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Telephone conversation # 11508, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VAUGHN, 2/2/1967, 8:00PM

VAUGHN REPORTS THAT "CAROL" (BILL MOYERS' FORMER SECRETARY) HAS NOT REPORTED FOR NEW JOB, DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO CONTACT HER ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SHE WILL ACCEPT JOB

Telephone conversation # 11509, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/3/1967, 9:15AM

MANSFIELD REPORTS THAT HE, DANIEL INOUYE AND WARREN MAGNUSON HAVE SELECTED EDMUND MUSKIE AS CHAIRMAN OF (SENATE DEMOCRATIC) CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND JOSEPH TYDINGS AS VICE CHAIRMAN; LBJ PRAISES SELECTION

Telephone conversation # 11510, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 2/3/1967, 10:20AM

LBJ COMPLAINS THAT RFK'S OFFICE IS LEAKING INFORMATION TO PRESS ABOUT LBJ'S APPOINTMENTS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FOR FORMER CONGRESSMAN JOHN GILLIGAN IN TRANSPORTATION DEPT; APPOINTMENTS FOR OTHER FORMER CONGRESSMEN

Telephone conversation # 11511, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 2/3/1967, 10:41AM

MACY RECOUNTS HIS CONVERSATION WITH ALAN BOYD ABOUT POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT IN TRANSPORTATION DEPT FOR DEFEATED CONGRESSMAN JOHN GILLIGAN; POLICY ON APPOINTMENTS FOR OTHER FORMER CONGRESSMEN

Telephone conversation # 11512, sound recording, LBJ and RAYMOND SHAFER, 2/3/1967, 11:25AM

LBJ ASKS SHAFER TO CLARIFY WITH THE PRESS THE BACKGROUND OF SHAFER'S REQUEST TO MEET WITH LBJ BECAUSE PRESS IS QUESTIONING LBJ'S CREDIBILITY ABOUT MEETING; QUESTIONS FROM HELEN THOMAS, MERRIMAN SMITH ABOUT MEETING

Telephone conversation # 11513, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 2/3/1967, 12:16PM

VANCE REPORTS THAT DIA DIRECTOR JOSEPH CARROLL IS OUT OF TOWN BUT HIS DEPUTY VERNON LOWRANCE SAYS DIA WILL SUPPORT RATIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; DISCUSSION OF LOWRANCE ATTENDING MEETING ON MATTER

Telephone conversation # 11514, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/4/1967, 2:55PM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS EFFORTS TO PERSUADE EVERETT DIRKSEN TO SUPPORT RATIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR, ASKS MANSFIELD TO QUIETLY TALK TO HHH ABOUT THESE EFFORTS AND TO ASK HHH TO TEMPER HIS REMARKS TO THE PRESS

Telephone conversation # 11515, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/6/1967, 3:30PM

LBJ DISCUSSES RFK'S REQUEST FOR A MEETING WITH LBJ ABOUT VIETNAM PRESS FEELER RFK RECEIVED DURING HIS TRIP TO FRANCE; RFK'S LEAKS TO PRESS; RUSK GIVES LBJ EVALUATION OF PEACE FEELER, ADVISES LBJ TO MEET WITH RFK

Telephone conversation # 11516, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/6/1967, time unknown

ROSTOW TELLS LBJ THAT RFK AND NICHOLAS KATZENBACH WILL ARRIVE FOR MEETING AT 4:00P TODAY; LBJ TELLS ROSTOW TO HAVE THEM ARRIVE THROUGH TREASURY GATE

Telephone conversation # 11517, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/6/1967, 4:04PM

LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH RFK AND NICHOLAS KATZENBACH ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE FEELER RFK RECEIVED RECENTLY; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER WALT ROSTOW SHOULD ATTEND MEETING; RUSK ADVISES LBJ TO WARN RFK ABOUT NEED FOR SECRECY IF PEACE FEELERS ARE TO SUCCEED

Telephone conversation # 11518, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/7/1967, 3:54PM

LBJ DISCUSSES REPUBLICAN EFFORTS TO RELEASE IMPOUNDED HIGHWAY FUNDS; WILLIAM CRAMER'S ATTACK ON IMPOUNDMENT; RELEASE OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN HOUSING FUNDS; RATIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; ILLINOIS JUDGESHIP

Telephone conversation # 11519, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 2/7/1967, 4:00PM

LBJ DISCUSSES IMPOUNDMENT OF HIGHWAY FUNDS AS AN EFFORT TO COOL ECONOMY; WILLIAM CRAMER'S ATTACK ON IMPOUNDMENT; RELEASE OF MILITARY, CIVILIAN HOUSING FUNDS; FORD DISCUSSES COMMITMENT HE MADE TO LBJ AT LBJ RANCH MEETING, CONSTITUENT PRESSURE ON ISSUE

Telephone conversation # 11520, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 2/7/1967, 4:00PM

IMPOUNDMENT OF HIGHWAY FUNDS, RELEASE OF HOUSING FUNDS; DEBT LIMITATION BILL; PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES; LENGTHY DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL BUDGET; LBJ PROPOSES BIPARTISAN COMMISSION TO STUDY PRESENTATION OF FEDERAL BUDGET; LBJ'S MEETING WITH RFK…

Telephone conversation # 11522, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 2/7/1967, 6:50PM

LBJ OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF MILLS' INFANT GRANDSON; LBJ'S TALK WITH GERALD FORD ABOUT WILLIAM CRAMER'S ATTACK ON HIGHWAY FUND IMPOUNDMENT; DEBT LIMITATION BILL; PROPOSED STUDY OF FEDERAL BUDGET; MILLS ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH NORTH CAROLINA…

Telephone conversation # 11523, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/9/1967, 8:29AM

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON NORTH VIETNAMESE MOVEMENTS DURING TET TRUCE, JCS RECOMMENDATION FOR AIR STRIKES AND NAVAL BOMBARDMENT, THREAT TO ONGOING PEACE EFFORTS IF US RESUMES BOMBING; MCNAMARA SUGGESTS LBJ MEET WITH JCS

Telephone conversation # 11524, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/9/1967, 9:07AM

LBJ ASKS RUSK'S VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S CALL FOR CESSATION OF US BOMBING OF VIETNAM IN SPEECH DURING VISIT TO LONDON; RUSK DISCUSSES BRITISH PEACE PROPOSAL; QUESTION OF NEED FOR BOTH SIDES TO STOP AUGMENTATION OF FORCES; WH RESPONSE TO PRESS ON…

Telephone conversation # 11526, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 9:15AM

ROSTOW READS PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONS FROM ROBERT MCNAMARA ABOUT RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM AFTER CONCLUSION OF ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S UK VISIT; LBJ ASKS ROSTOW FOR HIS ANALYSIS OF KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS…

Telephone conversation # 11527, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 9:49AM

ROSTOW REPORTS: NORTH VIETNAMESE HAVE SENT LBJ'S MESSAGE TO HO CHI MINH, DAVID BRUCE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM BEFORE END OF KOSYGIN'S UK VISIT, AND THERE ARE CONCERNS IN LONDON ABOUT LANGUAGE OF US RESPONSE TO PEACE…

Telephone conversation # 11528, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 10:08AM

ROSTOW REPORTS THAT ROBERT MCNAMARA WILL HOLD HIS INSTRUCTIONS ON RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM UNTIL AFTER LBJ'S MEETING AT NOON TODAY WITH DEAN RUSK AND MCNAMARA

Telephone conversation # 11529, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/12/1967, 10:13PM

LBJ DISCUSSES US RESPONSE TO ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE, DISCUSSES BOMBING CESSATION WHEN NORTH VIETNAM CEASES INFILTRATION; NEED FOR RECORD TO SHOW THAT US HAS PURSUED PEACE PROPOSAL

Telephone conversation # 11530, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/12/1967, 11:03PM

ROSTOW REPORTS THAT DAVID BRUCE WANTS TO FILE HIS VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE BY CABLE; TIMING OF KOSYGIN'S FLIGHT AND RESUMPTION OF BOMBING; LBJ SAYS BRUCE DOES NOT NEED TO FILE CABLE SINCE HE HAS GIVEN ROSTOW HIS VIEWS…

Telephone conversation # 11531, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/12/1967, 11:08PM

RUSK REPORTS THAT DAVID BRUCE WILL NOT FILE CABLE REPORTING HIS VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE

Telephone conversation # 11532, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/12/1967, 11:08PM

RUSK REPORTS THAT DAVID BRUCE WILL NOT FILE CABLE REPORTING HIS VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE

Telephone conversation # 11533, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/12/1967, 11:17PM

ROSTOW READS DRAFT US RESPONSE TO HAROLD WILSON ON HIS AND ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE; LBJ EDITS LANGUAGE ABOUT EXTENSION OF TET TRUCE AND ADDS SECTION ABOUT US MILITARY LEADERS' OPPOSITION TO TRUCE AND ITS EXTENSION

Telephone conversation # 11534, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/13/1967, 10:55AM

DALEY EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ, ASKS IF ANNOUNCEMENT ON CHICAGO HOUSING PROGRAM CAN BE MADE BEFORE MAYORAL ELECTION; LBJ RELAYS REPORT FROM CALIFANO; DALEY ASKS IF LADY BIRD JOHNSON CAN ATTEND BEAUTIFICATION EVENT, DISCUSSES POVERTY PROGRAM PROGRESS

Telephone conversation # 11536, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/13/1967, 11:55AM

MCNAMARA ASKS IF WALT ROSTOW CAN DRAFT CONTINGENCY PRESS RELEASE ON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT WILL ARISE FOLLOWING HAROLD WILSON'S STATEMENT ABOUT HIS MEETINGS WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; RESUMPTION OF BOMBING, NAVAL GUNFIRE

Telephone conversation # 11537, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/13/1967, 12:28PM

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON RESUMPTION OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, READS DRAFT PRESS RELEASE; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO HOLD ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A SHORT TIME BECAUSE LBJ HAS TOLD WALT ROSTOW TO CONTACT THE BRITISH

Telephone conversation # 11539, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/13/1967, 12:31PM

DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION TO SHOW THAT IT HAS PURSUED ALL AVENUES FOR PEACE DURING HAROLD WILSON-ALEXSEI KOSYGIN VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE

Telephone conversation # 11540, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 2/14/1967, 9:50AM

MOYERS CALLS TO SAY GOODBYE, OFFER HIS HELP IN THE FUTURE; MOYERS EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR RESUMPTION OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, DISCUSSES VIEWS OF PRESS ON LBJ'S PERFORMANCE AS PRESIDENT; NEW POLL ON LBJ; RFK AND CITIZENS FOR KENNEDY-FULBRIGHT GROUP

Telephone conversation # 11541, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/14/1967, 10:13AM

DALEY ASKS LBJ TO HOLD UP ANNOUNCEMENT OF EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CANDIDATE FOR ILLINOIS FEDERAL JUDGESHIP UNTIL AFTER MAYORAL ELECTION IN APRIL; LBJ DISCUSSES STATUS OF APPOINTMENT AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF APPOINTMENT OF DEMOCRATS

Telephone conversation # 11542, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 2/14/1967, 6:40PM

LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT CARL ROWAN'S LEAK OF CIVIL RIGHTS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS BEFORE IT WAS DELIVERED; WILKINS DISCUSSES PRESS INQUIRIES HE HAS RECEIVED ON MESSAGE; CALIFORNIA FUND-RAISER; DISCUSSION OF MEMBERS OF CIVIL RIGHTS COMMUNITY TO CONSULT ON…

Telephone conversation # 11543, sound recording, LBJ and CARROLL KILPATRICK, 2/14/1967, 7:30PM

LBJ DISPELS RUMOR THAT HE IS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENT OF RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES ON CLARK APPOINTMENT, VARIOUS MESSAGES TO CONGRESS

Telephone conversation # 11544, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/15/1967, 9:24AM

ROSTOW READS HO CHI MINH'S REPLY TO LBJ'S MESSAGE; PRESS LEAKS OF PEACE FEELER, LBJ'S MEETING WITH RFK; ETIENNE MANAC'H; RAMPARTS MAGAZINE STORY; COMMITTEE TO STUDY CIA FUNDING OF PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS; STUDY OF BAY OF PIGS; INCREASED BOMBING OF…

Telephone conversation # 11545, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/15/1967, 9:24AM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF INCREASED BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM; VIET CONG MINING OF SAIGON CHANNEL WITH SOVIET MINES; POSSIBLE US MINING OF HAIPHONG; ROSTOW RECOMMENDS WESTMORELAND INCREASE PACE OF OPERATIONS IN VIETNAM; CANDIDATES FOR US AMBASSADOR IN…

Telephone conversation # 11546, sound recording, LBJ and CLARENCE MITCHELL, 2/15/1967, 9:45AM

KKK SUIT AGAINST MRS. MITCHELL; REACTION TO CARL ROWAN'S ARTICLE THAT BROKE WH EMBARGO DATE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS; LBJ DISCUSSES WHY JOE RAUH WAS NOT INVITED TO MEETING WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S ROLE IN DEFEAT OF…

Telephone conversation # 11547, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/15/1967, 12:05PM

RESPONSE TO RAMPARTS MAGAZINE STORY ON CIA FUNDING OF NATIONAL STUDENT ASSN; JAMES WEBB'S STUDY OF APOLLO FIRE; BAY OF PIGS STUDY; PRESS STORY ON RFK'S MEETING WITH LBJ; FORMER JUSTICE CHARLES WHITTAKER'S SPEECH CRITICIZING LBJ, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS

Telephone conversation # 11549, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/16/1967, 11:32AM

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH EARLE WHEELER ON ESCALATION OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM AND INCREASED US MILITARY ACTIVITY IN SOUTH VIETNAM, SUGGESTS MEETING TOMORROW TO REVIEW BOMBING TARGETS; POSSIBLE MEETING WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERS (IN…

Telephone conversation # 11551, sound recording, LBJ and BAREFOOT SANDERS, 2/16/1967, 1:25PM

LBJ RELAYS B. EVERETT JORDAN'S, SAM ERVIN'S CONCERNS ABOUT DELAY IN APPOINTMENT OF WOODROW JONES TO JUDGESHIP; SANDERS SAYS ADDITIONAL FBI INVESTIGATION WAS DONE BECAUSE OF CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERNS, BUT ABA REPORT IS NOW PENDING; NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS

Telephone conversation # 11553, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/18/1967, 8:30AM

MCNAMARA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO DON OBERDORFER STORY ON LOCKHEED CONTRACTS; JFK ADMINISTRATION'S INVOLVEMENT IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS; AWARDING CONTRACTS IN DEPRESSED AREAS; LBJ REITERATES WH POLICY ON DEFENSE CONTRACTS; PRESS STORY ON CIA, TEXAS…