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...fifth weekend in a row, the President helicoptered into the Kennedy compound at Hyannisport, but this time with a surprise present for a special occasion: Jacqueline Kennedy's 32nd birthday. Labeling the gift a "private matter," White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger was equally reticent about the ensuing family celebration. When buttonholed on whether the birthday cake was bought or donated, Salinger-still slightly burned by the fallout over Jackie's last major social function, at Mount Vernon-smoothly replied: "It was baked...
...fuss grew, and reporters jangled telephones in Hyannisport, where the President was seeking weekend relaxation. But Press Secretary Pierre Salinger professed complete ignorance of any attempt to fire Bowles. When he got back to Washington, Kennedy was so irked by the splurge of Bowles-inspired stories that he canceled a White House lunch with Hubert Humphrey, summoned Bowles back to a second meal. This time there were no leaks, but Salinger announced with finality that Bowles was going on an important, 18-day trip to meet with chiefs of U.S. missions in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Obviously...
...large, black, looseleaf notebook goes with him. The notebook is the President's "Berlin Book," consisting of 20 position papers on all possible phases of the persistent peace-or-war question that Kennedy must eventually answer. In the White House, and last weekend on another brief vacation in Hyannisport. John Kennedy spent hours over his homework. Never before, said his aides, had the President spent so much time and thought contemplating the implications of a single question. "He's imprisoned by Berlin." said one Cabinet member. "Ever since his Europe trip, Berlin has occupied him totally...
There is real drama late on election night, when Dick and Pat Nixon, struggling with their emotions, appear on TV and refuse to concede the election. (Viewing the scene from his Hyannisport headquarters, Kennedy silenced his grumbling staff with six words: "Why should he concede? I wouldn...
...week's end President Kennedy flew back to Hyannisport. On the sun-drenched Kennedy patio and aboard the presidential cruiser Marlin, he conferred with Secretaries Rusk and McNamara and his brand-new military adviser. Maxwell Taylor (see following story). Berlin and Germany occupied their thoughts as they would for some time to come. Khrushchev was busy, too. Over the weekend he called for a summit conference to sign a German peace treaty, and announced 30% increase in Russia's defense spending this year...