there is one person in particular, one person that tom putnam and i would like to acknowledge. and it isn't archivist that has been overseeing the classification of these recordings and who knows more about these 265 hours of president can '80s taped conversation than any other american. so i ask that you please join us in thanking and acknowledging his work here at the kennedy library. [applause] we have a wonderful panel with us tonight. joining us for tonight's discussion as historian ted winters, who so carefully selected the most compelling of his remarkable recordings and wrote detailed annotations of the transcripts. with us also is owen fitzpatrick, a professor of history at the university of new hampshire, also a wonderful and frequent contributor kennedy form. my colleague and friend, tom putnam, who brings such energy to library's mission of preserving our nation's history. and our good friend we always love having with us, john. the president used a dictaphone to record his personal observations following key meetings and events. we thought they would all enjoy in t

tom putnam the outstanding director to bring energy to preserve our nation's history. and our good friend tom oliphant who will serve as tonight's moderator. the features speaker is really president kennedy who'd july 1962 installed hidden recording systems and the cabinet room and office to have a record of deliberations and exchanges during his of frustration. plc used a dictaphone to record his personal observations after meetings and events. we that you would like to see the actual dictaphone he used before becoming president. we invite you to look at after the forum. this is the real thing when he used in the senate would use stapp as the president is in the museum for the cuban missile crisis those who wrote for kennedy, a servant him comment to him as a friend had their own take, interpretation and their own spin. now the visible speaker tonight, the voice we and 48 you to listen to is kennedy. we see this book as the one kennedy never had the opportunity to write. now individual who is the most responsible, caroline kennedy conceived the idea that presented the

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