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Telephone conversation # 530, sound recording, LBJ and HOUSTON HARTE, 12/18/1963, 3:10PM

LBJ PRAISES STORY IN ONE OF HARTE'S PAPERS; HARTE ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH JACK FLYNN, PRESIDENT OF NEW YORK DAILY NEWS; LBJ SAYS HE WILL MEET FLYNN, COMPLAINS ABOUT TED LEWIS' COLUMNS, SAYS HE WANTS TO MEET LEWIS ALSO; FURTHER DISTRIBUTION OF STORY ON…

Telephone conversation # 528, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 12/18/1963, 11:45AM

LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONNALLY'S HEALTH, TEASES HIM ABOUT CHRISTMAS PRESENT; CONNALLY COMPLAINS TO LBJ ABOUT MEAT IMPORTS, THEN DISCUSSES TEXAS POLITICS WITH JENKINS, COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS STORIES OF LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH RALPH YARBOROUGH; UPCOMING TEXAS…

Telephone conversation # 527, sound recording, LBJ and MARJORIE MCNAMARA, 12/18/1963, 11:21AM

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CALL TO ROBERT MCNAMARA FOLLOWING REPORT OF NEAR ESCAPE FROM AIR CRASH IN PARIS, SAYS MCNAMARA IS FINE; MRS. MCNAMARA URGES LBJ TO GET SOME REST; MCNAMARAS' VACATION PLANS

Telephone conversation # 526, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/18/1963, 11:15AM

LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR MCNAMARA FOLLOWING REPORT OF NARROW ESCAPE FROM AIR CRASH; MCNAMARA REASSURES LBJ THAT HE IS OKAY AND SAYS NATO MINISTERS MEETING WENT WELL; LBJ SAYS HE WILL CALL MCNAMARA'S WIFE, CONGRATULATES HIM ON SUCCESSFUL TRIP

Telephone conversation # 525, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GRONOUSKI, 12/18/1963, 10:50AM

GRONOUSKI ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF DAVID BUNN AS ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL FOR FACILITIES AND ABOUT PROBLEMS IN DALLAS REGION; LBJ SAYS HE WILL TRY TO MEET WITH GRONOUSKI TOMORROW

Telephone conversation # 524, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 12/17/1963, 7:30PM

LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS LBJ TO COME HOME; LBJ ASKS HER TO COME SWIMMING WITH HIM; MRS. JOHNSON DECLINES; LBJ SAYS HE WILL COME HOME

Telephone conversation # 523, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 12/17/1963, time unknown

LBJ DISCUSSES LETTER FROM SAM HOUSTON TO HIS GRANDFATHER BAINES WITH GEORGE BROWN WHILE WAITING FOR CALL TO UNIDENTIFIED MALE TO BE PLACED; TELEPHONE OPERATOR REPORTS THAT UNIDENTIFIED MALE HAS LEFT THE WH, LBJ ASKS HER TO CALL HIM AT HOME

Telephone conversation # 522, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 12/17/1963, 7:25PM

WIRTZ REPORTS THAT POTENTIAL RAILROAD AND AIRLINE STRIKES HAVE BEEN SETTLED; LBJ CONGRATULATES WIRTZ; DISCUSSION OF PRESS HANDLING OF SETTLEMENTS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPRENTICE TRAINING REGULATIONS

Telephone conversation # 520, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and MYER FELDMAN, 12/17/1963, time unknown

JENKINS SAYS LBJ HAS SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER ON RELEASE OF BOBBY BAKER'S INCOME TAX RECORDS TO SENATE COMMITTEE, ASKS IF IT CAN BE RELEASED TO PRESS; FELDMAN SAYS ORDER CAN BE ANNOUNCED BUT IT MUST ALSO GO TO FEDERAL REGISTER

Telephone conversation # 519, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 12/17/1963, 6:05PM

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LBJ'S ATTENDANCE AT OPENING OF BOBBY BAKER'S CLUB; LBJ ASKS BALL ABOUT STATUS OF ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO OAS, DISCUSSES NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS REACTION TO LBJ'S SPEECH TODAY AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Telephone conversation # 518, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/17/1963, 6:00PM

FREEMAN CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS SPEECH AT UN, DISCUSSES HIS WORK ON USDA BUDGET, EFFORTS TO CONSOLIDATE SMALL RESEARCH LABS; LBJ ASKS FREEMAN TO RESOLVE IMPASSE ON GEORGIA PEANUT RESEARCH LAB THAT IS HOLDING UP PASSAGE OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS…

Telephone conversation # 517, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and WHITE HOUSE WEST LOBBY, 12/17/1963, time unknown

FEHMER ASKS UNIDENTIFIED MALE IN WH WEST LOBBY TO CLEAR HOMER THORNBERRY FOR ENTRANCE TO WH

Telephone conversation # 516, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and WHITE HOUSE GARAGE, 12/17/1963, time unknown

FEHMER ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO CONNECT HER TO WH GARAGE; OPERATOR ASKS FEHMER IF SHE IS LEAVING EARLY; FEHMER THEN ASKS UNIDENTIFIED MALE IN WH GARAGE TO PICK UP HOMER THORNBERRY AND BRING HIM TO WH

Telephone conversation # 515, sound recording, LBJ and HOMER THORNBERRY, 12/17/1963, time unknown

LBJ ASKS FEHMER TO GET HOMER THORNBERRY BACK ON THE TELEPHONE; FEHMER RECONNECTS THORNBERRY BUT LBJ THEN TELLS FEHMER TO ARRANGE FOR A CAR TO PICK UP THORNBERRY; FEHMER TELLS THORNBERRY SHE WILL GET CAR FOR HIM

Telephone conversation # 514, sound recording, LBJ and HOMER THORNBERRY, 12/17/1963, 5:51PM

LBJ INVITES THORNBERRY TO WH FOR A SWIM; THORNBERRY SAYS HE WILL COME TO WH BUT NOT FOR A SWIM BECAUSE HE HAS A COLD

Telephone conversation # 513, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 12/17/1963, 4:38PM

DUNGAN REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH EDMUND MUSKIE ON APPOINTMENT FOR FRANK COFFIN; DUNGAN SUGGESTS COFFIN BE NAMED AMBASSADOR TO EL SALVADOR; LBJ DISCOUNTS MUSKIE'S CONCERNS IF COFFIN IS NOT APPOINTED, EXPRESSES LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN COFFIN; LBJ'S UN…

Telephone conversation # 511, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE FUBINI, 12/16/1963, 5:02PM?

FUBINI CALLS LBJ WITH MORE INFORMATION (ON ROVER PROJECT) BUT LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT TAKE HIS CALL AT THIS TIME; OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS FUBINI IF LBJ CAN RETURN CALL LATER

Telephone conversation # 510, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE FUBINI, 12/16/1963, 4:25PM

LBJ ASKS FUBINI'S VIEWS ON ROVER PROJECT; FUBINI SAYS HE CANNOT OFFER A DEFINITIVE OPINION AT THIS TIME BUT SAYS HE BELIEVES HAROLD BROWN AND ROBERT MCNAMARA ARE NOT IMPRESSED WITH PROJECT; LBJ ASKS FUBINI TO CONTACT BROWN, MCNAMARA IMMEDIATELY ABOUT…

Telephone conversation # 509, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/16/1963, 4:00PM

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON'S SUPPORT FOR ROVER PROGRAM; GORDON REPORTS ON STATUS OF "LUXURY AUTO THING," FEDERAL AGENCIES' VOLUNTARY REDUCTIONS OF EXPENDITURES, APPROPRIATIONS, JOBS

Telephone conversation # 507, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 12/16/1963, 11:53AM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS DECISION TO APPOINT THOMAS MANN AS COORDINATOR OF LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS, US-LATIN AMERICAN POLICY; DISCUSSION OF AFL-CIO PROJECTS IN MEXICO

Telephone conversation # 506, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD GRIFFIN, 12/16/1963, 10:15AM

LBJ THANKS GRIFFIN FOR EDITORIAL, GIVES HIM BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON US-LATIN AMERICAN POLICY, APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MANN AS COODINATOR OF LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS, OPPOSITION TO MANN'S APPOINTMENT

Telephone conversation # 504, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN OAKES, 12/16/1963, 9:57AM

PHOTOS OF LBJ WITH OAKES' CHILDREN; LBJ THANKS OAKES FOR EDITORIAL, GIVES HIM BACKGROUND ON US-LATIN AMERICAN POLICY, APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MANN AS COORDINATOR OF LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS; LBJ'S SPEECH ON ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 503, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/16/1963, 9:50AM

LBJ ASKS MCCORMACK TO CONFIRM IN WRITING OTTO PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT ON CONFERENCE REPORT ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; MCCORMACK GIVES LBJ DETAILS OF PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT, SAYS HE WILL MEET WITH PASSMAN TODAY

Telephone conversation # 502, sound recording, LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/16/1963, 9:49AM

O'BRIEN ASKS IF LBJ WANTS TO HOLD CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST BEFORE LEAVING FOR UN TOMORROW; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS STORIES ON FOREIGN AID; OTTO PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT GERALD FORD'S VIEWS ON BILL

Telephone conversation # 499, sound recording, LBJ and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 12/14/1963, 6:50PM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS EFFORTS TO TALK WITH MEXICAN MINISTER EUGENE D'ANZORENA, ASKS UNIDENTIFIED MALE TO HAVE D'ANZORENA RETURN LBJ'S CALL

Telephone conversation # 498, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 12/14/1963, 1:40PM

LBJ PRAISES JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S SPEECH ON POVERTY, SAYS HE HAS ASKED FOR A COPY OF IT, EXPRESSES HIS INTEREST IN POVERTY PROGRAM AND BELIEF IN GOVT FOR THE PEOPLE

Telephone conversation # 497, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 12/14/1963, 1:40PM

HELLER DISCUSSES POSSIBLE QUESTIONS HE MAY GET ABOUT MONETARY POLICY, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, INTEREST RATES; TAX CUT; LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO CUT WASTE IN GOVT, INCLUDING HIS EFFORTS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER; JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S SPEECH ON POVERTY

Telephone conversation # 496, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 12/14/1963, 1:35PM

SALINGER DISCUSSES DREW PEARSON'S REQUEST THAT LBJ GIVE INTERVIEW TO GERMAN JOURNALIST, SIMILAR TO INTERVIEW JFK GAVE HIM; LBJ ASKS SALINGER TO COME FOR SWIM AND DISCUSS REQUEST

Telephone conversation # 495, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 12/14/1963, time unknown

LBJ APPARENTLY ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO WALTER JENKINS, THEN DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT TO MARITIME ADMINISTRATION WHILE WAITING FOR CALL TO BE PLACED

Telephone conversation # 494, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/14/1963, 1:25PM

LBJ DISCUSSES OPPOSITION OF AVERELL HARRIMAN, ARTHUR SCHLESINGER TO APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MANN, SAYS THEY SHOULD RELAY THEIR VIEWS TO DEAN RUSK, NOT WH; BUNDY SAYS HE IS MEETING WITH MANN THIS AFTERNOON AND AGREES TO TALK TO HARRIMAN

Telephone conversation # 492, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 12/14/1963, 12:35PM

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, LBJ'S INSURANCE POLICY, JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; LBJ ASKS FELDMAN ABOUT STATUS OF REQUEST FOR BOBBY BAKER'S INCOME TAX RETURN; FELDMAN DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT PROCESS FOR RELEASING TAX…