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FOUR

CUBA

MEETING WITH MILITARY ADVISORS, OCTOBER 16, 1962
PRIVATE DICTATION, OCTOBER 18, 1962
MEETING WITH JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, OCTOBER 19, 1962
EAVESDROPPING ON THE JOINT CHIEFS, OCTOBER 19, 1962
CALL TO PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, OCTOBER 22, 1962
MEETING WITH SENATORS, OCTOBER 22, 1962
CALL TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROSWELL GILPATRIC, OCTOBER 23, 1962
CONVERSATION WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT F. KENNEDY, OCTOBER 23, 1962
CALL TO BRITISH PRIME MINISTER HAROLD MACMILLAN, OCTOBER 26, 1962
MEETING IN CABINET ROOM, OCTOBER 27, 1962
CONVERSATION WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT MCNAMARA, OCTOBER 27, 1962
CALL TO PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, OCTOBER 28, 1962
CALL TO PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN, OCTOBER 28, 1962
CALL TO PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER, OCTOBER 28, 1962

FIVE

THE BOMB

MEETING ABOUT DEFENSE BUDGET, DECEMBER 5, 1962
MEETING WITH NORMAN COUSINS, APRIL 22, 1963
CALL TO PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN, JULY 26, 1963
MEETING WITH SCIENTISTS ABOUT NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY, JULY 31, 1963
MEETING WITH SENATOR HENRY “SCOOP” JACKSON, SEPTEMBER 9, 1963

SIX

SPACE

MEETING WITH JAMES WEBB, JEROME WIESNER, AND ROBERT SEAMANS, NOVEMBER 21, 1962
CALL TO MAJOR GORDON COOPER, MAY 16, 1963

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