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David Coleman

From the Archives: JFK Discusses his Plans for his Presidential Library

JFK never got to visit his presidential library. But that doesn’t mean he hadn’t given the topic some thought.

5 min readMay 16, 2016

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From the Archives: JFK Discusses his Plans for his Presidential Library

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David Coleman

JFK TAPES: JFK Explains Why It’s the Better Option for Soviet Troops to Stay in Cuba

In a discussion caught on his secretly recorded White House tapes, President Kennedy thinks through the problem of what kind of Soviet…

7 min readMay 12, 2016

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JFK TAPES: JFK Explains Why It’s the Better Option for Soviet Troops to Stay in Cuba

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David Coleman

JFK TAPES: Running Late for a Meeting with the President?

Here’s an excuse worth trying.

2 min readMay 11, 2016

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JFK TAPES: Running Late for a Meeting with the President?

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David Coleman

JFK TAPES: Playing Telephone with the Historical Record

In December 1962, the situation in the Congo was deteriorating. Moise Tshombe was leading a secessionist movement for the Katanga, an area…

4 min readMay 10, 2016

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JFK TAPES: Playing Telephone with the Historical Record

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David Coleman

JFK TAPES: LeMay Wonders What the Soviets Were Up To in the Cuban Missile Crisis

We have so far gotten the missiles out, we think; we’re not sure.

6 min readMay 10, 2016

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JFK TAPES: LeMay Wonders What the Soviets Were Up To in the Cuban Missile Crisis

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David Coleman

JFK TAPES: Are There Still Nukes in Cuba?

In a private conversation captured on JFK’s secret White House tapes in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, advisers wonder aloud…

4 min readMay 10, 2016

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JFK TAPES: Are There Still Nukes in Cuba?

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David Coleman

JFK TAPES: Another Summit with Khrushchev and the Politics of the Test Ban

In this excerpt from newly published transcripts of JFK’s secret White House tapes, JFK and his advisers discuss the politics of a test ban…

7 min readMay 9, 2016

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JFK TAPES: Another Summit with Khrushchev and the Politics of the Test Ban

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David Coleman

The Most Dangerous Moment in Human History

2 min readAug 18, 2014

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Robert Kennedy Thirteen Days

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David Coleman

U Thant’s Appointment as Secretary General of the United Nations

3 min readAug 13, 2014

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U Thant, Adlai Stevenson, and President Kennedy outside UN Headquarters in New York.

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David Coleman

Nehru Appeals for JFK’s Help in Fighting China

12 min readJul 28, 2014

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Nehru Appeals for JFK’s Help in Fighting China

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David Coleman

David Coleman

Author of The Fourteenth Day and editor of The Presidential Recordings: John F. Kennedy, vols 4–6. Senior Research Fellow at the National Security Archive.

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