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Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF VIETNAM POLICY; AGREEMENT AMONG US OFFICIALS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ ASKS ABOUT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR UNIDENTIFIED CANDIDATE FOR UNIDENTIFIED
Telephone conversation # 11601, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 3/1/1967, 9:53AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MANSFIELD READS PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF SUPPORT OF VIETNAM POLICY TO BE ATTACHED TO VIETNAM SUPPLEMENTAL BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CHANGES IN US MISSION TO VIETNAM INCLUDING APPOINTING ELLSWORTH BUNKER AS AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE
Telephone conversation # 3762, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 6/17/1964, 6:58PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RESTON'S STORY ON RFK OFFERING TO GO TO VIETNAM; US INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM: OPINIONS OF RESTON, LBJ, MIKE MANSFIELD, FRANK CHURCH, ERNEST GRUENING, WAYNE MORSE; LBJ REFLECTS ON ACTIONS AND ADVICE OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER; DE GAULLE ON NEUTRALIZATION
Telephone conversation # 3750, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1964, 9:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO HENRY CABOT LODGE AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM: MAXWELL TAYLOR, ROSWELL GILPATRIC, GEORGE BALL; OBJECTIONS TO GILPATRIC BECAUSE OF TFX ISSUE; CONCERNS ABOUT US POLICY IN VIETNAM; ADVICE FROM MIKE MANSFIELD, RICHARD RUSSELL, CARL
Telephone conversation # 9619, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANATOS, 2/4/1966, 5:20PM? (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF DANIEL INOUYE ACCOMPANYING LBJ TO HONOLULU MEETING WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE, US ADVISERS; LBJ DISCUSSES DAMAGE DONE BY MANSFIELD'S REPORT ON VIETNAM, CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW BRIMMER TO FRB
Telephone conversation # 7329, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR "TEX" GOLDSCHMIDT, 4/8/1965, 10:27AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH VIETNAMESE NEGATIVE REACTION; LBJ READS CRITICAL CABLES ON SPEECH; LBJ'S REPORT ON 1961 VIETNAM TRIP; MEKONG DELTA; EUGENE BLACK AND UN TASK FORCE; LBJ ASKS ELIZABETH GOLDSCHMIDT TO DRAFT MEDICARE
Telephone conversation # 7148, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/25/1965, 8:52AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • APPOINTMENT OF LODGE AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LODGE PRAISES WESTMORELAND, ALEXIS JOHNSON; NAPALM USE; GEORGE LODGE'S WORK IN CENTRAL AMERICA UNDER AID GRANT; FCC VACANCY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TV INTERESTS; JAMES BARCO; JAMES "JERRY" WADSWORTH
Telephone conversation # 9307, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/3/1965, 9:31AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ORVILLE FREEMAN ON FOOD AID TO INDIA; PRESS LEAKS; ROBERT KOMER; CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED MCGEORGE BUNDY; RUSK'S ADMIRATION OF BUNDY; KOMER'S ABRASIVENESS; MEETING WITH LBJ ON VIETNAM; VIETNAM BUDGET; OTHER COUNTRIES' TROOP
Telephone conversation # 9655, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/22/1966, 9:04AM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • LIFE EDITORIAL; LBJ'S DESIRE FOR PEACE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM; RFK PROPOSAL; VIEWS OF JCS, FULBRIGHT IN CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS; FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, RUSK; AGENDA FOR WH MEETING TODAY; ROBERT KINTNER; INFLUENCE OF NYT; ARTHUR
Telephone conversation # 11660, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/30/1967, 9:23AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH RFK AND THEIR DISCUSSION OF MODEL CITIES, RFK'S PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS, VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES RECENT PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY RFK, ABRAHAM RIBICOFF CRITICIZING LBJ, SAYS HE DOES NOT BELIEVE RFK COULD DEFEAT HIM
Telephone conversation # 13323, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/27/1968, 11:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DIRKSEN WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; DIRKSEN'S OPPONENT; LBJ'S HEALTH; DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; PARIS PEACE TALKS; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S VIETNAM TRIP; ADVERSE EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT; APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE, DIRKSEN'S FCC
Telephone conversation # 13585, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 10/23/1968, 5:30PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF JOSEPH MEANY, SAYS HE DISAPPROVED LABOR DEPT REORGANIZATION PLAN BUT WILLARD WIRTZ ENACTED IT, REFUSES TO RESCIND IT; GOVS. OPPOSITION TO PLAN; EFFECT ON HHH CAMPAIGN IF WIRTZ RESIGNS; WIRTZ' CRITICISM OF VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 8116, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1965, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • JCS MEETING ON 2 PLANS FOR MORE US FORCES IN VIETNAM; POSSIBLE EISENHOWER BRIEFING; NUMBERS OF TROOPS IN EACH PLAN; EXTENSION OF TAYLOR'S APPOINTMENT; MIKE MANSFIELD'S, GEORGE AIKEN'S VIEWS; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; DETERIORATING VIETNAM SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 1815, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/1/1964, 6:28PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ READS PRESS COMMENTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; ORGANIZING WAR ON POVERTY; PEACE CORPS; JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH; EVALUATIONS OF JACK VAUGHN, BILL MOYERS, ROBERT MCNAMARA; PANAMA; VIETNAM; DIEM COUP; FRANCE; VP SELECTION; LBJ COMMENTS ON RUNNING
Telephone conversation # 3761, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 6/17/1964, 6:58PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • REPUBLICAN PARTISAN VOTES ON FOREIGN AID, EXCISE TAXES; FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT; OTTO PASSMAN; DWIGHT EISENHOWER, JFK, FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF RFK AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 6607, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/9/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RICHARD RUSSELL; DOD PROGRAM FOR DRAFT REJECTEES; DON REYNOLDS' CHARGES ON TFX, GRUMMAN IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; AIR FORCE PLANE CRASH YESTERDAY; REQUEST FOR DEFENSE BUDGET BREAKDOWN FOR GROMYKO MEETING; UK; MLF; SOUTH VIETNAM POLITICS; NEED FOR WH
Telephone conversation # 8208, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/29/1965, 4:32PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK TO CALL EISENHOWER ABOUT HIS CONCERNS THAT DNC IS CIRCULATING PRIVATE 1954 LETTER FROM EISENHOWER TO WINSTON CHURCHILL ON VIETNAM; HARLAN CLEVELAND; JOSEPH SISCO; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON ABOUT LBJ'S UN ANNIVERSARY
Telephone conversation # 8392, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 7/26/1965, 3:51PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • APPOINTMENT OF OREN HARRIS TO JUDGESHIP, POSSIBLE EFFECT ON PENDING LEGISLATION; MCCLELLAN'S CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM; ABRAHAM RIBICOFF AND PASSAGE OF "URBAN AFFAIRS BILL" (HUD CREATION?); LBJ TEASES ABOUT ASKING NORMA MCCLELLAN TO GO FOR BOAT RIDE
Telephone conversation # 10138, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/25/1966, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DIRKSEN'S PROPOSAL THAT LBJ MEET WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON VIETNAM; RUSK'S MEETINGS WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; PATRICK NUGENT'S MOTHER'S ADMIRATION OF DIRKSEN; LIST OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES; RFK AND WIRETAPS
Telephone conversation # 9831, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/4/1966, 9:02AM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • APPOINTMENTS FOR NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; INCREASED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HAWK POSITION; LODGE'S REPORT ON PROGRESS, MORALE IN VIETNAM; USSR AND BOMBING PAUSE; AIKEN'S TRIP TO CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 10602, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/10/1966, 3:30PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 11637, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 3/13/1967, 6:48PM (Item)
  • "(RETURNING PRESIDENT'S CALL)"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; MUSKIE IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; TV OR RADIO BROADCAST OF VIETNAM PROTESTS, CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • Vietnam criticism
Telephone conversation # 11653, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/25/1967, 11:10AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 11703, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON, 4/4/1967, 10:14AM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • LEE METCALF'S RECENT STATEMENT ON CHARLES LUCE; LBJ RECOMMENDS NO FURTHER ACTION BE TAKEN ON WEAKENED RESOLUTION ON LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN AID, PUNTA DEL ESTE SUMMIT; VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS ON SST; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CONCERNS
Telephone conversation # 11388, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1/21/1967, 12:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EISENHOWER'S GALL BLADDER SURGERY; EISENHOWER ASKS IF JUSTICE DEPT WILL OVERRULE FCC APPROVAL OF ITT, ABC MERGER; MILITARY SITUATION IN VIETNAM; PEACE FEELERS; LBJ ASKS FOR MILTON EISENHOWER'S ADVICE ON LATIN AMERICA; ELLSWORTH BUNKER
Telephone conversation # 11405, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 11191, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 12/22/1966, 9:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DOUGLAS' CONCERNS ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO COMMITTEE TO STUDY CITY PROBLEMS, CUTS IN GREAT SOCIETY BECAUSE OF VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASE IN FEDERAL SPENDING ON POOR, POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; DOUGLAS RECOMMENDS CUTS IN SPACE PROGRAM
Telephone conversation # 13735, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/14/1968, 10:56AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • NIXON SAYS HE WILL NOT NAME US AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY NOW, WILL APPOINT ROBERT MURPHY AS HIS REPRESENTATIVE ON FOREIGN POLICY, VIETNAM DURING TRANSITION; LBJ PRAISES MURPHY, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT USSR DURING TRANSITION; NIXON'S CONTACTS
Telephone conversation # 12510, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE LOCKE, 12/27/1967, 9:45AM (Item)
  • "12/27/1967 LOCKE?" AND SHORTHAND NOTES ON SLIP; "DEPUTY AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH VIETNAM TELLING PRES. HE WISHES TO RESIGN AND COME BACK TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR."; SECOND SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 12/27/1968; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS
  • Vietnam
  • LOCKE ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ ABOUT LOCKE'S RESIGNATION AS DEPUTY AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM TO RUN FOR GOV. OF TEXAS; LOCKE'S REPLACEMENT; TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF LOCKE'S PLANS; JOHN CONNALLY; LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS CANDIDACY IN 1941 SENATE RACE
Telephone conversation # 13007, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 5/4/1968, 10:13AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION IN VIETNAM; CLIFFORD'S UPCOMING TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S REACTION TO MARCH 31ST SPEECH, PEACE TALKS; SELECTION OF PARIS AS SITE OF TALKS; PROMOTION FOR JAMES
Telephone conversation # 9110, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS REPORTING OF GOVT STATEMENTS ON ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE, STOCKPILE RELEASE TO MEET VIETNAM NEEDS; INDUSTRY REACTION TO RELEASE; GARDNER ACKLEY'S REMARKS ON POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK; APPOINTMENT OF HUD SECRETARY; WWII RUBBER
Telephone conversation # 8352, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 7/19/1965, 6:07PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9895, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/17/1966, 10:02PM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • RFK'S REQUEST TO KATZENBACH TO BE ASKED TO MEETINGS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON DNC, CAMPAIGN FINANCES; LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH KENNEDYS; 1964 VP SELECTION, NY SENATE RACE; UPCOMING ELECTIONS; LBJ AND BAY OF PIGS, CUBAN MISSILE CRISES; RFK'S RECENT VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9841, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 3/7/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • REUTHER'S HAND INJURY; LBJ DISCUSSES WORLD SITUATION, DEGAULLE, VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; REUTHER ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ ON LABOR PROBLEMS, MICHIGAN POLITICAL SITUATION; DEFEAT OF TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B REPEAL; TRANSFER OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE TO DOJ
Telephone conversation # 12721, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/19/1968, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • JOHN CROOKER, SR. AND JR.; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME COURT?: CYRUS VANCE, CLARK CLIFFORD, RAMSEY CLARK, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS BIAS AGAINST LBJ; BOB KERR'S OPINION OF DOUGLAS DILLON; ANDRE MEYER'S, FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 13422, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 9/26/1968, 4:42PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 3732, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/12/1964, 7:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 7321, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM "RED" RABORN, 4/6/1965, 4:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 9198, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/29/1965, 3:10PM (Item)
  • Vietnam