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Telephone conversation # 12609, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 1/24/1968, 9:03AM

SANDERS TELLS LBJ THAT ROBERT WOODRUFF'S WIFE HAS DIED, SUGGESTS LBJ SEND CONDOLENCES; LBJ ASKS ABOUT "DEER-HUNTING FRIEND" (J.B. FUQUA?); LESTER MADDOX'S REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT WITH HHH; SANDERS COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON PRESS PHOTO OF LBJ WITH HIS…

Telephone conversation # 12610, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/24/1968, 9:18AM

QUESTION OF WHETHER MCNAMARA, PAUL NITZE OR CLARK CLIFFORD SHOULD TESTIFY AT SENATE ARMED SERVICES, APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES; LBJ SAYS MCNAMARA SHOULD TESTIFY BUT RELAYS RICHARD RUSSELL'S CONCERNS; JOHN MCCLELLAN AND F-111B; CAPTURE OF USS PUEBLO

Telephone conversation # 12611, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 1/27/1968, 10:58AM

DALEY'S TALK WITH SARGENT SHRIVER ABOUT SHRIVER ACCEPTING AMBASSADORSHIP OR RUNNING FOR OFFICE; LBJ DISCUSSES WEST VIRGINIA POLL ON 1968 ELECTION, RFK; DALEY DISCUSSES 1948 CAMPAIGN, HIS RECENT TALK WITH RFK, EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT OF LBJ, HHH

Telephone conversation # 12612, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 1/28/1968, 11:38AM

GOLDBERG SUGGESTS STATEMENT BY LBJ ON NORTH KOREAN CAPTURE OF USS PUEBLO OFFERING TO SUBMIT MATTER TO INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IF SHIP, CREW ARE RETURNED; PRECEDENT IN UK-ALBANIA INCIDENT IN CORFU; UN SECURITY COUNCIL DELIBERATION ON MATTER

Telephone conversation # 12613, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 1/28/1968, 11:38AM

GOLDBERG DISCUSSES UN SECURITY COUNCIL DELIBERATION ON CAPTURE OF USS PUEBLO BY NORTH KOREA; POSSIBLE USSR VETO; QUESTION OF USING NEUTRAL NATIONS SUPERVISING COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE RETURN OF SHIP, CREW; LBJ READS DRAFT CABLE TO SEOUL ON US RESPONSE

Telephone conversation # 12614, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK LAUSCHE, 1/28/1968, 4:28PM

LAUSCHE ASKS LBJ ABOUT CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER ARTICLE SAYING GEORGE WEAVER OF LABOR DEPT CLAIMS THAT JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO DEFEAT LAUSCHE; LBJ SAYS HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT STORY, DISCUSSES WEAVER'S BACKGROUND, SAYS HE WILL CHECK ON…

Telephone conversation # 12615, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/29/1968, 8:41AM

MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS, EARLE WHEELER'S UPCOMING TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE ON DOD BUDGET, CAPTURE OF USS PUEBLO, KHE SANH OPERATION IN VIETNAM; JCS MEETING WITH LBJ; DISCUSSION OF PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF PUEBLO'S OPERATIONAL…

Telephone conversation # 12616, transcript, LBJ and FRANK IKARD, 1/30/1968, 11:19AM

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IKARD REGRETS NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT UNNAMED POSITION

Telephone conversation # 12617, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/31/1968, time unknown

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON US NUCLEAR SUBMARINE ACCIDENT; DISCUSSION OF TET OFFENSIVE, KHE SANH AND POSSIBLE EFFECT ON PEACE TALKS; NEED FOR PRESS BRIEFINGS; LAST NIGHT'S MEETING WITH GERALD FORD, EVERETT DIRKSEN ON USS PUEBLO; BRIEFINGS BY MILITARY…

Telephone conversation # 12701, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 2/3/1968, 11:14AM

BALL ASKS IF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY OFFICERS SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO COMMITTEE TO REVIEW CAPTURE OF USS PUEBLO; LBJ DESCRIBES MEMBERSHIP HE WANTS ON COMMITTEE; BALL SUGGESTS RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICER ALSO BE NAMED

Telephone conversation # 12702, sound recording, LBJ and JACK HORNER, 2/5/1968, 8:34AM

HORNER ASKS ABOUT SOUTH KOREAN PRESS REPORT ON PANMUNJON TALKS ON USS PUEBLO; LBJ SAYS PRESS IS LYING, COMPLAINS ABOUT MARVIN KALB, DREW PEARSON COLUMN ON WILLIAM WESTMORELAND; TET OFFENSIVE; SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S STATEMENT ON…

Telephone conversation # 12703, sound recording, LBJ and JACK HORNER, 2/5/1968, 8:34AM

HORNER THANKS LBJ FOR DISCUSSING PRESS STORIES ON USS PUEBLO; LBJ PRAISES HORNER

Telephone conversation # 12704, transcript, LBJ and EARLE WHEELER, 2/5/1968, 1:01PM

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REAPPOINTMENT OF U.S. GRANT SHARP TO JCS; LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO CHANGE LEADERS AT THIS TIME BUT POSSIBLE REASSESSMENT OF SHARP'S AND WILLIAM WESTMORELAND'S POSITIONS LATER; WHEELER'S, ROBERT MCNAMARA'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY TODAY; QUESTIONS ON USS…

Telephone conversation # 12705, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/6/1968, 4:25PM

DALEY DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (OTTO KERNER?), SUGGESTS APPOINTING BILL DOWNES TO CAB; LBJ DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT FOR BARRATT O'HARA, REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH "DANNY" (ROSTENKOWSKI?); SARGENT SHRIVER; DALEY EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ

Telephone conversation # 12706, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER MONDALE, 2/7/1968, 7:54AM

MONDALE EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT OF LEE LOEVINGER TO FEDERAL JUDGESHIP; LBJ DISCUSSES POLICY ON APPOINTMENTS TO WASHINGTON, DC CIRCUIT COURT, DISCUSSES OTHER POSSIBLE JUDICIAL POSTS, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LOEVINGER, MONDALE, HHH, ORVILLE…

Telephone conversation # 12707, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 2/7/1968, 9:59AM

BALL SAYS THAT REPORT (ON USS PUEBLO) IS ALMOST COMPLETE, THAT ROBERT MCNAMARA, DEAN RUSK HAVE GONE OVER IT, ASKS IF HE CAN MEET WITH LBJ ABOUT IT; LBJ ASKS BALL TO REVIEW IT WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR AND CLARK CLIFFORD FIRST, DISCUSSES CONGRESSIONAL…

Telephone conversation # 12708, sound recording, LBJ and OTTO KERNER, 2/7/1968, 10:15AM

KERNER SAYS HE IS ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT HE WILL NOT RUN AGAIN FOR GOV. OF ILLINOIS; LBJ PRAISES KERNER; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE CANDIDATES, INCLUDING BEN HEINEMAN, ADLAI STEVENSON III, SARGENT SHRIVER; KERNER DISCUSSES UNPOPULARITY OF OEO IN ILLINOIS

Telephone conversation # 12709, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN YOUNG, 2/7/1968, 10:21AM

YOUNG REPORTS ON FAVORABLE REACTION TO APPEARANCE BY DEAN RUSK; LBJ SUGGESTS YOUNG DISCUSS RUSK'S TALK WITH PRESS; YOUNG'S OPPONENT IN RE-ELECTION RACE; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FOR OPPONENT; YOUNG ASKS FOR HELP ON RETIREMENT OF COAST GUARD CUTTER IN…

Telephone conversation # 12710, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 2/8/1968, 5:35PM

MEANY ASKS LBJ TO HAVE WILLARD WIRTZ INTERVENE WITH "STEEL PANEL" TO HAVE THEM MAKE COMPROMISE RECOMMENDATION IN ORDER TO SETTLE COPPER STRIKE; LBJ SAYS HE WILL LOOK INTO MATTER AND LET MEANY KNOW

Telephone conversation # 12711, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/12/1968, 8:29AM

MCNAMARA SAYS WESTMORELAND HAS REQUESTED 6 MORE BATTALIONS IN VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S OPPOSITION TO RESERVE CALL-UP FOR PERMANENT TROOP INCREASE; LBJ REVIEWS TALKS ON TROOP LEVELS IN EARLIER MEETINGS; MCNAMARA READS WESTMORELAND'S CABLE; CIVILIAN…

Telephone conversation # 12712, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/12/1968, 8:30AM

DALEY'S TALK WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAN (RFK?); DALEY SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMITTEE TO STUDY VIETNAM; POSSIBLE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR OTTO KERNER; ILLINOIS POLITICS; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS; BEN HEINEMAN; RFK AND POSSIBLE VIETNAM…

Telephone conversation # 12713, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/12/1968, 8:30AM

POSSIBLE COMMITTEE TO STUDY VIETNAM SITUATION; ROBERT WEAVER'S RESIGNATION FROM HUD AND POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF EDGAR KAISER AS HIS REPLACEMENT; CRITICISM IF NEGRO IS NOT APPOINTED TO POST; WHITNEY YOUNG; DALEY RECOMMENDS CLIFFORD CAMBELL

Telephone conversation # 12714, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/14/1968, 7:53AM

MCNAMARA REPORTS TWO US PLANES PROBABLY VIOLATED CHINESE AIRSPACE WHEN THEY WENT OFF COURSE OVER HAINAN ISLAND, ONE PLANE HAS BEEN SHOT DOWN, DISCUSSES PAST INCIDENTS; LBJ ASKS FOR DETAILS ON INCIDENT, US REACTION, DEBRIEFING OF PILOT WHO LANDED AT…

Telephone conversation # 12715, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 2/14/1968, 9:37AM

LBJ TELLS HOOVER TO WATCH EMBASSIES IN WASHINGTON, DC, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FOREIGN CONTACTS WITH CONGRESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS; U THANT'S MEETING WITH LEONID BREZHNEV; US VIOLATION OF CHINESE AIRSPACE; SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR TOP CONGRESSIONAL…

Telephone conversation # 12716, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 2/14/1968, 9:46AM

CLIFFORD'S REVIEW OF JACK CONNOR'S TRUST INSTRUMENT AS COMMERCE SECRETARY; QUESTION OF C. R. SMITH USING SIMILAR TRUST; CLIFFORD RECOMMENDS MAXWELL TAYLOR BE APPOINTED PFIAB CHAIRMAN; LBJ ASKS FOR CLIFFORD'S OBSERVATIONS OF ROBERT MCNAMARA, EARLE…

Telephone conversation # 12717, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 2/14/1968, 9:46AM

LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT EARLE WHEELER'S ADVICE ON VIETNAM TROOP INCREASE; USS PUEBLO; US PLANE'S VIOLATION OF CHINESE AIRSPACE; CLIFFORD'S MEETING WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA ABOUT VIETNAM CRITICS; U THANT'S PEACE EFFORT; NORTH VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO PEACE…

Telephone conversation # 12718, sound recording, LBJ and DEVIER PIERSON, 2/16/1968, 9:55AM

DISCUSSION OF MIKE MONRONEY'S OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF JOHN CROOKER, JR. AS CAB CHAIRMAN; MONRONEY'S SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT MURPHY TO THAT POSITION; PIERSON RECOMMENDS LBJ CALL MONRONEY

Telephone conversation # 12719, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE JACOBSEN, 2/16/1968, 10:00AM

LBJ INVITES "JAKE" (JACOBSEN) OVER FOR A VISIT; JACOBSEN SAYS HE IS IN WH MEETING WITH "LARRY" (TEMPLE?) AND WILL COME OVER

Telephone conversation # 12720, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MONRONEY, 2/16/1968, 10:01AM

MONRONEY RECOMMENDS LBJ APPOINT ROBERT MURPHY CAB CHAIRMAN; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS REAPPOINTMENT OF KENNEDY APPOINTEE MURPHY TO BOARD BUT SAYS HE WILL APPOINT JOHN CROOKER, JR. AS CHAIRMAN, LISTS CROOKER'S QUALIFICATIONS; CRITICISM OF LBJ BY KENNEDY…

Telephone conversation # 12721, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/19/1968, 11:00AM

SARGENT SHRIVER'S RESIGNATION FROM OEO, POSSIBLE AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENT; ILLINOIS POLITICS; RICHARD DALEY; UNPOPULARITY OF OEO; LBJ'S RECENT MEETINGS WITH US TROOPS, PILOTS, DWIGHT EISENHOWER; AVERELL HARRIMAN; ARTHUR DEAN; ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S…

Telephone conversation # 12722, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/19/1968, 12:17PM

EISENHOWER DISCUSSES CABLE HE HAS RECEIVED FROM SCIENTISTS ABOUT USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS STORIES ON MATTER, CONFUSION CAUSED BY SCIENTISTS' VISIT TO VIETNAM TO STUDY BARRIER SYSTEM, MINES

Telephone conversation # 12723, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/19/1968, 12:17PM

LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS PRESS STORIES, SCIENTISTS' CABLE TO EISENHOWER ABOUT USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN VIETNAM; UNSUITABILITY OF USING TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN KHE SANH; LBJ OFFERS TO HAVE SCIENTISTS BRIEFED; LBJ'S VISIT WITH THE EISENHOWERS…

Telephone conversation # 12724, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/19/1968, 12:29PM

MCNAMARA DISCUSSES THE STATEMENT HE WILL MAKE AT SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ABOUT 8/4/64 ATTACK IN TONKIN GULF; INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ABOUT THE ATTACK THAT REFUTE DOUBTS ABOUT WHETHER IT OCCURRED

Telephone conversation # 12727, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/19/1968, 1:43PM

SHRIVER REPORTS ON TALK WITH RICHARD DALEY ABOUT SHRIVER ENTERING ILLINOIS GUBERNATORIAL RACE, DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR SHRIVER, ASKS LBJ TO DELAY ANNOUNCING AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENT; LBJ SAYS DALEY SUPPORTS SAM SHAPIRO; OTTO KERNER; PRESS…

Telephone conversation # 12728, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/21/1968, 8:52AM?

MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT 8/4/64 TONKIN GULF ATTACK AT SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; CRITICISM BY ALBERT GORE, SR., WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, EUGENE MCCARTHY; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS; U THANT'S PEACE PROPOSAL; EARLE WHEELER'S HEALTH

Telephone conversation # 12729, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/21/1968, 10:42AM

RIBICOFF'S CAMPAIGN; LBJ'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON CITIES; GERALD FORD'S OPPOSITION; SARGENT SHRIVER'S RESIGNATION FROM OEO; RIBICOFF RECOMMENDS REORGANIZING HEW, CREATING SEPARATE DEPT. OF EDUCATION AND MANPOWER TRAINING, NAMING SECOND HOOVER…

Telephone conversation # 12730, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/21/1968, 10:42AM

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLY APPOINTING SECOND HOOVER COMMISSION TO STUDY REORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF FEDERAL GOVT

Telephone conversation # 12731, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 2/21/1968, 10:50AM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON CITIES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' OPPOSITION TO BILLS ON CITIES, ASKS RFK TO MEET WITH WH STAFF ON MESSAGE; RFK ASKS ABOUT TAX INCENTIVES FOR HOUSING; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH U THANT ON VIETNAM PEACE…

Telephone conversation # 12732, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 2/21/1968, 8:27PM

CLARK REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAN ABOUT ILLINOIS JUDGESHIP (FOR OTTO KERNER?); ILLINOIS POLITICS; SAM SHAPIRO; ADLAI STEVENSON III; SARGENT SHRIVER; RICHARD DALEY