Telephone conversation # 4663, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 11:06AM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 4663, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 11:06AM

Duration: (min: sec):

1:39

Reference No.:

4663

Description:

OFFICE CONVERSATION ON POVERTY BILL; MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT DESTROYER IN TONKIN GULF IS UNDER TORPEDO ATTACK, RECOMMENDS RUSK, MCGEORGE BUNDY MEET WITH HIM TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTIONS, THEN WITH LBJ; LBJ ASKS FOR DETAILS OF ATTACK, US RESPONSE

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

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Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 2

Speaker 2:

ROBERT MCNAMARA

Other Speaker(s):

OFFICE CONVERSATION

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Congressional relations; Defense; Education; Legislation; Vietnam; Welfare and War on Poverty

Archivist's General Note:

OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE MAHON AT TIME OF CALL; 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-04663

Date:

1964-08-04

Time Period:

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