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Telephone conversation # 8145, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1965, 12:12PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HAROLD WILSON'S CONCERN THAT TIMING OF UPCOMING B-52 VIETNAM RAID WILL AFFECT ANNOUNCEMENT OF UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE; LBJ DISCUSSES UK, GERMAN POLLS ON VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS GROUP PROTESTING WAR
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 # 10446, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/29/1966, 10:50AM (Item)
  • TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN LBJ AND HAROLD WILSON TODAY; UK ECONOMIC SITUATION; GERMAN OFFSET PROBLEM; TRANSFER OF US MILITARY FORCES FROM FRANCE TO UK; US PURCHASES OF SHIPS, AIRCRAFT ENGINES FROM UK; ALDABRA BASE; LBJ TEASES MCNAMARA ABOUT AID
Telephone conversation # 11529, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/12/1967, 10:13PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US RESPONSE TO ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE, DISCUSSES BOMBING CESSATION WHEN NORTH VIETNAM CEASES INFILTRATION; NEED FOR RECORD TO SHOW THAT US HAS PURSUED PEACE PROPOSAL
Telephone conversation # 11536, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/13/1967, 11:55AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA ASKS IF WALT ROSTOW CAN DRAFT CONTINGENCY PRESS RELEASE ON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT WILL ARISE FOLLOWING HAROLD WILSON'S STATEMENT ABOUT HIS MEETINGS WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; RESUMPTION OF BOMBING, NAVAL GUNFIRE
Telephone conversation # 11539, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/13/1967, 12:31PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION TO SHOW THAT IT HAS PURSUED ALL AVENUES FOR PEACE DURING HAROLD WILSON-ALEXSEI KOSYGIN VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE
Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1975, by Elspeth D. Rostow (Item)
  • the nation and through the Congress the legislation which has laid the groundwork for at least beginning to overcome the discrimination against the blacks. Having said that, I would have to add that, compared to Jefferson or Wilson, I believe that President
Telephone conversation # 12608, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/22/1968, 8:27AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON CRASH OF B-52 CARRYING NUCLEAR WEAPONS NEAR GREENLAND, PRESS RELEASE REGARDING CRASH, EFFECT ON DENMARK'S ELECTIONS, ATTACK ON KHE SANH; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS REPORT ON HEAVY ENEMY CASUALTIES IN VIETNAM, LEAKS TO GEORGE WILSON
Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)
  • that the Israelis could repel the attack. Number four, Wilson came over here for a meeting with Johnson, totally unrelated to that initially, but by the time he got here that was the only subject on the agenda. The only difference between the British and us