Sound recording of a meeting held on July 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State George Ball, John McCloy, Assistant Secretary of State Phillips Talbot, United States Ambassador to the United Arab Republic (UAR) John Badeau, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Paul Nitze, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, member of the National Security Council Robert W. Komer, and Hermann Eilts. They discuss a possible Near East arms limitation agreement, and specifically relations between the UAR and Israel. Five segments of the recording totaling 15 minutes and 27 seconds have been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 12958. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 100, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 100 in its entirety.