1963 Tapes--Extras

With National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy and Ass't Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Robert Strong, President Kennedy discusses (April 1963) the possibility of a U.S. territorial guarantee to Israel. Bundy concludes the conversation on a pessimistic note.




In the aftermath of a Syrian-Egyptian overture to Jordan's King Hussein, President Kennedy asks his advisors about the value of U.S. aid to Nasser.




In spring 1963, concerned about rumors of a coup against King Hussein in Jordan, Kennedy and his advisors discuss the need for European backing of a status quo solution in the region. (David Ormsby-Gore was the British ambassador to the U.S., and an old Kennedy friend.)




Another spring 1963 conversation between Kennedy and his aides, with the President worrying that U.S. economic aid to Nasser might provide Israel with an excuse for a preemptive strike against Nasser.