I nominate a forgotten tape recording that surfaced in 2011. The unedited Air Force One tapes from the afternoon of November 22, 1963 could be a reveleatory–if it ever surfaces.
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What’s the most important piece of new JFK assassination evidence?
The U.S. military on November 22: ‘The atmosphere around the Pentagon was so heated that day …’
Gens. Maxwell Taylor and Curtis LeMay at the funeral of JFK, November 25, 1963 (Credit Abbie Rowe/JFK Library
In response to my query about Gen. Maxwell Taylor and the events of 1963, reader John writes:
Newly discovered Air Force One tape captures a top general’s response to JFK’s murder
The most complete version of the Air Force One radio transmissions made on the day President John F. Kennedy was killed 50 years ago were aired publicly for the first time today at a JFK assassination conference at Duquesne University.
The 88-minute recording, available online here, captures the reaction of top U.S. government officials, including ultra-conservative Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay, to the news that JFK had been shot in Dallas.
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