Telephone conversation # 8145, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1965, 12:12PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 8145, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1965, 12:12PM

Duration: (min: sec):

5:03

Reference No.:

8145

Description:

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HAROLD WILSON'S CONCERN THAT TIMING OF UPCOMING B-52 VIETNAM RAID WILL AFFECT ANNOUNCEMENT OF UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE; LBJ DISCUSSES UK, GERMAN POLLS ON VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS GROUP PROTESTING WAR

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009

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:

ROBERT MCNAMARA

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Crime and law enforcement; Defense; Diplomacy; Press relations; Public relations; Religion; LBJ speeches and statements; Vietnam; Vietnam criticism; Western Europe

Archivist's General Note:

"SUMMARIZED"; "RE B-52 RAID SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW IN VNAM-SECY ADVISED CLEARED W/BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AND EUROPEAN POLLS ON VNAM"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-08145

Date:

1965-06-16

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 8145, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1965, 12:12PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-08145