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Telephone conversation # 5162, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 8/24/1964, 7:16PM (Item)
  • RESTON ON HOLD 2:15; RESTON IS IN ATLANTIC CITY, MEETING WITH SULZBERGER AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • RESTON ASKS IF LBJ HAS SELECTED HHH FOR VP; LBJ TELLS HIM HE HAS NOT DECIDED; TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT COMPARED WITH 1960 CONVENTION; LBJ ASKS RESTON'S, SULZBERGER'S VIEWS ON CONVENTION, PLATFORM, MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP, MENTIONS SOUTH VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 5163, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 8/24/1964, 7:16PM (Item)
  • RESTON IS IN ATLANTIC CITY, MEETING WITH SULZBERGER AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • LBJ ASKS SULZBERGER'S VIEWS ON CONVENTION, MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION ISSUE; MFDP; RESTON ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ WHEN HE DECIDES ON VP NOMINEE BECAUSE NYT NEEDS TIME TO PREPARE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF DECISION-MAKING FOR THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Telephone conversation # 5027, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/19/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JAMES FARMER, ROY WILKINS, JOHN LEWIS, A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, MLK, WHITNEY YOUNG AT TIME OF CALL
  • REEDY REVIEWS PRESS STATEMENT ON RELEASE OF AUDIT OF JOHNSON FAMILY FINANCES; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT DEFEAT OF BILL SUSPENDING FCC EQUAL TIME RULE TO ALLOW PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES; NORRIS COTTON
Telephone conversation # 5851, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT 4 RECORDINGS; MOYERS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5647, sound recording, JOHN CONNALLY and DAN MOORE, 9/24/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 5647, sound recording, JOHN CONNALLY and DAN MOORE, 9/24/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 5664, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, 9/24/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 5664, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, 9/24/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 7044, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/8/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 7044, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/8/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 7116, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 3/18/1965, 6:25PM (Item)
  • HENRY "JOE" FOWLER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ, RIBICOFF DISCUSS FINDINGS OF RECENT CONNECTICUT POLL; RIBICOFF PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS ON VOTING RIGHTS AS ONE OF GREATEST SPEECHES OF ALL TIME; LBJ TELLS RIBICOFF HE HAS NOMINATED HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY; KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 7127, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 7127, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/18/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 7129, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/18/1965, 10:00PM (Item)
  • "(BEGINS NEAR MIDDLE OF BELT)"; SLIP LISTS TIME AS 10:00P, DAILY DIARY AS 9:46P; MARIE FEHMER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7131
Telephone conversation # 7130, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/18/1965, 10:00PM (Item)
  • "(BEGINS NEAR MIDDLE OF BELT)"; SLIP LISTS TIME AS 10:00P, DAILY DIARY AS 9:46P; MARIE FEHMER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7132
Telephone conversation # 7131, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/18/1965, 10:00PM (Item)
  • "JUANITA, SAVE"; SLIP FOR THIS BELT LISTS TIME AS 10:15P, DAILY DIARY AS 9:46P; MARIE FEHMER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7129
Telephone conversation # 7132, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/18/1965, 10:00PM (Item)
  • "JUANITA, SAVE"; SLIP FOR THIS BELT LISTS TIME AS 10:15P, DAILY DIARY AS 9:46P; MARIE FEHMER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7130
Telephone conversation # 8817, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 8817, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 8818, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 8818, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 9311, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/3/1965, 4:10PM (Item)
  • "FOUND ON MACHINE 12-4-65, 10:30A"; "RE LIUZZO CASE FOR RELEASE TO PRESS"; TIME AND DATE FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; FEHMER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 10043, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN PASTORE, 4/20/1966, 5:31PM (Item)
  • DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 5:11P; OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS LBJ IF SHE CAN BRING IN SOMETHING
  • PASTORE REPORTS ON MARKUP ON UNNAMED BILL (RENT SUPPLEMENTS APPROPRIATION?) IN SENATE COMMITTEE; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF COMMITTEE VOTE WITH LBJ'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS (ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL?) AND SUBSEQUENT HEARING BEFORE EMANUEL CELLER'S COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 12101, sound recording, LBJ and THEODORE MCKELDIN, 8/18/1967, 11:02AM (Item)
  • "CALL TO THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE ASKING IF HE WOULD CONSIDER COMING OVER & RUNNING WASHINGTON"; "FROM B'RM 8-23-67"; DATE AND TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; POOR SOUND QUALITY; STICKING AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 12107, sound recording, LBJ and CECILIA MARSHALL, 8/31/1967, 2:40PM (Item)
  • "CALLING TO THANK PRES. FOR APPOINTING HER HUSBAND"; "FR. BEDROOM 9/22/67"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE, TIME AS 9/11/1967, 4:28P; CORRECT DATE AND TIME DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL AND DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 12912, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 4/6/1968, 5:50PM? (Item)
  • "ALL SUMMARIZED YB"; "TIME ?"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 11557, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 2/20/1967, 9:40AM (Item)
  • SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 2/18/1967, 10:39A; DATE AND TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 11558, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 2/20/1967, 9:40AM (Item)
  • SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 2/18/1967, 10:39A; DATE AND TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
Telephone conversation # 13206, sound recording, MATT KOEHL and RECORDED MESSAGE, 7/11/1968, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 13206, sound recording, MATT KOEHL and RECORDED MESSAGE, 7/11/1968, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 13324, sound recording, JIM JONES? and HORACE BUSBY, 8/27/1968, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 13324, sound recording, JIM JONES? and HORACE BUSBY, 8/27/1968, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 555, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 12/18/1963, time unknown (Item)
  • "#4"; BRIEF CONVERSATION BETWEEN YOLANDA BOOZER AND HORACE BUSBY PRECEDES CALL; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ IS MEETING WITH PIERRE SALINGER AT TIME OF CALL; FORMERLY CLOSED-DONOR'S DEED OF GIFT (C)
  • Telephone conversation # 555, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 12/18/1963, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 7625, sound recording, HUBERT HUMPHREY and EDWARD KENNEDY, 5/11/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • HHH ON HOLD 0:50; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; HART IS MEETING WITH KENNEDY AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • Telephone conversation # 7625, sound recording, HUBERT HUMPHREY and EDWARD KENNEDY, 5/11/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 9853, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 3/8/1966, 12:44PM (Item)
  • "RE LABOR MATTERS, WAGES, ETC."; MCCORMACK ON HOLD 0:36; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH LEE WHITE AT TIME OF CALL; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL AND JOHN DENT ARE MEETING WITH MCCORMACK AT TIME OF CALL
  • ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON TIMING, RATE OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES IN PENDING BILL; POSITION OF DAVID DUBINSKY, JACOB POTOFSKY; CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF INCREASE IN 1967; LBJ INVITES POWELL TO ANDREW BRIMMER'S SWEARING-IN; POVERTY
Telephone conversation # 9491, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/13/1966, 4:51PM (Item)
  • "NYC"; "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP LISTS TIME AS 5:50P; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; WILKINS ON HOLD 1:20; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MARVIN WATSON, ROBERT WEAVER, ROBERT WOOD, LOUIS MARTIN AT TIME OF CALL; WATSON ANSWERS TELEPHONE, GIVES CALL TO LBJ
Telephone conversation # 3971, transcript, JUANITA ROBERTS and JAMES FARMER, 6/23/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Date: 2/7/97 Pr~ingNote The following transcript of a telephone conversation was transcribed but no recording exists. DATE: 6/23/64 TIME: ? CALLER: James Farmer and Juanita Roberts PAGES: 1 ORIGINAL (Y/N): Y NUMBER ANO COLOR OF COPIES: 1 yellow
  • Telephone conversation # 3971, transcript, JUANITA ROBERTS and JAMES FARMER, 6/23/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 2052, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/11/1964, 5:32PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE AND CONFERENCE REPORT ON TAX BILL; SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS AND POSSIBLE FILIBUSTER OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 2812, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/1/1964, 2:36PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ALASKA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF IN CONGRESS AND POSSIBLE CONFLICT IN TIMING WITH CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE
Telephone conversation # 4912, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/13/1964, 5:52PM (Item)
  • WHITE ON HOLD 0:30; TRANSCRIPT INCORRECTLY LISTS TIME AS 3:52P
Telephone conversation # 1971, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 2/8/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; SEE REF #2251-2253 FOR CONCURRENT RECORDINGS; JENKINS JOINS CONVERSATION AFTER 10:00; JENKINS IS WITH MOYERS AT TIME OF CALL; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 4992, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/17/1964, 12:13PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA AT TIME OF CALL; EASTLAND IS MEETING WITH JOHN STENNIS AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4292, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/21/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE REEDY, LEE WHITE AT TIME OF CALL; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; OPERATOR INTERRUPTS OFFICE CONVERSATION SEVERAL TIMES WITH STATUS OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4808, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/7/1964, 3:01PM (Item)
  • "(LEGISLATION-POVERTY-VIETNAM)"; MCCORMACK IS MEETING WITH HARRY SHEPPARD, BERNIE SISK, CECIL KING AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • PARLIAMENTARY DELAYING TACTICS ON POVERTY BILL; ROBERT JONES; CHARLES HALLECK; CLIFFORD DAVIS' DEFEAT IN TENNESSEE PRIMARY; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; ED FOREMAN'S SPEECH CRITICIZING TIMING OF LBJ'S TONKIN GULF ADDRESS; GALLUP POLL; LBJ GREETS
Telephone conversation # 5852, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • "CONT."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS; MOYERS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5649, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 5649, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 6109, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 6109, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/3/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 9810, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 3/1/1966, 7:15PM (Item)
  • MARVIN WATSON IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND ANSWERS THE TELEPHONE; RECORDING OF CONVERSATION IS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED IN MIDDLE OF THE CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING