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Telephone conversation # 5475, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/3/1964, 7:12PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS FORTAS' OPINION OF PUBLIC REACTION TO NOMINATION OF RAUL CASTRO AS AMBASSADOR TO EL SALVADOR, READS FORTAS NEW GALLUP POLL ON INCREASE IN REPUBLICAN FRONTLASH SUPPORT FOR LBJ AND DECREASE IN BACKLASH DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR GOLDWATER

Telephone conversation # 5502, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 9/5/1964, 3:32PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF ONGOING STRIKE AT DETROIT NEWS, DETROIT FREE PRESS; RESULTS OF OHIO POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR LBJ AND OF MAINE POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR EDMUND MUSKIE, MARGARET CHASE SMITH; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ

Telephone conversation # 5511, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/7/1964, 11:04AM (Item)

LBJ ASKS WIRTZ FOR REPORT ON NEGOTIATIONS ON DETROIT NEWS, DETROIT FREE PRESS NEWSPAPER STRIKE, ASKS WIRTZ TO ASSIST IN SETTLING STRIKE

Telephone conversation # 6864, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM CAHILL, 2/20/1965, 11:43AM (Item)

LBJ OFFERS CAHILL FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGESHIP IN WASHINGTON, DC; CAHILL TELLS LBJ HE WILL HAVE TO CONSULT WITH HIS WIFE BECAUSE OF FAMILY CONSIDERATIONS; DISCUSSION OF NEW JERSEY POLITICAL SITUATION; LBJ DISCUSSES SUPPORT FOR CAHILL'S APPOINTMENT

Telephone conversation # 6866, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM CAHILL?, 2/20/1965, time unknown (Item)

LBJ ASKS CAHILL? ABOUT POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FOR CLIFFORD CASE'S ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, SAM ZAGORIA, AND EFFECTS ON NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN POLITICS; LBJ PROMISES TO CALL CAHILL? BACK AFTER HIS MEETING WITH CASE, THEN SPEAKS WITH CAHILL'S DAUGHTER

Telephone conversation # 7301, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 4/1/1965, 9:00AM (Item)

LBJ ASKS MEANY TO LOBBY JENNINGS RANDOLPH, RALPH YARBOROUGH, LISTER HILL FOR SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF HOUSE EDUCATION BILL WITHOUT AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO AVOID NEED TO GET NEW HOUSE RULE; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S AMENDMENT TO CHANGE FUNDS' ALLOCATION

Telephone conversation # 7308, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR COHEN, 4/1/1965, 11:01AM (Item)

LBJ PRAISES COHEN, DISCUSSES APPOINTING HIM UNDERSECRETARY OF HEW; REPLACEMENT FOR COHEN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY; NEED FOR BETTER ADMINISTRATION AT HEW BECAUSE OF ENACTMENT OF NEW PROGRAMS; HENRY LOOMIS; IVAN NESTINGEN; PAT MCNAMARA'S CONFLICTS

Telephone conversation # 7312, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/2/1965, 8:45AM (Item)

KATZENBACH REPORTS ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; GERALD FORD'S SUBSTITUTE BILL DRAFTED BY JOHN LINDSAY; POSSIBLE PROVISION TO INCLUDE NEW YORK PUERTO RICANS IN BILL; TIMING OF SENATE VOTE; PICKETING AT LBJ RANCH; VA HOSPITAL CLOSINGS STUDY; WISCONSIN

Telephone conversation # 7315, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 4/2/1965, 5:33PM (Item)

LBJ EXTENDS INVITATION TO RFK TO FLY ON WH PLANE WITH EDWARD AND JACQUELINE KENNEDY TO DEDICATION OF JFK MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE; APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE TO STUDY CLOSING OF VA HOSPITALS; NEW YORK VA HOSPITALS; VA TESTIMONY AT SENATE HEARINGS

Telephone conversation # 7323, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/7/1965, 9:17AM (Item)

JOE RAUH'S CANDIDATE FOR WASHINGTON, DC COURT; NEED FOR MERIT APPOINTMENTS, APPOINTEES FROM CALIFORNIA, EXCELLENCE IN JUSTICE DEPT; VOTING RIGHTS BILL, INCLUSION OF NEW YORK PUERTO RICANS; POLL TAX AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION; LBJ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 7324, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/7/1965, 9:17AM (Item)

VOTING RIGHTS BILL; APPOINTMENT OF HEADS OF TAX, ANTITRUST DIVISIONS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON ANTITRUST; LLOYD CUTLER AS POSSIBLE CIA DIRECTOR; EFFECT OF RESIDUAL OIL IMPORTS ON COAL INDUSTRY; POWER COMPANIES' INFLUENCE IN NEW ENGLAND; STEWART UDALL'S

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 # 7343, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and ABE FORTAS, 4/17/1965, time unknown (Item)

FORTAS DICTATES LETTER FROM LBJ TO TREASURY SECRETARY CONCERNING NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER REDEFINING ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS OR ENTERTAINMENT BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS AND EXPRESSING NEED FOR IRS REGULATIONS CONCERNING DEDUCTIONS

Telephone conversation # 7346, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and ABE FORTAS, 4/17/1965, time unknown (Item)

FORTAS DICTATES LETTER FROM LBJ TO TREASURY SECRETARY CONCERNING NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER REDEFINING ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS OR ENTERTAINMENT BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS AND EXPRESSING NEED FOR IRS REGULATIONS CONCERNING DEDUCTIONS

Telephone conversation # 7109, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 3/18/1965, 5:59PM (Item)

LBJ TELLS ANDERSON HE HAS NOMINATED HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY; FOWLER REMINISCES ABOUT WORKING WITH ANDERSON ON TAX BILL; ANDERSON ASKS IF HE CAN VISIT WITH LBJ ABOUT NEW MEXICO APPOINTMENTS AND EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S CHOICE

Telephone conversation # 7119, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM RENCHARD, 3/18/1965, 6:45PM (Item)

LBJ TELLS RENCHARD HE ENJOYED MEETING WITH HIM AT WH YESTERDAY, DISCUSSES HIS NOMINATION OF HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY AND NEED FOR NEW IDEAS FOR MONETARY POLICY, EXPRESSES WISH TO HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH FINANCIAL LEADERS

Telephone conversation # 6718, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD KENNEDY, 1/9/1965, 11:32AM (Item)

KENNEDY DISCUSSES HIS INTEREST IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR NEW ENGLAND AFTER PASSAGE OF APPALACHIAN PROGRAM; LBJ ADVISES KENNEDY TO WAIT BEFORE DISCUSSING FORMAL PLAN BECAUSE OF BUDGETARY CONCERNS; RICHARD RUSSELL'S COMMENTS

Telephone conversation # 6756, sound recording, LBJ and BUFORD ELLINGTON, 1/29/1965, 7:18PM (Item)

LBJ AND ELLINGTON DISCUSS THEIR COLDS; ELLINGTON TELLS LBJ HE IS READY TO JOIN THE ADMINISTRATION, ASKS LBJ TO TIME ANNOUNCEMENT SO THAT DEMOCRATIC MORNING NEWSPAPERS GET NEWS FIRST, TELLS LBJ HE HAD DISCUSSED HIS JOB WITH MARVIN WATSON

Telephone conversation # 6825, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIE DAY TAYLOR, 2/12/1965, 11:27AM (Item)

LBJ ASKS TAYLOR TO TELL GEORGE REEDY TO PROLONG PRESS BRIEFING IN ORDER TO ANNOUNCE NEWS FROM WILLARD WIRTZ ON DOCK STRIKE SETTLEMENT

Telephone conversation # 6842, sound recording, LBJ and LT. COL. MIKE COOK, 2/15/1965, 10:16PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIPS BY DWIGHT EISENHOWER, ANDREW GOODPASTER TO NEW YORK TOMORROW, THEN FOR BOTH TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, DC, ON WEDNESDAY FOR MEETING ON VIETNAM; QUESTION OF USING JETSTAR OR AIR FORCE ONE FOR EISENHOWER'S TRIP

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 # 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 # 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 # 7663, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 5/14/1965, 12:01PM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR CONTINGENCY PLANS, NEW IDEAS, FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IF TALKS WITH JUAN BOSCH FAIL; POSSIBLE NEED TO MOVE MILITARY FORCES NORTH OF SANTO DOMINGO; WORSENING ECONOMIC SITUATION THERE; PRESS LEAK AT OAS; CHRONOLOGY OF OAS ACTION

Telephone conversation # 7692, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 9:51PM (Item)

NEGOTIATION OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF DOMINICAN CRISIS; TRIP TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO, BY THOMAS MANN, CYRUS VANCE, JACK VAUGHN, MCGEORGE BUNDY; PROPOSED MEETINGS WITH GUZMAN, CAAMANO, OAS, JUAN BOSCH; NEW ORDERS FOR US FORCES; STATEMENT

Telephone conversation # 7610, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/8/1965, 10:33AM (Item)

BUNDY REPORTS THAT MEETING IS SET FOR 2:00P TODAY, DISCUSSES NEED FOR STATEMENT FOR PRESS BY STATE DEPT ON NEW COUNCIL OF RECONSTRUCTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CONCERNS ABOUT RECOGNITION OF CAAMANO GOVT

Telephone conversation # 7757, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 12:50PM (Item)

BUNDY AND FORTAS DISCUSS NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DOUBTS OF GUZMAN'S ABILITY TO CONTROL NEW GOVT; UNDISCLOSED REBEL EXCEPTION TO ONE ASPECT OF AGREEMENT; FORTAS' RELUCTANCE TO CONTINUE TALKS WITH REBELS

Telephone conversation # 7780, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/19/1965, 12:00PM (Item)

HOOVER READS INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ CRITICIZES STATE DEPT, DISCUSSES ABE FORTAS' ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS AND LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT COMMUNISTS IN NEW DOMINICAN GOVT

Telephone conversation # 8508, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/4/1965, 6:58PM (Item)

MANSFIELD TELLS LBJ CONFERENCE REPORT ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL HAS PASSED; LBJ CONGRATULATES MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN; DIRKSEN SUGGESTS LBJ COMPLIMENT EMANUEL CELLER; BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; LBJ ACCEPTS DIRKSEN'S INVITATION TO COME TO CAPITOL HILL

Telephone conversation # 8550, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/18/1965, 12:10PM (Item)

"SUMMARIZED"; "NEW YORK CITY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN

Telephone conversation # 8574, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 8/19/1965, 5:33PM (Item)

RIBICOFF PRAISES LBJ; LBJ ASKS RIBICOFF TO HELP JOHN GARDNER; RIBICOFF DISCUSSES NEED TO REORGANIZE FEDERAL GOVT IN LIGHT OF NEW PROGRAMS, COMPLAINS ABOUT CONFUSION IN POVERTY PROGRAM; LBJ SUGGESTS RIBICOFF MEET WITH SARGENT SHRIVER OR CHARLES

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 # 8813, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/2/1965, 1:24PM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE SELECTED STEEL PRICE INCREASES TO AVOID STRIKE; INFLATIONARY EFFECT OF STEEL PRICE INCREASE, INCREASE IN AUTO PRICES; CLARK CLIFFORD'S ROLE IN STEEL TALKS; DALLAS MORNING NEWS PURCHASE OF DALLAS SUBURBAN PAPERS; IMMIGRATION

Telephone conversation # 8834, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KINTNER, 9/3/1965, 4:35PM (Item)

LBJ CONGRATULATES KINTNER ON HIS SELECTION AS NBC CHAIRMAN, INVITES KINTNER AND HIS WIFE TO WH, PRAISES NBC NEWS, RAY SCHERER AND JOHN CHANCELLOR, ASKS KINTNER TO EXTEND LBJ'S GREETINGS TO DAVID SARNOFF; SARNOFF'S WORK ON IMMIGRATION BILL

Telephone conversation # 8835, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 9/3/1965, 4:40PM (Item)

CALIFANO REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON PROGRESS IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; LABOR'S CONCERN ABOUT PRESS LEAK OF SETTLEMENT DETAILS; QUESTION OF ANNOUNCING SETTLEMENT IN TIME TO MAKE EVENING NEWS; GOODWIN'S WORK ON DRAFT STATEMENT

Telephone conversation # 8849, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 9/10/1965, 3:56PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS HOOVER'S ADVICE ABOUT SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HOOVER EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT COMMUNIST INFLUENCE, ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT THERE, DISCUSSES RECENT MEETING ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW DOMINICAN GOVT; UPCOMING DOMINICAN ELECTIONS; JUAN

Telephone conversation # 8879, sound recording, LBJ and HOWARD SCHUMAN, 9/16/1965, 11:25AM (Item)

LBJ ASKS PAUL DOUGLAS' ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SCHUMAN TO TELL DOUGLAS THAT PLANS WILL PROCEED FOR NEW VA FACILITIES FOR HINES, ILLINOIS TO BE OPERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL; LBJ PRAISES DOUGLAS' WORK ON VETERANS

Telephone conversation # 8608, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/21/1965, 7:40PM (Item)

WHITE REPORTS ON REQUEST FOR WH ASSISTANCE IN TRANSPORTING BODY OF SLAIN CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER JONATHAN DANIELS FROM ALABAMA TO NEW HAMPSHIRE; LBJ ASKS FOR UPDATE ON CALLS TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON VETO OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL