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Telephone conversation # 8613, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 8/23/1965, 3:00PM

LBJ ASKS BALL TO CLEAR "AGREMENT" ON APPOINTMENT OF JOHN GRONOUSKI AS US AMBASSADOR TO POLAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO HE CAN ANNOUNCE IT AT UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE; NOTIFICATION OF JOHN CABOT OF APPOINTMENT OF GRONOUSKI AS CABOT'S SUCCESSOR

Telephone conversation # 8614, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 8/23/1965, 3:11PM

NYT, WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE OF US INTERVENTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ MIMICS FULBRIGHT, DISCUSSES HIS NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT W. TAPLEY BENNETT; THOMAS DODD'S SPEECH DEFENDING US POLICY; TALMADGE DEFENDS BENNETT, DISCUSSES HIS BACKGROUND

Telephone conversation # 8615, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 8/23/1965, 3:11PM

LBJ DISCUSSES WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S HEARINGS ON US INTERVENTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS TALMADGE TO DEFEND W. TAPLEY BENNETT TO SENATE COMMITTEE; NYT, WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; THOMAS DODD'S SPEECH; COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT

Telephone conversation # 8618, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/23/1965, time unknown

MCPHERSON TELLS MOYERS THAT SENATE WILL BE IN SESSION UNTIL 5:30P OR 6:00P AND TELLS HIM THAT LBJ WANTS MOYERS TO GET THE VIETNAM WHITE PAPER INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD; MCPHERSON SAYS HE WILL CALL WILLIAM FULBRIGHT AND ASK HIM TO DO IT

Telephone conversation # 8619, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/23/1965, 3:28PM

LBJ DISCUSSES LANGUAGE OF PROVISION CONCERNING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS IN BILL TO REPLACE VETOED MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL; MENDEL RIVERS' POSITION ON NOTIFICATION PROVISION

Telephone conversation # 8620, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/23/1965, 3:30PM

LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH MENDEL RIVERS ABOUT VETOED MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL; RIVERS' RECENT COMMENTS ADVOCATING BOMBING CHINA; MILITARY PAY BILL; LBJ READS AP STORY QUOTING LETTER SUPPORTING US POLICY FROM MARINE WHO DIED IN…

Telephone conversation # 8621, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/23/1965, 4:07PM

LBJ ASKS RIVERS' ADVICE ON NEW POLICY ON DRAFTING MARRIED MEN, READS PRESS STORY ON ISSUE; LANGUAGE OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL PROVISION REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS; MILITARY PAY BILL

Telephone conversation # 8622, sound recording, LBJ and CECIL KING, 8/23/1965, 4:30PM

LBJ DISCUSSES ARRANGING MEETING OF LBJ WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAN (DONALD DOUGLAS, JR.?) AND HIS WIFE; KING THANKS LBJ FOR AGREEING TO MEET WITH THEM

Telephone conversation # 8624, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 8/23/1965, 6:52PM

VANCE DISCUSSES MENDEL RIVERS' CURRENT POSITION ON LANGUAGE OF PROVISION OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS, READS PROPOSED NEW LANGUAGE; TIMING OF VOTE ON NEW BILL IN HOUSE

Telephone conversation # 8626, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/25/1965, 12:32PM

MAHON REPORTS ON COMPROMISE ON UNNAMED BILL (FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL?) TO AVOID FIGHT SUCH AS OCCURRED LAST YEAR; OTTO PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT BILL; LBJ THANKS MAHON FOR HIS EFFORTS

Telephone conversation # 8627, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN ROONEY, 8/25/1965, 12:40PM

BRIEF DISCUSSION OF VOTE ON UNNAMED BILL (FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL?); ROONEY WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; LBJ INVITES ROONEY AND WILLIAM CROCKETT TO WH FOR A DRINK

Telephone conversation # 8628, sound recording, LBJ and CONRAD COOPER, 8/26/1965, 11:45AM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RESPONSE TO QUESTION AT PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY ABOUT CURRENT STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS HE HOPES BOTH SIDES CAN REACH RESPONSIBLE SETTLEMENT WHICH WILL BE IN NATIONAL INTEREST; COOPER TELLS LBJ THEY WILL TRY TO DO SO; VIETNAM

Telephone conversation # 8629, sound recording, LBJ and I. W. ABEL, 8/26/1965, 11:55AM

RECENT WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HOPE BOTH SIDES WILL REACH RESPONSIBLE NON-INFLATIONARY SETTLEMENT IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; INCREASED IMPORTS, DECREASED EXPORTS; VIETNAM SITUATION; LBJ ASKS FOR SETTLEMENT AS BIRTHDAY…

Telephone conversation # 8630, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/26/1965, 12:55PM?

LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, THEN RAMSEY CLARK, THEN DONALD TURNER, NONE OF WHOM ARE AVAILABLE; WHILE ON HOLD, LBJ ASKS SOMEONE IN OFFICE FOR MEMO ON US STEEL IMPORTS; INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION OF MONETARY CREDIT, INTEREST…

Telephone conversation # 8632, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/26/1965, 1:05PM

BUNDY ASKS YOLANDA BOOZER IF HE CAN SPEAK TO LBJ BRIEFLY; BUNDY ASKS LBJ FOR PERMISSION TO BRING IN INSTRUCTIONS FOR "NEXT STEP IN PARIS" BEFORE LBJ LEAVES; LBJ TELLS BUNDY TO BRING THEM IN

Telephone conversation # 8633, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 1:20PM

LBJ QUESTIONS ANTITRUST DIVISION'S POLICIES UNDER LEADERSHIP OF DONALD TURNER, READS MEMO ON RISE IN PRICES, TELLS KATZENBACH TO SELL METALS FROM STOCKPILE, JOKES ABOUT JACOB JAVITS' ATTENDING BOAT RIDE WITH AMBASSADORS YESTERDAY; IMMIGRATION BILL

Telephone conversation # 8636, sound recording, LBJ and OREN HARRIS, 8/26/1965, 2:40PM

TIMING OF HARRIS' RESIGNATION TO ACCEPT JUDGESHIP; AMA'S OPPOSAL OF HEART, CANCER, STROKE BILL; CLEAN AIR, MEDICAL LIBRARY BILLS; PAUL ROGERS AND HEART, CANCER, STROKE BILL; LBJ'S PERSONAL INTEREST IN BILL; FOREIGN WORKERS FOR FLORIDA; FUNDING OF…

Telephone conversation # 8637, sound recording, LBJ and OREN HARRIS, 8/26/1965, 2:40PM

HOUSE VOTE ON HEART, CANCER, STROKE BILL; HARRIS' CONCERNS ABOUT GETTING HOUSE RULE ON BILL; LBJ SUGGESTS HARRIS EMPHASIZE POSITIVE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF BILL; AMA OPPOSITION; TIMING OF HARRIS' RESIGNATION TO AVOID SPECIAL ELECTION IN ARKANSAS

Telephone conversation # 8639, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 2:50PM

CONCERNS ABOUT BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; IMMIGRATION BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; NEW JUDGESHIPS, FEDERAL REGISTRARS FOR WASHINGTON, DC; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS' APPOINTMENT; AMENDMENT ON IMMIGRATION CEILING FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Telephone conversation # 8641, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 8/26/1965, 4:35PM

COLOMBIAN OAS AMBASSADOR'S CRITICISM OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SETTLEMENT; FOREIGN AID FOR COLOMBIA; OIL IMPORTS FROM CANADA; LBJ SUGGESTS MANN RELAY US OIL COMPANIES' CONCERNS TO CANADIANS; OVERLAND EXEMPTION TO IMPORT PROGRAM; INCREASED CANADIAN…

Telephone conversation # 8642, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLASS CATER, 8/26/1965, 4:45PM

LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CUTOFF OF FUNDS TO ALABAMA WELFARE DEPT PRIOR TO PASSAGE OF BILLS IN LISTER HILL'S COMMITTEE; AMA OPPOSITION TO HEART, CANCER, STROKE BILL; GEORGE REEDY'S HEALTH; HIGHER EDUCATION BILL; TASK FORCE TO APPROVE EDUCATION…

Telephone conversation # 8645, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/26/1965, 5:08PM

LBJ ASKS WIRTZ ABOUT PROGRESS ON MARITIME NEGOTIATIONS; WIRTZ REPORTS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED ON ONE ISSUE BUT OTHERS ARE STILL BEING NEGOTIATED; LBJ ASKS ABOUT STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; WIRTZ DISCUSSES I. W. ABEL'S POSITION; POSSIBLE STEEL PRICE…

Telephone conversation # 8646, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE JACOBSEN?, 8/26/1965, 5:21PM?

LBJ ASKS JACOBSEN? FOR REPORT ON TEXAS DELEGATION'S SIGNATURES ON DISCHARGE PETITION FOR WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; JAKE PICKLE'S POSITION ON PETITION; LBJ ASKS THAT PICKLE SIGN PETITION TODAY IF POSSIBLE

Telephone conversation # 8647, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 8/26/1965, 5:38PM

LBJ ASKS CARTER'S HELP ON OBTAINING SIGNATURES ON DISCHARGE PETITION FOR WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE RIOTS IN WASHINGTON, DC IF SITUATION DOES NOT IMPROVE; POSSIBLE SIGNATURES OF MEMBERS OF TEXAS DELEGATION

Telephone conversation # 8651, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES CROSS, 8/26/1965, 5:50PM

CROSS REPORTS ON THUNDERSTORMS IN WASHINGTON, DC AREA; LBJ SUGGESTS THAT PRESS BE TOLD THAT DEPARTURE FOR LBJ RANCH WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL WEATHER IMPROVES

Telephone conversation # 8652, sound recording, LBJ and YOLANDA BOOZER?, 8/26/1965, 5:55PM

BOOZER? ANNOUNCES CALL FROM DOUGLASS CATER WHICH IS NOT RECORDED

Telephone conversation # 8653, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 8/26/1965, 6:24PM

LBJ ASKS MANN NOT TO ATTEND 400TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF FOUNDING OF ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, BECAUSE OF RACIAL CONCERNS, SUGGESTS GEORGE BALL OR DEAN RUSK ATTEND INSTEAD; SPESSARD HOLLAND'S REQUEST THAT MANN ATTEND EVENT; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TALKS

Telephone conversation # 8654, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/26/1965, 6:37PM

O'BRIEN REPORTS ON TALK WITH ANDREW BIEMILLER ABOUT PLAN FOR PAT MCNAMARA TO ASK FOR IMMEDIATE DISPOSAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION BILL BEFORE WORK BEGINS ON REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B OF TAFT-HARTLEY ACT; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES; HOME RULE DISCHARGE…

Telephone conversation # 8655, sound recording, LBJ and LIZ CARPENTER, 8/27/1965, 10:40AM

CARPENTER ASKS LBJ ABOUT NAME FOR JOHNSON CITY PARK; POSSIBLE CANCELLATION OF LBJ'S TRIP TO RANCH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT TIME-LIFE TRIP TO JOHNSON CITY PARK DEDICATION, COMMERCIALIZATION OF PRESIDENCY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF PARK

Telephone conversation # 8656, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 8/27/1965, 10:54AM

ANDERSON WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THANKS LBJ FOR ANDERSON'S TRIP YESTERDAY, PRAISES JACK VALENTI'S HELP ON TRIP; LBJ PRAISES ANDERSON'S SPEECH, APPOINTMENT OF FRANK DILUZIO AS SALINE WATER DIRECTOR IN INTERIOR DEPT

Telephone conversation # 8657, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/27/1965, 10:56AM

MOYERS REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON ABOUT POSSIBLE CANCELLATION OF LBJ'S TRIP TO RANCH; ITEMS FOR MOYERS' PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; CURRENT LEGISLATION; LACK OF PRESS COVERAGE OF PASSAGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION BILL; BIRTHDAY MESSAGES

Telephone conversation # 8658, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/27/1965, 10:56AM

ITEMS FOR MOYERS' PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S BIRTHDAY MESSAGES AND GIFTS FROM FRIENDS, HEADS OF STATE; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; POSSIBLE CANCELLATION OF TRIP TO RANCH; STATEMENTS ABOUT DISABLED VETERANS' BILL; POSSIBLE VETO OF HIGHWAY BILL

Telephone conversation # 8659, sound recording, LBJ and ANDREW GOODPASTER, 8/27/1965, 11:26AM

LBJ ASKS IF GOODPASTER KNOWS WHY DWIGHT EISENHOWER IS CALLING LBJ; GOODPASTER TELLS LBJ HE DOES NOT KNOW BUT IT MIGHT BE TO WISH LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RELAYS HIS OWN BIRTHDAY GREETINGS; LBJ PRAISES GOODPASTER'S WORK

Telephone conversation # 8660, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 8/27/1965, 11:30AM

EISENHOWER WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; EISENHOWER PRAISES INFORMATION PROGRAMS IN VIETNAM, LAOS; APPOINTMENTS OF WILLIAM RABORN, WILLIAM MCKEE; RFK'S UPCOMING TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA; POSSIBLE VISIT BY MILTON EISENHOWER TO LATIN…

Telephone conversation # 8661, sound recording, LBJ and MILTON EISENHOWER, 8/27/1965, 12:25PM

LBJ ASKS MILTON EISENHOWER TO MAKE SERIES OF TRIPS TO LATIN AMERICA AS LBJ'S REPRESENTATIVE; RFK'S UPCOMING TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA; LBJ'S CONSULTATIONS WITH DWIGHT EISENHOWER; MILTON EISENHOWER'S SCHEDULE, BACKGROUND IN LATIN AMERICAN POLICY; THOMAS…

Telephone conversation # 8662, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/27/1965, 12:30PM

KATZENBACH REPORTS THAT HE WILL HANDLE (RICHARD?) BERLIN MATTER TODAY, WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Telephone conversation # 8663, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 8/27/1965, 12:32PM

LBJ TELLS WEISL THAT NICHOLAS KATZENBACH WILL WORK OUT UNIDENTIFIED MATTER TODAY; WEISL SAYS HE IS SORRY LBJ HAD TO BE BOTHERED WITH MATTER

Telephone conversation # 8664, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/27/1965, 12:45PM

MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ THAT HARVEY BROOKS HAS DECLINED APPOINTMENT TO UNIDENTIFIED POST AND THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH RUBEN METTLER ABOUT IT; LBJ INVITES MCNAMARAS TO JOIN HIM AT THE RANCH THIS WEEKEND; MCNAMARA DECLINES BECAUSE HE HAS VACATION…

Telephone conversation # 8665, sound recording, LBJ and MARGARET CHASE SMITH, 8/27/1965, 2:37PM

SMITH SAYS SHE HAS PHOTOS TO SEND LBJ FOR HIS BIRTHDAY, THANKS HIM FOR PHOTO OF LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LBJ TELLS SMITH THAT SHE SHOULD GET COPY OF PHOTO OF HER, LEVERETT SALTONSTALL AND LBJ WATCHING BOMB EXPLODE; DISCUSSION OF PRESENTS FROM GEORGE…