John F. Kennedy: The Great Crises: Vol. I: July 30-August 1962

John F. Kennedy: The Great Crises: Vol. I: July 30-August 1962

The Presidential Recordings Project  
  Philip Zelikow and Ernest May xi
     
Preface to John F. Kennedy: The Great Crises, Volumes 1-3  
  Philip Zelikow and Ernest May xvii
     
Editors' Acknowledgments xxv
     
Areas of Specialization for Research Scholars xxvii
     
A Note on Sources xxix
     
Meeting Participants and Other Frequently Mentioned Persons xxxi
     
Introduction: Five Hundred Days  
  Timothy Naftali xli
     
WEEKEND OF JULY 28-29, 1962 3
  Prologue: Taping System Installed 3
     
MONDAY, JULY 30, 1962 4
  11:52 A.M.-12:20 P.M. Meeting on Brazil 5
  12:25-12:57 P.M. Meeting on Peruvian Recognition 26
  12:58-1:10 P.M. Meeting on Europe and General Diplomatic Matters 43
  4:00-4:55 P.M. Meeting on the Economy and the Budget 52
  5:00-6:48 P.M. Meeting on Nuclear Test Ban 80
     
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1962 130
  11:30 A.M.-12:43 P.M. Meeting on Nuclear Test Ban 132
  4:45-5:32 P.M. Meeting on Nuclear Test Ban 167
  5:35-6:25 P.M. Meeting with the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) 186
     
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1962 202
  10:33-11:12 A.M. Meeting on Berlin 203
  11:14-11:20 A.M. Meeting with Lyman Lemnitzer 227
     
MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1962 233
  6:00-6:42 P.M. Meeting with Wilbur Mills on the Tax Cut Proposal 234
     
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1962 260
  10:36-11:12 A.M. Meeting with Llewellyn Thompson on Khrushchev 261
  5:20-6:12 P.M. Meeting on China and the Congo 272
     
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1962 287
  10:00-10:55 A.M. Meeting on Peru and Haiti 287
  10:55 A.M.-12:15 P.M. Meeting on Berlin 311
  4:20-5:47 P.M. Meeting with Business Leaders on the Tax Cut Proposal 335
     
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1962 361
  10:10-11:10 A.M. Meeting on the Tax Cut Proposal 362
  11:20 A.M.-12:30 P.M. Meeting on the Gold and Dollar Crisis 385
     
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1962 418
  4:10-4:45 P.M. Meeting on Laos 419
  6:35-6:53 P.M. Meeting with John McCone 439
     
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1962 443
  10:50-11:46 A.M. Meeting with Douglas MacArthur 445
  5:50-6:32 P.M. Meeting on the Gold and Dollar Crisis 462
     
MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1962 480
  11:48 A.M.-12:06 P.M. Meeting on Intelligence Matters 482
  4:00-5:30 P.M. Meeting on the Gold and Dollar Crisis 489
     
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1962 526
  9:30 A.M. Conversation with Orville Freeman 527
  10:00 A.M. Conversation with Dean Rusk 534
  10:14 A.M. Conversation with Robert McNamara 536
  10:20 A.M. Conversation with Eugene Zuckert 540
  10:25 A.M. Conversation with Lyndon B. Johnson 541
  10:30 A.M. Conversation with James Eastland 545
  5:05-5:15 P.M. Meeting on U.N. Strategy 546
  5:15-5:55 P.M. Meeting with Adlai Stevenson 552
  6:00-7:05 P.M. Meeting on Trade and Textile Policy 566
     
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1962 592
  6:10-6:37 P.M. Meeting on Intelligence Matters 593
     
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1962 603
  9:36 A.M. Conversation with Philip Hart 604
     
MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1962 608
  TIME UNKNOWN: Dictated Memo to Eugene Zuckert 608
  5:00-6:06 P.M. Meeting on Arab-Israeli Questions 610
     
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1962 623
  11:06 A.M. Conversation with David McDonald 624
  5:46-6:35 P.M. Meeting on Berlin 627
  6:35-6:46 P.M. Meeting on the Congo 641
     
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1962 651
  9:30 A.M. Conversation with Walter Reuther 651
  11:26 A.M. Conversation with Willard Wirtz 654
  11:30 A.M. Conversation with White House Operator 655
  11:33 A.M. Conversation with George Harrison 656
  11:35 A.M. Conversation with Walter Reuther 657
     
INDEX 659