Dictation Belt 6A contains four sound recordings from November 7, 1962. Two segments of item 6A.1 totaling 4 minutes and 26 seconds have been removed in accordance with the donor’s deed of gift. Item 6A.1 also contains a conversation. It is not a telephone conversation. It was recorded while the telephone was left off the hook. It is a very poor quality recording. Item 6A.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy, Governor Pat (Edmund Gerald) Brown of California, and Jerry Brown. They discuss California’s 1962 gubernatorial election and California politics, and a possible future trip to California by President Kennedy. President Kennedy speaks briefly to Governor Brown’s son Jerry Brown. The dictation belt skips throughout and the conversation becomes garbled at regular intervals. Item 6A.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Governor William L. Guy of North Dakota. They discuss North Dakota’s 1962 gubernatorial election and elections in other Midwestern states. The recording begins in mid-conversation and the dictation belt skips throughout. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 6A.4 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Governor-elect John B. Connally of Texas. They discuss Texas’s 1962 gubernatorial election, media coverage of the election, and voting results in areas of Texas. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 6B.

Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.