Telephone conversation # 13550, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/16/1968, 3:27PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 13550, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/16/1968, 3:27PM

Duration: (min: sec):

2:55

Reference No.:

13550

Description:

LBJ ASKS ABOUT DIRKSEN'S REPORTED STATEMENT THAT ADMINISTRATION IS PLAYING POLITICS WITH VIETNAM BEFORE THE ELECTION; DIRKSEN SAYS PRESS MISINTERPRETED HIS STATEMENT; LBJ STATES US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT AT PARIS PEACE TALKS

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969

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:

EVERETT DIRKSEN

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Elections; National politics; Press relations; Vietnam; Vietnam criticism

Archivist's General Note:

"B.4(A)"; "LD"; "(CHAMPAIGN, ILL)"; "RE: BEING ASKED ABOUT A STATEMENT HE IS REPORTED TO HAVE MADE ABOUT PLAYING POLITICS WITH VIETNAM BEFORE THE ELECTION"; "ITEMS TO AND NOT TO MENTION IN THAT REGARD"

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-13550

Date:

1968-10-16

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 # 13550, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/16/1968, 3:27PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 23, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-13550