Pierre Salinger announces Kennedy will meet Khruschev

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Date
1961-05/1961-06
Summary
(1) President John F. Kennedy Ottowa, "Canada must take a larger share in American affairs" (5/17). (2) President Kennedy on why he made a visit to Canada (5/17). (3) White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger announces Kennedy-Khrushchev meeting (5/19). (4) Attn. General Robert F. Kennedy plans to send in 200 more Marshals to Montgomery (5/22). (5) Vice-President Lyndon Johnson after his return from SE Asia tour (3 cuts, 5/24). (6) Attn. General Robert F. Kennedy's statement to Voice of America, "I think that the important thing is that the federal government and the vast majority of the American people are working – and working continuously – to try to eliminate [racial prejudice]" (5/26). (7) French President Charles de Gaulle welcomes President John F. Kennedy to Paris; Kennedy remarks on arrival (5/31). (8) Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) says foreign aid should be cut off to corrupt countries (6/1). (9) President Kennedy's toast to French President Charles de Gaulle, "captain of his country" (6/1). (10) President Kennedy, asked to do so by a reporter, puts himself in Khrushchev's shoes to compare east and west perspectives (6/2). (11) French President Charles de Gaulle remains after other leaders pass on (6/2). (12) Reaction to President Kennedy's joint session of congress speech (3 cuts, 5/25). (13) Attn. General Robert F. Kennedy on combating organized crime; civil rights (6/7). (14) Genevieve Hughes, Congress of Racial Equality field secretary, Rev. Robert McAfee Brown, a professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York, on Freedom Riders (6/12).
Publisher
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company. Group W
Genre
Special events radio coverage
Collection
Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes
Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Physical Description
sound tape reel
Notes
A guide to the full collection of Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes is available in our archival collections: https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/43884
Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: bcast-077136; Other: 0492-MMC

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