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Telephone conversation # 383, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/10/1963, 3:14PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA SAYS HE ANNOUNCED CANCELLATION OF DYNASOAR PROGRAM TO PRESS AT NOON BRIEFING; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA ABOUT JAMES WEBB'S COMMENTS TO PRESS; MCNAMARA DISCUSSES ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSING OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO REPORT
Telephone conversation # 2152, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/21/1964, 7:45AM (Item)
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  • BIRCH BAYH ANNOUNCEMENT ON STUDEBAKER, KAISER CONTRACTS IN INDIANA, APPROVAL BY ARMY UNDER SECRETARY STEPHEN AILES, DISPLACEMENT OF OHIO WORKERS; WARREN ROGERS PRESS STORY ON JCS, GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS IN CUBA; FIRING OF CUBAN WORKERS; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 3806, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/22/1964, 5:46PM (Item)
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  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR WHO ACCEPTED AMBASSADORSHIP TO VIETNAM; U. ALEXIS JOHNSON; POSSIBLE PRESS CONFERENCE BY LBJ ON VIETNAM; PRESS STORY ON MARINE DIVISION GOING TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4271, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/18/1964, 9:14AM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA GIVES LBJ INFORMATION TO PROVIDE PRESS IF ASKED ABOUT NYT ARTICLE BY HANSON BALDWIN ON USSR MISSILE DEVELOPMENTS; US MISSILE PROGRAM; PRESS LEAKS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT US RESPONSE TO USSR'S FIRING ON AND BOARDING OF US WHEAT SHIP SISTER KATINGO
Telephone conversation # 3734, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/13/1964, 5:07PM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS REPORTS ON RETURN OF MAXWELL TAYLOR FROM EUROPE; AIR FORCE JETS STORY; VIETNAM; LAOS; POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO HENRY CABOT LODGE: TERRY SANFORD, GEORGE BALL, WILLIAM WESTMORELAND, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, ROBERT ANDERSON; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 3220, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/30/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT OPTIMISTIC PRESS REPORTS ON BATTLE IN VIETNAM; USIA IN VIETNAM; HENRY CABOT LODGE; PRESS CRITICISM OF LBJ; UPCOMING TRIP BY MCNAMARA, EARLE WHEELER TO VIETNAM; LBJ WANTS NEW MILITARY IDEAS BESIDES BOMBING; LBJ DETERMINED TO WIN WAR
Telephone conversation # 4948, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/15/1964, 12:15PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HIS DISCUSSION WITH JOHN STENNIS ABOUT CONGO SITUATION; COMMUNIST INVOLVEMENT IN CONGO; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA WHAT HE CAN TELL PRESS IN UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT ROLE OF US FORCES IN CONGO
Telephone conversation # 4949, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/15/1964, 12:15PM (Item)
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  • INFORMATION FOR PRESS ON ROLE OF US FORCES IN CONGO; PRESS CONFERENCE ITEMS: COUNTERINSURGENCY (COIN) AIRCRAFT, POSSIBLE SPEED RECORD ON A-11 AIRCRAFT; LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION POLICY ON DEFENSE CONTRACTS; EL PASO, TEXAS, (ED
Telephone conversation # 4681, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 5:09PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ THAT PRESS HAS BROKEN STORY ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, LEAK ALLEGEDLY CAME FROM CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE; MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS DOD ISSUE PRESS STATEMENT ON ATTACK, REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH DOUGLAS DILLON ON US RESPONSE, EFFORTS TO REACH
Telephone conversation # 4819, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/8/1964, 8:24AM (Item)
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  • PRESS CONFERENCE ITEMS; POSSIBLE CRITICISM OF LBJ'S TRIP TO RANCH DURING CRISES; MCNAMARA BRIEFS LBJ ON CYPRUS CRISIS, POSSIBLE DIPLOMATIC EFFORT BY HENRY LABOUISSE, DEAN ACHESON; GREECE; TURKEY; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S TONKIN GULF ADDRESS, OPLAN 34A
Telephone conversation # 6471, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM (Item)
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  • SIGMA DELTA CHI ARTICLE CRITICIZING WH PRESS RELATIONS; PRESS COVERAGE OF RICHARD RUSSELL VISIT; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSELL ON PROJECT 100,000 FOR DRAFT REJECTEES, CONGO CRISIS; CRITICISM OF RUSSELL'S USE OF GOVT PLANE TO RETURN FOR MEETING
Telephone conversation # 7138, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/23/1965, 10:36AM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT STATE DEPT WILL NOT HOLD PRESS BACKGROUNDER ON USE OF TEAR GAS IN VIETNAM BUT DEFENSE DEPT WILL HOLD ONE THIS AFTERNOON; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF INFORMATION FOR WH PRESS BRIEFING, ASKS MCNAMARA TO SUPPLY HIM WITH FACTS
Telephone conversation # 7949, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA, REEDY DISCUSS STATEMENTS FOR REEDY'S WH PRESS BRIEFING AND FOR US OFFICIALS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO MAKE ABOUT PRESS STORIES ON ALLEGED ACTIONS BY US TROOPS SUPPORTING IMBERT; DISCUSSION OF CREDIBILITY OF DENIALS, POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 7950, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
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  • RESPONSE TO PRESS STORIES ON ALLEGED ACTION BY US TROOPS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN SUPPORT OF IMBERT; REEDY RECOMMENDS THAT LBJ ANNOUNCE INVESTIGATION OF INCIDENT; MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS REEDY REFER PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT INCIDENT TO DOD OR TO CYRUS
Telephone conversation # 10224, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (WILLIAM CASSIDY?) ABOUT CORPS OF ENGINEERS' ALLEGED SUBVERSION OF BILL CREATING TRANSPORTATION DEPT; BARGE OPERATORS' OPPOSITION TO BILL; PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT MCNAMARA CANCELLING PRESS BRIEFING
Telephone conversation # 12608, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/22/1968, 8:27AM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON CRASH OF B-52 CARRYING NUCLEAR WEAPONS NEAR GREENLAND, PRESS RELEASE REGARDING CRASH, EFFECT ON DENMARK'S ELECTIONS, ATTACK ON KHE SANH; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS REPORT ON HEAVY ENEMY CASUALTIES IN VIETNAM, LEAKS TO GEORGE WILSON
Telephone conversation # 8182, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/23/1965, 8:41AM (Item)
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  • JOSEPH ALSOP'S COLUMN ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF RECENT B-52 RAIDS IN SOUTH VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS AT STATE, DOD; ACCURACY OF INFORMATION RELEASED TO PRESS; ALSOP'S RESENTMENT OF CLAMP DOWN ON ACCESS TO SOURCES; 1961 LEAK OF RUSK LETTER TO MCNAMARA; PAUL
Telephone conversation # 3041, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/16/1964, 5:45PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 5141, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/24/1964, 9:10AM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ HE HAS RETURNED FROM HIS VACATION; DISCUSSION OF HANDLING PRESS LEAK ON STORY ABOUT NATIONAL BOARD OF ESTIMATES AND VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 453, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/12/1963, 3:14PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT CLOSING DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS, SAYS HE ANNOUNCED ONLY SAN DIEGO NAVY YARD WILL BE CLOSED AT THIS TIME; GERALD FORD'S QUESTION TO MCNAMARA ABOUT WHY OTHER NAVY YARDS WILL NOT BE CLOSED
Telephone conversation # 470, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/13/1963, 3:00PM (Item)
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  • PRIOR TO LEAVING TO ATTEND NATO CONFERENCE, MCNAMARA REPORTS ON COVERAGE OF HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ON DEFENSE INSTALLATION CLOSINGS, DOD BUDGET; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH US DIPLOMATS, PRAISES MCNAMARA, CAUTIONS HIM ABOUT WORKING TOO HARD
Telephone conversation # 1836, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/3/1964, 5:31PM (Item)
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  • EUGENE ZUCKERT; AIR FORCE LEAKS TO PRESS ABOUT UNIDENTIFIED PERSON (DON REYNOLDS?) UNDER INVESTIGATION BY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE; DREW PEARSON; ARTHUR SYLVESTER; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 1844, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/3/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
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  • APPOINTMENT OF UNDERSECRETARY OF THE ARMY; PAUL IGNATIUS; DAN LUEVANO, FINANCE COMMISSIONER OF CALIFORNIA; JOHN MCCLELLAN; RELATIONS WITH MEXICAN-AMERICANS; DON REYNOLDS, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; EUGENE ZUCKERT; JACK ANDERSON; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 2059, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/12/1964, 4:21PM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF VISIT BY UK PRIME MINISTER ALEC DOUGLAS HOME, SUCCESS OF LAST NIGHT'S RECEPTION; MCNAMARA INFORMS LBJ OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHANGE IN DEPENDENTS POLICY, DISMISSAL OF WORKERS AT GUANTANAMO NAVAL BASE IN CUBA; VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF PRESS
Telephone conversation # 1978, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/8/1964, 4:30PM (Item)
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  • CUBA, GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, SOURCE OF LEAK TO PRESS, TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE; EUGENE ZUCKERT; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; DON REYNOLDS; DREW PEARSON
Telephone conversation # 3028, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/14/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
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  • AP STORY ON CHARGE BY CURTIS LEMAY OF USSR NARROWING GAP IN US ARMS STRENGTH; RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO REFUTE LEMAY'S CLAIM; SIMILAR CLAIM BY BARRY GOLDWATER; LBJ GIVES ADVICE ON HANDLING PRESS; DEFENSE BUDGET; DOD MEAT PURCHASES
Telephone conversation # 2301, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/2/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
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  • GOLDWATER CHARGES, AIR FORCE, NAVY DISPUTE ON MISSILE RELIABILITY; US POLICY IN VIETNAM, PRESS COVERAGE, CONGRESSIONAL REACTION; LBJ'S SPEECH IN LA; WALT ROSTOW; MCGEORGE BUNDY; SUPPORT FOR KHANH REGIME; HENRY CABOT LODGE, PAY INCREASE FOR SOLDIERS
Telephone conversation # 2853, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/4/1964, 12:34PM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE MEETING WITH MCNAMARA LATER TODAY; BRIEF MENTION OF LBJ'S "PROBLEM" WITH CURTIS LEMAY; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT DOD MEAT PURCHASES TO BE SHIPPED OVERSEAS; DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL BASE CLOSINGS
Telephone conversation # 2903, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/8/1964, 11:10AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH UNIDENTIFIED MALE (CURTIS LEMAY?); UPCOMING MILITARY EXERCISES; SHOOTDOWN OF US AIRPLANE OVER EAST GERMANY; HANDLING REACTION TO BASE CLOSINGS IN MASSACHUSETTS; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 3767, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/18/1964, 11:11AM (Item)
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  • POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO HENRY CABOT LODGE; MAXWELL TAYLOR; U. ALEXIS JOHNSON; CRITICISM FROM LEFT WING, RIGHT WING; IMPORTANCE OF US DEFENDING VIETNAM, US OBJECTIVES; CRITICISM IN PRESS; RFK; DANGERS TO NGUYEN KHANH REGIME, US BEING OUSTED FROM
Telephone conversation # 4209, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/10/1964, 12:15PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; SAYS HE WILL SEND OUT 15,000 COPIES OF LBJ'S MEMO ON COST REDUCTION, WILL PUSH ECONOMY THEME IN COMING CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 3160, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/28/1964, 6:25PM (Item)
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  • LBJ JOKES ABOUT PRESS STORY ON HIS KISSING MARGARET MCNAMARA AT WOMEN DOERS' LUNCH; JCS, CUTBACK IN URANIUM PRODUCTION; PLANNING FOR TRIPS BY CYRUS VANCE, WILLIAM TYLER; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; DEAN RUSK
Telephone conversation # 4421, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/30/1964, 10:12AM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON MEETING WITH UNIDENTIFIED NYC GROUP ABOUT VIETNAM, RACIAL DISORDERS, LATIN AMERICA, VP, GOLDWATER, ALSO REPORTS ON RFK'S REACTION TO HIS MEETING WITH LBJ ABOUT VP NOMINATION; PRESS STATEMENT ON TEST BAN TREATY, DOD PERSONNEL
Telephone conversation # 4601, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/1/1964, 9:00AM (Item)
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  • PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S MEETING WITH RFK ON VP NOMINATION; RFK'S POSSIBLE NEW YORK SENATE RACE; JACQUELINE KENNEDY; CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION; LLOYD BENTSEN'S SUPPORT FOR MCNAMARA; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S HELP IN ORGANIZING CABINET, FORMULATING NEW
Telephone conversation # 4957, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/15/1964, 2:44PM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE AND HIS RESPONSE TO BARRY GOLDWATER'S CHARGE THAT LBJ AUTHORIZED USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN TONKIN GULF INCIDENT; LBJ SUGGESTS RUSK, MCNAMARA ALSO HAVE STATE DEPT AND DOD RESPOND TO CHARGE
Telephone conversation # 4832, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/9/1964, 7:25AM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF CYPRUS SITUATION; QUESTION OF LBJ RETURNING TO WASHINGTON, DC, AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRESS PLANE; GREECE; TURKEY; VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBILITY RFK WILL RUN FOR NEW YORK SENATE SEAT; JACQUELINE KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 4913, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/13/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK BY ARMY JOURNAL ABOUT YOUTH REHABILITATION PROGRAM TO TRAIN MEN NOT PREVIOUSLY QUALIFIED FOR DRAFT; POSSIBLE EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR POVERTY PROGRAM; MCNAMARA GIVES BRIEF SITUATION REPORT ON VIETNAM, CYPRUS, CONGO
Telephone conversation # 4633, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/3/1964, 10:20AM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF INVITING JACQUELINE KENNEDY TO ATTEND JFK MEMORIAL AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; BRIEFING FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED SERVICES, FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEES ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK; POLITICAL EFFECTS OF INCIDENT; PRESS, PUBLIC STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 4719, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/5/1964, 10:52AM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON US LOSSES, RESULTS OF RETALIATORY MISSION FOLLOWING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA ABOUT HIS PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 4344, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/27/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO NASA POSITION; PRESS REACTION TO REUTERS NEWS STORY ON INCREASE IN US ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM; AMBASSADOR LEONARD UNGER'S OPPOSITION TO OPERATION IN PANHANDLE OF LAOS