Telephone conversation # 5056, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/20/1964, 1:30PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 5056, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/20/1964, 1:30PM

Duration: (min: sec):

7:29

Reference No.:

5056

Description:

SMATHERS REPORTS ON TALKS WITH SOUTHERN LEADERS ON MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION AND MFDP, RECOMMENDS NEITHER DELEGATION BE SEATED; ADVERSE PUBLIC REACTION IN SOUTH, POSSIBLE CONVENTION WALKOUT, IF MFDP SEATED; LBJ ASKS SMATHERS' ADVICE ON COMPROMISE PROPOSAL

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Smathers, George A. (George Armistead), 1913-2007

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:

GEORGE SMATHERS

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Civil rights; Congressional relations; Elections; National politics; Press relations; Public relations

Archivist's General Note:

CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-05056

Date:

1964-08-20

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 5056, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/20/1964, 1:30PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-05056