Original hotline message, Kosygin to LBJ, 6/5/67, 7.47 AM
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Original hotline message, Kosygin to LBJ, 6/5/67, 7.47 AMNumber of Pages:
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June 5, 1967.
"It began with that most dread and frightening sound that can happen in this house: the sudden ringing of the telephone in the middle of the night. It can never be good news." (Lady Bird Johnson in her diary)
At 4:35 AM LBJ receives a call from Secretary of State Dean Rusk who tells him that war has broken out in the Middle East. Over the next few hours LBJ speaks to his advisors to find out as much as he can about what happened, and to review a statement for the press.
At 7:57 AM, LBJ, who has now been awake for nearly 4 hours, gets a call from Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara that the Soviet Premier, Alexi Kosygin, wants to speak to him on the hotline. LBJ tells McNamara that he and his advisors will meet in the Situation Room in 15-20 minutes.
This is the message the President receives. The official translation comes through soon after, and LBJ responds at 8:57 AM.
Read all the messages here.
Contributor:
Kosygin, Aleksey Nikolayevich, 1904-1980; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973Source:
Folder, "Middle East Crisis, May 12-June 19, 1967, Vol. 7, App. G-H," National Security Council Histories Files, National Security Files, Box 19Collection:
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Six-Day War, 1967Relation:
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