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Telephone conversation # 11710, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 4/10/1967, 5:54PM (Item)
  • MORSE REPORTS ON TALKS ON EMERGENCY BILL EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; LBJ DISCUSSES GEORGE MEANY'S TALKS WITH UNION LEADERS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SENATE ACTION, COMPLAINS ABOUT P. L
Telephone conversation # 11913, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1967, 10:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HOPES FOR OUTCOME OF MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; KING FAISAL'S RECENT MEETING; LACK OF ARAB UNITY EXCEPT OVER JEWS; JACOB JAVITS' STATEMENTS; JOHN WILLIAMS' OBSTRUCTION OF DEBT LIMIT BILL; SENATE ACTION ON CENSURE OF THOMAS DODD
Telephone conversation # 11627, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 3/9/1967, 5:10PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING OF UNNAMED BILL (RESTORATION OF INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT?); SUPPORT FOR ACTION AMONG CONGRESSIONAL, BUSINESS LEADERS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL; MILLS COMPLAINS ABOUT DIFFICULTY REACHING ORVILLE FREEMAN TO DISCUSS MILK
Telephone conversation # 11390, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GARDNER, 1/21/1967, 1:16PM (Item)
  • GARDNER DISCUSSES FIRING OF CLARK KERR, RAMIFICATIONS OF RONALD REAGAN'S ACTIONS AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF KERR TO FEDERAL JOB; REAGAN'S USE OF UNIVERSITY AS POLITICAL ISSUE; STUDENT PROTESTS; CONGRESSIONAL MESSAGES
Telephone conversation # 11393, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/21/1967, 6:14PM (Item)
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER'S POSITION ON CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; CLARK GIVES LBJ HISTORY OF REQUESTS FOR PRESIDENTS TO TESTIFY IN COURT; QUESTION OF LBJ TESTIFYING IN BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; SEC ALLEGATIONS ABOUT JAMES QUIGLEY'S ACTIONS ON WATER CONTRACTS
Telephone conversation # 10824, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 9/22/1966, 4:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS MILLS FOR HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ACTION ON INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION BILL; LBJ ASKS ABOUT REPUBLICAN VOTES ON BILL; SCHEDULING FLOOR VOTE ON TAX BILL AND POVERTY BILL; LBJ ASKS MILLS TO MAKE SURE VOTE IS HELD NEXT WEEK
Telephone conversation # 11118, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/8/1966, 10:26AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR MULTILATERAL FOOD AID FOR INDIA, CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON FOOD AID
Telephone conversation # 11139, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 12/14/1966, 11:42AM (Item)
  • EDMUND MUSKIE'S WORK ON UNNAMED BILL (DEMONSTRATION CITIES?); DOUBLING OF SPENDING ON POVERTY PROGRAMS BY LBJ ADMINISTRATION; FEDERAL DEFICIT; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE, SPENDING CUTS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT SARGENT SHRIVER'S, RFK'S ACTIONS; AEC FACILITY
Telephone conversation # 11143, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/16/1966, 4:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE STATEMENT ON INACCURACIES IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ DISCUSSES LETTER FROM JAMES ROWE ABOUT THEODORE WHITE'S INTERVIEW WITH JACQUELINE KENNEDY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION; LEGAL ACTIONS OVER MANCHESTER
Telephone conversation # 11157, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/19/1966, 9:25AM (Item)
  • UK VIEWS ON US BOMBING OF VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO GIVE PRESS EXAMPLES OF HORRIBLE ENEMY ACTIONS TO COUNTER CRITICISM OF US; MESSAGE TO KURT KIESINGER; MARQUIS CHILDS AND RUMOR CLARK CLIFFORD WILL REPLACE RUSK; RFK, CRITICISM OF LBJ AT GOVS
Telephone conversation # 11186, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/22/1966, 11:07AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF INTERIM US GRAIN SHIPMENTS TO INDIA; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON INDIAN FOOD AID, MULTILATERAL AID, AND SAYS THAT US SHOULD SELL GRAIN TO INDIA, NOT PROVIDE GRANTS
Telephone conversation # 11023, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/9/1966, 1:01PM (Item)
  • MINNESOTA ELECTION; LBJ'S VIEWS ON DISAPPOINTING ELECTION RESULTS; PUBLIC RESPONSE TO ACTIONS OF LIBERALS, LABOR, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; WYOMING, IDAHO, MAINE ELECTIONS; KARL ROLVAAG; LBJ READS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ARTICLE; PROGRESSIVE
Telephone conversation # 11047, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 11/22/1966, 12:17PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S HEALTH; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS OF JOB CORPS, VISTA; JAMES MCCROCKLIN; WILLIAM KELLY; WILLIAM CROOK; LBJ SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE RECESS APPOINTMENTS; SHRIVER'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; SHRIVER REQUESTS MEETING
Telephone conversation # 13809, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 12/16/1968, 10:00AM (Item)
  • "MON?"; "RE LTR TO SPEAKER ON SUBMITTING REPORT REQUESTING TAX REFORMS, FOWLER DRAFT"; "ASKING NO CONGR ACTION"; "MILLS CONTINUES"; MILLS' GRANDCHILD IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 13814, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 12/17/1968, 4:00PM (Item)
  • "ACTIONS OF FED RESERVE BD"; "HAVE A PRES STMT ON FISCAL SITUATION"; "BUDGET, WANT TO DO THIS TOMORROW-OR COULD DO IT THIS AFTERNOON"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY
Telephone conversation # 13214, sound recording, LBJ and JIM WRIGHT, 7/24/1968, 9:55AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING IN HONOLULU, ASKS ABOUT WILLIAM CRAMER'S ACTION ON BILLBOARD PENALTY PROVISIONS OF HIGHWAY AID BILL IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE; TRINITY RIVER BILL; TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY LETTER TO LBJ; BELL LEASE AGREEMENT
Telephone conversation # 13215, sound recording, LBJ and BAREFOOT SANDERS, 7/24/1968, 10:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH JIM WRIGHT ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ACTION ON BILLBOARD PROVISIONS OF HIGHWAY AID BILL
Telephone conversation # 13216, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/24/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S HONOLULU MEETING; MIKE MANSFIELD'S LETTER CRITICIZING VIETNAM POLICY; OPPOSITION TO GUN CONTROL BILL BY JAMES EASTLAND, STROM THURMOND; JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ACTION ON NOMINATIONS INCLUDING JOHN CROOKER'S APPOINTMENT TO CAB; EDSON SESSIONS
Telephone conversation # 13531, sound recording, LBJ and DONALD IRWIN, 10/10/1968, 5:55PM (Item)
  • IRWIN EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE WITH MIKE MANSFIELD'S DECISION TO POSTPONE ACTION ON EQUAL TIME BILL TO PERMIT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT GET INVOLVED BECAUSE OF FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS INTERESTS; IRWIN DISCUSSES HHH'S ELECTION PROSPECTS
Telephone conversation # 51, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH ALSOP, 11/25/1963, 10:40AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES INVESTIGATION OF JFK ASSASSINATION BY FBI AND BY TEXAS COURT OF INQUIRY, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT STATE SOVEREIGNTY; ALSOP PRAISES LBJ'S ACTIONS BUT SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMISSION TO REVIEW FBI REPORT TO ENSURE ITS PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE
Telephone conversation # 68, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES WEBB, 11/26/1963, 4:35PM (Item)
  • WEBB PRAISES LBJ'S ACTIONS IN RECENT DAYS; LBJ ASKS FOR WEBB'S COMMENTS ON ADLAI STEVENSON'S SPEECH AT UN; WEBB DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH DEAN RUSK ABOUT NASA CONFLICTS WITH DOD ON PROPOSED SPACE STATION, POSSIBLE COOPERATION WITH USSR ON SPACE; NASA
Telephone conversation # 355, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/9/1963, 1:15PM (Item)
  • BILL GREEN'S ILLNESS; HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION; ASSIGNMENT OF JOHN YOUNG TO RULES COMMITTEE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION BILLS; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION COMPARED WITH EISENHOWER'S RECORD; OTTO
Telephone conversation # 6108, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/3/1964, 5:11PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT VIETNAM SITUATION; BUNDY REPORTS JCS, WILLIAM BUNDY ARE WORKING ON PLANS FOR FUTURE ACTION, RECOMMENDS DELAYING DECISION UNTIL AFTER ELECTION; JOSEPH ALSOP'S, WALTER LIPPMANN'S VIEWS; ELECTION PROSPECTS; LBJ'S HEALTH; AUSTIN RALLY
Telephone conversation # 7055, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:32PM? (Item)
  • WASHINGTON RELIGIOUS LEADER'S CRITICAL REMARKS ON TV TONIGHT ABOUT LBJ'S HANDLING OF SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; WH MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS ABOUT JUSTICE DEPT ACTION, VOTING RIGHTS BILL; PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN USE OF FEDERAL MARSHALS; VIOLENCE
Telephone conversation # 7139, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 3/23/1965, 11:35AM (Item)
  • PEARSON ASKS FOR VIETNAM BRIEFING BEFORE TRIP TO USSR, POLAND, HUNGARY; LBJ SUMMARIZES PAST, PRESENT US POLICY; SEATO TREATY; COMPARISON WITH MUNICH DECISIONS; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT SUGGESTED DIPLOMATIC, MILITARY ACTIONS; TEAR
Telephone conversation # 8555, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 8/18/1965, 6:15PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; EISENHOWER ON HOLD 1:30; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH CHARLES SCHULTZE, ELMER STAATS, JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 10011, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 4/3/1966, 9:22AM (Item)
  • WIRTZ READS PROPOSED WH STATEMENT AND CABLE FROM LBJ ON ENDING BLFE UNION RAILROAD STRIKE, REVIEWS COURT ACTION; LBJ QUESTIONS NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION; COMPARISON WITH NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM; JOHN MCCORMACK'S
Telephone conversation # 10525, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/2/1966, 11:23AM (Item)
  • UPDATE ON SENATE ACTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES, POSSIBLE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE BILL; RFK; WAYNE MORSE'S SUBSTITUTE BILL; NEED FOR AIRLINE CARRIERS' SUPPORT; SPEECHES FOR SENATORS; 1963 RAILROAD STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 10552, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
  • FORTAS DISCUSSES POLITICS OF AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STRIKE, STEEL PRICE INCREASE; RFK, JOHN HOOKER AND TENNESSEE GOVERNOR'S RACE; POSSIBLE ANTITRUST ACTION AGAINST US, GERMAN STEEL COMPANIES; COMPANIES' REASONS FOR STEEL PRICE
Telephone conversation # 10410, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/15/1966, 9:15PM (Item)
  • FUND-RAISING TO PAY OFF DNC DEBT; RFK'S CLAIM FOR PART OF MONEY RAISED IN NEW YORK; LBJ'S NEGATIVE VIEWS OF DNC; PRESS STORIES THAT PRESIDENT'S CLUB INFLUENCES DOJ ACTION IN ANTITRUST CASES; ANHEUSER-BUSCH CASE; GANGS AND CHICAGO RIOTS; MLK; THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 10412, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 7/15/1966, 9:31PM (Item)
  • FOWLER'S TELEPHONE CALL WITH JAMES CALLAGHAN ON UK ECONOMIC AUSTERITY PROGRAM; FOWLER'S TRIP TO THE HAGUE; WRIGHT PATMAN'S COMMENTS ON FRB ACTION REDUCING INTEREST RATES; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT US ECONOMY, FRB; INTEREST RATE LIMITATION BILL
Telephone conversation # 9429, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/5/1966, 4:55PM (Item)
  • WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 11901, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/5/1967, 5:09AM (Item)
  • RUSK READS DRAFT MESSAGE TO SOVIETS ABOUT PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF FIGHTING IN MIDDLE EAST AND US SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION TO STOP FIGHTING; LBJ ASKS IF ISRAEL OR UAR INITIATED HOSTILITIES; RUSK RECOMMENDS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
Telephone conversation # 12002, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/15/1967, 9:15AM (Item)
  • GOLDBERG'S PESSIMISM ABOUT UN; UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON JERUSALEM; US ABSTENTION; GOLDBERG ADVOCATES TAX INCREASE; NEWARK RIOTS; GUNNAR JARRING AS POSSIBLE MIDEAST MEDIATOR; CONGO; SOVIET ACTIONS IN MIDDLE EAST; TENSE HOT LINE EXCHANGE ON JUNE 10
Telephone conversation # 12819, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 3/17/1968, 3:40PM (Item)
  • FOWLER READS COMMUNIQUE ON GOLD CRISIS FROM GOVS. OF EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANKS; MARTIN REPORTS ON UK ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, CLOSURE OF LONDON GOLD MARKET; LBJ ASKS MARTIN ABOUT UK BUDGET; FOWLER, LBJ DISCUSS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON UNNAMED MATTER (TAX BILL?)
Telephone conversation # 11661, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 3/30/1967, 11:31AM (Item)
  • FREEMAN RECOMMENDS TARIFF COMMISSION ACTION RESTORING DAIRY IMPORTS TO PAST LEVEL; DUMPING BY WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, NEW ZEALAND; MILK PRICES; HHH'S MEMO ON FARM PROBLEMS; STATE, DOD CIVILIAN ADVISORY GROUPS; NEGATIVE POLL ON LBJ'S CABINET; RFK
Telephone conversation # 13740, transcript, GEORGE CHRISTIAN and RON ZIEGLER, 11/15/1968, time unknown (Item)
  • for the NATO thing and except for the Vietnam negotiations during t e campaign, they didn't bring up any. particular thing that was a sort of lap ov r thing. ; Where we get into problems is approval of an action. He (th1 President) consulted
Telephone conversation # 13618, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:05PM (Item)
  • could get the Government of Viatnam at thC! table that it was • advisable; and he thought in the light of what had happened in the last two -three months in the troops that they had ' f f· moved, that such action would not in any way increase