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Telephone conversation # 9038, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OBJECTIONS IN SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO APPOINTMENTS OF JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT, WILFRED FEINBERG TO APPEALS COURT; RECESS APPOINTMENTS; ROMAN HRUSKA'S DEFENSE OF DAVID BRESS; PRESS LEAKS BY JOHN WILLIAMS; CARL CURTIS; JUDICIAL POST
Telephone conversation # 9109, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES RATIONALE FOR RELEASE OF ALUMINUM STOCKPILE TO MEET VIETNAM NEEDS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT, HIS WORK ON RUBBER SUPPLY IN WWII; PRESS STORIES ABOUT WH REACTION TO ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE; EFFECT OF INCREASE
Telephone conversation # 9132, sound recording, LBJ and MARVIN WATSON, 11/9/1965, 6:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WATSON TELLS LBJ THAT NYT HAS ASKED STATE DEPT ABOUT POSSIBLE TRIP BY MIKE MANSFIELD AND STATE DEPT HAS ASKED FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON REPLY; LBJ TELLS WATSON TO INSTRUCT STATE DEPT TO REFER INQUIRIES TO MANSFIELD, COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 8327, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 7/9/1965, 2:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS ON ESTIMATED FEDERAL BUDGET AND ON BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; TREASURY AND COMMERCE DEPTS AS POSSIBLE SOURCE OF LEAKS; DISCUSSION OF SIZE OF FEDERAL DEFICIT, INCREASED TAX REVENUES, EXCISE TAX BILL, INCREASED NET BUSINESS
Telephone conversation # 8357, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK TRACED TO EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH DIRKSEN ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; PAUL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 8358, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; RUSK ASKS ABOUT GOLDBERG'S WORK WITH ZIONIST ORGANIZATIONS, TELLS LBJ HE APPROVES OF SELECTION OF GOLDBERG; OTHER CANDIDATES; HHH'S PRESS STATEMENT; GEORGE BALL; UN DELEGATION; ANNOUNCEMENT
Telephone conversation # 8360, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/19/1965, 9:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ALMOST INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION OF GOLDBERG'S APPOINTMENT AS UN AMBASSADOR; GOLDBERG'S PRIDE IN HIS JEWISH HERITAGE; TIME OF ANNOUNCEMENT; LBJ TELLS GOLDBERG TO AVOID PRESS LEAKS; GOLDBERG'S ZIONIST BACKGROUND; COMPARISON WITH APPOINTMENT OF NEGROES
Telephone conversation # 7848, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/31/1965, 10:42AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES FOR NEW STUDY OF INDIA, PAKISTAN; FRANK STANTON VIETNAM TRIP; MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND REFORM; JOHN MCNAUGHTON AS VIETNAM DEPUTY AMBASSADOR; PRESS STORIES ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, OAS; JUAN
Telephone conversation # 7850, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/31/1965, 10:42AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES FOR NEW STUDY OF INDIA, PAKISTAN; FRANK STANTON VIETNAM TRIP; MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND REFORM; JOHN MCNAUGHTON AS VIETNAM DEPUTY AMBASSADOR; PRESS STORIES ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, OAS; JUAN
Telephone conversation # 7856, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 5/31/1965, 2:21PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ANNOUNCEMENT OF US TROOP WITHDRAWAL IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; JUSTIFICATION FOR WITHDRAWAL; LBJ TELLS VANCE TO WARN RUSK ABOUT STATE DEPT PRESS LEAKS ON VIETNAM; ADDITIONAL LATIN AMERICAN TROOPS; VIETNAM MILITARY SITUATION; US MILITARY LEADERSHIP
Telephone conversation # 7858, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 5/31/1965, 2:21PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ANNOUNCEMENT OF US TROOP WITHDRAWAL IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; JUSTIFICATION FOR WITHDRAWAL; LBJ TELLS VANCE TO WARN RUSK ABOUT STATE DEPT PRESS LEAKS ON VIETNAM; ADDITIONAL LATIN AMERICAN TROOPS; VIETNAM MILITARY SITUATION; US MILITARY LEADERSHIP
Telephone conversation # 8103, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/5/1965, 4:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MILITARY PAY BILL; VIEWS OF DAVID BRUCE, CHARLES BOHLEN, LYMAN LEMNITZER ON PROPOSAL TO BOMB IL-28S; USSR, UK REACTION; PRESS COVERAGE OF NATO MEETING; WH MEETING TO REVIEW VIETNAM; MAXWELL TAYLOR; INCREASED CASUALTIES, VIET CONG ATTACKS; US FORCES
Telephone conversation # 8108, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/8/1965, 5:05PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • QUESTION OF MAXWELL TAYLOR MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; SENATE OPPOSITION TO BILL ALLOWING WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO HEAD FAA; SST; FOREIGN AID BILL; SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 10051, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 4/27/1966, 9:29AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INVITES MILLS TO DEMOCRATIC FUND-RAISING EVENT IN HOUSTON TOMORROW; MILLS DISCUSSES CANDIDATE OPPOSING HIM FOR RE-ELECTION; LBJ ASKS MILLS TO TALK WITH PRESS, OTHER CONGRESSMEN ABOUT POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE IF SPENDING IS NOT CHECKED
Telephone conversation # 10052, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/27/1966, 1:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO GET WILLIS ROBERTSON TO REPORT UNNAMED BILL (PARTICIPATION SALES BILL?) FROM SENATE COMMITTEE; HOWARD SMITH'S LACK OF ACTION ON HOUSE BILL; MORTGAGE BANKERS' OPPOSITION; ROBERTSON'S PRESS STATEMENT; NEED TO PASS BILL THIS WEEK
Telephone conversation # 10121, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/13/1966, 7:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES VOTE IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH NEW OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR CIA, FBI, INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, SUGGESTS HOOVER MAKE EFFORTS TO STOP ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 10135, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 5/23/1966, 10:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GEORGIA GOVERNOR'S RACE AND THREAT TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY THROUGHOUT SOUTH; LBJ DISCUSSES EFFECT OF CIVIL RIGHTS, ANTIWAR PROTESTS ON PUBLIC OPINION, COMMUNIST INFLUENCE ON PRESS IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 10137, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 5/24/1966, 10:15AM? (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MEANY PRAISES LBJ'S REMARKS TO INTERNATIONAL LABOR PRESS ASSOCIATION YESTERDAY; JACOB POTOFSKY'S CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; NEED FOR LABOR, LIBERAL SUPPORT FOR ADMINISTRATION; DNC, AFL-CIO FUNDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES
Telephone conversation # 10138, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/25/1966, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 9886, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/14/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH PALMER TO HEAD STATE DEPT BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS DESPITE CONGRESSIONAL, LABOR AND NEGRO COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR WAYNE FREDERICKS; LBJ SUGGESTS FREDERICKS BE OFFERED POST WITH AID, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 9893, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 3/17/1966, 8:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 9911, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 3/24/1966, 3:04PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GOLDBERG PRAISES LBJ'S NATO SPEECH; PRESS COVERAGE OF SPEECH AND GOLDBERG'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; DOD POLICY ON SPOUSES' TRAVEL IN GOVT PLANES; LBJ'S TRIP TO MRS. EMMANUEL CELLER'S FUNERAL; GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM SPEECH; UK
Telephone conversation # 9653, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 11:56AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LUCE DESCRIBES HEDLEY DONOVAN EDITORIAL ON VIETNAM IN NEW ISSUE OF LIFE MAGAZINE; LBJ TELLS LUCE THAT CRISIS IN CONFIDENCE IN LEADERSHIP ON VIETNAM POLICY IS DEVELOPING, CITES SENATE OPPOSITION, DISSENT IN PRESS; POSSIBLE TROOP INCREASES; RFK; JAMES
Telephone conversation # 9660, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 2/22/1966, 2:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MEANY ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH AFL-CIO LEADERS ON MINIMUM WAGE BILL; LBJ SUGGESTS LABOR LEADERS MEET FORMALLY WITH WIRTZ, THEN INFORMALLY WITH LBJ, DISCUSSES CONCERNS ABOUT NEGATIVE PRESS STORIES ON LABOR CRITICISM OF ADMINISTRATION; CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 9684, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/28/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LONG REPORTS ON FOREIGN AID BILL IN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SUGGESTS HHH, MCNAMARA MEET INFORMALLY WITH SENATORS; LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY OF POLICY ON VP TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF HHH'S ASIAN TRIP
Telephone conversation # 9832, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/4/1966, 1:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S REMARKS ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE ACTION ON SENSE-OF-CONGRESS RESOLUTION IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 9520, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/19/1966, 8:06PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH GIVES LBJ BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF CONVICTED LABOR OFFICIAL LAWRENCE CALLANAN, SUGGESTS RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT ALLEGATIONS BY JOHN WILLIAMS THAT CALLANAN HAS SINCE MADE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 9602, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE MCCARTHY, 2/1/1966, 9:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • EFFECT OF CONGRESSIONAL, PRESS CRITICISM ON NORTH VIETNAM; CONSULTATION WITH JAMES GAVIN; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE, OPPOSITION TO OVERTHROW OF DIEM; IMPROVEMENT IN STABILITY OF SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT, POSSIBLE ELECTIONS; INFLUENCE OF NYT; STATE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 9625, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 2/5/1966, 10:15AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ TELLS HHH TO KEEP WH INFORMED OF HIS WHEREABOUTS IN CASE LBJ WANTS HIM TO JOIN HONOLULU MEETING; HHH'S TRAVEL PLANS; PRESS REPORTS THAT LBJ, HHH ARE BOTH TRAVELING AT SAME TIME
Telephone conversation # 9632, sound recording, LBJ and U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, 2/11/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CABLES TO OTHER NATIONS INFORMING THEM OF RESULTS OF HONOLULU CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM; RESPONSE TO FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF HONOLULU DECLARATION, REPORTS BY JAMES GAVIN, GEORGE KENNAN; DORIS FLEESON'S COLUMN ON HONOLULU CONFERENCE; KY'S PRESS
Telephone conversation # 9636, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT JONES, 2/14/1966, 3:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JONES SAYS HE IS MEETING WITH ALAN BOYD ON HIGHWAY SAFETY BILL, DECISION TO SEND BILL TO HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE; JONES SUGGESTS LBJ CALL GEORGE FALLON ABOUT BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN MAKING SUCH CALLS, PRESS LEAK FROM FALLON
Telephone conversation # 9639, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/14/1966, 4:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVES AND BOMBING PAUSE, SUGGESTS LANGUAGE FOR RIBICOFF TO USE WHEN BRIEFING PRESS ON LBJ'S REACTION TO RIBICOFF'S PROPOSAL TO RECONVENE GENEVA CONFERENCE; QUESTION OF EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS OF WAR
Telephone conversation # 10637, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/24/1966, 10:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS SARGENT SHRIVER DECLINED STATE DEPT JOB; LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE; BERTRAND RUSSELL TRIAL; CYRUS VANCE OR NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AS UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; OTHER STATE DEPT JOBS; LUCIUS BATTLE; FOY KOHLER; ROBERT ANDERSON; TWO CHINA POLICY
Telephone conversation # 10737, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/10/1966, 12:33PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • POSSIBLE NYC SIGNING CEREMONY FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL; INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF BILL; COMPLICATIONS DUE TO NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE; LIBERAL PARTY AND FDR, JR.; CANDIDATES FOR US DELEGATION TO UN; PRESS STORY ON LBJ'S MEETING WITH JEWISH WAR
Telephone conversation # 10769, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 9/14/1966, 9:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC PARTY; LBJ DISCUSSES ADMINISTRATION'S PROGRESS IN ECONOMIC AREAS, USING PRESS TO PUBLICIZE ITS RECORD IN UPCOMING ELECTIONS; LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO SIGN INTERMEDIATE CREDIT BANK BILL; NEED TO RESTRICT FEDERAL
Telephone conversation # 10770, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/14/1966, 10:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES AP STORY QUOTING HIGH-RANKING MILITARY OFFICER ON WASTE IN VIETNAM CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS; MCNAMARA SAYS HE CAUTIONED OFFICIALS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS FOLLOWING SIMILAR NYT STORY; POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY BY ESCAPED POW DIETER
Telephone conversation # 10792, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 9/17/1966, 5:39PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH EUGENE ROSTOW ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO STATE DEPT POSITION; APPOINTMENT OF NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AS UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; KATZENBACH'S ABILITIES TO WORK WITH CONGRESS; LBJ CAUTIONS ROSTOW ABOUT PRESS LEAKS; JAMES MOYERS
Telephone conversation # 10449, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 7/29/1966, 3:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS IN AIRLINE STRIKE BY INTERNATIONAL ASSN OF MACHINISTS; LBJ READS PRESS REPORT OF EVERETT DIRKSEN'S STATEMENT, ASKS MANSFIELD TO DISCUSS FAVORABLE ECONOMIC TERMS OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT WITH SENATE
Telephone conversation # 10538, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/2/1966, 6:43PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS STORIES QUOTING DIRKSEN AS SAYING ADMINISTRATION WANTS LEGISLATION TO RESOLVE AIRLINE STRIKE; LBJ SAYS HE IS NOT RECOMMENDING BILL BUT IF ONE IS TO BE PASSED IT SHOULD INCLUDE CONGRESSIONAL FINDING OF EMERGENCY
Telephone conversation # 10543, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/3/1966, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, JACOB JAVITS ON CHANGES TO AIRLINE STRIKE BILL, THEIR REQUEST THAT KATZENBACH DRAFT BILL; CONTACTING STEEL COMPANIES ON PRICE INCREASE; NEGATIVE PRESS; FAVORABLE ACCOUNT BY WALTER CRONKITE