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
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1962		3
	11:30-11:50 A.M. Meeting on U-2 Incident	4
	12:35-1:00 P.M. Meeting on Soviet Arms Shipments to Cuba	19
	4:00-4:50 P.M. Drafting Meeting on the Cuba Press Statement	33
	5:00-5:55 P.M. Meeting with Congressional Leadership on Cuba	52
	5:55-6:10 P.M. Meeting on the Congressional Resolution about Cuba	73
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1962		81
	5:00-6:15 P.M. Meeting on the DOMINIC Nuclear Test Series	82
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1962		110
	TIME UNKNOWN. Conversation with Douglas Dillon	112
	12:35-12:40 P.M. Meeting with Billy Graham and Dwight Eisenhower	115
	12:40-1:02 P.M. Meeting with Dwight Eisenhower	118
	6:45-7:15 P.M. Meeting on Berlin	135
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1962		149
	4:55 p.m. Conversation with John McCormack, Thomas Morgan, and Carl Vinson	150
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1962		154
	5:00-5:56 P.M. Meeting with Maxwell Taylor on His Far Eastern Trip	156
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1962		178
	11:30 A.M.-12:03 P.M. Meeting on Laos	178
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1962		181
	11:00 A.M.-12:27 P.M. Meeting on the Soviet Union	182
	1:18-1:30 P.M. Meeting on the Crisis at the University of Mississippi	222
	APPROX. 1:30-1:35 P.M. Meeting with Robert Kennedy on the Drummond Spy Case	230
	2:00 P.M. Conversation with Ross Barnett	233
	2:25 P.M. Conversation with Theodore Sorenson	237
	2:30 P.M. Conversation with LeMoyne Billings	238
	2:50 P.M. Conversation with Ross Barnett	239
	7:36 P.M. Conversation with Torbert MacDonald	247
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 - MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1962		250
	APPROXIMATELY 10:40 P.M.-1:00 A.M. Meeting on Civil Rights	251
	12:14 A.M. Conversation with Ross Barnett	288
	Meeting on Civil Rights, Continued	290
	APPROX. 12:40 A.M. Conversation from the Oval Office between Robert Kennedy and Cyrus Vance	299
	Meeting on Civil Rights, Continued	299
	1:45 A.M. Conversation with Ross Barnett	306
	1:50 A.M. Continuation of Conversation with Ross Barnett	308
	2:00 A.M. Conversation between Robert Kennedy and Creighton Adams	310
	4:20 A.M. Conversation with Creighton Adams	312
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1962		314
	8:46 A.M. Conversation with Ross Barnett	314
	9:31 A.M. Conversation with Archibald Cox	316
	11:12 A.M. Conversation with Cyrus Vance and Robert McNamara	317
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1962		319
	4:20-5:20 P.M. Meeting on the Budget and Tax Cut Proposal	321
	5:25 P.M. Conversation with Kenneth O'Donnell and Cyrus Vance	352
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1962		355
	9:20 A.M. Conversation with Cyrus Vance	356
	10:05 A.M. Conversation with John McCormack	357
	SOMETIME THAT MORNING. Conversation with Lawrence F. O'Brien	359
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1962		361
	10:30 A.M. Conversation with Mike Mansfield	362
	12:00 P.M. Conversation with Albert Gore	365
	4:48-5:10 P.M. Meeting on the Budget	369
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1962		378
	9:54 A.M. Conversation with Mike Mansfield and Mike Kirwan	379
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1962		381
	TIME UNKNOWN. Conversation with George Smathers	382
	TIME UNKNOWN. Conversation with Eugene Keogh	388
	TIME UNKNOWN. Conversation about James Meredith	389
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962		391
	11:50 A.M.-1:00 P.M. Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis	397
	6:30-8:00 P.M. Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis	427
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1962		468
	10:00-11:30 A.M. Meeting with West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder	469
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1962		499
	10:00-10:38 A.M. Cabinet Meeting on the Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 1964	499
	11:10 A.M.-1:15 P.M. Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis	512
	NEAR MIDNIGHT. Kennedy Summarizes a Late-Night Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis	572
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1962		578
	9:45-10:30 A.M. Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the Cuban Missile Crisis	578
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1962		599
	2:30-5:10 P.M. National Security Council Meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis	601
INDEX		615