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Telephone conversation # 420, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and DON ELLINGER, 12/11/1963, time unknown

DON ELLINGER FROM RFK'S OFFICE, CALLS TO TRY TO REARRANGE RFK'S MEETING WITH WILLARD WIRTZ, "MAYOR (RAYMOND?) TUCKER"; FEHMER PUTS ELLINGER ON HOLD TO ANSWER ANOTHER CALL AND REMAINDER OF ELLINGER'S CALL IS NOT RECORDED

Telephone conversation # 421, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/11/1963, 4:45PM

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE CLOSING OF BOSTON NAVY YARD AND OTHER DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS IN ORDER TO CUT FEDERAL SPENDING; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH MCCORMACK

Telephone conversation # 423, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/11/1963, 5:00PM

FORTAS PROPOSES THAT APPOINTMENTS TO REGULATORY AGENCIES BE APPROVED BY COMMITTEE SIMILAR TO ABA COMMITTEE THAT APPROVES JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT DISCUSS FORTAS' IDEA NOW BECAUSE OF HIS BUSY SCHEDULE, ASKS FORTAS TO WRITE MEMO ON…

Telephone conversation # 425, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1963, 5:05PM

RUSK REPORTS ON STATUS OF POSSIBLE BOLIVIAN GOVT REQUEST FOR AMMUNITION AND TEAR GAS, TELLS LBJ ABOUT AP INQUIRY REGARDING POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED MILITARY MAN AS AMBASSADOR TO PAKISTAN, SAYS HE ASKED AP NOT TO RUN STORY

Telephone conversation # 429, sound recording, TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 12/11/1963, time unknown

TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS OFFICE SECRETARY THAT THERE IS A LONG DISTANCE CALL FOR JACK VALENTI

Telephone conversation # 430, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 12/11/1963, time unknown

OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR FOR AN OUTSIDE LINE, THEN DIALS A NUMBER THAT DOES NOT ANSWER

Telephone conversation # 432, sound recording, TELEPHONE OPERATOR and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 12/11/1963, 6:50PM?

TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS HHH THAT LBJ IS COMING TO THE TELEPHONE; AFTER HHH HAS BEEN ON HOLD FOR AWHILE, OFFICE SECRETARY APOLOGIZES FOR KEEPING HIM WAITING

Telephone conversation # 433, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/12/1963, 9:20AM

ALMOST INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE CANCELLATION OF MEETING TODAY, MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, LBJ'S MEETING WITH OTTO PASSMAN LAST NIGHT, AID TO INDIA

Telephone conversation # 434, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/12/1963, 9:40AM

LBJ DISCUSSES MEMO FROM ORVILLE FREEMAN ABOUT CUTS IN USDA BUDGET, ASKS GORDON TO ANALYZE FREEMAN'S MEMO, PREPARE RESPONSE FOR LBJ; USDA ESTIMATES FOR COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPENDITURES; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT INCREASE IN USDA PERSONNEL

Telephone conversation # 435, sound recording, LBJ and PALMER HOYT, 12/12/1963, 11:25AM

LBJ AND HOYT EXCHANGE GREETINGS; HOYT SAYS HE HAS ATTENDED MEETINGS WITH BUSINESSMEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHO EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR LBJ BUT CONCERN ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION; LBJ ASKS HOYT FOR HIS ADVICE IN THE FUTURE

Telephone conversation # 436, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 12/12/1963, 11:34AM

LBJ DISCUSSES UPCOMING CLOSING OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS AND RESULTING LOSS OF JOBS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH EDWIN NEILAN OF US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ABOUT FINDING JOBS FOR THOSE AFFECTED; LBJ ASKS MEANY TO SEND WIRE TO HIS LEADERS IN AFFECTED STATES

Telephone conversation # 437, sound recording, LBJ and JIM CHAMBERS, 12/12/1963, 11:45AM

LBJ ASKS CHAMBERS WHY HE IS IN WASHINGTON, DC; CHAMBERS DISCUSSES CHANGES IN DALLAS TIMES HERALD'S WASHINGTON BUREAU; LBJ INVITES CHAMBERS TO WH

Telephone conversation # 438, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 12/12/1963, 11:50AM

BALL SAYS THERE IS NO SUBSTANCE TO RUMOR OF COUP IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, DISCUSSES TIMING OF RECOGNITION OF GOVT THERE WITH SENATE VOTE ON FOREIGN AID BILL, POSSIBLE OPPOSITION BY WAYNE MORSE, OTHERS; LBJ SUGGESTS WH MEETING WITH MORSE AND OTHER…

Telephone conversation # 440, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 12/12/1963, 11:55AM

MORSE'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BILL; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL'S ALLEGED IRRITATION BECAUSE LBJ CALLED HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES ACT THE "MORSE-GREEN BILL"; LBJ ASKS MORSE TO COME TO WH FOR MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

Telephone conversation # 441, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/12/1963, 12:00PM

LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD TO COME TO WH FOR MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC); MANSFIELD SAYS SENATE MAY BE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID BILL; LBJ SAYS WAYNE MORSE HAS ALREADY AGREED TO COME, ASKS MANSFIELD IF EVERETT DIRKSEN, BOURKE HICKENLOOPER SHOULD ALSO BE…

Telephone conversation # 442, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 12/12/1963, 12:01PM

LBJ REPORTS THAT WAYNE MORSE, MIKE MANSFIELD HAVE AGREED TO COME TO WH MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) AND HE IS TRYING TO REACH WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, ASKS BALL IF EVERETT DIRKSEN AND BOURKE HICKENLOOPER SHOULD BE INVITED; BALL ADVISES LBJ TO INVITE…

Telephone conversation # 443, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 12/12/1963, 12:05PM

LBJ ASKS FULBRIGHT TO COME TO WH MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) WITH WAYNE MORSE, MIKE MANSFIELD, EVERETT DIRKSEN, BOURKE HICKENLOOPER; FULBRIGHT SAYS HE IS IN JOINT MEETING ON PROPOSED KENNEDY CULTURAL CENTER BUT WILL COME TO MEETING

Telephone conversation # 444, sound recording, LBJ and BOURKE HICKENLOOPER, 12/12/1963, 12:06PM

LBJ ASKS HICKENLOOPER TO ATTEND WH MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

Telephone conversation # 445, sound recording, LBJ and BOURKE HICKENLOOPER, 12/12/1963, 12:06PM

LBJ ASKS HICKENLOOPER TO ATTEND WH MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC), ASKS HICKENLOOPER TO ALSO ASK EVERETT DIRKSEN TO COME

Telephone conversation # 446, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 12/12/1963, 12:07PM

LBJ TELLS BALL THAT BOURKE HICKENLOOPER, EVERETT DIRKSEN, WAYNE MORSE, MIKE MANSFIELD, AND WILLIAM FULBRIGHT WILL ATTEND MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC); BALL SUGGESTS LBJ ALSO INVITE HHH TO MEETING

Telephone conversation # 447, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 12/12/1963, 12:10PM

WIRTZ TELLS LBJ ABOUT PENDING STRIKE AT UNITED AIRLINES, ASKS IF LABOR DEPT SHOULD INTERVENE; LBJ ADVISES WIRTZ TO TRY TO AVERT STRIKE, ASKS WIRTZ TO SEND WIRE TO LABOR DEPT OFFICIALS IN STATES WHERE DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS WILL BE CLOSED

Telephone conversation # 448, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 12/12/1963, time unknown

LBJ SAYS WILLARD WIRTZ WILL SEND WIRE TO LABOR DEPT OFFICIALS IN STATES WHERE DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS WILL BE CLOSED, SUGGESTS SALINGER USE WIRE TO SHOW ADMINISTRATION CONCERN ABOUT LOSS OF JOBS; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH SENATORS ON DOMINICAN…

Telephone conversation # 449, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 12/12/1963, 12:15PM

LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN TO ATTEND UPCOMING MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) AND TO SEE IF HHH CAN ALSO ATTEND MEETING

Telephone conversation # 450, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 12/12/1963, 12:16PM

LBJ ASKS HHH TO ATTEND 12:35 MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

Telephone conversation # 452, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and DOROTHY TERRITO?, 12/12/1963, time unknown

OFFICE SECRETARY APOLOGIZES TO "DOROTHY" (TERRITO?) FOR KEEPING HER ON HOLD, SAYS DOROTHY SHOULD ASK "JACK" (VALENTI?) ABOUT UNIDENTIFIED SUBJECT

Telephone conversation # 453, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/12/1963, 3:14PM

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT CLOSING DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS, SAYS HE ANNOUNCED ONLY SAN DIEGO NAVY YARD WILL BE CLOSED AT THIS TIME; GERALD FORD'S QUESTION TO MCNAMARA ABOUT WHY OTHER NAVY YARDS WILL NOT BE CLOSED

Telephone conversation # 454, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 12/12/1963, 3:20PM

SMATHERS GIVES PESSIMISTIC REPORT ON SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY ON TAX BILL; STRATEGY FOR PASSING BILL; RUSSELL LONG'S AMENDMENT; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PASSING TAX BILL BEFORE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; DELAYS FOR COFFEE AGREEMENT HEARINGS

Telephone conversation # 455, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/12/1963, 4:01PM

O'BRIEN SAYS LUCIUS CLAY WILL CALL GERALD FORD ABOUT FOREIGN AID BILL; SUGGESTION THAT LBJ ASK DWIGHT EISENHOWER TO CALL FORD, CHARLES HALLECK; OTTO PASSMAN'S COMMENTS ABOUT HIS MEETING WITH LBJ; TAX BILL; COFFEE AGREEMENT; VISIT OF PRESIDENT OF…

Telephone conversation # 456, sound recording, LBJ and MAX FREEDMAN, 12/12/1963, 4:40PM

LBJ INVITES FREEDMAN AND HIS WIFE TO COCKTAIL PARTY TONIGHT FOR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS

Telephone conversation # 457, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 12/12/1963, 4:50PM

DILLON SAYS HE WILL PROBABLY NOT MAKE PLANNED TRIP BECAUSE OF TAX BILL; LBJ'S DISTRESS ABOUT SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S DELAYS; RUSSELL LONG'S AMENDMENT; COFFEE AGREEMENT; TIMING OF TAX, CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS; LBJ'S DISAPPROVAL OF CABINET TRIP TO JAPAN

Telephone conversation # 458, sound recording, LBJ and CONRAD HILTON, 12/12/1963, 5:25PM

HILTON OFFERS LBJ HIS SUPPORT, SAYS HE HAS HEARD FINE THINGS ABOUT LBJ, WISHES LBJ AND HIS FAMILY A MERRY CHRISTMAS

Telephone conversation # 459, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN?, 12/13/1963, 9:07AM

LBJ DISCUSSES REDUCING FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT WITH UNIDENTIFIED MALE (ORVILLE FREEMAN?)