Telephone conversation # 4706, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 9:15PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 4706, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 9:15PM

Duration: (min: sec):

6:17

Reference No.:

4706

Description:

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON DELAY OF AIRCRAFT LAUNCH IN RETALIATORY RAID FOLLOWING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, RECOMMENDS DELETION OF SENTENCE ON TARGETS FROM LBJ'S STATEMENT; EFFORTS TO REACH GOLDWATER; LBJ QUESTIONS WHETHER TIMING OF ADDRESS WILL ENDANGER US FORCES

Contributor:

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

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 2

Speaker 2:

ROBERT MCNAMARA

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

See Also:

Collection highlight

Subject:

Defense; National politics; LBJ speeches and statements; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; MCNAMARA ON HOLD 0:30; 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-04706

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 # 4706, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 9:15PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-04706