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Telephone conversation # 9322, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/16/1965, 10:11AM (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON INQUIRIES HE MADE TO NSC STAFF ABOUT LEAK TO DOUGLAS KIKER ON VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ TELLS BUNDY JUNIOR STAFF SHOULD REFER PRESS CALLS TO BUNDY OR MOYERS, DISCUSSES ORIGIN OF "SPUTTERING MAD" PRESS STORY ON ALUMINUM CRISIS
Telephone conversation # 8357, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK TRACED TO EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH DIRKSEN ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; PAUL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 10145, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 5/27/1966, 5:11PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF UNNAMED PERSON AND MEMO ON PEACE INITIATIVES; LUCIUS BATTLE, WILLIAM BLAIR, EUGENE ROSTOW AS REPLACEMENT FOR THOMAS MANN; UNNAMED PERSON AS REPLACEMENT FOR GEORGE BALL; DOUGLAS DILLON, CYRUS VANCE, DAVID BRUCE AS UNDERSECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 9897, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM CROCKETT, 3/18/1966, 10:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO REPLACE LLOYD HAND AS CHIEF OF PROTOCOL: ANGIER BIDDLE DUKE, WARREN WOODWARD, DOUGLAS MACARTHUR II; POSSIBLE HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON ABBA SCHWARTZ' RESIGNATION
Telephone conversation # 9535, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/26/1966, 9:54AM (Item)
  • VIETNAM PEACE FEELER FROM MAYOR OF MILAN, ITALY; QUESTION OF WILLIAM DOUGLAS MEETING INFORMALLY WITH HO CHI MINH; LBJ EVALUATES VIETNAM SITUATION; LACK OF ENEMY RESPONSE TO BOMBING HALT; CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS ON VIETNAM POLICY; POSSIBLE CHINESE
Telephone conversation # 10563, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/5/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • DAVID BRUCE'S REFUSAL OF UNNAMED POST (UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE?); OTHER CANDIDATES: EUGENE BLACK, DOUGLAS DILLON; PRESS CRITICISM OF LBJ'S FAILURE TO FILL STATE DEPT POSTS; DON PRICE; CONCERNS ABOUT AGE OF CANDIDATES; ELLSWORTH BUNKER; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 10564, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 8/5/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FULBRIGHT'S ADVICE ABOUT STATE DEPT REPLACEMENTS FOR THOMAS MANN, GEORGE BALL, U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, WILLIAM CROCKETT; CONCERNS ABOUT AGE OF CANDIDATES, NEED FOR NEW BLOOD; DON PRICE; FULBRIGHT RECOMMENDS HENRY TASCA; LBJ ASKS ABOUT DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 10565, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 8/5/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES TO FILL STATE DEPT VACANCIES; DOUGLAS DILLON; EUGENE BLACK; DAVID BRUCE; DISCUSSION OF ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S WIDE EXPERIENCE AND HIS VITALITY DESPITE HIS AGE
Telephone conversation # 10574, sound recording, LBJ and SIDNEY WEINBERG, 8/5/1966, 1:12PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF WEINBERG'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATE DEPT JOBS; FRED EATON; WEINBERG PROMISES TO GIVE LBJ A LIST OF CANDIDATES; ROBERT ANDERSON; JOHN LOEB'S WORK IN 1964 CAMPAIGN; WEINBERG THINKS DOUGLAS DILLON WILL ACCEPT POST; LUCI'S
Telephone conversation # 11405, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM (Item)
  • COMMENTS ABOUT LBJ IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; BACKGROUND OF JFK'S VISIT TO TEXAS; J. EDGAR HOOVER AND CONSULAR CONVENTION; APPOINTMENTS OF WILLIAM MACOMBER, DOUGLAS MACARTHUR III; KATZENBACH REQUESTS MEETING ON CRIME
Telephone conversation # 11117, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/8/1966, 10:26AM (Item)
  • WILLIAM DOUGLAS' CALL ABOUT HARRY ASHMORE'S, WILLIAM BAGGS' PLANS TO MEET WITH HO CHI MINH IN HANOI; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS STORIES ON INDIAN FOOD SHORTAGES, DISCUSSES NEED FOR MULTILATERAL FOOD AID, INDIAN SELF-HELP; CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS ON AID
Telephone conversation # 10046, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 4/22/1966, 6:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GOLDBERG TO TALK TO PAULINE FREDERICK ABOUT STORY ON USSR PROPOSAL FOR PEACE TALKS IF US STOPS VIETNAM BOMBING; GOLDBERG'S OPPOSITION TO BOMBING CAMBODIA; LBJ ASKS FOR NEW US INITIATIVES ON AFRICA, ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE; BILL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • JOHN CROOKER, SR. AND JR.; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME COURT?: CYRUS VANCE, CLARK CLIFFORD, RAMSEY CLARK, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS BIAS AGAINST LBJ; BOB KERR'S OPINION OF DOUGLAS DILLON; ANDRE MEYER'S, FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 106, sound recording, LBJ and JOE KILGORE, 11/27/1963, 5:21PM (Item)
  • KILGORE PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS TODAY; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS BUSY SCHEDULE AND HIS MEETINGS TODAY WITH PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK AND PRIME MINISTER OF CAMBODIA; DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR KILGORE AND HIS WIFE TO COME TO JOHNSONS' HOME FOR DINNER
Telephone conversation # 2564, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/19/1964, 1:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF UK TRADE WITH CUBA AND LBJ'S MEETING WITH UK PRIME MINISTER HOME; BUNDY READS STATE DEPT PRESS STATEMENT ON PANAMA
Telephone conversation # 6418, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/19/1964, 7:04PM (Item)
  • "LBJ RANCH"; DAILY DIARY INDICATES THAT LBJ IS AT FRANK ERWIN HOME IN AUSTIN AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; VALENTI IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL, SPEAKS BRIEFLY WITH COOK
Telephone conversation # 7711, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/16/1965, 6:16PM (Item)
  • "6:20-6:45 MR. BUNDY-SANTO DOMINGO, DR"; "DUPLICATE BELTS FR SIGNAL CORPS"; BUNDY ON HOLD 2:53; FORTAS IS AT HOME; HIGH-PITCHED WHINE OCCURS DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7709
Telephone conversation # 7712, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/16/1965, 6:16PM (Item)
  • "6:20-6:45 MR. BUNDY-SANTO DOMINGO, DR"; "DUPLICATE BELTS FR SIGNAL CORPS"; FORTAS IS AT HOME; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7709, #7710
Telephone conversation # 7705, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/16/1965, 6:00PM (Item)
  • "SANTO DOMINGO, DR"; "(FR SIGNAL CORPS)"; "TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ...NECESSITATED A CALL BACK AT 6:16P (...FR SIGNAL CORPS)"; FORTAS IS AT HOME; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7707
Telephone conversation # 7707, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/16/1965, 6:00PM (Item)
  • "BUNDY FROM SANTO DOMINGO"; CALL IS OFTEN INTERRUPTED, CUT OFF, NECESSITATING ANOTHER CALL AT 6:16P; FORTAS IS AT HIS HOME, BUNDY IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7705, #7706
Telephone conversation # 7709, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/16/1965, 6:16PM (Item)
  • "JOINED W/ABE FORTAS - 6:25PM"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; FORTAS IS AT HOME; HIGH-PITCHED WHINE OCCURS DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7711, #7712
Telephone conversation # 7710, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/16/1965, 6:16PM (Item)
  • "JOINED W/ABE FORTAS - 6:25PM"; BUNDY IS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FORTAS IS AT HOME; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7712
Telephone conversation # 8801, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 9/1/1965, 8:45AM (Item)
  • CANDIDATES FOR HUD SECRETARY: ROBERT WEAVER; LAURANCE ROCKEFELLER; ROBERT WAGNER; RICHARD DALEY; URBAN RENEWAL PROBLEMS; WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; LBJ'S POPULARITY, WEAKNESSES; TANK SALES TO ISRAEL; LBJ'S PLANS TO SEND OTHERS ON DIPLOMATIC
Telephone conversation # 7928, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and ROBERT MCNAMARA'S OFFICE, 5/19/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • MCNAMARA ASKS "PEG" IN HIS OFFICE IF BRIEFING MATERIAL HAS ARRIVED; SHE TELLS HIM THAT BOOK HAS ARRIVED BUT NOT MATERIAL FROM STATE DEPT; MCNAMARA TELLS HER HE WILL LOOK AT IT IN THE MORNING, THAT HE IS GOING HOME
Telephone conversation # 8003, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and BILL MOYERS' OFFICE, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • MOYERS ASKS "CAROL" TO BRING ONE OF HIS CIGARS AND THREE COPIES OF THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE 4:00P PRESS BRIEFING TO WH SITUATION ROOM; CAROL TELLS MOYERS SHE WILL GO HOME SOON AND RETURN LATER BUT WILL MAKE SURE "ANN" STAYS IN THE OFFICE IN HER ABSENCE
Telephone conversation # 8025, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and BILL MOYERS' OFFICE, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • MOYERS ASKS "ANN" TO RELAY MESSAGE TO HIS WIFE, JUDITH, THAT HE MUST STAY IN WH SITUATION ROOM OVERNIGHT BECAUSE OF SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS ANN TO SEND CAR TO HIS HOME TO PICK UP CLOTHES; ANN TELLS MOYERS MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF
Telephone conversation # 9673, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 2/25/1966, 3:55PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE AEC FACILITY IN MAHON'S DISTRICT; MAHON'S CONCERNS THAT FACILITY WILL BE PUT ELSEWHERE IN TEXAS; RELEASE OF FUNDS FOR FARMERS HOME LOANS; FRB DECISION TO TIGHTEN CREDIT; DELAY IN RENT SUPPLEMENT, TEACHER CORPS APPROPRIATIONS; VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 10761, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 9/13/1966, 3:45PM (Item)
  • MANSFIELD'S TALK WITH UNNAMED MAN ABOUT STATE OR JUSTICE DEPT APPOINTMENT; LBJ ASKS FOR SENATE ACTION ON BANKING BILL, DISCUSSES SALE OF FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD DEBENTURES; OTHER CANDIDATES FOR JOBS; SOL LINOWITZ; GALE MCGEE'S VOTE ON UNNAMED
Telephone conversation # 8684, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE KEOGH, 8/31/1965, 8:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS KEOGH TO SIGN HOUSE DISCHARGE PETITION FOR WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; ROSTENKOWSKI'S CONCERNS ABOUT LBJ'S LETTER TO HOUSE SPEAKER ON IMMIGRATION BILL; APPOINTMENTS OF JOHN GRONOUSKI AS AMBASSADOR TO POLAND, LARRY O'BRIEN AS POSTMASTER
Telephone conversation # 9915, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/26/1966, 4:30PM (Item)
  • CONTROL OF OVERSEAS TRAVEL; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF CARL SANDERS TO CIRCUIT COURT; GEORGIA POLITICS; WH CIVIL RIGHTS CONFERENCE; DC HOME RULE; WALTER, BENNETTA WASHINGTON; ARREST IN VERNON DAHMER MURDER; KKK; SOUTHERN VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS
Telephone conversation # 13350, transcript, JIM JONES? and DEAN RUSK, 8/30/1968, 10:15PM (Item)
  • was interested that Chip Bohlen who was 51-49 on the Czech movement put this at least 70-30 against••• and Thompson more or ·less agreed with that. Now, we're on full intelligence and policy alert during the night••• I'm at home at the moment, but have