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Telephone conversation # 10229, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN, 6/13/1966, 12:50PM

CALIFORNIA SAVINGS AND LOAN SITUATION AND NEED FOR INTEREST RATE BILL; POSSIBLE TRIP BY LBJ TO CALIFORNIA; POSSIBLE USE OF CALIFORNIA PENSION FUNDS TO HELP CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; WESTMORELAND'S SPEECH ON EFFECT OF VIETNAM CRITICISM ON WAR EFFORT

Telephone conversation # 10230, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 6/14/1966, 10:32AM

LBJ'S BUSY SCHEDULE; MEANY REPORTS HE WILL MEET WITH DEAN RUSK TOMORROW ON INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION BOYCOTT; LBJ ENCOURAGES LABOR TO ENDORSE WAGGONER CARR IN TEXAS SENATE RACE BECAUSE HE WILL BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF LABOR THAN JOHN TOWER

Telephone conversation # 10231, sound recording, LBJ and SAMUEL NABRIT, 6/14/1966, 10:55AM

LBJ ASKS NABRIT TO ACCEPT APPOINTMENT TO AEC; NABRIT ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT; LBJ TELLS NABRIT HIS APPOINTMENT WILL BE A BREAKTHROUGH FOR NEGROES

Telephone conversation # 10240, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 6/15/1966, 9:27AM

LBJ CONGRATULATES DALEY ON VICTORIES IN CHICAGO BOND ELECTION AND ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES; DALEY SAYS CAMPAIGN WAS ONE OF ROUGHEST EVER, DISCUSSES VIETNAM CRITICISM AS CAMPAIGN ISSUE; LBJ ASKS TO BE KEPT INFORMED ABOUT OPPOSITION

Telephone conversation # 10241, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1966, 9:48AM

DREW PEARSON STORY ACCUSING MENDEL RIVERS OF DRUNKENNESS; RIVERS' HEALTH; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RATE OF VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; EFFECT OF 6/30/1967 TERMINATION DATE ON MILITARY PURCHASING, DOD BUDGET; POSSIBLE NEED FOR MORE ECONOMIC AID FUNDS FOR VIETNAM

Telephone conversation # 10242, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 6/16/1966, 6:28PM

LBJ ASKS HHH TO ATTEND INAUGURATION OF JOAQUIN BALAGUER ON JULY 1 IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, JOKES ABOUT HAVING ATTENDED INAUGURATION OF JUAN BOSCH WHEN LBJ WAS VICE PRESIDENT

Telephone conversation # 10243, sound recording, LBJ and SAMUEL NABRIT, 6/17/1966, 7:10PM

LBJ TELLS NABRIT THAT NEWS OF NABRIT'S APPOINTMENT TO AEC HAS BEEN LEAKED TO WASHINGTON POST BEFORE ALL CLEARANCES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, ASKS NABRIT TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT DISCUSSING POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT

Telephone conversation # 10245, sound recording, LBJ and GLENN SEABORG, 6/18/1966, 10:45AM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALKS WITH CHET HOLIFIELD, CLINTON ANDERSON, JOHN PASTORE ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF SAMUEL NABRIT TO AEC; PRESS LEAKS ABOUT APPOINTMENT; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT; HOLIFIELD'S SUPPORT FOR WILFRID JOHNSON FOR POST; REAPPOINTMENT OF GERALD TAPE

Telephone conversation # 10246, sound recording, LBJ and SAMUEL NABRIT, 6/18/1966, 10:55AM

LBJ'S TALKS WITH JOHN PASTORE, CLINTON ANDERSON, CHET HOLIFIELD, GLENN SEABORG ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF NABRIT TO AEC; ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT TODAY; LBJ ASKS ABOUT SIZE, RACIAL COMPOSITION OF STUDENT BODY, FACULTY OF TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

Telephone conversation # 10248, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/21/1966, 4:23AM

LBJ READS CABLE ON CANADA'S CHESTER RONNING PEACE INITIATIVE, VISIT TO NORTH VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF CANADIAN PROPOSAL THAT RONNING BRIEF US OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON AND RESULTING DELAY OF BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; PLANS FOR MEETING…

Telephone conversation # 10249, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/22/1966, 9:15PM

TIMING OF US BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; NEED TO GIVE ALLIES ADVANCE NOTICE OF BOMBING, POSSIBLE LEAKS AND DANGER TO US FORCES; ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S COMMENTS AT TODAY'S NSC MEETING ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RESIGNATION; RABBI J. J. WEINSTEIN'S…

Telephone conversation # 10250, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/23/1966, 8:14AM

MCNAMARA ASKS LBJ'S PERMISSION FOR HIMSELF, CYRUS VANCE, DEAN RUSK TO BRIEF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ABOUT BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF BRIEFING FOR DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS IN SAIGON, WASHINGTON, DC

Telephone conversation # 10251, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/23/1966, 8:18AM

LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT TIMING OF BRIEFING OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM, POSSIBLE LEAKS AND DANGER TO US FORCES IF WEATHER CAUSES DELAY IN MISSION

Telephone conversation # 10252, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/23/1966, time unknown

ROSTOW ASKS LBJ'S CLEARANCE OF MESSAGE TO CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER LESTER PEARSON REGARDING BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ TELLS ROSTOW HE IS BUSY NOW AND WILL REVIEW IT LATER

Telephone conversation # 10254, sound recording, LBJ and BIRCH BAYH, 6/23/1966, 6:45PM

BAYH ASKS ADVICE ON INDIANA DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, POSSIBLE ANTI-VIETNAM SPEECH BY VANCE HARTKE; LBJ DISCUSSES HARTKE, DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S RECORD, NEED TO HONOR TREATY COMMITMENTS, REFERS TO LOUIS LUDLOW'S PEACE PETITION, PATRICK NUGENT'S BROTHER IN…

Telephone conversation # 10256, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 6/24/1966, 5:25PM

DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORY BY PHILIP GEYELIN ABOUT BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM, LEAKS FROM STATE DEPT; LBJ ASKS VANCE TO CONSULT WITH JCS ABOUT TIMING, RANGE OF UPCOMING BOMBING MISSIONS, POSSIBLY DELAYING STRIKES ON HANOI, HAIPHONG

Telephone conversation # 10257, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 6/24/1966, 6:20PM

VANCE RELAYS MILITARY JUDGMENT THAT BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED; INQUIRY BY DICK RESTON OF LA TIMES ABOUT BOMBING; VANCE EXPRESSES OUTRAGE ABOUT PRESS LEAKS; JCS CONCERNS ABOUT GIVING ALLIES ADVANCE NOTICE OF BOMBING

Telephone conversation # 10258, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 6/24/1966, 6:22PM?

LBJ ASKS VANCE WHEN BOMBING MISSION OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM WILL TAKE PLACE; VANCE TELLS LBJ THAT MISSION PROBABLY WILL BE DELAYED BY WEATHER BUT HE WILL KEEP LBJ INFORMED

Telephone conversation # 10260, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 6/24/1966, 7:55PM

VANCE TELLS LBJ THAT BOMBING MISSION OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM WILL PROBABLY NOT TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF POOR WEATHER; LBJ ASKS IF VANCE AND MCNAMARA HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT PRESS LEAKS THAT ENDANGER US FORCES

Telephone conversation # 10262, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 6/25/1966, 11:50AM

LBJ SAYS HE HAS ASKED ATTORNEY GENERAL TO STUDY PRESS LEAKS OF VIETNAM OPERATIONAL PLANS, ASKS BALL AND MCNAMARA TO ASSEMBLE LOG OF MEDIA CONTACTS AT STATE, DOD; BALL DISCUSSES CALL HE RECEIVED FROM PHILIP GEYELIN ABOUT BOMBING, GEYELIN'S SUBSEQUENT…

Telephone conversation # 10264, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/27/1966, 8:32AM

ANDERSON'S MEETING WITH WILBUR MILLS ON US ECONOMY; DIFFICULTY IN PASSING TAX BILL IN ELECTION YEAR; EFFECT OF VIETNAM ON FEDERAL BUDGET; PANAMA CANAL NEGOTIATIONS; POSSIBLE REAPPOINTMENT OF ROBERT FLEMING; EISENHOWERS' GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Telephone conversation # 10265, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/27/1966, 8:32AM

EISENHOWERS' GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND RELATED FUND-RAISING EFFORTS FOR EISENHOWER COLLEGE

Telephone conversation # 10266, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/28/1966, 7:59AM

MCNAMARA ASKS FOR AUTHORITY TO BOMB POL TARGETS IN HANOI, HAIPHONG; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT TIMING OF MISSION, USSR'S RESPONSE IF SOVIET TANKER HIT; EFFECTS OF BOMBING ON MILITARY EFFORT, MORALE OF US TROOPS; ENEMY MORALE AND MILITARY EFFORT IN SOUTH…

Telephone conversation # 10267, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 6/28/1966, 9:20AM

SCHULTZE REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO REDUCE DEFICIT BY SHIFTING FEDERAL EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES AT CLOSE OF FISCAL YEAR, DISCUSSES HEW STOP ORDER ON EDUCATION SPENDING AND POSSIBILITY OF RECLAIMING SOME EDUCATION EXPENDITURES FROM CURRENT FISCAL YEAR

Telephone conversation # 10268, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 6/28/1966, 9:20AM

HEW METHODS FOR DISPERSING ESEA FUNDS; EFFORTS TO CUT FEDERAL DEFICIT FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BY COLLECTING STOCKPILE REVENUES AND HOLDING DOWN NASA, OEO, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, CORPS OF ENGINEERS SPENDING; EFFECT ON CONGRESS; CUTS IN SUMMER POVERTY…

Telephone conversation # 10269, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 6/28/1966, 12:55PM

LBJ REPORTS NICHOLAS KATZENBACH SUPPORTS APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN AS FEDERAL JUDGE DESPITE SOME NEGATIVE REPORTS; RONNIE DUGGER'S TEXAS OBSERVER ARTICLE ABOUT YARBOROUGH'S OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY; SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT

Telephone conversation # 10270, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/28/1966, 2:40PM

BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS IT MADE CLEAR THAT JCS HAVE CHOSEN TIME, MILITARY ASPECTS OF MISSION IN LIGHT OF PREVIOUS PRESS LEAKS; WASHINGTON STAR'S DEFERRAL OF RICHARD FRYKLUND STORY ON BOMBING; SOURCE OF LEAKS

Telephone conversation # 10271, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 6/28/1966, 5:21PM

GOLDBERG'S TRIP TO GENEVA FOR ECOSOC MEETING AND MEETING WITH USSR ON OUTER SPACE TREATY; GOLDBERG'S SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE BRIEFING; GOLDBERG'S RECENT MEMO TO LBJ; LBJ SAYS HE PREFERS TO DISCUSS MATTERS VERBALLY; GOLDBERG DENIES PRESS…

Telephone conversation # 10273, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/28/1966, 5:33PM

GOLDBERG'S DENIAL OF PRESS LEAK; TIMING OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM POL TARGETS; MILITARY FRUSTRATION ABOUT TARGET LIMITS; NORTH VIETNAMESE COMMENTS ON US OPPOSITION TO WAR; NEED FOR SUFFICIENT MILITARY FORCES; POSSIBLE EMERGENCY MEASURES IF WAR…

Telephone conversation # 10274, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/29/1966, 1:10AM

ROSTOW CALLS FROM WH SITUATION ROOM TO REPORT THAT BOMBING MISSION OF HANOI AND HAIPHONG POL TARGETS IS GOING AS SCHEDULED; LBJ ASKS WHY NAVY PLANES HAVE NOT REPORTED BACK YET; ROSTOW SAYS CYRUS VANCE WILL RECEIVE FIRST REPORT BY 3:00A

Telephone conversation # 10275, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 6/29/1966, 1:31AM?

VANCE RELAYS FLASH REPORT FROM FIRST FLIGHT OF NAVY PLANES ON BOMBING MISSION OF HAIPHONG POL TARGET; PILOTS REPORT 60 PERCENT TARGET COVERAGE WITH NO BOMBS DROPPED OUTSIDE OF TARGET AREA; LBJ ASKS TO BE KEPT UPDATED AS MORE REPORTS COME IN

Telephone conversation # 10276, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/29/1966, 1:42AM

ROSTOW RELAYS FIRST REPORT ON BOMBING MISSION OF HAIPHONG POL TARGET; PILOTS REPORT 60 PERCENT TARGET COVERAGE, NO SHIPS IN HARBOR HIT; ROSTOW SAYS THERE IS NO REPORT YET FROM PLANES ATTACKING HANOI

Telephone conversation # 10277, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/29/1966, 1:44AM

ROSTOW REPORTS THERE WAS NO MIG REACTION TO ATTACK AND NO US PLANES WERE DAMAGED ON BOMBING MISSION OF HAIPHONG POL TARGET, SAYS THERE ARE NO REPORTS YET ON HANOI OR DO SON TARGETS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT LACK OF ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE, SAYS HE WANTS CONTINUAL…

Telephone conversation # 10278, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/29/1966, 1:52AM

ROSTOW SAYS THERE IS NO REPORT YET ON HANOI OR DO SON TARGETS BUT NEW REPORT FROM BOMBING MISSION OF HAIPHONG SHOWS HEAVY DAMAGE; DURING CALL ROSTOW RECEIVES CONFIRMATION BOMBS WERE DROPPED ON HANOI AS SCHEDULED; LBJ ASKS ABOUT HAIPHONG DAMAGE REPORT

Telephone conversation # 10279, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 6/29/1966, 1:58AM

VANCE GIVES LBJ ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF HAIPHONG BOMBING MISSION OF POL TARGET, ADVISES LBJ TO BE SOMEWHAT SKEPTICAL OF INITIAL HEAVY DAMAGE REPORT, SAYS THERE IS NO REPORT YET ON HANOI MISSION; LBJ ASKS IF ROBERT MCNAMARA IS AT HOME

Telephone conversation # 10280, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/29/1966, 2:10AM

ROSTOW GIVES 1:46A REPORT THAT ALL PLANES FROM HAIPHONG BOMBING MISSION HAVE RETURNED TO CARRIER SAFELY BUT THERE ARE NO REPORTS YET ON HANOI; LBJ ASKS ROSTOW ABOUT LACK OF ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE; ROSTOW DESCRIBES ROUTE OF ATTACK, SUPPRESIVE TACTICS

Telephone conversation # 10281, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 6/29/1966, 2:27AM

VANCE REPORTS THAT ALL PLANES ON HAIPHONG MISSION ARE BACK SAFELY, THAT FIVE OF SIX PLANES ON HANOI MISSION HAVE REPORTED IN AND TARGET WAS STRUCK SUCCESSFULLY; LBJ ASKS ABOUT CASUALTIES ON HANOI ATTACK; VANCE SAYS THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF CASUALTIES…

Telephone conversation # 10282, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/29/1966, 2:45AM

ROSTOW REPORTS THAT ALL PLANES ON HANOI MISSION HAVE REPORTED IN, THAT ATTACK WAS SUCCESSFUL AND THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES AND NO ENEMY ACTIVITY; ROSTOW ADVISES LBJ TO GET SOME SLEEP NOW; LBJ EXPRESSES SURPRISE AT SUCCESS OF ATTACKS

Telephone conversation # 10283, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 6/29/1966, 2:47AM

VANCE REPORTS THAT ALL PLANES ON HANOI MISSION HAVE REPORTED IN, THAT ATTACK WAS SUCCESSFUL AND THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES AND NO ENEMY ACTIVITY; LBJ ASKS IF MISSION IS COMPLETED OVER HANOI; VANCE SAYS IT IS BUT THEY ARE AWAITING REPORTS ON AIR COVER…