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Telephone conversation # 12728, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/21/1968, 8:52AM?

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 12728, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/21/1968, 8:52AM?

Duration: (min: sec):

6:06

Reference No.:

12728

Description:

MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT 8/4/64 TONKIN GULF ATTACK AT SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; CRITICISM BY ALBERT GORE, SR., WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, EUGENE MCCARTHY; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS; U THANT'S PEACE PROPOSAL; EARLE WHEELER'S HEALTH

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

See Also:

Collection highlight

Subject:

Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Elections; Legislation; National politics; Press relations; United Nations; Vietnam; Vietnam criticism

Archivist's General Note:

"FROM KENNY 2/21/68"; "LISTENED TO YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; "RE: FULBRIGHT AND GORE..."; TIME UNCERTAIN; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL FROM MCNAMARA AT 8:29A AND 8:52A; 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

Restriction:

A (National Security)-SANITIZED

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-12728

Date:

1968-02-21

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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