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Telephone conversation # 8501, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/2/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSK'S PRESS CONFERENCE; JOHN STENNIS', RICHARD RUSSELL'S CRITICAL VIETNAM STATEMENTS; GERALD FORD'S PRESS LEAK ON MIKE MANSFIELD'S VIEWS, CALLING UP RESERVES; INDIA, PAKISTAN FOREIGN AID; KOMER MEMO ON PAKISTAN; POSSIBLE VIETNAM POLL; RUSSELL'S
Telephone conversation # 8502, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/2/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSK'S PRESS CONFERENCE; JOHN STENNIS', RICHARD RUSSELL'S CRITICAL VIETNAM STATEMENTS; GERALD FORD'S PRESS LEAK ON MIKE MANSFIELD'S VIEWS, CALLING UP RESERVES; INDIA, PAKISTAN FOREIGN AID; KOMER MEMO ON PAKISTAN; POSSIBLE VIETNAM POLL; RUSSELL'S
Telephone conversation # 8542, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/16/1965, 9:53AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • NEGOTIATIONS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVISIONAL GOVT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNDER GARCIA-GODOY; QUESTION OF CIVILIAN CONTROL OF ARMY; RETIREMENT OF IMBERT, WESSIN Y WESSIN; US FOREIGN AID; LBJ TELLS FORTAS TO TALK WITH KATZENBACH; NATIONAL CRIME
Telephone conversation # 8543, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/16/1965, 9:53AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • NEGOTIATIONS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVISIONAL GOVT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNDER GARCIA-GODOY; QUESTION OF CIVILIAN CONTROL OF ARMY; RETIREMENT OF IMBERT, WESSIN Y WESSIN; US FOREIGN AID; LBJ TELLS FORTAS TO TALK WITH KATZENBACH; NATIONAL CRIME
Telephone conversation # 8641, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 8/26/1965, 4:35PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • COLOMBIAN OAS AMBASSADOR'S CRITICISM OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SETTLEMENT; FOREIGN AID FOR COLOMBIA; OIL IMPORTS FROM CANADA; LBJ SUGGESTS MANN RELAY US OIL COMPANIES' CONCERNS TO CANADIANS; OVERLAND EXEMPTION TO IMPORT PROGRAM; INCREASED CANADIAN
Telephone conversation # 9307, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/3/1965, 9:31AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ORVILLE FREEMAN ON FOOD AID TO INDIA; PRESS LEAKS; ROBERT KOMER; CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED MCGEORGE BUNDY; RUSK'S ADMIRATION OF BUNDY; KOMER'S ABRASIVENESS; MEETING WITH LBJ ON VIETNAM; VIETNAM BUDGET; OTHER COUNTRIES' TROOP
Telephone conversation # 8137, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/15/1965, 5:21PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LODGE'S APPEARANCE ON UK TV PROGRAM ON VIETNAM; UK COMMONWEALTH PROPOSAL TO APPOINT COMMISSION OF 3 PRIME MINISTERS TO EXPLORE PEACE EFFORTS; CHARGE THAT NASSER IS RE-SELLING US FOOD AID TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; UN PRESS LEAKS; AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 8165, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/21/1965, 10:06AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSK'S MEDICAL CHECKUP; UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE ON VIETNAM; COUP IN ALGERIA, POSSIBLE EFFECT ON PRIVATE FOOD AID; LABOR STRIKE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT HARLAN CLEVELAND'S LEAK TO JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON ON LBJ'S UPCOMING UN
Telephone conversation # 8210, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 6/30/1965, 12:57PM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS MANN FOR REPORT ON PROJECT CAMELOT; CALL FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS; NEED TO POSTPONE JULY CONSORTIUM MEETING, STATE VISITS BY INDIA, PAKISTAN UNTIL FOREIGN AID BILL IS PASSED; GEORGE WOODS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT RUSK'S HANDLING OF INDIA
Telephone conversation # 8222, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 6/30/1965, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • MANN REPORTS ON GEORGE WOODS' DRAFT CABLE TO PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENT AYUB KHAN ON FOREIGN AID TO PAKISTAN, POSSIBLE STATE VISIT BY AYUB
Telephone conversation # 9032, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/22/1965, 4:00PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSK REPORTS ON RICHARD RUSSELL'S VIEWS ABOUT CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSELL, MENDEL RIVERS OVER SHIPS AUTHORIZED FOR NATIONALIST CHINA IN PENDING BILL; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FOREIGN AID; LBJ TELLS RUSK TO CALL RUSS BLANDFORD ABOUT RUSSELL-RIVERS CONFLICT
Telephone conversation # 7836, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/27/1965, 2:30PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • BUNDY ASKS HOW LBJ WANTS TO HANDLE MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LBJ WANTS PROGRAM HANDLED IN MANNER THAT GETS QUICKEST APPROPRIATION; LANGUAGE OF MESSAGE; QUESTION OF DIVIDING ECONOMIC AID, INFORMATION ASPECTS
Telephone conversation # 8108, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/8/1965, 5:05PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • QUESTION OF MAXWELL TAYLOR MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; SENATE OPPOSITION TO BILL ALLOWING WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO HEAD FAA; SST; FOREIGN AID BILL; SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 10045, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/21/1966, 1:30PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • EFFORT TO ARRANGE EUGENE BLACK VISIT TO CAMBODIA; LBJ ASKS TO MEET WITH MANSFIELD ABOUT MAXWELL TAYLOR MEMO QUOTING MANSFIELD'S 1954 VIETNAM REPORT; BLACK'S PEACE EFFORTS; KARL MUNDT'S SPEECH ON ORVILLE FREEMAN, EFFECT OF INDIAN FOOD AID ON US FOOD
Telephone conversation # 9665, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/22/1966, 6:50PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH BOURKE HICKENLOOPER ABOUT SENATE EFFORTS TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ MIMICS FULBRIGHT, ASKS RUSK TO TALK TO DIRKSEN ABOUT FOREIGN AID BILL; POSSIBLE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE ON RESCINDING TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 9684, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/28/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LONG REPORTS ON FOREIGN AID BILL IN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SUGGESTS HHH, MCNAMARA MEET INFORMALLY WITH SENATORS; LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY OF POLICY ON VP TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF HHH'S ASIAN TRIP
Telephone conversation # 9686, sound recording, LBJ and STUART SYMINGTON, 2/28/1966, 1:47PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • SYMINGTON REPORTS ON EFFORT TO VOTE OUT FOREIGN AID BILL IN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE THIS MORNING; FULBRIGHT'S REQUEST THAT HHH, MCNAMARA MEET WITH COMMITTEE; WAYNE MORSE'S COMMENTS; LOW ATTENDANCE AT ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATION AT UNIVERSITY
Telephone conversation # 9503, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/17/1966, 9:15AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • KOREAN, PHILIPPINE, GERMAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIETNAM WAR EFFORT; KOREAN AID REQUEST; CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF BASE CLOSINGS, DEFERRAL OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION; STUDY ON CLOSING OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS ARMORY; RESUMPTION OF BOMBING
Telephone conversation # 9624, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 2/5/1966, 10:15AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES UPCOMING HONOLULU MEETING WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE, US ADVISERS, ASKS HHH TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE ON TRAVEL PLANS; US FOOD AID TO INDIA; NEED FOR US SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN; KOREAN, PHILIPPINE, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM; CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 9630, sound recording, LBJ and B. K. NEHRU, 2/10/1966, 6:14PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR HHH'S MEETING WITH INDIAN PRIME MINISTER GANDHI UPDATING HER ON VIETNAM, PEACE EFFORTS, FOOD AND MILITARY AID TO INDIA; LBJ GIVES OPTIMISTIC REPORT ON HONOLULU CONFERENCE WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE, US MILITARY LEADERS
Telephone conversation # 9638, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/14/1966, 4:25PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ REVIEWS CRITICISM OF US VIETNAM POLICY, PEACE INITIATIVES, BOMBING PAUSES; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; ECONOMIC AID TO VIETNAM; HO CHI MINH'S DEMAND FOR VIET CONG RECOGNITION; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S REACTION TO RIBICOFF'S PROPOSAL FOR GENEVA CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 10602, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/10/1966, 3:30PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • CANDIDATES FOR STATE DEPT JOBS: ROSWELL GILPATRIC, PAUL NITZE, SARGENT SHRIVER, FOY KOHLER, WILLIAM CROCKETT, CYRUS VANCE, FRANK MELOY; SOVIET ESPIONAGE, SENATE CONTACTS; AID TO PAKISTAN, INDIA; CHARLES BOHLEN; HENRY CABOT LODGE; WILLIAM
Telephone conversation # 10629, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/22/1966, 11:14AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • POSSIBLE VETO OF FARM BILL; INFLATION; LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO REQUEST TAX BILL; VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; RISING INTEREST RATES AND INVESTMENT CREDIT; FOREIGN AID CUTS; JOHN ROONEY; TEXAS LIBERALS AND SENATE RACE BETWEEN WAGGONER CARR, JOHN TOWER
Telephone conversation # 10780, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/16/1966, 10:18AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WILLIAM BUNDY'S BRIEFING ON FERDINAND MARCOS' VISIT, PHILIPPINE AID; JOSEPH SISCO'S BRIEFING ON CHINA; EFFORTS TO DEFLECT CRITICISM STATE DEPT IS ASIA-ORIENTED BY NEW AMBASSADORIAL AND STATE DEPT APPOINTMENTS; EUGENE ROSTOW; FOY
Telephone conversation # 10446, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/29/1966, 10:50AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN LBJ AND HAROLD WILSON TODAY; UK ECONOMIC SITUATION; GERMAN OFFSET PROBLEM; TRANSFER OF US MILITARY FORCES FROM FRANCE TO UK; US PURCHASES OF SHIPS, AIRCRAFT ENGINES FROM UK; ALDABRA BASE; LBJ TEASES MCNAMARA ABOUT AID
Telephone conversation # 10241, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1966, 9:48AM (Item)
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  • DREW PEARSON STORY ACCUSING MENDEL RIVERS OF DRUNKENNESS; RIVERS' HEALTH; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RATE OF VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; EFFECT OF 6/30/1967 TERMINATION DATE ON MILITARY PURCHASING, DOD BUDGET; POSSIBLE NEED FOR MORE ECONOMIC AID FUNDS FOR VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 10419, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANATOS, 7/22/1966, 4:10PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • MANATOS SAYS MANSFIELD IS DEFENDING LBJ IN SENATE AGAINST FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF FOREIGN AID, VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ READS LIST OF LEGISLATION, TREATIES AUTHORIZING US ACTION IN ASIA WHICH FULBRIGHT SUPPORTED; LBJ'S RECENT SPEECH TO AMERICAN ALUMNI
Telephone conversation # 10421, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 7/22/1966, 8:05PM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES REISCHAUER'S RESIGNATION AS AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN; MANSFIELD URGES REISCHAUER NOT TO RESIGN; OTHER POSITIONS FOR REISCHAUER; LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR REMARKS IN SENATE TODAY ANSWERING FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF FOREIGN AID, VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 9434, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/6/1966, 9:14AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES OF GENERAL JAMES HUMPHREYS' PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON INCREASED CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN VIETNAM DUE TO US MILITARY ACTION; MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ HUMPHREYS IS NOW WORKING WITH AID PROGRAM BUT HE WILL CHECK
Telephone conversation # 12006, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 7/26/1967, 9:59AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON TAX INCREASE; HIS MEETING WITH SENATE LEADERS YESTERDAY; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM SPENDING; FOREIGN AID CUTS; LBJ'S DESIRE TO CUT FEDERAL DEFICIT; STRATEGY FOR CIVILIAN, MILITARY PAY BILLS; SCHEDULING WH MEETING WITH WILBUR
Telephone conversation # 12944, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLOY, 4/30/1968, 2:29PM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS MCCLOY TO ASK NASSER ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF HOLDING DISCUSSIONS IN CAIRO ON SITE SELECTION OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS; QUESTION OF JEWISH STAFF MEMBERS ATTENDING TALKS THERE; US AID TO JORDAN; ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE IN JERUSALEM
Telephone conversation # 11701, sound recording, LBJ and SOL LINOWITZ, 4/4/1967, 8:35AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES HOLDING UP SENATE CONSIDERATION OF WEAKENED RESOLUTION ON LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN AID, PUNTA DEL ESTE SUMMIT; CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AT SUMMIT; FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS ON BAY OF PIGS; PRESS COVERAGE OF SUMMIT, LBJ'S RECENT MEETING
Telephone conversation # 10801, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 9/19/1966, 12:40PM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF PENDING APPROPRIATIONS BILLS, INCLUDING DEFENSE, FOREIGN AID, PUBLIC WORKS, POVERTY AND EDUCATION; NEED TO CUT FEDERAL SPENDING; COMPARISON WITH 1957 ECONOMY; EFFECT OF FUTURE VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE AFTER ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 10942, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 10/11/1966, 5:20PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • CONGRESSIONAL FOREIGN AID CUTS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH ANDREI GROMYKO; LBJ REVIEWS 30-DAY BOMBING PAUSE, SITUATION IN CHINA AND INDONESIA, PEACE PROSPECTS, COMMUNIST PERCEPTION OF US POLITICS; FULBRIGHT'S HEALTH; LBJ SUGGESTS FULBRIGHT TALK
Telephone conversation # 11062, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/28/1966, 10:43AM (Item)
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  • PRESS HANDLING OF MEETING WITH SOUTH VIETNAM LEADERS ON CHRISTMAS TRUCE; LBJ DISCUSSES INDIAN FOOD SITUATION, NEED FOR MULTINATIONAL FOOD AID, DREW PEARSON COLUMNS ON ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S DIFFERENCES WITH STATE DEPT ON US POLICY ON COMMUNIST CHINA
Telephone conversation # 13219, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/30/1968, 9:57AM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO POPE PAUL'S STATEMENT OPPOSING US FOREIGN AID FUNDS FOR FAMILY PLANNING; CABLE FROM AVERELL HARRIMAN, CYRUS VANCE PROPOSING BOMBING HALT AND RUSK'S RESPONSE; LBJ SUGGESTS RUSK ADDRESS ISSUE AT UPCOMING PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3616, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/3/1964, 8:07PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
Telephone conversation # 7014, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/3/1965, 10:09AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
Telephone conversation # 6121, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/3/1964, 5:57PM (Item)
  • LBJ PRAISES HHH, HIS FAMILY; DISCUSSION OF REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN TACTICS ON BOBBY BAKER, WALTER JENKINS, BILLIE SOL ESTES; SCARE TACTICS AIMED AT MINORITIES; HHH'S ROLE WITH CONGRESS; JOHN PASTORE; ACTIVITIES AT RANCH TOMORROW; VIETNAM; MANDATE
Telephone conversation # 597, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/20/1963, 6:06PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF OTTO PASSMAN'S ACTIONS IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT WITH LBJ ON BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES DIFFERENCES WITHIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON ISSUE; POSSIBLE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS