Telephone conversation # 8330, sound recording, LBJ and DON MAY, 7/9/1965, 2:30PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 8330, sound recording, LBJ and DON MAY, 7/9/1965, 2:30PM

Duration: (min: sec):

8:07

Reference No.:

8330

Description:

BUSBY DISCUSSES INACCURACY OF UPI REPORTING OF LBJ'S WH PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ABOUT SITUATION IN VIETNAM, TELLS MAY THAT POSSIBLE INCREASE IN GROUND TROOPS IS NOT TIED TO INCREASED US CASUALTIES

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; May, Don; Busby, Horace W.

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:

DON MAY

Other Speaker(s):

TELEPHONE OPERATOR; OFFICE CONVERSATION; HORACE BUSBY

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Defense; Press relations; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO MERRIMAN SMITH OR UPI REPRESENTATIVE IN WH PRESS ROOM, HOLDS WHILE CALL IS PLACED; AFTER 3:00 ON HOLD LBJ SPEAKS WITH HORACE BUSBY WHO IS MEETING WITH LBJ, EVENTUALLY ASKS BUSBY TO TALK TO MAY

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-08330

Date:

1965-07-09

Time Period:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 8330, sound recording, LBJ and DON MAY, 7/9/1965, 2:30PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 28, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-08330