Telephone conversation # 8319, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/8/1965, 5:35PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 8319, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/8/1965, 5:35PM

Duration: (min: sec):

6:00

Reference No.:

8319

Description:

LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA TO DISCUSS VIETNAM POLICY WITH SOMEONE (GERALD FORD?) WHO IS APPEARING ON "TODAY SHOW" TOMORROW; MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT THE PRESIDENT'S CONSULTANTS ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUPPORT INCREASE IN US COMMITMENT; LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH GROUP

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

Other Speaker(s):

OFFICE CONVERSATION

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Pre-Presidential; Press relations; Public relations; Vietnam; Vietnam criticism

Archivist's General Note:

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT JOHN NANCE GARNER'S VIEWS OF VICE PRESIDENCY PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ROBERT THOMPSON OF LA TIMES AT TIME OF CALL; MCNAMARA ON HOLD 1:00

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-08319

Date:

1965-07-08

Time Period:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 8319, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/8/1965, 5:35PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-08319