Sound recording of two meetings held on November 5, 1963. The first is a meeting about the Dominican Republic between President John F. Kennedy, United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic John Bartlow Martin, United States Ambassador to Chile Ralph Dungan, Assistant Secretary of State Edwin Martin, and Deputy Chief of Mission from the Department of State Spencer King. They discuss prospects for constitutional elections in the Dominican Republic, an assessment of the situation there, and prospects for the future.
Second is a meeting about foreign policy between President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy. They discuss convoys in Berlin, Germany, and action by the Soviet Union against the French and the British and French stance. They also discuss problems concerning the ticketing of Russian journalists by police in Washington, D.C.; Berlin convoy access; and William Attwood and Prime Minister of Cuba Fidel Castro.
This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 119/A55, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 119/A55 in its entirety.