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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-121-003
Sound recording of a meeting on Indonesia held on November 19, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, United States Ambassador to Indonesia Howard Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Roger Hilsman, and National Security Council (NSC) Member Michael Forrestal. They discuss President of Indonesia Ahmed Sukarno and other matters concerning Indonesia, specifically a proposed visit to Indonesia by President Kennedy in 1964 or 1965; the upcoming visit to Washington, D.C., by General Nasution of Indonesia; PL480 rice shipments; and the Lockheed contract to service Hercules Aircraft. Five segments of the recording totaling 2 minutes and 57 seconds have been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 13526. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 121/A57, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 121/A57 in its entirety.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-096-002
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 4, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Roger Hilsman, and member of the National Security Council Michael Forrestal. The main focus of this White House off-the-record meeting is the situation in Vietnam. The meeting takes place not long after a Buddhist monk burned himself to death to protest the relationship between the government of Vietnam and the Buddhists and amidst recent Buddhist demonstrations. The possibility of a coup in Vietnam and differing staff assessments of that possibility are also presented. Other topics are discussed near the end of the meeting, including Laos, Indonesia, Brazil, and Averell Harriman’s upcoming mission to Moscow concerning the treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT), and specific aspects of its negotiations. One segment of the recording totaling 35 seconds has been removed in accordance with the donor's deed of gift. Four segments of the recording totaling 41 seconds have been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 12958. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 96, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 96 in its entirety.