Part 35 (2/2)
p. 335: The polls: Parmet, JFK, JFK, 98; Gallup, 1707, 1712. 98; Gallup, 1707, 1712.
p. 335: ”I don't think”: Joe Alsop to JFK, n.d., Box 27, POF.
p. 335: ”the simple fact”: Memorandum, n.d., 1961, Box 27, POF.
p. 335: Press conferences: Sorensen, 361-65.
p. 335: Dismissing fears: News Conference, Jan. 25, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 10. 10.
p. 335: ”a superb show”: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 717. 717.
p. 336: ”The 6 O'Clock”: Sorensen, 362. Also see National Observer National Observer clipping, n.d., ”Kennedy's Press Conferences: A Refined Tool in Skillful Hands,” Box 28, POF. clipping, n.d., ”Kennedy's Press Conferences: A Refined Tool in Skillful Hands,” Box 28, POF.
p. 336: ”we couldn't survive”: Sorensen, 364.
p. 336: Public approval: Gallup, 1765-66.
p. 336: U.S. patrol plane: Ambrose, Eisenhower, Eisenhower, 584-86. 584-86.
p. 336: ”step by step” and ”cooperate with all”: FRUS: Kennedy-Khrushchev Exchanges, FRUS: Kennedy-Khrushchev Exchanges, 2-3. 2-3.
pp. 336-37: Press Conferences, Jan. 25, and Feb. 8, 1961: PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 8-9, 70. 8-9, 70.
pp. 336-37: ”he would set himself in right”: Evelyn Lincoln to JFK, Feb. 25, 1961 (”Senator Gore called”), Box 125, POF.
p. 337: DDE speech, Jan. 17, 1961: Public Papers of the Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960, Public Papers of the Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960, 1038. 1038.
p. 337: On Burke: Arthur Sylvester OH; PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 32, 73, 94; 32, 73, 94; New York Times, New York Times, Jan. 28, 1961. A Burke interview with Greek journalist Elias P. Demetracopoulos, in which the admiral freely expressed his views, got him into trouble with the White House. The interview also brought Demetracopoulos under CIA scrutiny: Demetracopoulos, ”Muzzling Admiral Burke,” U.S. Naval Inst.i.tute Jan. 28, 1961. A Burke interview with Greek journalist Elias P. Demetracopoulos, in which the admiral freely expressed his views, got him into trouble with the White House. The interview also brought Demetracopoulos under CIA scrutiny: Demetracopoulos, ”Muzzling Admiral Burke,” U.S. Naval Inst.i.tute Proceedings, Proceedings, Jan. 2000, and ”Admirals Strike a Blow for the Press,” Jan. 2000, and ”Admirals Strike a Blow for the Press,” Proceedings, Proceedings, May 2001; Demetracopoulos conversation with Author. May 2001; Demetracopoulos conversation with Author.
pp. 337-38: The missile gap: JFK to McGeorge Bundy, Feb. 8, 1961, Box 62, POF. U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, Feb. 27, 1961, 43. Excerpts from Hearings of Defense Dept., April 6, 1961, Box 51, Sorensen Papers. Edward R. Murrow to McGeorge Bundy, Mar. 8, 1961, Box 290, NSF. Beschloss, Feb. 27, 1961, 43. Excerpts from Hearings of Defense Dept., April 6, 1961, Box 51, Sorensen Papers. Edward R. Murrow to McGeorge Bundy, Mar. 8, 1961, Box 290, NSF. Beschloss, Crisis Years, Crisis Years, 65-66; Shapley, 97-99. Gallup, 1662, 1704, 1705, 1721. 65-66; Shapley, 97-99. Gallup, 1662, 1704, 1705, 1721.
pp. 338-39: Origins of the Peace Corps: Wilbur Cohen OH, Columbia University; PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 134-36; Sorensen, 208; Schlesinger, 134-36; Sorensen, 208; Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 165, 605-7. 165, 605-7.
p. 339: Public response: Gallup, 1704, 1791.
pp. 339-40: On Shriver: Sargent Shriver OH, LBJL; Anthony Lewis, ”Shriver Moves into the Front Rank,” New York Times Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Mar. 15, 1964; A. H. Raskin, ”Generalissimo of the War on Poverty,” ibid., Nov. 22, 1964; Schlesinger, Mar. 15, 1964; A. H. Raskin, ”Generalissimo of the War on Poverty,” ibid., Nov. 22, 1964; Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 606-7. 606-7.
p. 340: ”wars of national liberation”: Beschloss, Crisis Years, Crisis Years, 60-61. 60-61.
p. 340: ”made clear”: FRUS: National Security Policy, FRUS: National Security Policy, 240. 240.
p. 340: ”Latin America required”: FRUS: American Republics, FRUS: American Republics, 880. Also see Stephen G. Rabe, ”John F. Kennedy and Latin America,” 880. Also see Stephen G. Rabe, ”John F. Kennedy and Latin America,” Diplomatic History Diplomatic History (Summer 1999), 545. (Summer 1999), 545.
p. 340: More doc.u.ments: Stephanie Fawcett, Senior Foreign Policy Archivist, JFKL, remarks at Cold War Doc.u.mentation Conference, National Archives, II, College Park, Md., Sept. 25, 1998.
p. 340: ”that, with all its pretensions”: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 201. 201.
p. 341: ”Never in the long history”: PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 170-75. 170-75.
p. 341: JFK's Spanish: Richard Goodwin, 156-59.
p. 342: On the Latin reaction, see Thomas Mann OH; Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 205; and Schlesinger to JFK, Feb. 6, 1961, Box 65, POF. 205; and Schlesinger to JFK, Feb. 6, 1961, Box 65, POF.
p. 342: Khrushchev's views: FRUS: Soviet Union, FRUS: Soviet Union, 39-46. 39-46.
p. 342: Feb.11, 1961 meeting: Ibid., 63-67.
p. 342: ”a mentality”: Charles Bohlen OH.
p. 342: ”a sustained offensive”: Barbara Jackson to JFK, Mar. 5, 1961, and ” Outline for a Possible Address,” Box 33, POF.
p. 343: ”find another forum”: JFK to Jackson, n.d., ibid.
p. 343: ”greatest nightmare”: White House Staff OH, LBJL.
p. 343: ”I have been greatly”: JFK to DDE, Mar. 30, 1960, Box 29A, POF.
p. 343: ”in the overall interest”: John J. McCloy to JFK, Mar. 8, 1961, Box 100, POF.
p. 343: ”stand at Geneva”: JFK-Macmillan talks, April 6, 1961, 3:45 P.M. P.M., Box 175, POF.
p. 343: ”every approach”: Roswell L. Gilpatric OH.
p. 343: ”only in the light”: JFK-Adenauer Talks, April 13, 1961, 10:30 A.M. A.M., Box 255A, NSF.
p. 343: ”a war-fighting capability”: Rand Research Memorandum, ”Political Implications of Posture Choices,” Dec. 1960, Box 64, POF.
p. 344: ”a subordinate commander”: McGeorge Bundy to JFK, Jan. 30, 1961, Box 313, NSF.
p. 344: ”whether he was not”: Brandon Diary, Jan. 16, 1961, Box 5, Henry Brandon Papers, LC.
p. 344: ”We became increasingly”: Gilpatric OH. Memorandum, Feb. 24, 1961; JFK conference with military chiefs, Feb. 27, 1961, Box 345, NSF.
p. 344: ”might trigger”: Five Interviews with Glen T. Seaborg, Box 11, Closed Deposit, NHP.
p. 344: ”the lead in bringing”: Gilpatric OH.
p. 344: ”is a nuclear war man”: McGeorge Bundy to JFK, Oct. 3, 1961, Box 103, POF.
p. 345: ”Would things be”: Quoted in Kaplan, 43-44, 256.
p. 345: ”unreconstructable”: Gilpatric OH.
p. 345: ”was always troubled”: Paul Nitze OH.
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