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Telephone conversation # 3969, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 6/30/1964, 6:26PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • ALBERT REPORTS ON SCHEDULING VOTES ON FOREIGN AID, CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS, RULES COMMITTEE VOTES; DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR SIGNING CEREMONY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; ALBERT REPORTS ON DEBATE, REPUBLICAN VOTES ON FOREIGN AID BILL; OTTO PASSMAN
Telephone conversation # 3761, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 6/17/1964, 6:58PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • REPUBLICAN PARTISAN VOTES ON FOREIGN AID, EXCISE TAXES; FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT; OTTO PASSMAN; DWIGHT EISENHOWER, JFK, FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF RFK AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3431, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 5/13/1964, 3:55PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • IDA VOTE; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH HALLECK ON FOREIGN AID BILL; POVERTY BILL; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ISSUE; LBJ WANTS COMPROMISE LANGUAGE IN REPORT, NOT IN BILL ITSELF
Telephone conversation # 3440, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 5/13/1964, 4:47PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • OTTO OTEPKA; THOMAS DODD; IDA VOTE; PROPOSED REQUEST FOR BUDGET SUPPLEMENTAL FOR ECONOMIC, MILITARY AID FUNDS FOLLOWING TRIP BY ROBERT MCNAMARA TO VIETNAM; LBJ REPORTS HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH CONGRESSMEN ABOUT FOREIGN AID
Telephone conversation # 3458, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/15/1964, 11:23AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • PREPARATION FOR COMBINED NSC, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING; FOREIGN AID SUPPLEMENTAL BILL, POSSIBLY EXCEEDING BUDGET CEILING; LBJ REPORTS ON MEETING WITH OTTO PASSMAN YESTERDAY ON FOREIGN AID; DAVID BELL
Telephone conversation # 3866, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 6/23/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS PRECEDES CALL; MAHON REPORTS VOTE COUNT IN HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; CUT IN FOREIGN AID; OTTO PASSMAN'S INFLAMMATORY PRESS STATEMENT; WILLIAM NATCHER
Telephone conversation # 3923, sound recording, LBJ and SILVIO CONTE, 6/26/1964, 1:41PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ THANKS CONTE FOR HIS WORK ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; LBJ REFERS TO SUPPORT FOR FOREIGN AID BY DWIGHT EISENHOWER; CONTE DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR PASSAGE OF BILL
Telephone conversation # 7027, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/6/1965, 12:05PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSSELL'S HEALTH; MILITARY AID BILL; FULBRIGHT'S DECISION TO SEPARATE MILITARY AND ECONOMIC AID; MIKE MANSFIELD AND CLOSING OF VA HOSPITAL IN MONTANA; LOWERING STANDARDS FOR MILITARY RECRUITS, DRAFTEES; LBJ, RUSSELL EXPRESS DISMAY OVER VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 8843, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/8/1965, 6:00PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • MCNAMARA'S VACATION; LBJ PRAISES JOSEPH CALIFANO'S HANDLING OF STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; POSSIBLE AUTO PRICE INCREASE; HAROLD BROWN'S REPLACEMENT; KASHMIR CRISIS; POSSIBLE CHINESE INVASION OF INDIA; UK, USSR REACTION; FOREIGN AID BILL; US AID TO INDIA
Telephone conversation # 8177, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 6/22/1965, 12:20PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ ASKS MANN, JACK VAUGHN TO MEET WITH MANSFIELD ON SALINE WATER BILL; INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DOMINICAN ELECTIONS; FOREIGN AID TO INDIA, PAKISTAN; GEORGE WOODS' MEETING WITH AYUB KHAN IN LONDON; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FOREIGN AID
Telephone conversation # 8199, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 6/28/1965, 1:56PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ ASKS SCHULTZE TO REVIEW FOREIGN AID ALLOCATIONS TO ENSURE THEY SERVE US INTEREST; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO FULBRIGHT BILL TO DISTRIBUTE EXCESS FOREIGN CURRENCY, BELIEF FUNDS SHOULD BE USED TO BUY GOODS FOR USE IN US; EFFECT ON EXCHANGE RATES; AID
Telephone conversation # 9028, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 10/22/1965, 3:30PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CONCERNS ABOUT FOREIGN AID FOR INDIA, PAKISTAN AND NEED FOR NATIONS TO HELP THEMSELVES; ORIGINS OF ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS IN EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION; NEED FOR LAND, TAX REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA; LBJ'S STATEMENT ON FOREIGN AID BILL
Telephone conversation # 9891, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/15/1966, 4:35PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSK'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; RUSK SUGGESTS INVITING DEAN ACHESON TO WH MEETING TOMORROW; WAYNE FREDERICKS AND AID POST; FOREIGN AID FOR AFRICA; RESIGNATION OF ITALIAN CABINET; MIKE MANSFIELD'S SPEECH ON NATO; ABBA SCHWARTZ; FRANCES KNIGHT
Telephone conversation # 9919, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/30/1966, 8:33AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES UPCOMING MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON INDIAN FOOD AID; ALLEN ELLENDER'S VIEWS; EFFORTS TO SEEK FOOD AID FROM OTHER NATIONS; LBJ ASKS AIKEN TO TALK TO ELLENDER ABOUT BILL
Telephone conversation # 10017, sound recording, LBJ and B. K. NEHRU, 4/5/1966, 4:59PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ ASKS NEHRU FOR INDIAN ESTIMATE OF FOOD AID TO INDIA FROM OTHER COUNTRIES; JEWISH COMPLAINTS ABOUT ALLEGED INDIAN INSULT TO ISRAELI PRESIDENT; SENATE ACTION ON EMERGENCY FOOD AID FOR INDIA; LBJ'S SPEECH AT USDA THIS MORNING; INDIRA GANDHI'S
Telephone conversation # 9671, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/25/1966, 3:36PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • 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 # 9676, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM GAUD, 2/25/1966, 4:14PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ ASKS GAUD TO GIVE RUSSELL LONG A MEMO ON URGENCY OF FOREIGN AID BILL SO LONG CAN GET BILL REPORTED; GAUD TELLS LBJ THAT DOD HAS RELEASED ENOUGH MONEY TO FINANCE AID THROUGH MARCH; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION THAT HE WAS NOT TOLD THIS EARLIER
Telephone conversation # 9610, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/2/1966, 5:29PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS IN BURMA, UN; LBJ'S MEETING WITH B. K. NEHRU ON EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO INDIA; NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF CLARK CLIFFORD; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY BY FULBRIGHT
Telephone conversation # 11117, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/8/1966, 10:26AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • 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 # 11118, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/8/1966, 10:26AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR MULTILATERAL FOOD AID FOR INDIA, CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON FOOD AID
Telephone conversation # 11185, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/22/1966, 11:07AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LETTER FROM W. R. "BOB" POAGE, JACK MILLER, BOB DOLE AFTER THEIR TRIP TO INDIA, RECOMMENDING US SEND 1.8 MILLION TONS OF GRAIN TO INDIA; LBJ SAYS HE DISAGREES, AUTHORIZES LOWER AMOUNT UNTIL CONGRESS ACTS ON FOOD AID, DISCUSSES NEED FOR MULTILATERAL
Telephone conversation # 11186, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/22/1966, 11:07AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF INTERIM US GRAIN SHIPMENTS TO INDIA; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON INDIAN FOOD AID, MULTILATERAL AID, AND SAYS THAT US SHOULD SELL GRAIN TO INDIA, NOT PROVIDE GRANTS
Telephone conversation # 11027, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 11/10/1966, 3:36PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ CRITICIZES FREEMAN'S PROPOSAL ON FOOD AID FOR INDIA; PAST US COMMITMENTS TO INDIA; INDIA'S FAILURE TO MEET ITS AGREEMENTS; EFFECT OF RECENT US ELECTIONS ON FOREIGN AID; UPCOMING INDIAN ELECTIONS; FEDERAL BUDGET CONCERNS; COTTON PRICE SUPPORTS
Telephone conversation # 11028, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 11/11/1966, 8:59AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • POSSIBLE MEMBERS OF CONGRESSIONAL TEAM TO VISIT INDIA, INCLUDING W. R. "BOB" POAGE, GEORGE AIKEN, BOB DOLE, JACK MILLER, TO STUDY FOOD SITUATION; LBJ'S IRRITATION WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN AND "GIVE-AWAY" AID SPENDING; FREEMAN SAYS HE WILL BE TOUGH
Telephone conversation # 11061, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 11/27/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • INDIAN FOOD SITUATION; LBJ SAYS INDIA SHOULD GET AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND HE WANTS CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF NEW AID; SORGHUM SHIPMENTS INSTEAD OF WHEAT; INDIAN POLITICAL SITUATION; PRESS STORIES ON INDIAN FOOD SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 4111, sound recording, LBJ and JACK BROOKS, 7/1/1964, 5:55PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • BROOKS REPORTS HOUSE VOTE IN FAVOR OF FINAL PASSAGE OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Telephone conversation # 4112, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/1/1964, 5:57PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES O'BRIEN ON FINAL HOUSE PASSAGE OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; O'BRIEN REPORTS ON STATUS OF REMAINING LEGISLATION
Telephone conversation # 3430, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES HALLECK, 5/13/1964, 3:50PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • IDA VOTE; LBJ LOBBIES HALLECK FOR FOREIGN AID BILL; NEED FOR BIPARTISANSHIP IN FOREIGN POLICY
Telephone conversation # 3672, sound recording, LBJ and MARIE FEHMER, 6/10/1964, 7:03PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • FEHMER TELLS LBJ THAT CLAUDE DESAUTELS CALLED TO ANNOUNCE HOUSE PASSAGE OF FOREIGN AID BILL, 230-175
Telephone conversation # 3673, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 6/10/1964, 7:05PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF FOREIGN AID BILL
Telephone conversation # 3161, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 4/28/1964, 6:28PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT HAVING TO LOBBY FOR FOREIGN AID; SUPPORT FROM BUSINESSMEN
Telephone conversation # 596, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/20/1963, 6:06PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ, MCCORMACK DISCUSS OTTO PASSMAN, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID BILL; GERALD FORD'S POSITION ON BILL; PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT WITH LBJ ON BILL; LBJ EXPRESSES DISGUST WITH PASSMAN, DEFENDS FOREIGN AID, SAYS CUT IN FOREIGN AID
Telephone conversation # 9607, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 2/2/1966, 10:01AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • FREEMAN DISCUSSES LBJ'S MEETING WITH B. K. NEHRU, UN APPEAL FOR WORLD FOOD AID FOR INDIA; LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR INDIAN SELF-HELP, CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF FOOD AID, WORLD FOOD AID, INDIAN CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; INDIRA GANDHI VISIT; PAKISTAN
Telephone conversation # 62, sound recording, LBJ and HORACE BUSBY, 11/26/1963, 1:25PM (Item)
  • "TRANSCRIBED"; LBJ IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH BILL MOYERS, WALTER JENKINS AND ABE FORTAS? AT TIME OF CALL AND OCCASIONALLY SPEAKS WITH THEM; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993
Telephone conversation # 358, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/9/1963, 3:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION TO RELAY TO GROUP WITH WHOM HE IS MEETING, DISCUSSES NEED TO RALLY SUPPORT FROM TEXAS CONGRESSMEN AND TELLS O'BRIEN TO TALK TO WALTER JENKINS ABOUT TEXAS
Telephone conversation # 220, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER LIPPMANN, 12/1/1963, 5:46PM (Item)
  • "(TRANSCRIBED)"; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994; LIPPMANN ON HOLD 3:40; ALMOST INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH LBJ, WALTER JENKINS, ABE FORTAS PRECEDES CALL
Telephone conversation # 475, sound recording, LBJ and JACK BROOKS, 12/13/1963, 4:55PM (Item)
  • "#2"; BROOKS ON HOLD 0:40; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE AND SPEAKS WITH WALTER JENKINS AND BILL MOYERS DURING HIS CONVERSATION WITH BROOKS; FORMERLY OPENED IN PART-DONOR'S DEED OF GIFT (C)
Telephone conversation # 1667, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/30/1964, 6:14PM (Item)
  • FORTAS RELATES HIS CONVERSATION WITH HHH ABOUT BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; ALBERT GEORGE YOUNG TESTIMONY; EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE QUESTION OF WALTER JENKINS TESTIFYING BEFORE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE; SCHEDULE FOR TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 1615, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 1/29/1964, 11:11AM (Item)
  • TAX BILL AND JOHN PASTORE'S STANCE ON EXCISE TAXES; PANAMA SITUATION; OAS PEACE COMMITTEE; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; WALTER JENKINS AND QUESTION OF EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE, WH STAFF TESTIFYING BEFORE CONGRESS; COMPARISON WITH SHERMAN ADAMS TESTIFYING
Telephone conversation # 4129, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/2/1964, 1:44PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING CEREMONY IN ORDER TO GET BEST TV COVERAGE; LBJ PUTS REEDY ON HOLD TO CONSULT WITH WALTER JENKINS BUT DOES NOT GET BACK TO HIM