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Telephone conversation # 1425, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 1/20/1964, 1:36PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS AP STORY ON ALBERT GORE'S CRITICISM OF TAX BILL'S EFFECT ON CONSUMERS, ASKS FOR RESPONSE FROM HHH; HELLER REPORTS ON AUTO INDUSTRY AND LOWERING PRICES, TALK WITH HAL KORDA ABOUT STEEL PRICES, WALTER REUTHER'S WAGE INCREASE DEMANDS
Telephone conversation # 1815, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/1/1964, 6:28PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PRESS COMMENTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; ORGANIZING WAR ON POVERTY; PEACE CORPS; JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH; EVALUATIONS OF JACK VAUGHN, BILL MOYERS, ROBERT MCNAMARA; PANAMA; VIETNAM; DIEM COUP; FRANCE; VP SELECTION; LBJ COMMENTS ON RUNNING
Telephone conversation # 1853, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 2/3/1964, 7:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON RICHARD L. DOAN AND ASKS CLINTON ABOUT APPOINTING DOAN TO THE AEC; SENATE TAX BILL AND ALBERT GORE AMENDMENT; GORE'S PROPOSAL TO INVESTIGATE SENATORS AND THEIR STAFFS
Telephone conversation # 2019, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 2/10/1964, 8:37PM (Item)
  • SALINGER READS DRAFT STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; DISCUSSION OF LANGUAGE CREDITING CONGRESSMEN: CARL ALBERT; CHARLES HALLECK; HALE BOGGS; JOHN MCCORMACK; EMANUEL CELLER; WILLIAM MCCULLOCH; LES ARENDS; EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 1168, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 1/3/1964, 2:00PM (Item)
  • JENKINS READS PUBLIC OPINION POLL RESULTS TO LBJ; ERIC GOLDMAN STORY; MCGEORGE BUNDY; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER; ESTHER PETERSON; PAYING A PERSONAL BILL FROM THE BENELUX TRIP; GALLUP POLL ON BARRY GOLDWATER, RICHARD NIXON
Telephone conversation # 1183, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT JACKSON, 1/4/1964, 8:45PM (Item)
  • MILLARD COPE'S DEATH; INQUIRY FROM MARGARET MAYER ABOUT LBJ'S PERSONAL FAMILY BUSINESS AND FINANCES; LBJ READS LETTER FROM MARGARET MAYER; BILL CLARK; 1964 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA; SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
Telephone conversation # 1429, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD R. MURROW, 1/20/1964, 5:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS MURROW HIS LETTER ACCEPTING MURROW'S RESIGNATION FROM USIA; LBJ ASKS MURROW'S OPINION OF APPOINTING CARL ROWAN TO REPLACE MURROW; OTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATES: BOB KINTNER, FRANK STANTON; QUESTION OF APPOINTING A NEGRO
Telephone conversation # 1477, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/22/1964, 6:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS STATEMENT HE PLANS TO ISSUE ON PANAMA CRISIS, UPDATES RUSSELL ON SITUATION; LBJ REPORTS ON PENNSYLVANIA PRESIDENTIAL POLL RESULTS; RUSSELL TELLS LBJ OF HIS SUPPORT, ASSESSES EISENHOWER; DISCUSSION OF BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, JOHN
Telephone conversation # 1576, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 1/25/1964, 6:00PM (Item)
  • MANN READS AND LBJ EDITS PROPOSED STATEMENT CONCERNING US EMBARGO OF SHIPS TRADING WITH CUBA IN RESPONSE TO CHARGES BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN BOB WILSON; STATE DEPT MEETING WITH LONGSHOREMEN, MARITIME LABOR UNIONS; US POSITION ON EXPORTING WHEAT
Telephone conversation # 1237, sound recording, LBJ and FRED KAPPEL, 1/8/1964, 11:14AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PORTION OF STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; TAX BILL; PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN ECONOMY; BUSINESS COUNCIL STAG DINNER OF 1/7/64 AT WH
Telephone conversation # 1276, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 1/8/1964, 7:31PM (Item)
  • REACTIONS TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPUBLICANS; POSSIBILITY OF LBJ MEETING DE GAULLE IN MARTINIQUE; FRANCE; LBJ READS ARTICLE ON GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO WRITE A SPEECH; HARRY BYRD; LBJ'S SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 1321, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/11/1964, 1:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO THOMAS MANN CONCERNING PANAMA CRISIS; RUSSELL OFFERS ADVICE ON NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ INVITES RUSSELL TO JOIN HIM, LADY BIRD JOHNSON, AND THE MCNAMARAS AT CAMP DAVID; WAYNE MORSE; MIKE MANSFIELD; HHH ON PANAMA CRISIS
Telephone conversation # 1920, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/7/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S OPINION ON CUBA, GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS; MANSFIELD READS STATEMENT HE MADE EARLIER IN THE DAY; CUBAN FISHERMEN IN CUSTODY IN FLORIDA; CUBAN NATIONALS ON BASE; TAX BILL; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; HARRY BYRD
Telephone conversation # 1933, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 2/7/1964, 6:30PM (Item)
  • CUBA; LBJ READS HIS STATEMENT ON GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS; USSR; CUBAN NATIONALS ON BASE; PANAMA; FIDEL CASTRO
Telephone conversation # 1989, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 2/9/1964, 9:16PM (Item)
  • JOHN CONNALLY; JOE KILGORE; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; DON YARBOROUGH, LEVERETT EDWARDS APPOINTMENT; JENKINS READS DOM BONAFEDE NY HERALD-TRIBUNE STORY, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; LLOYD HAND; JOHN GRONOUSKI, RALPH YARBOROUGH, TEXAS POST OFFICE
Telephone conversation # 2371, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 3/6/1964, 7:55PM (Item)
  • SALINGER READS DRAFT STATEMENT COMMENDING THE SENATE ON PASSAGE OF FARM BILL AND ASKING FOR SPEEDY CONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE IN THE HOUSE OF THE FARM BILL AND FOOD STAMP BILL
Telephone conversation # 2391, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 3/7/1964, 1:07PM (Item)
  • REAPPOINTMENT OF J. L. ROBERTSON TO FRB; LBJ READS FROM NYT ARTICLE BY RICHARD MCGOWAN ON LABOR CRITICISM OF LBJ BECAUSE OF OVERTIME LEGISLATION; POSSIBLE PRESS LEAK FROM CEA
Telephone conversation # 2441, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/9/1964, 9:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED PANAMA AGREEMENT, NEGOTIATIONS TO DATE; THOMAS MANN; REMOVING SUBVERSIVES AT GUANTANAMO NAVAL BASE, CUBA; QUESTION OF REVISING PANAMA CANAL TREATY; POSSIBLE COUP IN PANAMA; LBJ PROPOSES MEETING ON VIETNAM AFTER ROBERT MCNAMARA
Telephone conversation # 2174, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/24/1964, 6:45PM? (Item)
  • BUNDY READS LBJ DRAFT LETTER TO UK PRIME MINISTER ALEC DOUGLAS HOME ABOUT UK BANK INTEREST RATES; PROPOSAL FOR WILLARD WIRTZ TO CALL GEORGE MEANY ON LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE OVER WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR
Telephone conversation # 2190, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS REVISIONS OF SECTIONS OF RUSK'S SPEECH ON VIETNAM, CUBA; PRESS STORIES ON PANAMA, WESTERN EUROPE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS BY STATE DEPT, NEED FOR WH TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FIRST
Telephone conversation # 2205, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 2/26/1964, 12:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS BUNDY'S MEMO ON PANAMA CANAL TREATY, COSTA RICAN PROPOSAL, ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON PANAMA, FIDEL CASTRO, CUBA, GUANTANAMO SITUATION; APPOINTMENT OF W.TAPLEY BENNETT AS AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GENERAL SITUATION IN LATIN AMERICA
Telephone conversation # 2715, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/30/1964, 8:35PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON SITUATION IN BRAZIL, READS DRAFT MESSAGE TO BE SENT TO LINCOLN GORDON; JOAO GOULART; RELEASE OF 1/64 HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT ON BRAZIL; DISCUSSION OF MCGEORGE BUNDY CABLE ON PANAMA, WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S RECENT SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 2821, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES MURPHY, 4/1/1964, 5:35PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF USDA ATTEMPTS TO INCREASE BEEF SALES BY REVISING MEAT GRADES, UNDERTAKING PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN WITH GROCERY STORES TO SUPPORT BEEF PURCHASES; LBJ READS LETTER FROM GOVERNOR MARK HATFIELD ON BEEF IMPORTS
Telephone conversation # 2964, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 4/9/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; POSSIBLE NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION; REACTIONS OF OREN HARRIS, JOHN PASTORE, PHIL HART; PRESS STORIES ON REPUBLICAN ACTION IN HOUSE; H. R. GROSS; CEA EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC EFFECTS
Telephone conversation # 3027, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/14/1964, 1:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS UPI STORY ON RICHARD NIXON'S CALL TO "UNLEASH" SOUTH VIETNAM; BUNDY'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH WALTER LIPPMANN; CHINA; NGUYEN KHAHN; NEED FOR MESSAGE TO WILLIAM BUNDY TO CLARIFY VIETNAM POLICY FOR HENRY CABOT LODGE; LODGE'S POSSIBLE
Telephone conversation # 2242, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/29/1964, 4:11PM (Item)
  • LBJ TEASES ABOUT RUMORS THAT JACK VALENTI WILL SUCCEED PIERRE SALINGER; LBJ READS FBI REPORT TO BUNDY; BUNDY ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ ON THOMAS MANN'S PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS
Telephone conversation # 2320, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 3/2/1964, 8:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON APPOINTING WILL MITCHELL TO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION; RICHARD RUSSELL'S TV APPEARANCE; LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE; PANAMA; CYPRUS; US ECONOMY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH HAROLD WILSON OF UK; LBJ READS VIETNAM STATEMENT PREPARED BY ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 2564, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/19/1964, 1:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF UK TRADE WITH CUBA AND LBJ'S MEETING WITH UK PRIME MINISTER HOME; BUNDY READS STATE DEPT PRESS STATEMENT ON PANAMA
Telephone conversation # 2582, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/21/1964, 12:16PM (Item)
  • RUSK'S MEETING WITH MORMON PRESIDENT MCKAY; RUSK'S MEETING WITH DOBRYNIN ON RELEASE OF US PILOTS SHOT DOWN OVER EAST GERMANY; LBJ READS PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENT ON PANAMA, RUSK SUGGESTS REVISIONS; MOYERS DICTATES STATEMENT TO RUSK'S SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 2588, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/21/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS AND DEFENDS HIS STATEMENT ON PANAMA, REFERS TO HIS MEETING WITH BARBARA WARD EARLIER, HIS CALL TO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER IN MACON, GEORGIA; RUSSELL COMMENTS ON POPULAR OPINION, PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION ON PANAMA; UN; OAS
Telephone conversation # 2595, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 3/21/1964, 3:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS TRANSCRIPT OF QUESTIONS AND HIS ANSWERS CONCERNING PANAMA, RESIGNATION OF PIERRE SALINGER, WARREN COMMISSION, CUBA FROM HIS PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY
Telephone conversation # 4146, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 7/3/1964, 11:38AM (Item)
  • ESTABLISHMENT OF CONCILIATION SERVICE IN TEXAS TO IMPLEMENT CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, POSSIBLE APPOINTEES: LUTHER HOLCOMB, ROBERT STOREY, SAM BLOOM; LBJ ADVISES CONNALLY TO READ RECENT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE
Telephone conversation # 3791, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 6/19/1964, 5:20PM (Item)
  • CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SENATE VOTE; WILKINS READS NAACP? STATEMENT ON CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS DURING LBJ'S TRIP; HHH; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE: GEORGE TAYLOR, HAROLD WALKER, IVAN ALLEN; ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA; GREAT SOCIETY
Telephone conversation # 3793, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/19/1964, 7:03PM (Item)
  • REEDY READS UPI STORY ON US POLICY OF RISKING WAR WITH RED CHINA BY FIGHTING SPREAD OF COMMUNISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; COMPARISON TO BERLIN CRISIS; BROMLEY SMITH TOLD REEDY THAT STORY IS BASED ON OFF-THE-RECORD BRIEFING BY DEAN RUSK AT OVERSEAS PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3835, sound recording, LBJ and BURKE MARSHALL, 6/23/1964, 3:51PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO HEAD COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE, INCLUDING WILLIAM SIMKIN IN LABOR DEPT; LBJ READS PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT HE MADE ABOUT MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER
Telephone conversation # 3542, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 5/28/1964, 1:10PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR HOUSE RULE ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ READS PRESS STORY ON REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON POVERTY BILL; NEED FOR STATEMENT BY SARGENT SHRIVER ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECHES AT JOHNSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL, AT UT
Telephone conversation # 3643, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/9/1964, 10:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS BUNDY PROPOSED STATEMENT ON ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT TO BE ISSUED BY WILLIAM FOSTER IN GENEVA, QUESTIONS RELEASE OF STATEMENT ON DISARMAMENT IN LIGHT OF EVENTS IN LAOS; BUNDY SUGGESTS REVISIONS, RECOMMENDS STATEMENT BE HELD
Telephone conversation # 4219, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 7/11/1964, 6:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS HELLER IF HE LEAKED STORY TO UPI ABOUT TASK FORCE ON POSSIBLE USES OF SURPLUS MONEY IN FEDERAL TREASURY, READS PARTS OF STORY, DISCUSSES POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF STORY; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS ON VIETNAM, 1964 ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 4236, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 7/14/1964, 5:36PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS FROM US MILITARY IN VIETNAM; LBJ READS FROM DISPATCH 101
Telephone conversation # 4263, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM DOHERTY, 7/17/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • LBJ READS RECOMMENDATION TO VETO HR 6455 GIVING TAX BENEFIT TO UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS' RETIREMENT HOME IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA; TELLS DOHERTY HE WILL SIGN BILL ANYWAY, IS SIGNING IT AS THEY SPEAK; DOHERTY ASKS ABOUT SEABOARD WORLD AIRLINES