Telephone conversation # 13432, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 9/30/1968, 6:45PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 13432, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 9/30/1968, 6:45PM

Duration: (min: sec):

15:30

Reference No.:

13432

Description:

NIXON ASKS ABOUT HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON HALTING BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, ASKS IF US POSITION HAS CHANGED; LBJ READS FROM CREIGHTON ABRAMS' CABLE ON POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF BOMBING HALT; PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; ROSTOW SUMMARIZES ABRAMS' MORE RECENT CABLE

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003; Jones, Jim

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:

RICHARD NIXON

Other Speaker(s):

TELEPHONE OPERATOR; JIM JONES; WALT ROSTOW

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978; Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Elections; National politics; Presidency; Press relations; LBJ speeches and statements; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"6:45-7:10PM"; "(TRANSCRIBED)"; NIXON ON HOLD 1:25; JIM JONES ASKS NIXON TO HOLD BECAUSE LBJ IS IN A MEETING; WALT ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; 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-13432

Date:

1968-09-30

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 13432, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 9/30/1968, 6:45PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-13432