July 6th, 1962: President John F. Kennedy sends this telegram to Sir Winston Churchill
November 23rd, 1963: Telegram sent to White House Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff from General Murray Bywater, expressing condolences after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy the previous day.
John F. Kennedy exchanged eleven letters and three telegrams with Swedish aristocrat Gunilla Von Post between March 1954 and August 1955. Von Post, who died last October, published the letters in a memoir titled Love, Jack and later auctioned them off. For pictures of the letters and telegrams, click here. For transcripts and the story behind them, go here.
TELEGRAM 1 – 9/3/54 LEG INJURED AND HOSPITALIZED TRIP POSTPONED WILL WRITE MANY REGRETS – JOHN
TELEGRAM 2 – 8/10/55 =A BIENTOT= JACK +
TELEGRAM 3– 8/2?/1955 WANT TO TALK TALK WITH YOU PLEASE CABLE ME HOTEL QUISISANA CAPRI WHERE I CAN REACH YOU MISS YOU LOVE JACK.
On July 14th, 1960, Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy asked then-Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson to be his running mate in the election, at 9 A.M. that day in Los Angeles. Johnson accepted, which surprised many people. At 12:45 P.M., Harpo Marx sent this congratulatory telegram to JFK.
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SENATOR JOHN F KENNEDY=
SPORTS ARENA LOSA= 1960 JUL 14 PM 12 45
FIRST=CONGRATULATIONS. SECOND=DO YOU NEED A HARP PLAYER IN YOUR CABINET. THIRD=MY BEST TO YOUR MA AND PA=
HARPO MARX=...
On November 22nd, 1963, just hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, actor and political activist Vince Flaherty sent this telegram to the White House, addressed to Malcolm M. Kilduff, JFK's assistant press secretary. Kilduff is best known for making the public announcement that JFK had passed away. The letter also references Evelyn Lincoln, JFK's personal secretary who was in the motorcade when he was shot, Pierre Salinger, who was the White House Press Secretary to JFK and later President Lyndon Johnson, and Kenneth O'Donnell, who was a top JFK aide.
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WASHINGTON DC NOV 22
MALCOLM M KILDUFF, PRESS SECY TO PRES KENNEDY
THE WHITE HOUSE WASHDC
DEAR MAL I AM WIRING YOU EVELYN LINCOLN, SALINGER AND O'DONNELL TO ASK THAT ONE OF YOU ARRANGE FOR ME TO PAY MY RESPECTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. I SHARE A FULL MEASURE OF YOUR SORROW PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE NOTIFY ME AT THE LAFAYETTE HOTEL PHONE DISTRICT 7-4210 ROOM 816. MOST SINCERELY
VINCE FLAHERTY.
Source: icollector.com