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Telephone conversation # 12607, sound recording, LBJ and BEN HEINEMAN, 1/21/1968, 1:16PM (Item)
  • "IN CHICAGO
  • HEINEMAN DECLINES APPOINTMENT (AS HEW SECRETARY) BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENTS TO NEW COMPANY; LBJ DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVES UNTIL HEINEMAN IS AVAILABLE; APPOINTMENT OF WILBUR COHEN AS ACTING SECRETARY; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MANAGEMENT STYLE AS PRESIDENT
Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ BRIEFLY INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION TO LISTEN TO NEWS BROADCAST THAT IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; PREVIOUSLY OPENED ON TAPE K66.03, PNO 1; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • NAMING RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; CHARLES HORSKY; SUPREME COURT LAW AND ORDER CASES; STOKELY CARMICHAEL; TV SHOWS ON BLACK POWER, RIOTS, POLICE IN CLEVELAND, CHICAGO; THURGOOD MARSHALL; CLARK CLIFFORD'S DECLINING
Telephone conversation # 13208, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/13/1968, 5:22PM (Item)
  • DALEY MAKES RECOMMENDATION FOR NEW US AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND; LBJ ASKS DALEY TO SEND INFORMATION TO JIM JONES, COMPLIMENTS DALEY ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO; NEGOTIATIONS WITH LOCAL TELEPHONE WORKERS UNION; EUGENE
Telephone conversation # 1907, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; STANTON ON HOLD 0:50; DAILY DIARY INDICATES STANTON IS IN OVAL ROOM AT WH; RECORDING MADE FROM ORIGINAL REEL-TO-REEL TAPE
  • New York
  • REMODELING LBJ'S OFFICE; FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 11/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS
Telephone conversation # 1909, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • "FROM NYC"; LBJ ALMOST INAUDIBLE; DAILY DIARY INDICATES STANTON IS AT WH; PARTIAL CONCURRENT RECORDING ON DICTABELT OF REF #1907 AND REF #1908; PREVIOUSLY OPENED ON TAPE K64.01, PNO 9
  • New York
  • FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 1/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS CONFIDENCE
Telephone conversation # 1902, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 2/6/1964, 9:33AM (Item)
  • BACKGROUND BUZZ ON RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING MADE FROM ORIGINAL REEL-TO-REEL TAPE; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1142, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/2/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A
  • LBJ WILL APPOINT ELLSWORTH BUNKER AMBASSADOR TO OAS; THOMAS MANN; NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV MESSAGE TO ALL HEADS OF STATE; ARTHUR KROCK STORY ON LUDWIG ERHARD VISIT; USSR; GERMANY; TRADE WITH CUBA; LBJ EXPRESSES NEED FOR NEW IDEAS
Telephone conversation # 2514, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/16/1964, 4:40PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON PANAMA AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS; DISCUSSION OF PRESS REPORT THAT PANAMANIAN MINISTER SOLIS EXPECTS REVISION OF PANAMA CANAL TREATY, APPOINTING NEW AMBASSADOR TO PANAMA, OAS; BUNDY REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH JOHN HIGHTOWER; THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 5857, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 10/10/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • "F (LBJ)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH BILL MOYERS PRECEDES CALL
  • PRESS GUIDANCE FOR FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; HECKLING OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; LBJ'S NEW ORLEANS SPEECH; DAVID RABINOVITZ WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP; HARRIS POLL; NIXON'S STATEMENTS; WHISTLESTOP PRESS COVERAGE; LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5622, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD WELSH, 9/21/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • WELSH ON HOLD 1:39; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH DICK WEST OF DALLAS MORNING NEWS AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 6611, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/14/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LBJ SETS GOAL OF 100% VOTING; WAYS TO IMPROVE VOTER REGISTRATION; POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; HENRY REUSS' CHARGE OF DELAY IN CIVIL RIGHTS PROSECUTIONS; SUPREME COURT DECISION AFFIRMING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT; JOHN CONNOR; NEW
Telephone conversation # 5930, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/20/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING EDWIN WEISL, SR., AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ INTERRUPTS MCNAMARA TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS DURING CALL
Telephone conversation # 9317, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1965, 12:58PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM BENNETT AS AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL; GEORGE ANDERSON; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS' VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW VIETNAM CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; PRESS LEAKS; SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING HAROLD WILSON
Telephone conversation # 12839, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/23/1968, 12:46PM? (Item)
  • "FR BEDROOM 3/23/68"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST CALL AT 1:50P BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES TIME IS EARLIER; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS
  • LBJ DISCUSSES EXISTING SUPPORT FOR HIS NOMINATION, ASKS O'BRIEN TO HEAD HIS CAMPAIGN; STANLEY STEINGUT AND NEW YORK POLITICS; INDIANA PRIMARY; ILLINOIS POLITICS
Telephone conversation # 11558, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 2/20/1967, 9:40AM (Item)
  • SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 2/18/1967, 10:39A; DATE AND TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
  • LBJ DISCUSSES SENATORS' COMPLAINTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA PATRONAGE; RFK AND TERRY SANFORD; WOODROW WILSON JONES; JAMES COLEMAN; HOMER THORNBERRY, JOHN WISDOM AND SCHOOL DESEGREGATION RULING; COLONIAL PIPELINE INVESTIGATION IN NEW JERSEY AND IMPACT
Telephone conversation # 13348, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN BAILEY, 8/30/1968, 2:45PM (Item)
  • BAILEY ON HOLD 0:15; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 2:36P; SMALL CHILD IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
  • LBJ THANKS BAILEY FOR HIS SERVICE TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAYS HE IS DISTRESSED ABOUT BAILEY'S RESIGNATION AS DNC CHAIRMAN; LARRY O'BRIEN'S APPOINTMENT AS NEW DNC CHAIRMAN, HHH'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER; PRESS REPORTS OF DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT CONVENTION
Telephone conversation # 9429, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/5/1966, 4:55PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 13407, sound recording, LBJ and SOL TAISHOFF, 9/6/1968, 7:27PM (Item)
  • ENVELOPE INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 9/9/1968; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL ON 9/6/1968; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND; TAISHOFF IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT
  • TAISHOFF'S HEALTH; LBJ ASKS TAISHOFF'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO FCC, DISCUSSES CANDIDATES: JOSEPH BORKIN, JOHN CRISWELL, REX LEE; QUESTION OF LBJ FILLING VARIOUS VACANCIES, NOT NEW PRESIDENT; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
Telephone conversation # 12514, transcript, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 12/6/1967, 2:35 PM (Item)
  • . This transcript begins with Marvin Watson entering the President's Office at' 2:35 PM_, but according to the President's Daily Diary, Goldberg's meeting with the President was from 1:24-2:30 PM. DATE: 12/6/67 TIME: 2:35 PM CALLER: Arthur Goldberg Pages
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY; THERE IS NO RECORDING OF THIS MEETING; DAILY DIARY LISTS MEETING BETWEEN LBJ AND ARTHUR GOLDBERG ON 12/6/1967 FROM 1:42P TO 2:50P; MARVIN WATSON APPARENTLY JOINED THE MEETING AT 2:35P
Telephone conversation # 5631, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/21/1964, 7:20PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF JOHN PASTORE'S CONCERNS THAT HE WAS NOT INFORMED ABOUT NEW APPOINTMENTS TO COMSAT BOARD PRIOR TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW MEMBERS; MARKS REPORTS ON FAVORABLE REACTION TO NEW APPOINTEES
Telephone conversation # 5495, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 9/4/1964, 2:05PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF SENATE HANDLING OF NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, QUESTION OF FORMAL SENATE RESOLUTION, POSSIBILITY THAT NEW INVESTIGATION WILL BE TURNED OVER TO GOVT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE; JOHN BYRNES; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINATION
Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN, REQUEST FOR FUNDS; POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ BY HEARST NEWSPAPERS; OTHER PRESS ENDORSEMENTS; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CANDIDATES FOR JUSTICE DEPT POSTS; RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 8639, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 2:50PM (Item)
  • CONCERNS ABOUT BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; IMMIGRATION BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; NEW JUDGESHIPS, FEDERAL REGISTRARS FOR WASHINGTON, DC; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS' APPOINTMENT; AMENDMENT ON IMMIGRATION CEILING FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Telephone conversation # 10612, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/12/1966, 12:30PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA'S VACATION PLANS; CYRUS VANCE; LBJ'S DESIRE TO GET NEW IDEAS IN GOVT, FOREIGN POLICY, STATE DEPT; PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH COMMUNIST CHINA; TOMMY CORCORAN'S PLANTING NEW DEAL MEN IN DEPTS; PRESS REPORT ON CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 10812, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/20/1966, 7:20PM (Item)
  • RUSK ON HOLD 1:05; RUSK IS IN NEW YORK AT TIME OF CALL AND IS COMPLETELY INAUDIBLE; BEFORE SHE ANNOUNCES CALL FROM RUSK, OFFICE SECRETARY TELLS LBJ THEY ARE UNABLE TO PLACE CALL TO EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK IF ANATOLY DOBRYNIN IS IN NEW YORK OR PARIS AND ABOUT WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED PERSON (EUGENE ROSTOW?) TO UNNAMED POST
Telephone conversation # 10918, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/3/1966, 5:57PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS CLARK HE IS NOW ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL; REAPPOINTMENT OF EDWARD RE TO FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OR TO DISTRICT COURT; APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY TRAVIA TO NEW YORK JUDGESHIP; RFK'S VIEWS ON TRAVIA AND ON HANDLING NEW YORK PATRONAGE
Telephone conversation # 13812, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 12/17/1968, 3:52PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF CONCERNS OF HENRY FORD II, OTHERS ABOUT NEW IRS RULING (ON DEFERRED STOCK COMPENSATION); LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH COHEN AND OTHERS, SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT AGENCIES TO ISSUE NEW RULES IN LAST DAYS OF ADMINISTRATION; ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13813, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 12/17/1968, 3:52PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEW IRS RULING (ON DEFERRED STOCK COMPENSATION) AND LBJ'S OBJECTIONS TO PROMULGATION OF NEW RULES IN LAST DAYS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION; SENATE'S FAILURE TO CONFIRM ABE FORTAS AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
Telephone conversation # 375, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/10/1963, 11:55AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF DAVID NES' APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, SAIGON; APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MANN TO NEW STATE DEPT POST; LBJ ASKS RUSK ABOUT US HOSTAGES IN BOLIVIA, DISSENSION AMONG SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERS; HENRY CABOT LODGE'S PRESS COMMENTS
Telephone conversation # 1364, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/15/1964, 4:30PM (Item)
  • FRANCE'S RECOGNITION OF COMMUNIST CHINA; US RECOGNIZING CHINA; PANAMA; OAS PEACE COMMISSION; SENDING JACK VAUGHN TO PANAMA; GEORGIA POLITICS; W. TAPLEY BENNETT AS POSSIBLE AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW INTER-OCEANIC CANAL; CARL SANDERS
Telephone conversation # 1376, sound recording, LBJ and GLENN SEABORG, 1/15/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • SEABORG AND LBJ DISCUSS AEC APPOINTMENTS AND POTENTIAL NOMINEES, JULIAN B. THOMAS, BOB MCKINNEY, AND RICHARD DOAN; DEMOCRATIC POLITICS IN NEW MEXICO; CLINTON ANDERSON; ALBERT THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 1903, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 2/6/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1195, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/6/1964, 3:40PM (Item)
  • CONSOLIDATING WH PHOTOGRAPHERS' LABS; YOICHI OKAMOTO; INDONESIA; SUKARNO; FOREIGN AID BILL; NAJEEB HALABY AND SST BOARD; EDWARD MURROW SUCCESSOR AT USIA; NEW SPEECHWRITERS; TED SORENSEN RESIGNATION; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER; JOHN B. MARTIN; ADAM
Telephone conversation # 1915, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 2/6/1964, 6:47PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 2522, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 3/17/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • DUBINSKY PRAISES LBJ'S TV APPEARANCE YESTERDAY; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON REAPPOINTING MORRIS NOVIK TO USIA BOARD; LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT IN NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL RACE BETWEEN CHARLES BUCKLEY, JONATHAN BINGHAM; LBJ'S POLICY OF MAKING NO PRIMARY
Telephone conversation # 2124, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 2/19/1964, 1:25PM? (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF WOMEN TO GOVT POSTS; MRS. CLAIRE GIANNINI HOFFMAN AS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE TO EXPORT-IMPORT BANK; INDIA EDWARDS APPOINTMENT IN LABOR DEPT; PUBLICITY FOR NEW LATIN AMERICAN AMBASSADORS COVEY OLIVER AND W. TAPLEY BENNETT
Telephone conversation # 2132, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 2/20/1964, 10:56AM (Item)
  • JENKINS RELAYS INFORMATION FROM NEW JERSEY GOV. RICHARD HUGHES ABOUT CONSIDERATION OF KATHARINE WHITE FOR AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENT
Telephone conversation # 3025, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/14/1964, 12:50PM (Item)
  • EAST EUROPE GRAIN SHIPMENTS, GEORGE MEANY, COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS; LETTER TO BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT CASTELO BRANCO; NEWS STORY ON FULBRIGHT FOR SECRETARY OF STATE; CUBA, PANAMA, BRAZIL, CYPRUS; POLLS; JFK STAFF; RALPH DUNGAN, THOMAS MANN; WALTER LIPPMANN
Telephone conversation # 2310, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 3/2/1964, 12:46PM (Item)
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY; ANDERSON IS IN NEW MEXICO; LBJ ASKS OPERATOR FOR A BETTER CONNECTION, AND END OF CONVERSATION IS NOT RECORDED; LBJ TALKS WITH RUSSELL LONG WHO IS MEETING WITH HIM AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 2350, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 3/4/1964, 8:50PM (Item)
  • VALENTI RECOMMENDS THAT LBJ ANNOUNCE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF WOMEN TONIGHT AT FIRST ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AWARDS CEREMONY