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Telephone conversation # 6860, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/18/1965, 3:55PM?

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 6860, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/18/1965, 3:55PM?

Duration: (min: sec):

0:17

Reference No.:

6860

Description:

RUSK TELLS LBJ THAT MAXWELL TAYLOR AND WILLIAM WESTMORELAND HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT ACTION PLANNED FOR VIETNAM TONIGHT BE POSTPONED AND THAT HE AND ROBERT MCNAMARA CONCUR; LBJ AGREES, ASKS TO MEET WITH RUSK THIS AFTERNOON

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994

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 1

Speaker 2:

DEAN RUSK

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Defense; Diplomacy; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"2/19?"; "B.1B 2-20-65" WRITTEN IN GREASE PENCIL ON DICTABELT; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 2/20/64; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES IT TOOK PLACE ON 2/18/65; TIME AND DATE FROM DAILY DIARY

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-06860

Date:

1965-02-18

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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