Secret White House Tapes

Meetings: Tape 121/A57. Meeting on 1964 Democratic Convention Plans [Tape 120/A56. Meeting on 1964 Democratic Convention Plans, Continued], 12 November 1963

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Meetings: Tape 121/A57. Meeting on 1964 Democratic Convention Plans [Tape 120/A56. Meeting on 1964 Democratic Convention Plans, Continued], 12 November 1963
Sound recording of part of a meeting held on November 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Lawrence F. O’Brien, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee John Bailey, Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell, Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen, and Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee Dick Maguire. The recording of this meeting begins on Tape 120/A56. Participants discuss plans for the 1964 Democratic National Convention. This very long and involved meeting with advisors covers a proposed apportionment rules change, southern delegates, committee positions and assignments, the advantage and disadvantage of requiring loyalty of delegates, the program for the Convention, and films for the Convention. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 121/A57, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 121/A57 in its entirety or the beginning of this recording on Tape 120/A56.
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Meetings: Tape 121/A57. Meeting on 1964 Democratic Convention Plans [Tape 120/A56. Meeting on 1964 Democratic Convention Plans, Continued], 12 November 1963