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Telephone conversation # 4369, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/28/1964, 5:29PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF DIFFICULTIES IN PASSING POVERTY BILL CAUSED BY DOD LETTER INFORMING NEW YORK DELEGATION OF ELIMINATION OF JOBS AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; EFFECT OF JOB LOSS ON HUGH CAREY'S RE-ELECTION; LBJ EMPHASIZES HIS PERSONAL INTEREST IN POVERTY BILL
Telephone conversation # 6234, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/5/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS MCNAMARA FOR HELP IN CAMPAIGN; ELECTION RESULTS IN TEXAS AND ORLANDO, FLORIDA; JOHN CONNALLY; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S DEFEAT OF GEORGE BUSH; RECRUITING NEW TALENT FOR GOVT VACANCIES; VIETNAM SITUATION AND POSSIBLE CHANGE IN US POLICY
Telephone conversation # 6277, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MCINTYRE, 11/6/1964, 4:21PM (Item)
  • ELECTION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, NORTHEAST; MCINTYRE REQUESTS MEETING TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE CLOSING OF PORTSMOUTH, MAINE SHIPYARD; LBJ STATES POLICY OF LEAVING DECISIONS ON CLOSING OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS TO ROBERT MCNAMARA; EFFECTS OF CLOSING ON LOCAL
Telephone conversation # 6291, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/8/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO BRING ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO RANCH TOMORROW; POSTPONEMENT OF MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH OIL INTERESTS ON APPALACHIAN COAL; MCNAMARA'S MEETING TOMORROW WITH MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DELEGATIONS ON CLOSING OF DEFENSE FACILITIES
Telephone conversation # 6315, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/10/1964, 12:48PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR RUSSELL AND OTHERS TO COME FOR HUNT AT LBJ RANCH LATER THIS MONTH; RUSSELL ASKS LBJ ABOUT POSSIBLE DEFENSE BUDGET; LBJ REPORTS THAT MCNAMARA WILL RECOMMEND CLOSING DEFENSE FACILITIES IN TEXAS, GEORGIA, NEW YORK
Telephone conversation # 6320, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/11/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT CLOSING DEFENSE FACILITIES IN EL PASO, ORLANDO, NEW ENGLAND; POLITICAL, ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLOSING PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD; POSSIBLE USE OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS TO EASE EFFECTS AS IN SOUTH BEND LITTON PROJECT; EDMUND MUSKIE
Telephone conversation # 5837, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 10/3/1964, 8:48PM (Item)
  • WAGNER REPORTS ON RALLY TOMORROW AGAINST CLOSING OF BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; LBJ SAYS THAT DOD IS STUDYING ALL BASE CLOSINGS, WILL ANNOUNCE DECISION NEXT YEAR; COMPARISON OF MCNAMARA WITH ROBERT MOSES; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; RFK
Telephone conversation # 5881, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 8:32PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 5889, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/15/1964, 1:13AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5890, sound recording, LBJ and TOMMY CORCORAN, 10/15/1964, 1:30AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5891, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/15/1964, 7:26AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5892, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/15/1964, 7:26AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5820, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 10/2/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FELDMAN TO CHECK ON PRESS LEAK OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S TESTIMONY TO WARREN COMMISSION AND ON GOVT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ESPIONAGE INDICTMENT OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV; FELDMAN REPORTS ON POSSIBLE NEW ETHICS CHARGES AGAINST WILLIAM MILLER
Telephone conversation # 6393, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 11/18/1964, 2:34PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON ROBERT ANDERSON'S PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS; MANN ADVISES LBJ TO MEET WITH CONGRESS ON NEW SEA-LEVEL CANAL BEFORE STARTING TALKS WITH NICARAGUA, COLOMBIA, PANAMA; NEED TO IMPROVE SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN PANAMA; OBSOLESCENCE OF PRESENT
Telephone conversation # 6394, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 11/18/1964, 2:34PM (Item)
  • MANN DISCUSSES NEED TO PROMOTE FAVORABLE PUBLICITY IN ORDER TO GET SENATE MAJORITY FOR NEW PANAMA CANAL TREATY, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT REACHING AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON SOVEREIGNTY AND PERPETUITY ISSUES
Telephone conversation # 6398, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/18/1964, 4:05PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF NEW WASHINGTON, DC, POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CRIME IN WASHINGTON AND ABOUT WALTER TOBRINER'S FAILURE TO NOTIFY WH ABOUT APPOINTMENT
Telephone conversation # 5533, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/8/1964, 5:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT MILITARY AIDE'S STATEMENTS TO NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE REPORTER DURING TRIP TO DETROIT YESTERDAY; DISCUSSION OF PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT CURRENT STATUS OF HONEY FITZ, OTHER PRESIDENTIAL YACHT; LBJ SAYS HE HAS NO USE FOR YACHTS
Telephone conversation # 5567, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/10/1964, 11:59AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS LBJ FORMALLY REQUEST RUSK, MCNAMARA, MCGEORGE BUNDY PREPARE RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEW FOREIGN POLICY INITIATIVES FOR LBJ'S CONSIDERATION EARLY NEXT YEAR, REPORTS ON HIS CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF UAW-CHRYSLER SETTLEMENT
Telephone conversation # 5593, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 11:46AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA GIVES LBJ REPORT ON PT BOATS' ATTACK ON US DESTROYERS IN TONKIN GULF, DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTION, NEED TO MAKE PRESS STATEMENT; LBJ CAUTIONS ABOUT ACTING HASTILY WITHOUT ADEQUATE PROOF OF ATTACK; ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW WEAPONS
Telephone conversation # 6612, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/14/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • NEW IDEAS FROM JUSTICE DEPT FOR LBJ'S AGENDA FOR NEXT 4 YEARS; POSSIBLE USE OF CLOSED DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS FOR CONSERVATION, RECREATION; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT AUSTIN SLUM CLEARANCE PROJECT; DON REYNOLDS' CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 5930, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/20/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING EDWIN WEISL, SR., AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ INTERRUPTS MCNAMARA TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS DURING CALL
Telephone conversation # 6111, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON QUIET DAY IN WASHINGTON; LBJ'S HEALTH AFTER LAST CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES; LBJ THANKS RUSK FOR VISIT WITH CABINET YESTERDAY; VIETNAM SITUATION; RUSK'S MEETING WITH DOBRYNIN ABOUT CAMBODIA BORDER INCIDENTS; PEN PAL MESSAGE FROM NEW USSR
Telephone conversation # 7324, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/7/1965, 9:17AM (Item)
  • VOTING RIGHTS BILL; APPOINTMENT OF HEADS OF TAX, ANTITRUST DIVISIONS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON ANTITRUST; LLOYD CUTLER AS POSSIBLE CIA DIRECTOR; EFFECT OF RESIDUAL OIL IMPORTS ON COAL INDUSTRY; POWER COMPANIES' INFLUENCE IN NEW ENGLAND; STEWART UDALL'S
Telephone conversation # 7331, sound recording, LBJ and PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER, 4/9/1965, 12:05AM (Item)
  • GEN. JAMES FOGLE?, CYRUS VANCE AT PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER REPORT ON STATUS OF MISSING US NAVY PILOT, AIRPLANE, POSSIBLY DOWNED OVER HAINAN ISLAND AFTER DOGFIGHT WITH CHINESE FOLLOWING VIETNAM AIR MISSION; LBJ ASKS THEM TO CALL WITH NEWS REGARDLESS
Telephone conversation # 7333, sound recording, LBJ and PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER, 4/9/1965, 3:55AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GEN. COX? FOR UPDATE ON SEARCH FOR MISSING US NAVY PILOT POSSIBLY DOWNED OVER HAINAN ISLAND; COX? REPORTS HE HAS NO MORE NEWS; LBJ ASKS FOR INFORMATION ON DOGFIGHT WITH CHINESE, REPORT THAT MIG WAS DOWNED, AND FOR UPDATE ON AIR RAIDS
Telephone conversation # 6846, sound recording, LBJ and ANDREW GOODPASTER, 2/15/1965, 10:25PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GOODPASTER TO GO TO NEW YORK TO BRIEF DWIGHT EISENHOWER FULLY ON VIETNAM PRIOR TO EISENHOWER'S MEETING WITH LBJ; DISCUSSION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIP
Telephone conversation # 6852, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/16/1965, 6:09PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "GEN. EISENHOWER IN NEW YORK"; "RE MEETING TOGETHER IN WASH."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON FAVORABLE EDITORIAL IN NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS ON VIETNAM; MANSFIELD'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; SENATE CRITICISM OF WAR; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S USE OF CRITICISM
Telephone conversation # 7663, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 5/14/1965, 12:01PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR CONTINGENCY PLANS, NEW IDEAS, FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IF TALKS WITH JUAN BOSCH FAIL; POSSIBLE NEED TO MOVE MILITARY FORCES NORTH OF SANTO DOMINGO; WORSENING ECONOMIC SITUATION THERE; PRESS LEAK AT OAS; CHRONOLOGY OF OAS ACTION
Telephone conversation # 7692, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 9:51PM (Item)
  • NEGOTIATION OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF DOMINICAN CRISIS; TRIP TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO, BY THOMAS MANN, CYRUS VANCE, JACK VAUGHN, MCGEORGE BUNDY; PROPOSED MEETINGS WITH GUZMAN, CAAMANO, OAS, JUAN BOSCH; NEW ORDERS FOR US FORCES; STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 7599, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS DEAN RUSK NOT ATTEND NATO MEETING BECAUSE OF CONTINUING CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VIETNAM SITUATION; GEORGE BALL; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH ON EUROPE; OAS; "WISE MEN" DELEGATION TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW AIRPLANE FOR PRESS
Telephone conversation # 7610, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/8/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS THAT MEETING IS SET FOR 2:00P TODAY, DISCUSSES NEED FOR STATEMENT FOR PRESS BY STATE DEPT ON NEW COUNCIL OF RECONSTRUCTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CONCERNS ABOUT RECOGNITION OF CAAMANO GOVT
Telephone conversation # 7730, sound recording, LBJ and BROMLEY SMITH, 5/17/1965, 4:45PM (Item)
  • SMITH REPORTS THAT TAD SZULC OF NYT HAS FILED STORY ABOUT MCGEORGE BUNDY'S TRIP TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO NEGOTIATE WITH GUZMAN, JUAN BOSCH ABOUT POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT OF CRISIS, AND THAT SIMILAR STORY IS IN WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS
Telephone conversation # 7757, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 12:50PM (Item)
  • BUNDY AND FORTAS DISCUSS NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DOUBTS OF GUZMAN'S ABILITY TO CONTROL NEW GOVT; UNDISCLOSED REBEL EXCEPTION TO ONE ASPECT OF AGREEMENT; FORTAS' RELUCTANCE TO CONTINUE TALKS WITH REBELS
Telephone conversation # 7780, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/19/1965, 12:00PM (Item)
  • HOOVER READS INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ CRITICIZES STATE DEPT, DISCUSSES ABE FORTAS' ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS AND LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT COMMUNISTS IN NEW DOMINICAN GOVT
Telephone conversation # 8550, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/18/1965, 12:10PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "NEW YORK CITY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 8849, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 9/10/1965, 3:56PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS HOOVER'S ADVICE ABOUT SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HOOVER EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT COMMUNIST INFLUENCE, ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT THERE, DISCUSSES RECENT MEETING ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW DOMINICAN GOVT; UPCOMING DOMINICAN ELECTIONS; JUAN
Telephone conversation # 8608, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/21/1965, 7:40PM (Item)
  • WHITE REPORTS ON REQUEST FOR WH ASSISTANCE IN TRANSPORTING BODY OF SLAIN CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER JONATHAN DANIELS FROM ALABAMA TO NEW HAMPSHIRE; LBJ ASKS FOR UPDATE ON CALLS TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON VETO OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL
Telephone conversation # 9317, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1965, 12:58PM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM BENNETT AS AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL; GEORGE ANDERSON; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS' VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW VIETNAM CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; PRESS LEAKS; SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING HAROLD WILSON
Telephone conversation # 9332, sound recording, LBJ and WARREN MAGNUSON, 12/24/1965, 5:08PM (Item)
  • CHRISTMAS GREETINGS; MAGNUSON EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED HALT IN HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY BECAUSE OF BUDGETARY CONCERNS, DISCUSSES ECONOMIC EFFECT OF HALT, ALTERNATIVE BUDGET CUTS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS DESIRE TO AVOID NEW TAX BILL