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Telephone conversation # 6439, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/21/1964, 9:42PM

RUSK REPORTS ON DETERIORATING SITUATION IN STANLEYVILLE, CONGO; EFFORTS TO TALK WITH REBELS; PLANS FOR US MILITARY TRANSPORT AND AIR SUPPORT OF BELGIUM'S PARATROOP DROP TO RESCUE HOSTAGES; CIA CONCERNS ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANS; LBJ APPROVES PLAN

Telephone conversation # 6440, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/21/1964, 10:30PM

REQUEST THAT LUCI JOHNSON READ SPEECH ON BEHALF OF LBJ AT JEWISH ORGANIZATION IN NEW YORK NEXT WEEK; NEED TO APPROVE CONTENT OF SPEECH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS MOYERS TO CALL LUCI, ASKS ABOUT HIS SON'S HEALTH, EXPRESSES SYMPATHY ABOUT MOYERS' COLD

Telephone conversation # 6441, sound recording, LBJ and GARDNER ACKLEY, 11/22/1964, 10:41AM

UK DECISION TO RAISE DISCOUNT RATE; WORDING OF FRB STATEMENT ON DECISION TO RAISE US RATE; CONTINUING CRISIS DESPITE UK EFFORTS; POSSIBLE DEVALUATION OF POUND, EFFECT ON US ECONOMY; BRITISH MISHANDLING OF CRISIS; SYLVIA PORTER'S VIEWS; POSSIBLE…

Telephone conversation # 6442, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/22/1964, 10:56AM

RUSK UPDATES LBJ ON CONGO SITUATION; POSTPONEMENT OF US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION; LBJ ASKS FOR DETAILS OF OPERATION, UPDATE ON LAOS, VIETNAM SITUATION; UK MONETARY CRISIS, EFFECT ON US ECONOMY; LBJ EXPRESSES UNHAPPINESS WITH US HANDLING OF…

Telephone conversation # 6443, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 11/22/1964, 11:14AM

DILLON TELLS LBJ UK MEASURES SHOULD RELIEVE CURRENT UK MONETARY CRISIS BUT THERE MAY BE LONG-RANGE PROBLEMS; ERIC ROLL VISIT; WORDING OF FRB STATEMENT ANNOUNCING RAISE IN US DISCOUNT RATE; EFFECTS ON US DOMESTIC ECONOMY; POSSIBLE STATEMENT BY PAUL…

Telephone conversation # 6444, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/22/1964, 11:40AM

LBJ TELLS COOK UK WILL RAISE ITS DISCOUNT RATE, FRB WILL THEN RAISE US RATE; WORDING OF FRB STATEMENT; COOK EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT EFFECT ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY; LBJ TELLS COOK TO CONSULT DOUGLAS DILLON; FBI BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION OF DON COOK; HAROLD…

Telephone conversation # 6445, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/22/1964, 11:40AM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF FBI BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION OF DON COOK AND INFORMATION ON HIS BROTHER HAROLD; LBJ ASKS COOK'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENTS TO TREASURY AND COMMERCE DEPTS; APPOINTMENT OF FRED KAPPEL OR JOHN CONNOR AS COMMERCE SECRETARY

Telephone conversation # 6446, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/22/1964, 11:40AM

COOK'S ADVISORY ROLE IN UNNAMED BUSINESS DEAL; PAUL NITZE; PERSONAL DIFFICULTIES IN COOK'S ACCEPTING FEDERAL APPOINTMENT; APPOINTMENT OF EDWIN WEISL, SR. OR CLARK CLIFFORD AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; COOK TELLS LBJ NOMINEE MUST BE REGARDED AS INDEPENDENT OF…

Telephone conversation # 6447, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT THOMAS, 11/22/1964, 12:25PM

LBJ TELLS THOMAS ABOUT HIS MEETINGS WITH CABINET OFFICERS ON FEDERAL BUDGET AND HIS NEED FOR VACATION; AGRICULTURE BUDGET; THANKSGIVING PLANS FOR JOHNSON AND THOMAS FAMILIES; THOMAS ASKS ABOUT JACK VALENTI AND OFFERS LBJ HIS HELP AND SUPPORT

Telephone conversation # 6448, sound recording, LBJ and MARLIN SANDLIN, 11/22/1964, 12:30PM

LBJ'S AND SANDLIN'S SCHEDULES; SANDLIN DISCUSSES HIS CONVERSATION WITH HORACE BUSBY ABOUT BUSBY'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION FROM WH STAFF FOLLOWING INAUGURATION

Telephone conversation # 6449, sound recording, LBJ and MARLIN SANDLIN, 11/22/1964, 12:30PM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF HORACE BUSBY'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION FROM WH STAFF FOLLOWING INAUGURATION

Telephone conversation # 6450, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 11/22/1964, 4:00PM

BALL REPORTS RECOMMENDATION THAT US-BELGIUM PARATROOP RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO BE HELD UP ONE DAY TO COORDINATE WITH GROUND TROOPS' ARRIVAL; MILITARY PLANS; LACK OF REBEL RESISTANCE SO FAR; PRESS LEAK ON OPERATION; POSSIBLE DANGER TO HOSTAGES FROM…

Telephone conversation # 6451, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/23/1964, 12:24PM

UPDATE ON PLANS FOR US-BELGIUM PARATROOP RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO; LBJ ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE REACTION OF US NEGROES, EXTENT OF US COMMITMENT; LBJ APPROVES PLAN; MCNAMARA REPORTS ON REACTION TO BASE CLOSINGS, THANKSGIVING PLANS; RUSK REVIEWS MILITARY…

Telephone conversation # 6454, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 11/23/1964, 3:16PM

DILLON REPORTS ON EFFECT OF RAISE IN UK DISCOUNT RATE ON UK MONETARY CRISIS; EFFECT ON US BOND MARKET AND INTEREST RATES; FRB, TREASURY STATEMENTS ANNOUNCING RAISE IN US DISCOUNT RATE; DON COOK'S ADVICE; WRIGHT PATMAN'S STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC EFFECTS

Telephone conversation # 6456, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/23/1964, 3:23PM

BUNDY REPORTS THAT US-BELGIUM PARATROOP RESCUE OPERATION WILL PROBABLY TAKE PLACE LATE TONIGHT, ASKS IF HE SHOULD LET LBJ KNOW PROGRESS OF OPERATION THROUGHOUT NIGHT; LBJ ASKS TO BE KEPT INFORMED; BUNDY REPORTS MONETARY SITUATION IS GOOD

Telephone conversation # 6457, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/23/1964, 3:25PM

DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MORNING ACTIVITIES FOR PRESS BRIEFING; VISIT OF RICHARD RUSSELL, OTHER GEORGIANS; INQUIRY ABOUT FOY KOHLER'S POSSIBLE VISIT TO RANCH; RAISE IN UK, US DISCOUNT RATES AND POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON US ECONOMY; POSSIBLE DEVALUATION OF POUND

Telephone conversation # 6459, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/23/1964, 3:48PM

LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA ABOUT PRESS STORY STATING MAXWELL TAYLOR WILL RECOMMEND BOMBING IN LAOS, NORTH VIETNAM OR POSSIBLY RESIGN; JOSEPH ALSOP ARTICLE ON GEORGE BALL REPORT WHICH LBJ HAS NOT SEEN YET; LBJ'S RECENT TALK WITH ALSOP; MCNAMARA COMPLAINS ABOUT…

Telephone conversation # 6461, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 11/23/1964, 7:35PM

MARTIN REPORTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING FRB DECISION TO RAISE US DISCOUNT RATE IN RESPONSE TO RAISE IN UK RATE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS, US BANK REACTION; STATUS OF US ECONOMY; POSSIBLE STEEL, AUTO STRIKES; ANTICIPATED STRONG CHRISTMAS RETAIL…

Telephone conversation # 6462, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 11/23/1964, 7:44PM

LBJ'S THANKSGIVING VACATION; UK MONETARY CRISIS AND EFFECT ON US ECONOMY; POSSIBLE AUTO, STEEL STRIKES; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE RAISE IN STEEL PRICES; CLIFFORD REPORTS ON TALK WITH "ARTHUR" (GOLDBERG) ABOUT SITUATION; JFK STEEL CRISIS

Telephone conversation # 6464, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/23/1964, 9:54PM

LBJ ASKS ABOUT REPORT THAT TSHOMBE WILL DENOUNCE US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO; BUNDY REPORTS TSHOMBE HAS GIVEN WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION; INABILITY OF UN, OAU, RED CROSS TO HANDLE CRISIS; POSSIBLE PRESS, US NEGRO REACTION; STATUS OF…

Telephone conversation # 6465, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/23/1964, 11:18PM

RUSK REPORTS THAT FIRST STAGE OF US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, THREE AIRCRAFT AND PARATROOPS HAVE LANDED; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO CONTINUE TO INFORM HIM THROUGHOUT NIGHT ABOUT PROGRESS OF OPERATION

Telephone conversation # 6467, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/24/1964, 12:17AM

BUNDY REPORTS THAT ALL PLANES HAVE LANDED SAFELY IN US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO AND US WILL MAKE JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT WITH BELGIUM IN AN HOUR; LBJ TELLS BUNDY TO GIVE HIM UPDATES THROUGHOUT NIGHT ON STATUS OF HOSTAGES, BELGIUM…

Telephone conversation # 6468, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/24/1964, 1:20AM

BUNDY REPORTS ON SUCCESSFUL PROGRESS OF US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION IN CONGO; US STATEMENT ON OPERATION AND PRESS COVERAGE; BUNDY TELLS LBJ HE WILL NOT REPORT FURTHER TONIGHT UNLESS WORD IS RECEIVED ON US HOSTAGES

Telephone conversation # 6469, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/24/1964, 3:05AM

BUNDY REPORTS THAT US MISSIONARY PAUL CARLSON HAS APPARENTLY BEEN KILLED AND REBELS HAVE KILLED WHITES IN HOTEL IN STANLEYVILLE, BUT 5 US OFFICIALS IN CONGO ARE APPARENTLY SAFE; OVERALL MILITARY SUCCESS OF US-BELGIUM RESCUE OPERATION; PRESS REACTION

Telephone conversation # 6470, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON CONGO RESCUE OPERATION; REBEL ATTACKS ON WHITES; APPARENT DEATH OF MISSIONARY PAUL CARLSON; US, AFRICAN REACTION TO US ROLE; MAXWELL TAYLOR INTERVIEW ON VIETNAM POLICY; STEEL PRICE INCREASE; SIGMA DELTA CHI STORY ON WH PRESS…

Telephone conversation # 6471, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM

SIGMA DELTA CHI ARTICLE CRITICIZING WH PRESS RELATIONS; PRESS COVERAGE OF RICHARD RUSSELL VISIT; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSELL ON PROJECT 100,000 FOR DRAFT REJECTEES, CONGO CRISIS; CRITICISM OF RUSSELL'S USE OF GOVT PLANE TO RETURN FOR MEETING WITH…

Telephone conversation # 6472, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/24/1964, 9:15AM

BUNDY UPDATES LBJ ON CONGO RESCUE OPERATION; MESSAGES TO BELGIUM PRIME MINISTER SPAAK, FAMILIES OF PAUL CARLSON AND OTHER AMERICAN CASUALTY; LACK OF INVOLVEMENT BY OTHER COUNTRIES IN OPERATION; HAROLD WILSON'S STATEMENT ON MLF; FUTURE OF MLF

Telephone conversation # 6473, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/24/1964, 9:20AM

COVERAGE OF VISIT TO RANCH BY RICHARD RUSSELL, J. B. FUQUA, GEORGIANS; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSELL ON CONGO, FEDERAL BUDGET; SIGMA DELTA CHI STORY ON WH PRESS RELATIONS; ANTHONY LEWIS REQUEST FOR INTERVIEW; DELEGATION TO INAUGURATION OF MEXICO'S…

Telephone conversation # 6474, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 11/24/1964, 10:05AM

CONGO CRISIS; LBJ THANKS REUTHER FOR HELP ON NEWSPAPER, AUTO STRIKES, EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR US ECONOMY; STEEL PRICE INCREASE; LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES; MEDICARE; EXCISE TAX REDUCTION; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; APPALACHIA AND ARA; SECTION 14-B OF…

Telephone conversation # 6475, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 11/24/1964, 10:58AM

DILLON BEGINS TO BRIEF LBJ ON UK AND US MONETARY SITUATION; LBJ ASKS DILLON IF HE CAN CALL HIM BACK BECAUSE VISITORS HAVE JUST LANDED AT RANCH

Telephone conversation # 6476, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 11/24/1964, 11:14AM

UK, US MONETARY SITUATION; EUROPEAN LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN UK MONETARY SITUATION DUE TO LABOUR PARTY REMARKS IN PARLIAMENT; TREASURY APPOINTMENTS; LBJ'S CONFIDENCE IN SECRET SERVICE; DILLON COMMITTEE ON IMPROVING PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTION; INTEREST…

Telephone conversation # 6477, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 11/24/1964, 11:50AM

LONG CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION VICTORY; LONG'S REMARKS TO DALLAS TIMES HERALD ON LBJ'S PROGRAM, MEDICARE; MISSOURI ELECTION RESULTS; JOHN CONNALLY'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FOR FORMER MISSOURI GOVERNOR; DEER HUNTING IN TEXAS,…

Telephone conversation # 6478, sound recording, LBJ and ANTONIO CARRILLO FLORES, 11/24/1964, 4:24PM

LBJ BIDS CARRILLO FLORES AND HIS WIFE FAREWELL FOLLOWING THEIR RECENT VISIT, EXPRESSES SYMPATHY TO MRS. FLORES ON HER ACCIDENT; LBJ TELLS CARRILLO FLORES TO LOOK UP HIS FRIENDS MAX AND MARIETTA BROOKS AT INAUGURAL CEREMONY IN MEXICO

Telephone conversation # 6479, sound recording, LBJ and MAXWELL TAYLOR, 11/25/1964, 6:56PM

TAYLOR TELLS LBJ HE HAS DENIED STATEMENT IN KEYES BEECH ARTICLE THAT HE WILL RESIGN AS US AMBASSADOR IF HIS RECOMMENDATIONS ON VIETNAM POLICY ARE NOT FOLLOWED; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS REPORTS ON EXPANSION OF US WAR EFFORTS, CAUTIONS TAYLOR ABOUT…

Telephone conversation # 6481, sound recording, LBJ and JIM WRIGHT, 11/25/1964, 7:29PM

LOCATION OF OEO REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS; BOB APPROVAL OF TRINITY RIVER PROJECT; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT US ECONOMY; UK MONETARY CRISIS; EXPANSION OF FORT WORTH, SAN ANTONIO MILITARY BASES; CAB APPOINTMENT; LBJ DECLINES TO WRITE INTRODUCTION TO WRIGHT'S…

Telephone conversation # 6482, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN, 11/25/1964, 7:42PM

POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES FROM CALIFORNIA; REPLACEMENT FOR PAUL "RED" FAY AS UNDERSECRETARY OF NAVY; RUDOLPH PETERSON AS POSSIBLE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS APPOINTEE; WH APPOINTMENT PROCESS; DAN LUEVANO; OPPOSITION TO TASK FORCE ON FEDERAL AID TO…

Telephone conversation # 6483, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN, 11/25/1964, 7:42PM

LABOR, EDUCATION OPPOSITION TO TASK FORCE ON FEDERAL AID TO STATES; CALIFORNIA POLITICS; PIERRE SALINGER'S PLANS; LBJ'S THANKSGIVING PLANS; UK MONETARY CRISIS, EFFECT ON US ECONOMY; FEDERAL DEFICIT; EXCISE TAX REDUCTION; CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA WATER…

Telephone conversation # 6485, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 11/25/1964, 8:10PM

MARTIN REPORTS ON CONTINUING UK MONETARY CRISIS, RUN ON POUND RESULTING FROM LABOUR PARTY STATEMENTS IN PARLIAMENT; US EFFORTS TO STABILIZE CRISIS; LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO FUND FEDERAL PROGRAMS WITHOUT INCREASING DEFICIT; FRB'S 1959 AND CURRENT…