Telephone conversation # 6450, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 11/22/1964, 4:00PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 6450, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 11/22/1964, 4:00PM

Duration: (min: sec):

6:59

Reference No.:

6450

Description:

BALL REPORTS RECOMMENDATION THAT US-BELGIUM PARATROOP RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO BE HELD UP ONE DAY TO COORDINATE WITH GROUND TROOPS' ARRIVAL; MILITARY PLANS; LACK OF REBEL RESISTANCE SO FAR; PRESS LEAK ON OPERATION; POSSIBLE DANGER TO HOSTAGES FROM DELAY

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Ball, George W. (George Wildman), 1909-1994; Bundy, McGeorge, 1919-1996

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:

GEORGE BALL

Other Speaker(s):

MCGEORGE BUNDY

Location of Speaker 1:

LBJ Ranch, near Stonewall, Texas

Subject:

Africa; Defense; Diplomacy; Press relations; Religion; Western Europe

Archivist's General Note:

"RANCH"; MCGEORGE BUNDY IS MEETING WITH GEORGE BALL 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-06450

Date:

1964-11-22

Location(s):

Texas

Time Period:

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