John F. Kennedy - Meeting Recordings October 1962
Below are Kennedy's meeting recordings from October, 1962. Return to the Kennedy Presidential Recordings page for other recordings. For information about specific recordings, please use the Kennedy Recordings finding aid (requires Adobe Acrobat).
To view transcripts of these recordings, click the appropriate date below. These transcripts were produced by the scholars in the Miller Center's Presidential Recordings Program.
| Tape 27.1 | |
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Meeting on the Budget and Tax Cut Proposal |
| Tape 27.2 | |
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Conversation with Kenneth O'Donnell and Cyrus Vance |
| Tape 27A | |
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Meeting on the Budget |
| Tape 28 | |
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Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis (starting at 68:50) |
| Tape 28A | |
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Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis continued |
| Tape 29 | |
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Meeting with West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder |
| Tape 30 | |
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Cabinet Meeting on the Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 1964 Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis (starting at 43:10) |
| Tape 30A | |
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Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis continued |
| Tape 31.1 | |
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Kennedy Summarizes a Late-Night Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 31.2 | |
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Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 32.1 | |
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Meeting on Diplomatic Plans for the Crisis |
| Tape 32.2 | |
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Meeting of Berlin Group on Crisis Planning |
| Tape 33.1 | |
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NSC Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 33.2 | |
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Meeting with the Congressional Leadership on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 33A.1 | |
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Meeting with the Congressional Leadership on the Cuban Missile Crisis continued |
| Tape 34.1 | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 34.1A | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis continued |
| Tape 35.1 | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis continued |
| Tape 35.2 | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 36.1 | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis continued Discussion between President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy (starting at 22:18) |
| Tape 36.2 | |
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Discussion between President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy continued |
| Tape 36.3 | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 37.1-37.3 | |
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Meetings with Staff and Congressional Leadership on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 37.4 | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 38.1 | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis continued |
| Tape 38.2 | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 38.2A | |
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Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 39.1-39.1A | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 40 | |
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Meeting with Intelligence Officials Meeting with Indian Ambassador Nehru about the Fighting between China and India (starting at 13:55) Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis (starting at 34:30) |
| Tape 41 | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 41A | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis continued |
| Tape 42 | |
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Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis continued Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis (starting at 36:18) |
| Tape 43 | |
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Meetings on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 44 | |
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October 29, 1962 Meeting on the Cuban Missile CrisisOctober 30, 1962 Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 45 | |
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October 31, 1962 Meeting on the CongoMeetings on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 46 track 1 | |
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October 31, 1962 Executive Committee Meeting of the NSC on the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Tape 46 track 2 | |
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October 31, 1962 Meeting on the Ole Miss CrisisGeneral Office Noise Informal Meeting with Llewellyn Thompson and Pierre Salinger |
