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Telephone conversation # 13545, sound recording, LBJ and INDIRA GANDHI, 10/15/1968, 12:36PM
GANDHI SAYS SHE REGRETS NOT MEETING WITH LBJ BUT SAYS SHE MUST RETURN TO INDIA BECAUSE OF FLOODS THERE; LBJ SAYS HE ALSO REGRETS THEY WILL NOT MEET; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S RETIREMENT, LYNDON NUGENT, AND IMPENDING BIRTH OF LYNDA JOHNSON ROBB'S CHILD
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Telephone conversation # 13546, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 10/16/1968, 9:34AM
LBJ SAYS NORTH VIETNAM HAS NOT MET US BOMBING HALT CONDITIONS; EFFECT OF MCGEORGE BUNDY'S, HHH'S SPEECHES; GEORGE BALL; AVERELL HARRIMAN; SUGGESTION LBJ NAME ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS CHIEF JUSTICE; RECESS JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR BAREFOOT SANDERS
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Telephone conversation # 13547, sound recording, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/16/1968, 11:41AM
LBJ BRIEFS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON US POSITION ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT, ASKS THEM NOT TO MAKE SPEECHES THAT WILL IMPAIR NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS HE WILL ADVISE ALL OF THEM OF ANY BREAKTHROUGH, READS WH PRESS RELEASE ON PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; AL SMITH…
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Telephone conversation # 13548, sound recording, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/16/1968, 11:41AM
CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF US POSITION AT PARIS PEACE TALKS ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; LBJ URGES ALL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO GUARD THEIR STATEMENTS ABOUT VIETNAM SO AS NOT TO IMPAIR NEGOTIATIONS
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Telephone conversation # 13549, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/16/1968, 1:40PM
DIRKSEN SAYS NIXON HEADQUARTERS HAS ASKED HIM ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, ASKS LBJ ABOUT PROGRESS OF NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ SAYS THERE HAS BEEN NO BREAKTHROUGH, DISCUSSES HIS CONFERENCE CALL TO HHH, RICHARD NIXON AND GEORGE WALLACE TO BRIEF THEM ON…
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Telephone conversation # 13550, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/16/1968, 3:27PM
LBJ ASKS ABOUT DIRKSEN'S REPORTED STATEMENT THAT ADMINISTRATION IS PLAYING POLITICS WITH VIETNAM BEFORE THE ELECTION; DIRKSEN SAYS PRESS MISINTERPRETED HIS STATEMENT; LBJ STATES US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT AT PARIS PEACE TALKS
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Telephone conversation # 13551, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/16/1968, 4:40PM
CLIFFORD SAYS EDMUND MUSKIE WANTS BRIEFING ON SOUTHEAST ASIA; LBJ'S BRIEFING OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON STATUS OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS; HHH'S RESPONSE; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT MUSKIE; LBJ READS DRAFT SPEECH FOR AL SMITH DINNER, ASKS CLIFFORD'S OPINION
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Telephone conversation # 13552, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/16/1968, 4:40PM
LBJ CONTINUES READING SPEECH FOR AL SMITH DINNER; CLIFFORD PRAISES SPEECH, URGES LBJ TO ATTEND DINNER; RUSSELL LONG'S INTEREST IN MAKING FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; NEW GALLUP POLL FAVORABLE TO HHH; LBJ'S RESERVATIONS ABOUT…
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Telephone conversation # 13553, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/16/1968, 4:40PM
DISCUSSION OF EFFECT OF HHH'S AND MCGEORGE BUNDY'S RECENT SPEECHES ON VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, POSSIBLE BOMBING HALT; CLIFFORD ASKS LBJ TO HAVE JIM JONES LET CLIFFORD KNOW AFTER LBJ HAS TALKED TO RUSSELL LONG
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Telephone conversation # 13554, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 10/16/1968, time unknown
LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO GET RUSSELL LONG WHEREVER HE IS, THEN SPEAKS TO "KEN" (GADDIS)
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Telephone conversation # 13555, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 10/16/1968, 5:12PM
LBJ TEASES LONG ABOUT LONG'S ABSENCES FROM WASHINGTON, DC, TO CAMPAIGN, DISCUSSES CONVERSATION WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ABOUT MAKING FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; LONG DISCUSSES COSTS OF BASE; LBJ EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT FOR LONG
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Telephone conversation # 13556, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 10/17/1968, 9:14AM
MANSFIELD CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS SPEECH AT AL SMITH DINNER LAST NIGHT, REQUESTS APPOINTMENT TO SEE LBJ TO DISCUSS VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE BUT SAYS HE WILL TRY TO MEET WITH HIM THIS AFTERNOON
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Telephone conversation # 13557, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/17/1968, 9:19AM
FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH ARTHUR GOLDBERG AND EARL WARREN ABOUT RECESS APPOINTMENT FOR GOLDBERG TO SUPREME COURT, SAYS WARREN SUPPORTS GOLDBERG; GOLDBERG'S VIEWS ON HENRY FRIENDLY; LBJ EXPRESSES DOUBTS ABOUT CONFIRMATION OF GOLDBERG
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Telephone conversation # 13558, sound recording, LBJ and CARL HAYDEN, 10/17/1968, 4:00PM
HAYDEN EXPRESSES HOPE LBJ WILL SIGN PALO VERDE BILL RELATED TO COLORADO RIVER; LBJ SAYS HE VETOED SIMILAR BILL LAST YEAR BUT WILL EXAMINE THIS BILL CAREFULLY, ASKS HAYDEN TO DO ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW FOR LBJ LIBRARY AND TO SPEAK FRANKLY ABOUT LBJ
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Telephone conversation # 13559, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/17/1968, 4:47PM
LBJ ASKS RUSK'S VIEWS ON PROGRESS AT PARIS PEACE TALKS; PRESS LEAKS; ALLEGED US DIFFERENCES WITH SAIGON; FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT WEIZMANN INSTITUTE IN ISRAEL; NIXON'S POSITION ON VIETNAM; ABBA EBAN VISIT; SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL
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Telephone conversation # 13560, sound recording, LBJ and OLIVER QUAYLE, 10/17/1968, 5:09PM
QUAYLE REPORTS ON HIS NEW POLLS SHOWING HHH WITHIN 4-5 POINTS OF RICHARD NIXON; LBJ EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT HARRIS, GALLUP POLLS, THANKS QUAYLE FOR THE INFORMATION
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Telephone conversation # 13561, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/18/1968, 2:40PM
LBJ ASKS ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT HANOI HAS REPLIED TO LATEST US PEACE PROPOSALS, READS PORTIONS OF STORY, NOTES NEWS STORIES THAT JACQUELINE KENNEDY WILL MARRY ARISTOTLE ONASSIS; DEROGATORY REMARKS ABOUT RUSK MADE BY SARGENT SHRIVER IN PARIS
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Telephone conversation # 13563, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 10/18/1968, 3:54PM
LBJ TEASES EASTLAND ABOUT HIS FRIENDS WHO BREED CHAROLAIS CATTLE AND VISITED LBJ RANCH, READS TELEGRAM THAT CHAROLAIS-ANGUS STEER BRED BY FORMER LBJ RANCH EMPLOYEE WON TEXAS STATE FAIR COMPETITION; PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN; IMPORTANCE OF CRIME ISSUE
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Telephone conversation # 13564, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 10/18/1968, 3:54PM
DISCUSSION OF RECENT POLL ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN; IMPORTANCE OF CRIME ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN; EFFECT OF CHICAGO RIOTS ON PUBLIC OPINION; EASTLAND ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS
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Telephone conversation # 13565, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 10/18/1968, 3:54PM
STATUS OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS IN PARIS, PROSPECTS FOR BOMBING HALT; EASTLAND DISCUSSES REACTION EDWARD KENNEDY RECEIVED IN BOSTON AFTER HIS VISIT TO SOUTH VIETNAM; LBJ AGAIN TEASES ABOUT EASTLAND'S CATTLEMEN FRIENDS WHO BREED CHAROLAIS CATTLE
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Telephone conversation # 13566, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 10/19/1968, 10:41AM?
ROSTOW SAYS WILLIAM JORDEN HAS SPOKEN WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE PRESS MAN IN PARIS WHO SAYS NORTH VIETNAMESE DENY RECENT PRESS REPORTS THAT THEY HAVE REPLIED TO US PEACE PROPOSAL
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Telephone conversation # 13567, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 10/22/1968, 9:10AM
LBJ SAYS CLARK CLIFFORD IS TRYING TO GET AGREEMENT WITHIN DOD TO MAKE FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, A PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; LONG SAYS ALLEN ELLENDER WILL BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF DOD BUDGET IF IT IS; LBJ SAYS HE SUPPORTS KEEPING BASE OPEN
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Telephone conversation # 13569, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/22/1968, 9:50AM
RUSK REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CYRUS VANCE ON US POSITION ON BOMBING HALT, PEACE TALKS WITH NORTH VIETNAM; SOVIET ROLE AS INTERMEDIARY WITH NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HALT MAY APPEAR POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, SAYS TALKS MUST BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER HALT
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Telephone conversation # 13570, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/22/1968, 5:24PM
DISCUSSION OF LANGUAGE FOR SPEECH BY LBJ ON VIETNAM NEGOTIATIONS, BOMBING HALT; REVIEW OF LBJ'S EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE; TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND IMPACT ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, CANDIDATES; BRIEFING FOR EISENHOWER; POSITION FOR JUANITA ROBERTS IN…
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Telephone conversation # 13571, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/22/1968, 5:24PM
POSITION FOR JUANITA ROBERTS IN DOD; LBJ ASKS FOR STUDY OF POSITIONS IN MILITARY THAT COULD BE HELD BY WOMEN; INEFFICIENCY OF SIGNAL CORPS OPERATORS; TELLING RUSSELL LONG, LOUISIANA CONGRESSMEN THAT FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, WILL BE PERMANENT ARMY BASE
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Telephone conversation # 13572, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 10/22/1968, time unknown
LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO RUSSELL LONG IN LOUISIANA
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Telephone conversation # 13573, sound recording, LBJ and JIM JONES, 10/22/1968, 5:45PM
LBJ ASKS JONES IF HE TOLD CLARK CLIFFORD TO CALL LBJ AFTER DISCUSSING FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, WITH THOMAS MORRIS AND BEFORE NOTIFYING RUSSELL LONG THAT FORT WOULD BECOME PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; DISCUSSION OF MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT MATTER
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Telephone conversation # 13574, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 10/22/1968, 5:54PM
LBJ TELLS LONG THAT THOMAS MORRIS AND CLARK CLIFFORD HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT TO MAKE FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, A PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR BILL DRIVER, ASKS LONG TO SEE THAT DRIVER REMAINS AS HEAD OF VA IN NEXT ADMINISTRATION
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Telephone conversation # 13575, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 10/22/1968, 10:22PM
DISCUSSION OF WILLARD WIRTZ' REORGANIZATION OF LABOR DEPT DESPITE LBJ'S OBJECTIONS; WIRTZ' PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF REORGANIZATION; WIRTZ' AUTHORITY TO REORGANIZE DEPT; CALIFANO SAYS WIRTZ SHOULD CANCEL REORGANIZATION OR RESIGN
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Telephone conversation # 13576, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 10/22/1968, 10:23PM
LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO WILLARD WIRTZ; OPERATOR TELLS LBJ THAT WIRTZ IS IN CHICAGO AND DUE BACK AT 1:00A; LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO JAMES REYNOLDS, THEN ASKS SOMEONE IN THE OFFICE TO GET TELEPHONE REPAIRED
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Telephone conversation # 13577, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES REYNOLDS, 10/22/1968, 10:26PM
LBJ TELLS REYNOLDS TO TELL WILLARD WIRTZ TO REVERSE ORDER REORGANIZING LABOR DEPT, SAYS HE DISAPPROVES OF PLAN, WANTS TO LET NEXT ADMINISTRATION REORGANIZE DEPT; JAMES CALIFANO'S, JAMES GAITHER'S ROLE IN PLAN; REYNOLDS DEFENDS WIRTZ' ACTION
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Telephone conversation # 13578, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES REYNOLDS, 10/22/1968, 10:26PM
CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF WILLARD WIRTZ' ANNOUNCEMENT OF LABOR DEPT REORGANIZATION; REYNOLDS DEFENDS PLAN, SAYS IT WILL SAVE MONEY, JOBS; LBJ SAYS JOSEPH CALIFANO MADE IT CLEAR TO WIRTZ THAT LBJ DID NOT WANT WIRTZ TO ENACT PLAN, SAYS WIRTZ MUST RESCIND…
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Telephone conversation # 13579, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 10/22/1968, 10:40PM
LBJ DISCUSSES CALL TO JAMES REYNOLDS ABOUT WILLARD WIRTZ' LABOR DEPT REORGANIZATION; REYNOLDS' CLAIM THAT LABOR DEPT THOUGHT LBJ APPROVED PLAN; LBJ REITERATES THAT HE WANTS TO LEAVE REORGANIZATION PLANS FOR NEXT ADMINISTRATION; CALIFANO DEFENDS HIS…
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Telephone conversation # 13580, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/23/1968, 9:20AM
CURRENT STATUS OF VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, BOMBING HALT; NEED TO BRIEF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; LBJ'S CABLE TO CREIGHTON ABRAMS; LOU HARRIS' CONTACT WITH SOVIETS; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR HHH BUT HIS CONCERNS ABOUT POLITICAL…
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Telephone conversation # 13581, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/23/1968, 10:05AM
RUSSELL'S HEALTH; LBJ REPORTS ON VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' SUPPORT FOR BOMBING HALT; NEGOTIATIONS ON TIMING OF BEGINNING OF TALKS AFTER BOMBING HALT; POSSIBLE PRESS LEAKS; US RESPONSE IF NORTH VIETNAM VIOLATES DMZ OR SHELLS CITIES
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Telephone conversation # 13582, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/23/1968, 10:05AM
TIMING OF BEGINNING OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS AFTER BOMBING HALT BEGINS; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS TO CONSULT WITH CREIGHTON ABRAMS, READS CABLE FROM ABRAMS AND ELLSWORTH BUNKER, ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON BRIEFING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
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Telephone conversation # 13583, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/23/1968, 10:05AM
CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; BRIEFING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON PROPOSED BOMBING HALT; RUSSELL ADVISES LBJ TO MEET WITH CREIGHTON ABRAMS AND ELLSWORTH BUNKER BEFORE MAKING DECISION
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Telephone conversation # 13585, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 10/23/1968, 5:30PM
LBJ OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF JOSEPH MEANY, SAYS HE DISAPPROVED LABOR DEPT REORGANIZATION PLAN BUT WILLARD WIRTZ ENACTED IT, REFUSES TO RESCIND IT; GOVS. OPPOSITION TO PLAN; EFFECT ON HHH CAMPAIGN IF WIRTZ RESIGNS; WIRTZ' CRITICISM OF VIETNAM…
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Telephone conversation # 13587, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/23/1968, 6:02PM
DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT RICHARD NIXON IS CONCERNED THAT LBJ WILL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE IS TRYING TO GET PEACE, WILL INITIATE CONSULTATION WITH CANDIDATES WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENS THAT WARRANTS IT, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PRESS…
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Telephone conversation # 13588, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/23/1968, 8:45PM
KATZENBACH RELAYS CYRUS VANCE'S QUESTION ON BOMBING HALT ANNOUNCEMENT; LBJ SAYS HALT WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS LATE AS POSSIBLE AFTER IT'S ORDERED; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT HALT AND ITS EFFECT ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; BRIEFING OF CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL…
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