Telephone conversation # 10762, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/13/1966, 6:15PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 10762, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/13/1966, 6:15PM

Duration: (min: sec):

4:42

Reference No.:

10762

Description:

MCNAMARA DISCUSSES WILLIAM WESTMORELAND'S REQUEST FOR B-52 STRIKES NORTH OF DMZ, NAVAL GUNFIRE ON COASTAL AREAS NEAR DMZ; LBJ ASKS FOR PROS AND CONS OF ACTION; POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM AND ATTACKS ON US SHIPS, B-52S; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO CALL RUSK

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 NOISE

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Defense; Diplomacy; Public relations; Vietnam; Vietnam criticism

Archivist's General Note:

"9-13-66" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; OFFICE NOISE PRECEDES CALL; MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH EARLE WHEELER AT TIME OF CALL

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-10762

Date:

1966-09-13

Time Period:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 10762, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/13/1966, 6:15PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-10762