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Telephone conversation # 3907, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 6/25/1964, 8:20PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON VOTE IN SENATE ON EXCISE TAX BILL; FEDERAL DEBT CEILING BILL; SENATE AGREEMENT TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO MASS TRANSIT BILL; CHARLES HALLECK AND HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON POVERTY BILL, FOREIGN AID BILL, HAMER BUDGE APPOINTMENT
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 # 4921, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/14/1964, 12:02PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY ON MEDICARE BILL; RIBICOFF AMENDMENT, KING-ANDERSON BILL, POSSIBLE COMPROMISE IN CONFERENCE; RULES COMMITTEE FAILURE TO VOTE ON APPALACHIA BILL; DIRKSEN LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT RIDER TO FOREIGN AID BILL; WILLIAM TUCK
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 # 4917, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/14/1964, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • PENDING LEGISLATION: FOOD STAMPS, ARA AUTHORIZATION, ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS, FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS, LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT RIDER; INDONESIA AMENDMENT; JOE RAUH, MFDP; MLK; LBJ'S DECISION TO ACCEPT VP NOMINATION; RIGHT WING CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 4654, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/3/1964, 8:40PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • SMATHERS REPORTS ON SENATE ACTION ON FOREIGN AID, INTEREST EQUALIZATION BILLS; BRIEFING OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK BY MCNAMARA, RUSK, WHEELER; LBJ ASKS ABOUT FLORIDA DELEGATION VOTES ON POVERTY BILL; PAUL ROGERS; CHARLES
Telephone conversation # 4346, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/27/1964, 12:47PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY TO DELAY ACTION ON FOREIGN AID AUTHORIZATION IN SENATE TO ENABLE PASSAGE OF INTEREST EQUALIZATION TAX, OTHER BILLS; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE DELAYS IN HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL, LIFE MAGAZINE EDITORIAL ON FRELINGHUYSEN
Telephone conversation # 4363, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SPARKMAN, 7/28/1964, 1:15PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • SPARKMAN REPORTS THAT HE HAS ADDED PROVISION ON SELLING FNMA MORTGAGES TO HOUSING BILL WHICH LBJ REQUESTED, ALBERT RAINS WILL ADD FARM INSURANCE PROVISION IN HOUSE; DISCUSSION OF TIMING VOTE ON BILL IN SENATE BEFORE FOREIGN AID BILL IS TAKEN UP
Telephone conversation # 4788, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 8/7/1964, 8:07AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSSELL'S HEALTH; INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON VIETNAM; STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS BILLS IN SENATE; FOREIGN AID BILL; HERBERT HOOVER'S BIRTHDAY; RUSSELL REMINISCES ABOUT DEPRESSION, "HOOVER CARTS" IN GEORGIA; BOBBY RUSSELL'S HEALTH, HIS FAMILY'S RECENT WH
Telephone conversation # 5688, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 9/24/1964, 8:50PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON MEDICARE PROVISIONS OF SOCIAL SECURITY BILL; WILBUR MILLS' POSITION; ANDERSON RECOMMENDS ACTION BE POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER ELECTION; FOREIGN AID BILL; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON'S ADVICE ON CAMPAIGN STRATEGY, PRAISES ALASKA COMMISSION
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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 8626, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/25/1965, 12:32PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • MAHON REPORTS ON COMPROMISE ON UNNAMED BILL (FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL?) TO AVOID FIGHT SUCH AS OCCURRED LAST YEAR; OTTO PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT BILL; LBJ THANKS MAHON FOR HIS EFFORTS
Telephone conversation # 8627, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN ROONEY, 8/25/1965, 12:40PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • BRIEF DISCUSSION OF VOTE ON UNNAMED BILL (FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL?); ROONEY WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; LBJ INVITES ROONEY AND WILLIAM CROCKETT TO WH FOR A DRINK
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 # 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 # 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 # 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
Telephone conversation # 9684, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/28/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • 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 # 9686, sound recording, LBJ and STUART SYMINGTON, 2/28/1966, 1:47PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • SYMINGTON REPORTS ON EFFORT TO VOTE OUT FOREIGN AID BILL IN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE THIS MORNING; FULBRIGHT'S REQUEST THAT HHH, MCNAMARA MEET WITH COMMITTEE; WAYNE MORSE'S COMMENTS; LOW ATTENDANCE AT ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATION AT UNIVERSITY
Telephone conversation # 9630, sound recording, LBJ and B. K. NEHRU, 2/10/1966, 6:14PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR HHH'S MEETING WITH INDIAN PRIME MINISTER GANDHI UPDATING HER ON VIETNAM, PEACE EFFORTS, FOOD AND MILITARY AID TO INDIA; LBJ GIVES OPTIMISTIC REPORT ON HONOLULU CONFERENCE WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE, US MILITARY LEADERS
Telephone conversation # 9638, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/14/1966, 4:25PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ REVIEWS CRITICISM OF US VIETNAM POLICY, PEACE INITIATIVES, BOMBING PAUSES; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; ECONOMIC AID TO VIETNAM; HO CHI MINH'S DEMAND FOR VIET CONG RECOGNITION; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S REACTION TO RIBICOFF'S PROPOSAL FOR GENEVA CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 10629, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/22/1966, 11:14AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • POSSIBLE VETO OF FARM BILL; INFLATION; LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO REQUEST TAX BILL; VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; RISING INTEREST RATES AND INVESTMENT CREDIT; FOREIGN AID CUTS; JOHN ROONEY; TEXAS LIBERALS AND SENATE RACE BETWEEN WAGGONER CARR, JOHN TOWER
Telephone conversation # 10772, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 9/14/1966, 1:31PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • DISCUSSION OF AMENDMENT TO FOREIGN AID BILL TO INCREASE LIMITATION ON LOANS EXPORT-IMPORT BANK CAN MAKE; SCHULTZE SAYS AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY BECAUSE EXPORTERS CANNOT GET PRIVATE LOANS DUE TO HIGH INTEREST RATES; LBJ SUGGESTS AMENDMENT BE ADDED
Telephone conversation # 10446, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/29/1966, 10:50AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN LBJ AND HAROLD WILSON TODAY; UK ECONOMIC SITUATION; GERMAN OFFSET PROBLEM; TRANSFER OF US MILITARY FORCES FROM FRANCE TO UK; US PURCHASES OF SHIPS, AIRCRAFT ENGINES FROM UK; ALDABRA BASE; LBJ TEASES MCNAMARA ABOUT AID
Telephone conversation # 10241, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1966, 9:48AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • DREW PEARSON STORY ACCUSING MENDEL RIVERS OF DRUNKENNESS; RIVERS' HEALTH; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RATE OF VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; EFFECT OF 6/30/1967 TERMINATION DATE ON MILITARY PURCHASING, DOD BUDGET; POSSIBLE NEED FOR MORE ECONOMIC AID FUNDS FOR VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 10419, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANATOS, 7/22/1966, 4:10PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • MANATOS SAYS MANSFIELD IS DEFENDING LBJ IN SENATE AGAINST FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF FOREIGN AID, VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ READS LIST OF LEGISLATION, TREATIES AUTHORIZING US ACTION IN ASIA WHICH FULBRIGHT SUPPORTED; LBJ'S RECENT SPEECH TO AMERICAN ALUMNI
Telephone conversation # 10421, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 7/22/1966, 8:05PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES REISCHAUER'S RESIGNATION AS AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN; MANSFIELD URGES REISCHAUER NOT TO RESIGN; OTHER POSITIONS FOR REISCHAUER; LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR REMARKS IN SENATE TODAY ANSWERING FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF FOREIGN AID, VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 10422, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 7/23/1966, 9:50AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LONG ASKS LBJ'S HELP IN GETTING CLINTON ANDERSON'S VOTE ON "INSURANCE BILL" (UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BILL?); LBJ DISCUSSES WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF LBJ'S FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID PROGRAM, ASKS LONG'S HELP IN REBUTTING CRITICISM