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(#3) POF: Series 12. White House Signal Agency

Administrative Information
Historical Note
Collection Overview


List of Series
Series 1. General Correspondence
Series 2. Special Correspondence
Series 3. Speech Files
Series 4. Legislative Files
Series 5. Press Conferences
Series 6. Staff Memoranda
Series 7. Departments and Agencies
Series 8. Subjects
Series 9. Countries
Series 10. Personal Secretary's Files
Series 11. Special Events through the Years
Series 12. White House Signal Agency
Series 13. Presidential Recordings (White House Meetings and Telephone Recordings file)
ADDITIONS
Addition of June 2005

Collection Description

Series 12. White House Signal Agency.
Boxes 139-139A

This series consists of 28 rolls of 16mm microfilm of traffic logs and selected incoming and outgoing messages that passed through the White House communications center during the period 1/1/61 through 11/22/63. The entire series of microfilm is closed because a high proportion of the items filmed are classified CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET in accordance with national security regulations. Electrostatic copies of portions have been made available for research use as indicated.

There is no indication from the material itself as to why these documents were selected for microfilming, although it is clear that the material here represents but a portion of the total traffic passed by the White House communications center. A cursory scan of the film indicates that it is not of good quality and that it is difficult to read on a standard 35mm microfilm reader.

Of particular interest are logs of traffic passed during trips to Canada, Europe and South America in 1961, trips to Mexico City and Nassau in 1962, and the trip to Costa Rica in 1963. Of additional interest are logs and traffic passed during several of President Kennedy's trips around the United States, including his last trip to Texas in 1963.

The series is arranged chronologically for the most part, although there are inconsistencies as may be noted in the list of contents.

Box 139
Roll 10   6/22/62-7/1/62 * Mexico City, Mexico, Logs & Traffic
Roll 28   11/20/63-11/22/63 Receive Logs & Traffic and Undated
11/01/63-11/22/63 Send Log
Receive Traffic (Continued beginning with #20033 and contains through #20569, 221900Z) (1-4 of 9 folders)
Box 139a
Roll 28 Receive Traffic (Continued beginning with #20033 and contains through #20569, 221900Z) (5-9 of 9 folders)
11/1-22/63 Send Traffic (Through CAP 63629, 22190OZ)
11/16-18/63 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic


  

The following rolls are closed to research
Roll 1 Closed January 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Augusta Logs and Traffic
February 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
March 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
3/26/61 Key West, Fla., Logs and Traffic
3/26/61-4/4/61 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs and Traffic
April 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
4/28/61 New York, Logs and Traffic
May 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
5/13/61-5/15/61 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs and Traffic
5/15/61-5/18/61 Ottawa, Canada, Logs and Traffic
5/27/61-5/30/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs and Traffic
5/29/61 Boston, Mass., Logs and Traffic
5/30/61 New York, Logs and Traffic
5/29/61-6/5/61 London, England, Logs and Traffic
5/29/61-6/4/61 Vienna, Austria, Logs and Traffic
5/15/61-6/3/61 Paris, France, Logs and Traffic
June 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Roll 2 Closed   Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
6/8/61-6/12/61 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs and Traffic
6/30/61-7/9/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs and Traffic
July 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
7/14/61-7/17/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs and Traffic
7/21/61-7/24/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs and Traffic
7/28/61-7/30/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs and Traffic
August 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
8/4/61-8/7/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs and Traffic
Roll 3 Closed   8/11/61-8/14/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
8/17/61-8/21/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
8/25/61-8/28/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
September, 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
9/8/61-9/11/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
9/15/61-9/18/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
9/22/61-9/24/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
9/24/61-9/26/61 New York, Logs & Traffic
9/26/61-10/2/61 Newport, Rhode Island, Logs & Traffic
October, 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #8421)
Roll 4 Closed   Receive Traffic (Continued beginning with #8422)
10/7/61-10/9/61 Newport, R.I., Logs & Traffic
10/10/61-10/11/61 Fort Bragg, N.C., Logs & Traffic
10/11/61 Chapel Hill, N.C., Logs & Traffic
10/12/61-10/16/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
10/20/61-10/23/61 Newport, R.I., Logs & Traffic
10/29/61-10/30/61 Poteau, Okla., Logs & Traffic
November, 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
11/2/61 New York, Logs & Traffic
11/3/61-11/5/61 Newport, R.I., Logs & Traffic
11/3/61-11/5/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
11/13/61-11/18/61 Seattle, Wash., Logs & Traffic
11/18/61 Bonham, Tex., Logs & Traffic (Perrin AFB)
11/13/61-11/18/61 Phoenix,, Ariz., Logs & Traffic
11/13/61-11/19/61 Los Angeles, Calif., Logs & Traffic
11/13/61-11/16/61 San Diego,, Calif., Logs & Traffic
11/22/61-11/27/61 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
December, 1961
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #9436)
Roll 5 Closed   Receive Traffic (continued beginning with #9437)
12/5/61-12/6/61 New York, Logs & Traffic
12/7/61 Miami, Fla., Logs & Traffic
12/10/61-12/16/61 San Juan, P.R, Logs & Traffic
12/11/61-12/18/61 Bogota, Colombia, Logs & Traffic
12/12/61-12/16/61 Caracas, Venezuela, Logs & Traffic
12/19/61-12/22/61 Bermuda, Logs & Traffic
12/6/61-12/31/61 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic
January, 1962
Send Logs
Send Traffic
1/1/62-1/5/62 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic
1/24/62-1/29/62 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic
Roll 6 Closed   Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
February, 1962
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #999)
Roll 7 Closed   Receive Traffic (continued, beginning with #1003)
2/21/62-2/28/62 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic
March, 1962
Send Logs
Send Traffic
3/8/62-3/11/62 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic
3/9/62-3/11/62 Miami, Fla., Logs & traffic
3/23/62 Vandenberg AFB, Calif., Logs & Traffic
3/21/62-3/26/62 Palm Springs, Calif., Logs & Traffic
March, 1962 First Lady's Trip to India, Pakistan, & London
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
April, 1962
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Roll 8 Closed   Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
4/13/62 Cherry Point, N,C, Logs & Traffic
4/13/62 Norfolk. Va., Logs & Traffic
4/17/62-4/27/62 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic
May, 1962
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
Roll 9 Closed   5/3/62-5/6/62 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic
5/3/62 New Orleans, La., Logs & Traffic
5/8/62 Atlantic City, N.J., Logs & Traffic
5/12/62-5/13/62 Milwaukee, Wisc., Logs & Traffic
5/18/62-5/20/62 New York, Logs & Traffic
June, 1962
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
6/6/62 West Point, N.Y. Logs & Traffic
6/11/62 New Haven, Conn., Logs & Traffic
Roll 10 Closed   July, 1962
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Traffic
Receive Logs
6/22/62-7/1/62 * Mexico City, Mexico, Logs & Traffic
7/3/62-7/4/62 Philadelphia, Pa., Logs & Traffic
7/6/61-7/9/62 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
7/19/62-7/22/62 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
7/13/62-7/16/62 * Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
7/27/62-7/30/62 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
August, 1962
Send Logs Send Traffic
Roll 11 Closed   Send Traffic (Continued with CAP 5371-62)
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #4756)
Roll 12 Closed   Receive Traffic (Continued beginning with #4757)
8/1/62-8/16/62 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
8/7/62-8/13/62 St. John's Island, Me., Logs & Traffic
8/17/62 Pueblo, Colo., Logs & Traffic
8/16/62-8/17/62 Pierre, S. Dak., Logs & Traffic
8/17/62-8/18/62 Merced, Calif., Logs & Traffic
8/18/62 Yosemite, Calif., Logs & Traffic
8/18/62 Fresno, Calif., Logs & Traffic
8/18/62-8/19/62 Los Angeles, Calif., Logs & Traffic
8/24/62-8/26/62 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
September, 1962
9/3/62 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
9/7/62-9/10/62 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
9/11/62-9/12/62 Cape Canaveral, Fla., Logs & Traffic
9/11/62-9/12/62 Huntsville, Ala., Logs & Traffic
9/11/62-9/12/62 Houston, Tex., Logs & Traffic
8/24/62-9/24/62 * Newport, R.I., Logs & Traffic
9/15/62-9/18/62 USS Joseph P. Kennedy , Logs & Traffic
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #5366)
Roll 13 Closed   Receive Traffic (Beginning with #5367)
October, 1962
Send Logs
Send Traffic
10/4/62-10/7/62 Detroit, Mich., Logs & Traffic
10/4/62-10/7/62 Muskegon, Mich., Logs & Traffic
10/4/62-10/7/62 Flint, Mich., Logs & Traffic
10/4/62-10/7/62 Minneapolis, Minn., Logs & Traffic
10/4/62-10/7/62 St. Cloud, Minn., Logs & Traffic
10/18/62-10/20/62 St. Louis, Mo., Logs & Traffic
10/11/62-10/18/62 Buffalo, N.Y., Logs & Traffic
10/11/62-10/18/62 Pittsburgh, Pa., Logs & Traffic
10/11/62-10/18/62 Chicago, Ill., Logs & Traffic
10/11/62-10/18/62 Springfield, Ill., Logs & Traffic
10/11/62-10/18/62 Cleveland, Ohio, Logs & Traffic
10/11/62-10/18/62 New York, Logs & Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #6251)
Roll 14 Closed   Receive Traffic (Beginning with #6253)
Roll 15 Closed   November, 1962
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #7916)
Roll 16 Closed   Receive Traffic (continued, beginning with #7917)
Send Logs
Send Traffic
11/19/62-11/26/62 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
11/26/62 Hunter AFB, Fla., Logs & Traffic
11/26/62 Homestead AFB, Fla., Logs & Traffic
11/26/62 Key West, Fla., Logs & Traffic
December, 1962
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
Send Logs
Send Traffic (Through CAP 5647-62)
Roll 17 Closed   Send Traffic (continued, beginning with CAP 5649-62)
11/5/62-11/6/62 * Boston, Mass., Logs & Traffic
12/8/62 Indian Springs AFB, Nevada, Logs & Traffic
12/6/62-12/9/62 Palm Springs, Calif., Logs & Traffic
12/7/62 Offutt AFB, Neb., Logs & Traffic
12/7/62 Los Alamos, N. Mex., Logs & Traffic
12/7/62-12/8/62 Albuquerque, N. Mex., Logs & Traffic
12/14/62-12/15/62 New York, Logs & Traffic
12/12/62-12/20/62 Nassau, Bahamas, Logs & Traffic
12/20/62-1/8/63 * Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic
January, 1963
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
Send Logs
Send Traffic
February, 1963
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Roll 18 Closed   Receive Logs Receive Traffic
March, 1963
Receive Logs Receive Traffic (Through #11 676)
Roll 19 Closed   Receive Traffic (continued, beginning with #11677)
Send Logs
Send Traffic
3/7/63-3/21/63 San Jose, Costa Rica, Logs & Traffic
3/15/63-3/21/63 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic
3/23/63 Chicago, Ill., Logs & Traffic
April, 1963
Receive Logs Receive Traffic
Roll 20 Closed   Send Logs
Send Traffic
4/10/63-4/17/63 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic
May, 1963
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic
Roll 21 Closed   Send Logs
Send Traffic
June, 1963
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #14309)
Roll 22 Closed   Receive Traffic (continued, beginning with #14210)
Send Logs
Send Traffic
July, 1963
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #14952)
Roll 23 Closed   Receive Traffic (continued, beginning with #14953)
August, 1963
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #16079)
Roll 24 Closed   Receive Traffic (continued, beginning with #16081)
Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
September, 1963
Send Logs
Send Traffic
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #17086, page 1)
Roll 25 Closed   9/27/63-9/28/63 Mt. Lassen, Calif., Logs & Traffic
9/26/63 Tacoma, Wash., Logs & Traffic
9/20/63 * New York, Logs & Traffic
9/27/63 Salt Lake City, Utah, Logs & Traffic
9/28/63 Palm Springs, Calif., Logs & Traffic
9/24/63 * Stewart, AFB, New York, Logs & Traffic
9/24/63-9/25/63 Duluth, Minn., Logs & Traffic
9/26/63 Great Falls, Mont., Logs & Traffic
9/13/63-9/21/63 * Newport, R.I., Receive Logs & Traffic
9/25/63-9/26/63 Jackson Hole, Wyo., Logs & Traffic
9/27/63-9/28/63 Redding, Calif., Logs & Traffic
9/13/63-9/21/63 * Newport, R.I., Send Logs & Traffic
9/1/63-9/7/63 * Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
October, 1963
Receive Logs
Receive Traffic (Through #18262)
Roll 26 Closed   Receive Traffic (Continued beginning with #18263)
Send Logs
Send Traffic
10/19/63 Boston, Mass., Logs & Traffic
10/20/63 Hyannis, Mass., Logs & Traffic
November, 1963
Receive Logs (Through 221900Z)
Receive Traffic (Through #19088)
Roll 27 Closed   Receive Traffic (Continued beginning with #19089; and contains through #20031)
Roll 28 Closed   Receive Traffic (Continued beginning with #20033 and contains through #20569, 221900Z)
11/1-/22/63 Send Logs (Through 22190OZ)
11/1-22/63 Send Traffic (Through CAP 63629, 22190OZ)
11/2/63 Chicago, Ill., Logs & Traffic
11/9/63 New York, Logs & Traffic
11/15/63 New York Logs & Traffic
11/16-18/63 Palm Beach, Fla., Logs & Traffic
11/18/63 MacDill AFB, Fla., Logs & Traffic
11/21/63 San Antonio, Tex., Logs & Traffic
11/21/63 Houston, Tex., Logs & Traffic
11/21-22/63 Fort Worth, Tex., Logs & Traffic
11/22/63 Austin, Tex., Logs & Traffic (support)
11/22/63 Dallas, Tex., Logs & Traffic
 
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POF,The Presidential Papers (1961-1963) of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (1961-1963). President's Office Files is a subcollection of the Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy consisting of the working files of President Kennedy as maintained by his personal secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln, in the Oval Office of the White House. Series include: general correspondence, special correspondence, speech files, legislative files, press conferences, staff memorandums, departments and agencies, subjects, countries, personal secretary's files, special events through the years, White House Signal Agency, and Presidential recordings. 81 feet, 28 rolls of microfilm, 127 audiotapes, 73 dictabelts.,