Telephone conversation # 12617, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/31/1968, time unknown
Duration: (min: sec):
11:22
Reference No.:
12617
Description:
MCNAMARA REPORTS ON US NUCLEAR SUBMARINE ACCIDENT; DISCUSSION OF TET OFFENSIVE, KHE SANH AND POSSIBLE EFFECT ON PEACE TALKS; NEED FOR PRESS BRIEFINGS; LAST NIGHT'S MEETING WITH GERALD FORD, EVERETT DIRKSEN ON USS PUEBLO; BRIEFINGS BY MILITARY OFFICERS
Contributor:
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009
Collection:
Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; East Asia and the Pacific; National politics; Press relations; Public relations; Vietnam
Archivist's General Note:
"FROM PAUL 2/8/68"; "DAMAGE TO NUCLEAR SHIP, BATTLES-KAISANG, ATTACK ON OUR EMBASSY, RETALIATION..." DATE DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL; TIME UNCERTAIN; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH MCNAMARA AT 7:24A, 7:38A; 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-12617
Date:
1968-01-31
Location(s):
Washington, DC
Time Period:
Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)
Transcript:
Transcribed by LBJ's staff. Transcript not yet digitized.
Citation
Telephone conversation # 12617, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/31/1968, time unknown,
Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings,
LBJ Presidential Library,
accessed September 10, 2024,
https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-12617
