Telephone conversation # 7040, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/8/1965, 5:36PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 7040, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/8/1965, 5:36PM

Duration: (min: sec):

2:56

Reference No.:

7040

Description:

RUSSELL ASKS LBJ'S APPROVAL OF STATEMENT HE IS ABOUT TO ISSUE ANNOUNCING INVESTIGATION OF WEAPONS BEING USED IN VIETNAM; LBJ REPORTS THAT MCNAMARA, WESTMORELAND HAVE ASSURED HIM WEAPONS ARE BEST AVAILABLE, DISCOURAGES RUSSELL FROM CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971

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:

RICHARD RUSSELL

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Congressional relations; Defense; Press relations; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-07040

Date:

1965-03-08

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 7040, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/8/1965, 5:36PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-07040