. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Quasi-governmental\u2013private"@en . . "Presidential transition of John F. Kennedy"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "275"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1960-11-09"^^ . . . . . . "1961-01-20"^^ . . "Presidential transition of John F. Kennedy"@en . "66634020"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "--12-06"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Presidential transition" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Presidential transition of John F. Kennedy"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "The presidential transition of John F. Kennedy began when he won the 1960 United States presidential election, becoming the president-elect of the United States, and ended when Kennedy was inaugurated at noon EST on January 20, 1961."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The presidential transition of John F. Kennedy began when he won the 1960 United States presidential election, becoming the president-elect of the United States, and ended when Kennedy was inaugurated at noon EST on January 20, 1961. Kennedy placed Clark Clifford in charge of the transition effort. Outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower and his administration cooperated with President-elect Kennedy and his team on a number of aspects of the transition to facilitate the peaceful transfer of power. At the time, United States presidential transitions were far less elaborate than they have since developed to be in subsequent decades. Kennedy's transition was a volunteer-run operation. Clark Clifford acted as head of the transition, and Eisenhower named White House Chief of Staff Wilton Persons as his administration's representative to the transition. Particularly during the later part of the transition, Clifford and Persons both spoke on the phone and met in person with each other frequently. The other top officials of Kennedy's transition were individuals that had also been part of his presidential campaign, including Robert F. Kennedy, Larry O'Brien Kenneth O'Donnell, Pierre Salinger, Sargent Shriver, Stephen Edward Smith, and Ted Sorensen. The transition was largely funded by the Democratic National Committee. While Eisenhower and Kennedy each thought negatively of the other at the time of the transition, the two intended to avoid a rough, tension-filled transition akin to the previous one between President Truman and Eisenhower. Ahead of the election, Kennedy's campaign and the administration of term-limited outgoing president Eisenhower had taken some actions to study past transitions and prepare for the 1960\u201361 presidential transition. Shortly after the election, Kennedy began receiving extensive daily briefings from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), as well as briefings from the Department of State."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1120016331"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "65274"^^ . . . . . . . "1960-11-09"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .