Souvenir typescript of Rusk’s experience in the aftermath of the assassination, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in black ballpoint, “Dean Rusk.” In part: “On Nov. 22, 1963, six members of President Kennedy’s Cabinet…were on a plane on the way to Tokyo…When we were one hour west of Hawaii, the pilot of our plane brought back to my cabin a one-line Associated Press ticker tape from a machine that we had on board stating simply that President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas…I have never tried to put into words the stunned anguish and dismay that all of us felt about the terrible tragedy of Nov. 22.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.
