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A Historical Treasure: The Unedited Original ""Air Force One to White House"" Kennedy Tape from Immediately After the Assassination by John F. Kennedy

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Title: A Historical Treasure: The Unedited Original ""Air Force One to White House"" Kennedy Tape from Immediately After the Assassination
Author: John F. Kennedy
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 22/11/1963. In the 1970s the National Archives released an edited tape of conversations on board Air Force One on November 22, 1963. This had been assumed to be the only surviving version, as all efforts to find the earlier one ended in failure. The discovery of this crucial piece of history also cast light on the later creation of the highly edited version released to the public in the days of the Johnson administration. There was no record of the continued existence of the original, and its discovery more than a decade ago led a whirlwind of news reports and contributions to scholarship. The foremost new addition to the historical record in one the most important events in history, this tape predates the previously known National Archives version, is significantly longer, and contain new names and incidents. This is the only original of this historic tape in private hands; the only other original known to exist is in the National Archives, specifically the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, and was donated by Raab as part of a settlement that confirmed this tape's right to remain in private hands. That copy has been put into permanent storage, meaning this is the only one that will ever see the light of day. The assassination of John F. Kennedy:a pivotal event in 20th Century political and social historyPresident Kennedy was murdered while riding in a motorcade in Dallas at 12:30 pm CST on Friday, November 22, 1963. Several photos and films captured the assassination, including the famous Zapruder Film. JFK was rushed to Parkland Hospital, where a tracheotomy and other efforts failed to keep him alive. After he was pronounced dead around 1 pm, his body was flown back to Washington aboard Air Force One, on board which were his wife Jackie and his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. Upon landing his body was taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital, where an autopsy was performed, and he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday the 25th.Meanwhile, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested around 2 pm at the Texas Theatre in the Oak Cliff suburb of Dallas and charged with murdering a police officer named J.D. Tippit. Protesting that he was ""a patsy,"" Oswald was paraded in front of the world's gathering cameras and accused of murdering President Kennedy as well. He was interrogated throughout the weekend, though no recordings or transcriptions were made. During an intended transfer to county facilities on Sunday morning the 24th, Oswald was shot and killed on live television in the basement of the Dallas Police station. His murderer was a local nightclub owner with alleged connections to organized crime named Jack Ruby. People were stunned and there was a wide-spread call for investigation of the Kennedy assassination and aftermath.[audio src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20251114105933/Walter-Reed-With-Bethesda.mp3""]Who killed Kennedy and whyIn 1964, the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, named by President Johnson and known as the Warren Commission, found no evidence that either Lee Harvey Oswald or Jack Ruby were part of “any conspiracy, domestic or foreign..."" The issuance of the Warren Report was followed about two months later by 26 volumes of hearings and exhibits, the ""supporting evidence"" on which the Report and one-assassin conclusion were based. Soon people who read the books were claiming that despite its lengthy report, the investigation was half-hearted and incomplete, that there were discrepancies in the evidence, that information tending to place the commission’s conclusion in doubt had been ignored or withheld, that important witnesses had not even been interviewed, etc. They maintained that the official story did not stand up to scrutiny, and there must have been some conspiracy at the heart of the assassination. This led to widespread allegations of a government cover up, and a plethora of theories were proposed about who killed President Kennedy and why. The percentage of Americans who doubted the Warren Commission’s conclusion leaped from 39% after that report was issued to 60% in 1967.A demand for answers 30 years after the eventIn 1991 Oliver Stone released the film “JFK,” which examined the events leading to the assassination and the alleged subsequent cover-up. The film was very popular, showing again the enduring fascination of the public with this quintessential story of tragedy and conspiracy. It also proved to be a landmark moment politically, as it ignited an outcry for answers about the assassination that led to the passage of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. The act set up the U.S. Assassination Records Review Board to search for, collect and re-examine for public release assassination-related records held by federal agencies. The Board finished its work in 1998 and issued a final report, which though not containing findings on the assassination of President Kennedy, did result in the release of previously withheld government records and the exposure of some new additional information through its depositions of eyewitnesses. Yet for all the excitement and good intentions, the Board’s work spotlighted more the important information that was still missing than what it had been able to find.The famed Air Force One TapeThere is just a trio of important sources of primary evidentiary material in the Kennedy assassination. Two of these are the evidence created or found in Dallas (such as acoustic evidence, ballistic evidence, and physical findings in the Book Depository), and the medical evidence (such as coroner’s photographs and reports). Essentially everything about these materials is known, and they have been analyzed and re-analyzed. They have not been significantly augmented for decades, and not much can be expected in the way of new discoveries in these areas.The third important source of evidence in the Kennedy assassination is the famous Air Force One tape, which recorded conversations between that plane, the White House Situation Room, and other places in the immediate wake of the assassination. The matters discussed included the disposition of the President’s body, where it should be taken and how it should be removed from the plane and transported, the details of disagreements about these key facts, plans for where Mrs. Kennedy would be taken, attempts to organize a conversation about the President’s autopsy, mentions of cars, limousines and ambulances, plus innumerable other topics. The tapes also placed the various parties, allowing the public to learn where they were, at what time, and what they were saying.A version of the tape was released by the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, and it starts with an announcer stating: “The following recording has been reproduced from ground-recorded non-high fidelity tape to record patch communications of Air Force One.” He continues, “This tape has been edited and condensed to contain only pertinent information relative to events during 22nd of November, 1963. Only material available from radio circuits used is available.”_The tapes at the National Archives and John F. Kennedy Library were the same version provided by the Johnson Library, and no other version of the tape has been known to exist. So with the only tape available being this significantly edited version, and no answer to the questions of who ordered the edits or what had been edited out, the tape itself poured fuel on the fire and became a central part of the controversy.ARRB expressed a great deal of interest in these tapes, and in a lengthy memo stated that they contained important observations that would “clearly justify” its pursuing them. It was concerned about the accuracy of the edited version, “crude edits and breaks,” and its known discrepancies. Plus there were the questions of what code names, locales and call numbers were missing, and what may have been the significance of others statements. And most obviously, what was edited out and why.The ARRB went looking for the unedited tapes. It went so far as to issue a targeted request to the White House Communications Agency (WHCA) under penalty of perjury, and to the Air Force, seeking all additional records or versions of the Air Force One tape. Neither had any such records nor knowledge of the disposition of any such records. So again all that was left was the Johnson Library version.[audio mp3=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20251114110003/General-LeMays-aide-urgently-attempts-to-reach-him.mp3""][/audio]The Discovery of the earlier Air Force One Assassination tape, not previously known to existThe prevailing state of affairs had been that the LBJ tape is the only one that exists, that it was edited from original tape that was presumed lost or destroyed, and that the public would never learn anything else.Who possessed the newly discovered tape, one that is longer than the LBJ Library_tapePresident Kennedy never appointed a chief of staff, but the man who undertook many of the responsibilities of that office was his senior military aide Chester (Ted) Clifton. Clifton was in the Dallas motorcade and was aboard Air Force One on that fateful day and involved in the discussions. Following the assassination, he was in charge of dealing with military and national security affairs in the aftermath. He retained his position for a while in the Johnson administration. He served from January 20, 1961 to his retirement on August 3, 1965.The recordingsThe ARRB established that the White House Communications Agency (WHCA) was responsible for communications between Air Force One, the White House Situation Room, and other sites on the day of the assassination. It tape-recorded those actual communications. Its recording from November 22, 1963 was used to create an original WHCA Air Force One Assassination tape and it labeled the tape as “For General Clifton.” It is the first identifiable White House version of the tape produced and was made prior to General Clifton’s retirement in August.[audio mp3=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20251114110022/BlackCadillac.mp3""][/audio]The Johnson Library edited versionDuring the Johnson presidency, at some time between the end of 1965 and January 1969 when LBJ left the White House, a different, shorter and edited version was created. In this edited version, many deletions were made from the first Air Force One Assassination tape. This edited version went back to Texas with LBJ (leaving no version in the White House records), and it was given by him to the Johnson Library, where it resides today. This version is the one made available to the public in the 1970s.The loss and/or destruction of the earlier Air Force One Assassination tapeThe earlier tape never resurfaced after 1965-6 and the very existence of the first Air Force One Assassination tape was forgotten. Over the years all efforts to find the tape or other original version proved fruitless. They are no longer with the White House Communications Agency, where they were created.General Clifton’s first Air Force One Assassination tape rediscoveredGeneral Clifton’s effects were disposed of by his heirs, and his original Air Force One Assassination recording was among them. The reappearance of this tape was a major event in the Kennedy assassination case. Raab had the tapes professionally digitized, so they are now in both digitized and reel-to-reel form.

RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LAST DAYS OF SHELLEY AND BYRON by TRELAWNY, E.J.

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Title: RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LAST DAYS OF SHELLEY AND BYRON
Author: TRELAWNY, E.J.
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Description: London: Edward Moxon, 1858. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Solid copy in brown, crushed half morocco over marbleized boards, matching endpapers, raised bands, gilt spine titles, 8vo, viii, 304. 4 engraved plates. Old name card pasted to ffe.

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South Carolina In Postcards Volume II by Woody, Howard; Johnson, Thomas L

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Title: South Carolina In Postcards Volume II
Author: Woody, Howard; Johnson, Thomas L
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ISBN: 9780752408583
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Description: Arcadia Pub, 1998-11-02. Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback in stiff wrappers. SIGNED by author. Very light shelf wear. Internally clean, tight binding and unmarked pages. Prompt shipping.

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