The Presidential Recordings Project

Philip Zelikow and Ernest May

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Preface to John F. Kennedy: The Great Crises, Volumes 1-3

Philip Zelikow and Ernest May

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Editors' Acknowledgments

xxv

Areas of Specialization for Research Scholars

xxvii

Meeting Participants and Other Frequently Mentioned Persons

xxxi

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1962

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9:18-9:20 A.M. Conversation with John McCloy

8

10:40-10:47 A.M. Conversation with Dwight Eisenhower

11

11:00-11:46 A.M. Meeting on Diplomatic Plans for the Crisis

16

11:47 - 12:30 P.M. Meeting of Berlin Group on Crisis Planning

33

3:00-4:00 P.M. National Security Council Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis

40

5:30-6:30 P.M. Meeting with the Congressional Leadership on the Cuban Missile Crisis

58

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1962

102

10:00-11:03 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis

102

11:36-11:38 A.M. Conversation with Roswell Gilpatric

141

12:25 - 12:30 P.M. Office Exchange with Pierre Salinger and Conversation with Lucius Clay

143

3:52-3:57 P.M. Conversation with Roswell Gilpatric

148

6:00-7:10 P.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis

150

7:10-7:20 P.M. Discussion between President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy

173

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1962

183

10:00-11:15 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis

183

5:05-6:10 P.M. Meetings with Staff and Congressional Leadership on the Cuban Missile Crisis

206

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1962

232

10:00-11:10 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis

232

5:25-5:45 P.M. Executive Committee meeting of the National Security Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis

269

6:55-7:05 P.M. Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis

281

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1962

284

10:10-11:20 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis

284

11:55-11:58 A.M. Conversation with Dean Rusk

322

12:00-12:12 P.M. Meeting with Intelligence Officials

323

4:30-4:32 P.M. Conversation with Dean Rusk

331

5:45-5:50 P.M. Conversation with Adlai Stevenson

332

6:03-6:19 P.M. Meeting with Indian Ambassador Nehru about the Fighting between China and India

337

7:31-7:35 P.M. Conversation with Lincoln White

346

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1962

356

10:05-11:55 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis

356

4:00-7:45 P.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis

387

9:00-9:45 P.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis

488

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1962

512

11:05 A.M. Executive Committee Meeting of the National Security Council on the Cuban Missile Crisis

517

12:08-12:30 P.M. Conversations with Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman, and Herbert Hoover on the Cuban Missile Crisis

519

INDEX

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