Telcons - Memoranda of Telephone Conversation

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Telcons - Memoranda of Telephone Conversation

Description

Memoranda of Telephone Conversation or “telcons” are the written record of those meetings which occur by phone. Because presidential phone calls are not recorded, telcons are not verbatim transcripts. White House Situation Room Duty Officers and National Security Council staff listen in on foreign leader calls and combine their notes to produce the final telcon. Telcons not only serve as a reminder to the President and his staff of what was agreed upon in the meeting, but they also document foreign relations during the administration.

Provenance

Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System

Items in the Telcons - Memoranda of Telephone Conversation Collection

Memorandum of Telephone Conversation - President Boris Yeltsin of Russia
The correct date for this telcon is October 5, 1994. The date that is on the actual document was a typographical error made by the National Security Council.

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