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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 # 2833, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/2/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CATTLEMEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT BEEF PRICES; DOD MEAT PURCHASES; ANDREW O'MEARA; DISCUSSION OF WILLIAM WESTMORELAND AS REPLACEMENT FOR HENRY CABOT LODGE AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; NIXON'S CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; PANAMA; CUBA; GUANTANAMO MILITARY BASE
Telephone conversation # 3768, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/18/1964, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN BUSINESS COMMUNITY; ANDERSON RECOMMENDS BILL DRAPER OR MILTON EISENHOWER AS VIETNAM AMBASSADOR; MAXWELL TAYLOR; JOHN MCCLOY; EUGENE BLACK; PRESS CRITICISM; ADVICE FROM DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ'S CONCERNS FOR VIETNAM, NGUYEN KHANH
Telephone conversation # 3769, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/18/1964, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF MILTON EISENHOWER, MAXWELL TAYLOR; LUCIUS? CLAY, DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN MCCLOY, OR GEORGE CHAMPION AS VIETNAM AMBASSADOR; DWIGHT EISENHOWER FOR WILLIAM SCRANTON; BARRY GOLDWATER; WOMEN'S, JEWISH VOTE; PANAMA; LIBERALS, PRESS, VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9314, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/11/1965, 12:18PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; HANOI'S DENUNCIATION OF PAUSE; UPCOMING HAROLD WILSON VISIT; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE, CONCERN ABOUT PRESS LEAKS; US LOAN TO BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN TROOPS FOR VIETNAM; WILLIAM BENNETT AS AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL; GEORGE
Telephone conversation # 10401, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 7/1/1966, 9:40AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SANDERS PRAISES SUCCESSFUL ATTACK OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM, SAYS PUBLIC SUPPORTS BOMBING; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; CONFLICT BETWEEN DOJ, FTC OVER ANTITRUST COURT CASE ABOUT PROCTOR & GAMBLE'S ACQUISITION OF CLOROX; GEORGIA
Telephone conversation # 13546, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 10/16/1968, 9:34AM (Item)
  • "LOCAL"; "TRANSCRIBED"; "RE VIETNAM SITUATION"; "BAREFOOT SANDERS NOMINATION"; "NOMINATION OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE [LINED THROUGH]"
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ SAYS NORTH VIETNAM HAS NOT MET US BOMBING HALT CONDITIONS; EFFECT OF MCGEORGE BUNDY'S, HHH'S SPEECHES; GEORGE BALL; AVERELL HARRIMAN; SUGGESTION LBJ NAME ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS CHIEF JUSTICE; RECESS JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR BAREFOOT SANDERS
Telephone conversation # 2305, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/2/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE, PRESS STORIES; VIETNAM; HENRY CABOT LODGE, 1964 CAMPAIGN; PANAMA; CYPRUS; TURKEY; LBJ AND ISMET INONU; THOMAS DODD DEMAND TO INVESTIGATE GHANA; WILLIAM BUNDY'S APPOINTMENT; LBJ ASKS FOR VIETNAM STATEMENT, CUBA STUDY
Telephone conversation # 7349, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 4/19/1965, 11:42AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PROBLEMS WITH APPOINTMENT OF FRANK MCKINNEY AS AMBASSADOR TO JAMAICA; MCKINNEY'S HEALTH, WISH TO BE NAMED AS AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM; FULBRIGHT'S DESIRE TO APPOINT CAREER FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS, CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; TRUE DAVIS
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 # 9112, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 11/8/1965, 9:11AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • USIA APPOINTMENT FOR MITCHELL WOLFSON; HOWARD WOODS' REQUEST TO MAKE INSPECTION TRIP OF USIA POSTS; MARKS ASKS TO GO TO VIETNAM TO PERSUADE USIA PERSONNEL TO EXTEND TOURS OF DUTY; BARRY ZORTHIAN'S REQUEST TO RETURN TO US; TRAVEL TO VIETNAM BY US
Telephone conversation # 10222, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • STATUS OF BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, AIRLINE LABOR DISPUTE; DIRKSEN'S CALL FOR BIPARTISAN VIETNAM MEETING; RICHARD HELMS AS REPLACEMENT FOR WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; CIA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; BOMBING PROGRAM; PEACE
Telephone conversation # 9893, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 3/17/1966, 8:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • TRANSFER OF W. TAPLEY BENNETT FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO PORTUGAL; PRESS CRITICISM OF BENNETT; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN US; VIETNAM BOMBING CAMPAIGN; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; QUESTION OF CARL SANDERS RUNNING AGAINST RICHARD RUSSELL IN GEORGIA SENATE RACE
Telephone conversation # 10604, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/10/1966, 3:55PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S ADVICE ON UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATES; CYRUS VANCE'S CONCERNS ABOUT HIS FUTURE; ROSWELL GILPATRIC; JOHN DICKEY; J. IRWIN MILLER; FRANK MURPHY; PRESS LEAK ABOUT US TROOP INCREASE; RICHARD NIXON'S VIETNAM STATEMENT; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 12702, sound recording, LBJ and JACK HORNER, 2/5/1968, 8:34AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • HORNER ASKS ABOUT SOUTH KOREAN PRESS REPORT ON PANMUNJON TALKS ON USS PUEBLO; LBJ SAYS PRESS IS LYING, COMPLAINS ABOUT MARVIN KALB, DREW PEARSON COLUMN ON WILLIAM WESTMORELAND; TET OFFENSIVE; SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 12712, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/12/1968, 8:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAN (RFK?); DALEY SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMITTEE TO STUDY VIETNAM; POSSIBLE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR OTTO KERNER; ILLINOIS POLITICS; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS; BEN HEINEMAN; RFK AND POSSIBLE VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 12830, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/22/1968, 4:49PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EXTENSION OF EARLE WHEELER AS JCS CHAIRMAN FOR A YEAR; OTHER CHANGES IN MILITARY LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING WILLIAM WESTMORELAND AS ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF AND CREIGHTON ABRAMS AS HIS SUCCESSOR; RFK CAMPAIGN; SHIFT OF SENTIMENT ON VIETNAM BY DOD CIVILIAN
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 # 13216, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/24/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S HONOLULU MEETING; MIKE MANSFIELD'S LETTER CRITICIZING VIETNAM POLICY; OPPOSITION TO GUN CONTROL BILL BY JAMES EASTLAND, STROM THURMOND; JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ACTION ON NOMINATIONS INCLUDING JOHN CROOKER'S APPOINTMENT TO CAB; EDSON SESSIONS
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 # 13415, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/23/1968, 9:37AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • GEORGE BALL'S RESIGNATION AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN TO WORK IN HHH CAMPAIGN; SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL; VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; BASE AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN; BRIEFINGS FOR CANDIDATES; EFFECT OF CAMPAIGN ON FOREIGN POLICY; GEORGE KENNAN; HENRY
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 # 248, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 12/2/1963, 7:01PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS FOR FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS; FULBRIGHT DISCUSSES KENNEDY CENTER BILL; FUNDING FOR CENTER; AMENDMENTS TO FOREIGN AID BILL ON YUGOSLAVIA, POPULATION CONTROL; LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ABOUT ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS, CUBA, VIETNAM; HENRY CABOT LODGE; LAOS
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 # 4124, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 7/2/1964, 12:42PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ THANKS HARRIMAN FOR HIS REPORTS ON NATIONAL POLITICS; HARRIMAN ASKS IF PAUL HARKINS WILL ATTEND SWEARING IN OF MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM TODAY
Telephone conversation # 3821, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 6/23/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • REQUESTS FROM WILLIAM RYAN, OGDEN REID THAT LBJ MEET WITH PARENTS OF ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; LBJ'S MEETINGS ON CYPRUS CRISIS; RESIGNATION OF HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LBJ STRESSES NEED FOR ACTION ON OUTSTANDING BILLS
Telephone conversation # 3828, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 6/23/1964, 1:52PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DESCRIBES HIS CONVERSATION WITH RFK ABOUT RFK'S TRIP TO POLAND; RFK AS POSSIBLE AMBASSADOR TO USSR; ALLEGED MEETINGS ABOUT RFK AS PRESIDENTIAL OR VP NOMINEE; APPOINTMENTS OF MAXWELL TAYLOR, U. ALEXIS JOHNSON TO VIETNAM TO REPLACE HENRY CABOT
Telephone conversation # 6234, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/5/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 6302, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 11/9/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 7175, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 3/27/1965, 12:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCCONE SUGGESTS GUS LONG AS POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR AS CIA DIRECTOR; POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST DUE TO LONG'S OIL INTERESTS; LBJ'S IMAGE AS OIL MAN; MCCONE OFFERS TO BRIEF EISENHOWER ON VIETNAM; LBJ EXPRESSES HIS RESPECT FOR EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 7313, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/2/1965, 8:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • WISCONSIN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; JOHN STENNIS' CANDIDATE FOR FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS VACANCY; LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH ADA ON VIETNAM, CIVIL RIGHTS; JOE RAUH; MLK'S PROPOSED ECONOMIC BOYCOTT; BURKE MARSHALL AS POSSIBLE CIA DIRECTOR; PAT COYNE
Telephone conversation # 7145, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/24/1965, 3:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS LODGE TO FILL REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY, DISCUSSION OF DUTIES OF POST; PUBLIC SERVICE COMPONENT OF TV; COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE BOARD; UK TV SYSTEM; SUCCESSOR TO MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; NEED FOR CIVILIAN APPOINTEE; ALEXIS
Telephone conversation # 6834, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/14/1965, 1:02PM (Item)
  • "JORDAN"; "VIETNAM"
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 7641, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/12/1965, 4:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • APPOINTMENT OF LAWSON KNOTT AS HEAD OF GSA; DEWITT GREER; CARL BAGGE'S APPOINTMENT TO FPC; COFFEE AGREEMENT; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT LATIN AMERICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VIETNAM; VOTING RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 8559, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 8/18/1965, 8:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • WH DINNER LAST NIGHT FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS; GOLDBERG'S BRIEFING OF EISENHOWER ON UN DUES; JOB FOR JOHN EISENHOWER; CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS; WH DINNER FOR UN DELEGATES, MEETING WITH FIRST LADY FOR UN WOMEN; VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; INDIA
Telephone conversation # 8660, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 8/27/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EISENHOWER WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; EISENHOWER PRAISES INFORMATION PROGRAMS IN VIETNAM, LAOS; APPOINTMENTS OF WILLIAM RABORN, WILLIAM MCKEE; RFK'S UPCOMING TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA; POSSIBLE VISIT BY MILTON EISENHOWER TO LATIN
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 # 10049, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/26/1966, 10:05AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN'S SUPPORT FOR PROMOTION FOR JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; MCNAMARA DISCUSSES MIG ATTACKS AGAINST US PLANES IN VIETNAM, FAILURE OF US MISSILES, RECENT US PLANE LOSSES; QUESTION IF MIGS PILOTED BY CHINESE OR NORTH VIETNAMESE; RICHARD RUSSELL
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 # 9675, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 2/25/1966, 4:02PM (Item)
  • Vietnam