President Kennedy -1961 Handwritten Speech Notes
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John F. Kennedy, as 35th President of the United States. Five manuscript note cards, notes for a speech or talk Kennedy delivered in the summer of 1961. This would have been a few months after the failed "Bay of Pigs" invasion of April 1961, and more than a year before American/Soviet relations took center stage in the Cuban Missile Crisis. In his scrawling hand, Kennedy makes a series of short notes to jog his memory. Amongst the phrases, a line that would prove prescient a year later as the two nuclear superpowers faced off: "War is a test of the will of leaders-who quits first" Also: "Nixon for intervention will support me if I go into Jan." "Opposed to social programs as they sap self reliance" "MIT important _telegram" "They committed indiscretion" Written on five 3"x5" cards, minor sunning.

These cards were given to a trusted associate of President Kennedy by the President in Middleburg, Virginia in 1961. Further documentation concerning the provenance will be provided to the purchaser. Ex-Sotheby’s, New York, 1991

5 note cards:
Length: 13 cm / 5 in
Width: 7.5 cm / 3 in

$5500

Sale Price: $3,300