Telephone conversation # 12940, sound recording, LBJ and EARLE WHEELER, 4/28/1968, 11:10AM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 12940, sound recording, LBJ and EARLE WHEELER, 4/28/1968, 11:10AM

Duration: (min: sec):

9:56

Reference No.:

12940

Description:

LBJ ASKS FOR WILLIAM WESTMORELAND'S ASSESSMENT OF VIETNAM SITUATION SINCE 3/31/68 SPEECH; QUESTION OF RESUMING BOMBING BETWEEN 19TH, 20TH PARALLELS; PEACE EFFORTS; NYT STORY ABOUT DISCONTENT IN DOD; WESTMORELAND'S APPOINTMENT AS ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Wheeler, Earle Gilmore, 1908-1975

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 1

Speaker 2:

EARLE WHEELER

Other Speaker(s):

OFFICE CONVERSATION

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Appointments and nominations; Defense; Diplomacy; Press relations; Religion; LBJ speeches and statements; United Nations; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"ASKING FOR GEN. WESTMORELAND'S VIEW ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN VN SINCE MARCH 31"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; WHEELER IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; LBJ ASKS UNIDENTIFIED PERSON TO COME IN DURING CALL

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-12940

Date:

1968-04-28

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 # 12940, sound recording, LBJ and EARLE WHEELER, 4/28/1968, 11:10AM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 28, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-12940