Telephone conversation # 5162, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 8/24/1964, 7:16PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 5162, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 8/24/1964, 7:16PM

Duration: (min: sec):

12:56

Reference No.:

5162

Description:

RESTON ASKS IF LBJ HAS SELECTED HHH FOR VP; LBJ TELLS HIM HE HAS NOT DECIDED; TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT COMPARED WITH 1960 CONVENTION; LBJ ASKS RESTON'S, SULZBERGER'S VIEWS ON CONVENTION, PLATFORM, MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP, MENTIONS SOUTH VIETNAM RIOTS

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Reston, James, 1909-1995; Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs, 1926-2012

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:

JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON

Other Speaker(s):

ARTHUR OCHS SULZBERGER

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978; Civil rights; Elections; LBJ reminiscences; National politics; Pre-Presidential; Press relations; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

RESTON ON HOLD 2:15; RESTON IS IN ATLANTIC CITY, MEETING WITH SULZBERGER AT TIME OF CALL; 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-05162

Date:

1964-08-24

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 5162, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 8/24/1964, 7:16PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-05162