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The Carlyle Hotel played a significant role in President Kennedy's life due to the frequency of his stays there, so much so that the Presidential Suite at the hotel was known as the 'The New York White House.' Kennedy took committee meetings, met with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and received official guests like Elenor Roosevelt all from his hotel suite. Given how often the President was at the hotel, the need for a secure phone line to the White House was of top importance. Therefore, a switchboard was installed in 1961 so that Kennedy could have direct phone lines to the White House.'
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