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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-06B
Dictation Belt 6B contains seven sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 6B.1 begins on Dictation Belt 6A.4. Item 6B.1 is part of a telephone conversation held on November 7, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and Governor-elect John B. Connally of Texas. They continue to discuss Texas’s 1962 election results and Texas politics. Item 6B.2 is a telephone conversation held on November 7, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and Governor-elect John W. Reynolds of Wisconsin. They discuss Wisconsin’s 1962 gubernatorial election. Unintelligible speech precedes the telephone conversation. Item 6B.3 is inconsequential office chatter spoken by President John F. Kennedy and Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln. This is not a telephone conversation, but rather a conversation recorded when the telephone was left off the hook. It is a very poor quality recording. Item 6B.4 is a telephone conversation held on November 17, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified man. The man reports on a Cuban sabotage plot. The dictation belt skips throughout leaving many gaps in the conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 6B.5 is a brief fragment of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified man. The topic of discussion is unclear. The recording begins in mid-conversation and is noisy. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 6B.6 is a brief fragment of a conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln. The topic of discussion is unclear. This is not a telephone conversation, but rather a conversation recorded when the telephone was left off the hook. It is a very poor quality recording, and the conversation is unintelligible. Item 6B.7 is a telephone conversation held on December 17, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. They discuss Skybolt in preparation for President Kennedy’s Nassau, Bahamas, meeting with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain. The recording is noisy and begins in mid-conversation. The dictation belt skips. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 6C.1. 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.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0914-004
This file contains a copy and press releases of Senator John F. Kennedy's speech given in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during his 1960 presidential campaign. In his speech the Senator discusses the failure of the Republican administration to address concerns over nuclear disarmament. Also included is a copy of a telegram sent by the Senator to Vice President Richard M. Nixon regarding United States relations with Cuba.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0907-024
This file contains copies of speeches given by Senator John F. Kennedy at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. In his speech titled, “Disarmament,” he discusses the difficulty of arms control, the relationship between the United States and Soviet Union, and the introduction of a bill to establish the Arms Control Research Institute. Also included is a speech titled, “Cuba,” concerning a history of foreign policy in Cuba, relations between Cuba and the U.S., and the Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro.