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Telephone conversation # 9112, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 11/8/1965, 9:11AM (Item)
  • USIA APPOINTMENT FOR MITCHELL WOLFSON; HOWARD WOODS' REQUEST TO MAKE INSPECTION TRIP OF USIA POSTS; MARKS ASKS TO GO TO VIETNAM TO PERSUADE USIA PERSONNEL TO EXTEND TOURS OF DUTY; BARRY ZORTHIAN'S REQUEST TO RETURN TO US; TRAVEL TO VIETNAM BY US
Telephone conversation # 7903, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF AGREEMENT BY JUAN BOSCH AND OTHER FACTIONS ON APPOINTMENTS OF DEFENSE MINISTER, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN POSTS; BUNDY'S RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC, AND APPOINTMENT OF US REPRESENTATIVE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO CONTINUE TALKS
Telephone conversation # 7940, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and GEORGE REEDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS FORTAS LBJ IS NOT TAKING CALLS; FORTAS ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO GEORGE REEDY; REEDY, FORTAS DISCUSS WHAT REEDY WILL SAY IN 11:00A PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT NYT, WASHINGTON POST STORIES ON US FORCES AIDING IMBERT IN DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 7941, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON POST ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CABLE FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RETURN TO WASHINGTON; MCNAMARA TELLS FORTAS HE WILL COME TO WH FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH NEW ZEALAND DEFENSE MINISTER
Telephone conversation # 7947, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE WH STATEMENT TO PRESS IN RESPONSE TO NYT, WASHINGTON POST STORIES ON US TROOPS' ALLEGED AID TO IMBERT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ TELLS FORTAS HE WANTS ALL QUESTIONS REFERRED TO ROBERT MCNAMARA, ASKS WHAT MCNAMARA HAS LEARNED ABOUT INCIDENT
Telephone conversation # 8102, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/4/1965, 10:36AM (Item)
  • HOOVER DISCUSSES SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; JOSE MORA'S AND OAS' ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ ASKS HOOVER TO INVESTIGATE PRESS LEAKS TO WASHINGTON POST, NYT; ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOOVER TO MEET WITH LBJ
Telephone conversation # 10126, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 5/15/1966, 9:51AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WHITE ABOUT FPC PROGRESS ON PENDING CASES SO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CHANGES ON FPC CAN BE MADE; DISCUSSION OF COAL PRICE INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES WASHINGTON POST STORY ABOUT WILLIAM CROCKETT'S PURCHASE OF STOCK FROM NORMAN WINSTON
Telephone conversation # 10136, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 5/24/1966, 10:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN ABOUT LEAK FROM POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT AS REPORTED IN DREW PEARSON'S COLUMN TODAY; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE VETO OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN PAY BILL; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF PAY RAISE
Telephone conversation # 9863, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/9/1966, 5:07PM (Item)
  • OTHER POST
Telephone conversation # 9875, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/10/1966, 2:55PM (Item)
  • MOYERS REPORTS ON TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (JAMES DEAKIN?) RELAYING REPORT THAT ABBA SCHWARTZ WILL CLAIM AT CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS THAT HIS RESIGNATION WAS DUE TO ANTI-SEMITISM IN STATE DEPT, WILL DENY BEING OFFERED OTHER POST; PAST CHARGES ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 9876, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 3/10/1966, 3:09PM? (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES INFORMATION HE RECEIVED THAT ABBA SCHWARTZ WILL DENY THAT HE WAS OFFERED OTHER POST BY BALL, RUSK AND WILL CHARGE ANTI-SEMITISM IN STATE DEPT; RESIGNATIONS IN OTHER DEPTS BECAUSE OF GOVT REORGANIZATION; LBJ'S POLICY ON ACCEPTING
Telephone conversation # 9886, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/14/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • RUSK DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH PALMER TO HEAD STATE DEPT BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS DESPITE CONGRESSIONAL, LABOR AND NEGRO COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR WAYNE FREDERICKS; LBJ SUGGESTS FREDERICKS BE OFFERED POST WITH AID, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 9891, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/15/1966, 4:35PM (Item)
  • RUSK'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; RUSK SUGGESTS INVITING DEAN ACHESON TO WH MEETING TOMORROW; WAYNE FREDERICKS AND AID POST; FOREIGN AID FOR AFRICA; RESIGNATION OF ITALIAN CABINET; MIKE MANSFIELD'S SPEECH ON NATO; ABBA SCHWARTZ; FRANCES KNIGHT
Telephone conversation # 9894, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 3/17/1966, 8:35AM (Item)
  • QUESTION OF CARL SANDERS RUNNING AGAINST RICHARD RUSSELL IN GEORGIA SENATE RACE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH SANDERS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF SANDERS TO JUDICIAL POST; TALMADGE COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON KEEPING HIS WEIGHT DOWN
Telephone conversation # 10015, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 4/5/1966, 9:28AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES FEDERAL BUDGET; SPACE PROGRAM, USDA EXPENDITURES; EXPECTED DECREASES IN FOOD PRICES; HOUSING COSTS; EFFORTS TO CUT PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITURES, DOD AND POST OFFICE CONSTRUCTION; NEED TO RETAIN INVESTMENT CREDIT, HOLD DOWN WAGE INCREASES
Telephone conversation # 9839, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/5/1966, 9:34AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF BILL SLAYTON TO UNNAMED POST; LBJ INVITES DALEY TO VISIT HIM IN WASHINGTON, DC, ASKS DALEY TO INFLUENCE JEROME CAVANAGH TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN AGAINST GEORGE ROMNEY, NOT FOR THE SENATE AGAINST G. MENNEN WILLIAMS
Telephone conversation # 9642, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/15/1966, 6:00PM (Item)
  • BUNDY CALLS FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, EN ROUTE BACK FROM VIETNAM, TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE REASSIGNMENT OF PHILIP CHADBOURNE FROM VIETNAM TO ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC POST
Telephone conversation # 10580, sound recording, LBJ and SIDNEY WEINBERG, 8/5/1966, 5:55PM (Item)
  • WEINBERG'S IDEAS FOR STATE DEPT POSTS: ELISHA GRAY II, FRANKLIN MURPHY, FRED EATON, TOM GATES, WALTER THAYER; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STEEL PRICE INCREASE, AIRLINE STRIKE; WEINBERG SUGGESTS SELECTIVE ECONOMIC CONTROLS AS USED IN KOREAN WAR; CHARLES
Telephone conversation # 10600, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/9/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH GEORGE MEANY ON AIRLINE STRIKE, PROMOTING JAMES REYNOLDS TO LABOR UNDERSECRETARY, MOVING JOHN HENNING? TO OTHER POST; P. L. SIEMILLER; COST OF SETTLEMENT; LBJ'S LUNCHEON WITH NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS; TED DEALEY'S REMARKS
Telephone conversation # 10747, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 9/12/1966, 2:14PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON APPOINTMENT OF EITHER JOHN MCCLOY OR "DEAN" (ARTHUR DEAN?) TO UNNAMED POST; LBJ ALSO ASKS ABOUT OSCAR COX; POSSIBLE VETO OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE BILL
Telephone conversation # 10764, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/13/1966, 6:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF HENRY MCGEE AS ACTING POSTMASTER IN CHICAGO; O'BRIEN SAYS PAUL DOUGLAS, RICHARD DALEY, DEMOCRATIC AND POST OFFICE OFFICIALS RECOMMENDED MCGEE WHO IS A NEGRO; LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN TO GET DIRKSEN'S VOTE ON HOUSING BILL
Telephone conversation # 10526, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 8/2/1966, 3:43PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK ON APPOINTMENT OF DAVID BRUCE OR ELLSWORTH BUNKER TO UNNAMED POST, ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, IRAN, NGUYEN CAO KY; RFK, SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE AIRLINE STRIKE BILL AND CONSEQUENCES OF 30, 60 OR 90-DAY
Telephone conversation # 10572, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/5/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 10573, sound recording, LBJ and SIDNEY WEINBERG, 8/5/1966, 1:12PM (Item)
  • LUCI'S WEDDING; AIRLINE STRIKE; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT LOUIS NOVY, ASKS WEINBERG FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CANDIDATES TO FILL VARIOUS STATE DEPT POSTS; FRED EATON; QUALIFICATIONS LBJ IS SEEKING; LBJ'S IRRITATION WITH STEEL COMPANIES ABOUT STEEL PRICE
Telephone conversation # 10574, sound recording, LBJ and SIDNEY WEINBERG, 8/5/1966, 1:12PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF WEINBERG'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATE DEPT JOBS; FRED EATON; WEINBERG PROMISES TO GIVE LBJ A LIST OF CANDIDATES; ROBERT ANDERSON; JOHN LOEB'S WORK IN 1964 CAMPAIGN; WEINBERG THINKS DOUGLAS DILLON WILL ACCEPT POST; LUCI'S
Telephone conversation # 10243, sound recording, LBJ and SAMUEL NABRIT, 6/17/1966, 7:10PM (Item)
  • 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 (Item)
  • 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 # 12706, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER MONDALE, 2/7/1968, 7:54AM (Item)
  • 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 # 12713, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/12/1968, 8:30AM (Item)
  • 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 # 11618, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 3/7/1967, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS YARBOROUGH'S OPINION OF CANDIDATES FOR AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC POST, KARL ROLVAAG AS AMBASSADOR TO ICELAND; YARBOROUGH'S TEXAS TRIP, VISIT WITH WALTER HALL; YARBOROUGH'S RECORD OF SUPPORTING LBJ; AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 11651, sound recording, LBJ and MITCHELL ROGOVIN, 3/24/1967, 12:12PM (Item)
  • ROGOVIN DISCUSSES POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF PAUL TREUSCH OR MOXLEY FEATHERSTON TO TAX COURT; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS TO APPOINT SOMEONE WHO WILL SUPPORT TAXPAYERS; DIFFICULTY IN GETTING HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO ACCEPT GOVT POST; ROGOVIN PRAISES RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 11653, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/25/1967, 11:10AM (Item)
  • JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON CIA IN INDIA; DISCUSSION OF NEWS PROGRAMMING ON EDUCATIONAL TV, POSSIBLE COMPETITION WITH NETWORK TV, USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ALLEGEDLY SLANTED COVERAGE; MILTON EISENHOWER AS HEAD OF PUBLIC TV
Telephone conversation # 11376, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CARLOCK, 1/19/1967, 10:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR INFORMATION ON PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES IN HIGHWAY TRUST FUNDS BECAUSE OF TODAY'S WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL; CARLOCK SAYS HE WOULD NOT PUT THEM IN HIGHWAY TRUST FUNDS ALTHOUGH IT IS LEGAL TO DO SO, AS IT IS WITH SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST
Telephone conversation # 11340, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/11/1967, 5:25PM (Item)
  • FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS, FRB, BUSINESS LEADERS ON TAX INCREASE PROPOSED BY LBJ IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; WASHINGTON POST'S CRITICISM; PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES; FOWLER SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMITTEE TO STUDY REFORM OF BUDGETARY
Telephone conversation # 11358, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 1/16/1967, 10:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES GRAHAM AND HIS WIFE TO WH TO DISCUSS GRAHAM'S RECENT TRIP TO VIETNAM; GRAHAM DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO TEXAS AND BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA; LBJ SUGGESTS GRAHAM READ JOHN STEINBECK'S STORY IN WASHINGTON POST ON STEINBECK'S TRIP TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 10805, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 9/19/1966, 1:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS COHEN TO GET TREASURY DEPT ESTIMATES OF FEDERAL REVENUE; DISCUSSION OF APPRAISAL OF WASHINGTON POST TV STATIONS IN PHILIP GRAHAM'S ESTATE; LBJ ASKS FOR FCC FIGURES ON REVENUE, SALES PRICE OF ALL STATIONS TO COMPARE WITH JOHNSON FAMILY
Telephone conversation # 10812, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/20/1966, 7:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK IF ANATOLY DOBRYNIN IS IN NEW YORK OR PARIS AND ABOUT WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED PERSON (EUGENE ROSTOW?) TO UNNAMED POST
Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • UNNAMED POST
Telephone conversation # 11130, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 12/13/1966, 5:40PM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR "TEX" GOLDSCHMIDT TO UN POST; LBJ INVITES GOLDBERG TO WH MEETING ON VARIOUS MATTERS INCLUDING VIETNAM, JOKES ABOUT J. FRANK DOBIE'S INABILITY TO SLEEP WHEN HE STAYED IN LINCOLN BEDROOM; GOLDBERG'S MEETING WITH ISRAELIS
Telephone conversation # 11063, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 11/29/1966, 6:41PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES GOLDBERG ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE REJECTING RESOLUTION TO EXPEL NATIONALIST CHINA AND SEAT COMMUNIST CHINA IN UN; CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S THREAT TO WITHDRAW FROM UN; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR "TEX" GOLDSCHMIDT TO UN POST