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The Death of a President

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by William Manchester


  Maude Shaw Nurse to the Kennedy children 24.4.64

  18.5.64

  Keith Shelton Political writer, Dallas Times Herald 27.5.64

  Capt. Tazewell Shepard Naval Aide to the President USN 1.5.64

  24.3.65

  Mrs. Tazewell Shepard Wife of Captain Shepard 1.5.64

  Eunice Shriver Sister of President Kennedy 19.10.64

  21.10.64

  Sargent Shriver Director, U.S. Peace Corps; brother-in-law of President Kennedy 12.8.64

  19.8.64

  Hugh Sidey White House correspondent, Time Magazine 5.10.64

  Byron Skelton Democratic National Committeeman from Texas 14.9.64

  Ruth Skelton Wife of Byron Skelton 14.9.64

  Jean Kennedy Smith Sister of President Kennedy 18.6.64

  Merriman Smith White House correspondent, UPI 14.4.64

  Stephen Smith Brother-in-law of President Kennedy 27.7.64

  Theodore C. Sorensen Special Assistant to the President 20.7.64

  Forrest V. Sorrels Secret Service Agent in Charge, Dallas, Texas 26.8.64

  24.9.64

  Mrs. Potter Stewart Wife of Associate Justice Stewart 16.4.64

  Capt. Cecil Stoughton White House Photographer 27.4.64

  Dr. Martin Sweig Administrative Assistant to the Speaker of the House 14.5.64

  Col. James Swindal, USAF Presidential aircraft commander 29.4.64

  3.6.65

  Arthur Sylvester Assistant Secretary of Defense 5.11.64

  Gen. Maxwell Taylor, USA Chairman, the Joint Chiefs of Staff 5.5.64

  Olin Teague U.S. Congressman from Texas 29.9.64

  Albert Thomas U.S. Congressman from Texas 16.4.64

  19.8.64

  George Thomas Valet to the President 7.5.64

  Father James N. Thompson Dallas priest 28.8.64

  Llewellyn Thompson Under Secretary of State 20.5.64

  Roy S. Truly Superintendent, Texas School Book Depository, Dallas 21.9.64

  Nancy Tuckerman Social secretary, the White House 13.4.64

  6.5.64

  Pamela Turnure Press secretary to Mrs. Kennedy 21.4.64

  Martin E. Underwood Advance man, Democratic National Committee 21.6.65

  Jack Valenti Texas public relations man 5.6.64

  26.4.65

  Sue Vogelsinger Secretary to Pierre Salinger 20.8.64

  Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker, USA (Retired) Retired Army officer 25.9.64

  W. R. Walker Assistant Manager, Hotel Texas, Fort Worth 18.9.64

  John W. Walsh, M.D. Physician to Mrs. Kennedy 27.4.64

  William Walton Artist; friend of the Kennedys 27.4.64

  Theron Ward, J.P. Dallas County Justice of the Peace 21.9.64

  Jack Warner Inspector, U.S. Secret Service 2.6.64

  18.11.64

  5.2.65

  12.5.65

  Earl Warren Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 18.5.64

  3.11.64

  Capt. Robert Weare Staff member, Bethesda Naval Hospital 14.4.64

  1.6.64

  Maj. Gen. Philip C. Wehle Commanding Officer, Military District of Washington 29.4.64

  B. E. Welch, M.D. Brooks Air Force Base scientist 17.9.64

  Thomas Howard Wells Secret Service agent 18.12.64

  J. Bernard West Chief Usher, the White House 23.4.64

  23.6.64

  25.8.64

  William W. Whaley Dallas taxi driver 23.9.64

  Byron White Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 22.4.64

  Theodore H. White Writer 21.6.65

  Jerome B. Wiesner Special Assistant to the President 13.6.65

  Howard P. Willens Attorney, Criminal Division, Department of Justice 8.7.66

  Frank J. Wilson Chief of the U.S. Secret Service—Jan. 1, 1936–Dec. 31, 1946 25.6.64

  Willard Wirtz Secretary of Labor 26.6.64

  Ralph Yarborough U.S. Senator from Texas 6.4.64

  11.11.64

  26.5.65

  Rufus Youngblood Secret Service agent 17.11.64

  Abraham Zapruder Dallas manufacturer of women’s garments 21.9.64

  II. UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS

  Associated Press teletype files, November 22–25, 1963.

  Auchincloss, Mrs. Hugh. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 20, 1963.

  Bales, Arthur W., Warrant Officer, U.S. Signal Corps. “Sequence of Events—22 November 1963”; May 25, 1965.

  Ball, George W., Under Secretary of State. State Department memorandum for the President, handed to Lyndon Johnson by U. Alexis Johnson at Andrews AFB, 6:15 P.M., November 22, 1963.

  Diagram showing where individuals sat in the Presidential helicopter from Andrews AFB to the White House, 6:15 P.M., November 22, 1963.

  Ballantyne, Robert J., and Sullivan, William A. Memoranda on early State Department reactions to the assassination; dated June 1964.

  Bartlett, Charles. Reflections on the death of President Kennedy, written on White House stationery; N.D.

  Bartlett, Phyllis, switchboard operator, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22–24, 1963; N.D.

  Basler, Roy P. “Reference Department activity at the Library of Congress during the period November 22–25, 1963, covering the assassination and funeral of President Kennedy”; December 23, 1963.

  Bass, J. W. Burial-Transit Permit No. 7992, Texas State Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, for “removal of John F. Kennedy, deceased.”

  Bird, 1st. Lieut. Samuel R., USA, Officer-in-charge, Joint Service Presidential Casket Team, funeral of President Kennedy. “After-action report on events of 22 Nov. 63–25 Nov. 63.”

  Bodensteiner, Sgt. Leon, U.S. Signal Corps. “22 Nov. 63 in Commcen.”; N.D.

  Brazell, S/Sgt. Robert D., U.S. Signal Corps. “Physical Situation and Chronological Sequence of Events,” November 22, 1963; N.D.

  Brinkley, David. Letter to the author on television network and pool cameras used to cover funeral events in Washington, May 28, 1964.

  Bruce, David, Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s. Cable to the Secretary of State on British reaction to the death of President Kennedy, December 1, 1963.

  Bruno, Jerry. Texas Trip Schedule, November 14, 1963.

  Buchwald, Art. Letter to the author, September 14, 1964.

  Bundy, McGeorge, Special Assistant to the President. Untitled memorandum of events, November 22–25, 1963; December 4, 1963.

  Memorandum to the President dated November 19, 1963, with handwritten notation by the President, November 21, 1963.

  Burkley, George G., M.D. “Report on my participation in the activities surrounding the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy,” November 27, 1963, 8:45 A.M.

  Cain, Father Thomas. Handwritten notes on his participation in events at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963; September 21, 1964.

  Carpenter, Elizabeth. Draft of remarks to be made by President Johnson at Andrews AFB; written in automobile from Parkland Hospital to Love Field and aboard Aircraft 26000, November 22, 1963.

  Carpenter, Francis. Notes on the activities of Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson November 22–23, 1963; August 24, 1964.

  Carriger, Harley, Sp/4, U.S. Signal Corps. “Résumé of Events 22 November 1963”; N.D.

  Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company. Records of toll and long-distance-direct calls, November 22–November 25, 1963.

  Colt, Justice LeBaron Bradford. “The Protection of the President of the United States,” an address delivered March 3, 1902, in Concord, New Hampshire, before the New Hampshire Bar Association.

  Cuesta, Lourdes B. Letter to the author, May 6, 1965.

  Dailey, Marilyn. Letter to the author, May 23, 1965.

  Dailey, Mary Mathis. Letter to the author, May 23, 1965.

  Ferguson, Anne, switchboard operator, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22, 1963; N.D.

  Freeman, Orville, Secretary of Agriculture. Memoranda of events. The first section was dictated on November 23, 1963, at 5:15 P.M.; subseque
nt sections dictated from time to time through Monday, November 25, 1963.

  Galbraith, Kenneth. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 22, 1963. Notes on events of November 22–25, 1963; November 26, 1963.

  Gawler, Joseph. Diagram showing where Jacqueline and Robert Kennedy sat in rear of ambulance during ride from Bethesda Naval Hospital to the White House, November 23, 1963; May 18, 1964.

  Geilich, Peter N., administrative assistant, Parkland Hospital. Report of the activities, November 22–24, 1963; November 26, 1963.

  Goldberg, Arthur, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court. Remarks delivered on evening of November 25, 1963, in memorial service for President Kennedy held by Washington Jewish Community.

  Gonzalez, the Hon. Henry B. Letter to the author, May 7, 1965.

  Greer, William R. Map of route followed by ambulance bearing President Kennedy’s body, night of November 22–23, 1963.

  “Information on Lincoln bubble top automobile since returning from Dallas”; memorandum to Gerald Behn, SAIC, White House Detail, November 22, 1963.

  Gwirtzman, Milton. Handwritten notes of November 22, 1963.

  Hannan, the Most. Rev. Philip N., Auxiliary Bishop of Washington. Draft of remarks delivered from lectern during Mass in St. Matthew’s, November 25, 1963.

  Harriman, W. Averell. Diary of November 22–26, 1963.

  Heller, Walter W. “Confidential Notes on a Quick Meeting with the President and other Leading Members of the Kennedy Family,” November 19, 1963. “Chronology of events on board the aircraft carrying the Cabinet group to Japan on Friday, November 22, 1963, the day of President Kennedy’s death”; November 23, 1963.

  Hinchcliffe, Margaret, R.N., Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22, 1963.

  Hodges, Luther H. “A (Sad) Trip Report, Nov. 21–22, 1963.”

  Holborn, Frederick L. Letter to Hugh Sidey, November 21, 1963.

  Holcomb, R. G., administrative assistant, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, Parkland Hospital, November 22–24, 1963; N.D.

  Hughes, Thomas A., Assistant Chief, Land Acquisition Section of the Department of Justice. “John F. Kennedy Plot in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia,” November 27, 1963.

  Humphrey, Hubert H. “Memo for Record,” dictated November 23, 1963, and January 19, 1964.

  Johnson, Mrs. J. Lee, III. “An Art Exhibition for The President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, The Presidential Suite, Hotel Texas, Fort Worth, 22 November 1963.”

  Johnson, Ruth Carter (Mrs. J. Lee, III). Letter to the author on John F. Kennedy’s last telephone conversation of November 22, 1963.

  Johnson, Lyndon, President of the United States. Letter to John Kennedy, Jr., 7:20 P.M., November 22, 1963.

  Letter to Caroline Kennedy, 7:30 P.M., November 22, 1963.

  Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 29, 1963.

  Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, December 1, 1963.

  Johnson, Mrs. Lyndon. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, December 7, 1963.

  Josephy, Alvin M., Jr. Handwritten notes taken aboard Cabinet plane, November 22, 1963.

  Kennedy, Jacqueline. Letter to the President from L’Episcopio, Ravello, Prov di Salerno, Italy; N.D.

  Letter to the President, March 13, 1963.

  Notes on proposed activities at LBJ Ranch on Saturday, November 23, 1963; N.D.

  Handwritten draft of speech delivered in Spanish at the Rice Hotel, Houston, November 21, 1963.

  Draft of letter to President Johnson, December 1, 1963.

  First and second drafts of letter to Nikita Khrushchev, December 1, 1963.

  Handwritten corrections on copy of “After the Shots: The Ordeal of Lyndon Johnson,” an article by Fletcher Knebel in Look, March 10, 1964.

  Letter to the author on graveside services in Arlington, November 25, 1963; postmarked July 8, 1964.

  Notes and correspondence, 1963–64.

  Kennedy, John F. Letter to Misses Patricia M. and Lynda A. Collins, Box 813, Kirbyville, Texas, signed November 21, 1963.

  Tape of his last recorded remarks at breakfast in the Hotel Texas, Fort Worth, November 22, 1963.

  Kennedy, Mrs. Joseph P. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 20, 1963.

  Kennedy, Robert F. Note to Jacqueline Kennedy on Arlington National Cemetery, November 23, 1963.

  Kuhn, Father John G., St. Matthew’s Cathedral, Washington. Blessing delivered in the East Room, the White House, November 23, 1963.

  Landregan, Steve, administrative assistant, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22–24, 1963; N.D.

  Langbein, F. W. “Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Traffic Department Summary of Activity Following the Assassination of President Kennedy,” November 25, 1963.

  Lehrer, James. Letters to the author, January 20, 1965, and April 30, 1966.

  Lincoln, Evelyn. Phone log of President Kennedy, November 19–22, 1963.

  Appointment Schedules of President Kennedy, November 19–22, 1963.

  Lozano, Bertha L., R.N., Triage nurse, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22, 1963.

  Lumpkin, Era, nurse’s aide, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22–24, 1963; N.D.

  McGrory, Mary. Letter to the author, July 25, 1964.

  McHugh, Godfrey. Weather Report for Texas Trip, November 20, 1963.

  McMurrey, Candace B. and Robert M. Statement of activities on November 22, 1963; July 24, 1964.

  McNally, Colonel George, U.S. Signal Corps. “Love (Commercial) Airport—Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963,” handwritten notes made on the scene.

  Majors, Rosa M., nurse’s aide, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22, 1963; N.D.

  Malraux, Andre. Cable to Jacqueline Kennedy from Paris, November 23, 1963.

  Manchester, William. Floor plans and roof plan of the Texas School Book Depository, 411 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas.

  Floor plan and description of the Paine house, 2515 West Fifth Street, Irving, Texas.

  Plan of emergency room area of Parkland Memorial Hospital showing where principal figures stood, 12:38 P.M. to 2:08 P.M. CST, November 22, 1963. (Prepared with cooperation of Sgt. R. E. Dugger and hospital staff.)

  Presidential motorcade route in Dallas, November 22, 1963. (Prepared with Secret Service Agent Forrest Sorrels.)

  Floor Plans of the Presidential Apartment, the Executive Mansion, Washington.

  Mansfield, Mike, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate. Original draft of remarks made in the great rotunda, November 24, 1963.

  Markham, Dean. Notes, schedules, seating plans, and marching orders for state funeral, November 25, 1965.

  Mellon, Mrs. Paul. Note to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 23, 1963.

  Metaxis, Colonel, aide to General Maxwell Taylor. “Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with General Foertsch, Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Germany, on Friday, 22 November 1963, at 1420 in Room 2E–924, The Pentagon”; May 5, 1964.

  Metzler, John. Map of Arlington National Cemetery showing the three areas tentatively set aside for burial of President Kennedy; early morning, November 23, 1963.

  Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery’s memorandum of events on the funeral of President Kennedy; N.D.

  Meyer, Vincent. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy from Paris, November 23, 1963.

  Miller, Lt. Col. Paul C., USA (Ret.), Chief, Ceremonies and Special Events, Military District of Washington. After-action report on events of November 1963.

  “Actual Time Sequence, State Funeral for President Kennedy, 25 November 1963.”

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, Assistant Secretary of Labor. Handwritten notes of November 22, 1963.

  National Broadcasting Company Program Log, November 22–25, 1963.

  Nelson, Doris M., R.N., Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22–24, 1963; N.D.

  Newsweek magazine eyewitness memoranda from Robert B. Young, Charles Roberts, and James Burnham, November 22–23, 1963.

  Nixon, Richard. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 23,
1963. Letter to the author on his activities in Dallas and New York, November 21–22, 1963; August 4, 1964.

  O’Donnell, P. Kenneth. “Texas Trip Folder,” comprising President Kennedy’s advance schedules for Texas, correspondence between Washington and Texas prior to the trip, and a confidential Department of Justice report on the political and social climate in Dallas; November 1963.

  Orlady, Harry W., Chairman, Aeromedical Coordinating Committee. Letter to the author describing proficiency tests required of airline pilots, March 2, 1966.

  Ormsby-Gore, Sir David, British Ambassador to Washington. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 26, 1963.

  Parkland Hospital Patient Registration Sheet, 12:31–3:42 P.M. CST, November 22, 1963.

  Peck, Max. Room assignments of the Presidential party in the Rice Hotel, November 1963.

  Powers, David. Handwritten notes of November 22–23, 1963.

  Price, C. J., Administrator, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22–24, 1963; November 27, 1963.

  “Summary of My Activities from Friday Noon Until Sunday Night”; December 11, 1963.

  Letter to the author, February 24, 1965.

  Randall, Shirley, nurse’s aide, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22, 1963; N.D.

  Registration of Patients, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas County Hospital District, Emergency Room, 12:31 P.M.–3:42 P.M., November 22, 1963.

  Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State. Diary, November 23–25, 1963.

  St. Matthew’s Cathedral. Mass Card and Missal, November 25, 1963.

  Salinger, Pierre. Texas Schedule of the President, November 20, 1963.

  Memorandum of events of November 19–23, 1963; N.D.

  Sanderson, James. “March and Chorus in the Dramatic Romance of the Lady of the Lake” (“Hail to the Chief”), published by G. E. Blake, Philadelphia; N.D.

  Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. White House Journal, November 22–28, 1963.

  Letter to the author, July 6, 1965.

  Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, evening of November 22, 1963.

  Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 23, 1963.

  Schoellkopf, John. Penciled notes and carbons made by all Dallas Times Herald reporters in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

  Shires, Tom, M.D., Chief of Surgery, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 24, 1963.

  Sidey, Hugh. Letter to the author, October 4, 1966.

  Sigel, Roberta S. “Death of a President and School Children’s Reaction to It—An Exploration into Political Socialization,” Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.; N.D.

 

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