Secret White House Tapes

Meetings: Tape 120/A56. Meeting on 1964 Democratic Convention Plans, 12 November 1963

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Meetings: Tape 120/A56. Meeting on 1964 Democratic Convention Plans, 12 November 1963
Sound recording of part of a meeting held on November 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Lawrence F. O’Brien, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee John Bailey, Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell, Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen, and Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee Dick Maguire. They discuss plans for the 1964 Democratic National Convention. This very long and involved meeting with advisors covers a proposed apportionment rules change, southern delegates, committee positions and assignments, the advantage and disadvantage of requiring loyalty of delegates, the program for the Convention, and films for the Convention. The recording of this meeting ends abruptly and continues on Tape 121/A57. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 120/A56, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 120/A56 in its entirety or the remainder of this recording on Tape 121/A57.
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Meetings: Tape 120/A56. Meeting on 1964 Democratic Convention Plans, 12 November 1963