JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President
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“a little toe dance”: Bradlee (Conversations), p. 205.
“Boy, he learns fast”: Ibid., p. 206.
As he disembarked: Ibid.
As he entered the house: Ibid., pp. 205–12; Auchincloss, JFKLOH.
Twelve hundred guests: NYT, September 13, 1953.
compared them to “fine art books”: West, p. 270.
“Now, you can only keep one”: Anthony (As We Remember), p. 194.
“Got to steer her away”: Bradlee (Conversations), p. 207.
“It was the simplest thing”: Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 142.
Now he gave her: Leaming, p. 312.
She reciprocated with: Gallagher, p. 290.
she would write Charlie Bartlett: Sally Bedell Smith, p. 400.
“You two really are our best friends”: Bradlee (Conversations), p. 208.
“You know, you’re my only friend”: Gallagher, pp. 243–44.
Jackie was not a keen golfer: ES, September 15, 1963.
A home movie: Audio-Visual Collection, JFKL.
He sent a cable to Lyndon Johnson: JFKPOF, Box 30, JFKL.
He decided to split the next summer: Pottker, p. 197.
“All around me I see ponies”: Martin (Hero), p. 427.
Still, it had great waters: Auchincloss, JFKLOH
“Jackie here always wanted to be a nun”: Bradlee (Conversations), p. 212.
His phone logs: Lincoln, Box 5, JFKL.
but the notes he made: JFKPP, Box 12, JFKL.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16–SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
“outrage and grief”: WP, September 17, 1963
The result was a New York Times story: NYT, September 18, 1963.
On Tuesday morning he asked: Presidential Recordings, Tape 111/A46, JFKL; FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume V, Soviet Union, Document 355.
But he did say that: Presidential Recordings, Tape 111/A46, JFKL.
approved an “eyes-only personal” cable to Lodge: FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume IV, Vietnam, August–December 1963, Document 125.
Lodge was not fooled: Ibid., Document 126.
“that their experiences there and Lodge”: Schlesinger, unpublished diaries, September 21, 1963, NYPL.
“Unless you do certain things”: Porter, p. 174.
“would make possible a termination”: Ibid.
“If further deterioration of the political situation”: Taylor, p. 298.
“a good orthodox economist”: Heller, JFKLOH; see also interview with Heller in NYT, June 21, 1987.
Director of the Budget Kermit Gordon: Gordon, JFKLOH.
“a first-rate intellect”: Seaborg (Adventures), p. 182.
“All right, I’ve got the idea”: Rostow, JFKLOH.
“If you’re running for reelection”: Presidential Recordings, Tape 66, JFKL.
“This woman kicks me”: Heller, JFKLOH.
JFK address to the nation on his tax-cut bill: JFKL Web site; JFKPOF, Box 46, JFKL.
Nevertheless, in response: NYT, September 21, 1963.
Senator Fulbright called: Heller, JFKLOH.
“In a presidential campaign”: White (History), p. 498.
“a touching little call”: Heller, JFKLOH.
Heller had complained to Louchheim: Louchhiem papers, Box 78, LOC.
she had sometimes noticed a “chilly aloofness”: Ibid.
“How warmly he greets ‘pals’”: Ibid.
“unspoken but very powerful affection”: Rostow, JFKLOH.
“Never in my time in public life”: Ibid.
“evidence of the impressively cool”: Schlesinger (Journals), pp. 77–78.
describing him as “warm, funny, quick”: Ibid., p. 80.
“in a state of civil disorder”: Presidential Recordings, Tape 111/A46–112/A47; Rosenberg and Karabell, pp. 143–49.
Bobby’s first choice: Blaik, JFKLOH.
“an instrument for social evolution”: Jet, October 10, 1963.
The black journalist Simeon Booker: Ibid.
Dr. King opened the White House meeting: Presidential Recordings, Tape 111/A46–112/A47; Rosenberg and Karabell, pp. 143–49.
“the kind of federal concern needed”: NYT, September 20, 1963.
two men in a station wagon: WP, September 20, 1963.
He told the UN General Assembly: NYT, September 21, 1963.
“It must last”: WP, September 21, 1963.
Before Kennedy left: Attwood (Twilight), p. 258.
a memorandum he had received: FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume XI, Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath, Document 367.
“Unfortunately, the CIA is still in charge”: Attwood (Twilight), p. 259.
said he was “adventuresome enough”: Ibid.
Stevenson briefed the president: Ibid.
his twelve favorite books: JFKL Web site.
he was attempting to write his own Bond-style thriller: Martin (Hero), p. 501; Martin (Seeds), pp. 449–50.
While cruising on the Honey Fitz: Fay, JFKLOH.
“stretched prone on the long pier”: Associated Press story published on September 21, 1963; UPI story in NYT, September 21, 1963.
“Look desperate, like you heard shots”: Blaine, pp. 130–31.
While he was down, Knudsen said: NYT, August 14, 1983.
some kind of “premonition”: Ibid.
He was so furious with Cormier and Merriman: Martin (Seeds), pp. 449–50.
Two weeks later: Ibid., p. 450.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Monday was one of the busiest days: NYT, September 22, 1963.
recent events in Vietnam had “raised serious questions”: FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume IV, Vietnam, August–December 1963, Document 142.
let whatever cutbacks occurred “speak for themselves”: Ibid., Document 143.
“work out a time schedule”: Ibid.
“the need for reform and change”: Ibid.
“The only thing that really counts for us”: Schlesinger, unpublished diaries, October 2, 1963, NYPL.
“still trying too hard to get a national consensus”: Ibid.
believed the mission would be “a disaster”: FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume IV, Vietnam, August–December 1963, Document 124.
Hilsman wrote a “Top Secret; Personal and Private”: Ibid., Document 144.
Kennedy met with Bobby and Burke Marshall: Presidential Recordings, Tape 112/A47, JFKL.
William Hamilton, an aide: Presidential Recordings, Tape 12/A47–113/A48, JFKL; Rosenberg and Karabell, pp. 149–73.
“firmly, deeply dedicated to the principle of segregation”: WP, September 24, 1963.
He asked the ABC correspondent: FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume XI, Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath, Document 374.
she informed the CIA: George Washington University, National Security Files, May 1, 1963, memorandum from Helms to McCone.
Richard Helms wrote in a memorandum: Ibid.
During what he called: FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume XI, Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath, Document 275.
When Kennedy heard: George Washington University, National Security Files, March 4, 1963 memorandum by Gordon Chase.
Donovan returned in April: FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume XI, Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath, Document 310.
Kennedy expressed more interest: Ibid., Document 315.
Attwood met with Lechuga: Ibid., Document 374.
Bobby told Attwood he was concerned: Ibid.
Three days later, Attwood ran into Lechuga at the UN: Ibid.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24–MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
“The next time I watch”: Sander Vanocur, “Kennedy’s Voyage of Discovery,” Harper’s Magazine, April 1964.
mocking him as “Johnny Appleseed”: Sidey, p. 350.
“I want the crowds�
�: Bruno, p. 15.
Vanocur thought he seemed happier: Vanocur, “Kennedy’s Voyage of Discovery,” Harper’s Magazine, April 1964.
admitted to feeling a “little rivalry”: Sally Bedell Smith, p. 411.
While speaking of his administration’s: JFKPOF (speech files), Box 46, JFKL.
After finishing, he turned: Cliff, JFKLOH.
“one of the worst reporters could remember”: Vanocur, “Kennedy’s Voyage of Discovery,” Harper’s Magazine, April 1964.
“The message that he brought”: Newsweek, October 7, 1963.
“unresponsive and restless”: Bruno, p. 25.
“the center of action”: Sorensen (Legacy), p. 38.
“just crazy about planes”: ES, September 26, 1963.
JFK speech at Billings: JFKPOF (speech files), Box 46, JFKL.
Lisagor noticed a look of total surprise: Press Panel (Lisagor), JFKLOH.
“Well, I think I know how you ladies”: O’Donnell and Powers, pp. 54–55; Bishop (A Day), p. 35.
“A politician is a communicating”: Rostow, JFKLOH.
The students listening to him speak: U.S. Senate Subcommittee of the Subcommittee on Communications, The Speeches, Remarks, Press Conferences and Statements of Senator John F. Kennedy, August 1, 1960, through November 7, 1960. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961.
he had “inadvertently, intuitively”: Richard Goodwin, p. 120.
Great leaders drew vitality: Schlesinger (Journals), p. 92.
“I am confident that when the role”: JFKPOF (speech files), Box 46, JFKL.
On the flight to Jackson Hole: Udall, JFKLOH.
He scribbled down some ideas and facts: JFKPP, Box 12, JFKL.
“I’ve got to take the black one”: Thompson, p. 9.
he wanted to visit Mike Mansfield’s father: Bruno, p. 17.
“Would you thank him for me?”: Ibid.
“I wonder how many majority leaders”: O’Donnell and Powers, p. 379.
Instead of reading his prepared speech: JFKPOF (speech files), Box 46, JFKL.
“it may well be that man recognizes”: Ibid.
Yet the largest and most enthusiastic crowd: NYT, September 27, 30, 1963.
JFK speech at Salt Lake City: JFKPOF (speech files), Box 46, JFKL.
JFK 1960 speech in Salt Lake City: U.S. Senate Subcommittee of the Subcommittee on Communications, The Speeches, Remarks, Press Conferences and Statements of Senator John F. Kennedy, August 1, 1960, through November 7, 1960. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961.
“That was a great speech”: Press Panel (Lisagor), JFKLOH.
admitted feeling the same way: Ibid.
“If JFK had any doubts”: Vanocur, “Kennedy’s Voyage of Discovery,” Harper’s Magazine, April 1964.
“I never know when I press these”: NYT, September 28, 1963.
He arrived at the lodge: Stoughton and Clifton, p. 125.
“the Blue Hills of Boston”: NYT, September 28, 1963.
“I do not think that these trips”: Newsweek, October 7, 1963.
“The leadership of the American Legion”: O’Donnell and Powers, p. 74.
“more often than not, the right thing”: Ibid., p. 75.
Asked what issue: Issues and Answers transcript, ABC, September 29, 1963.
“It’s because they really like you”: Bruno, p. 26.
“Jerry, he is very, very happy”: Ibid.
“Thank God, he got out of the state”: Oberdorfer, p. 203.
Kennedy drafted a press release: JFKPP, Box 12, JFKL.
he edited the release: Ibid.
“possible some people will join”: WP, October 1, 1963.
Kennedy scribbled the kind of to-do list: JFKPP, Box 12, JFKL.
“I think there’s something ominous”: Schlesinger (Journals), p. 200.
Kennedy generously praised Schlesinger’s Salt Lake City speech: Schlesinger, unpublished journals, October 2, 1963, NYPL.
Kennedy objected to its stipulation . . . “What if I’m no longer president?”: Ibid.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1–SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6
“What are you trying to do?”: Gallagher, p. 295.
“he gently guided her ahead”: WP, October 2, 1963.
“a man whose place in history”: NYT, October 2, 1963.
“I am overcome”: WP, October 2, 1963.
“See, Jack, he brought it to me!”: Ibid.
“I was wondering why”: Ibid.
she handed Chief Usher J. B. West a stack of prewritten postcards: Jackie left postcards for her children: Martin (Hero), p. 469.
and gave Evelyn Lincoln a letter: JFKPP, Box 12, JFKL.
General Krulak had overseen the drafting: Newman, p. 401.
“All through the Saigon briefings and in the field”: William Bundy Papers, unpublished manuscript, JFKL; also cited in Newman, p. 402.
McNamara and Taylor’s affirmed in their report: FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume IV, August–December 1963, Document 167.
An earlier draft of their report: Sullivan, JFKLOH; Jones, p. 379; Schlesinger (Robert Kennedy), p. 716.
As soon as Kennedy noticed the omission: Schlesinger (Robert Kennedy), p. 716.
When they returned: Presidential Recordings, Tape 114/49, JFKL; transcript in Blight, Lang, and Welch, pp. 99–103.
He protested when McGeorge and Bill Bundy: Cooper, pp. 215–16.
“Look, I’m under instructions”: Ibid., p. 216.
“Reports of disagreements do not help”: FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume IV, August–December 1963. Document 169; Presidential Recordings, Tape 114/49, JFKL.
“set it in concrete”: McNamara, p. 80.
“And tell them that means”: O’Donnell and Powers, p. 17.
“the military program in South Viet Nam”: While House Press Release, reported in NYT, October 3, 1963.
“was part of a plan the President asked him to develop”: Gilpatric, JFKLOH.
“Many, many were opposed to approving a plan”: McNamara made this statement while being interviewed by Anthony Lewis on NPR, October 22, 2003. The transcript is cited by James K. Galbraith in “Kennedy, Vietnam and Iraq,” Salon.com, November 22, 2003.
Jackie had been careful not to spoil: Branch and Callaway, p. 233.
Kennedy asked his driver: Lincoln (My Twelve), p. 299.
Kennedy played with him: Bradlee (Conversations), p. 192; Shaw, JFKLOH.
“I’m having the best time of my life”: Halle, JFKLOH.
Two years earlier, Fulbright: Woods, pp. 266–67.
Fulbright urged Kennedy to skip Dallas: Manchester (Death), p. 39.
“Box Score for ’64”: Time, October 4, 1963.
“Did you read that Time magazine yet?”: Presidential Recordings, Tape 114/A49, JFKL.
“any one of a thousand”: Fulbright, JFKLOH.
promised not to become “Kennedy’s errand boy”: Manchester (Death), p. 22.
Connally went to the Capitol: Ibid.
“How about those fund-raising affairs in Texas, John?”: Connally, pp. 171–73; Reston, pp. 246–47.
Kennedy met with his Vietnam advisers again on Saturday: Presidential Recordings, Tape 114/A50, JFKL.
“urgent covert effort”: FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume IV, August–December 1963, Document 182.
“directed that no formal announcement be made”: Presidential Recordings, Tape, 114/A50, JFKL; FRUS, 1961–1963, Volume IV, August–December 1963, Document 179.
“Our decision to remove a thousand U.S. advisors”: Ibid.
“if you put a hat on a Kennedy”: Doris Kearns Goodwin, p. 718.
“You remind me of my Vietnam advisors”: Louchheim Papers, Box 78, LOC.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
Kennedy signed the instrument
s: WP, October 8, 1063; ES, October 7, 1963; NYT, October 8, 1963.
“no single accomplishment in the White House”: Sorensen, p. 740.
“the deepest satisfaction of his three years”: O’Donnell and Powers, p. 380.
“It doesn’t matter about you and me”: John F. Kennedy (Prelude), introduction by Hugh Sidey, p. xxxiii.
“Dave, if we were only thinking of ourselves”: O’Donnell and Powers, p. 325.
“I’d rather my children”: Alford, p. 94.
“That’s what they tell me”: Time, November 12, 2001.
“We have begun the process”: NYT, October 5, 1963.
“the beginning of the end”: NYT, October 2, 1963; NYT (editorial), October 3, 1963.
“I firmly believe that as much as I was shaped”: Renehan, p. 2.
“men tend to like the idea of war”: Chattanooga Times, November 4, 1961.
“all war is stupid”: “Warrior for Peace,” David Talbot, Time, June 21, 2007.
“War will exist until that distant day”: John F. Kennedy quotations, JFKL Web site.
“This war here is a dirty business”: Hamilton, pp. 614–18.
“He said we were a ‘fine looking crowd’”: Ibid., pp. 561–62.
“the terrific discrepancy between people at home”: Maier, p. 169.
He told a friend that his brother’s death: Renehan, p. 2.
“The world organization that will come out”: John F. Kennedy (Prelude), p. 86.
“any man who has risked his life”: Hamilton, pp. 700–701.
Fifteen years later, he told Sidey: John F. Kennedy (Prelude), Sidey introduction, p. xxv.
“If I had to single out one element”: Ibid., p. xxix.
“You know, there are only two pacifists”: Strober and Strober, pp. 67–68.
“My boss has abandoned me”: Baker, p. 180.
“Somehow I got it into my head”: Ibid.
Three days later, Williams declared: WP, October 10, 1963.
“Bobby, Lyndon and I just want you to know”: Baker, p. 182
“petrified that he’d be dragged down”: Ibid.
“Bobby, my brother is fond of you”: Ibid., p. 183.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8–SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13
“What have we got today?”: Heller Papers, Box 6, JFKL.
the Look photographer Stanley Tretick: Tretick, JFKLOH.
“journalistic thieves”: Bergquist Papers, Box 20, Boston University Library.