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Meetings: Tape 104/A40. British Guiana, 15 August 1963 [Closed]

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Meetings: Tape 104/A40. British Guiana, 15 August 1963 [Closed]
Sound recording of a meeting held on August 15, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and several military and intelligence advisors regarding British Guiana. This recording is closed to research use. It was submitted to the appropriate agencies for declassification review. This recording totals approximately 18:06. This meeting was not included in the total minutes for the opening of Tape 104. Meeting participants include: President John F. Kennedy, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Deputy Director of the CIA Richard Helms, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs U. Alexis Johnson, William Burdett from the Department of State's Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, Desmond FitzGerald from the CIA's Far Eastern Division, Office of Special Activities Deputy Defense Director James Cunningham, Director of the CIA's Far Eastern Division William Colby, CIA official Bruce Cheever, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President (Latin America) Ralph Dungan, Dr. Albert Whelan, General Lewis Walsh, and Director of Special Projects for the United States Air Force Colonel Jack Ledford. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 104, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 104 in its entirety.
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Meetings: Tape 104/A40. British Guiana, 15 August 1963 [Closed]