Telephone conversation # 13617, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM

Download (Right Click/Save As...):

187903-aud-tel-wh-13617.mp3

Title:

Telephone conversation # 13617, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM

Duration: (min: sec):

14:47

Reference No.:

13617

Description:

VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, BOMBING HALT; ROLE OF USSR IN TALKS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT STATEMENTS BY NIXON AND MELVIN LAIRD, REPUBLICAN CONTACTS WITH SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; DIRKSEN QUESTIONS EFFECT OF HALT ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

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:

Communist bloc; Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Elections; LBJ reminiscences; National politics; Pre-Presidential; South Asia; Texas politics; USSR and Eastern Europe; Vietnam; Vietnam criticism

Archivist's General Note:

"(RETURNING HIS CALL)"; CONTINUES FROM 3 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS; 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-13617

Date:

1968-10-31

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

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