Meetings: Tape 116/A52. Meeting with President Victor Paz of Bolivia, 22 October 1963

Sound recording of a meeting held on October 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, President of Bolivia Victor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian Minister of Foreign Relations Jose Fellmann Velarde (also known as "Fellman Velarde"), Bolivian Ambassador to the United States Enrique Sanchez de Lozada, President Paz Estenssoro’s uncle Jorge Paz, Hosea Paz, interpreter Paul Vado, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Edwin Martin, United States Ambassador to Bolivia Ben Stephansky, Herbert Thompson from the Department of State, Alliance for Progress Coordinator Teodoro Moscoso, Ragnar Arnesen from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and interpreter Donald Barnes. Through interpreters, President Kennedy and President Paz Estenssoro discuss various foreign relations issues between the United States and Bolivia, including foreign aid, U.S. military Aid to Bolivia and Chile, petroleum policy, road construction loans, and the Peace Corps. Please note that when President Paz is speaking, President Kennedy’s interpreter cannot be heard. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 116/A52, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 116/A52 in its entirety.