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Telephone conversation # 4681, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 5:09PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ THAT PRESS HAS BROKEN STORY ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, LEAK ALLEGEDLY CAME FROM CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE; MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS DOD ISSUE PRESS STATEMENT ON ATTACK, REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH DOUGLAS DILLON ON US RESPONSE, EFFORTS TO REACH
Telephone conversation # 4686, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 5:26PM (Item)
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  • SECRETARY ASKS IF LBJ WANTS TO RETURN JOHN SWEETERMAN'S CALL, ANNOUNCES REEDY; REEDY CONVEYS PRESS REQUEST TO BRING IN LIVE TV RECORDERS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAK, DISCUSSES ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING ON TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 4691, sound recording, LBJ and CLAUDE DESAUTELS, 8/4/1964, 5:51PM (Item)
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  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK; LBJ ASKS DESAUTELS ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON OFF-THE-RECORD MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, ARRANGEMENTS FOR NOTIFYING CONGRESSMEN; EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 4667, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/4/1964, 11:17AM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF POVERTY BILL; MCCORMACK ASKS LBJ TO CALL "CLARK" (THOMPSON?); LBJ'S MEETING WITH GEORGE MAHON; APPALACHIA BILL; PRESS STORIES ON TROUBLE PASSING BILL; LBJ'S FRUSTRATION WITH CONGRESS; NORTHERN DEMOCRATS' CONCERNS ABOUT GOVERNOR'S VETO
Telephone conversation # 4669, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 11:34AM (Item)
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  • PRESS BRIEFING ITEMS; APPOINTMENTS OF US ATTORNEY IN OREGON, CONNECTICUT JUDGES, FDR III TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT FOUNDATION BOARD; UPI REQUEST TO PHOTOGRAPH NSC MEETING; TONKIN GULF ATTACK; DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES, POSSIBLE EFFECT ON POVERTY BILL
Telephone conversation # 4682, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/4/1964, 5:15PM (Item)
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  • LBJ INVITES MAHON TO WH, ASKS IF HE SPOKE WITH ANYONE ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK BECAUSE PRESS STORIES INDICATE LEAK CAME FROM CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE; MAHON DISCUSSES SPESSARD HOLLAND, CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR COTTON RESEARCH
Telephone conversation # 4692, sound recording, LBJ and OLIN JOHNSTON, 8/4/1964, 6:00PM (Item)
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  • JOHNSTON TELLS LBJ THAT FEDERAL PAY BILL HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS; DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING SIGNING CEREMONY; JOHNSTON TELLS LBJ HE HAS TOLD PRESS HE WILL VOTE FOR LBJ, EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF VOTERS' FEAR OF WAR AS CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 4696, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/4/1964, time unknown (Item)
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  • WHITE REPORTS ON STATUS OF CALLS TO FAMILIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; LBJ INSTRUCTS WHITE TO HAVE FBI PROCEED WITH PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT IF FAMILIES ARE NOT REACHED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE INFORMATION WILL LEAK WHEN BODIES ARE MOVED
Telephone conversation # 4699, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 8:36PM (Item)
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  • OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS IF SHE SHOULD PLACE CALL TO GEORGE MAHON; REEDY ASKS IF PRESS CAN SET UP EQUIPMENT FOR TV COVERAGE OF LBJ'S STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK IN FISH ROOM, ASKS IF HE CAN HAVE LBJ'S STATEMENT MIMEOGRAPHED
Telephone conversation # 4701, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/4/1964, 8:47PM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS WHITE IF HE HAS INFORMED FBI THEY MAY ISSUE PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BODIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS HAVE BEEN FOUND; WHITE REPORTS ON CALLS TO THEIR FAMILIES; LBJ ASKS HIM TO CALL OGDEN REID, WILLIAM RYAN, ASKS WHITE TO REVIEW
Telephone conversation # 4707, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 9:24PM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF NOTIFYING PRESS ABOUT LBJ'S STATEMENT ON US RESPONSE TO TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; DELETION OF REFERENCES TO BARRY GOLDWATER FROM SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 4693, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 8/4/1964, 8:01PM (Item)
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  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK; DELOACH INFORMS LBJ THAT THREE BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI, PRESUMABLY OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; LBJ ASKS FBI TO DELAY PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL AFTER FAMILIES HAVE BEEN CONTACTED
Telephone conversation # 4666, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 8/4/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 4685, sound recording, LBJ and LOUIS SELTZER, 8/4/1964, 5:21PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 4694, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/4/1964, time unknown (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 4700, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/4/1964, 8:38PM (Item)
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