret taping system in the White House. His aim was to record meetings and conversations he considered important, probably intending to use them when he wrote the memoir of his years in office, a book he never had the chance to write. The tapes are now being authoritatively transcribed, and those for the period from the installation of the tape system through October 28, 1962 (the end of the Cuban missile crisis), are presented here in their entirety.

Table of Contents

The Presidential Recordings Project xi
Philip Zelikow
Ernest May
Preface to John F. Kennedy: The Great Crises, Volumes 1-3 xvii
Philip Zelikow
Ernest May
Editors' Acknowledgments xxv
Areas of Specialization for Research Scholars xxvii
A Note on Sources xxix
Meeting Participants and Other Frequently Mentioned Persons xxxi
Introduction: Five Hundred Days xli
Timothy Naftali
Weekend of July 28-29, 1962
3(1)
Prologue: Taping System Installed
3(1)
Monday, July 30, 1962
4(126)
11:52 A.M.-12:20 P.M. Meeting on Brazil
5(21)
12:25-12:57 P.M. Meeting on Peruvian Recognition
26(17)
12:58-1:10 P.M. Meeting on Europe and General Diplomatic Matters
43(9)
4:00-4:55 P.M. Meeting on the Economy and the Budget
52(28)
5:00-6:48 P.M. Meeting on Nuclear Test Ban
80(50)
Wednesday, August 1, 1962
130(72)
11:30 A.M.-12:43 P.M. Meeting on Nuclear Test Ban
132(35)
4:45-5:32 P.M. Meeting on Nuclear Test Ban
167(19)
5:35-6:25 P.M. Meeting with the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB)
186(16)
Friday, August 3, 1962
202(31)
10:33-11:12 A.M. Meeting on Berlin
203(24)
11:14-11:20 A.M. Meeting with Lyman Lemnitzer
227(6)
Monday, August 6, 1962
233(27)
6:00-6:42 P.M. Meeting with Wilbur Mills on the Tax Cut Proposal
234(26)
Wednesday, August 8, 1962
260(27)
10:36-11:12 A.M. Meeting with Llewellyn Thompson on Khrushchev
261(11)
5:30-6:12 P.M. Meeting on China and the Congo
272(15)
Thursday, August 9, 1962
287(74)
10:00-10:55 A.M. Meeting on Peru and Haiti
287(24)
10:55 A.M.-12:15 P.M. Meeting on Berlin
311(24)
4:30-5:47 P.M. Meeting with Business Leaders on the Tax Cut Proposal
335(26)
Friday, August 10, 1962
361(57)
10:10-11:10 A.M. Meeting on the Tax Cut Proposal
362(23)
11:20 A.M.-12:30 P.M. Meeting on the Gold and Dollar Crisis
385(33)
Wednesday, August 15, 1962
418(25)
4:10-4:45 P.M. Meeting on Laos
419(20)
6:35-6:53 P.M. Meeting with John McCone
439(4)
Thursday, August 16, 1962
443(37)
10:50-11:46 A.M. Meeting with Douglas MacArthur
445(17)
5:50-6:32 P.M. Meeting on the Gold and Dollar Crisis
462(18)
Monday, August 20, 1962
480(46)
11:48 A.M.-12:06 P.M. Meeting on Intelligence Matters
482(7)
4:00-5:30 P.M. Meeting on the Gold and Dollar Crisis
489(37)
Tuesday, August 21, 1962
526(66)
9:30 A.M. Conversation with Orville Freeman
527(7)
10:00 A.M. Conversation with Dean Rusk
534(2)
10:14 A.M. Conversation with Robert McNamara
536(4)
10:20 A.M. Conversation with Eugene Zuckert
540(1)
10:25 A.M. Conversation with Lyndon B. Johnson
541(4)
10:30 A.M. Conversation with James Eastland
545(1)
5:05-5:15 P.M. Meeting on U.N. Strategy
546(6)
5:15-5:55 P.M. Meeting with Adlai Stevenson
552(14)
6:00-7:05 P.M. Meeting on Trade and Textile Policy
566(26)
Wednesday, August 22, 1962
592(11)
6:10-6:37 P.M. Meeting on Intelligence Matters
593(10)
Thursday, August 23, 1962
603(5)
9:36 A.M. Conversation with Philip Hart
604(4)
Monday, August 27, 1962
608(15)
Time Unknown. Dictated Memo to Eugene Zuckert
608(2)
5:00-6:06 P.M. Meeting on Arab-Israeli Questions
610(13)
Wednesday, August 29, 1962
623(28)
11:06 A.M. Conversation with David McDonald
624(3)
5:46-6:35 P.M. Meeting on Berlin
627(14)
6:35-6:46 P.M. Meeting on the Congo
641(10)
Thursday, August 30, 1962
651(8)
9:30 A.M. Conversation with Walter Reuther
651(3)
11:26 A.M. Conversation with Willard Wirtz
654(1)
11:30 A.M. Conversation with a White House Operator
655(1)
11:33 A.M. Conversation with George Harrison
656(1)
11:35 A.M. Conversation with Walter Reuther
657(2)
Index 659
The Presidential Recordings Project xi
Philip Zelikow
Ernest May
Preface to John F. Kennedy: The Great Crises, Volumes 1-3 xvii
Philip Zelikow
Ernest May
Editors' Acknowledgments xxv
Areas of Specialization for Research Scholars xxvii
A Note on Sources xxix
Meeting Participants and Other Frequently Mentioned Persons xxxi
Tuesday, September 4, 1962
3(78)
11:30-11:50 A.M. Meeting on U-2 Incident
4(15)
12:35-1:00 P.M. Meeting on Soviet Arms Shipments to Cuba
19(14)
4:00-4:50 P.M. Drafting Meeting on the Cuba Press Statement
33(19)
5:00-5:55 P.M. Meeting with Congressional Leadership on Cuba
52(21)
5:55-6:10 P.M. Meeting on the Congressional Resolution about Cuba
73(8)
Wednesday, September 5, 1962
81(29)
5:00-6:15 P.M. Meeting on the DOMINIC Nuclear Test Series
82(28)
Monday, September 10, 1962
110(39)
Time Unknown. Conversation with Douglas Dillon
112(3)
12:35-12:40 P.M. Meeting with Billy Graham and Dwight Eisenhower
115(3)
12:40-1:02 P.M. Meeting with Dwight Eisenhower
118(17)
6:45-7:15 P.M. Meeting on Berlin
135(14)
Thursday, September 13, 1962
149(5)
4:55 P.M. Conversation with John McCormack, Thomas Morgan, and Carl Vinson
150(4)
Tuesday, September 25, 1962
154(24)
5:00-5:56 P.M. Meeting with Maxwell Taylor on His Far Eastern Trip
156(22)
Friday, September 28, 1962
178(3)
11:30 A.M.-12:03 P.M. Meeting on Laos
178(3)
Saturday, September 29, 1962
181(69)
11:00 A.M.-12:27 P.M. Meeting on the Soviet Union
182(40)
1:18-1:30 P.M. Meeting on the Crisis at the University of Mississippi
222(8)
Approximately 1:30-1:35 P.M. Meeting with Robert Kennedy on the Drummond Spy Case
230(3)
2:00 P.M. Conversation with Ross Barnett
233(4)
2:25 P.M. Conversation with Theodore Sorensen
237(1)
2:30 P.M. Conversation with LeMoyne Billings
238(1)
2:50 P.M. Conversation with Ross Barnett
239(8)
7:36 P.M. Conversation with Torbert MacDonald
247(3)
Sunday, September 30-Monday, October 1, 1962
250(64)
Approximately 10:40 P.M.-1:00 A.M. Meeting on Civil Rights
251(37)
12:14 A.M. Conversation with Ross Barnett
288(2)
Meeting on Civil Rights, Continued
290(9)
Approximately 12:40 A.M. Conversation from the Oval Office between Robert Kennedy and Cyrus Vance
299(1)
Meeting on Civil Rights, Continued
299(7)
1:45 A.M. Conversation with Ross Barnett
306(2)
1:50 A.M. Continuation of Conversation with Ross Barnett
308(2)
2:00 A.M. Conversation between Robert Kennedy and Creighton Abrams
310(2)
4:20 A.M. Conversation with Creighton Abrams
312(2)
Monday, October 1, 1962
314(5)
8:46 A.M. Conversation with Ross Barnett
314(2)
9:31 A.M. Conversation with Archibald Cox
316(1)
11:12 A.M. Conversation with Cyrus Vance and Robert McNamara
317(2)
Tuesday, October 2, 1962
319(36)
4:20-5:20 P.M. Meeting on the Budget and Tax Cut Proposal
321(31)
5:25 P.M. Conversation with Kenneth O'Donnell and Cyrus Vance
352(3)
Wednesday, October 3, 1962
355(6)
9:20 A.M. Conversation with Cyrus Vance
356(1)
10:05 A.M. Conversation with John McCormack
357(2)
Sometime That Morning. Conversation with Lawrence F. O'Brien
359(2)
Monday, October 8, 1962
361(17)
10:30 A.M. Conversation with Mike Mansfield
362(3)
12:00 P.M. Conversation with Albert Gore
365(4)
4:48-5:10 P.M. Meeting on the Budget
369(9)
Tuesday, October 9, 1962
378(3)
9:54 A.M. Conversation with Mike Mansfield and Mike Kirwan
379(2)
Wednesday, October 10, 1962
381(10)
Time Unknown. Conversation with George Smathers
382(6)
Time Unknown. Conversation with Eugene Keogh
388(1)
Time Unknown. Conversation about James Meredith
389(2)
Tuesday, October 16, 1962
391(77)
11:50 A.M.-1:00 P.M. Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis
397(30)
6:30-8:00 P.M. Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis
427(41)
Wednesday, October 17, 1962
468(31)
10:00-11:30 A.M. Meeting with West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder
469(30)
Thursday, October 18, 1962
499(79)
10:00-10:38 A.M. Cabinet Meeting on the Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 1964
499(13)
11:10 A.M.-1:15 P.M. Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis
512(60)
Near Midnight. Kennedy Summarizes a Late-Night Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis
572(6)
Friday, October 19, 1962
578(21)
9:45-10:30 A.M. Meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the Cuban Missile Crisis
578(21)
Saturday, October 20, 1962
599(16)
2:30-5:10 P.M. National Security Council Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis
601(14)
Index 615
The Presidential Recordings Project xi
Philip Zelikow
Ernest May
Preface to John F. Kennedy: The Great Crises, Volumes 1-3 xvii
Philip Zelikow
Ernest May
Editors' Acknowledgments xxv
Areas of Specialization for Research Scholars xxvii
A Note on Sources xxix
Meeting Participants and Other Frequently Mentioned Persons xxxi
Monday, October 22, 1962
3(99)
9:18-9:20 A.M. Conversation with John McCloy
8(3)
10:40-10:47 A.M. Conversation with Dwight Eisenhower
11(5)
11:00-11:46 A.M. Meeting on Diplomatic Plans for the Crisis
16(17)
11:47 A.M.-12:30 P.M. Meeting of Berlin Group on Crisis Planning
33(7)
3:00-4:00 P.M. National Security Council Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis
40(18)
5:30-6:30 P.M. Meeting with the Congressional Leadership on the Cuban Missile Crisis
58(44)
Tuesday, October 23, 1962
102(130)
10:00-11:03 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis
102(39)
11:36-11:38 A.M. Conversation with Roswell Gilpatric
141(2)
12:25-12:30 P.M. Office Exchange with Pierre Salinger and Conversation with Lucius Clay
143(5)
3:52-3:57 P.M. Conversation with Roswell Gilpatric
148(2)
6:00-7:10 P.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis
150(23)
7:10-7:20 P.M. Discussion between President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy
173(10)
Wednesday, October 24, 1962
10:00-11:15 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis
183(23)
5:05-6:10 P.M. Meetings with Staff and Congressional Leadership on the Cuban Missile Crisis
206(26)
Thursday, October 25, 1962
232(52)
10:00-11:10 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis
232(37)
5:25-5:45 P.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis
269(12)
6:55-7:05 P.M. Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis
281(3)
Friday, October 26, 1962
284(72)
10:10-11:20 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis
284(38)
11:55-11:58 A.M. Conversation with Dean Rusk
322(1)
12:00-12:12 P.M. Meeting with Intelligence Officials
323(8)
4:30-4:32 P.M. Conversation with Dean Rusk
331(1)
5:45-5:50 P.M. Conversation with Adlai Stevenson
332(5)
6:03-6:19 P.M. Meeting with Indian Ambassador Nehru about the Fighting between China and India
337(9)
7:31-7:35 P.M. Conversation with Lincoln White
346(10)
Saturday, October 27, 1962
356(156)
10:05-11:55 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis
356(31)
4:00-7:45 P.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis
387(101)
9:00-9:45 P.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis
488(24)
Sunday, October 28, 1962
512(15)
11:05 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis
517(2)
12:08-12:30 P.M. Conversation with Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman, and Herbert Hoover on the Cuban Missile Crisis
519(8)
Index 527

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