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Telephone conversation # 10719, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 9/7/1966, 11:44AM (Item)
  • HARRIMAN DISCUSSES RESOLUTION CONDEMNING VIETNAM WAR OFFERED AT NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND COMPROMISE RESOLUTION IN LINE WITH ADMINISTRATION POSITION; LBJ SUGGESTS TABLING RESOLUTION; HARRIMAN READS COMPROMISE RESOLUTION TO SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 10720, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 9/7/1966, 11:44AM (Item)
  • HARRIMAN READS COMPROMISE RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM TO BE OFFERED AT NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; LBJ SAYS THAT PRESIDENT AND HARRIMAN SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN ISSUE BUT RESOLUTION SHOULD CONTAIN LANGUAGE SUPPORTING TROOPS, CONDEMNING
Telephone conversation # 10727, sound recording, LBJ and ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, 9/7/1966, 11:07PM (Item)
  • POWELL REPORTS ON UNNAMED BILL (MINIMUM WAGE?); POSSIBLE LOSS OF DEMOCRATIC SEATS IN UPCOMING ELECTIONS; NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY'S NOMINATION OF FDR, JR. FOR GOV.; APPOINTMENT OF HOWARD GAMSER; CARL ALBERT'S HEALTH; POWELL'S REMARKS TO RFK PRAISING
Telephone conversation # 10735, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 9/10/1966, 10:30AM (Item)
  • SCHULTZE DISCUSSES BILL TO BUY LAND IN AREAS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR NEW NATIONAL PARKS TO PREVENT LAND SPECULATION; POSSIBLE VETO OF INSURANCE BILL; NEED TO HOLD DOWN FEDERAL EXPENDITURES UNTIL NOVEMBER; FNMA; EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Telephone conversation # 10737, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/10/1966, 12:33PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE NYC SIGNING CEREMONY FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL; INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF BILL; COMPLICATIONS DUE TO NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE; LIBERAL PARTY AND FDR, JR.; CANDIDATES FOR US DELEGATION TO UN; PRESS STORY ON LBJ'S MEETING WITH JEWISH WAR
Telephone conversation # 10757, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/12/1966, 8:35PM (Item)
  • VETO OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE BILL; GOLDBERG DISCUSSES PROPOSED SIGNING CEREMONY IN NYC FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL; NEW YORK POLITICS; LBJ PRAISES JEWISH CEREMONY AT CORRINE BOGGS' WEDDING, ASKS GOLDBERG TO BE HIS LABOR LIAISON; UN
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
Telephone conversation # 10796, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/17/1966, 5:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR REORGANIZATION IN AMBASSADORSHIPS IN VIETNAM, FRANCE, USSR; NEED FOR NEW IDEAS IN VIETNAM; TRANSFER OF FOY KOHLER TO STATE DEPT AND CHARLES BOHLEN TO USSR; TRANSFER OF HENRY CABOT LODGE TO FRANCE
Telephone conversation # 10553, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ LISTENS TO TV NEWS AT TIMES DURING CONVERSATION; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 10555, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 8/4/1966, 10:33AM (Item)
  • NOMINEES FOR PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY COURTS, WASHINGTON, DC CIRCUIT COURT; LIBERAL NATURE OF DC COURT, POLICY ON NAMING DC RESIDENT; WILLIAM COLEMAN; BYRON SKELTON; HOMER THORNBERRY; EVERETT HUTCHINSON; LEE LOEVINGER; SPOTTSWOOD ROBINSON; WILLIAM
Telephone conversation # 10564, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 8/5/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FULBRIGHT'S ADVICE ABOUT STATE DEPT REPLACEMENTS FOR THOMAS MANN, GEORGE BALL, U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, WILLIAM CROCKETT; CONCERNS ABOUT AGE OF CANDIDATES, NEED FOR NEW BLOOD; DON PRICE; FULBRIGHT RECOMMENDS HENRY TASCA; LBJ ASKS ABOUT DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 10243, sound recording, LBJ and SAMUEL NABRIT, 6/17/1966, 7:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS NABRIT THAT NEWS OF NABRIT'S APPOINTMENT TO AEC HAS BEEN LEAKED TO WASHINGTON POST BEFORE ALL CLEARANCES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, ASKS NABRIT TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT DISCUSSING POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT
Telephone conversation # 10278, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/29/1966, 1:52AM (Item)
  • ROSTOW SAYS THERE IS NO REPORT YET ON HANOI OR DO SON TARGETS BUT NEW REPORT FROM BOMBING MISSION OF HAIPHONG SHOWS HEAVY DAMAGE; DURING CALL ROSTOW RECEIVES CONFIRMATION BOMBS WERE DROPPED ON HANOI AS SCHEDULED; LBJ ASKS ABOUT HAIPHONG DAMAGE
Telephone conversation # 10423, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/25/1966, 3:24PM (Item)
  • DALEY THANKS LBJ FOR HIS RECENT REMARKS IN INDIANAPOLIS ABOUT RIOTING, DISCUSSES HHH'S NOTE EXPLAINING INACCURATE PRESS REPORT OF HHH'S SPEECH IN NEW ORLEANS; DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING WEDDINGS OF LUCI JOHNSON AND OF DALEY'S DAUGHTER; AEC FACILITY
Telephone conversation # 9351, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/31/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • INVITATION TO RUSK TO MEETING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA; PRESS INQUIRY ON WH CLEARANCE OF RICHARD RUSSELL'S RECENT SPEECH; PRESS COVERAGE OF VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; POSSIBLE LBJ PRESS CONFERENCE; WH STAFF'S PRESS CONTACTS; JACK ANDERSON COLUMNS; NEW YEAR'S
Telephone conversation # 9402, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/2/1966, 12:56PM (Item)
  • LBJ OFFERS DIRKSEN NEW YEAR'S, BIRTHDAY GREETINGS; INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF BETHLEHEM STEEL PRICE INCREASE; WAR-PROFITEERING; LBJ DISCUSSES ESTIMATES OF COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR IN FEDERAL BUDGET REQUEST; DIRKSEN ADVISES LBJ TO USE LOWER ESTIMATE; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 9460, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 1/7/1966, 1:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON CALL FROM NELSON ROCKEFELLER REQUESTING FEDERAL DISASTER AID FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY NYC TRANSIT STRIKE, TELLS WIRTZ TO CONTACT OEP, SMALL BUSINESS AND VETERANS ADMINISTRATIONS, CONGRESSMEN ABOUT POSSIBLE AID; NEW YORK STATE POLITICS
Telephone conversation # 9466, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/8/1966, 7:34PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN TELLS LBJ THAT NYT STORY REPORTING THAT HE AND LBJ HAVE PARTED COMPANY ON VIETNAM IS INACCURATE; LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN TO MEET WITH HIM NEXT WEEK; TIME, ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING; LADY BIRD JOHNSON AND MRS. DIRKSEN EXCHANGE NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
Telephone conversation # 11910, sound recording, LBJ and JULIAN GOODMAN, 6/21/1967, 9:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES CONTINUING EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING BETWEEN LBJ AND ALEXSEI KOSYGIN DURING KOSYGIN'S VISIT TO UN AND PROBLEMS THAT NEWS REPORTS ABOUT POSSIBLE MEETING HAVE CREATED; SOVIET PROBLEMS IN MIDDLE EAST, CHINA, VIETNAM; POLITICAL TURMOIL
Telephone conversation # 12105, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN LINDSAY, 8/24/1967, 10:02AM (Item)
  • "LOCAL SHOREHAM HOTEL"; "TO MAYOR JOHN LINDSAY AT SHOREHAM HOTEL RELATIVE TO NEWS LEAK ABOUT WALTER WASHINGTON BEFORE APPOINTMENT IS DEFINITE..."; "THE PRES IN HIS BEDROOM EITHER EVENING OF AUG 23 OR MORNING OF AUG 24, 1967"; "MAYOR JOHN LINDSAY?"
Telephone conversation # 12604, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE A. BROWN, 1/11/1968, 2:51PM (Item)
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; BROWN SAYS HE IS RETURNING TO UK, EXPRESSES SADNESS ABOUT BRITISH DECISION (TO REDUCE DEFENSE EXPENDITURES IN FAR EAST, SOUTHEAST ASIA, PERSIAN GULF); LBJ DISCUSSES NEGATIVE EFFECT OF DECISION; LBJ'S & BROWN'S REGARD FOR EACH
Telephone conversation # 12607, sound recording, LBJ and BEN HEINEMAN, 1/21/1968, 1:16PM (Item)
  • 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 # 12608, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/22/1968, 8:27AM (Item)
  • "CRASH OF B-52 NEAR GREENLAND CARRYING NUCLEAR WEAPONS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. PROPOSED NEWS RELEASE."; "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 12818, sound recording, LBJ and ROGER BRANIGIN, 3/17/1968, 3:00PM (Item)
  • BRANIGIN TELLS LBJ ABOUT HHH'S ANNOUNCEMENT (THAT BRANIGIN WILL RUN AS STAND-IN FOR LBJ IN INDIANA PRIMARY); LBJ TELLS BRANIGIN TO ASK FOR WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO AVOID OUTCOME LIKE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE; BRANIGIN SAYS HE HAS CONTACTED EUGENE PULLIAM
Telephone conversation # 12835, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/23/1968, 10:17AM (Item)
  • DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL RACE; RFK CAMPAIGN; LBJ'S CAMPAIGN STRATEGY; BERTRAND HARDING'S APPOINTMENT AS OEO DIRECTOR; NEW POVERTY, URBAN PROJECTS; DALEY'S TALK WITH CARL STOKES; INDIANA PRIMARY; RICHARD HATCHER; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH DALEY'S SONS
Telephone conversation # 12838, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY WILSON, 3/23/1968, 12:37PM (Item)
  • WILSON RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF TERRY SANFORD AS DIRECTOR OF CITIZENS FOR JOHNSON COMMITTEE; DISCUSSION OF LARRY O'BRIEN'S ROLE IN LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; STANLEY STEINGUT, RFK AND NEW YORK POLITICS; JAMES ROWE'S ROLE; NEED FOR CABINET MEMBERS TO SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 13004, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 5/3/1968, 1:00AM (Item)
  • "W/NEWS THAT HANOI HAS PROPOSED PARIS FOR TALKS"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY
Telephone conversation # 13124, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONNELL, 6/20/1968, 4:44PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONTINUES READING LETTER FROM PAT NUGENT REQUESTING TRANSFER TO NEW DUTIES IN VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS MCCONNELL'S VIEWS ON REQUEST, DISCUSSES NUGENT'S BROTHER'S, CHARLES ROBB'S COMBAT SERVICE IN VIETNAM; MCCONNELL'S CONTINUATION AS AIR FORCE CHIEF
Telephone conversation # 11653, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/25/1967, 11:10AM (Item)
  • JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON CIA IN INDIA; DISCUSSION OF NEWS PROGRAMMING ON EDUCATIONAL TV, POSSIBLE COMPETITION WITH NETWORK TV, USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ALLEGEDLY SLANTED COVERAGE; MILTON EISENHOWER AS HEAD OF PUBLIC TV
Telephone conversation # 11385, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/20/1967, 7:00PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF DONALD TURNER'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION AND ANTITRUST DIVISION OF JUSTICE DEPT; LBJ ASKS IF JUSTICE DEPT EMPLOYEES SUBMIT RESIGNATION UPON APPOINTMENT OF NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT RFK APPOINTEES IN JUSTICE
Telephone conversation # 11394, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/22/1967, 10:38AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S POSITION ON CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; QUESTION OF PRESENTING HOOVER'S VIEWS TO SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF VIETNAM SITUATION IN HIS NEW BOOK
Telephone conversation # 11404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN; PRESS LEAKS FROM CRIME COMMISSION; KATZENBACH DEFENDS COMMISSION; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DISSENT IN CONGRESS; NEW HARRIS POLL; WILLIAM MANCHESTER
Telephone conversation # 11409, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/25/1967, 8:22PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS BOBBY BAKER CASE WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED; LBJ READS NEW HARRIS POLL SHOWING DROP IN RFK'S POPULARITY FOLLOWING WILLIAM MANCHESTER BOOK CONTROVERSY; LBJ'S STANDINGS IN POLL; RFK'S UPCOMING TRIP TO EUROPE
Telephone conversation # 11503, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 2/2/1967, 10:37AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR SENATE RATIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR, ADVANTAGES TO US OF NEW TREATY, EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT TREATY AND BEST WAY TO SOLICIT DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S SUPPORT FOR TREATY; EISENHOWER'S ADVICE TO LBJ ON ABM
Telephone conversation # 11508, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VAUGHN, 2/2/1967, 8:00PM (Item)
  • VAUGHN REPORTS THAT "CAROL" (BILL MOYERS' FORMER SECRETARY) HAS NOT REPORTED FOR NEW JOB, DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO CONTACT HER ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SHE WILL ACCEPT JOB
Telephone conversation # 11540, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 2/14/1967, 9:50AM (Item)
  • MOYERS CALLS TO SAY GOODBYE, OFFER HIS HELP IN THE FUTURE; MOYERS EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR RESUMPTION OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, DISCUSSES VIEWS OF PRESS ON LBJ'S PERFORMANCE AS PRESIDENT; NEW POLL ON LBJ; RFK AND CITIZENS FOR KENNEDY-FULBRIGHT GROUP
Telephone conversation # 11223, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 12/29/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENTS IN NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT POLITICAL, REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF APPOINTMENTS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY CONSIDERED
Telephone conversation # 11224, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 12/29/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENTS IN NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT; LBJ SUGGESTS MACY TALK WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO ABOUT MERGING COMMERCE AND LABOR DEPTS; DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR COMMERCE DEPT, REPUBLICAN VACANCIES ON ICC
Telephone conversation # 11226, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 12/30/1966, 11:13AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MEANY TO CONSIDER POSSIBILITY OF MERGING COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS, DISCUSSES REORGANIZATION OF HEW, FORMATION OF NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT AND LOSS OF COMMERCE DEPT'S RESPONSIBILITIES; LBJ'S, LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S MEETING YESTERDAY WITH THOMAS