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Telephone conversation # 7057, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 3/11/1965, 9:16AM (Item)
  • NOMINATION OF SUCCESSOR TO DOUGLAS DILLON AS TREASURY SECRETARY; PRESS LEAKS; DON COOK; WRIGHT PATMAN AND FRB; JOHN LOEB; DAVID "KENDALL" (KENNEDY?); RUDOLPH PETERSON; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN; MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE; MONETARY
Telephone conversation # 7061, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 3/13/1965, 9:10AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF KERMIT GORDON AS TREASURY SECRETARY TO SUCCEED DOUGLAS DILLON; GORDON EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FOREIGN ECONOMIC DUTIES; LBJ EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN GORDON; OTHER VACANCIES IN TREASURY; GORDON AGREES TO RECONSIDER
Telephone conversation # 7067, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 3/15/1965, 9:05AM (Item)
  • GORDON ACCEPTS NOMINATION AS TREASURY SECRETARY; GORDON'S SUCCESSOR AS DIRECTOR OF B.O.B.; CHARLES HITCH; CHARLES SCHULTZE; JOHN MACY; DON PRICE; NEED TO CONSULT WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; JOSEPH BARR; SAM LOW; DOUGLAS DILLON AND IRS RULING
Telephone conversation # 7068, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 3/15/1965, 9:05AM (Item)
  • ALBERT GORE'S INTEREST IN POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST BY DOUGLAS DILLON IN HANDLING OF DUPONT CASE; RFK; LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR GORDON TO BE INVOLVED IN ALL GOVT FISCAL MATTERS; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
Telephone conversation # 8546, sound recording, LBJ and ROGER BRANIGAN, 8/17/1965, 6:36PM (Item)
  • Branigin, Roger D. (Roger Douglas), 1902-1975
Telephone conversation # 8872, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 9/15/1965, 12:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS SMATHERS TO ANSWER FULBRIGHT'S SPEECH ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, DISCUSSES INACCURACIES IN SPEECH, COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT; OBJECTIONS OF VANCE HARTKE, PAUL DOUGLAS, ALBERT GORE TO CANADIAN AUTO PARTS AGREEMENT IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 8622, sound recording, LBJ and CECIL KING, 8/23/1965, 4:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES ARRANGING MEETING OF LBJ WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAN (DONALD DOUGLAS, JR.?) AND HIS WIFE; KING THANKS LBJ FOR AGREEING TO MEET WITH THEM
Telephone conversation # 9322, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/16/1965, 10:11AM (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON INQUIRIES HE MADE TO NSC STAFF ABOUT LEAK TO DOUGLAS KIKER ON VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ TELLS BUNDY JUNIOR STAFF SHOULD REFER PRESS CALLS TO BUNDY OR MOYERS, DISCUSSES ORIGIN OF "SPUTTERING MAD" PRESS STORY ON ALUMINUM CRISIS
Telephone conversation # 8357, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK TRACED TO EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH DIRKSEN ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; PAUL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 10048, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/25/1966, 10:35AM (Item)
  • PROMOTION OF JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SUPPORT OF DIRKSEN'S CANDIDATES FOR ILLINOIS APPOINTMENTS; PAUL DOUGLAS' CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTMENTS; DIRKSEN'S DEFEAT OF SIDNEY YATES; HOMER THORNBERRY'S APPOINTMENT; EISENHOWER'S TEXAS APPOINTMENTS
Telephone conversation # 10145, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 5/27/1966, 5:11PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF UNNAMED PERSON AND MEMO ON PEACE INITIATIVES; LUCIUS BATTLE, WILLIAM BLAIR, EUGENE ROSTOW AS REPLACEMENT FOR THOMAS MANN; UNNAMED PERSON AS REPLACEMENT FOR GEORGE BALL; DOUGLAS DILLON, CYRUS VANCE, DAVID BRUCE AS UNDERSECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 9897, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM CROCKETT, 3/18/1966, 10:35AM (Item)
  • 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 # 9535, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/26/1966, 9:54AM (Item)
  • VIETNAM PEACE FEELER FROM MAYOR OF MILAN, ITALY; QUESTION OF WILLIAM DOUGLAS MEETING INFORMALLY WITH HO CHI MINH; LBJ EVALUATES VIETNAM SITUATION; LACK OF ENEMY RESPONSE TO BOMBING HALT; CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS ON VIETNAM POLICY; POSSIBLE CHINESE
Telephone conversation # 10614, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/16/1966, 10:20AM (Item)
  • DALEY'S CONCERNS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS CONCERNING HOUSING IN CHICAGO, SUBURBAN ILLINOIS AREAS; POSSIBILITY OF RACE RIOTS, VIOLENCE; EFFECT ON CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; PAUL DOUGLAS' POSSIBLE DEFEAT; MLK AND UPCOMING MEETING OF RELIGIOUS
Telephone conversation # 10764, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/13/1966, 6:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF HENRY MCGEE AS ACTING POSTMASTER IN CHICAGO; O'BRIEN SAYS PAUL DOUGLAS, RICHARD DALEY, DEMOCRATIC AND POST OFFICE OFFICIALS RECOMMENDED MCGEE WHO IS A NEGRO; LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN TO GET DIRKSEN'S VOTE ON HOUSING BILL
Telephone conversation # 10439, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH W. BARR, 7/27/1966, 1:58PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT TREASURY PLAN TO ISSUE 5.25% SECURITIES TO REPLACE OTHER NOTES, POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES; BARR DISCUSSES TALKS WITH RUSSELL LONG, PAUL DOUGLAS; LBJ ADVISES BARR TO TALK WITH WILBUR MILLS; NEED FOR HARD MONETARY POLICY OR CHANGE IN TAX
Telephone conversation # 10563, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/5/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • DAVID BRUCE'S REFUSAL OF UNNAMED POST (UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE?); OTHER CANDIDATES: EUGENE BLACK, DOUGLAS DILLON; PRESS CRITICISM OF LBJ'S FAILURE TO FILL STATE DEPT POSTS; DON PRICE; CONCERNS ABOUT AGE OF CANDIDATES; ELLSWORTH BUNKER; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 10564, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 8/5/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FULBRIGHT'S ADVICE ABOUT STATE DEPT REPLACEMENTS FOR THOMAS MANN, GEORGE BALL, U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, WILLIAM CROCKETT; CONCERNS ABOUT AGE OF CANDIDATES, NEED FOR NEW BLOOD; DON PRICE; FULBRIGHT RECOMMENDS HENRY TASCA; LBJ ASKS ABOUT DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 10565, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 8/5/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES TO FILL STATE DEPT VACANCIES; DOUGLAS DILLON; EUGENE BLACK; DAVID BRUCE; DISCUSSION OF ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S WIDE EXPERIENCE AND HIS VITALITY DESPITE HIS AGE
Telephone conversation # 10572, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/5/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 10574, sound recording, LBJ and SIDNEY WEINBERG, 8/5/1966, 1:12PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF WEINBERG'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATE DEPT JOBS; FRED EATON; WEINBERG PROMISES TO GIVE LBJ A LIST OF CANDIDATES; ROBERT ANDERSON; JOHN LOEB'S WORK IN 1964 CAMPAIGN; WEINBERG THINKS DOUGLAS DILLON WILL ACCEPT POST; LUCI'S
Telephone conversation # 12818, sound recording, LBJ and ROGER BRANIGIN, 3/17/1968, 3:00PM (Item)
  • Branigin, Roger D. (Roger Douglas), 1902-1975
Telephone conversation # 11405, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM (Item)
  • COMMENTS ABOUT LBJ IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; BACKGROUND OF JFK'S VISIT TO TEXAS; J. EDGAR HOOVER AND CONSULAR CONVENTION; APPOINTMENTS OF WILLIAM MACOMBER, DOUGLAS MACARTHUR III; KATZENBACH REQUESTS MEETING ON CRIME
Telephone conversation # 11117, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/8/1966, 10:26AM (Item)
  • 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 # 10945, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 10/14/1966, 4:28PM (Item)
  • DALEY INVITES LBJ TO CHICAGO FOR RALLY, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH ON SOCIAL SECURITY, TELLS HIM NOT TO WORRY ABOUT NEGATIVE POLLS; DISCUSSION OF ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL RACES; PAUL DOUGLAS' RE-ELECTION CHANCES; LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO MANILA CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 13809, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 12/16/1968, 10:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS DRAFT LETTER TO LEADERS OF HOUSE AND SENATE CONVEYING TREASURY'S PROPOSED TAX REFORMS, SAYS NEXT ADMINISTRATION SHOULD ENACT REFORMS; REPORT OF PAUL DOUGLAS' COMMISSION; RICHARD NIXON'S CHANGING VIEWS ON SURTAX EXTENSION; 1970 FEDERAL
Telephone conversation # 6305, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/9/1964, 11:57AM (Item)
  • MARGARET CHASE SMITH ADS FOR GOLDWATER; EFFORT TO PURGE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN WHO SUPPORTED GOLDWATER; HHH'S REPLACEMENT AS SENATE WHIP; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DISCUSSES ACCURACY OF HER ELECTION PREDICTIONS; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION; DOUGLAS DILLON
Telephone conversation # 10046, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 4/22/1966, 6:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GOLDBERG TO TALK TO PAULINE FREDERICK ABOUT STORY ON USSR PROPOSAL FOR PEACE TALKS IF US STOPS VIETNAM BOMBING; GOLDBERG'S OPPOSITION TO BOMBING CAMBODIA; LBJ ASKS FOR NEW US INITIATIVES ON AFRICA, ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE; BILL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • JOHN CROOKER, SR. AND JR.; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME COURT?: CYRUS VANCE, CLARK CLIFFORD, RAMSEY CLARK, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS BIAS AGAINST LBJ; BOB KERR'S OPINION OF DOUGLAS DILLON; ANDRE MEYER'S, FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 524, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 12/17/1963, 7:30PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS LBJ TO COME HOME; LBJ ASKS HER TO COME SWIMMING WITH HIM; MRS. JOHNSON DECLINES; LBJ SAYS HE WILL COME HOME
Telephone conversation # 5662, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and ASHTON GONELLA, 9/24/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • "VOICES ON THIS RECORD RALPH DUNGAN; WALTER JENKINS - JUANITA ROBERTS; J. ROBERTS - ASHTON GONELLA; PRESIDENT, LEE WHITE, & 3 WOMEN FROM MCCOMB, MISS. RE BOMBING OF THEIR HOMES"
  • DISCUSSION OF CORRESPONDENCE WITH LUCIA ALEXANDER ABOUT RESTORATION OF THE JOHNSON FAMILY HOME IN JOHNSON CITY
Telephone conversation # 5666, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, 1:10PM (Item)
  • "VOICES...DUNGAN; WALTER JENKINS - JUANITA ROBERTS; J. ROBERTS - ASHTON GONELLA; PRESIDENT, LEE WHITE, & 3 WOMEN FROM MCCOMB, MISS. RE BOMBING OF THEIR HOMES"; TIME FROM DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • DISCUSSION OF RACIAL SITUATION IN MISSISSIPPI, BOMBING OF HOMES OF THREE WOMEN, LACK OF LOCAL POLICE COOPERATION IN INVESTIGATION, NEED FOR INCREASED JUSTICE DEPT, FBI INVOLVEMENT
Telephone conversation # 5667, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, 1:10PM (Item)
  • "VOICES...DUNGAN; WALTER JENKINS - JUANITA ROBERTS; J. ROBERTS - ASHTON GONELLA; PRESIDENT, LEE WHITE, & 3 WOMEN FROM MCCOMB, MISS. RE BOMBING OF...HOMES"; TIME FROM DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • DISCUSSION OF RACIAL SITUATION IN MCCOMB, MISSISSIPPI; BOMBING OF HOMES OF THREE WOMEN; ALLEGATION BY LOCAL SHERIFF THAT BOMBS WERE SET BY VICTIMS TO ATTRACT ATTENTION; NEGROES' FEARS TO REPORT INCIDENTS; POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF BRANCH FBI OFFICE
Telephone conversation # 13202, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 7/1/1968, 5:02PM (Item)
  • DELOACH'S VACATION; LBJ DISCUSSES SITUATION IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, SAYS HE WANTS FBI TO INVESTIGATE BOMBING OF JEWS' HOMES; KKK THREAT TO BOMB FBI AGENT ROY MOORE'S HOME; BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER
Telephone conversation # 2193, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WEAVER, 2/25/1964, 12:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF HOUSING BILL; WEAVER REPORTS ON PROBLEMS WITH JOHN SPARKMAN, HOME BUILDERS GROUPS; SENATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS
Telephone conversation # 2997, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 4/10/1964, 5:45PM (Item)
  • SMATHERS DISCUSSES POSSIBLE MOVE OF JOHN HORNE FROM FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD TO POSITION IN SAN FRANCISCO
Telephone conversation # 2237, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 2/29/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS LBJ THAT UNIDENTIFIED PERSON IS NOT AVAILABLE NOW, WILL BE HOME SOON
Telephone conversation # 2327, sound recording, LBJ and CLARINE "POLLY" MILLS, 3/2/1964, 9:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ EXPLAINS WHY WILBUR MILLS IS LATE COMING HOME
Telephone conversation # 3497, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and JUDITH MOYERS, 5/21/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • JENKINS TRIES TO CALL BILL MOYERS WHO IS NOT HOME YET
Telephone conversation # 4334, sound recording, JACK VALENTI and WH GARAGE, 7/24/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • VALENTI ASKING WH GARAGE TO SEND CAR TO HIS HOME TO PICK UP HIS WIFE AND BRING HER TO WH