Telephone conversation # 4690, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/4/1964, 5:50PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 4690, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/4/1964, 5:50PM

Duration: (min: sec):

1:14

Reference No.:

4690

Description:

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK; RUSK RECOMMENDS EITHER HE OR LBJ CALL CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER LESTER PEARSON; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO CALL HIM

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994

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:

DEAN RUSK

Other Speaker(s):

OFFICE CONVERSATION

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Defense; Diplomacy; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY, GEORGE REEDY AT TIME OF CALL

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-04690

Date:

1964-08-04

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 4690, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/4/1964, 5:50PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-04690