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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-14B-2
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on March 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. Fay. They discuss possible naval base closings and the outlook for a bid by the city of San Francisco to host the 1964 Democratic National Convention.Machine noise follows the conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 14B, 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-14B, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 14B.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-14B
Dictation Belt 14B contains six sound recordings from March 12, 1963. The recording of the conversation in item 14B.1 begins on Dictation Belt 14A.5. Item 14B.1 is part of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon. They continue to discuss Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules on expense accounts. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 14B.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. Fay. They discuss possible naval base closings and the outlook for a bid by the city of San Francisco to host the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 14B.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Richard N. Goodwin, Secretary-general for the International Peace Corps Secretariat. They discuss preparing remarks for President Kennedy to deliver during his visit to Costa Rica. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 14B.4 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric. They discuss hearings on the TFX airplane. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 14B.5 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Lawrence F. O'Brien, Special Assistant to the President. They discuss a construction bill, a pay raise issue, and their effects on the federal budget. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 14B.6 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester. They discuss Sylvester’s testimony at a hearing involving the TFX airplane.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
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-216-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s telephone remarks to Admiral James R. Reedy, former commanding officer of the VPB-110 Patrol Bomber Squadron. In his remarks the President discusses the history of the VPB-110 (the Squadron of which Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. was a member when he was killed in World War II), commends the veterans who served in the Squadron, and explains the need to honor the achievements of the past while looking to the future.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-209-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s taped remarks for television for the Oceanography Science for Survival of the United States Navy.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-209-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. of the United States Navy in the new flower garden of the White House.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-191-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks upon leaving the United States Naval Ordnance Test Station in China Lake, California.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-190-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks upon departing the Naval Air Station and Pacific Missile Range Headquarters in Point Mugu, California. In his speech the President says how the United States derives influence and strength from its citizens and military force.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-189-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks aboard the USS Kitty Hawk following a task force weapons demonstration. In his speech the President explains the importance of the sea to national security, and commends his audience for their efforts to apply modern science and technology to maritime traditions.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-085-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks aboard the USS Enterprise (then at sea off the North Carolina) after observing a demonstration of naval maneuvers. In his speech President Kennedy thanks the officers for their service.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-127-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. near Newport, Rhode Island. In his speech President Kennedy thanks the crew for their gift, a model of the ship, and discusses the importance of the ship to the Kennedy family.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-119-008
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s message from the White House Fish Room to the Conference of Surgeons General of the Navies of the Americas held at the National Naval Medical Center (also known as the Bethesda Naval Hospital) in Bethesda, Maryland. In his speech President Kennedy explains the importance of international cooperation concerning health and medical research.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-119-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the Navy Summer Festival at the United States Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine concerning the relationship between the Navy and the local community.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-024-005
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the White House Rose Garden upon receiving a First Admiral designation in the North Carolina Navy from Governor Terry Sanford. The recording contains some distortion.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-179-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Robert L. Dennison of the United States Navy in the White House Rose Garden.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-145-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at Boca Chica Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida upon presenting unit awards to Navy Light Photographic Squadron 62 and Marine Light Photographic Squadron VMC-J2 for outstanding reconnaissance work concerning Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-047-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the White House Rose Garden upon presenting the Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, retiring Chief of Naval Operations.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-077-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. “Jack” Kennedy, documents his time serving in the United States Navy during World War II from 1941 through 1944, including his assignment in the Solomon Islands and his command of the motor torpedo boat, PT-109, as well as time spent on leave with family and friends. The gold stamped title on the front cover reads, “J.F.K.” The scrapbook contains photographic prints, newspaper and magazine clippings, several pieces of correspondence, and other types of printed ephemera. Of note are clippings related to the rescue of the PT-109 crew near the Solomon Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean following its sinking by a Japanese destroyer; Jack’s receipt of the Navy and Marine Corps medal for his actions in the aftermath of the attack on PT-109; his brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.’s military service and death while piloting a U.S. Navy aircraft over Blythburgh, East Suffolk, England; the marriage of his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, to William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; and Billy Hartington’s death while serving in the British Army. Photographs show Jack in the Solomon Islands singly and with fellow U.S. Navy sailors, including George H. R. “Barney” Ross, James A. “Jim” Reed, Paul B. “Red” Fay, Allan “Al” Webb, Leon Emery Drawdy, Edman Edgar Mauer, Edmund T. Drewitch, John Edward Maguire, Charles Albert Harris, Maurice L. Kowal, Andrew Jackson Kirksey, and Leonard "Lenny" Thom. Also pictured is Jack in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts and Palm Beach, Florida, with family, including his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; siblings, Joseph, Jr., Kathleen, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; cousin, Joseph Francis "Joey" Gargan, Jr.; and friends, Jim Reed, Julia Reed, Lenny Thom, Catherine “Kate” Thom, Barney Ross, Nancy Tenney, Red Fay, Bernie Lyons, Torbert Macdonald, and John "Zeke" Coleman, Jr. Others who are pictured are U.S. Navy commissioned officers who served in the South West Pacific theater, including Commander Henry Charles Farrow, Jr.; Lt. Commander Robert Bolling Kelly; Commodore Edward J. “Mike” Moran; and Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. Of note are two typed letters detailing Jack’s military orders during World War II; clippings related to and photographs of Jack receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal from Captain Frederick L. Conklin at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts; a typed letter awarding him a Purple Heart medal for injuries he sustained during his command of PT-109; a typed letter awarding him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal; a printed compilation of news releases issued by the “So-Pac Press,” a publication of the U.S. Naval Command in the South Pacific; a printed list of wartime instructions that American service members could distribute to native peoples in case of an emergency landing on one of the Solomon Islands; and a postcard sent to Jack with a handwritten message from his brother, Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy, postmarked from Palestine and featuring an image of Jerusalem. This scrapbook contains 66 photographic prints and postcards, 64 newspaper and periodical clippings (including several full periodical pages), four typed letters, and two other printed documents.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-336-001
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 145 (NSAM 145) titled, "New Policy for the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands," to Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff from President John F. Kennedy. Also included are memoranda regarding a rescission of Executive Order 8683, under which the United States Navy exercised entry control into the Guam Island Naval Defensive Sea and Airspace Reservation.