Telephone conversation # 8154, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 6/17/1965, 7:50PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 8154, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 6/17/1965, 7:50PM

Duration: (min: sec):

9:36

Reference No.:

8154

Description:

FORD'S SON'S ACCIDENT; B-52 BOMBING RAID IN SOUTH VIETNAM; MELVIN LAIRD'S STATEMENT; LBJ DISCUSSES PROPOSED ROLE OF US GROUND TROOPS; FORD REQUESTS MEETING ON TROOPS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT MISLEADING PRESS STORIES, LEAKS; GOODPASTER'S BRIEFING OF EISENHOWER

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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 1

Speaker 2:

GERALD FORD

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

See Also:

Collection highlight

Subject:

Condolences and greetings; Congressional relations; Defense; National politics; Presidency; Press relations; Vietnam; Vietnam criticism

Archivist's General Note:

"SUMMARIZED"; VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY, FORD IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; LBJ IS MEETING WITH THOMAS DEWEY AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-08154

Date:

1965-06-17

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 8154, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 6/17/1965, 7:50PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-08154