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Telephone conversation # 13711, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1968, 2:18PM

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH GEORGE SMATHERS, RICHARD NIXON ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; CHARGE THAT LBJ'S MOTIVES IN HALTING BOMBING ARE POLITICAL; SPIRO AGNEW'S ROLE IN CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM

Telephone conversation # 13713, sound recording, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 11/4/1968, 12:27PM

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR REPORTER SAVILLE DAVIS' INQUIRIES ABOUT NIXON ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM; INTELLIGENCE REPORTS OF ANNA CHENNAULT'S ACTIVITIES; RUSK, CLIFFORD URGE THAT LBJ NOT MAKE INFORMATION PUBLIC; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF…

Telephone conversation # 13714, sound recording, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 11/4/1968, 12:27PM

CLARK CLIFFORD SUGGESTS THAT HE TALK DIRECTLY WITH DEAN RUSK ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND TO SAVILLE DAVIS' INQUIRIES ABOUT NIXON ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SAY NOTHING AND THAT WALT ROSTOW WILL NOT MEET WITH DAVIS

Telephone conversation # 13715, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 11/4/1968, 2:54PM

YARBOROUGH SAYS PRESS REPORT THAT HE BELIEVES LBJ WILL RUN AGAINST HIM IN 1970 IS UNTRUE; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPORT, TELLS STORY ABOUT TEXAS POSTMASTER; HHH RALLY IN HOUSTON; PRESS REPORT JOHN CONNALLY BACKS NIXON; POLL SHOWING INCREASED SUPPORT FOR HHH

Telephone conversation # 13716, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 11/5/1968, time unknown

LBJ SPEAKS WITH TELEPHONE OPERATOR ABOUT PLACING CALL TO UNIDENTIFIED PERSON

Telephone conversation # 13717, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/5/1968, 7:31PM

HHH THANKS LBJ FOR HIS APPEARANCE AT HOUSTON RALLY; LBJ AND OTHERS DISCUSS ELECTION RETURNS, OFFER SUPPORT AND GOOD WISHES TO HHH ON ELECTION NIGHT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON PRAISES HHH AND MURIEL HUMPHREY, TELLS HUMPHREY THAT HE CARRIED STONEWALL, TEXAS

Telephone conversation # 13718, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/6/1968, 11:32AM

LBJ AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON PRAISE HHH AND MURIEL HUMPHREY; HHH SAYS HE IS SORRY TO HAVE LET LBJ DOWN; LBJ DISCUSSES HHH'S DEFEAT AND DIVISIVENESS IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY, READS TELEGRAM THAT HE AND LADY BIRD HAVE SENT TO THE HUMPHREYS

Telephone conversation # 13719, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 11/6/1968, 11:54AM

DALEY DISCUSSES ELECTION RESULTS IN ILLINOIS, SAYS DEMOCRATS WON LOCAL RACES BUT LOST GOVERNOR AND SENATE RACES, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECHES IN HOUSTON AND NYC, DISCUSSES EFFECT OF CHICAGO RIOTS ON HHH CAMPAIGN IN ILLINOIS, FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Telephone conversation # 13721, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/6/1968, 12:01PM

DISCUSSION OF ELECTION RESULTS; FORTAS SAYS HHH'S DEFEAT IS NOT REJECTION OF LBJ'S POLICIES; LBJ DISCUSSES MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE IN ILLINOIS AND TEXAS

Telephone conversation # 13722, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/8/1968, 2:54PM

DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH RICHARD NIXON, SAYS NIXON DENIES INTERFERING WITH VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ SAYS THAT NIXON SHOULD SEND MESSAGE TO SOUTH VIETNAMESE IN SUPPORT OF LBJ, URGING THEM TO SEND DELEGATION TO PARIS PEACE TALKS NEXT…

Telephone conversation # 13723, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/8/1968, 9:23PM

NIXON SAYS HE TALKED WITH HHH TODAY, THANKS LBJ FOR CONGRATULATIONS; LBJ DISCUSSES REPORTS THAT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ARE URGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS UNTIL AFTER NIXON TAKES OFFICE, ASKS NIXON TO CONTACT BUI DIEM; LBJ PRAISES RICHARD…

Telephone conversation # 13725, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/8/1968, 9:23PM

LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS SOUTH VIETNAM'S FAILURE TO JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS, HISTORY OF NEGOTIATIONS, US CONTACTS WITH SOVIETS, US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; NIXON SAYS HE WILL CONTACT BUI DIEM AND URGE SOUTH VIETNAM TO PARTICIPATE IN TALKS

Telephone conversation # 13726, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/9/1968, 8:13AM

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH RICHARD NIXON ABOUT PARIS PEACE TALKS, SAYS NIXON WILL HAVE EVERETT DIRKSEN RELAY MESSAGE TO SOUTH VIETNAM THAT NIXON SUPPORTS LBJ, URGE THEM TO JOIN TALKS; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO BRIEF DIRKSEN BEFORE HIS MEETING WITH BUI DIEM

Telephone conversation # 13727, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/9/1968, 10:34AM

RUSK REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ SUGGESTS WILLIAM BUNDY CALL BUI DIEM PRIOR TO DIRKSEN'S MEETING WITH DIEM TO WARN DIEM THAT CONGRESS WILL NOT SUPPORT VIETNAM WAR IF SOUTH VIETNAM DOES NOT JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS

Telephone conversation # 13728, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/11/1968, 10:21AM

LBJ ASKS RUSK IF RICHARD NIXON SHOULD TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ENCOURAGE SOUTH VIETNAM TO JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS; QUESTION OF NIXON, MIKE MANSFIELD, OTHERS GOING TO SAIGON OR PARIS; TRANSITION ARRANGEMENTS; NYT STORY ON RESUMING ARMS TALKS WITH USSR

Telephone conversation # 13729, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE JACOBSEN, 11/12/1968, 4:20PM

JACOBSEN REPORTS ON HIS EFFORTS TO RECRUIT UNNAMED MAN (LARRY LEVINSON) TO WORK WITH LBJ IN AUSTIN, TEXAS AFTER END OF LBJ'S TERM; PROJECTED DATE FOR COMPLETION OF LBJ LIBRARY

Telephone conversation # 13730, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 11/12/1968, 8:30PM

LBJ ASKS DELOACH TO INVESTIGATE CALLS BETWEEN SPIRO AGNEW, ANNA CHENNAULT CONCERNING EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS; LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER, DELOACH; HOOVER'S RELUCTANCE TO RESIGN, HIS AGE AND…

Telephone conversation # 13731, sound recording, LBJ and LUCI JOHNSON NUGENT, 11/12/1968, 8:39PM

LUCI CALLS TO REPORT ON HER VACATION WITH PATRICK NUGENT TO CALIFORNIA AND HAWAII AND HER SHOPPING IN SAN FRANCISCO; LBJ ADVISES HER AND PATRICK NUGENT TO MEET WITH PRESS, ASKS HER TO GIVE GIFT TO GOV. JOHN BURNS

Telephone conversation # 13732, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 11/13/1968, 11:30AM

YARBOROUGH THANKS LBJ FOR SPEAKING AT HOUSTON RALLY FOR HHH, DISCUSSES PLIGHT OF TEXAS COTTON FARMERS WEST OF PECOS, SAYS HE CANNOT REACH ORVILLE FREEMAN OR JIM JONES; LBJ SAYS JIM JONES IS OFF FOR HIS WEDDING, TRANSFERS YARBOROUGH TO DEVIER PEARSON

Telephone conversation # 13733, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 11/13/1968, 5:15PM

DELOACH REPORTS ON SPIRO AGNEW'S SCHEDULE, CALLS MADE FROM HIS PLANE IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO ON 11/2/68 ON EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO ENTER PARIS PEACE TALKS; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH RICHARD NIXON

Telephone conversation # 13734, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/14/1968, 10:56AM

NIXON DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF US AMBASSADOR TO WEST GERMANY

Telephone conversation # 13735, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/14/1968, 10:56AM

NIXON SAYS HE WILL NOT NAME US AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY NOW, WILL APPOINT ROBERT MURPHY AS HIS REPRESENTATIVE ON FOREIGN POLICY, VIETNAM DURING TRANSITION; LBJ PRAISES MURPHY, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT USSR DURING TRANSITION; NIXON'S CONTACTS WITH…

Telephone conversation # 13736, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/14/1968, 4:33PM

LBJ SAYS ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROBERT MURPHY AS NIXON'S LIAISON WITH STATE DEPT WAS MISCONSTRUED AS AGREEMENT THAT MURPHY, NIXON WOULD APPROVE FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS; NIXON SAYS HE WILL NOT INTERFERE, HE SUPPORTS LBJ ON VIETNAM, NATO, NON-PROLIFERATION…

Telephone conversation # 13737, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 11/14/1968, 8:03PM

DISCUSSION OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROBERT MURPHY'S APPOINTMENT AS RICHARD NIXON'S LIAISON WHICH WAS MISCONSTRUED BY PRESS AS AGREEMENT THAT NIXON WOULD APPROVE DECISIONS DURING TRANSITION; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT USSR; MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LBJ,…

Telephone conversation # 13738, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 11/15/1968, 9:20AM

LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR CLARIFICATION OF RICHARD NIXON'S STATEMENT WHICH PRESS MISCONSTRUED TO MEAN LBJ HAD AGREED TO GET PRIOR APPROVAL FROM NIXON FOR DECISIONS DURING TRANSITION; ROBERT MURPHY'S ROLE AS NIXON'S LIAISON, OBSERVER IN STATE DEPT

Telephone conversation # 13739, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 11/15/1968, 9:20AM

CLARIFICATION OF RICHARD NIXON'S STATEMENT WHICH PRESS MISCONSTRUED TO MEAN THAT LBJ HAD AGREED TO GET PRIOR APPROVAL FROM NIXON FOR DECISIONS DURING TRANSITION; ROBERT MURPHY'S ROLE AS NIXON'S OBSERVER AT STATE DEPT; NEED FOR OBSERVER FOR NIXON AT…

Telephone conversation # 13741, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HELMS, 11/15/1968, 8:05PM

HELMS TELLS LBJ THAT RICHARD NIXON HAS ASKED HELMS TO REMAIN AS CIA DIRECTOR; LBJ PRAISES HELMS, REQUESTS THAT NIXON HAVE SOMEONE BRIEF LBJ PERIODICALLY JUST AS LBJ HAD SOMEONE BRIEF DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND HARRY TRUMAN, DISCUSSES ROLE OF FORMER…

Telephone conversation # 13742, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 11/16/1968, 12:01PM

LBJ DISCUSSES EUROPEAN FINANCIAL CRISIS, 1970 FEDERAL BUDGET, NIXON'S OPPOSITION TO SURTAX EXTENSION; MILLS' SPEECH ON BUDGET; LBJ SAYS HE FAVORS SURTAX, OUTLINES HOW HE WOULD ALLOCATE FUNDS; CONCERNS ABOUT MANDATED PAY INCREASES; FUNDS FOR SAFE…

Telephone conversation # 13743, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 11/16/1968, 12:01PM

1970 FEDERAL BUDGET; NIXON'S OPPOSITION TO SURTAX EXTENSION; LBJ SAYS HE WILL NOT PROPOSE TAX REFORM, SAYS AGENCIES MUST RESTRICT SPENDING, ABSORB MANDATED INCREASES; POSSIBLE DROP IN VIETNAM SPENDING; ENEMY LOSSES SINCE TET OFFENSIVE; PARIS PEACE…

Telephone conversation # 13744, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 11/16/1968, 12:01PM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF 1970 FEDERAL BUDGET, NIXON'S OPPOSITION TO SURTAX EXTENSION; MILLS SUGGESTS LBJ ASK CONGRESS TO POSTPONE HALF OF MANDATED SALARY INCREASES AND TELL CONGRESS HE WILL NOT SUBMIT BUDGET THAT INCLUDES SURTAX THAT NIXON DOES NOT…

Telephone conversation # 13745, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 11/16/1968, 12:30PM

1970 FEDERAL BUDGET, DEFICIT; NIXON'S OPPOSITION TO SURTAX EXTENSION; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS TO SUBMIT BUDGET AT 1969 SPENDING LEVELS AND ASK CONGRESS TO SPREAD OUT MANDATED INCREASES; EUROPEAN FINANCIAL CRISIS; FUNDING FOR SAFE STREETS, FORMER PRESIDENTS

Telephone conversation # 13746, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 11/16/1968, 12:30PM

FUNDING FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS; APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION FUNDS FOR ADDITIONS AT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES, FEDERAL BUILDINGS IN LUBBOCK AND MIDLAND, INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS; 1970 FEDERAL BUDGET; LBJ SUGGESTS MAHON FLY BACK TO WASHINGTON, DC WITH HIM

Telephone conversation # 13747, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/18/1968, 10:56AM

LBJ TEASES HHH ABOUT HIS TRIP TO FLORIDA; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO NEW YORK; HHH SAYS HE WILL VISIT CAPE KENNEDY; LBJ INVITES HHH TO WH FOR BRIEFING ON VIETNAM, STATUS OF PARIS PEACE TALKS; HHH SAYS HE WANTS TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Telephone conversation # 13749, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 3:33PM

SMATHERS DISCUSSES RICHARD NIXON'S REQUEST TO BUY SMATHERS' HOUSE, NIXON'S PLAN TO OFFER UN POST TO HHH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HHH, PROBLEMS OF PRESIDENCY, HIS REGRET ABOUT NOT REPLACING JFK APPOINTEES, OFFERS ADVICE TO NIXON; DNC'S…

Telephone conversation # 13751, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 3:33PM

RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; LBJ ADVISES NIXON TO KEEP CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS AT VA, GSA, FBI, CIA; J. EDGAR HOOVER; CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH; NIXON'S FRIENDSHIP WITH BEBE REBOZO; SALE OF SMATHERS' HOUSE TO NIXON; SMATHERS' PERSONAL…

Telephone conversation # 13752, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/21/1968, 4:06PM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH GEORGE SMATHERS ABOUT RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; HHH'S ROLE AS HEAD OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY; LBJ ASKS TO MEET WITH HHH ABOUT HHH'S FUTURE, OFFERS HIS ASSISTANCE TO HHH

Telephone conversation # 13753, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 4:15PM

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH HHH ABOUT RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; LBJ SAYS IDEA DID NOT APPEAL TO HHH BUT THAT HE WILL CONSIDER IT AND WILL MEET WITH LBJ TOMORROW

Telephone conversation # 13754, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FEINBERG, 11/22/1968, 8:56AM

LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; FEINBERG'S REQUEST THAT LBJ ASK CONGRESS TO APPROVE ESTABLISHMENT OF AMERICAN (GRADUATE) SCHOOL (AT WEIZMANN INSTITUTE); LBJ SAYS HIS ADVISERS HAVE RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT, ASKS FEINBERG TO TALK TO "HARRY" (MCPHERSON)