Secret White House Tapes

Meetings: Tape 87. Jean Monnet and Europe (Also Birmingham, Alabama, Phone Call), 17 May 1963

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Meetings: Tape 87. Jean Monnet and Europe (Also Birmingham, Alabama, Phone Call), 17 May 1963
Sound recording of a meeting between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, and the founder of the Action Committee for the United States of Europe Jean Monnet. The discussion provides the President with an informal view, from the European side, of the multilateral force negotiations with Europe and the overall relations between the United States and its Western allies. The President’s upcoming trip to Europe is also discussed. Partway through the meeting the President takes a telephone call about civil rights issues in Alabama. Only President Kennedy’s side of the telephone conversation is recorded on this tape. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 87, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 87 in its entirety.
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Meetings: Tape 87. Jean Monnet and Europe (Also Birmingham, Alabama, Phone Call), 17 May 1963