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Digital Identifier:
JFKPOF-MTG-110-004
Title:
Meetings: Tape 110. Strategic Balance of Power (NSC), 12 September 1963
Date(s) of Materials:
12 September 1963
12 September 1963
Description:
Sound recording of part of a National Security Council meeting meeting held on September 12, 1963. Participants include President John F. Kennedy, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Glenn Seaborg, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) General Maxwell Taylor, Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness Edward McDermott, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen, Military Aide to the President Major General Chester Clifton, and Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (NSC) Bromley Smith. The first portion of this NSC meeting concerns a recent Air Force Association statement on nuclear superiority and what that means in regards to weaponry and strategy. Only about 7 and a half minutes of the meeting are recorded on this tape. The recording ends abruptly and continues on Tape 111. Four segments of the recording totaling 3 minutes and 46 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 110, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding one. See Related Records to access Tape 110 in its entirety or the remainder of this recording on Tape 111.
Copyright Status:
Unknown
Physical Description:
1 item on 1 audio tape/reel (21 minutes)
Contributor(s):
Bundy, McGeorge, 1919-1996
Clifton, Chester V. (Chester Victor), 1913-1991
Dillon, C. Douglas (Clarence Douglas), 1909-2003
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
McCone, John A. (John Alex), 1902-1991
McDermott, Edward (Edward Aloysius), 1920-1999
McNamara, Robert S. (Robert Strange), 1916-2009
Rusk, Dean (David Dean), 1909-1994
Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, 1912-1999
Smith, Bromley K. (Bromley Keables), 1911-1987
Sorensen, Theodore C. (Theodore Chaikin), 1928-2010
Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987
Bundy, McGeorge, 1919-1996
Clifton, Chester V. (Chester Victor), 1913-1991
Dillon, C. Douglas (Clarence Douglas), 1909-2003
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
McCone, John A. (John Alex), 1902-1991
McDermott, Edward (Edward Aloysius), 1920-1999
McNamara, Robert S. (Robert Strange), 1916-2009
Rusk, Dean (David Dean), 1909-1994
Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, 1912-1999
Smith, Bromley K. (Bromley Keables), 1911-1987
Sorensen, Theodore C. (Theodore Chaikin), 1928-2010
Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987
Archival Creator:
President (1961-1963 : Kennedy). Office of the Personal Secretary. , 1961 - 1963
Sound Recording:
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