Telephone conversation # 12927, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 4/25/1968, 11:14AM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 12927, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 4/25/1968, 11:14AM

Duration: (min: sec):

14:02

Reference No.:

12927

Description:

BALL DECLINES APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN; LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO BEGIN VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, HIS CONFIDENCE IN BALL, OTHER CANDIDATES FOR JOB INCLUDING JOHN MCCLOY, GALE MCGEE, LIVINGSTON MERCHANT, MCGEORGE BUNDY, CYRUS VANCE, EUGENE BLACK

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Ball, George W. (George Wildman), 1909-1994

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:

GEORGE BALL

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Appointments and nominations; Business; Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Middle East; Press relations; United Nations; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"JUDY-WILL YOU ADD TO BALANCE OF DAY'S 'TAKE' WHEN YOU CAN-MJDR 4-26-68"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; SOME SHORT BREAKS IN RECORDING; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE BELT; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-12927

Date:

1968-04-25

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 12927, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 4/25/1968, 11:14AM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 24, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-12927