John Scali
John Scali was a young journalist working for ABC News when he began transmitting backdoor messages from JFK to the Russian Washington KGB station chief…
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Fourth
JFK and Richard Nixon held their fourth and final televised debate in New York City. It was broadcast by ABC, which had also done the…
Second
JFK and Richard Nixon squared off in the second of four debates. They were in Washington, D.C. and the producer was by NBC [300, p….
August 1, 1960
JFK released a statement from the Democratic Party and also added a statement of his own regarding United State farm policy. The joint statement was…
March 7, 1960
JFK spoke in Dover, New Hampshire on the eve of the New Hampshire primary. He spoke for about ten minutes and preseciently reminded voters that…
April 23, 1947
In the early morning hours, JFK and Richard Nixon share a sleeping compartment on a train back from McKeesport, Pennsylvania after their debate the night before…
April 22, 1947
In their little known first series of debates, JFK and Richard Nixon both US Congressmen, Navy veterans, and friends, meet in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, a town about…
Richard Nixon
JFK described Nixon as a “nice fellow in private but… he seems to have a split personality and he is very bad in public” [15,xxii]
Henry Kissinger
A fellow Harvard man, Kissinger was part of JFK’s informal panel of aides and advisors while he was preparing for the presidential campaign in the…