During the Cuban Missle crisis of 1962, JFK assembled a task force of senior executives including the president's brother Robert to discuss the situation which was quickly escalating into world war III. Kennedy had parts of these private discussions recorded unbeknownst to the members of EXCOMM. Here is what it sounds like when 25 men are managing the fate of the world. Note (I have done my best to remaster the files, but the tapes are less than crisp).