ExComm

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ExComm was the small group of senior U.S. officials convened by President John F. Kennedy to advise and manage decision-making during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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instanceOf United States government committee
advisory body
executive committee
archivalMaterialHeldBy John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
composition senior civilian and military officials
convenedBy John F. Kennedy
country United States of America
crisisHandled Cuban Missile Crisis
decisionMakingStyle crisis management
dissolved 1962-1963
formedDuringPresidencyOf John F. Kennedy
fullName Executive Committee of the National Security Council
hasSignificantInfluenceOn subsequent U.S. crisis management practices
headOfGovernmentDuringExistence John F. Kennedy
historicalPeriod Cold War
inception 1962-10-16
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
languageOfWork English
location Washington, D.C.
meetsAt White House
member Adlai Stevenson II
C. Douglas Dillon
Dean Acheson
Dean Rusk
Edward R. Murrow
George Ball
John F. Kennedy
John McCone
linked to: John A. McCone

Llewellyn Thompson
Maxwell D. Taylor
McGeorge Bundy
Paul Nitze
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert McNamara
Roswell Gilpatric
Theodore Sorensen
notableFor internal debates over air strike versus blockade options
organizedBy John F. Kennedy
parentOrganization United States National Security Council
policyOutcomeInfluenced U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba
diplomatic resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis
primaryPurpose advise the President of the United States on the Cuban Missile Crisis
manage decision-making during the Cuban Missile Crisis
recordingsKnownAs ExComm tapes
linked to: ExComm
shortName ExComm
topic U.S.–Soviet relations
nuclear weapons deployment in Cuba
risk of nuclear war

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ExComm shortName ExComm
ExComm recordingsKnownAs ExComm tapes
linked to: ExComm
The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis focusesOn ExComm (Executive Committee of the National Security Council)
linked to: ExComm