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Telephone conversation # 11174, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 12/21/1966, 8:45AM

CALIFANO'S TALK WITH FRANK MANKIEWICZ ABOUT RFK, FBI WIRETAPS; PRESS LEAKS OF FBI, JUSTICE DEPT DOCUMENTS; LBJ TELLS CALIFANO TO REPORT MATTER TO RAMSEY CLARK; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS; BILL MOYERS AND APPOINTMENTS OF FORMER WH STAFF; SARGENT…

Telephone conversation # 11175, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 12/21/1966, 8:45AM

SARGENT SHRIVER'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION, HIS CONCERNS ABOUT OEO BUDGET; RFK, FBI WIRETAP CONTROVERSY; MEETING WITH LBJ ON LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM; RUMORS BILL MOYERS WILL RUN FOR OFFICE; STATE OF THE UNION DRAFT; HARRY MCPHERSON; REASSIGNMENT OF MOYERS'…

Telephone conversation # 11176, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 12/21/1966, 8:45AM

WH POLICY ON EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER WH STAFF MEMBERS; LBJ LETTER CONCERNING STRIKE AT UNION CARBIDE PLANT; LBJ TELLS CALIFANO TO MEET WITH HARRY MCPHERSON; PRESS LEAKS TO CLARK MOLLENHOFF; RICHARD GOODWIN

Telephone conversation # 11178, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/21/1966, 7:09PM

LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC GOVS. WITH WHOM HE MET TODAY, THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY PROGRAM, PATRONAGE AND CIVIL RIGHTS; RUSK REPORTS ON QUESTIONS ON ABM, VIETNAM, FOOD FOR INDIA THAT HE RECEIVED AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ ADVISES RUSK TO…

Telephone conversation # 11179, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 12/21/1966, 7:12PM

HOLIDAY GREETINGS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC GOVS.; RFK; WARREN HEARNES' CRITICISM OF LBJ'S APPOINTEE FOR MISSOURI OEO DIRECTOR AND OF LBJ'S PUBLIC IMAGE; GOVS.' CRITICISM OF PATRONAGE, CIVIL RIGHTS, POVERTY PROGRAM; PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING…

Telephone conversation # 11180, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 12/21/1966, 7:12PM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH DEMOCRATIC GOVS., MISSOURI GOV. WARREN HEARNES AND MISSOURI POLITICS; LBJ ASKS LONG TO CALL ANTHONY BUFORD ABOUT HEARNES' ACTIONS; LBJ ASKS LONG TO WRITE REPORT ON LONG'S TRIP TO INDONESIA, MIDDLE…

Telephone conversation # 11181, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/21/1966, 7:50PM

MOYERS REPORTS ON RICHARD GOODWIN'S CALL ABOUT PRESS LEAKS OF RFK'S ROLE IN FBI WIRETAPS WHEN HE WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL; LBJ SAYS RFK SHOULD CALL LBJ DIRECTLY, EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON WIRETAPS AND HIS OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS,…

Telephone conversation # 11182, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/21/1966, 7:50PM

MOYERS RELAYS RICHARD GOODWIN'S REQUEST TO RELEASE LBJ'S RECENT LETTER TO JACQUELINE KENNEDY, THEN RELAYS FRENCH INQUIRY ABOUT POSSIBLE INVITATION FROM CHARLES DEGAULLE TO LBJ TO VISIT FRANCE; LBJ SAYS FRENCH INVITATION SHOULD BE RELAYED THROUGH DEAN…

Telephone conversation # 11184, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 12/22/1966, 10:21AM

LBJ ASKS MEANY TO MEET WITH KATHARINE GRAHAM AND WRITE LETTER TO HER EMPHASIZING EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LBJ AND LABOR TO REBUT RECENT ROWLAND EVANS COLUMN; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH MEANY, STATE GOVS.

Telephone conversation # 11185, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/22/1966, 11:07AM

LETTER FROM W. R. "BOB" POAGE, JACK MILLER, BOB DOLE AFTER THEIR TRIP TO INDIA, RECOMMENDING US SEND 1.8 MILLION TONS OF GRAIN TO INDIA; LBJ SAYS HE DISAGREES, AUTHORIZES LOWER AMOUNT UNTIL CONGRESS ACTS ON FOOD AID, DISCUSSES NEED FOR MULTILATERAL…

Telephone conversation # 11186, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/22/1966, 11:07AM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF INTERIM US GRAIN SHIPMENTS TO INDIA; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON INDIAN FOOD AID, MULTILATERAL AID, AND SAYS THAT US SHOULD SELL GRAIN TO INDIA, NOT PROVIDE GRANTS

Telephone conversation # 11189, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/22/1966, 3:41PM

FORTAS DISCUSSES MEETING WITH "CLARK" (CLIFFORD?) ABOUT RELEASE OF LBJ'S LETTER TO JACQUELINE KENNEDY; CONTROVERSY ABOUT RFK'S ROLE IN FBI WIRETAPS; PRESS LEAK OF 1962 ORDER; LBJ EMPHASIZES HIS OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS EXCEPT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

Telephone conversation # 11190, sound recording, LBJ and MICHAEL FEIGHAN, 12/22/1966, 3:56PM

FEIGHAN ASKS LBJ TO HAVE LARRY O'BRIEN APPOINT ACTING POSTMASTER IN HIS DISTRICT; LBJ TELLS FEIGHAN TO SEND WRITTEN REQUEST BUT SAYS HE DOES NOT INTERFERE IN THESE APPOINTMENTS, DISCUSSES FDR'S APPOINTMENT IN LBJ'S DISTRICT AND VETERANS' PREFERENCE

Telephone conversation # 11191, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 12/22/1966, 9:00PM

DOUGLAS' CONCERNS ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO COMMITTEE TO STUDY CITY PROBLEMS, CUTS IN GREAT SOCIETY BECAUSE OF VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASE IN FEDERAL SPENDING ON POOR, POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; DOUGLAS RECOMMENDS CUTS IN SPACE PROGRAM

Telephone conversation # 11193, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/23/1966, 1:01PM

JCS VIEWS ON BOMBING RESTRICTION NEAR HANOI AS PART OF MARIGOLD PEACE INITIATIVE; PLANS FOR ABM MEETING; MCNAMARA'S TALK WITH SARGENT SHRIVER ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RESIGNATION BECAUSE OF POVERTY BUDGET CUTS; FINAL DOD BUDGET; VACATION PLANS FOR DOD…

Telephone conversation # 11194, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 12/23/1966, 7:00PM

CLIFFORD'S MEETING WITH UNNAMED MALE ABOUT FEUD BETWEEN RFK, J. EDGAR HOOVER OVER FBI WIRETAPS; RFK'S CONCERNS ABOUT EDWARD LONG'S HEARINGS; DAMAGE TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY IF FEUD CONTINUES; LBJ'S LACK OF INFLUENCE OVER HOOVER; BUGGING OF BOBBY BAKER,…

Telephone conversation # 11195, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 12/23/1966, 7:00PM

FEUD BETWEEN RFK, J. EDGAR HOOVER OVER FBI WIRETAPS; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; LBJ'S MEETING WITH HOOVER, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH ON WIRETAPPING POLICY; PRESS LEAKS; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS; ALVIN WIRTZ AND WIRETAPS BY HAROLD ICKES; BUGGING OF MLK

Telephone conversation # 11196, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 12/23/1966, 7:00PM

FEUD BETWEEN RFK, J. EDGAR HOOVER ON WIRETAPS; POSSIBLE MEETING BETWEEN RFK AND HOOVER; IRS WIRETAPS; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS; HARRY TRUMAN'S HEALTH; LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD TO TELL BESS TRUMAN THAT ALL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE TO THEM IF…

Telephone conversation # 11197, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 12/24/1966, 4:46PM

SAM FORE'S DEATH; PARTY FOR JOHN AND NELLIE CONNALLY'S MOTHERS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH WOUNDED SOLDIERS; APPOINTMENT OF JOHN BEN SHEPPERD TO LBJ STATE PARK PROJECT; CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS TO PROJECT; A. W. MOURSUND; LBJ'S TRUSTEE

Telephone conversation # 11198, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN BEN SHEPPERD, 12/24/1966, 5:01PM

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH JOHN CONNALLY ABOUT ANNOUNCING SHEPPERD'S APPOINTMENT TO LBJ STATE PARK PROJECT; PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECT; LBJ SUGGESTS NAMES OF POTENTIAL DONORS TO CONTACT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Telephone conversation # 11199, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/25/1966, 7:45PM

HOLIDAY GREETINGS; ROY MCVICKER'S PLAN FOR STUDY GROUP ON CENTRAL AMERICAN EMERGING NATIONS; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HIRING DEFEATED CONGRESSMEN; MARIGOLD PEACE INITIATIVE; CHRISTMAS TRUCE; CARGO PLANE CRASH IN VIETNAM; ADAM RAPACKI; JOHN…

Telephone conversation # 11200, sound recording, LBJ and STEWART UDALL, 12/26/1966, 8:09AM

LBJ REQUESTS INVENTORY OF FEDERAL RESOURCES THAT CAN BE MARKETED, DISCUSSES CONCERNS ABOUT TAX INCREASE OR CUTS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS; LOUISANA COURT CASE; MATCHING FEDERAL FUNDS FOR LBJ STATE PARK; LAND ACQUISITION; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DISCUSSES PARK…

Telephone conversation # 11201, sound recording, LBJ and STEWART UDALL, 12/26/1966, 8:09AM

LADY BIRD JOHNSON, UDALL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS PLANS TO DEVELOP LBJ STATE PARK; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT COMPROMISING PUBLIC INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS; FEDERAL BUDGET PROBLEMS; CUTS IN SPACE BUDGET; NEED FOR MONEY FOR ABM, OTHER DEFENSE PROGRAMS

Telephone conversation # 11203, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM

NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ'S RECOLLECTIONS OF EVENTS FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION, HARRY TRUMAN'S SWEARING IN AFTER FDR'S DEATH; WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ SAYS HE HAS NOT SPOKEN TO ANYONE ABOUT EVENTS, DISCUSSES PRESS SOURCES, POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO…

Telephone conversation # 11204, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM

PRESS STORIES ON ADVERSE PORTRAYAL OF LBJ IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ DISCUSSES RESIGNATIONS OF WH STAFF; POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE; ROWLAND EVANS' STORY ON GEORGE MEANY'S MEETING WITH LBJ; MARVIN WATSON; PRESS SOURCES

Telephone conversation # 11205, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM

PRESS SOURCES; ROWLAND EVANS, ROBERT NOVAK COLUMN ON POLITICAL EFFECT OF WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK, WH RECORDS OF EVENTS AFTER JFK ASSASSINATION; WIRETAP FEUD BETWEEN RFK, J. EDGAR HOOVER; WH PRESS LEAKS; MARVIN WATSON; STORIES ABOUT LBJ RANCH ROAD

Telephone conversation # 11206, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM

NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ, WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DISTRACTION OF MANCHESTER CONTROVERSY; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION; ANTIWAR PROTESTS; POVERTY BUDGET; PRESS STORIES ON CLARK CLIFFORD; LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC…

Telephone conversation # 11207, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM

LBJ REMINISCENCES ABOUT HIS WORK ON 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RACES; WH CONTRIBUTIONS TO 1962 RACES; FUND-RAISING IN 1966 ELECTION; LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY OF DNC, CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES; RESPONSE TO PRESS ON NEWSWEEK ARTICLE, WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S…

Telephone conversation # 11209, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 11:46AM

MOYERS RELAYS ABE FORTAS' VIEWS ON WH PRESS STATEMENT ABOUT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ AND WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AND MANIPULATION OF SOURCES BY THE PRESS

Telephone conversation # 11211, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 12/26/1966, 12:37PM

LBJ READS LIST OF HUD PROJECTS FOR CHICAGO THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE APPROVED, INCLUDING PROJECTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES, BEAUTIFICATION, MASS TRANSIT, COLLEGE HOUSING, URBAN RENEWAL; LBJ SUGGESTS DALEY SEND LIST OF OTHER PENDING PROJECTS FOR LBJ'S…

Telephone conversation # 11212, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES FARLEY, 12/26/1966, 6:16PM

FARLEY EXTENDS HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO LBJ AND HIS FAMILY, OFFERS ASSISTANCE, TELLS LBJ TO IGNORE POLLS AND EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN LBJ'S LEADERSHIP

Telephone conversation # 11213, sound recording, LBJ and PHILIP HOFF, 12/27/1966, 9:45AM

PRESS STORIES ABOUT DISCONTENT AMONG DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS ABOUT LBJ, CIVIL RIGHTS, GREAT SOCIETY; RFK'S INFLUENCE ON JOHN KING, HAROLD HUGHES, WARREN HEARNES; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT CRITICISM BY SOME DEMOCRATIC GOVS. FOLLOWING MEETING LAST…

Telephone conversation # 11214, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE SECRETARY, 12/27/1966, time unknown

LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO GEORGE CHRISTIAN; TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS LBJ THAT BILL MOYERS IS WAITING TO TALK WITH HIM; LBJ ASKS WHEN A PLANE WILL GET IN AND OFFICE SECRETARY TELLS HIM ARRIVAL TIME

Telephone conversation # 11215, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 12/27/1966, 12:25PM

LBJ APOLOGIZES FOR DELAY IN REACHING FOWLER; FOWLER DISCUSSES HIS CONSULTATIONS WITH "BOB" (MCNAMARA?), FRANCIS BATOR AND OTHERS ABOUT PROPOSED LETTER ON UNNAMED SUBJECT TO BE SIGNED BY FRED DEMING; LBJ SAYS HE DEFERS TO THEIR ADVICE

Telephone conversation # 11216, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN PASTORE, 12/27/1966, 3:26PM

DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE BUDGET; PASTORE SUGGESTS LBJ REQUEST MINIMUM NEEDED AND NOT MORE IN ANTICIPATION OF BUDGET CUTS BECAUSE INFLATED REQUESTS UNDERMINE LBJ'S PRESTIGE; LBJ OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF PASTORE'S MOTHER-IN-LAW

Telephone conversation # 11219, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 12/27/1966, 6:42PM

DISCUSSION OF FILING PAPERS ON JOHNSON FAMILY FINANCIAL AFFAIRS; LBJ'S CALLS WITH UNNAMED MAN; WALTER JENKINS TRUST ACCOUNT; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT SLANTED PRESS STORIES, NUMEROUS PRESS INQUIRIES A. W. MOURSUND HAS RECEIVED; LBJ STATE PARK LITIGATION

Telephone conversation # 11221, sound recording, LBJ and CLARE BOOTHE LUCE, 12/27/1966, 8:37PM

LBJ TELLS LUCE HIS HEALTH IS IMPROVING; LUCE TELLS LBJ NOT TO BE DISCOURAGED, QUOTES BERNARD BARUCH'S SLOGAN, "KEEP YOUR FACE TO THE SOUND OF THE GUN"; LBJ REMINISCENCES ABOUT BARUCH; LBJ'S LONGTIME FAITH IN THE FUTURE OF ASIA

Telephone conversation # 11222, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/28/1966, 8:25PM

HOLIDAY GREETINGS; MCCORMACK DISCUSSES HIS CANDIDATES FOR HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE VACANCIES; WILLIAM ANDERSON; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DISCUSSES UPCOMING WH DINNER FOR THE MCCORMACKS, FAMILY EVENTS; LBJ DISCUSSES GOING TO MIDNIGHT MASS AT CHRISTMAS

Telephone conversation # 11223, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 12/29/1966, 9:32AM

DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENTS IN NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT POLITICAL, REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF APPOINTMENTS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY CONSIDERED

Telephone conversation # 11224, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 12/29/1966, 9:32AM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENTS IN NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT; LBJ SUGGESTS MACY TALK WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO ABOUT MERGING COMMERCE AND LABOR DEPTS; DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR COMMERCE DEPT, REPUBLICAN VACANCIES ON ICC