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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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 4315, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/23/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INACCURACIES IN PRESS STORIES; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW, ITEMS FOR INCLUSION: NEWS OF INCREASED AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ECONOMIC NEWS FROM WALTER HELLER
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 # 1395, sound recording, LBJ and ROSWELL GILPATRIC, 1/17/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • PRESS LEAK ON VIETNAM AP STORY; LBJ'S UNHAPPINESS WITH NEWS REPORT ON HIS NAVAL COMMISSION AND HIS DESIRE TO RESIGN HIS COMMISSION
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 # 2082, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 2/14/1964, 12:20PM (Item)
  • BROWN ASKS LBJ TO ADDRESS BUSINESS GROUP IN NYC; UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES; POLLS; CUBA; VIETNAM; NEW PANAMA CANAL; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION & KERR-MCGEE; NASA; RALPH YARBOROUGH; JOHN CONNALLY; DON YARBOROUGH; JOE KILGORE; JIM WRIGHT; ALLAN SHIVERS
Telephone conversation # 2346, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 3/4/1964, 6:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ROSTOW ABOUT NEWS LEAKS CONTRIBUTING TO CHALMERS ROBERTS STORY ON NORTH VIETNAM; ROSTOW RELATES SUMMARY OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY ON VIETNAM THAT HE HAS TOLD OTHERS; ELIE ABEL STORY; LBJ'S CALIFORNIA SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 2572, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/20/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • BUNDY ASKS LBJ TO REVIEW DRAFT REPLY TO HENRY CABOT LODGE; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SCHEDULE, INCLUDING MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD; BUNDY'S WEEKEND PLANS; POSSIBLE PRESS CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK; GEORGE REEDY AS NEW WH PRESS SECRETARY
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 # 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 # 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 # 5689, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/24/1964, 9:24PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS BUNDY ABOUT REPORT HE RECEIVED FROM WALTER LIPPMANN ABOUT UPCOMING NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; DISCUSSION OF DISCOURAGING REPORTS ABOUT POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
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 # 5962, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 10/24/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • NEGATIVE TEXAS NEWSPAPER AD STATING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT WILL CAUSE WHITES TO LOSE JOBS TO NEGROES; UK'S NEW ECONOMIC PROGRAM, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CRISIS; VIETNAM; WEATHER AGREEMENT WITH USSR; LBJ'S SPEECH ON 10/28/64; TONIGHT'S TV PROGRAM ON YOUTH
Telephone conversation # 6844, sound recording, LBJ and LT. COL. MIKE COOK, 2/15/1965, 10:23PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF USING JETSTAR OR AIR FORCE ONE TO BRING DWIGHT EISENHOWER FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEW YORK; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PUBLICITY INVOLVED BY USING AIR FORCE ONE BUT WANTS EISENHOWER TO HAVE BEST FACILITIES POSSIBLE FOR TRIP
Telephone conversation # 6850, sound recording, LBJ and C. V. "TED" CLIFTON, 2/16/1965, 12:38PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR BRINGING ANDREW GOODPASTER AND DWIGHT EISENHOWER TO WASHINGTON, DC, FROM NEW YORK FOR MEETING ON VIETNAM; LBJ TELLS CLIFTON TO AVOID PUBLICITY AND PRESS LEAKS ABOUT 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 # 8576, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/19/1965, 7:13PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; WIRTZ ON HOLD 1:30; NEWS REPORT OF BILL MOYERS' PRESS BRIEFING ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LBJ, EISENHOWER AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL
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 # 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 # 10115, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 5/12/1966, 11:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US ECONOMY, FEDERAL DEFICIT, INCREASED VIETNAM SPENDING; EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROPOSED CIVILIAN, MILITARY PAY RAISES; EFFECT OF RAISES ON WAGE GUIDELINES FOR OTHER WORKERS; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PROPOSED NEW SENATE WATCHDOG COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 10221, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/9/1966, 12:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT DIRKSEN RECOMMENDS BIPARTISAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE BRIEFINGS HE HAS PROVIDED CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IN CONTRAST WITH BRIEFINGS HE RECEIVED DURING EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 9653, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 11:56AM (Item)
  • LUCE DESCRIBES HEDLEY DONOVAN EDITORIAL ON VIETNAM IN NEW ISSUE OF LIFE MAGAZINE; LBJ TELLS LUCE THAT CRISIS IN CONFIDENCE IN LEADERSHIP ON VIETNAM POLICY IS DEVELOPING, CITES SENATE OPPOSITION, DISSENT IN PRESS; POSSIBLE TROOP INCREASES; RFK; JAMES
Telephone conversation # 10780, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/16/1966, 10:18AM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WILLIAM BUNDY'S BRIEFING ON FERDINAND MARCOS' VISIT, PHILIPPINE AID; JOSEPH SISCO'S BRIEFING ON CHINA; EFFORTS TO DEFLECT CRITICISM STATE DEPT IS ASIA-ORIENTED BY NEW AMBASSADORIAL AND STATE DEPT APPOINTMENTS; EUGENE ROSTOW; FOY
Telephone conversation # 10782, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/16/1966, 11:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS WIRTZ THAT ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS NEED TO COMBAT NEGATIVE PRESS AND SPREAD POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT US ECONOMY, INCREASED EMPLOYMENT AND PERSONAL INCOME; COMPARISON WITH ECONOMY DURING EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION WHEN NATION WAS NOT AT WAR