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Telephone conversation # 4250, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 7/16/1964, 4:46PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • BUNDY ASKS APPROVAL OF TWO-WEEK SCHEDULE OF RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS IN VIETNAM, REPORTS ON UPCOMING BATTLE IN LAOS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT MEMO FROM ROBERT KOMER ON AID TO PAKISTAN; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN'S AMBASSADOR, LETTER FROM AYUB
Telephone conversation # 3360, sound recording, LBJ and ALLEN ELLENDER, 5/8/1964, 6:00PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • CIVIL RIGHTS, FOOD STAMP, POVERTY BILLS; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION; FOREIGN AID CUTS; VIETNAM; ELLENDER OFFERS TO MEET WITH JORDAN'S KING HUSSEIN; EMBASSIES SHUNNING ELLENDER BECAUSE OF HIS CIVIL RIGHTS VIEWS; BEEF OVERPRODUCTION; ELLENDER'S PRALINES
Telephone conversation # 4999, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 8/17/1964, 5:50PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING JOHN TOWER'S AMENDMENT CUTTING OFF FOREIGN AID TO INDONESIA BY GIVING LBJ DISCRETIONARY POWER; IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL; COMPARISON OF EFFECTS OF BILL WITH PREVIOUS VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS ON MEAT IMPORTS; PRESS HANDLING OF BILL
Telephone conversation # 5007, sound recording, LBJ and HORACE BUSBY, 8/17/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • DISCUSSION OF WILLIAM GAUD'S CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING EVERETT DIRKSEN HANDLE JOHN TOWER'S AMENDMENT CUTTING OFF FOREIGN AID TO INDONESIA BY ADDING LANGUAGE GIVING LBJ DISCRETIONARY POWER; SUKARNO'S RECENT ANTI-AMERICAN STATEMENTS IN INDEPENDENCE DAY
Telephone conversation # 5245, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/28/1964, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • BUNDY UPDATES LBJ ON SITUATIONS IN SOUTH VIETNAM, CONGO, CYPRUS; BUDDHIST AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS; TRI QUANG; NGUYEN KHANH'S POLITICAL POSITION; FOREIGN AID BILL; POLICY ON USE OF COURIER PLANE; BUNDY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 6392, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 11/18/1964, 12:50PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • MANN PROPOSES US INFORM MEXICO THAT US WILL CUT ITS IMPORTS OF OIL FROM MEXICO, CANADA, VENEZUELA IN LIGHT OF USSR PROPOSAL TO PEMEX; LBJ TELLS MANN THAT US MUST WATCH OUT FOR ITS OWN INTERESTS, CUT FOREIGN AID IF NECESSARY TO PAY FOR DOMESTIC
Telephone conversation # 6882, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH U THANT ABOUT HIS CRITICAL REMARKS TO PRESS ON VIETNAM, PROPOSAL THAT US HAVE BILATERAL TALKS WITH HANOI, ALLEGATION THAT US PEOPLE NOT FULLY INFORMED; US FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; DRAFT US ANSWER; ADLAI STEVENSON; TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 6889, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/26/1965, 5:21PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ REPORTS ON MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON WHO WANTS GREATER AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH U THANT ABOUT PEACE TALKS ON VIETNAM; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS INQUIRIES ON STEVENSON VISIT AND STEVENSON'S RESPONSE; FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; STEVENSON'S FUTURE
Telephone conversation # 7017, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ PROTESTS WECHSLER'S COLUMN ABOUT LBJ'S FRIENDSHIP WITH WILLIAM S. WHITE, EFFECT ON WHITE'S COLUMN ON U THANT, VIETNAM; US AID TO BURMA; NYT STORY ABOUT LBJ'S CLOSEST ADVISERS; ABE FORTAS; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOMMY CORCORAN; JAMES ROWE; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 7344, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL POTTER, 4/17/1965, 9:01AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • POTTER ASKS LBJ TO CALL UNIDENTIFIED PERSON WHO IS HOSPITALIZED; LBJ BRIEFS POTTER ON VIETNAM, CEASEFIRE SUGGESTIONS FROM CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON AND OTHERS, POSTPONEMENT OF STATE VISITS UNTIL FOREIGN AID BILL HAS PASSED; FULBRIGHT'S LACK
Telephone conversation # 7347, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL POTTER, 4/17/1965, 9:01AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • POTTER ASKS LBJ TO CALL UNIDENTIFIED PERSON WHO IS HOSPITALIZED; LBJ BRIEFS POTTER ON VIETNAM, CEASEFIRE SUGGESTIONS FROM CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON AND OTHERS, POSTPONEMENT OF STATE VISITS UNTIL FOREIGN AID BILL HAS PASSED; FULBRIGHT'S LACK
Telephone conversation # 7362, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 4/26/1965, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • MANN REPORTS ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; POSSIBLE NEED FOR US FORCES; ABE FORTAS; JUAN BOSCH'S POSSIBLE RETURN TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; AID TO PANAMA; PANAMA CANAL NEGOTIATIONS; EFFECT OF LOW SUGAR PRICES ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; INACCURATE PRESS
Telephone conversation # 7148, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/25/1965, 8:52AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • APPOINTMENT OF LODGE AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LODGE PRAISES WESTMORELAND, ALEXIS JOHNSON; NAPALM USE; GEORGE LODGE'S WORK IN CENTRAL AMERICA UNDER AID GRANT; FCC VACANCY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TV INTERESTS; JAMES BARCO; JAMES "JERRY" WADSWORTH
Telephone conversation # 7697, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 5/15/1965, 10:32AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • BALL REPORTS USSR HAS RECONSIDERED VIETNAM PEACE FEELER SENT THROUGH PIERRE SALINGER; GUIDANCE FOR RUSK'S TALK WITH GROMYKO; ECONOMIC AID FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; INADEQUACY OF US PRESS BRIEFINGS; QUAYLE POLL; DEAN ACHESON'S PAPER ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 7518, sound recording, LBJ and W. TAPLEY BENNETT, 5/2/1965, 3:55AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • BENNETT REPORTS ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; US CASUALTIES; COMMUNICATION EFFORTS; FOOD, MEDICAL AID; JUAN BOSCH'S INFLUENCE; OAS DELEGATION'S ACTIVITIES; LBJ TELLS BENNETT TO KEEP OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES INFORMED OF EVENTS
Telephone conversation # 7565, sound recording, LBJ and WH SITUATION ROOM, 5/4/1965, 8:16AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • DUTY OFFICER READS REPORTS ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; OAS COMMISSION; US FORCES, CASUALTIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EVACUATION STATISTICS; HUMANITARIAN AID; UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION; OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING; VIETNAM AIR MISSIONS
Telephone conversation # 7813, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/23/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY OF US, OAS ROLE IN DOMINICAN CRISIS; CONGRESSIONAL, LIBERAL, UK CRITICISM OF US INTERVENTION; US CASUALTIES; ECONOMIC AID TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; TALKS WITH IMBERT, GUZMAN ON COALITION GOVT; SAN JUAN AGREEMENT; CONTROL
Telephone conversation # 7830, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/26/1965, 11:26AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • PUBLICITY FOR WITHDRAWAL OF US TROOPS FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ARRIVAL OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA, RUSK TO MEET WITH FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD ABOUT SENATE HANDLING OF FOREIGN AID AUTHORIZATION BILL, DISCUSSES VICTORY IN HOUSE
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 # 8559, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 8/18/1965, 8:05PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • , PAKISTAN AID
Telephone conversation # 8891, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/20/1965, 4:20PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED STATEMENT BY LBJ OR ARTHUR GOLDBERG ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON INDIA-PAKISTAN CEASEFIRE IN KASHMIR; RUSK'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH HHH, SENATORS ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATION
Telephone conversation # 8896, sound recording, LBJ and AYUB KHAN, 9/22/1965, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • INDIA-PAKISTAN CEASEFIRE IN KASHMIR; LBJ DISCUSSES US SUPPORT FOR SETTLEMENT OF UNDERLYING PROBLEM IN KASHMIR, INVITES KHAN TO MEET WITH HIM IN US FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF FOREIGN AID BILL; KHAN ASKS ABOUT LADY BIRD JOHNSON
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 # 9184, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 11/18/1965, 12:50PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • GOLDBERG'S, LBJ'S HEALTH; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETINGS WITH HAROLD WILSON, CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON; US SUPPORT FOR UK ON RHODESIA AT UN; US FOOD AID TO INDIA; NYT STORY ON UN ADMISSION OF COMMUNIST CHINA; NYT INFLUENCE; US REFUSAL OF RHODESIA'S SUGAR
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)
  • Foreign aid
  • 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 # 9029, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 10/22/1965, 3:30PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ TELLS GOLDBERG TO TELL LATIN AMERICAN UN MEMBERS ABOUT HIS CONCERNS ABOUT FOREIGN AID, NEED FOR NATIONS TO HELP THEMSELVES; GOLDBERG'S MEETINGS WITH LABOR LEADERS; NYC MAYORAL RACE; VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ'S RECOVERY; NEGATIVE PRESS REPORTS
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 # 9886, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/14/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSK DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH PALMER TO HEAD STATE DEPT BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS DESPITE CONGRESSIONAL, LABOR AND NEGRO COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR WAYNE FREDERICKS; LBJ SUGGESTS FREDERICKS BE OFFERED POST WITH AID, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 10020, sound recording, LBJ and B. K. NEHRU, 4/6/1966, 2:20PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ TELLS NEHRU THAT SENATE HAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED EMERGENCY FOOD AID BILL FOR INDIA; NEHRU TELLS LBJ THAT HE HAS INFORMED PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI OF PROGRESS ON BILL, THANKS LBJ FOR QUICK ACTION IN SENATE
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