Telephone conversation # 12610, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/24/1968, 9:18AM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 12610, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/24/1968, 9:18AM

Duration: (min: sec):

8:01

Reference No.:

12610

Description:

QUESTION OF WHETHER MCNAMARA, PAUL NITZE OR CLARK CLIFFORD SHOULD TESTIFY AT SENATE ARMED SERVICES, APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES; LBJ SAYS MCNAMARA SHOULD TESTIFY BUT RELAYS RICHARD RUSSELL'S CONCERNS; JOHN MCCLELLAN AND F-111B; CAPTURE OF USS PUEBLO

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

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Appointments and nominations; Congressional relations; Defense; East Asia and the Pacific; Federal budget; Legislation; Press relations; Procurement and disposal

Archivist's General Note:

"WHETHER HE SHOULD TESTIFY BEFORE ARMED SERVICES COM. MCNAMARA THOUGHT HE SHOULD SINCE CLIFFORD WOULD JUST HAVE TAKEN OVER AS SECY...ALSO ABOUT PUEBLO INCIDENT"; "YB"; "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; 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-12610

Date:

1968-01-24

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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