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Telephone conversation # 4719, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/5/1964, 10:52AM (Item)
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; YOUNGBLOOD ANSWERS TELEPHONE, ASKS IF MCNAMARA CAN HOLD; MCNAMARA ON HOLD ABOUT 4:00; MCNAMARA AND LBJ ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 6852, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/16/1965, 6:09PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "GEN. EISENHOWER IN NEW YORK"; "RE MEETING TOGETHER IN WASH."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 7599, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL WITH MCNAMARA AT 12:15P
  • MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS DEAN RUSK NOT ATTEND NATO MEETING BECAUSE OF CONTINUING CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VIETNAM SITUATION; GEORGE BALL; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH ON EUROPE; OAS; "WISE MEN" DELEGATION TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW AIRPLANE FOR PRESS
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 # 9621, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/4/1966, 7:02PM? (Item)
  • TIME AND DATE FROM WH OPS LOGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; OFFICE CONVERSATION AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MARY MARGARET AND COURTENAY VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL
  • BUNDY RELAYS SUGGESTION FROM DEAN RUSK THAT AMBASSADORS OF KOREA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BE INVITED TO ATTEND PLENARY SESSION AT HONOLULU CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM; LBJ TELLS BUNDY HE DOES NOT WANT THEM TO ATTEND
Telephone conversation # 12804, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/8/1968, 10:35AM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 3-8-68"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ'S 3/6/68 MEETING WITH FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN, SPARKMAN; SENATE DEBATE ON VIETNAM YESTERDAY; LBJ'S TALK WITH RICHARD RUSSELL; AUGUST 1964 TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; NEED FOR MORE TROOPS; DOD BUDGET; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; RESERVE
Telephone conversation # 13123, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONNELL, 6/20/1968, 4:44PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; SHORTHAND NOTES PRECEDE "TRANSFER (CONTINUED ON NEXT BELT)" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; "JUNE 19, 1968, B.1; JUNE 20, 1968, B.1" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ READS LETTER FROM PAT NUGENT TO LBJ AND ENCLOSED POEM WRITTEN BY SGT JACK BARRICKLO THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN STARS AND STRIPES; PAT NUGENT'S REQUEST FOR TRANSFER TO NEW DUTIES IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9649, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/20/1966, 10:10AM? (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 02/22/1966; CONTENT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES DATE IS 02/20/1966; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • RFK'S RECENT STATEMENT SUGGESTING VIET CONG BE INCLUDED IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; CLARK CLIFFORD'S VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERS; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON LIMITING US OBJECTIVES IN VIETNAM, PESSIMISM
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 # 12812, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 10:49PM (Item)
  • "JUANITA"; "FROM BEDROOM 3-14-68"; "TRANSCRIBED BY CAROL CURRIE (1 COPY)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH RFK ABOUT RFK'S FUTURE, VIETNAM COMMISSION; LBJ SUGGESTS RFK MEET WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON VIETNAM; RFK'S CRITICISM OF LACK OF SPENDING ON CITIES, KERNER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH EDWARD
Telephone conversation # 13618, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:05PM (Item)
  • stop the bombing and they shell the cities, or abuse the DMZ. r I • r ! !.. -4­ When I got back to Washington from New York, I w.e nt back to the Soviet Union and pointed out that I did not want to deceive anybody and didn 1 t want them
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH JIM JONES AT TIME OF CALL; HHH, RICHARD NIXON, AND GEORGE WALLACE WERE REACHED BY TELEPHONE; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 8624, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 8/23/1965, 6:52PM (Item)
  • VANCE DISCUSSES MENDEL RIVERS' CURRENT POSITION ON LANGUAGE OF PROVISION OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS, READS PROPOSED NEW LANGUAGE; TIMING OF VOTE ON NEW BILL IN HOUSE
Telephone conversation # 4343, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/27/1964, 10:45AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF REUTERS NEWS REPORT OF INCREASE IN US SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, ADVISERS TO VIETNAM; WH, DOD RESPONSE TO NEWS STORY
Telephone conversation # 8621, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/23/1965, 4:07PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS RIVERS' ADVICE ON NEW POLICY ON DRAFTING MARRIED MEN, READS PRESS STORY ON ISSUE; LANGUAGE OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL PROVISION REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS; MILITARY PAY BILL
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 # 13561, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/18/1968, 2:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT HANOI HAS REPLIED TO LATEST US PEACE PROPOSALS, READS PORTIONS OF STORY, NOTES NEWS STORIES THAT JACQUELINE KENNEDY WILL MARRY ARISTOTLE ONASSIS; DEROGATORY REMARKS ABOUT RUSK MADE BY SARGENT SHRIVER IN PARIS
Telephone conversation # 10046, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 4/22/1966, 6:45PM (Item)
  • 1:54 OFFICE NOISE PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS APPARENTLY LISTENING TO NBC TV NEWS AT TIME OF CALL; GOLDBERG IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; LBJ ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY FOR COPY OF HENRY CABOT LODGE'S WEEKLY REPORT
  • 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 # 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 # 1911, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/6/1964, 12:52PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 3220, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/30/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • 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 # 5244, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/28/1964, 8:28AM (Item)
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 5245, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/28/1964, 10:17AM (Item)
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 4832, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/9/1964, 7:25AM (Item)
  • 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 # 4718, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 8/4/1964, 11:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ APOLOGIZES FOR LATENESS OF CALL; HARRIMAN SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS RFK'S FUTURE, DEMOCRATIC PARTY SITUATION IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK; LBJ WILL SET UP MEETING; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO SYRACUSE, STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF ATTACKS
Telephone conversation # 4344, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/27/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 6234, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/5/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS MCNAMARA FOR HELP IN CAMPAIGN; ELECTION RESULTS IN TEXAS AND ORLANDO, FLORIDA; JOHN CONNALLY; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S DEFEAT OF GEORGE BUSH; RECRUITING NEW TALENT FOR GOVT VACANCIES; VIETNAM SITUATION AND POSSIBLE CHANGE IN US POLICY
Telephone conversation # 5593, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 11:46AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA GIVES LBJ REPORT ON PT BOATS' ATTACK ON US DESTROYERS IN TONKIN GULF, DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTION, NEED TO MAKE PRESS STATEMENT; LBJ CAUTIONS ABOUT ACTING HASTILY WITHOUT ADEQUATE PROOF OF ATTACK; ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW WEAPONS
Telephone conversation # 6111, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON QUIET DAY IN WASHINGTON; LBJ'S HEALTH AFTER LAST CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES; LBJ THANKS RUSK FOR VISIT WITH CABINET YESTERDAY; VIETNAM SITUATION; RUSK'S MEETING WITH DOBRYNIN ABOUT CAMBODIA BORDER INCIDENTS; PEN PAL MESSAGE FROM NEW USSR
Telephone conversation # 7331, sound recording, LBJ and PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER, 4/9/1965, 12:05AM (Item)
  • GEN. JAMES FOGLE?, CYRUS VANCE AT PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER REPORT ON STATUS OF MISSING US NAVY PILOT, AIRPLANE, POSSIBLY DOWNED OVER HAINAN ISLAND AFTER DOGFIGHT WITH CHINESE FOLLOWING VIETNAM AIR MISSION; LBJ ASKS THEM TO CALL WITH NEWS REGARDLESS
Telephone conversation # 7333, sound recording, LBJ and PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER, 4/9/1965, 3:55AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GEN. COX? FOR UPDATE ON SEARCH FOR MISSING US NAVY PILOT POSSIBLY DOWNED OVER HAINAN ISLAND; COX? REPORTS HE HAS NO MORE NEWS; LBJ ASKS FOR INFORMATION ON DOGFIGHT WITH CHINESE, REPORT THAT MIG WAS DOWNED, AND FOR UPDATE ON AIR RAIDS
Telephone conversation # 6846, sound recording, LBJ and ANDREW GOODPASTER, 2/15/1965, 10:25PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GOODPASTER TO GO TO NEW YORK TO BRIEF DWIGHT EISENHOWER FULLY ON VIETNAM PRIOR TO EISENHOWER'S MEETING WITH LBJ; DISCUSSION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIP
Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON FAVORABLE EDITORIAL IN NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS ON VIETNAM; MANSFIELD'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; SENATE CRITICISM OF WAR; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S USE OF CRITICISM
Telephone conversation # 9332, sound recording, LBJ and WARREN MAGNUSON, 12/24/1965, 5:08PM (Item)
  • CHRISTMAS GREETINGS; MAGNUSON EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED HALT IN HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY BECAUSE OF BUDGETARY CONCERNS, DISCUSSES ECONOMIC EFFECT OF HALT, ALTERNATIVE BUDGET CUTS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS DESIRE TO AVOID NEW TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 8168, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/21/1965, 12:15PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS BASE-CLOSING SECTION DROPPED FROM BILL, BRIEFING TO BE HELD ON B-52 RAID; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO TALK TO RFK ABOUT HIS ALLEGED CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; CALL FOR NEW CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S DOUBTS ABOUT VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 8169, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/21/1965, 12:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S DOUBTS ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; JACOB JAVITS' CALL FOR NEW CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE ON INCREASED US TROOP COMMITMENT; NEGATIVE COMMUNIST RESPONSE TO UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE; HAROLD WILSON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO US
Telephone conversation # 8303, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 7/2/1965, 11:02AM (Item)
  • EISENHOWER ASKS LBJ'S HELP IN HAVING WRIGHT PATMAN HOLD HEARINGS ON BANK MERGER BILL; LBJ ASKS EISENHOWER'S ADVICE ON VIETNAM; POSSIBLE INCREASE IN GROUND TROOPS, CALL-UP OF RESERVES, NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION; AIR CAMPAIGN, INCREASED
Telephone conversation # 9027, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 10/22/1965, 3:05PM (Item)
  • DAVID BRESS' CONFIRMATION; POSSIBLE PUBLIC WORKS BILL VETO; EDMUND MUSKIE'S VIEWS, NEW ENGLAND PROJECT; HOUSE VOTE ON TEACHER CORPS; FULBRIGHT AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; POSSIBLE VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA ON LBJ'S HEALTH; CIVILIAN PAY
Telephone conversation # 7848, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/31/1965, 10:42AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES FOR NEW STUDY OF INDIA, PAKISTAN; FRANK STANTON VIETNAM TRIP; MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND REFORM; JOHN MCNAUGHTON AS VIETNAM DEPUTY AMBASSADOR; PRESS STORIES ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, OAS; JUAN
Telephone conversation # 7850, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/31/1965, 10:42AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES FOR NEW STUDY OF INDIA, PAKISTAN; FRANK STANTON VIETNAM TRIP; MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND REFORM; JOHN MCNAUGHTON AS VIETNAM DEPUTY AMBASSADOR; PRESS STORIES ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, OAS; JUAN
Telephone conversation # 8007, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and DEAN RUSK, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • RUSK ASKS IF LBJ HAS BEEN INFORMED OF RISKS OF NEW BOMBING TARGET IN NORTH VIETNAM; MCNAMARA TELLS RUSK THAT LBJ DISCUSSED RISKS AT LUNCH TODAY; RUSK ASKS IF LOCAL COMMANDERS IN VIETNAM HAVE BEEN WARNED OF RISKS