At 1:33 P.M. CST, acting press secretary Malcolm Kilduff confirmed at a Dallas news conference that President Kennedy died, officially, at 1:00 P.M. CST. Within minutes the information was relayed to the Boeing 707 (known by its tail number 86972) carrying Pierre Salinger and six members of the Cabinet who had been heading toward Japan.

Date:  Nov 22, 1963
Time:  13:40
Participants:  Pierre Salinger, Oliver Hallet
Conversation Number:  0-969-1