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Folder, "C.F.- CO 150 Kenya," WHCF Confidential Files, Box 10 (Item)
  • and I got together late (!_o ;i. 7 p Friday night which was sent you by Mr. Macy, there were listed (!.o 3 g the Executive Editor of the Chicago Daily News (Lawrence S. (!_ o // ~arming); a foreign correspondent, now city editor of the '. N ew e_oo1.oO
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 3/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • would take a trip into New England. and we made six stops that day. It would be a one-day trip, I recall it very vividly. We went into Hartford, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island, and Burlington, Vermont, and Portland, Maine; Manchester, New
  • 1964 campaign structure/organization; Arthur Krim; one-day New England campaign trip; daisy commercial; Barry Goldwater; Mrs. Johnson’s campaign trip through the South; inner workings of the campaign; Ambassador John Bartlow Martin; campaign
Folder, "Travel – Foreign – Berlin (Pro) [August] [2 of 2]," 1961 Subject Files, VP Papers, Box 109 (Item)
  • to belittle . President Kennedy and Vice Pres,i~ent Lyndon Johnson in . any way. The election is over · and these gentlemen have . been declared tile winners : some seven months ago, or is ' the sportsmanship ot the op- . · position dipping to a new · LOW
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • period? J: Well, I would say that the best reporting of the Vietnam situation has been by guys 1i.ke Bob Shaplen of the New Yorker; Sol Sanders, U.S. News and World Report; Keyes Beech of the Chicago Daily News-- M: You did get one newspaper
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 1-10]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • . but it was to I also remembermy father used to keep track of new developments in agriculture and used to go around urging farmers to take up new and better methods. As a banker to whomthe farmers had to come for loans, he had a great deal to do with improving
Telephone conversation # 13208, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/13/1968, 5:22PM (Item)
  • DALEY MAKES RECOMMENDATION FOR NEW US AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND; LBJ ASKS DALEY TO SEND INFORMATION TO JIM JONES, COMPLIMENTS DALEY ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO; NEGOTIATIONS WITH LOCAL TELEPHONE WORKERS UNION; EUGENE
Telephone conversation # 1156, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY BELLMON, 1/2/1964, 3:30PM (Item)
  • "RE MEAT EXPORT/IMPORT W/ AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND"; BELLMON'S VOICE IS FAINT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • POSSIBLE PUBLIC MEETING ON BEEF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS WITH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS
Telephone conversation # 831, sound recording, LBJ and HOUSTON HARTE, 12/31/1963, 2:56PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; PIERRE SALINGER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ, SALINGER PRAISE HARTE'S STORY AND EDITORIAL ON LUDWIG ERHARD VISIT TO LBJ RANCH; HARTE MENTIONS BOB KLEBERG FINANCING NEW MAGAZINE SECTION; LBJ DISCUSSES WHAT HE CONSIDERS GOOD NEWSPAPER WRITING, WH STAFF MEMBER FROM SAN ANGELO (VICKI MCCAMMON?)
Telephone conversation # 1902, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 2/6/1964, 9:33AM (Item)
  • BACKGROUND BUZZ ON RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING MADE FROM ORIGINAL REEL-TO-REEL TAPE; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1904, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/6/1964, 12:08PM (Item)
  • BACKGROUND BUZZ ON RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING MADE FROM ORIGINAL REEL-TO-REEL TAPE; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1913, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/6/1964, 1:25PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; VALENTI ANSWERS TELEPHONE, TRANSFERS CALL TO LBJ; RECORDING MADE FROM ORIGINAL REEL-TO-REEL TAPE; FORMERLY CLOSED - A
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1142, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/2/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A
  • LBJ WILL APPOINT ELLSWORTH BUNKER AMBASSADOR TO OAS; THOMAS MANN; NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV MESSAGE TO ALL HEADS OF STATE; ARTHUR KROCK STORY ON LUDWIG ERHARD VISIT; USSR; GERMANY; TRADE WITH CUBA; LBJ EXPRESSES NEED FOR NEW IDEAS
Telephone conversation # 1152, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 1/2/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "KHRUSHCHEV"; BUNDY ON HOLD FOR 2:00, OFFICE CONVERSATION ON BUNDY'S SIDE WHILE ON HOLD; RE-RECORD ON REF #1153; SKIPPING IN RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS BUNDY TO MEET WITH RUSK AND OTHER EXPERTS TO FORMULATE NEW PEACE INITIATIVES AND PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV'S PROPOSAL; USSR; LBJ REFERS TO HIS ADVISERS AS "WISE MEN"; WALTER LIPPMANN
Telephone conversation # 1153, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 1/2/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "KHRUSHCHEV"; BUNDY ON HOLD FOR 2:00, OFFICE CONVERSATION ON BUNDY'S SIDE WHILE ON HOLD; SKIPPING IN RECORDING, RE-RECORD OF REF #1152; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS BUNDY TO MEET WITH RUSK AND OTHER EXPERTS TO FORMULATE NEW PEACE INITIATIVES AND PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV'S PROPOSAL; USSR; LBJ REFERS TO HIS ADVISERS AS "WISE MEN"; WALTER LIPPMANN
Telephone conversation # 1166, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/3/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ SPEAKS TO PIERRE SALINGER WHO IS IN THE OFFICE WITH HIM AT TIME OF CALL; RUSK ON HOLD 1:15; RE-RECORD ON REF #1167; SKIPPING IN RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • SARGENT SHRIVER TRIP TO ISRAEL AND JORDAN; SCHEDULING HEAD OF STATE VISITS BY JORDAN, ISRAEL; STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV'S MESSAGE TO LBJ; GUBERNATORIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL CONCERN OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND MEAT IMPORTS; USSR
Telephone conversation # 1167, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/3/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ SPEAKS TO PIERRE SALINGER WHO MEETING WITH HIM AT TIME OF CALL; RUSK ON HOLD 1:15; RE-RECORD OF REF #1166; SKIPPING IN RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • SARGENT SHRIVER TRIP TO ISRAEL AND JORDAN; SCHEDULING HEAD OF STATE VISITS BY JORDAN, ISRAEL; STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV'S MESSAGE TO LBJ; GUBERNATORIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL CONCERN OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND MEAT IMPORTS; USSR
Telephone conversation # 2514, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/16/1964, 4:40PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON PANAMA AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS; DISCUSSION OF PRESS REPORT THAT PANAMANIAN MINISTER SOLIS EXPECTS REVISION OF PANAMA CANAL TREATY, APPOINTING NEW AMBASSADOR TO PANAMA, OAS; BUNDY REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH JOHN HIGHTOWER; THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 2117, sound recording, LBJ and ALEC DOUGLAS HOME, 2/19/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • "ENGLAND"; "BOTTOM"; "SIGNAL TAPE" WRITTEN ON BELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; PARTIAL CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #2115; SOUND QUALITY BETTER THAN REF #2115; FORMERLY CLOSED - A
  • LBJ DISCUSSES UK, US RECOGNITION OF NEW ZANZIBAR GOVT WITH UK PRIME MINISTER HOME
Telephone conversation # 5008, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/17/1964, 8:10PM (Item)
  • DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME OF CALL AS 8:05P; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • POSSIBLE COMPOSITION OF FUNERAL DELEGATION IF ITALY'S PRESIDENT ANTONIO SEGNI DIES: LADY BIRD JOHNSON, EARL WARREN, EISENHOWER; POLICY THAT LBJ WILL NOT LEAVE COUNTRY; CHANGES IN VIETNAM GOVT; RFK, ADLAI STEVENSON, ROBERT WAGNER AND NEW YORK SENATE
Telephone conversation # 6274, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/6/1964, 3:30PM (Item)
  • "LBJ RANCH"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 3:41P
  • LBJ REVIEWS HIS ACTIVITIES FOR PRESS BRIEFING; POSSIBLE PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW; PRESS STORIES ABOUT SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL SESSION; RUMORS THAT HAROLD WILSON HAS REQUESTED MEETING WITH LBJ; INVITATION TO LBJ TO INAUGURATE NEW WHARF FOR PORT
Telephone conversation # 5640, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/23/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • "IN THE OFFICE TOGETHER (RECORDED ON INTERCOM) THE PRESIDENT AND MYER FELDMAN"; TIME AND DATE FROM DAILY DIARY; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 9/22/64
  • DISCUSSION OF EDMUND MUSKIE'S CONCERNS ABOUT US WOOL TEXTILE INDUSTRY, EFFECT OF WOOL IMPORTS ON ECONOMY OF MAINE AND NEW ENGLAND; EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS WITH EUROPEANS TO LIMIT WOOL EXPORTS TO US; LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO PORTLAND, MAINE
Telephone conversation # 7599, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL WITH MCNAMARA AT 12:15P
  • MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS DEAN RUSK NOT ATTEND NATO MEETING BECAUSE OF CONTINUING CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VIETNAM SITUATION; GEORGE BALL; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH ON EUROPE; OAS; "WISE MEN" DELEGATION TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW AIRPLANE FOR PRESS
Telephone conversation # 7730, sound recording, LBJ and BROMLEY SMITH, 5/17/1965, 4:45PM (Item)
  • SMITH REPORTS THAT TAD SZULC OF NYT HAS FILED STORY ABOUT MCGEORGE BUNDY'S TRIP TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO NEGOTIATE WITH GUZMAN, JUAN BOSCH ABOUT POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT OF CRISIS, AND THAT SIMILAR STORY IS IN WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS
Telephone conversation # 9317, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1965, 12:58PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM BENNETT AS AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL; GEORGE ANDERSON; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS' VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW VIETNAM CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; PRESS LEAKS; SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING HAROLD WILSON
Telephone conversation # 9621, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/4/1966, 7:02PM? (Item)
  • TIME AND DATE FROM WH OPS LOGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; OFFICE CONVERSATION AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MARY MARGARET AND COURTENAY VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL
  • BUNDY RELAYS SUGGESTION FROM DEAN RUSK THAT AMBASSADORS OF KOREA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BE INVITED TO ATTEND PLENARY SESSION AT HONOLULU CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM; LBJ TELLS BUNDY HE DOES NOT WANT THEM TO ATTEND
Telephone conversation # 12804, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/8/1968, 10:35AM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 3-8-68"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ'S 3/6/68 MEETING WITH FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN, SPARKMAN; SENATE DEBATE ON VIETNAM YESTERDAY; LBJ'S TALK WITH RICHARD RUSSELL; AUGUST 1964 TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; NEED FOR MORE TROOPS; DOD BUDGET; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; RESERVE
Telephone conversation # 1118, sound recording, LBJ and JACQUELINE KENNEDY, 1/1/1964, 6:10PM (Item)
  • JACQUELINE KENNEDY ALMOST INAUDIBLE; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; FORMERLY CLOSED ON TAPE K64.01, PNO 2 - (C)
  • LBJ WISHES JACQUELINE KENNEDY HAPPY NEW YEAR; MRS. KENNEDY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON SUCCESS OF ERHARD VISIT TO LBJ RANCH; KENNEDY FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS VACATION; LYNDA BIRD JOHNSON'S ATTENDANCE AT COTTON BOWL GAME
Telephone conversation # 1128, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/1/1964, 8:32PM (Item)
  • ACCORDING TO WH ENVELOPE, TIME OF CALL WAS 8:32A, BUT DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 8:32P; MOURSUND AND WEST ARE AT THE LBJ RANCH; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A & C
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; DC WEATHER; LBJ'S VISIT WITH LUDWIG ERHARD; US TROOPS IN GERMANY; TRADE WITH CUBA; FOREIGN AID TO INDONESIA; DURUM WHEAT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO TALLULAH FALLS, GEORGIA; UT-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME; DEER HUNTING; BOBBY RUSSELL
Telephone conversation # 9649, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/20/1966, 10:10AM? (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 02/22/1966; CONTENT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES DATE IS 02/20/1966; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • RFK'S RECENT STATEMENT SUGGESTING VIET CONG BE INCLUDED IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; CLARK CLIFFORD'S VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERS; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON LIMITING US OBJECTIVES IN VIETNAM, PESSIMISM
Telephone conversation # 9429, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/5/1966, 4:55PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 12812, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 10:49PM (Item)
  • "JUANITA"; "FROM BEDROOM 3-14-68"; "TRANSCRIBED BY CAROL CURRIE (1 COPY)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH RFK ABOUT RFK'S FUTURE, VIETNAM COMMISSION; LBJ SUGGESTS RFK MEET WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON VIETNAM; RFK'S CRITICISM OF LACK OF SPENDING ON CITIES, KERNER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH EDWARD
Folder, "NSAM # 131: Training Objectives for Counter_Insurgency, 3/13/1962," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • Acheson's letter from Senator Jackson's Subcommittee Report on Government Operations which was released on January 20. Sam Belk NEW YORK TIMES, TJ,.IESDAY, JANlJARY 21, 1964. : I . , . . . . . ·.. . '·· .. "-- . ·. . '·. ~cheson Against
Folder, "Public Activities – Invitations from the Vice President- Adenauer Visit," 1961 Subject Files, VP Papers, Box 100 (Item)
  • Chancellor Adenauer. He is certainly one of the great men of our age. I am most happy to autograph this picture for you and wish for you the v ery bes t 0£ everything. Major General Julius K~ein, USA (RET.) 110 South Dearborn Street Chicago 3, lllinoia
Telephone conversation # 12514, transcript, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 12/6/1967, 2:35 PM (Item)
  • . This transcript begins with Marvin Watson entering the President's Office at' 2:35 PM_, but according to the President's Daily Diary, Goldberg's meeting with the President was from 1:24-2:30 PM. DATE: 12/6/67 TIME: 2:35 PM CALLER: Arthur Goldberg Pages
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY; THERE IS NO RECORDING OF THIS MEETING; DAILY DIARY LISTS MEETING BETWEEN LBJ AND ARTHUR GOLDBERG ON 12/6/1967 FROM 1:42P TO 2:50P; MARVIN WATSON APPARENTLY JOINED THE MEETING AT 2:35P
Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ever went so far as to actually misstate things, lie to the press in his own behalf? A: I think every president has told little lies to the press at times. Kennedy told a lie about having a cold and having to cancel a speech in Chicago, and there have
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 25-30]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • should not be impatient. Weshould be willing to sit them out. Andjust because they turn something down, I don't think that meanswe nec­ essarily· have to comeforward with something new. Aboveall, I don't want to get negotiating with ourselves before
Telephone conversation # 13618, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:05PM (Item)
  • stop the bombing and they shell the cities, or abuse the DMZ. r I • r ! !.. -4­ When I got back to Washington from New York, I w.e nt back to the Soviet Union and pointed out that I did not want to deceive anybody and didn 1 t want them
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH JIM JONES AT TIME OF CALL; HHH, RICHARD NIXON, AND GEORGE WALLACE WERE REACHED BY TELEPHONE; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Oral history transcript, Edward R. Fried, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • primarily in the economic area, such things as statements on the Kennedy Round after its conclusion, on the messages to Congress, on the special drawing rights legislation, on the amendments to the fund, the rather dramatic New Year's Day balance of payments
Folder, "A Report and Related Paper re: VP Johnson's Trip to Germany," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • Berlin. It is unlikely that Premier Khrushchev has the latter on his present schedule. 7. Those who participated in this recent visit to Germany returned with new pride in Ame rica's leadership, but with an accentuated aware ness of the responsibility
Folder, "Berlin, Germany Berlin Papers for the Vice President," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • ~--1,,.;_..;...;;;.....;.; ll~· =~S• ~I 6 p te Oermerz, [duplicate of 11 3] 116 MemCon Secret WH re : Berlin -situation ,, 5 -p 08/20/6l A ~ ·'i· &..Ju..­ ,, ·.:l.S·li1 117 Report #9 WH re : Secret news magazine story 2 p Undated