The release this week of transcripts of policy discussions laped during the Kennedy. Administration was affected with disappointment as the materials contained nothing very contro version David I Bekk currently Camble Professor of Population Sciences and International Health at the School of Public Health several is director of the Office of Management and Bridge under John I Kennedy 40 He is The Cox discussion received substantial media attention because during the brief exchange Kennedy asks together there are any additional proclamations or powers electors that we might need in the Mississippi matter if it gears worse For example we wane arrest General Walker and I don't know whether we just arrest him under disturbing the peace or whether we arrest him for more than that." Cox never answered the question since Kennedy only requested more precise information "Cox" was unavailable for comment this week. The three volumes on economic policy received substantially less publicity and Bell said that they contained very little new information. But he added that they did provide some insights into how Kennedy worked Bell noted that JFK didn't in any sense rely on government inside people He turned to out sides and to members of Congress he was very canons The transcripts include not only talks with advisors such as Bell but also businessmen university professors and congressional leaders. Bell explained that Kennedy picked up that trait after the Bay of Pigs hasen in 1961 which he commissioned largely on the basis of international advice. The tapes--which included sharp cross--examination by Kennedy of Bell and other--also showed that the president apparently got out of Harvard without much economics," Bell joked. The 400-plus pages of transcripts that were released represent only about 5 percent of the tapes stored the Kennedy Library officials say that they have not yet decided when more tapes will be transcribed and what subjects they will cover Logs indicate that about 75 percent of the discussions deal with foreign policy questions-such as Cuba and Vietnam-and nuclear weaponry These must get clearance from the National Security Council before they can be made public.
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