JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President (59 page)

The lead editorial
:
Ibid.

He witnessed the power
:
Ibid.; Armory speech, JFKL Web site.

Decades later, a
St. Petersburg Times
:
St. Petersburg Times,
November 11, 1999.

He told the crowd greeting him
:
Miami Herald,
November 18, 1963.

Speech to the Inter-American Press Association
:
JFKL Web site.

“God, I hate to go out to Texas”
:
Martin (
Seeds
),
p. 451, based on an interview with Smathers.

“Look how screwed up it’s going to be”
:
Beschloss (
Crisis
), pp. 665-66.

“Thank God nobody wanted to kill”
:
Martin (
Hero
), p. 477.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19

Lincoln remembered Tuesday
:
Lincoln (
Kennedy and Johnson
), p. 203.

He sat in a rocking chair
:
Ibid., pp. 203–7; Lincoln Papers, Box 6, JFKL. Some authors have doubted that the conversation happened as Lincoln reported it in her 1968 book. Box 6 of her papers, however, contains the shorthand notes that she made on a White House memorandum pad as he spoke—conclusive proof that Kennedy told her that he was considering replacing Johnson.

Sanford would later say
:
Sanford, JFKLOH.

“Oh, God, can you ever imagine”
:
Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 278.

In 1964, Sorensen would ask Jackie
:
Sorensen (
Counselor
), p. 249. `

At a 10.00 a.m. ceremony in the Rose Garden
:
NYT
and
WP,
November 20, 1963.

Back in the
Oval Office
:
Mahoney, JFKLOH; Mahoney, pp. 284–85.

It called for improving relations
:
Hilsman, p. 352.

He had told Marie Ridder
:
Ridder, author interview.

Dean Rusk said they often discussed it
:
Rusk, p. 283.

“You know, Mr. President”
:
Mahoney, JFKLOH.

“I just want to tell you”
:
Ibid.

and picked up an article
:
George Mills, “JFK
Could Lose,”
Look,
December 17, 1963 (printed and on sale before November 22, 1963).

“What do you think of that?”
:
Mahoney, JFKLOH.

Attwood called Bundy’s assistant
:
Attwood (
Twilight
), p. 262.

Chase wrote in a memorandum
:
National Security File, Country File, Cuba, Contact with Cuban Leaders, 5/63–4/65. The memorandum was dated November 19, 1963, headed “Approach to Castro,” and filed under “Top Secret-Sensitive.”

Bundy called Attwood back later
:
Attwood (
Twilight
), p. 262.

Castro told Jean Daniel
:
“When Castro Heard the News,”
New Republic,
December 7, 1963.

Kennedy studied the photographs
:
Beschloss (
Crisis
),
pp. 666–67.

“I’m sure glad the Secret Service”
:
Helms, p. 227.

He held a final briefing on Tuesday
:
O’Donnell and Powers, p. 389.

“When you come back”
:
NBC White Paper on Vietnam, December 1971, cited in Newman, pp. 426–27; Schlesinger (
Robert Kennedy
),
p. 722. The Forrestal-Kennedy conversation is also recounted by Brandon (
Anatomy
), p. 30.

“Wayne, I want you to know”
:
Boston Globe,
June 24, 1973, cited by Schlesinger (
Robert Kennedy
), p. 722.

“I’m still very much in favor”
:
Heller Papers, Box 6 (Kennedy-Johnson files), JFKL.

Lewis Weinstein, a distinguished
:
Lewis H. Weinstein, “John F. Kennedy: A Personal Memoir, 1946–1963,”
American Jewish History
75, September 1985.

He called Weinstein the next day
:
Ibid.

“I wish I weren’t going”
:
Salinger, p. 3.

“Don’t let the President come”
:
Ibid., p. 1.

But Lincoln had no qualms
:
Lincoln (
My Twelve
), p. 305.

“If they are going to get me”
:
Ibid.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20

During their weekly White House breakfast meeting
:
Manchester (
Death
), p. 14.

His mind was wandering, and he drew doodles
:
JFKPP, Box 12, JFKL.

He complained to Dr. Burkley
:
JFKPP, Box 48 (medical), JFKL.

signed a lease
:
Manchester (
Death
), p. 14.

asked Lincoln to check on the forecast
:
Lincoln (
My Twelve
), p. 305.

told Turnure to make sure
:
Manchester (
Death
), p. 10.

“A bit of old-fashioned Boston”
:
Bishop (
A Bishop’s
), p. 386.

He added some words of friendship
:
U. Alexis Johnson, JFKLOH.

Joan Douglas noticed
:
William Manchester Papers (
Death of a President
), Box 43, Wesleyan Library.

“You’re going off to Japan”
:
Ibid.

Dillon thought he was “in wonderful form”
:
Ibid.

The Supreme Court justices also remarked
:
Ibid., Box 44.

Ethel Kennedy thought he seemed withdrawn and preoccupied
:
Manchester (
Death
), p. 18.

Bobby Kennedy spent almost forty-five minutes
:
Ibid., p. 619.

Bobby told one of his guests
:
William Manchester Papers (
Death of a President
), Box 43, Wesleyan Library.

He asked O’Donnell if he had seen
:
Mahoney, p. 288; Manchester (
Death
), p. 33.

O’Donnell said he had decided
:
O’Donnell and Powers, pp. 18–19; Manchester (
Death
), p. 34.

Jean Daniel delivered Kennedy’s message
:
“When Castro Heard the News,”
New Republic,
December 7, 1963.

she read him a letter from her mother
:
William Manchester Papers (
Death of a President
), Box 43, Wesleyan Library; Sally Bedell Smith, p. 435.

he showed her a tongue-in-cheek letter
:
Ibid.

“There are going to be all these rich”
:
Manchester (
Death
), p. 10.

She held up some dresses and outfits
:
Ibid.

After dinner he received a call from George Ball,
:
Ball, p. 310.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21

Kennedy was edgy
:
Lincoln (
My Twelve
), p. 305.

As soon as he arrived at the Oval Office
:
Ibid., pp. 305–6.

He met briefly
:
Darlington, JFKLOH.

“I feel great. My back feels better”
:
O’Donnell and Powers, p. 4.

Nanny Maud Shaw was opposed
:
Manchester (
Death
),
p. 59.

she and Shaw waved from the roof
:
Shaw, p. 160.

He grinned and scrawled
:
Bundy Papers, Box 34, JFKL.

Hale
Boggs . . . was passing the White House
:
Manchester (
Death
), p. 60.

spent the short flight
teasing his son
:
Lincoln (
My Twelve
), p. 306.

When John learned
:
Manchester (
Death
), p. 63.

Kennedy tucked a file card
:
O’Donnell and Powers, p. 4.

Johnson planned to introduce him by saying
:
Wright, p. 47.

“You two guys aren’t running out”
:
O’Donnell and Powers, p. 20.

He poked his head into Jackie’s compartment
:
Gallagher, p. 312.

“I don’t think Barry is going to have time”
:
Reston, pp. 262–63.

Gonzalez now took him aside
on Air Force One
:
Ibid., p. 263.

“Oh, and by the way, Henry”
:
Ibid.

Teenagers filling the observation deck
:
San Antonio Express,
November 22, 1963.

Gonzalez had been standing
:
Reston, p. 265.

San Antonio in 1960 . . . motorcade
:
San Antonio Express,
November 22, 1963.

“despite the conglomeration of Secret Service agents”
:
Ibid.

He kept a close eye on Jackie
:
Manchester (
Death
), p. 75.

Seeking shelter from the wind
:
Reston, p. 266.

There were some sour notes
:
San Antonio Express,
November 22, 1963.

A constable on traffic duty overheard
:
Ibid.

The Secret Service failed to keep a mental patient
:
Ibid.

Asked by a reporter to comment
:
ES,
November 22, 1963.

JFK speech at Brooks
:
JFKL Web site.

Five minutes later he stood in a laboratory
:
O’Donnell and Powers, pp. 21–22.

Before leaving Brooks, he invited
:
Cooper, p. 179.

Kennedy was jubilant
:
John Connally, “Why Kennedy Went to Texas,”
Life,
November 22, 1967.

He asked Powers to estimate
:
O’Donnell and Powers, p. 22: Powers Papers (Vanocur interview), Box 9, JFKL.

As they pulled into the Rice Hotel
:
William Manchester Papers (
Death of a President
), Box 43, Wesleyan Library.

Johnson had told his friend Horace Busby
:
Thompson, p. 253.

His meeting with Kennedy was so acrimonious
:
Manchester (
Death
), p. 82; Reston, pp. 269–70.

He had complained to Bobby earlier
:
Dallek (
Johnson
), p. 41.

After Johnson stormed out of the suite, Kennedy told Jackie
:
Manchester (
Death
), p. 82; Reston, pp. 269–70.

“I just can’t bear him sitting there saying”
:
Jacqueline Kennedy, LBJLOH.

He doodled on a sheet of hotel stationery
:
Greenberg, pp. 156–57.

He and Jackie dined in their suite
:
Reston, p. 268; Yarborough, JFKLOH.

The atmosphere was more cordial
:
Leaming (
Mrs. Kennedy
), p. 332.

“Mrs. Kennedy, on her first official”
:
ES,
November 22, 1963.

“Gosh, Mary, you’ve been such a great help”
:
Gallagher, p. 314.

From this vantage point he could see
:
Valenti, JFKLOH.