Telephone conversation # 13587, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/23/1968, 6:02PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 13587, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/23/1968, 6:02PM

Duration: (min: sec):

4:15

Reference No.:

13587

Description:

DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT RICHARD NIXON IS CONCERNED THAT LBJ WILL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE IS TRYING TO GET PEACE, WILL INITIATE CONSULTATION WITH CANDIDATES WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENS THAT WARRANTS IT, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PRESS LEAKS

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 2

Speaker 2:

EVERETT DIRKSEN

Other Speaker(s):

TELEPHONE OPERATOR

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

See Also:

Collection highlight

Subject:

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

Archivist's General Note:

"TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TELEPHONE OPERATOR SAYS "ARE YOU THERE?" AT END OF RECORDING; SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-13587

Date:

1968-10-23

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 13587, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/23/1968, 6:02PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-13587