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  • Date > 1964-08-04 (remove)
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Telephone conversation # 4681, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 5:09PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ THAT PRESS HAS BROKEN STORY ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, LEAK ALLEGEDLY CAME FROM CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE; MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS DOD ISSUE PRESS STATEMENT ON ATTACK, REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH DOUGLAS DILLON ON US RESPONSE, EFFORTS TO REACH
Telephone conversation # 4686, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 5:26PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SECRETARY ASKS IF LBJ WANTS TO RETURN JOHN SWEETERMAN'S CALL, ANNOUNCES REEDY; REEDY CONVEYS PRESS REQUEST TO BRING IN LIVE TV RECORDERS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAK, DISCUSSES ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING ON TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 4691, sound recording, LBJ and CLAUDE DESAUTELS, 8/4/1964, 5:51PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK; LBJ ASKS DESAUTELS ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON OFF-THE-RECORD MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, ARRANGEMENTS FOR NOTIFYING CONGRESSMEN; EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 4669, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 11:34AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS BRIEFING ITEMS; APPOINTMENTS OF US ATTORNEY IN OREGON, CONNECTICUT JUDGES, FDR III TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT FOUNDATION BOARD; UPI REQUEST TO PHOTOGRAPH NSC MEETING; TONKIN GULF ATTACK; DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES, POSSIBLE EFFECT ON POVERTY BILL
Telephone conversation # 4682, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/4/1964, 5:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INVITES MAHON TO WH, ASKS IF HE SPOKE WITH ANYONE ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK BECAUSE PRESS STORIES INDICATE LEAK CAME FROM CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE; MAHON DISCUSSES SPESSARD HOLLAND, CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR COTTON RESEARCH
Telephone conversation # 4699, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 8:36PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS IF SHE SHOULD PLACE CALL TO GEORGE MAHON; REEDY ASKS IF PRESS CAN SET UP EQUIPMENT FOR TV COVERAGE OF LBJ'S STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK IN FISH ROOM, ASKS IF HE CAN HAVE LBJ'S STATEMENT MIMEOGRAPHED
Telephone conversation # 4707, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 9:24PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF NOTIFYING PRESS ABOUT LBJ'S STATEMENT ON US RESPONSE TO TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; DELETION OF REFERENCES TO BARRY GOLDWATER FROM SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 4693, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 8/4/1964, 8:01PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK; DELOACH INFORMS LBJ THAT THREE BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI, PRESUMABLY OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; LBJ ASKS FBI TO DELAY PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL AFTER FAMILIES HAVE BEEN CONTACTED
Telephone conversation # 4700, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/4/1964, 8:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations