Telephone conversation # 4763, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/5/1964, 6:00PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 4763, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/5/1964, 6:00PM

Duration: (min: sec):

2:24

Reference No.:

4763

Description:

MCNAMARA AND JCS RECOMMEND THAT ORDERS TO US FORCES REVERT TO PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS TO ATTACK NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES ONLY IF THEY SHOW HOSTILE INTENT; DISCUSSION OF USSR STATEMENT TODAY, QUIET REACTION TO US RESPONSE TO TONKIN GULF ATTACKS

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

Other Speaker(s):

OFFICE CONVERSATION

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Defense; Diplomacy; USSR and Eastern Europe; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"VIETNAM"; MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH EARLE WHEELER 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-04763

Date:

1964-08-05

Time Period:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 4763, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/5/1964, 6:00PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-04763