Telephone conversation # 3519, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 3519, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM

Duration: (min: sec):

4:02

Reference No.:

3519

Description:

LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; RUSSELL EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT PROGRESS IN VIETNAM, DOUBTS ABOUT SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVT, FEARS OF CHINESE INTERVENTION, LACK OF POPULAR SUPPORT FOR WAR; QUESTION OF SUPPORTING SEATO TREATY

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 1

Speaker 2:

RICHARD RUSSELL

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

See Also:

Collection highlight

Subject:

Communist bloc; Congressional relations; Defense; East Asia and the Pacific; Southeast Asia; Treaties; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-03519

Date:

1964-05-27

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Transcript:

Transcribed by LBJ's staff. Transcript not yet digitized.

Citation

Telephone conversation # 3519, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-03519