BK Notes: This appears to be a combination of the original
LBJ Library transcript of the edited Air Force One radio transmission tapes of
11/22/63 that were released by the LBJ Library in the late 1970s and an
independently transcribed version by Kathleen Cunningham. Neither correctly
describe “Liberty
Air Force One radio traffic transcript 11/22/63 .
All files Transcribed by Kathy Cunningham from tapes Dr.
Randy Robertson
had gotten from the LBJ Library. Deanie Richards
Transcript
Radio Traffic
Air Force-1 and Plane Carrying US Cabinet
---
This is the official AF-1 transcript as obtained from the Lyndon B. Johnson
Presidential Library under the Freedom of Information Act.
THE WHITE HOUSE
CODE NAME USED
WAYSIDE Pierre
Salinger
VOLUNTEER Lyndon
B. Johnson
CROWN White
House
WATCHMAN General
Clifton
WITNESS Captain
Shephard
LACE Mrs.
Kennedy
DAGGER Rufus
Youngblood
VALLEY The Elms - 4040
52nd St., N.W.
VENUS Luci
- however, believe it
WING General
McHugh
SLUGGER Captain
Stoughton
WARRIOR Mr.
Kilduff
WINNER Mr.
Hatch
TANKER Colonel
Cook
TIGER Colonel
Swindall
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RADIO TRAFFIC - November 22,
1963
WAYSIDE: Give me all available information on President.
SIT. ROOM : All information on President follows:
"President
John F. Kennedy and Governor
Connally of Texas
have been hit in the car in
which they were
riding. We do not know how
serious the
situation is. We have no
information. Mr. Bromley Smith is back here
in the Situation
Room now. We are getting our
information over
the tickers."
WAYSIDE: That is
affirmative. Please listen hard--this
plane on which
Secretary of State Rusk and
other Cabinet
members headed for Japan
turning around and
returning to Honolulu
arrive there in
approximately 2 hours.
SIT. ROOM : Understand.
Those departing Honolulu
turning around will
be back there in 2 hours.
Is that correct?
WAYSIDE: That is
affirmative. Will read all
information and
decide whether some of party
should go to Dallas
SIT. ROOM : Do you wish information as to whether some
of
members of that
party should go to Dallas
WAYSIDE: That is
affirmative.
SIT. ROOM : Do you have anything else?
WAYSIDE: No. Any other information, please get ahold
as quickly as
possible.
SIT. ROOM : The AP is coming out now to the effect that
they believe the
President was hit in the
head. That just came in.
WAYSIDE: Hit in
the head?
SIT. ROOM : Roger, will pass on any additional
information
we get as soon as
we hear it.
WAYSIDE: Will
standby for your call.
----
SIT. ROOM : Wayside, I read from the AP
bulletin--"Kennedy
apparently shot in
head. He fell face down in
the back seat of
his car. Blood was on his
head. Mrs. Kennedy cried, "oh no," and
tried
to hold up his
head. Connally remained
half-seated,
slumped to the left. There was
blood on his face
and forehead. The President
and the Governor
were rushed to Parkland
Hospital near the
Dallas Trade Mart where
Kennedy was to have
made a speech."
WAYSIDE: Have
that.
SIT. ROOM : Have nothing else for you. Will contact when
we have further
information.
---
Colonel, this is
Murray Jackson. The
President of the United
States
and seriously
wounded in Dallas , Texas
(Repeating) The President of the United
States, John F.
Kennedy, has been shot and
seriously
wounded in Dallas , Texas
Connally was also
shot at the same time.
Would you please
get this message to Secretary
of State Rusk and I
will standby.
UPI on. We have turned around. We are
returning to Hawaii Hawaii
in 1 hour and 20
minutes. Will be on the
ground in Hawaii
Will be returning
to Washington or Dallas,
take some of the
party to Dallas
be returning to Washington
relay this to Mr.
Ball right away.
in Washington Pierre
Salinger has been
in contact with the White
House from the
aircraft.
---
STRANGER: Kilduff
asked that all Cabinet members return
to Washington
WAYSIDE: We are
heading for Honolulu
STRANGER: Will they
notify us at time of arrival and
location?
WAYSIDE: Correct. Some are going to Dallas
STRANGER: We do not
have anything firm down there as to
the exact
status. I'll get that information
to Hawaii
SIT. ROOM : Wayside, I'll read you latest bulletin.
"President
Kennedy has been given blood
transfusions today
at Parkland Hospital
effort to save his
life after he and Governor
John Connally of Texas
assassination
attempt." Over the TV we have
the information
that the Governor has been
moved to the
operating room. The President is
still in the
emergency room at Parkland
Hospital. Are you getting coverage or do you
want us to continue
to relay it to you.
WAYSIDE: Continue
to relay.
SIT. ROOM : New subject: We will have information for
you
on whether to
proceed to Dallas
you land at Honolulu
WAYSIDE: Also tell
us whether Secretary of State Rusk
should also go to Dallas
SIT. ROOM : Will do.
Get determination whether Secretary
of State should
also go to Dallas
---
SIT. ROOM : Wayside, we have some conflicting reports
now
so were getting no
confirmation. We will call
you again. I have relayed your intentions and
your present
position to the front office.
Your office has the
word. We will call you
again when we get
confirmation.
---
OPERATOR: They are
talking with the Situation Room now.
MR. JACKSON: What
we want to tell the pane is that Under
Secretary Ball
requests that the Secretary and
all the passengers
return to Washington
instead of going to
Dallas
OPERATOR: They
received that message.
to call Mr. Ball
when he gets on the ground in
OPERATOR: Will relay.
---
SIT. ROOM : (To SAM
86972) Relay following to Wayside:
"We have
report quoting Mr. Kilduff in Dallas
that the President
is dead, that he died about
35 minutes
ago." Do you have that?
SIT. ROOM : Correct.
New subject: Front office desires
plane return to Washington Dallas
---
of
the Vice President.
SIT. ROOM : The Vice President is in the hospital
building
--Parkland
Hospital Dallas
injured. Repeat, not injured.
---
KELLERMAN: We're
at the airport now.
BEHN: Ok,
go ahead.
KELLERMAN: We're
waiting for the swearing-in before
takeoff.
BEHN: That
of Volunteer?
KELLERMAN: We're
waiting for Judge for swearing-in.
BEHN: That
is for Volunteer, is that right?
KELLERMAN: Yes,
we're having it done before we take-off.
BEHN: Do
you have any idea what Lace wants to do and
Volunteer wants to
do upon arrival here?
KELLERMAN: No,
I will call you back. We have a 2 hour
15
minute flight into
Andrews. We have a full
plane, about 40.
BEHN: Yes,
go ahead.
KELLERMAN: I'll have to call you back. Get a couple of
men, rather the
Volunteer boys to go over his
car and so
forth. We'll also need hers and
several others.
BEHN: Let
me know what Volunteer wants to do--if
they want to come
in to Crown by helicopter?
---
AF COMMAND POST: What is your estimated time of departure?
AF-1: In
a few minutes.
AF COMMAND POST: Do you have any passengers aboard?
AF-1: Full
load, 40 plus.
AF COMMAND POST: Is Mrs. Kennedy aboard?
AF-1: Affirmative.
---
office, is Mr.
Johnson and Mr. Kennedy's body
aboard?
AF-1: Affirmative
on all of those questions.
AF-1: Airborne
at 2047Z. Estimated block time
Andrews 2305Z.
---
AF-1: We
want a patch with General Heaton, Surgeon
General of the
Army.
---
KELLERMAN: Arriving
Andrews 6:05. The body will go to
Walter Reed. Have an ambulance from Walter
Reed to take the
body there.
BEHN: Arrangements
have been made for a helicopter
to take the body to
Bethesda Medical
Center
KELLERMAN: Standby,
Jerry. I'll get Burkley here.
DR. BURKLEY: This is Dr. Burkley. What arrangements have
been made?
BEHN: Everybody
aboard AF-1 with the exception of
the body will be
choppered into the South
Grounds. The body will be choppered to the
Naval Medical
Center Bethesda
BURKLEY: It will be
choppered to go by ambulance to the
Naval Medical
Center
BEHN: Will
be choppered.
BURKLEY: I have
called General Heaton and asked him to
call the Military
District of Washington
regarding military
arrangements. The body is
in a casket and
will have to be taken by
ambulance and not
by chopper.
BEHN: I'll
tell Captain Shephard that.
---
BURKLEY: General
Heaton, this is Admiral Burkley. Did
you contact MDW in
regards to taking care of
the remains of
President Kennedy taking him
directly to Walter
Reed? Probably Mrs.
Kennedy will also
be going out there. We will
clarify that later.
HEATON: All
right.
BURKLEY: Just a
minute. General Clifton is here.
helicopter to go to
Bethesda Medical
Center
We do want an
ambulance and a ground return
from Andrews to
Walter Reed, and we want the
regular post-mortem
that has to be done by law
under guard
performed at Walter Reed. Is that
clear?
HEATON: That
is clear, General Clifton
and another
limousine at Andrews and we want
the regular
post-mortem by law done at Walter
Reed.
BURKLEY: What
arrangements have you made? (I believe
here Dr. Burkley at
first thought he was
speaking to Behn.)
HEATON: We
have made no arrangements so far, but I
will follow through
on what you just told
me--have an
ambulance and a limousine at
Andrews and arrangements
in regards to
post-mortem
studies.
BURKLEY: Some
arrangements have already been made.
(Here realizing
that General Heaton was on the
line.) We will have to clear that before we
can go further.
---
that you have
arranged for an ambulance to
take President
Kennedy to Bethesda
correct?
BEHN: It
has been arranged to helicopter the body to
First Lady?
BEHN: Everyone
else will be helicoptered into the
South Grounds.
will work? We have a very heavy casket.
BEHN: According
to Witness, yes.
mortuary-type
ambulance standby in case the
helicopter doesn't
work.
BEHN: Affirmative.
carefully. We need a ramp put at the front of
the aircraft on the
right hand side just
behind the pilot's
cabin in the galley. We
are going to take
the First Lady off by that
route.
BEHN: Understand.
aircraft where we
usually dismount, we may
need a fork-lift
rather than a ramp. A
platform to walk
out on and a fork-lift to put
it on. The casket is in the rear compartments
and because it is
so heavy we should have a
fork-lift there to
remove the casket. If this
is
too awkward we can go along with a normal
ramp and several
men.
BEHN: Affirmative. We will try for the fork-lift.
arrangements at
Andrews. They should be in
front
of the aircraft because that is where
he'll come
off. He is going to the White
House by Chopper.
BEHN: Should
the Secretary of Defense and others be
at Andrews on your
arrival?
President Johnson
wants to have the White
House Staff, the
leadership of Congress and as
many of the Cabinet
members available at the
White House at
1830.
BEHN: Affirmative.
BEHN: All
the leaders of Congress, as many Cabinet
members as possible
at the White House at
1830.
Sorenson, Bundy,
etc. Hold for Kellerman.
KELLERMAN: Have
helicopter to transport President Johnson
and party to the
White House Lawn [sic].
BEHN: Affirmative.
KELLERMAN: Have
White House cars 102 and 405 for
transportation to
Hospital. I will join Hill
and party at the Navy
Hospital
BEHN: You
will accompany body aboard helicopter.
KELLERMAN: Would
you call Dr. John Walsh in Washington
and advise him of
our arrival?
BEHN: Affirmative. Where does Lace want Dr. Walsh
to meet her?
KELLERMAN: At
the White House.
---
(Note:) The next part
of the tape is traffic between SAM COMMAND
POST and AF-1 advising them of weather conditions--tornados in AF-1's immediate
flight path. I'm
not putting in this
traffic but I do have it in my draft if you want it.
---
DAGGER: Messages
from Volunteer relative activities
tonight. You are aware we will go to White
House for meeting.
BEHN: Affirmative.
DAGGER: Volunteer
will reside at Valley for an
indefinite
time. Venus will go to Valley with
agent. Boring will go to Valley after first
going to Crown.
---
MESSAGE FROM WING TO SLUGGER: "Slugger is to meet
aircraft
as soon as
possible. If he cannot do this he
is to see Wing as
soon as possible."
---
MESSAGE FROM AF-1 to BEHN: "Cancel commercial line at
Valley and install
security phone there."
---
WARRIOR: Will you
please advise Press that normal press
coverage, including
live TV, will be allowed
at the Base. Volunteer will make statement on
arrival.
WINNER: Will
do. Is Mrs. Kennedy aboard AF-1?
WARRIOR: Yes.
WINNER: I'm
setting up the press section on the South
Lawn about 50 yards
from position of
Helicopter 1. Will that meet with Mrs.
Kennedy's and the
President's approval?
WARRIOR: She is not
returning to the House. They are
going someplace
else. There will be an
arrival there but
it will be Volunteer.
WINNER: Thank
you. I will hold that information and
we can say something
after you arrive. Is it
true that the body
of the President Kennedy
will go to Naval
Hospital
WARRIOR: Right. But we are not saying that yet.
WINNER: Well, we
have already said it. I should have
checked with you
before doing it. I don't
think it makes too
much difference.
WARRIOR: There is
no objection to that.
WINNER: Anything
else I should know.
WARRIOR: The pool
aboard this aircraft is Chuck Roberts
and Smith. We lost Bell
have AP aboard, but
we have given them the
statement of
Volunteer on the death which he
will make at the
airport. You can announce
that on arrival at
the White House the
President
will meet with McNamara and Bundy
and Rusk if he's in
town. If not, without
him. I understand he's on a plane to the Far
East. It will probably be Ball. About half
an hour after that
meeting is over we will
meet with the
Congressional Leadership at
WINNER: Bipartisan
or Democratic leadership?
WARRIOR: Bipartisan.
---
McNamara at 6:00 [partially blurred, 6:30 ?] at
the White
House. Rusk if he's in town. If
not in town we do
not wanting an acting
secretary.
BUNDY: Will
you tell him that the ___ing [illegible]
Cabinet will be at
the airport to meet him.
He can bring
McNamara and me in his chopper to
the White House.
White House Staff
meeting. There will be no
White House Staff
meeting tonight. It will be
tomorrow.
BUNDY: Ok. Let me repeat your message. President
wishes to meet with
SecDef and me at the White
House on return
from Andrews. Secondly that
there will be no
other meetings--there will be
a White House Staff
meeting tomorrow on call.
about 7:30.
BUNDY: Right,
does he wish us to arrange that?
tonight--McNamara
and Bundy and the leadership
about 7:30.
BUNDY: Does he
mean the Democratic leadership only?
names. Speaker of the House, Carl Albert,
Hale Boggs, Leslie
Arends, Mansfield,
Humphrey, Smathers,
Dirksen, Kuchel and
Hickenlooper.
BUNDY: About 7:30 at the White House.
BUNDY: Tell
the Vice President that the Cabinet Room
in under
rearrangement, but the Oval Room will
be ready.
Fish Room.
BUNDY: I mean
both the Fish Room and the President's
study, and we will
try to have the Cabinet
Room, but that's a
detail, we can work that
out.
the Oval Room or
the President's Office or the
President's
Study. So if the Cabinet Room
isn't ready, then
put it in the Fish Room.
BUNDY: All
right [sic], I will.
---
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: Mrs. Kennedy, I wish to God that there
was something that
I could say to you, and I
want to tell you
that we're grieving with you.
know you loved Jack
and he loved you.
Kennedy and Mrs.
Johnson are both trying to
talk at the same time and the tape becomes
almost inaudible.)
President.
---
WARRIOR: That first
meeting will be Bundy and McNamara
only. The President will meet with Rusk when
he returns. It will probably be a different
meeting.
WINNER: Ok.
---
surgeon speaking
about John was so
reassuring. How about it?
said that John is
going to be all right unless
something
unforeseen happens.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: I know that everything's going to be all
right.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: Yes, everything's going to be all right.
---
TANKER: I have been informed from Dallas
desired that the
aircraft be parked in an
isolated spot when
you arrive here. However,
Watchman had a long
discussion with Behn and
nothing about that
was mentioned. The present
plan on the ground
here is to spot you in the
regular place
unless Watchman says now that
this is not
desired.
TIGER: I
believe that they are parking in the regular
place. Where did you get that information
from down in Dallas
TANKER: It was
from the USAF Command Post agent there
and
I heard from him that you had told him to
do this.
TIGER: We
told him to look into that to see if the
family had ordered
it done. We were going to
discuss it on the
plane. Go ahead and park in
the regular
place. We need steps in the right
front of the
aircraft, the press box will be
on the left of the
aircraft, and President
Johnson will
deplane in the front of the
aircraft. We need a fork-lift at the rear of
the aircraft.
TANKER: Understood. Have all been carried out. We
will continue with
the plan to spot you in the
regular place. There will be a ramp left
front, a ramp right
front, a fork-lift left
rear,
the Press area left front.
---
The remainder of the tape is traffic between AF-1 and
Andrews checking on weather
Air Force One radio traffic transcript 11/22/63
Tape-1 Side 1
------------------------------------------
Transcript--Radio
Traffic
Air Force-1
and
Plane Carrying US
Cabinet
---
The transcript of the AF-1 audio tapes obtained from the LBJ
Librxry
---
CODE NAMES USED
Code names that
appear in upper case only come from the
official
"transcript." Code names that
appear in both
upper and lower
case have been added to the official list
of code names
supplied under the Freedom of Information
Act, based on
information gleaned from the audio tapes.
WAYSIDE Pierre Salinger, Press
Secretary - - aboard SAM 86972, returning from Honolulu
VOLUNTEER Lyndon
B. Johnson, President--aboard AF-1
CROWN White
House
WATCHMAN General
Clifton--aboard AF-1
WITNESS Captain
Shephard
LACE Mrs.
Kennedy--aboard AF-1
DAGGER Rufus
Youngblood, V-P Secret Service vAgent--aboard AF-1
VALLEY The
Elms - 4040 52nd St., N.W.
VENUS Luci
Johnson
WING General
McHugh--aboard AF-1
SLUGGER Captain
Stoughton
WARRIOR Mr.
Kilduff--aboard AF-1
WINNER Mr.
Hatch--at The White House
TANKER Colonel
Cook
TIGER Colonel
Swindall, pilot AF-1
Duplex Jerry Behn, White House
SAIC, Secret Service--at the White House
Lancer Murray Jackson
Stranger Unidentified
Andy Andrews Air Force Base, usually called
"Andrews"
Digest Roy Kellerman, Secret
Service Agent--aboard AF-1
----------
RADIO TRAFFIC - November 22,
1963
Begin Transcript
Tape One--Side One
The following recording has been reproduced from ground recorded
non-high fidelity tapes used to record record-type communications between
aircraft and air ground facilities. This
tape, although mainly to record radio traffic from the Presidential aircraft,
also includes related traffic from jet aircraft 86972 carrying Secretary of
State Rusk, then Press Secretary Salinger and other dignitaries enroute between
Honolulu and Japan.
The following information relative to
Presidential aircraft radio call signs is given for clarification due to interchangeable
use. "Air Force One" and
"Angel" are used when the President is aboard the aircraft. "Air Force 2600" is used at all
other times.
This tape has been edited and condensed to
only to contain pertinent communications relative to events during the 22nd of November, 1963 . Only material available from radio circuits
used is available.
ANDREWS COMMAND
POST: 972 Andrews, Roger. You are
readable at this
time sir. Also, be advised
2600 coming up on
this frequency shortly.
Request you contact
Andrews on 15, sir.
relay. We off Honolulu
approximate wait at
2140 [3 unintelligible
syllables].
ANDREWS COMMAND
POST: 972 Roger, copy, thank you much for
the copy.
---
AF-1: Command
Post, AF-1. Off time 1725 [garble]
ANDREWS COMMAND
POST: AF-1, understand. Aborne
1725z. Do
you have an ETA ? Over.
AF-1: I
estimate twenty minutes enroute. I'll
give
you a firm time in
a couple of minutes.
ANDREWS COMMAND
POST: Roger, AF-1. Command Post
listening
out.
AF-1: I'll
pick up the 1700z weather if that's
operating.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: I have it now for you. Stand by One.
Air Force One. I have Weather Officer on line
if you're ready to
copy.
AF-1: Go
ahead.
WEATHER: 1700z
weather: 6,000 broken. Fifteen miles
plus
visibility. Temperature 57. Ramp
temperature
62. Wind south west at 10.
Altimeter steady
29.07. Just talked to Ramp
and
they indicate it is clearing rather
rapidly there.
AF-1: Roger,
copy, roger. Thank you.
WEATHER: Weather
out.
---
AF-1: Andrews,
AF-1 -- the Command Post,
please.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews, Roger, stand by.
COMMAND POST: Command Post, Sgt. Shillberger [phonetic].
ANDREWS: This is
Airman Gilmore at Andrews [two garbled
syllables]. I have AF-1 for a patch.
COMMAND POST: Stand by, please.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Air Force Command Post on
line. Go ahead, sir.
AF-1: Roger, Command
Post, AF-1 our estimated time
on the blocks, Dallas
COMMAND POST: Roger, understand. 1740 on the blocks.
Command Post
listening out.
AF-1: Roger.
---
AF-1: This
is AF-1, Andrews.
ANDREWS: Roger.
AF-1: Command
Post, please.
ANDREWS: Roger,
stand by, one, sir.
COMMAND POST: Command Post.
ANDREWS: I have AF-1
for a patch.
COMMAND POST: Bring him up.
ANDREWS: Stand by,
please.
[to AF-1] AF-1, Andrews, Command Post on
line,
give him a call, sir.
AF-1: Roger,
Command Post, AF-1, landed 1738. Go
ahead.
COMMAND POST: AF-1, understand. On the ground, 1738z.
Command Post
listening out.
AF-1: AF-1.
---
?: Liberty Liberty
SIT. ROOM : This is White House, Situation Room, [two
garbled syllables] SAM
86972. How read?
Over.
"my signal,
Andy"]
?: SAM
86972, do you read? Over.
CROWN: White
House, on. [then, possibly in
background,
"OK."] Stand by.
Over.
CROWN: 86972 I
read you loud and clear, loud and
clear.
phone patch going
on with [two garbled
syllables] but we
do have traffic for you, so
hold on one moment,
please.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger, 86972.
SALINGER: [pause] White House Situation Room, this is
Wayside. Do you read me? Over.
CROWN: This is
White House, this is White House. I
read you loud and
clear, Wayside.
SALINGER: Can you
give me latest information on
President? Over.
CROWN: Do you
want Situation Room, is that it, Roger?
SALINGER: Repeat
that transmission, please.
CROWN: This is
Crown -- This is Crown. Do you want
Situation Room?
SALINGER: I want the
Situation Room, that's affirmative.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Getting them now. Standby
please. [long pause]
Wayside, Wayside, this
is Crown. Situation Room is on. Go ahead.
SALINGER: Situation
Room, this is Wayside. Do you read
me? Over.
SIT. ROOM : This is Situation Room, I read you, go
ahead.
SALINGER: Give me
all available information on
President. Over.
SIT. ROOM : All available information on President
follows:
"President John F. Kennedy and
Governor Connally
of Texas
the car in which
they were riding. We do not
know how serious
the situation is." We have
no
information. Mr. Bromley Smith is back
here in the
Situation Room now. We are
getting our
information over the tickers.
Over.
SALINGER: That is
affirmative -- affirmative. Please
listen hard -- this
plane on which Secretary
of State Rusk,
other Cabinet Ministers
headed for Japan
returning to Honolulu
approximately 2
hours. Over.
SIT. ROOM : This is Wayside, understand. [I think the
person speaking in
the Situation Room is
flustered, and was
meaning to say "This is
Situation
Room." This is not Wayside's voice,
and sounds like the
operator from the
Situation
Room.] Those departing Honolulu
turning around will
be back there in 2 hours.
Is that
correct? Over.
SALINGER: That is
affirmative -- affirmative. Will read
all information and
decide whether some of
party should go
directly to Dallas
SIT. ROOM : This is Situation Room. Say again, your last
please.
SALINGER: We'll need
to be kept advised so we can
determine whether
some members of this party
should go directly
to Dallas
SIT. ROOM : Roger.
You wish information as to whether
some members of
that party should go to
SALINGER: That's
affirmative. Affirmative.
SIT. ROOM : Do you have anything else, Wayside?
SALINGER: No, any
other information, please get ahold of
us as fastly as
possible.
SIT. ROOM : Alright.
The AP is coming out now with a
bulletin to the
effect that they believe the
President was hit
in the head. That just came
in. Over.
SALINGER: Hit in the
head? Over.
SIT. ROOM : Roger, we will pass on any additional
information we get
from here to you.
SALINGER: That's
Roger. We will be standing by for your
call.
SIT. ROOM : Alright.
Where are you, Wayside?
OPERATOR: Wayside is
off the line, this is the radio
operator, sir, and
we are returning to
air for about two
hours into Honolulu
you contact us on
the ground [remainder of the
operator's remarks
are unintelligible].
SIT. ROOM : I understand. This is--
Hold on the line
there Wayside, we
have more information coming
up. [This is definitely the Situation Room.
The speaker is
obviously flustered due to the
circumstances.]
[pause]
Wayside,
Wayside. This is the Situation Room.
I read from the AP
bulletin--"Kennedy
apparently shot in
head. He fell face down in
back seat of his
car. Blood was on his head.
Mrs. Kennedy cried,
"oh no," and tried to hold
up his head. Connally remained half-seated,
slumped to the
left. There was blood on his
face and
forehead. The President and the
Governor were
rushed to Parkland Hospital
the Dallas Trade
Mart where Kennedy was to
have made a
speech." Over.
SALINGER: I read
that. Over.
SIT. ROOM : This is Situation Room. I have nothing
further for you
now. I will contact if we
get more.
SALINGER: Wayside,
Roger and out.
---
AF-1: 2600,
Andrews, I'll be right up.
ANDREWS: OK, thank
you.
AF-1: You're
welcome.
ANDREWS: I want to
keep this frequency open.
AF-1: Roger,
sir. The frequency has been cleared.
ANDREWS: 2600, [six
garbled syllables].
AF-1: Roger.
---
ANDREWS: 86972,
Andrews. [Four garbled syllables]. I
have
a party who would like to speak to you.
Stand by, one.
ANDREWS: Yes, sir.
ANDREWS: I have
972. What is your name again, sir?
ANDREWS: OK, hold on
one -- [to SAM 86972] 86972,
86972,
Andrews. I have a Mr. Jackson -- a Mr.
please?
Over.
Colonel [name
garbled]. Colonel [name
garbled], please.
please.
has been shot and
seriously wounded in Dallas
and seriously
wounded in Dallas , Texas
Governor Connally
was also shot at the same
time. Would you please get this message to
Secretary of State
Rusk and I will standby.
Over.
We have UPI
on. We have turned around. We
are returning to Hawaii
the ground in Hawaii
minutes. Will be returning to Washington
make yet. We have one other aircraft alerted
to take some of the
party to Dallas and we
will be returning
to Washington
name]. I will relay this to Mr. Ball right
away. Over and out.
in Washington Pierre
Salinger has been
in contact with the White
House from the
aircraft. Over.
---
[Note that this
transmission has some overlap with the one above between SAM
86972 and Murray Jackson.]
ANDREWS: [transmission
garbled]
AF-1: 2600,
Andrews. Go ahead, sir.
ANDREWS: Loud and
clear. A signal check, please.
AF-1: 2600,
Andrews. You're loud and clear here
also, sir. Standing by this frequency.
ANDREWS: Roger,
thank you.
COMMAND POST: Andrews [two garbled syllables], Airman
Gilmore.
CROWN: Roger. Are you in contact with the party
coming back from Tokyo
ANDREWS: Yes,
sir. We talk to Liberty SAM 86972].
We
[two garbled
syllables] that aircraft.
CROWN: Could you
connect me with Wayside?
ANDREWS: Stand by
one, sir.
[pause]
Hello, sir?
CROWN: Yes, sir?
ANDREWS: There is a
Mr. Jackson running a patch on the
aircraft at this
time. Would you like to
listen in or would
you like me to break the
patch, sir?
CROWN: Can I
wait, sir, please.
ANDREWS: Yes,
sir. Standby. You are number two.
CROWN: Thank
you.
ANDREWS: [after
pause] 972, 86972, Andrews.
ANDREWS: Roger. Stand by, I have another one. [to
Crown] Who is this, sir?
CROWN: This is
the White House.
ANDREWS: Stand by,
Crown.
[pause]
86972, 86972,
Andrews. I have Crown on.
Would you give him
a call, sir?
CROWN: Roger. This is Crown. We wish a contact with
Wayside. Go ahead.
[pause]
Crown [three
garbled syllables]
CROWN: Roger, go
ahead.
SALINGER: Crown,
this is Wayside. Go ahead.
ANDREWS: Roger. Stand by.
[pause]
Go ahead, please.
CROWN: Wayside,
Wayside, this is Stranger. Do you
read me? Over.
SALINGER: Stranger,
this is Wayside. Go ahead.
STRANGER: Kilduff
asked that all Cabinet members return
to Washington
SALINGER: Stranger,
we have turned around and are headed
for Honolulu
STRANGER: Roger,
Roger. Will they notify us at time of
arrival and
location? Over.
SALINGER: That's
correct, sir. Have one question,
Stranger. [garbled--official transcript
implies the garbled
words might be: "Should we
make plans to
go"] ...go to Dallas
STRANGER: Roger,
Roger. We do not have any firm word
from down there as
to the exact status. But,
I -- Pardon me,
Wayside, but the Situation
Room has to have
you. Go ahead.
SALINGER: I
read. Go ahead.
STRANGER: Wayside,
this is Stranger. I'll get you that
information as to
Secretary when you arrive.
Over.
SALINGER: Affirmative.
STRANGER: Wayside,
stand by Situation Room.
SALINGER: Yeah.
STRANGER: [short
pause] Go ahead, Wayside.
SALINGER: Situation
Room, go ahead, this is Wayside.
SIT. ROOM : Alright, Wayside, I'll read you latest
bulletin. "President Kennedy has been given
blood transfusions
today at Parkland Hospital
in a effort to save
his life after he and
Governor John
Connally of Texas
an assassination
attempt." Over the TV we
have the
information that the Governor has
been moved to the
operating room. The
President is still
in the emergency room at
Over.
SALINGER: I read you
loud and clear, Situation.
SIT. ROOM : Wayside, this is Situation Room. Are you
getting the press
coverage or do you want us
to continue to
relay it to you? Over.
SALINGER: [long
garbled response, the official
transcript reads
"Continue to relay."] Over.
SIT. ROOM : This is Situation Room, Roger. New subject:
We will have information
for you on whether to
proceed to Dallas
SALINGER: Affirmative,
affirmative. Also tell us
whether Secretary
of State -- Secretary of
State -- should
also go to Dallas
SIT. ROOM : This is Situation Room. Will do.
Get
determination
whether Secretary should also go
to Dallas
SALINGER: This is
Wayside -- out.
SIT. ROOM : This is Situation Room -- out.
---
ANDREWS: [several
garbled words] I'd like to talk to
Wayside.
[pause]
86972, 86972,
Andrews.
ANDREWS: 86972,
Andrews. I have a party that would
like to talk to
Wayside. Would you give him a
call, please?
[pause]
Wayside is coming
out right now, sir.
SIT. ROOM : Alright, fine. There's no rush. I just
talked to you here,
this is the Situation
Room. We'll -- eh -- stand by 'til Wayside
gets out
there. We're looking for
confirmation of
something here.
SALINGER: This is
Wayside, Wayside. Here, now I'm on.
SIT. ROOM : Alright, Wayside. Just stand by for a moment
please. We're getting some confirmation of
something
here. Please stay on the line.
Over.
SALINGER: I'm on the
line. I'm on the line. Standing
by. Over.
SIT. ROOM : This is Situation Room. Please stay on the
line, standing by.
SALINGER: Standing
by. How do you read me? Over.
SIT. ROOM : I read you loud and clear. Nothings here now
for you yet.
[pause]
Wayside, this is
Situation Room. We have some
conflicting reports
now so were getting no
confirmation. We will call you again. I have
relayed
your intentions and your present
position to the
front office. Your office has
the word. We will call you again when we get
confirmation. Over.
SALINGER: This is
Wayside. Out.
---
ANDREWS: [garbled]
check.
AF-1: 2600s
reading loud and clear, sir. Loud and
clear.
and notify if you
close down. Go ahead.
AF-1: Roger,
will do.
---
[Note: There is some
overlap on this traffic with the lastBtraffic from Murray Jackson.]
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: [garbled] Sgt. Gilmore.
State. Can you get me '72 again?
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Can you say again, sir, you're very,
very weak.
Department.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Yes sir!
you get me '72 on
single [two garbled
syllables] again?
ANDREWS COMMAND POST:
Mr. Jackson, be advised that '72 is
in a patch with the
Situation Room at the
present time,
sir. If you wish to stand by --
them now.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Yes sir. They're in a patch at the
present time.
this?
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Not from this console, sir, no sir.
plane is that Under
Secretary Ball requests
that the Secretary
and all the passengers
return to directly Washington
to Dallas
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Yes, sir. I believe they received
that message, sir.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Thank you very much, sir.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Yes, sir?
supposed to call
Mr. Ball when he gets on the
ground in Honolulu
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: OK, sir. We'll relay that as soon as
possible.
---
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Andrews [two garbled syllables]
Airman Gilmore.
at the State
Department.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Yes, sir!
wanting the
Secretary and all the passengers
of the plane to
return directly to Washington
has now been
confirmed by McGeorge Bundy, who
has called and
asked -- and also said that he
thinks the plane
and all its passengers should
return immediately
to Washington
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Stand by, Lancer.
---
[garbled exchange]
---
ANDREWS: 86972, 86972,
Andrews.
ANDREWS: Roger, [2
garbled syllables]. I have a Mr.
you give him a
call, sir?
from
Under-Secretary Ball and from McGeorge
Bundy at the White
House. They requested that
the Secretary of
State and all passengers
aboard the aircraft
return to Washington
immediately. Over.
Ball and Mr. Bundy
who've apprised that the
Secretary of State
and all passengers return
to Washington
---
ANDREWS: Go ahead,
please. The party is on.
do you wish to
break it? [garbled] Command
Post.
SIT. ROOM : Em -- yeah, break it.
[short pause]
86972, 86972,
Andrews.
would you give them
a call, sir?
SIT. ROOM : Eh -- this is Situation Room. Relay following
to Wayside:
"We have report quoting Mr.
Kilduff in Dallas
that he died about
35 minutes ago." Do you
have that? Over.
SIT. ROOM : That is correct. That is correct. New
subject: Front
office desires plane return
direct to Washington
SIT. ROOM : This is Situation Room, out.
---
please.
ANDREWS: 972,
Andrews, stand by one sec'.
CROWN: Crown
on.
ANDREWS: Situation
Room, please.
CROWN: Thank
you.
SIT. ROOM : Yeah.
ANDREWS: Is this the
Situation Room?
SIT. ROOM : Yes.
ANDREWS: This is
Airman [garbled] I have 972 for
another patch, sir.
SIT. ROOM : [to the side] 972, again.
[pause]
This is Situation
Room.
ANDREWS: Stand by,
sir.
SIT. ROOM : This is Situation Room -- over.
like to know the
whereabouts of the Vice
President. Over.
SIT. ROOM : Yes.
[to the side] I
think he wants to know where
the Vice-President
is in Dallas
[pause]
Alright. [listening to instructions from
within the room]
[pause]
Eh, for Wayside,
from Situation Room; The Vice
President is in the
hospital building --
injured. Repeat, not injured. Over.
SIT. ROOM : Right.
---
AF-1: Andrews,
this is 2600, ready to take off.
ANDREWS: 2600,
Roger, we're standing by.
ANDREWS: Roger. Stand by for SAM
Command.
ANDREWS: I have 972
for a patch.
ANDREWS: 86972,
Andrews, SAM Commands on, go ahead,
sir.
returning direct to
Washington
instruction were
direct Washington
"Hiccup"
[that's what it sounds like!].
"Hiccup"
is working up our flight plan and
ground time, we'll
give you ETA for
present ETA
for "Hiccup?"
that I heard. Should be 2030z. I'll give you
a more accurate one
if you give me five
minutes.
[pause]
Better -- Time
2030z -- over.
you're coming
direct to Washington
"affirm?"
sir.
---
ANDREWS: 2600 [skip in track of recording], sir.
AF-1: 2600, you are loud and
clear. Standing by.
ANDREWS: Andrews,
2600.
AF-1: Loud
and clear, sir.
ANDREWS: Roger, and
you are loud and clear.
[pause]
2600, you copy my
teletype?
AF-1: 2600 did not [garble].
ANDREWS: OK, I
guess he's too busy down there.
AF-1: Alright,
sir.
ANDREWS: You might
check and make sure you're getting
it though.
AF-1: Roger. Stand by.
[pause]
2600, Andrews,
coming up.
ANDREWS: 2600, check
please?
AF-1: 2600,
Andrews, loud and clear.
[pause]
2600, Andrews, loud
and clear.
ANDREWS: Alright,
sir. We'll be moving out pretty
shortly.
AF-1: Roger,
sir. We are standing by.
---
ANDREWS: 972,
Andy. Go ahead, sir.
eh -- Honolulu
whether we'll be
able to or not, but I'm going
to try to keep this
equipment up here on the
ground or not. But I'm not certain I'll be
able to do it. I understand 13 is pretty good
out
to Honolulu
ANDREWS: This is
Andrews. That's "affirm." [garbled]
is getting read to
take off. He's on 13. If
you stand by one,
I'll confer with Liberty
see what
frequencies, in case you do drop
out. What frequencies we have standing up on
waiting for your
call.
'cause I may not be
able to keep it up down
there on the
ground.
ANDREWS: I
understand [garble]. OK, Liberty
ANDREWS: Yeah, we
got 13 and 15 up right now, besides
this one to
you. I don't know if 13 is going
to be all tied up
or not. And what
frequencies you can
set up in case he has to
drop out on
ya. You'll have to know what
frequencies we're
listening on.
End Transcript
Tape One -- Side One
____________
Air
Force One radio traffic transcript 11/22/63
Tape 1 Side 2
------------------------------------------
Begin Transcript
Tape One -- Side Two
---
set up in case we
have to ground out on you --
you'll know what
frequencies we're listening
on.
ANDREWS: I'll be on
1815 and 13. And we can hold them
on 18 for a while
because we got [3 garbled
syllables] up
there.
lower one, maybe?
ANDREWS: Oh, we'll
drop down from 18 to 15 to 13.
ANDREWS: We can do
that also.
ANDREWS: Ah -- all
upper.
also. All uppers, right?
ANDREWS: Right.
ANDREWS: Go ahead.
ANDREWS: [three
garbled syllables].
upper; 15011,
upper; 15011, upper; and this
frequency --
18027, lower, sir.
?: OK, very good. Now keep in touch.
---
ANDREWS: OK [five
garbled syllables] and Air Force
Command Post. [three garbles syllables] 137.
Position 1399,
arriving Honolulu
syllables]
2026z. ETD 2115z. Go ahead, sir.
Over.
by, sir.
ANDREWS: OK. I won't be on this frequency, but I'll
advise you when
I'm leaving.
---
AF-1: 2600.
ANDREWS: 2600,
Andrews, loud and clear.
AF-1: Roger,
give me Crown, please.
ANDREWS: Right,
stand by.
CROWN: This is
Crown.
ANDREWS: I've got
2600 for a patch.
CROWN: Roger.
ANDREWS: 2600,
Andrews, Crown on, go ahead.
AF-1: Roger,
Crown. 2600 would you get a patch with
Jerry Behn,
please?
CROWN: Roger,
stand by.
[pause]
2600, Duplex is
on, go ahead.
AF-1: 'Kay. Stand by one.
[pause -- from
some unknown point, a voice
says
"OK" as no one responds, this could be
background or
cross talk.]
BEHN: Hello?
KELLERMAN: Jerry?
BEHN: Hello?
KELLERMAN: [garble] We're at the airport. [garble]
26,000.
BEHN: OK,
go ahead.
KELLERMAN: We're
waiting for the swearing-in at the plane
before takeoff.
BEHN: Of the-- That's of Volunteer?
KELLERMAN: Roger.
BEHN: Say
again, Roy
KELLERMAN: We're
waiting for Judge to appear for
swearing-in.
BEHN: That
is for Volunteer, is that right?
KELLERMAN: Yes,
we're having it done before we take-off,
Jerry.
BEHN: Do
you have any idea what Lace wants to do and
Volunteer wants to
do on their arrival here?
KELLERMAN: No,
I will call you back. Suggest we have a
2
hour 15 minute
flight into Andrews. We have a
full plane, at
least 40.
BEHN: OK,
go ahead.
KELLERMAN: I'll
have to call you again as to the [two
garbled
syllables]. Get a couple of men,
rather the
Volunteer boys to go over his car
and so forth. We'll also need hers and
several others.
BEHN: Let
me know what Volunteer wants to do when
they land--if they
want to come in to Crown by
helicopter?
KELLERMAN: Roger,
I'll call you again.
BEHN: OK.
---
[Note: This next
section begins with a lot of cross talk, I have begun where there recording
clears]
time of departure
from Dallas
AF-1: Roger. It could be within the next ten
minutes. Go ahead.
when you're
airborne and can you give us any
additional
information?
AF-1: Not at this
time.
AF-1: Roger. Will call on take off.
---
[Note: This next call
again starts with heavy static and cross talk.
It can be determined that AF-1 is being patched through to the Air Force
Command Post. I am starting from where
the interference clears up.]
AF-1: Command Post,
AF-1. How do you read?
AF-1: Left Dallas
section], Andrews.
AF-1: [the response
is totally unintelligible,
however, the
official transcript says the
reply
was "Estimated time on the block Andrews
2305z."]
passengers aboard?
AF-1: Roger. Full load, 40 plus.
AF-1: Affirmative.
AF-1: I'll call you
back, Command Post.
---
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. I have SAM
Command Post
standing by, sir.
AF-1: Command Post,
Air Force-1, go ahead.
ANDREWS: Stand by,
one, sir.
?: [unintelligible sentence]
AF-1: Go ahead.
OPERATIONS: This
is [garbled name] in Operations. We have
request from the
Chief of Staff's office to
know if you have
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Kennedy's
body aboard?
AF-1: Stand by, one. [pause]
OK. AF-1, affirmative on all of those
questions. Over.
OPERATIONS: Roger,
thank you very much. Out.
AF-1: AF-1, a signal
check.
ANDREWS: AF-1, I
read you loud and clear, sir.
?: [something edited from this
point?]
ANDREWS: Loud and
clear, Liberty
?: [again, something seems to have
been edited
out.]
ANDREWS: AF-1, I
have SAM Command Post standing by,
sir.
AF-1: Alright, go
ahead.
AF-1: SAM
Command, AF-1. Go ahead, please.
present?
[repeating] Are you airborne at
present?
AF-1: Affirmative. Airborne at 2047. 2047.
Estimated time on
the block Andrews 2305. Go
ahead.
2047. Estimated time of arrival at Andrews
2305, is that Charlie?
AF-1: That's Charlie.
clear.
---
ANDREWS: I have AF-1
standing by. Stand by, please.
[pause]
AF-1,
Andrews. Go ahead, make your call,
please.
AF-1: Command Post,
AF-1.
Post.
AF-1: OK. Departed 2047 and estimate block time
Andrews 2305 and
we're climbing out at slight
over 290. Go ahead.
one, please.
AF-1: [two garbled
syllables], go ahead.
Post. If possible, request the names of the
passengers on
board, please.
AF-1: We have forty
plus.
AF-1: Affirmative.
2...the top
people?
AF-1: Roger. The President is on board. The body
is on board, and
Mrs. Kennedy is on board.
again your take
off time and your estimated
time of arrival,
Andrews?
AF-1: 2047 take off
time. Andrews 2305.
Force Command
Post, out.
---
BURKLEY: AF-1, get
me Crown, please.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Roger. Stand by, sir.
[pause]
BURKLEY: Crown?
ANDREWS: This is
Airman [two syllable name garbled],
stand by, please.
[pause]
AF-1,
Andrews. Give them a call, please.
[pause]
AF-1,
Andrews. Give them a call, please.
BURKLEY: Alright. [pause]
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Give Crown a call, please.
BURKLEY: Crown,
AF-1.
CROWN: This
is Crown. Go ahead.
BURKLEY: Need a
patch with Surgeon General-Army,
Heaton. Go ahead.
CROWN: Please
repeat the message. Over.
BURKLEY: Andrews,
we want a patch, want a patch with
General Heaton,
that's [spelling] H-E-A-T-O-N,
he's the Surgeon
General. Go ahead.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. That's General Heaton, the
Surgeon General of
the Army, over.
BURKLEY: That is
correct.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Stand by. AF-1, Crown, stand
by please, we a
reaching the General now,
over.
BURKLEY: Standing
by.
COMMAND POST: Command Post, weather for 2600, please.
ANDREWS; OK, sir,
first one. Stand by.
COMMAND POST: Roger.
ANDREWS: We are
running a patch right now.
?: AF-1, AF-1, Andrews on 15. I'll copy, sir.
?: Yes, sir.
ANDREWS: You'll have
to hold on one, sir. They're
running a long
patch with the White House
right now, sir.
COMMAND POST: Rog, I'll hold.
ANDREWS: OK, sir.
---
Note: Next follows a long garbled discussion of which radio
frequencies are being used. This was not
transcribed.
---
ANDREWS: Who is
this, please?
syllable garbled]
ANDREWS: Stand by,
you'll be number three.
---
ANDREWS: Right, sir,
we'll call you back to Command
Post.
COMMAND POST: Alright, fine.
ANDREWS: 'Cause this
is taking quite a while. No sense
you holding on the
line, here.
COMMAND POST: OK.
ANDREWS: OK,
sir. We'll be right back to you as soon
as they get off.
COMMAND POST: Alright.
ANDREWS: Alright,
sir.
COMMAND POST: Got a forecast for them.
ANDREWS: Say again?
COMMAND POST: I've got a landing forecast.
ANDREWS: OK, sir.
---
CROWN: AF-1,
Crown. [pause] Hello?
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews, give Crown a call, please.
CROWN: AF-1,
this is Crown. Do you read? Over.
AF-1: Roger,
Roger, Crown, AF-1. [pause] Hello?
CROWN: [pause] AF-1, this is Crown. You were cut
out. General Heaton's at Walter
Reed Hospital
-- you'll have to
stand by just a moment or
else let me call
you back when I get them on
the line. It'll take about a minute to reach
them. [pause]
AF-1, Crown, do you Roger?
Over.
AF-1: Crown,
Roger. Try General Heaton and in the
meantime try and
get the Deputy Surgeon
General. We will talk to either one. Go
ahead.
CROWN: This
is Crown, Roger. Will you stand by or do
we call you
back? Over.
AF-1: Roger,
this is very important.
CROWN: Roger,
I'll put an emergency on it. We'll get
him as soon as
possible.
AF-1: Stand
by.
CROWN: Roger. Roger.
---
AF-1: AF-1,
Andrews [two garbled syllables] standing
by.
ANDREWS: Roger.
AF-1: [garble]
you a call. I have another patch.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Roger.
AF-1: AF-1,
go ahead.
CROWN: AF-1,
Crown.
AF-1: Roger,
stand by for a message.
BURKLEY: [after a
short pause Dr. Burkley come on and
is totally
unintelligible. He may not have
had key totally
depressed]
CROWN: Dr.
Burkley, this is Crown. You're cutting
out. You're cutting out. You'll have to
repeat, over.
BURKLEY: This is Dr.
Burkley. I need to get in touch
with General
Heaton or General Heaton's
Deputy.
CROWN: Dr.
Burkley, this is Crown. We're working as
fast as possible
trying to get the call
through for
you. He's at Walter Reed. We're
unable to
locate. We're still searching,
over.
BURKLEY: The
General's Deputy might be over at the
General's office
over in the main Navy
Building.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. If you'll stand by we'll try
and reach
him. [pause] [two garbled
syllables--Burkley's
code name, maybe] this is
Crown, do you
Roger? We'll try to reach each
one of them if you
stand by, please.
BURKLEY: Alright,
Roger.
---
AF-1: This
is AF-1 on 15.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Loud and clear sounding.
AF-1: OK,
you gonna have another line into Crown?
ANDREWS: This is
Andrews, Roger.
AF-1: OK,
go ahead.
ANDREWS: Roger,
stand by one.
?: [garble]
ANDREWS: Hi. Can you get me White House switchboard,
please.
?: 10-4.
SIGNAL CORPS: Signal.
ANDREWS: Right,
[three garbled syllables] still on?
?: Ground, I have AF-1 for a patch.
SIGNAL CORPS: Roger, Roger.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews, Crown is on, go ahead, sir.
CROWN: AF-1,
AF-1, this is Crown, come in.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews, Crown is on, go ahead, sir.
AF-1: I
want a call into Duples, please.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Locate him.
---
End Transcript
Tape One -- Side Two
---
Air Force One radio traffic transcript 11/22/63
Tape 2 Side 1
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Begin Transcript
Tape
Two -- Side One
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AF-1: Duplex, please.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Duplex is on the line. Go
ahead.
KELLERMAN: [two
garbled syllables, Kellerman's code name,
maybe?] to
Duplex. Jerry?
BEHN: Go ahead. Go ahead.
This is Duplex.
KELLERMAN: Jerry, arriving Andrews 1605 -- 6:05 , rather.
BEHN: That's
affirmative. Have received. [there is
a break in the
recording at this point,
indicating a
probable edit in the recording]
This is Duplex,
this is Duplex.
KELLERMAN: Arrival
Andrews, 6:05 , stand by. [pause]
An
ambulance from
Walter Reed furnished to
transport body. Over.
BEHN: Arrangements have
been made for a helicopter
for the Bethesda Medical Center
KELLERMAN: Stand
by, Jerry. I'll have to get Burkley
here.
BEHN: OK.
?: AF-1 [three garbled
syllables], go ahead.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Duplex is on. Duplex is on,
sir.
BURKLEY: Duplex is
on. This is Doctor Burkley. What
arrangements have
been made in regard to the
reception of the
President? Over.
BEHN: Everybody aboard
AF-1, everyone aboard AF-1
with the exception
of the body, will be
choppered to the
south grounds. The body will
be choppered to the
Naval Medical
Center
BURKLEY: The body
will be choppered or will go by
ambulance to the Naval
Medical Center
BEHN: Will
be choppered -- will be choppered.
BURKLEY: I have
called General Heaton and asked him to
call me -- the
District of Washington -- with
regard to
this. Would you call him and cancel
the inference to go
to Walter Reed? Haven't
spoken to him. I didn't know these
arrangements were
already made.
BEHN: Say again. Say again, Doctor.
BURKLEY: His body
is in a casket, you know, and will
have to taken by
ambulance and not by chopper.
BEHN: Alright, I'll
tell Captain Shephard that. Did
you say that--
BURKLEY: Jerry,
will you be sure and get in contact
with General
Heaton?
---
BURKLEY: General
Heaton, this is Admiral Burkley.
HEATON: Yes,
Burkley.
BURKLEY: AF-1.
HEATON: Yes. [pause]
I read you Admiral Burkley.
[pause]
BURKLEY: Hold for a
minute, please. General Clifton's
here. [long pause]
BURKLEY: Yes,
General Clifton
[The tape has been
edited at this point.]
ground return from
Andrews to Walter Reed, and
we want the regular
post-mortem that has to be
done by law under
guard performed at Walter
Reed. Is that clear? Over.
HEATON: That is
clear, General Clifton
ambulance and
another limousine at Andrews and
you want the
regular post-mortem by law
done at Walter
Reed.
BURKLEY: General,
I'll hold on. [pause]
AF-1: AF-1.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews, go ahead, sir.
AF-1: OK, I think a
patch was cut on 13.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Still in progress. You give
the ground party a
call sir.
BURKLEY: Jerry? [NOTE: Neither General Clifton or
General Heaton are
named Jerry. The official
transcript of this
call has a note inserted at
this point by the
typist that says that
Burkley may have
thought he was speaking to
Behn. Behn's first name is Jerry.]
BURKLEY: What
arrangements have you made?
HEATON: We have
made no arrangements so far, but I
will follow through
on what you just told
me--have an
ambulance and a limousine at
Andrews and
arrangements in regards to
post-mortem
studies.
hole? Been some arrangements already been
made--have to clear
that before we make any
further. [NOTE: The official transcript
credits this remark
to Admiral Burkley, that
is
not correct. This is clearly General
SPEAKER UNKNOWN: A limousine and an ambulance at Andrews...
[NOTE: This is
spoken by none of the prior
parties. It almost sounds as though it might
be
being spoken into a microphone that has
been accidently
opened, possibly by an Aide to
General Heaton.]
AF-1: AF-1. Say again your last transmission.
SPEAKER UNKNOWN: [Again, the same unidentified voice. The
words are now
almost inaudible, as though they
are being spoken
under the breath of a person
who is writing
something down while in close
proximity to an
open microphone.]
CROWN: Hello,
Andrews, this is Crown.
ANDREWS: Crown, go
ahead.
CROWN: We
have Captain Shephard here. Is also to
--
I -- evidently who
has made some arrangements
on the -- funeral
and so forth. He would like
to get on and talk
to AF-1 when General Heaton
is finished. It might be possible for us to
put him up on a
conference, so that they could
all make the
arrangements together. I
understand that
Captain Shephard, the Naval
Aide, has made some
arrangements also. So you
might explain that
to AF-1 and that we can put
him on a conference
if they would like.
[NOTE: This call
from Crown seems to indicate
that there might be
two Captain Shephards, one
of
them being a Naval Aide, and it implies
that these two
Captains with the same name
have been working
together on the
arrangements. The MDW also shows a Captain
Shephard in their
logs for November 22, 1963 .]
___
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Give your party a call.
BEHN: Go
ahead Watchman, this is Duplex. Over.
you have arranged
for a mortuary type ambulance
to take President
and Mrs. Kennedy to
BEHN: Watchman,
it has been arranged to helicopter
-- helicopter the
body to Bethesda
dark. What about the First Lady? Over.
BEHN: Everybody
else aboard -- everybody else aboard
arrangements have
been made to helicopter into
the south grounds.
helicopter
operation will work? We have a
very heavy
casket. Over.
BEHN: According
to Witness, yes.
that. Also have a mortuary-type ambulance
standby in case the
helicopter doesn't work.
BEHN: That's
affirmative.
BEHN: That's
affirmative. I received.
carefully. We need a ramp -- a normal ramp --
put at the front of
the aircraft on the right
hand side just
behind the pilot's cabin in the
galley. We are going to take the First Lady
off by that
route. Over. Do you understand?
BEHN: I receive. Affirmative.
left rear -- left
rear of the aircraft where
we usually dismount
-- debark, we may need a
fork-lift rather
than a ramp if there is such
a thing, 'cause its
too awkward. Maybe a
platform to walk
out on and a fork-lift to put
it on. Is that possible? Over.
BEHN: Say again. Say again, Watchman.
rear compartments
and we suggest because it is
so heavy that we
have a fork-lift --
fork-lift -- back
there to remove the casket.
If this is too
awkward we can go along with a
normal ramp and
several men. Over.
BEHN: Affirmative. We will try for the fork-lift.
press, according to
Mr. Johnson, the press is
to have its normal
little theatre at Andrews
Field. And he is going from there by
helicopter to the
White House. Over.
BEHN: Say again,
Watchman. Say again, please.
[pause] Watchman, this is Duplex. Say again.
little corral. And it'll have to be in the
front of the
aircraft, 'cause that's where the
-- President
Johnson will come off. OK?
BEHN: Watchman, this is
Duplex. Will you say that
all over again,
please? You were breaking up.
right front ramp
for Mrs. Kennedy. The left
rear, if possible,
a fork-lift for the
casket. On the left front near the pilot, a
normal ramp. The normal press arrangements.
Got that? Over.
BEHN: Say again,
Watchman, you're breaking--
UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: I got that -- on the left front -- see
I got that -- the
normal press arrangements --
a ramp for
President Johnson. On the left
front,
left front, right behind the pilot.
[This is being said
to Behn, as though the
speaker is sitting
next to him at his
microphone.]
BEHN: [to the
unidentified speaker] Alright.
UNIDENTIFIED VOICE:
[to General Clifton] That is
affirmative.
to you.
BEHN: Watchman,
Watchman this is Duplex, stand by
one. Are you there? [pause]
Watchman,
Watchman, this is
Duplex.
BEHN: Watchman, should
the Secretary of Defense and
others be at
Andrews on your arrival?
about to call the
White House. President
Johnson wants to
have the White House Staff,
the leadership of
Congress and as many of the
Cabinet members as
possible at the White House
at 1830 --
1830. Over.
BEHN: Will you say that
again, please. I got the --
[to the side, to
the previous unidentified
speaker who seems
to be in the room with
him.] Oh.
You got it?
UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: [to Behn] Right.
President Johnson is
suppose to meet as
many of Cabinet members as
possible at the
White House at approximately
1830.
White House staff,
the key members of the
White House
staff. Also the leadership of
Congress. Also all Cabinet members available
at the White House
at 1830, over.
BEHN: That is
affirmative, Watchman. That is
affirmative.
BEHN: All the leaders
of Congress, as many Cabinet
members as possible
at the White House at
1830.
is Sorenson, Bundy,
etc.
BEHN: That is correct.
---
KELLERMAN: Can
I speak to Duplex again?
BEHN: Go
ahead, go ahead, Digest, this is Duplex.
KELLERMAN: [response
broken up]
ANDREWS: [relaying
Kellerman's message to Behn] Duplex,
requesting
helicopter transportation for
President Johnson
and party, sir.
BEHN: [to Andrews to
relay to Kellerman] That is all
laid on. Tell him everybody aboard will be
choppered into the
south grounds.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. [pause] AF-1, Andrews,
request you change
positions you have a bad
mike here.
KELLERMAN: OK,
how's this?
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews, Roger. Go ahead with your
traffic now sir.
KELLERMAN: Digest
to Duplex, Roger. How's this?
BEHN:Go ahead Digest, this is Duplex.
KELLERMAN: Again
I repeat. Have helicopter to transport
President Johnson
and party to the White House
lawn, OK?
BEHN: That is
affirmative.
KELLERMAN: Roger. OK, White House 102 and 405X for
transportation to
Navy hospital, OK?
BEHN: That is
affirmative.
KELLERMAN: That's
a Roger. Eh -- I am keeping -- I will
join Hill and his
party to the Navy Hospital
OK?
BEHN: Digest,
this is Duplex. You accompany body
aboard helicopter.
KELLERMAN: Roger. [pause]
Request -- I was not able to
get ahold of Payne
[spelling is phonetic] and
Bob Burke [spelling
is phonetic].
BEHN: Go
ahead. I received.
[pause]
ANDREWS: [to
Kellerman] AF-1, Andrews, go ahead, sir.
KELLERMAN: This
is Digest, again, Duplex.
BEHN: Go
ahead Digest, this is Duplex.
KELLERMAN: Payne
and Burke [three garbled syllables].
BEHN: Say
again, Digest.
KELLERMAN: Payne
and Burke were not notified.
BEHN: OK. [pause]
ANDREWS: [to
Behn] Say again, sir.
BEHN: That
is affirmative, Digest.
KELLERMAN: OK,
Jerry, one more -- eh -- stand by.
[pause] OK, one more.
[three syllable
garble] is on 6970.
BEHN: Right. [pause] Go ahead, Digest. [pause]
ANDREWS: [to
Behn] Say again, sir.
BEHN: Go
ahead, Digest.
KELLERMAN: Repeat:
[transmission breaking up] 6970, OK?
BEHN: That's
affirmative, I receive.
KELLERMAN: Do
you have any questions? That's enough.
BEHN: Not
at this moment, if we do, we'll call back.
KELLERMAN: That's
a Roger. But, hold on. [pause]
ANDREWS: I've got
Captain Shephard on the line.
UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: Oh, is he?
ANDREWS: Yeah, he
wants to talk to the aircraft.
UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: Good.
KELLERMAN: Digest
to Duplex, go ahead.
BEHN: Go
ahead, Digest. This is Duplex.
KELLERMAN: Would
you call Dr. John Walsh? In
BEHN: That
is affirmative.
KELLERMAN: OK.
BEHN: Where
does Lace want Dr. Walsh to meet her?
KELLERMAN: Dr.
Walsh to meet her.
BEHN: Where?
[pause]
ANDREWS: [to
Behn] Say again, sir.
BEHN: Digest,
this is Duplex. Where does Lace wish
Dr. Walsh to meet
her?
[pause]
KELLERMAN: At
the White House when we get there with her.
BEHN: That's
affirmative.
KELLERMAN: Stand
by. I don't have anything, but I think
they want the line
open here.
CROWN: Roger,
Digest. This is Crown. I have Witness
standing by.
KELLERMAN: [to
the side] There's another call here.
CROWN: Digest?
[pause]
Digest, Digest,
this is Crown. Come in.
[pause]
Digest, Digest,
this is Crown. Come in.
ANDREWS: Stand by,
Crown. AF-1, Andrews.
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD: Dagger to Crown. Dagger to Crown.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Say again, go ahead, sir.
CROWN: AF-1,
AF-1, this is Crown. Come in.
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD: This is Dagger to Crown. I have traffic
for Behn.
---
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Andrews [two garbled syllables] help
you, sir?
Air Force Command
Post. Air Force Weather is
still waiting to
bring up AF-1. We've been
waiting now for 15
minutes, what's up?
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Right, sir. We're running two
patches at one time
right now for the White
House, and they're
real busy, we can't get
through to
them. They're making arrangements
to
take the body off and everything else.
Weather, so he'll
know -- he'll know.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Right.
I already told them that
earlier. [pause]
Go 'head, sir.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Hello, sir.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Right, we're running two patches at
one time right now,
to AF-1 from the White
House,
and they're making arrangements for
taking the casket
and stuff off.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: And we can't get through to you. As
soon as we can,
we'll give you a call.
gets there.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Right, sir. We'll get--
They should
be done pretty
soon. They been at it quite a
while now.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Right.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Right.
---
ANDREWS: Andrews,
AF-1. Loud and clear. OK.
Stand by
and we'll have
General Heaton come on this
line as soon as the
other patch clears.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Roger, sir. I have Command Post
Weather and they've
been standing by about
fifteen
minutes. They'd like to get a patch
to you. Can we run it at this time, sir?
ANDREWS: Go 'head
with them.
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Roger, stand by one. [pause]
Command Post?
ANDREWS COMMAND POST: Can you bring weather up? Can you
bring weather
up? I got AF-1.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Weathers on, would you give
them a call, sir?
AF-1: Weather,
AF-1. Go ahead.
WEATHER: This is
Command Post weather. Be advised of a
severe weather area
from forty miles west of
Breedwood
[phonetic], Mississippi
miles west of
Blysville [phonetic], Arkansas
extending one
hundred and twenty miles -- 120
miles -- to the
east. For tornados, tops
50,000 --
50,000. Want you to be advised of
that and I have a
revised landing forecast,
Andrews, if you're
ready copy. Over.
AF-1: Stand
by, one. I'll have to call you back on
it.
WEATHER: Roger.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. How copy, sir?
AF-1: You
be loud and clear, Andy.
[NOTE: the
next six exchanges may be cross talk.]
?: This is [two garbled
syllables], one second,
please.
?: Liberty
?: Roger, Liberty
sounds].
?: Roger, Roger. OK.
Put me up to the --
correction, take
this and relay it for me,
then I'll want a
patch.
ANDREWS: Liberty
AF-1: Liberty
ANDREWS: AF-1, this
is Andrews, go ahead.
AF-1: Andrews,
AF-1.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews, go ahead, sir.
AF-1: OK. Will you tell Command Post and all people
concerned that our
log time has moved up to
2300z, go ahead.
ANDREWS: This is
Andrews, Roger. Copied, will relay,
sir.
AF-1: Roger,
and pick up that weather warning from
the Air Force
Command Post and see if there's
anything to it,
please. We just got
[unintelligible]
that is important.
ANDREWS: Roger,
stand by one. [pause--lots of cross
talk at this point]
two syllable
garbled name -- Bentruss?]
ANDREWS: Right. Can I have Weather, please?
ANDREWS: Right, sir,
I have AF-1. He's real busy and
he wants to know
how severe this weather
warning is.
severe.
ANDREWS: OK, hold on
one.
ANDREWS: AF-1, AF-1,
Andrews.
AF-1: [response
covered with cross talk]
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews, loud and clear. I have Weather
on. Weather's pretty important, would you
give him a call,
sir?
AF-1: Right
-- Weather, AF-1. Go 'head now, please.
severe weather area
is for tornados --
tornados is the
severity. Radar reports top
in the area at the
present time 47 to 51,000.
Over.
AF-1: Roger. And what area is this? I'm sorry, I
didn't get it
before.
Breedwood
[phonetic], Mississippi
miles west of
Blysville [phonetic], Arkansas
and one hundred and
twenty miles east of both
of those
portions. Its on your flight path.
Over.
AF-1: And one hundred
and twenty miles east of both
of these location,
is that correct?
Breedwood
[phonetic] to Blysville [phonetic]
and one hundred and
twenty miles east of that
line.
AF-1: Got that, OK.
Andrews, 62 degrees
-- 62 degrees. Over.
AF-1: 62.
AF-1: Thank you.
---
CROWN: AF-1,
this is Crown, come in.
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD: This is Dagger on AF-1 to Crown.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. I have Freedom, I have Free --
pardon. I have Witness standing by for a
patch. [pause]
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD: We'll have Witness in one minute. Could
we go ahead with
traffic for Behn, Crown?
CROWN: Roger. You have someone else calling Behn.
Is that a Roger?
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD: That's a Roger. This is Dagger calling
Behn, over.
CROWN: Stand
by. [pause] Dagger, Duplex is on. Go
ahead.
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD: Dagger to Duplex. Message is from
Volunteer and Victoria
tonight.
BEHN: Go ahead,
Dagger. This is Duplex.
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD: You are aware that we will go to
[transmission
momentarily broken] for meeting.
BEHN: That is
affirmative. [short pause] Go ahead.
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD: Volunteer will reside at Valley for an
indefinite
time. I repeat. Volunteer will
reside at Valley
for an indefinite time.
with agent.
BEHN: Will you say
again? Will you say again?
UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: [This is the same man as earlier who
seems to be sitting
at Crown with Behn.]
Venus should go out
to Valley with agent.
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD: That is a Roger. That is a Roger. Venus
will go to Valley
with agent. Victoria
go to Valley after
first to Crown. Do you
understand? Over.
UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: [Again, the man with Behn.] Victoria
will go to Valley
after first going to Crown.
BEHN: OK.
That's affirmative.
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD: Do you also understand that for
residential
purposes Volunteer will reside at
Valley?
BEHN: That is
affirmative. [short pause] That is
affirmative.
RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD: Alright.
That is all the traffic I have
at present.
BEHN: OK. OK.
---
AF-1: Will
you give me a patch into Crown?
ANDREWS: Roger. Stand by, one. [pause]
CROWN: White
House.
ANDREWS: Right. Stand by for AF-1.
CROWN: Roger.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Crown on.
AF-1: Crown,
AF-1. This is a message from Wing to
Slugger. Slugger is to meet aircraft as soon
as possible. If he cannot do this he is to
see Wing as soon as
possible. As soon as
possible. Go ahead.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Wing to Slugger. Meet aircraft
as soon as
possible, if this is impossible,
see Wing as soon as
possible. Go ahead.
AF-1: That
is correct. Or contact him in anyway
feasible.
CROWN: Roger. Roger.
Crown understand. Any
further? Go ahead.
AF-1: Negative. And I suspect that Slugger is back
in Dallas
CROWN: Roger. Roger.
---
CROWN: AF-1.
AF-1. This is Crown. Come in.
AF-1: Request
Victoria
commercial
telephone. That is Volunteer and
should
be temporarily discontinued and
security line
should be put in [signal begins
to break up, about
five syllables are lost].
Do you understand,
over?
CROWN: That's a
Roger. Roger. Cancel commercial
lines at Valley and
install [eight garbled
syllables might be
"wonka circuits" repeated
twice]. Is that a Roger?
AF-1: That
is a Roger.
CROWN: Roger. Will do.
---
ANDREWS: Andrews,
AF-1. Go ahead.
AF-1: OK. Get me Crown please.
ANDREWS: Roger. [pause]
CROWN: White
House.
ANDREWS: Stand by,
sir, AF-1.
CROWN: Roger.
ANDREWS: AF-1, Andrews. Give Crown a call.
AF-1: Roger,
AF-1. We'd like a patch with Winner
and the patch is
coming from Warrior. Go
ahead.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Stand by.
KILDUFF: Crown,
Crown, this is Warrior. How do you
read,
over.
CROWN: Warrior
from Crown. You are loud and clear.
I'm putting Winner
on now, do you Roger?
KILDUFF: Crown,
this is Warrior. I want Winner, I want
Winner. Over.
CROWN: Warrior,
Warrior, from Crown. Go ahead and
transmit. Winner, Winner is on the line.
KILDUFF: Winner,
Winner. This is Warrior. Do you read
me? Over.
HATCH: I hear
you -- over.
KILDUFF: Winner,
Winner, this is Warrior. Will you
please advise Press
that normal press
coverage, including
live TV, will be allowed
at the Base. Volunteer -- repeat -- Volunteer
will make statement
on arrival. Will make
statement on
arrival. Did you read that?
Over.
HATCH: I read
you clearly. Will you listen to my
question? Is Mrs. Kennedy aboard AF-1?
KILDUFF: Winner,
Winner, this is Warrior. That is a
Roger. That is a Roger. Over.
HATCH: Alright. The other thing is I'm setting up a
press section on
the south lawn about 50 yards
from position of
helicop -- of Helicopter #1.
Will that meet with
Mrs. Kennedy's and the
President's
approval?
KILDUFF: Winner,
they are not returning to the House.
They are not
returning to the House. For your
information,
they're going someplace else. I
don't want to go in
on the radio on this one
-- so there will be
an arrival there, but it
will be
Volunteer. It will be Volunteer.
Over.
HATCH: Thank
you. I will hold that information and
we can say
something after you arrive. Eh --
let's see -- hold
it just a second. Let me
look
through my list of questions. Is it true
that the body of
President Kennedy will go to
KILDUFF: That is
a Roger. That is a Roger, but we are
not saying that
yet. Over.
HATCH: Well,
we've -- we've already said it. So, I
-- eh -- but we
should've checked with you
before doing it,
but -- I don't think it makes
too much
difference. It takes a lot of -- you
know -- we should
know it. It takes a lot --
eh -- off of us by
doing it. I was in error,
over.
KILDUFF: So far
as that press area on the south lawn --
there is no
objection to that -- there is no
objection to that.
HATCH: Should that
be live -- will we permit live cov
-- yes. You told me that. OK.
Anything
else?
KILDUFF: Would
you repeat that?
HATCH: Anything
else that I should know?
KILDUFF: Wait a
minute -- you're breaking. But let me
think about that
for just a second, would you,
please?
HATCH: 'Kay.
KILDUFF: Eh --
yes. The pool on this aircraft is Chuck
Roberts and
Smith. We lost Bell
along the
line. We don't have AP aboard, but
I have given them
the statement of Volunteer
on the death, which
he will make at the
airport. Over.
HATCH: Oh. I understand you. OK.
Over and out.
KILDUFF: Wait! Don't go out on me yet, because -- are
you still there,
Winner?
HATCH: Yes I
am. I'm here.
KILDUFF: I think
we're going to tell the press that on
arrival -- eh --
hold on. Oh. Just a
minute. I've got Clifton
to give me
something. Hold on. [pause]
Winner, Winner,
this is Warrior. Eh -- the --
eh -- the -- eh --
you can announce that on
arrival -- on
arrival -- he will meet with --
eh -- at the White
House [pause] Eh -- later
-- he will meet
with the leadership -- with
the
leadership. Did you read that? Over.
HATCH: Yes, I
did read that.
KILDUFF: Wait a
minute. You're breaking badly -- I can
not read.
HATCH: Yes,
yes. I understand and I will announce.
KILDUFF: 'Kay,
very good, Winner. Now wait a minute.
Now there's one
other part I'm getting from
on -- they said that
on arrival at the House
that the President
will meet with McNamara and
Bundy. Also, if Rusk is in town, he'll meet
with Rusk [Hatch
tries to interrupt here and
continues to try
for a few seconds], but I
think he's in the Far
East , so it will
probably be
Ball. Eh -- and after -- about a
half hour after
that meeting is over, we will
meet with -- eh --
eh -- the Congressional
leadership at -- eh
-- wait a minute. I'm
getting a time on
that now. He'll meet with
the leadership at 8:00 -- 8:00 . Did you read
that? Over.
HATCH: I -- eh
-- I read. Now is that bipartisan
leadership or
Democratic leadership?
KILDUFF: That is
wholly bipartisan. Wholly
bipartisan. Over.
HATCH: I
understand you.
KILDUFF: Hold one
and let me check any further
information
here. Is that -- Do you mind
holding, Andy?
HATCH: No. Go right ahead. [pause]
KILDUFF: I have
nothing more at this time. I assume
you will be
available if I can reach you. If
I need to feed you
more information -- eh --
as it develops, or
whatever you call it.
Over.
HATCH: Yes. Over and out.
---
CROWN: AF-1,
this is Crown.
KILDUFF: This is
Warrior to Crown -- Warrior to Crown.
Are you
reading? Over.
CROWN: Warrior,
Warrior, this is Crown. Loud and
clear, loud and
clear.
KILDUFF: Crown,
hold one for a transmission from
Witness -- for a
transmission from Witness.
Over. [could Kilduff have meant Watchman?]
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Would also like to confirm at
this time -- the
request from AF-1 --
CROWN: This is
Crown. Go ahead, Watchman.
CROWN: AF-1 from
Crown. You were broken -- you were
broken. Say again.
on the line, over.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger, stand by, stand by. Crown --
your party on this
end is on, go 'head and
transmit to him.
Max...Mr.
Johnson...Secretary McNamara at 6:30
at the White
House. If Mr. Rusk is in
town...to Mr. Rusk. If he is not in town,
then we do not want
-- negative -- do not want
-- an acting
secretary. Over. [the recording
is very poor at
this point, I've transcribed
what I could pick
out. The official
transcript gives no
clue what the missing
words are.]
BUNDY: Correct. We are -- will you tell him that --
a -- the acting
Cabinet will be at the airport
to greet him. He can bring McNamara and me in
his chopper to the
White House. Over.
that. Now, take another message. Over.
BUNDY: Yep.
House Staff
meeting.
BUNDY: Yep.
no White House
Staff meeting tonight. It will
be tomorrow.
BUNDY: Correct. I have you.
I have it. Wait. Let
me repeat your
message, right -- over.
BUNDY: First
that the President wishes to meet with
SecDef and me at
the White House on return
from Andrews. Second, that there will be no
other meeting this
evening. There will be a
White House Staff
meeting on call tomorrow.
Over.
with the leadership
about 7:30 -- leadership
about 7:30, over.
BUNDY: Right. Does he wish us to arrange that?
Over.
tonight--McNamara
and Bundy --
BUNDY: Yep.
BUNDY: Does he
mean the Democratic leadership only?
Over.
names. Over.
BUNDY: Right,
over.
BUNDY: Yea.
BUNDY: Carl
Albert.
BUNDY: Yea.
BUNDY: Hold
on. Say that one again.
BUNDY: Arens
-- yea.
BUNDY: I have
-- will you take what I have from me,
over, and then we
can go on.
BUNDY: I have
the Speaker, Carl Albert, Hale Boggs,
Leslie Arens. Over.
now continue with
the Senate. Over.
BUNDY: Right. Over.
BUNDY: Right.
BUNDY: Yea.
BUNDY: Yea.
BUNDY: Wait. Wait a moment. I have the first
three. Over.
[pause] Repeat. Over.
this point]
ANDREWS: Sir, stand
by, please.
BUNDY: Yea.
Andrews thinks he
wants them]
ANDREWS: Roger.
CROWN: Crown,
Angel.
Mr. Bundy would you
take the Senate list for
me? Over.
CROWN: I have
Mansfield, Humphrey, Smathers. Over.
Humphrey and
Smathers; Dirksen, Kuchel,
Hickenlooper.
CROWN: Dirksen,
Kuchel and Hickenlooper. Over.
CROWN: 7:30 at the White House? Over.
CROWN: Tell the
President that the Cabinet Room is
under
rearrangement, but the Oval Room will be
ready. Over.
Fish Room?
CROWN: I mean
both the Fish Room and the President's
Study, and we will
try to have the Cabinet
Room, but that's a
detail -- we can work that
out. Over.
the Mansion or in
the Oval Room or the
President's Study
or the President's Office.
CROWN: Correct.
in the Fish
Room. Over.
CROWN: Right. I have you -- I understand. Always in
the west wing. Over.
CROWN: I have
nothing further. Over.
about the changes,
so we don't confuse it.
Duplex
is Jerry Behn. Over.
CROWN: Right. I will.
CROWN: OK.
---
CROWN: AF-1,
this is Crown.
KILDUFF: This is
Warrior to Crown. Warrior to Crown.
Crown, are you
reading? Over.
CROWN: Warrior,
Warrior, this is Crown. Loud and
clear -- loud and
clear.
KILDUFF: Crown,
hold one for a transmission from
Witness. [Again, it is possible that Kilduff
meant to say
"Watchman."]
WATCHMAN: This is Watchman.
Over.
[There
is lots of cross talk at this point]
AF-1: AF-1,
Andrews. Give me another line to Crown,
please.
ANDREWS: Roger, sir.
Sgt. Phillips
[phonetic], sir.
ANDREWS: This is
Andrews [two garbled syllables].
Would you get me
Crown, please?
Hello, Andrews?
ANDREWS: Yes?
ANDREWS: Crown -- eh
-- White House.
CROWN: White
House.
CROWN: Roger.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Crown on, go ahead.
KILDUFF: Warrior. How you read, over?
CROWN: AF-1,
this is Crown. You are loud and clear,
go ahead.
KILDUFF: White
House -- eh -- Crown, this is Warrior.
Will you get me
another patch to Winner?
Another patch to
Winner? Over.
CROWN: Roger. Stand by.
[pause]
ANDREWS: Are you
still standing by for Crown?
KILDUFF: Andrews, Andrews, this is AF-1 -- eh -- do
I
have that -- do I
have that patch with Crown?
Over.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. We're still standing by for
Winner through
Crown.
KILDUFF: Would
you repeat?
ANDREWS: Roger, we
are still standing by for Winner.
We are still
standing by for Winner.
KILDUFF: That's a
Roger.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews.
KILDUFF: Eh --
Crown, Crown, this is Warrior. Over.
ANDREWS: Warrior,
Andrews. Stand by. Winner is still
in another
patch. Winner is still in another
patch. I have a message for radio operator on
AF-1.
KILDUFF: Eh --
Crown, Crown. Eh -- eh -- who is he
running a patch
with? Over.
CROWN: 201. [strange sound on line, transmission may
have broken]
?: Hello,
Andrews?
ANDREWS: Eh --
yes.
?: You're still connected with White
House.
ANDREWS: Roger. Could you ring them again for me?
?: Ring them again?
ANDREWS: Yes.
KILDUFF: Warrior,
Warrior.
CROWN: Crown.
ANDREWS: Crown, give
them another call.
CROWN: Warrior,
Warrior, this is Crown.
KILDUFF: Go
ahead, Crown.
CROWN: Warrior,
we are having some difficulty in
locating -- eh --
Winner. Would you stand by,
please?
KILDUFF: That's a
Roger, Crown. This is Warrior.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews.
---
End Transcript
Tape Two -- Side One
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Air Force One radio traffic transcript 11/22/63
Tape 2 Side 2
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Tape Two -- Side Two
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CROWN: Warrior,
this is Crown. We are having some
difficulty
in locating Winner. Would you
stand by, please?
KILDUFF: That's a
Roger, Crown. This is Warrior.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. [pause] Andrews.
AF-1: Andrews,
AF-1.
ANDREWS: Roger,
sir. Could you give me a quick check
on 9?
AF-1: I'll
just have to [covered?].
ANDREWS: Roger,
sir. Standing by this end.
AF-1: How
'bout bringing that 13 through Liberty
[two garbled
syllables] on the [one garbled
syllable] and come
back with it.
ANDREWS: Eh--
AF-1: OK. And also, Andrews, how 'bout relaying our
new block time of
2305z -- 2305 -- to Air
Force Command Post
and all concerned. Go
ahead.
ANDREWS: Roger,
sir. Copied -- will do.
CROWN: This is
Crown, come in.
[The tape has been
edited at this point.
There is nothing
further on this side of the
tape.]
---
End Transcript
Tape Two -- Side Two
---
Begin Transcript
Tape Three -- Side One
AF-1: AF-1,
a check.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Loud and clear.
AF-1: Gimme
Crown, please. In a hurry.
ANDREWS: Roger. Stand by.
CROWN: Hello,
Andrews?
ANDREWS: Roger, is
this Crown?
CROWN: Roger.
ANDREWS: OK, stand
by, AF-1. [to AF-1] AF-1, Andrews,
give Crown a call.
AF-1: Break
Crown, AF-1. Volunteer requesting a
patch with Mrs.
Rose Kennedy as soon as
possible. Go ahead.
CROWN: Roger,
understand. Volunteer wants a patch
with Mrs. Rose as
soon as possible.
AF-1: Mrs.
Rose Kennedy, Roger.
CROWN: Roger, Roger. I'll work on that right away
and also while I'm
working on that could we
have a
confirmation, a confirmation, on
earlier
transmission from AF-1, stating that
the
commercial telephone service, I say again,
commercial
telephone service for the Johnson
residence should be
discontinued with a direct
line to -- eh --
White House. Do you Roger
that?
AF-1: Stand
by, one. We'll have to check it out.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. While you're checking that out,
I'll work on the
telephone call to Mrs. Rose
Kennedy for
Volunteer. Stand by.
AF-1: How
'bout this 13 with Liberty
ANDREWS: They're
standing by. Do you want to call now,
sir?
AF-1: OK. We'll switch now to 13.
ANDREWS: Roger.
---
AF-1: That
is affirmative. That is affirmative,
confirmation on
your request, go ahead.
CROWN: White
House, Roger. That is affirmative,
affirmative?
AF-1: Affirmative. You have it correct.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Stand by, stand by for the
other
party.
ANDREWS: [relaying
to AF-1] The party Rogered for your
message. And they are standing -- and they
advise you to stand
by for your party.
AF-1: Eh
-- I do -- I have a patch into Crown, and I
do
not want it broken.
ANDREWS: Sir, you
are still in patch with Crown.
AF-1: OK. [pause -- to Crown] AF-1, are you still
on?
CROWN: Roger,
Roger, please stand by.
AF-1: Roger,
standing by.
CROWN: AF-1,
AF-1, please stand by, we have Mrs. Rose
Kennedy.
AF-1: Stand
by.
CROWN: AF-1,
have you got your party? Go ahead.
AF-1: Stand
by one, please. [pause] Do you have
her standing by?
CROWN: Roger, Roger. I'm going to put Mrs. Rose
Kennedy on the line
now.
AF-1: OK,
Crown. We're coming on now.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger.
ROSE KENNEDY: Hello?
Hello? Hello? Hello?
CROWN: Just a--
Just a moment, Mrs. Kennedy.
AF-1: Just
one moment now, please. Mrs. Kennedy,
are you on?
ROSE KENNEDY: Hello?
AF-1: Stand
by one, now, please.
CROWN: AF-1,
AF-1, AF-1 from Crown, come in.
AF-1: Crown,
this is AF-1, do you read us, over?
CROWN: I'm
reading you loud and clear. I have Mrs.
Kennedy standing
by. Are you ready with
Volunteer? Go ahead.
AF-1: Yes,
we are ready. Can you put her on and
I'll turn her over
to him. Over.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. She's coming on now. [pause]
AF-1 from Crown,
Mrs. Kennedy on -- go ahead,
please.
AF-1: Hello
Mrs. Kennedy, hello Mrs. Kenn--
ROSE KENNEDY: Yes?
AF-1: --edy. We are talking from--
ROSE KENNEDY: Yes?
AF-1: --the
airplane. Can you hear us alright?
Over.
ROSE KENNEDY: [to the side]
Thank-you. [to AF-1] Hello?
AF-1: Yes,
Mrs. Kennedy. I have Mr. Johnson for you
here.
ROSE KENNEDY: Yes, thank you.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: Mrs. Kennedy?
ROSE KENNEDY: Yes?
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: Mrs.--
ROSE KENNEDY: Yes, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: I wish to God there was something that I
could do, and I
wanted to tell you that we
were grieving with
you.
ROSE KENNEDY: Yes.
Well, thank you, Mist-- thank you very
much -- Thank you
very much. I know. I know
you loved Jack, and
he loved you.
ROSE KENNEDY: Yes.
Alright.
syllables) had your
son as long as you did.
ROSE KENNEDY: Yes. Eh
-- thank you, Lady Bird. Thank you
very much. Good bye.
_____"?]
ROSE KENNEDY: Thank you very much. Good bye.
Good bye.
Good bye. [through the three "good bye"s it
sounds as though
Mrs. Johnson might be trying
to talk at the same
time, but is being cut out
by Mrs. Kennedy.]
---
KILDUFF: Crown,
Crown, this is Warrior. I think that
patch is over. Is that a Roger? Over.
CROWN: That is a
Roger, Warrior, that is a Roger.
Mrs. Kennedy has
hung up. Go 'head.
KILDUFF: Crown,
now would you give me that patch to --
eh -- Walter Jenkins
in President Johnson's
Office? Over.
CROWN ; Roger,
stand by one.
KILDUFF: And --
eh -- Crown, get somebody to come up on
the Charlie set?,
please.
ANDREWS: Roger, sir,
you are loud and clear. I still
have [three garbles
syllables] standing by for
Warrior.
ANDREWS: Eh, Roger,
sir. Stand by one.
Eh, Crown, go ahead
and give AF-1 a call now.
CROWN: AF-1, AF-1, this is Crown, come in.
AF-1: Eh, Crown-- [transmission broken]
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Crown is on, go ahead. [pause]
AF-1, AF-1,
Andrews. Crown is on, would you
give him a call,
please.
KILDUFF: Crown,
this is Warrior, this is Warrior. Do
you read me? Over.
CROWN: Roger,
Warrior, this is Crown. Stand by,
stand by for
Winner. Go 'head.
KILDUFF: That's a
Roger, Crown. You are loud and
clear. [long pause]
CROWN: Warrior,
Warrior, Winner is on, go ahead.
KILDUFF: Winner,
this is Warrior, do you read me?
Over.
HATCH: I read
you.
KILDUFF: Winner
-- that, eh, meeting -- that first
meeting
will be Bundy and McNamara only. The
President will meet
with Rusk when he returns,
even though its
probably going to be a
different -- will
be a different -- eh, will
be a different
meeting.
HATCH: I read
you.
KILDUFF: Did you
read that, Winner?
HATCH: Yes,
yes.
KILDUFF: Crown,
Crown, this is Warrior, do you read
me? Over.
HATCH: Yes I
do, Warrior. I read you.
KILDUFF: Andy
would you flash back the board. I
need Crown back
again. I need Crown back
again. Over.
HATCH: Yes,
over and out. And I'll flash the board.
ANDREWS: Crown. [long pause]
Crown?
CROWN: Roger.
ANDREWS: Roger, eh,
give AF-1 a call please.
CROWN: AF-1,
AF-1, this is Crown, come in. [pause]
AF-1, AF-1, this is
Crown, come in.
KILDUFF: Crown,
Crown, this is Warrior. Do you read
me? Over.
CROWN: Eh,
Warrior, this is Crown, Roger. You are
[two unclear
syllables]. Go ahead.
KILDUFF: Will you
get me a patch with Walter Jenkins in
President Johnson's
Office. Over.
CROWN: Roger,
Warrior, stand by.
KILDUFF: Kill
this call -- kill this call. I think
that we are
overlapping on another call.
Over.
CROWN: Roger.
---
KILDUFF: Warrior,
I mean, Crown -- this is Warrior is
AF-1. Go ahead.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. On your request for Jenkins, he
is on route to
Andrews. On route to your
destination. Go ahead.
KILDUFF: That's a
Roger, Crown. I'll pass that word
on.
---
AF-1: Alright,
AF-1. Volunteer would like a patch
to the Governor
Connally. The current
Governor Connally
of Texas
Connally. That's the Governor's wife, go
ahead.
ANDREWS: Volunteer
would like a patch with Mrs.
Connally, Governor
Connally's wife. Do you --
Is that a Roger?
AF-1: That's
a Roger.
ANDREWS: Roger, Roger, stand by one.
AF-1: Still
standing by for the Connally call.
ANDREWS: Eh, Roger,
Roger. We have Dallas
and they are trying
to contact her now. Stand
by, please.
AF-1: Roger,
Roger, standing by.
---
CROWN: [beginning
of call cut off by editing] ...from
Crown, come in.
you have a receiver
[one garbled syllable],
sir?
CROWN: Roger,
Roger, that's right. Stand by one.
Crown to AF-1.
CROWN: [a
different Crown operator] AF-1 from Crown.
The Connally
residence in Dallas
line -- is on the
line and Mrs. Connally is
available to speak
with Mr. Johnson if he can
get to the phone
patch, go ahead.
AF-1: Roger. He wants specifically to speak with
her. Go ahead.
CROWN: Roger. Stand by, just a moment. [pause]
AF-1, AF-1, from
Crown. Would you put
Volunteer on
please? Mrs. Connally is on the
line, standing by
for his call.
AF-1: AF-1.
hear me? [pause]
Heard some reassuring news
over the TV. We are up in the plane, yet, but
the surgeon,
speaking about John sounded so
reassuring. How about it?
that just got done
operating on him. John is
going to be
alright, we are almost certain,
unless something
unforeseen –
well. [two to four broken syllables lost]
ANDREWS: Eh, Mrs.
Johnson--
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: Nellie, can you hear me?
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: Listen, Darling, I know that -- that
everything's going
to be all right. Is it?
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: God bless you, Darling.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON:
Give him a hug and kiss for me.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: Good bye.
Throughout this call is the sound of a television set in the
background. There are the voices of commentators,
sometimes raising their voices to be heard over the sounds of a crowd. It is impossible to discern anything identifying
what is being watched.
---
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews -- go ahead, Crown.
AF-1: Roger, we have
another nickel on the return
from you -- or is
that down the line?
ANDREWS: I believe
that's down the line, sir. But
Crown is on, give
them a call.
AF-1: [garbled
response]
CROWN: AF-1,
Crown, go ahead.
AF-1: Roger,
that completes us for now.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. If you could stand by, AF-1, if
you
could stand by, we have several people
that would like to
talk to you. Can you stand
by?
AF-1: Roger -- go
ahead.
CROWN: Eh,
Roger. [pause--unintelligible voices in
background] AF-1?
AF-1: Roger, AF-1, go ahead.
CROWN: Stand by
one.
AF-1: Roger.
AF-1: Go ahead,
Command Post, AF-1.
AF-1: [very heavy
static on line -- AF-1's response
not intelligible.]
AF-1, did you copy?
AF-1: Roger. And who is this information to go to?
Go ahead.
AF-1: Roger. Who is this information to be passed
to. Go ahead.
Command Post, over.
AF-1: Command Post,
AF-1. I read you loud and
clear. I understand 373 departed at 2141, who
did you wish to
notify about this. Go ahead.
departure on this
aircraft -- the one with the
Presidential cars
on board?
AF-1: Roger. We'll pass that. I don't know where
it goes now. Thank you.
---
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Go ahead.
AF-1: OK. Would you call SAM
Command Post and have
them -- to -- eh --
request two -- eh four Air
Police meet the
airplane. We want two in the
front of the
airplane and two in the rear. Go
ahead.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Understand you are requesting
two staff cars --
two -- eh -- staff cars with
Air Police. Two in the front and two in the
rear. Is that correct?
AF-1: Negative
on the cars -- just the Air Police.
We want security
guards. We want four of
them. Two at each door of the airplane. Go
ahead.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews, Roger. Will advise SAM .
AF-1: Roger. Thank you.
---
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. AF-1, AF-1 from Crown. [pause]
AF-1, AF-1, AF-1
from Crown. Come in.
AF-1: Crown,
AF-1. Go ahead.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Stand by for a patch from
Tanker, Tanker.
AF-1: Roger.
CROWN: AF-1,
AF-1, AF-1 from Crown. Come in.
AF-1: AF-1,
Crown, go ahead.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Stand by for a patch from
Tanker, Tanker.
AF-1: Roger.
CROWN: AF-1,
AF-1. Tanker on the line. Go ahead,
Tanker.
COOK: Hello
Angel, hello Angel. May I speak with
Watchman or
Tiger. Watchman or Tiger. Over.
AF-1: Roger. Watchman is busy at the present time
on another
circuit. Stand by for Tiger.
COOK: Standing
by for Tiger.
SWINDAL: Tiger --
how do you read. Over.
COOK: Five
by five, Tiger. Five by five. I have
been informed from Dallas
that the aircraft
be parked in an isolated
spot when you
arrive here. However, Watchman
had a long
discussion with Behn and nothing
about that was
mentioned. And the present
plan on the ground
here is to spot you in the
regular place
unless Watchman says now that
this is not
desired. Over.
SWINDAL: I believe
that they are parking in the
regular place,
Tanker. Where did you get that
information from
down in Dallas
COOK: It was
from the USAF Command Post agent there
and I understood from him that you had told
him to do
this. Over.
SWINDAL: We told
you to look into that, and in the
excitement to see
if the family had ordered it
done. We were going to discuss it in flight.
COOK: I see.
SWINDAL: Go ahead
with the present plan and park in the
regular place. And I asked [garbled name] to
get in touch with
you and pass some
instructions to
him. And we need steps in the
right front of the
aircraft, the press box
will be on the left
of the aircraft, and
President Johnson
will deplane at the front of
the aircraft. And we need a fork-lift at the
rear of the
aircraft. Lace will deplane on
the
right front. Over.
COOK: Understand,
Tiger. Understand those
instructions. They have all been carried
out. We will continue with the plan to spot
you in the regular
place. There will be a
ramp left front, a
ramp right front, a
fork-lift left
rear, the Press area left
front. Over.
SWINDAL: [garble]
We'll keep in touch.
COOK: Roger. Thank you and out.
---
ANDREWS: Crown?
CROWN: [garble]
that patch give AF-1 a call any time
you want.
ANDREWS: Eh, Roger.
CROWN: AF-1,
AF-1, AF-1 from Crown.
AF-1: Crown,
AF-1, go ahead.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Could you pass this to Wing.
Pass this to
Wing. That on his message to
Slugger. Message to Slugger. Slugger was
still in Dallas Dallas
advised to contact
Wing as soon as he possibly
can.
AF-1: Roger. AF-1 copy.
Will pass.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Crown out for now. Do you have
anything further
AF-1?
AF-1: Roger,
stand by one. We'll have another patch
from Warrior.
---
ANDREWS: Crown?
CROWN: Crown on.
ANDREWS: Yes, give
AF-1 a call.
CROWN: AF-1,
Crown. Go ahead.
AF-1: OK,
I need Capital 4-3121 extension 493.
I'll
talk to anyone
there.
CROWN: Say again? It was Capital 4-3291 extension
493?
AF-1: That's
4-3121 extension 493.
CROWN: Roger,
Roger. Understand. Anyone in
particular there?
AF-1: Roger. Anyone at that number.
CROWN: Roger. Stand by.
[pause] AF-1, AF-1 from
Crown. Was that extension 493?
AF-1: That
is affirmative. Congressman Thomas'
office.
CROWN: Say again
the Congressman's name, as they say
they have no such
extension.
AF-1: Congressman
Thomas. Tango -- Hotel -- Oscar
-- Mike -- Alva --
[garbled -- probably the
equivalent for
"S"]
CROWN: Roger,
Roger, stand by. [pause] Congressman
Thomas' office on
the line.
AF-1: Roger. This is the airplane. The Congressman
is requesting that
you place his door keys
under the doormat
of his residence. Go ahead.
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS' OFFICE: Oh. OK.
Hello?
AF-1: Hello,
did you hear me?
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS' OFFICE: There will be someone at his
residence.
AF-1: I
understand the house will be open. And
someone will be in
the residence. Is that
correct? [pause]
Hello? I understand that
the house will be
occupied. That someone will
be home. Is that right?
CROWN: AF-1,
this is Crown, that is a Roger. She
said that there
will be someone at the
residence.
AF-1: OK. Fine, Crown.
Thank you very much.
CROWN: Roger. Crown out.
---
AF-1: Andrews. Would you check on the current
temperature there
when you get a moment?
ANDREWS: Roger.
AF-1: The
last message I got was query as to whether
Volunteer was
aboard. Go ahead.
ANDREWS: Roger. Just a moment. [pause -- to the
side] What is the temperature here at
Andrews?
ANDREWS WEATHER: The present temperature is 64 degrees.
ANDREWS: OK. What will the forecast be about 2300?
ANDREWS WEATHER: 2300?
ANDREWS: Yea.
ANDREWS WEATHER: Local?
ANDREWS: Zulu time.
ANDREWS WEATHER: Oh.
Zulu?
ANDREWS: Yea.
ANDREWS WEATHER: Let's see that'd be -- oh -- make that 62.
ANDREWS: 60
degrees? Thank you very much.
ANDREWS WEATHER: 62!
ANDREWS: 62.
ANDREWS WEATHER: Yea.
ANDREWS: Yea, got
it.
---
Note - a short,
garbled, static and cross talk covered exchange has not been transcribed.
---
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews.
AF-1: AF-1,
go ahead.
ANDREWS: Eh,
Roger. Present temperature is 64
degrees. 2300 forecast is 62 degrees.
AF-1: Roger. Thank you.
ANDREWS: Yes, sir.
---
AF-1: This
is AF-1. Would you get me the Command
Post, please?
ANDREWS: Roger, sir.
Phillips
[phonetic], sir.
ANDREWS: Roger,
Andrews [two garbled syllables], I have
AF-1 for a patch.
ANDREWS: Roger.
ANDREWS: Roger,
stand by for AF-1. AF-1, Andrews.
Command Post
on. Go ahead.
AF-1: Roger, Command
Post, AF-1. We checked earlier
with 2242, presently
descending. Estimated
block time remains
2305. Go ahead.
---
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. I have Crown on. Give them a
call, please.
AF-1: Break Crown,
AF-1. Go ahead.
CROWN: Roger,
AF-1, stand by. [to the side] Go
ahead. [to AF-1]
Stand by, he's on the other
-- he's on the
[cherry pin?] right now.
?: Its very important.
CROWN: Who's
calling, please?
?: [three garbled
syllables -- a name?] ...in
CROWN: OK. Stand by one.
[long pause]
AF-1: This
is AF-1. Warrior advises unable to speak
with you at the present
time and asks you to
please call White
House in about thirty
minutes. Go ahead.
?: That's a Roger. Out.
AF-1: Roger.
---
AF-1: Andrews, AF-1.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews, go ahead.
AF-1: Roger. Would you give me SAM
Command Post.
please?
ANDREWS: Yes sir.
ANDREWS: Roger, Andrews [two garbled syllables] I have
AF-1 for a patch.
ANDREWS: Roger. [to AF-1]
AF-1, Andrews. SAM
Command
Post on, go ahead.
AF-1: Roger. Do you have an ETA
on the C-130 with
the vehicles?
from 'em, sir. Over.
AF-1: OK. Alright, thank you.
---
ANDREWS: Air Force
Command Post, please.
Phillips
[phonetic], sir.
ANDREWS: Roger, this
is [two garbled syllables], I have
AF-1 for a patch.
ANDREWS: Go 'head,
Andrews. AF-1.
AF-1: Roger, Command
Post. AF-1 landed Andrews at
2300.
out.
AF-1: Andrews, make
it 04, please.
ANDREWS: AF-1,
Andrews. Roger. On the blocks at 04.
Have a good day,
sir.
AF-1: OK, thank you.
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Tape 3 -- Side 1
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Radio Traffic
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