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Folder, "McNamara, Robert," Office Files of Fred Panzer, Box 379 (Item)
  • may object. to the' term. . . --. -·-. .... -· -· - .... - CHICAGO DAILY NEWS Sept-ember 15, 1967 .... - ,,-.---- .. ---- ... ·Connnent ';vI cNa1narciCredibility·Rating Plunges B3 William McGaffin an indiscriminate bombinJ of in private talks
Telephone conversation # 1912, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/6/1964, 1:01PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD AT TIME OF CALL; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING MADE FROM ORIGINAL REEL-TO-REEL TAPE; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1913, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/6/1964, 1:25PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; VALENTI ANSWERS TELEPHONE, TRANSFERS CALL TO LBJ; RECORDING MADE FROM ORIGINAL REEL-TO-REEL TAPE; FORMERLY CLOSED - A
  • New York
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 # 6320, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/11/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • "LBJ RANCH"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 10:41P
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT CLOSING DEFENSE FACILITIES IN EL PASO, ORLANDO, NEW ENGLAND; POLITICAL, ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLOSING PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD; POSSIBLE USE OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS TO EASE EFFECTS AS IN SOUTH BEND LITTON PROJECT; EDMUND MUSKIE
Telephone conversation # 5930, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/20/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING EDWIN WEISL, SR., AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ INTERRUPTS MCNAMARA TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS DURING CALL
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 # 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 # 4601, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/1/1964, 9:00AM (Item)
  • 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 # 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 # 336, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/7/1963, 5:03PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH RICHARD RUSSELL ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, DOD BUDGET; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CLOSING NAVY YARDS IN BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK; UPCOMING MEETING ON DOD BUDGET; OPPOSITION TO CANCELLATION OF DYNASOAR
Telephone conversation # 1195, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/6/1964, 3:40PM (Item)
  • CONSOLIDATING WH PHOTOGRAPHERS' LABS; YOICHI OKAMOTO; INDONESIA; SUKARNO; FOREIGN AID BILL; NAJEEB HALABY AND SST BOARD; EDWARD MURROW SUCCESSOR AT USIA; NEW SPEECHWRITERS; TED SORENSEN RESIGNATION; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER; JOHN B. MARTIN; ADAM
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 # 4333, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/24/1964, 5:56PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH (TO LABOR LEADERS?) THIS AFTERNOON; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH GOLDWATER, COMMENTS ON HIS DUTIES AS PRESIDENT, GOLDWATER'S COMMENTS ON CAMPAIGN, CONCERNS ABOUT RECENT RIOTS, REQUEST TO FLY ON NEW R-12 MILITARY
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 # 4366, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/28/1964, 5:16PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF DIFFICULTIES IN PASSING POVERTY BILL CAUSED BY DOD LETTER INFORMING HUGH CAREY, NEW YORK DELEGATION, THAT 500 JOBS WILL BE ELIMINATED AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
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 # 6291, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/8/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO BRING ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO RANCH TOMORROW; POSTPONEMENT OF MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH OIL INTERESTS ON APPALACHIAN COAL; MCNAMARA'S MEETING TOMORROW WITH MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DELEGATIONS ON CLOSING OF DEFENSE FACILITIES
Telephone conversation # 6398, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/18/1964, 4:05PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF NEW WASHINGTON, DC, POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CRIME IN WASHINGTON AND ABOUT WALTER TOBRINER'S FAILURE TO NOTIFY WH ABOUT APPOINTMENT
Telephone conversation # 5533, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/8/1964, 5:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT MILITARY AIDE'S STATEMENTS TO NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE REPORTER DURING TRIP TO DETROIT YESTERDAY; DISCUSSION OF PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT CURRENT STATUS OF HONEY FITZ, OTHER PRESIDENTIAL YACHT; LBJ SAYS HE HAS NO USE FOR YACHTS
Telephone conversation # 5567, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/10/1964, 11:59AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS LBJ FORMALLY REQUEST RUSK, MCNAMARA, MCGEORGE BUNDY PREPARE RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEW FOREIGN POLICY INITIATIVES FOR LBJ'S CONSIDERATION EARLY NEXT YEAR, REPORTS ON HIS CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF UAW-CHRYSLER SETTLEMENT
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 # 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 # 7941, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON POST ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CABLE FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RETURN TO WASHINGTON; MCNAMARA TELLS FORTAS HE WILL COME TO WH FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH NEW ZEALAND DEFENSE MINISTER
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
Telephone conversation # 8008, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and JOHN MCNAUGHTON, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • MCNAMARA ASKS MCNAUGHTON TO TAKE HIS PLACE AT DINNER WITH THE QUEEN IN CASE MCNAMARA CANNOT MAKE IT, TO CHECK PROTOCOL ON TOASTING A QUEEN, AND TO TALK TO EARLE WHEELER ABOUT TELLING LOCAL COMMANDERS OF RISKS OF BOMBING NEW TARGET IN NORTH VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 8117, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1965, 6:40PM (Item)
  • MIKE MANSFIELD'S, GEORGE AIKEN'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; POSSIBLE NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON INCREASED US FORCES OR REPEAL OF TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; VIEWS OF UNNAMED PERSON ON FAILURE OF BOMBING PAUSE, VIETNAM POLICY; NEED TO RESPOND TO VIET CONG
Telephone conversation # 10106, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1966, 8:26AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES IMPACT OF VIETNAM SPENDING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, GREAT SOCIETY; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED DEFICIT, LACK OF LIBERAL SUPPORT FOR NEW PROGRAMS, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, ECONOMY AND UPCOMING
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 # 10857, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/30/1966, 4:37PM (Item)
  • FERDINAND MARCOS' REQUEST TO POSTPONE MANILA CONFERENCE UNTIL MID-NOVEMBER; MCNAMARA OFFERS FACILITIES AT CLARK AFB FOR PRESS; CONCERNS ABOUT POSTPONEMENT BECAUSE OF SOUTH VIETNAM'S POLITICAL SITUATION, ELECTIONS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Folder, "McNamara," Office Files of James Gaither, Box 199 (Item)
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Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1975, by Elspeth D. Rostow (Item)
  • effort to bring the pros and cons of major controversies within the field of defense to light--in this case with speeches and writings and statements that were published in newspapers of record such as the Washington Post and the New York Times--we