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Telephone conversation # 6275, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/6/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • BUNDY SUGGESTS COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT TALENT HUNT; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE; DOUGLAS DILLON; POSSIBLE CHANGES IN WH STAFF; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS AT RANCH; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOM FINNEY; VISITS BY FOREIGN MINISTERS, HAROLD
Telephone conversation # 6291, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/8/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO BRING ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO RANCH TOMORROW; POSTPONEMENT OF MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH OIL INTERESTS ON APPALACHIAN COAL; MCNAMARA'S MEETING TOMORROW WITH MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DELEGATIONS ON CLOSING OF DEFENSE FACILITIES
Telephone conversation # 6304, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/9/1964, 11:57AM (Item)
  • GEORGIA, NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS; POLLS; LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ON VIETNAM, SELECTION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; WALTER JENKINS; TRANSITION; POSSIBLE DEFENSE CUTS; LYNDA AND LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN WORK; MARGARET CHASE SMITH ADS
Telephone conversation # 5671, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 9/24/1964, 2:30PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ IS MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD, JACK VALENTI, JOHN CONNALLY AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY WITH VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 6339, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/12/1964, 8:30AM (Item)
  • KILDUFF REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH BOB GORALSKI, OTHERS ABOUT INACCURATE PRESS STORY THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL; LBJ INSTRUCTS KILDUFF ON PRESS HANDLING OF UPCOMING VISIT BY RICHARD RUSSELL AND OTHER GEORGIANS
Telephone conversation # 6347, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 11/12/1964, 10:25AM (Item)
  • SANDERS AGREES TO RECONSIDER INVITATION TO HUNTING TRIP WITH RICHARD RUSSELL, OTHERS; LBJ COMMENTS ON EFFORTS BY PRESS TO CREATE CONTROVERSY; PRESS STORY ALLEGEDLY LEAKED BY JOHN CONNALLY'S STAFF THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 6446, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/22/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • COOK'S ADVISORY ROLE IN UNNAMED BUSINESS DEAL; PAUL NITZE; PERSONAL DIFFICULTIES IN COOK'S ACCEPTING FEDERAL APPOINTMENT; APPOINTMENT OF EDWIN WEISL, SR. OR CLARK CLIFFORD AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; COOK TELLS LBJ NOMINEE MUST BE REGARDED AS INDEPENDENT
Telephone conversation # 6604, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/4/1964, 2:30PM (Item)
  • CANDIDATES TO HEAD CIA, GSA, TREASURY; JULIUS STRATTEN; CLARK KERR; BERKELEY STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS; AL HAYES; PAUL NITZE; CRAWFORD GREENEWALT; FRED KAPPEL; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; DOUGLAS DILLON; DAVID BELL; WILLIAM GAUD; REACTION TO BASE CLOSINGS
Telephone conversation # 5462, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 9/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • LBJ IS ON HOLD, WAITING FOR CALLS TO BE PLACED TO ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LBJ'S TALK WITH JOHN CONNALLY ABOUT RALPH YARBOROUGH AND HANDLING TEXAS PATRONAGE
Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 7018, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US VIETNAM POLICY, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESS; WALTER LIPPMANN; DREW PEARSON; NYT STORY ON LBJ ADVISERS; CLARK CLIFFORD; DEAN ACHESON; JAMES ROWE; TOMMY CORCORAN; SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY; FDR COMMENT ON INFLUENCE OF CORCORAN, BEN
Telephone conversation # 9039, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • LBJ JOKES ABOUT RAMSEY CLARK'S OBJECTIONS TO APPOINTMENTS; DAVID BRESS; VETO MESSAGES; APPOINTMENT FOR ROMAN HRUSKA; REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADERSHIP; APPOINTMENT OF LADY BIRD'S COUSIN; PROSECUTION OF DRAFT DODGERS; RONNIE DUGGER; SHERMAN ADAMS; DONALD
Telephone conversation # 8327, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 7/9/1965, 2:15PM (Item)
  • OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS CHARLES SCHULTZE AND ABE FORTAS TO HOLD FOR LBJ, THEN ASKS LBJ IF HE STILL WANTS TO SPEAK TO RAMSEY CLARK AND TELLS LBJ THAT SCHULTZE AND FORTAS ARE HOLDING
Telephone conversation # 8336, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/15/1965, 9:12AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE BALL, CLARK CLIFFORD AS UN AMBASSADOR OR UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; CLIFFORD'S REPUTATION AS "FIXER"; LBJ SAYS HE PREFERS THAT CLIFFORD BE APPOINTED UNDERSECRETARY, BALL BE APPOINTED UN AMBASSADOR
Telephone conversation # 8340, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 7/15/1965, 2:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WILKINS TO LOBBY FOR SENATE PASSAGE OF RENT SUBSIDY PROVISION OF HOUSING BILL; APPOINTMENT OF HUD, HEW SECRETARIES, UN AMBASSADOR, NEW YORK JUDGESHIPS; ROBERT WEAVER; BERL BERNHARD; JOHN GARDNER; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE BALL; RFK; CONSTANCE
Telephone conversation # 9610, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/2/1966, 5:29PM (Item)
  • VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS IN BURMA, UN; LBJ'S MEETING WITH B. K. NEHRU ON EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO INDIA; NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF CLARK CLIFFORD; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY BY FULBRIGHT
Telephone conversation # 9352, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/31/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS STORY ON HHH'S TALK WITH MARCOS ON PHILIPPINE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION TO VIETNAM, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT STEEL PRICE INCREASE BY BETHLEHEM STEEL, POSSIBLE WAR PROFITEERING, SUGGESTS MCNAMARA TALK TO CLARK CLIFFORD ABOUT STEEL
Telephone conversation # 11714, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 4/20/1967, 4:45PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FROM TEXAS TO REPLACE CHARLES SHEPARDSON ON FRB; WILLIAM SHERRILL; TOM CLARK'S RESIGNATION FROM SUPREME COURT; POSSIBLE NEED TO APPOINT CANDIDATE FROM LOUISIANA TO PLACATE RUSSELL LONG
Telephone conversation # 12707, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 2/7/1968, 9:59AM (Item)
  • BALL SAYS THAT REPORT (ON USS PUEBLO) IS ALMOST COMPLETE, THAT ROBERT MCNAMARA, DEAN RUSK HAVE GONE OVER IT, ASKS IF HE CAN MEET WITH LBJ ABOUT IT; LBJ ASKS BALL TO REVIEW IT WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR AND CLARK CLIFFORD FIRST, DISCUSSES CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 12814, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 11:22PM (Item)
  • DALEY SAYS RFK WILL MEET WITH CLARK CLIFFORD TOMORROW ON VIETNAM POLICY, DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH RFK ABOUT EFFECT OF POSSIBLE RFK PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY ON DEMOCRATIC PARTY, DIFFICULTY IN DEFEATING PRESIDENT AT CONVENTION; DALEY EXPRESSES SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 12833, sound recording, LBJ and MENDEL RIVERS, 3/22/1968, 5:00PM (Item)
  • BRIEF PORTION OF CALL CONCERNING EXTENSION OF EARLE WHEELER AS CHAIRMAN OF JCS FOR ONE YEAR; RIVERS DISCUSSES HIS HIGH REGARD FOR CLARK CLIFFORD AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, DAMAGE DONE BY ROBERT MCNAMARA, SUPPORT FOR EARLE WHEELER
Telephone conversation # 13133, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/23/1968, 8:43AM? (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT AND OF CANDIDATES TO REPLACE FORTAS: ARTHUR GOLDBERG?, CLARK CLIFFORD, CYRUS VANCE; QUESTION OF HAVING TWO JEWS ON COURT; POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING VANCE AS SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 11618, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 3/7/1967, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS YARBOROUGH'S OPINION OF CANDIDATES FOR AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC POST, KARL ROLVAAG AS AMBASSADOR TO ICELAND; YARBOROUGH'S TEXAS TRIP, VISIT WITH WALTER HALL; YARBOROUGH'S RECORD OF SUPPORTING LBJ; AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 11375, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 1/18/1967, 8:44PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH WH STAFF; LONG REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH ROBERT DOCKING; KANSAS POLITICS; LONG SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE WIRETAPPING BILL IN SENATE; LBJ SAYS CABINET OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BILLS, TELLS LONG TO TALK TO RAMSEY CLARK
Telephone conversation # 11390, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GARDNER, 1/21/1967, 1:16PM (Item)
  • GARDNER DISCUSSES FIRING OF CLARK KERR, RAMIFICATIONS OF RONALD REAGAN'S ACTIONS AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF KERR TO FEDERAL JOB; REAGAN'S USE OF UNIVERSITY AS POLITICAL ISSUE; STUDENT PROTESTS; CONGRESSIONAL MESSAGES
Telephone conversation # 11206, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ, WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DISTRACTION OF MANCHESTER CONTROVERSY; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION; ANTIWAR PROTESTS; POVERTY BUDGET; PRESS STORIES ON CLARK CLIFFORD; LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 10818, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/21/1966, 12:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ SUGGESTS "ROSENTHAL" TALK ABOUT KATZENBACH'S FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE TO SHOW HIS QUALIFICATIONS TO BE UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; LBJ SUGGESTS KATZENBACH MEET WITH DIRKSEN, SENATE LEADERS ABOUT RAMSEY CLARK'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL
Telephone conversation # 10837, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 9/24/1966, 4:15PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF US ECONOMY, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, GERMAN OFFSET PAYMENTS; UPCOMING ERHARD VISIT; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INCREASED POVERTY APPROPRIATIONS, ASKS FOWLER'S REACTION TO APPOINTMENT OF RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SUCCEED
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
Telephone conversation # 13801, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON, 12/1/1968, 6:30PM (Item)
  • JACKSON SAYS RICHARD NIXON HAS ASKED HIM TO BE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE; LBJ PRAISES JACKSON, ENCOURAGES HIM TO TAKE JOB; JACKSON SAYS HE IS RELUCTANT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HIS SENATE SUCCESSOR, RECOMMENDS NIXON REAPPOINT CLARK CLIFFORD; NELSON
Telephone conversation # 13409, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 9/7/1968, 10:14AM (Item)
  • INVESTIGATION OF CHICAGO RIOTS DURING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE; BUGGING BY PRESS; COMMUNIST ROLE IN VIETNAM PROTESTS; RAMSEY CLARK'S VIEWS OF RIOTS; ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY; POSSIBLE USE OF OEO FUNDS
Telephone conversation # 13412, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 9/12/1968, 5:02PM (Item)
  • "ON SPEECH HE MADE ON AMERICANISM"; "ATTY. GEN. RAMSEY CLARK SEN. RUSSELL LONG" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT
Telephone conversation # 13520, sound recording, LBJ and CARL HAYDEN, 10/7/1968, 12:37PM (Item)
  • HAYDEN ASKS ABOUT ARIZONA VACANCY ON 6TH CIRCUIT COURT; LBJ SUGGESTS HAYDEN CONSULT RAMSEY CLARK, JAMES EASTLAND, REPUBLICANS ON JUDICIARY COMMITTEE; HAYDEN THANKS LBJ FOR FLOWERS; LBJ SAYS HE IS SENDING UP SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Telephone conversation # 13523, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 10/7/1968, 5:11PM (Item)
  • NIXON'S VISIT WITH DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ SAYS EISENHOWER SUPPORTS VIETNAM POLICY, READS MEMO ON 1954 GENEVA TALKS AND CLARK CLIFFORD'S MEMO ON HHH'S, MELVIN LAIRD'S STATEMENTS ON TROOP LEVELS; DISCUSSION OF NYT STORIES, US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING
Telephone conversation # 13555, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 10/16/1968, 5:12PM (Item)
  • LBJ TEASES LONG ABOUT LONG'S ABSENCES FROM WASHINGTON, DC, TO CAMPAIGN, DISCUSSES CONVERSATION WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ABOUT MAKING FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; LONG DISCUSSES COSTS OF BASE; LBJ EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT FOR LONG
Telephone conversation # 13567, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 10/22/1968, 9:10AM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS CLARK CLIFFORD IS TRYING TO GET AGREEMENT WITHIN DOD TO MAKE FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, A PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; LONG SAYS ALLEN ELLENDER WILL BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF DOD BUDGET IF IT IS; LBJ SAYS HE SUPPORTS KEEPING BASE OPEN
Telephone conversation # 13573, sound recording, LBJ and JIM JONES, 10/22/1968, 5:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS JONES IF HE TOLD CLARK CLIFFORD TO CALL LBJ AFTER DISCUSSING FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, WITH THOMAS MORRIS AND BEFORE NOTIFYING RUSSELL LONG THAT FORT WOULD BECOME PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; DISCUSSION OF MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT MATTER
Telephone conversation # 13574, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 10/22/1968, 5:54PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS LONG THAT THOMAS MORRIS AND CLARK CLIFFORD HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT TO MAKE FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, A PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR BILL DRIVER, ASKS LONG TO SEE THAT DRIVER REMAINS AS HEAD OF VA IN NEXT
Telephone conversation # 6264, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MONRONEY, 11/6/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES: CLARK CLIFFORD, TOM FINNEY; CLIFFORD'S ROLE AS ADVISER TO JFK; CANDIDATES FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP, INCLUDING MONRONEY, RUSSELL LONG, GEORGE SMATHERS; MONRONEY'S RECORD ON CIVIL RIGHTS, MEDICARE; APPOINTMENT OF BUD WILKINSON
Telephone conversation # 5854, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • HARRIS POLL; PUBLICITY FOR REPORT ON POSSIBLE LBJ LANDSLIDE, REPUBLICANS DODGING GOLDWATER, INCREASE IN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY; BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ; HHH OIL DEPLETION STATEMENT; CLARK CLIFFORD; UPCOMING MEETING WITH STEPHEN SMITH