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Telephone conversation # 4856, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 8/10/1964, 10:00AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • ANDERSON SUGGESTS LBJ MEET WITH EUGENE ROSSIDES, RELATIVE OF CYPRUS' ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS; DISCUSSION OF FORMATION OF CITIZENS FOR JOHNSON COMMITTEE, COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF REPUBLICAN BUSINESSMEN, PRIOR TO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, POSSIBLE MEETING
Telephone conversation # 11404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN; PRESS LEAKS FROM CRIME COMMISSION; KATZENBACH DEFENDS COMMISSION; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DISSENT IN CONGRESS; NEW HARRIS POLL; WILLIAM MANCHESTER
Telephone conversation # 13403, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/2/1968, 3:57PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DREW PEARSON'S COLUMN ON CHOICE OF HALE BOGGS, NOT EDMUND MUSKIE, TO HEAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM COMMITTEE; LBJ DISCUSSES HOW CONVENTION ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE, NEGOTIATIONS ON VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK; FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING FOR CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 597, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/20/1963, 6:06PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 13314, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES MURPHY, 8/26/1968, 8:04AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • BOGGS, JONES DISCUSS PROPOSED DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM PLANK ON BOMBING IN VIETNAM; BOGGS EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN HHH AND LBJ, CHAOS AT CONVENTION IF PLATFORM COMMITTEE CANNOT REACH AGREEMENT; LBJ DISCUSSES PROPOSED PLANK
Telephone conversation # 10677, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/31/1966, 11:30AM (Item)
  • PROPOSED SENATE RESOLUTION ON REDUCTION OF US TROOPS IN EUROPE; MANSFIELD DEFENDS UNANIMOUS DECISION OF DEMOCRATIC POLICY COMMITTEE TO OFFER RESOLUTION, SAYS IT DOES NOT REDUCE PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY; LBJ SAYS HE DISAPPROVES OF RESOLUTION
Telephone conversation # 12805, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE BLACK, 3/11/1968, 8:28AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S TALKS WITH WRIGHT PATMAN, FULBRIGHT, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BILL; FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BANK; TREASURY DEPT'S OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS; DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIVISION ON VIETNAM; SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 9667, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/23/1966, 4:41PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • MCNAMARA'S RESPONSE TO MELVIN LAIRD ON COSTS OF PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT, YACHTS; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES; LBJ SUGGESTS WESTMORELAND, LODGE TESTIFY AT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES, THEN LEAK TESTIMONY; RFK; LBJ'S UPCOMING
Telephone conversation # 11635, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 3/13/1967, 12:38PM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • GOLDBERG REPORTS ON HIS SUCCESSFUL MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON OUTER SPACE TREATY AND SAYS THAT THEY WILL VOTE THE TREATY OUT OF COMMITTEE FAVORABLY VERY SOON; LBJ CONGRATULATES GOLDBERG
Telephone conversation # 593, sound recording, LBJ and GALE MCGEE, 12/20/1963, 5:30PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF WYOMING WATER, IRRIGATION PROJECTS; MCGEE REPORTS ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND OTTO PASSMAN'S REFUSAL TO COMPROMISE ON AMENDMENT ON TRADE WITH COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
Telephone conversation # 8530, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/11/1965, 4:08PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LOSS OF US PLANE TO SAM; EFFORTS TO LOCATE MOBILE SAM SITES; BATTLE AT DUCCO; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY TO HOUSE COMMITTEE; CONCERNS ABOUT COSTS OF WAR; WH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS ON VIETNAM; PASSAGE OF HUD BILL; EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO RFK, KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 8353, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 7/19/1965, 6:34PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • SENATE PASSAGE OF COLD WAR GI BILL; CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON UNNAMED BILL; LBJ ASKS FULBRIGHT TO COME TO WH TO DISCUSS APPOINTMENT OF UN AMBASSADOR
Telephone conversation # 10222, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • STATUS OF BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, AIRLINE LABOR DISPUTE; DIRKSEN'S CALL FOR BIPARTISAN VIETNAM MEETING; RICHARD HELMS AS REPLACEMENT FOR WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; CIA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; BOMBING PROGRAM; PEACE
Telephone conversation # 12613, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 1/28/1968, 11:38AM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • GOLDBERG DISCUSSES UN SECURITY COUNCIL DELIBERATION ON CAPTURE OF USS PUEBLO BY NORTH KOREA; POSSIBLE USSR VETO; QUESTION OF USING NEUTRAL NATIONS SUPERVISING COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE RETURN OF SHIP, CREW; LBJ READS DRAFT CABLE TO SEOUL ON US RESPONSE
Telephone conversation # 12728, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/21/1968, 8:52AM? (Item)
  • A (National Security)-SANITIZED
  • National politics
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT 8/4/64 TONKIN GULF ATTACK AT SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; CRITICISM BY ALBERT GORE, SR., WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, EUGENE MCCARTHY; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS; U THANT'S PEACE PROPOSAL; EARLE WHEELER'S HEALTH
Telephone conversation # 570, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 12/20/1963, 1:10PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DUNGAN DISCUSSES SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE HANDLING OF COFFEE AGREEMENT; HARRY BYRD, SR.'S COMMENTS ABOUT AGREEMENT; PAUL DOUGLAS' OBJECTIONS TO AGREEMENT; DISCUSSION OF AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENT FOR FRANK COFFIN; APPOINTMENTS TO SEC, OTHER AGENCIES
Telephone conversation # 574, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 12/20/1963, 1:35PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DIRKSEN DISCUSSES DISAGREEMENT IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT VOTE ON COFFEE AGREEMENT, SUGGESTS LBJ CALL HARRY BYRD, SR.; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH STATE DEPT; APPOINTMENT FOR WILLIAM MACOMBER; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS VIEWS ON APPOINTING
Telephone conversation # 594, sound recording, LBJ and SPESSARD HOLLAND, 12/20/1963, 5:47PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ SAYS FLORIDA FEDERAL PROJECTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN BUDGET; HOLLAND REPORTS ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; OTTO PASSMAN, REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO COMPROMISE; GERALD FORD'S POSITION; LBJ ASKS FOR HOLLAND'S HELP
Telephone conversation # 409, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 12/11/1963, 10:46AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • MUSKIE DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF FRANK COFFIN, MAINE POLITICS; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR MUSKIE BUT DISCUSSES CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTING COFFIN AS AMBASSADOR TO PANAMA, SUGGESTS APPOINTING HIM TO OECD; MUSKIE, LBJ DISCUSS THEIR SENATE COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 410, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 12/11/1963, 10:46AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • MUSKIE DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF FRANK COFFIN, MAINE POLITICS; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR MUSKIE BUT DISCUSSES CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTING COFFIN AS AMBASSADOR TO PANAMA, SUGGESTS APPOINTING HIM TO OECD; MUSKIE, LBJ DISCUSS THEIR SENATE COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 795, sound recording, LBJ and WALLACE BENNETT, 12/30/1963, 9:00AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • BENNETT DISCUSSES EDITORIAL ON FDIC APPOINTMENT, SAYS HE, EVERETT DIRKSEN WANT LBJ TO APPOINT KAY RANDALL; LBJ SAYS HE IS NOT REQUIRED TO APPOINT REPUBLICAN, JFK WOULD HAVE APPOINTED JOSEPH BARR; POSSIBLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS; ERHARD
Telephone conversation # 2307, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 3/2/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • LBJ PRAISES BALL'S APPEARANCE ON "MEET THE PRESS"; PANAMA; GREECE; TURKEY; UN RESOLUTION ON CYPRUS; LBJ WANTS SOMEONE IN STATE DEPT TO BRIEF SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4996, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 8/17/1964, 5:41PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • FREEMAN REPORTS ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ACTION ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL; PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORTS WITH CATTLE INDUSTRY; BILL'S EFFECT ON GATT NEGOTIATIONS; GEORGE BALL; FREEMAN'S TRIP TO GEORGIA TOBACCO MARKETS; NEED TO STRESS AGRICULTURAL
Telephone conversation # 8506, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1965, 1:35PM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, ARMED SERVICES MEMBERS; RICHARD RUSSELL'S CRITICISM; STENNIS' CRITICISM OF EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES; QUESTION OF CALLING UP RESERVES; CHANGE IN POLICY ON DRAFTING MARRIED MEN; POSSIBLE BOMBING
Telephone conversation # 8544, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/17/1965, 11:55AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 8552, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN STENNIS, 8/18/1965, 1:02PM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • "J. B." [JAMES P. COLEMAN?]; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE SPECULATING ON COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR THIS YEAR AND ITS EFFECTS ON NORTH VIETNAM'S AID REQUESTS TO CHINA, USSR; DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS; UNCERTAINTY ABOUT COSTS OF MILITARY
Telephone conversation # 10115, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 5/12/1966, 11:00AM (Item)
  • A (National Security)-SANITIZED
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US ECONOMY, FEDERAL DEFICIT, INCREASED VIETNAM SPENDING; EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROPOSED CIVILIAN, MILITARY PAY RAISES; EFFECT OF RAISES ON WAGE GUIDELINES FOR OTHER WORKERS; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PROPOSED NEW SENATE WATCHDOG COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 9897, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM CROCKETT, 3/18/1966, 10:35AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • 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 # 9651, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • US ISOLATIONISM; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S SUPPORT FOR INCLUDING VIET CONG IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; SENATE PLAN TO ASK THAT PRESIDENT SEEK SENATE APPROVAL BEFORE ESCALATING WAR; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 9671, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/25/1966, 3:36PM (Item)
  • A (National Security)-SANITIZED
  • SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE VIETNAM HEARINGS; POSSIBLE TESTIMONY BY MCNAMARA, HHH; LBJ OBJECTS TO HHH TESTIFYING, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DELAY ON FOREIGN AID BILL, READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT; LONG ASKS FOR MEMO ON URGENCY OF FOREIGN AID, TAX
Telephone conversation # 9684, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/28/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • 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 # 9831, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/4/1966, 9:02AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • APPOINTMENTS FOR NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; INCREASED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HAWK POSITION; LODGE'S REPORT ON PROGRESS, MORALE IN VIETNAM; USSR AND BOMBING PAUSE; AIKEN'S TRIP TO CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 9497, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 1/14/1966, 6:37PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • ALBERT DISCUSSES HOUSE LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE; WILBUR MILLS AND HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON TAX BILL, EAST-WEST TRADE BILL; AUTOMOBILE EXCISE TAXES; LBJ INVITES ALBERT TO WH TO REVIEW RECENT POLLS; PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POLICIES
Telephone conversation # 9645, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/17/1966, 7:35PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • POSSIBLE REMARKS BY LONG IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE TOMORROW ANSWERING CRITICS OF VIETNAM POLICY; JOHN MCKEITHEN'S OPPOSITION TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; FULBRIGHT'S RE-ELECTION; JAMES GAVIN; LONG TELLS LBJ HE WISHES HE HAD RECORDING OF LBJ'S
Telephone conversation # 10526, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 8/2/1966, 3:43PM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK ON APPOINTMENT OF DAVID BRUCE OR ELLSWORTH BUNKER TO UNNAMED POST, ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, IRAN, NGUYEN CAO KY; RFK, SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE AIRLINE STRIKE BILL AND CONSEQUENCES OF 30, 60 OR 90-DAY
Telephone conversation # 10271, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 6/28/1966, 5:21PM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • GOLDBERG'S TRIP TO GENEVA FOR ECOSOC MEETING AND MEETING WITH USSR ON OUTER SPACE TREATY; GOLDBERG'S SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE BRIEFING; GOLDBERG'S RECENT MEMO TO LBJ; LBJ SAYS HE PREFERS TO DISCUSS MATTERS VERBALLY; GOLDBERG DENIES PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11709, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/10/1967, 5:30PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • EMERGENCY BILL TO EXTEND RAILROAD STRIKE DEADLINE; P. L. SIEMILLER'S TIES TO KENNEDYS; LBJ'S REQUEST FOR EXTENSION; SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON BILL; LBJ ASKS ABOUT SENDING MATERIAL TO HIM AT PUNTA DEL ESTE; LBJ URGES CONTINUED ACTION
Telephone conversation # 12103, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 8/23/1967, 9:50AM (Item)
  • "JOHN S. KNIGHT, AKRON, OHIO"; "RE; BEING ON COMMITTEE TO GO TO VIETNAM"; SECOND SLIP CONTAINING NOTATION "PRES IN HIS BEDROOM---WED. AUG 23, 1967" AND SHORTHAND NOTES ACCOMPANIES DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • National politics
Telephone conversation # 12712, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/12/1968, 8:30AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAN (RFK?); DALEY SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMITTEE TO STUDY VIETNAM; POSSIBLE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR OTTO KERNER; ILLINOIS POLITICS; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS; BEN HEINEMAN; RFK AND POSSIBLE VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11116, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 12/8/1966, 10:15AM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • GOLDBERG TELLS LBJ THAT UN OUTER SPACE COMMITTEE HAS REACHED AGREEMENT ON PROPOSED OUTER SPACE TREATY, DISCUSSES DRAFT PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE ISSUED AT THE LBJ RANCH