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Telephone conversation # 8587, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/21/1965, 4:35PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA'S EFFORTS TO REACH JOHN STENNIS, HIS TALK WITH RICHARD RUSSELL ON PROPOSED VETO OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL CONTAINING PROVISION REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS; LBJ ASKS IF HE SHOULD CALL MANSFIELD
Telephone conversation # 8177, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 6/22/1965, 12:20PM (Item)
  • 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 # 9030, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/22/1965, 3:40PM (Item)
  • RUSK DISCUSSES CONFLICT BETWEEN RICHARD RUSSELL, MENDEL RIVERS ABOUT NUMBER OF SHIPS AUTHORIZED FOR NATIONALIST CHINA NEXT YEAR IN PENDING BILL; RUSK ASKS LBJ'S ADVICE ABOUT RESOLVING CONFLICT; LBJ TELLS RUSK TO CALL MANSFIELD AND ASK HIM TO CALL
Telephone conversation # 9034, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 10/22/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • MCCLELLAN TELLS LBJ KARL MUNDT HAS WITHDRAWN HIS OBJECTIONS TO UNNAMED BILL; MCCLELLAN IS LEAVING TOWN BUT HAS PUT HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON IN CHARGE OF PASSING BILL; LBJ TELLS MCCLELLAN TO CALL MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN BEFORE LEAVING TO MAKE SURE BILL
Telephone conversation # 9610, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/2/1966, 5:29PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 9623, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/5/1966, 8:27AM? (Item)
  • NEED TO IMPROVE LOBBYING EFFORTS FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SMALL BUSINESS LEGISLATION; MANSFIELD'S REPORT ON VIETNAM; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ COMPARES SAM RAYBURN, CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 12802, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/7/1968, 4:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S 3/6/68 MEETING WITH FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN, AND SPARKMAN ON VIETNAM; FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; SENATE DEBATE ON WAR; STUDY OF RESERVE CALL-UP, MORE TROOPS IN VIETNAM; VIETNAMESE DRAFT AGE; SENATE HEARINGS ON TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 12804, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/8/1968, 10:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S 3/6/68 MEETING WITH FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN, SPARKMAN; SENATE DEBATE ON VIETNAM YESTERDAY; LBJ'S TALK WITH RICHARD RUSSELL; AUGUST 1964 TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; NEED FOR MORE TROOPS; DOD BUDGET; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; RESERVE
Telephone conversation # 7054, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:32PM? (Item)
  • CONDITION OF JAMES REEB; STATUS OF COURT ACTION IN SELMA, ALABAMA; MLK DECISION TO DEDICATE MARCH TO REEB; WH MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS; HHH MEMO; POSSIBLE FEDERAL ACTION, ARREST OF AL LINGO, JIM CLARK; MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN AND VOTING RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 9683, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/28/1966, 8:53AM (Item)
  • SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; O'BRIEN'S COMPARISON OF RFK, JFK; POSITIVE REACTION TO O'BRIEN'S VIETNAM SPEECH; LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO TALK TO DIRKSEN, MANSFIELD ON PASSING VIETNAM BILLS, HANDLING WAYNE MORSE AMENDMENT