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  • Contributor > McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009 (remove)

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Telephone conversation # 9123, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/9/1965, 3:36PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA ON HOLD 0:30; SLIP LISTS TIME AS 8:42A BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES TIME IS 3:36P; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 12605, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/14/1968, time unknown (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 1-17-68"; THIS CALL RECORDED ON DICTABELT WITH 12/19/1967 CALL WITH HENRY "JOE" FOWLER (REF #12508, 12509); DATE DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL; TIME UNCERTAIN; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA AT 10:11A AND 4:49P
  • Telephone conversation # 12605, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/14/1968, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 11365, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/17/1967, 5:00PM (Item)
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME AND DATE FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 9167, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/13/1965, 8:51AM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; ROBERT MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; MCNAMARA, CALIFANO ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR
Telephone conversation # 373, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/10/1963, 11:50AM (Item)
  • "#1"; "(TRANS)"; LBJ IS MEETING WITH KERMIT GORDON AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
Telephone conversation # 5930, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/20/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING EDWIN WEISL, SR., AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ INTERRUPTS MCNAMARA TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS DURING CALL
Telephone conversation # 7065, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/13/1965, 9:22AM (Item)
  • QUESTION OF USING FEDERAL TROOPS IN SELMA; ADVANTAGES OF USING FBI PERSONNEL INSTEAD OF TROOPS, MARSHALS; EFFECT OF USE OF TROOPS ON PASSAGE OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LEAD TIME FOR ALERTING, TRANSPORTING TROOPS; KERMIT GORDON; LBJ PRAISES MARGARET
Telephone conversation # 8852, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/12/1965, 9:26AM? (Item)
  • "9:26A OR 10:30A"; CONTENT OF CALL DOES NOT VERIFY EXACT TIME; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 9170, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/13/1965, 10:50AM (Item)
  • ROBERT MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; MCNAMARA, CALIFANO ON HOLD 0:30 AND ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
Telephone conversation # 9103, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/2/1965, 3:00PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 9113, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM (Item)
  • VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF #9116
Telephone conversation # 9114, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM (Item)
  • VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF #9116, #9117
Telephone conversation # 10273, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/28/1966, 5:33PM (Item)
  • GOLDBERG'S DENIAL OF PRESS LEAK; TIMING OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM POL TARGETS; MILITARY FRUSTRATION ABOUT TARGET LIMITS; NORTH VIETNAMESE COMMENTS ON US OPPOSITION TO WAR; NEED FOR SUFFICIENT MILITARY FORCES; POSSIBLE EMERGENCY MEASURES IF WAR