Telephone conversation # 12602, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/3/1968, 2:55PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 12602, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/3/1968, 2:55PM

Duration: (min: sec):

6:25

Reference No.:

12602

Description:

DEAN RUSK'S REQUEST THAT AIR STRIKES IN HANOI AREA BE DEFERRED BECAUSE OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH CAMBODIA, ROMANIA; PROPAGANDA EFFECTS OF BOMBING; MCNAMARA'S TALK WITH CHARLES SCHULTZE ON DEFENSE AND NON-DEFENSE SPENDING REDUCTIONS IF THERE IS NO TAX BILL

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Wheeler, Earle Gilmore, 1908-1975; McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009

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:

ROBERT MCNAMARA

Other Speaker(s):

EARLE WHEELER; TELEPHONE OPERATOR

Location of Speaker 1:

LBJ Ranch, near Stonewall, Texas

Subject:

Defense; Diplomacy; Federal budget; Legislation; Press relations; Public relations; Southeast Asia; Taxes; USSR and Eastern Europe; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"TEMPORARY DEFERRAL OF STRIKES ON 11 TARGETS IN THE 5 MILE AREA, SUPPORTS RUSK'S VIEWS. 72 HR. DEFERRAL, YB"; "O.K."; "MR"; "SUMMARIZED", "YB LISTENED" ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING BELT; EARLE WHEELER, LBJ SPEAK WITH TELEPHONE OPERATOR BEFORE MCNAMARA'S CALL

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-12602

Date:

1968-01-03

Location(s):

Texas

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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