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"Will you render this service to civilian rule and democracy
for which President Kennedy gave his life?"
Pierre Salinger was quite willing to render such a service:
"Since the tape with which I worked was provided by the
White House Commication Agency, it would seem to me that
the tape of the conversation to which you refer would emanate
from the same source, if such a tape, in "fact, exists.
"As to the conversation with the cabinet plane, the transcript
of that conversation is in my personal files which have been
turned over to the National Archives for placement in the
Kennedy Library.
"I certainly have no objection to your seeing that transcript,
although the National Archives will undoubtedly write and ask
my pannission since it is included in my personal papers."
(letter of December 26, 1967 from Mr. Pierre Salinger to Vincent
J. Salandria)
But apparently what the thite House Communication Agency giveth, the
said branch of the Pentagon may taketh away. Dr. Bahmer answered Salandria's
next request for the tape in a letter dated January 9, 1968:
"After receipt of your letter of December 28, a careful
examination was made of the papers that Mr. Salinger has sent
to us for storage. We have not, however, been able to find
anything in the nature of a transcript of the tape recording
that you are searching for.
"I regret that our reply to your inquiries, therefore, must
still be in the negative. There is nothing that we are able
to add to myearlier letter to you on this subject."
In his letter of January 2, 1968, to Salandria, Colonel U.S. Air Force,
Armed Forces Aide to the President, James U. Cross was succinct in his refusal
to cooperate in the search for the tape:
"I have been asked to respond to your letter, addressed to
the White House Communication Agency, concerning a tape
recording to Air Force Che, November 22, 1963.
"Logs and tapes of the radio transmissions of military
aircraft, including those of Air Force Che, are kept for
official use only. These tapes are not releasable, nor
are they obtainable from commercial sources."
"I am sorry my response cannot be more favorable,'
And so was Salandria, But Colonel Cross should know that Mr. T. H. White
had access to the tape and his was not an "official use.' Mr. Salinger had
access to the transcript of the tape, and the use to which he put it was
not "official."
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