anything of this kind but my recollection of my reaction is that I acquiesced fully in what he was proposing to do, and raised no objection to it.
I think at sometime during that evening I reported this conversation to Mr. Ball. I am less clear about this part of the recollection, but I think I did report the conversation to Mr. Ball, much in the same way as I am reporting it to you, and he saw no objection either.
I think that is the entire State Department side of that particular transaction.

Representative Ford.

Would you check, however, Mr. Secretary, to see if there is anything further in this regard?
Secretary RUSK. Yes; I will.

Representative Ford.

Do I understand that you or somebody for you is to summarize the USIA Voice of America broadcast that went out for the first 3 or 4 days subsequent to the assassination and that would be submitted for the record?
Secretary RUSK. Yes, indeed. And we can, of course, have available to the Commission such tapes or transcripts as we have of all those broadcasts in full, but I think we can start with the summary and then you can have the other materials if you wish to follow up particular points.

Representative Ford.

Would they be voluminous, the originals?
Secretary RUSK. I would think they would be fairly voluminous, but not unmanageably so.

Representative Ford.

I would say for at least the first 24 hours it might be well to have the full text of the USIA Voice of America material that was sent out.
Secretary RUSK. Right.

Representative Ford.

Do I also understand for the record that we are to have this or others like it showing what the press reaction was throughout the world?
Secretary RUSK. Yes, sir.
Now, the Foreign Broadcast Information Service material would be much more voluminous because there we are receiving broadcasts in the clear from most broadcasting countries. But we will be in touch with your staff to show them everything that we have, and they can have any part of it they wish or we will be glad to give any help in terms of digesting or summarizing.

Mr. Rankin.

We have been furnished some information, considerable information, about the attitude of the foreign press as it was recited and has come to the attention of the people from time to time, but I don't believe we have right close, the Voice of America we don't have right close to the date of the assassination.

The Chairman.

I read a sizable file on that that came from the State Department and very early in the life of the Commission that seemed to encompass all of the statements that were made around the world at that time.
Secretary RUSK. Yes.

Representative Ford.

This document which you handed me, Mr. Secretary, is for Tuesday, 26 November 1963. Are these done on a daily basis?
Secretary RUSK. I think that one was a summary of the first 2 or 3 days, but I would----

Mr. Dulles.

Summaries are done from time to time and there are daily reports from Foreign Broadcasting Information Service covering the Soviet Union and the satellites and another volume covering China and southeast Asia, and so forth and so on.

Mr. Rankin.

Mr. Secretary, could you give us a brief description of that, we have been calling it this and these.
Secretary RUSK. Yes; this is a daily report or rather a supplement to the daily report put out by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service in what is called its world reaction series.
This apparently is a supplement to the foreign radio and press reaction to the death of President Kennedy, and the accession of President Johnson, prepared on 26 November 1963.
This is a daily report, the subject matter of which varies from day to day, but I will be glad to draw together not only such digests as we have, but also to see what we have retained in terms of the actual broadcasts from other countries

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