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Telephone conversation # 182, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS KUCHEL, 11/29/1963, 8:30PM

LBJ TEASES KUCHEL ABOUT BEING ON VACATION IN FLORIDA, SAYS HE HAS APPOINTED PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, DISCUSSES MEMBERSHIP; LBJ'S WORK WITH REPUBLICANS AS SENATE MAJORITY LEADER; LBJ'S MEETING WITH EARL WARREN

Telephone conversation # 184, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/29/1963, 8:55PM

LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; RUSSELL SAYS HE CANNOT SERVE ON IT WITH EARL WARREN; LBJ INSISTS RUSSELL MUST SERVE; MOURSUND ENCOURAGES HIM TO SERVE; RUSSELL RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTS

Telephone conversation # 185, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/29/1963, 8:55PM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING TODAY WITH EARL WARREN IN WHICH LBJ CONVINCED WARREN TO CHAIR PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; RUSSELL TELLS LBJ HE SHOULD NOT BE SO PERSUASIVE

Telephone conversation # 186, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 11/30/1963, 10:45AM

LBJ THANKS FOR MARTIN FOR HIS NOTE AND FOR HIS SUPPORT, ASKS MARTIN ABOUT STATUS OF MARKETS; MARTIN SAYS NEW YORK FEDERAL RESERVE BANK AND STOCK EXCHANGE MOVED RAPIDLY, SITUATION HAS STABILIZED

Telephone conversation # 187, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 11/30/1963, 11:25AM

OFFICE SECRETARY TELLS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PUT MARY MARGARET VALENTI ON THE LINE; CALL WITH MRS. VALENTI NOT RECORDED

Telephone conversation # 188, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/30/1963, 1:16PM

LBJ, COOK DISCUSS THEIR TEENAGE CHILDREN; LBJ THANKS COOK FOR SUPPORT, ASKS ADVICE ON VIETNAM, LATIN AMERICA; HENRY CABOT LODGE; COOK RELAYS CRITICISM OF FOREIGN AID, EXPRESSES OPTIMISM ABOUT ECONOMY, CONCERN ABOUT FRB; COOK'S MEETING WITH UTILITY…

Telephone conversation # 190, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 11/30/1963, 1:30PM

LBJ SAYS HE HOPES HOUSE WILL REPORT TAX BILL TO SENATE BEFORE CONGRESS ADJOURNS; DOD BUDGET; BUDGET "GIMMICKS"; HOWARD SMITH'S OBSTRUCTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; ROY WILKINS' VIEWS; LBJ'S CONCERN THAT LACK OF ACTION ON BILL WILL LEAD TO CIVIL UNREST

Telephone conversation # 191, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/30/1963, 2:05PM

LBJ'S TALK WITH FRANK IKARD ABOUT WITNESSES AT SENATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON TAX BILL; SMATHERS DISCUSSES ALBERT GORE, SR.'S OPPOSITION TO TAX BILL, STRATEGY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, DIVISION AMONG SOUTHERN SENATORS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; FEDERAL BUDGET

Telephone conversation # 192, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 11/30/1963, 2:15PM

LBJ ASKS AIKEN'S ADVICE ABOUT SENDING VERMONT GOV. PHILIP HOFF TO ZANZIBAR TO REPRESENT US AT THEIR INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY; AIKEN SAYS HE APPROVES OF SENDING HOFF

Telephone conversation # 193, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 11/30/1963, time unknown

LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO GOV. PHILIP HOFF IN VERMONT; CONVERSATION WITH HOFF IS NOT RECORDED

Telephone conversation # 194, sound recording, LBJ and JESSE KELLAM, 11/30/1963, 2:55PM

KELLAM ADVISES LBJ ON HIS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE ON TV; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; POSSIBLE SPEECH BY RALPH BUNCHE AT AUSTIN ROTARY CLUB; HUNTING AT LBJ RANCH; JAKE PICKLE'S CAMPAIGN IN SPECIAL ELECTION FOR CONGRESS; UPCOMING LUDWIG ERHARD VISIT TO LBJ…

Telephone conversation # 195, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 11/30/1963, 3:14PM

MCCONE TELLS LBJ THAT GILBERTO ALVARADO WHO HAD INFORMED ON LEE HARVEY OSWALD IN MEXICO CITY NOW SAYS HIS PREVIOUS STATEMENTS WERE FALSE AND THAT HE HAD MADE THEM IN ORDER TO INGRATIATE HIMSELF WITH THE UNITED STATES

Telephone conversation # 196, sound recording, LBJ and LUCIA ALEXANDER, 11/30/1963, 3:16PM

RENOVATION OF JOHNSON FAMILY HOME IN JOHNSON CITY; LBJ SAYS A.W. MOURSUND HAS RECEIVED INQUIRIES ABOUT SECRET SERVICE RENTING ALEXANDER'S HOUSE (IN JOHNSON CITY?); ALEXANDER ASKS LBJ'S ADVICE ABOUT TALKING TO PRESS; ALEXANDER'S TALK WITH JFK ON…

Telephone conversation # 197, sound recording, LBJ and PHILIP HOFF, 11/30/1963, 4:25PM

LBJ ASKS HOFF TO REPRESENT US AT ZANZIBAR INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY, SAYS HOFF'S WIFE CANNOT ATTEND CEREMONY BECAUSE IT IS A MOSLEM COUNTRY BUT CAN MEET HOFF IN KENYA, DISCUSSES OTHER MEMBERS OF DELEGATION; HOFF ACCEPTS INVITATION, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR…

Telephone conversation # 198, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/30/1963, time unknown

LBJ TELLS MOYERS THAT PHILIP HOFF HAS ACCEPTED LBJ'S INVITATION TO REPRESENT US AT ZANZIBAR INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY, ASKS MOYERS TO HAVE RALPH DUNGAN CONTACT HOFF WITH MORE INFORMATION, TELLS MOYERS TO CALL "SANFORD" ABOUT HOFF'S INVITATION

Telephone conversation # 199, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 11/30/1963, time unknown

MOYERS ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO RALPH DUNGAN; OPERATOR APOLOGIZES TO MOYERS FOR NOT RECOGNIZING HIS VOICE; MOYERS COMPLIMENTS OPERATORS ON THEIR WORK; OPERATOR TELLS MOYERS THAT DUNGAN IS NOT AT HOME BUT SHE WILL LEAVE WORD

Telephone conversation # 200, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and SAM HOUSTON JOHNSON, 11/30/1963, 4:40PM

OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS "MR. JOHNSON" IF HE CAN HEAR HER, THEN PUTS HIM ON HOLD; AFTER PAUSE, SECRETARY TELLS TELEPHONE OPERATOR THAT LBJ CANNOT TAKE CALL AT THIS TIME, ASKS IF LBJ MAY CALL SAM HOUSTON JOHNSON BACK LATER

Telephone conversation # 201, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT STOREY, 12/1/1963, 1:05PM

DISCUSSION OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION AND OF TEXAS STATE INVESTIGATION OF ASSASSINATION; STOREY MENTIONS DALLAS MORNING NEWS STORY ON COMMISSION, MENTIONS HIS WORK ON WORLD PEACE THROUGH LAW AND OFFERS HELP ON CIVIL…

Telephone conversation # 203, sound recording, LBJ and AUBREY WILLIAMS, 12/1/1963, 1:15PM

AUBREY WILLIAMS EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT FOR LBJ AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LADY BIRD JOHNSON REMINISCES ABOUT WILLIAMS' PAST MENTORSHIP OF LBJ, THANKS WILLIAMS FOR HIS CALL

Telephone conversation # 205, sound recording, YOLANDA BOOZER and GEORGE REEDY, 12/1/1963, time unknown

BOOZER ASKS REEDY FOR BACKGROUND ABOUT ENRICO FERMI AWARD THAT IS TO BE PRESENTED TO ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

Telephone conversation # 207, sound recording, LBJ and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 12/1/1963, time unknown

UNIDENTIFIED MALE TELLS LBJ THAT HE IS GETTING MATERIALS READY TO SEND TO LBJ

Telephone conversation # 208, sound recording, LBJ and STEWART UDALL, 12/1/1963, 2:54PM?

STEWART UDALL'S DAUGHTER LYNN'S BROKEN ARM; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT BREAKING HIS LEG AS A CHILD, ASKS UDALL TO DRAFT SPEECH FOR LBJ ABOUT SUPERIORITY OF CAPITALISM OVER COMMUNISM DESPITE USSR'S LARGER POPULATION, RESOURCES; UDALL OFFERS HIS HELP TO LBJ

Telephone conversation # 209, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 12/1/1963, 3:02PM?

TELEPHONE OPERATOR SAYS THAT PERSON LBJ IS TRYING TO REACH [ARTHUR SCHLESINGER] IS OUT PLAYING TENNIS; LBJ ASKS HER TO LEAVE MESSAGE FOR SCHLESINGER TO RETURN LBJ'S CALL

Telephone conversation # 211, sound recording, LBJ and BILL WILLIS, 12/1/1963, 3:40PM

DISCUSSION OF SALE OF UNNAMED ITEM (LBJ COMPANY AIRCRAFT?)

Telephone conversation # 212, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/1/1963, 3:50PM

LBJ ASKS FORTAS IF HE IS READY TO COME TO WH, OFFERS TO SEND CAR TO PICK HIM UP

Telephone conversation # 213, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK MCGEE, 12/1/1963, 4:10PM

LBJ TELLS MCGEE HE ENJOYED MCGEE'S SHOW THIS AFTERNOON, ASKS MCGEE TO COME TO WH WHEN HE IS IN WASHINGTON, DC

Telephone conversation # 215, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/1/1963, 4:45PM

LBJ READS DRAFT PRESS RELEASE ABOUT LBJ'S LETTER TO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND STATEMENT TO MILITARY ON COST-CONSCIOUSNESS, THRIFT IN GOVT OPERATIONS; GORDON SAYS HE THINKS FEDERAL BUDGET CAN BE KEPT BELOW $100 BILLION, DISCUSSES ROLE OF COMPTROLLER…

Telephone conversation # 217, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR KROCK, 12/1/1963, 5:05PM

LBJ THANKS KROCK FOR HIS SUPPORT, DISCUSSES KROCK'S COLUMN IN TODAY'S PAPER, INVITES HIM TO WH; KROCK THANKS LBJ FOR HIS CALL

Telephone conversation # 218, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CAMPBELL, 12/1/1963, 5:10PM

LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON COST-CONSCIOUSNESS, THRIFT IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS, MILITARY EXPENDITURES; COMPTROLLER GENERAL CAMPBELL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR STATEMENT AND LBJ

Telephone conversation # 219, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, 12/1/1963, 5:20PM

LBJ ASKS SCHLESINGER TO PREPARE INFORMAL REMARKS FOR LBJ TO MAKE AT UPCOMING MEETINGS WITH AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND WITH BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE