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  • Contributor > McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009 (remove)
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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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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