Telephone conversation # 12724, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/19/1968, 12:29PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 12724, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/19/1968, 12:29PM

Duration: (min: sec):

2:38

Reference No.:

12724

Description:

MCNAMARA DISCUSSES THE STATEMENT HE WILL MAKE AT SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ABOUT 8/4/64 ATTACK IN TONKIN GULF; INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ABOUT THE ATTACK THAT REFUTE DOUBTS ABOUT WHETHER IT OCCURRED

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; 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

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Legislation; Vietnam; Vietnam criticism

Archivist's General Note:

"FROM KENNY 2/21/68"; "RE ATTACK ON AUG 4 ALSO TONKIN GULF"; "OUGHT TO BE TRANSCRIBED"; "LISTENED TO YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING BELT; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE IS 2/19/1968; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; 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-12724

Date:

1968-02-19

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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