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About Sound Recording
Title
Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 26D
Digital Identifier
JFKPOF-TPH-26D
Date(s) of Materials
Undated
Description
Dictation Belt 26D contains eight sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 26D.1 begins on Dictation Belt 26C.3. Item 26D.1 is part of a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Louis Harris. They continue to discuss polling on various issues, including tax cuts, Congress, and regional attitudes. Item 26D.2 is a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Assistant Secretary of State Frederick G. Dutton. They discuss congressional hearings on a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). Item 26D.3 is a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President Lawrence F. O’Brien. They discuss a bill on foreign aid and a bill on railroad work rules arbitration. Item 26D.3A is a brief telephone exchange on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and a White House Operator. President Kennedy asks to speak to Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. Machine noise follows the exchange. Item 26D.3B is a brief telephone exchange on August 23, 1963, between a White House Operator and an unidentified man. They say hello. Machine noise follows the exchange. Item 26D.4 is a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. They discuss arbitration legislation concerning a dispute over railroad work rules. There is an echo throughout the recording. Item 26D.5 is a brief fragment of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified man. They talk about a memorandum and arrange a meeting. The recording begins in mid-sentence. Item 26D.6 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified man. They discuss unidentified legislation. A delay precedes the conversation. The recording ends abruptly and much of it is badly garbled.
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.
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.
Copyright Status
Unknown
Extent / Physical Description
1 dictation belt (14 minutes)
Series
Series 13.2.1. Telephone Recordings [Original accession].
Preferred Citation
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files. Presidential Recordings. Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 26D
Subject(s)
Organization(s)
Contributor(s)
Archival Creator(s)
President (1961-1963 : Kennedy). Office of the Personal Secretary. , 1961 - 1963
Media Type
Associated Record(s)
- Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 26C
- Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 26D.1. Polling on Various Issues, Including Potential Republican Opponents in 1964 (Item 26C.3 Continued)
- Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 26D.2. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Hearings
- Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 26D.3. Foreign Aid Bill; Railroad Work Rules Arbitration Bill
- Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 26D.3A. Asks for Willard Wirtz
- Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 26D.3B. Very Brief Exchange
- Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 26D.4. Railroad Work Rules Dispute and Arbitration Legislation
- Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 26D.5. Unidentified Memorandum of Conversation (Conversation Fragment Only)
- Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 26D.6. Unidentified Legislation (Item is Not Only Fragmentary but Badly Garbled)
Use Restriction Note
The donors assigned copyright that they might have in the recordings to the United States; however, copyright of the donors does not extend beyond statements uttered by John F. Kennedy, his minor children, and the donors themselves. Statements uttered by officials of the United States government in the course of their duties are considered to be in the public domain. Users of this material are cautioned, however, that not all persons recorded were members of the Kennedy family or government officials. A number of the people recorded were, at the time of recording, private citizens. Therefore, those intending to quote from this material beyond the accepted limits of fair use are cautioned to determine the copyright implications of any intended publication.
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Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
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One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.
Transcript:
JFKPOF-TPH-26D-TR.pdf
JFKPOF-TPH-26D-TR.pdf
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