Telephone conversation # 13583, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/23/1968, 10:05AM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 13583, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/23/1968, 10:05AM

Duration: (min: sec):

3:16

Reference No.:

13583

Description:

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; BRIEFING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON PROPOSED BOMBING HALT; RUSSELL ADVISES LBJ TO MEET WITH CREIGHTON ABRAMS AND ELLSWORTH BUNKER BEFORE MAKING DECISION

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971

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:

RICHARD RUSSELL

Other Speaker(s):

TELEPHONE INTERFERENCE

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

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

Archivist's General Note:

"(CONTINUED ON B.4A)-AND B;"; "RE PEACE MOVES, TALKS W/ABRAMS, BOMBING, CURRENT SITUATION, STRATEGY"; "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RUSSELL IS HARD TO HEAR; TELEPHONE INTERFERENCE AT END OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-13583

Date:

1968-10-23

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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