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Telephone conversation # 5450, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/3/1964, 11:39AM (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT REPORTS THAT LBJ WILL ADDRESS POLISH-AMERICAN ALLIANCE IN CHICAGO; LBJ DISCUSSES POLICY OF NOT ANNOUNCING APPEARANCES IN ADVANCE, ASKS ABOUT REACTION TO GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 5009, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/17/1964, 8:10PM (Item)
  • DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME OF CALL AS 8:05P; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • RFK'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS, VP NOMINATION, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S RECEPTION FOR JACQUELINE KENNEDY AT CONVENTION; RICHARD DALEY; BEN MCELWAY AND WASHINGTON STAR; JACK HEINZ; RUSK UPDATES LBJ ON CYPRUS, CONGO, INDONESIA; SUKARNO'S
Telephone conversation # 4904, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 8/13/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON RFK, HIS DECISION TO RUN FOR NEW YORK SENATE SEAT PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH KEN O'DONNELL AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4719, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/5/1964, 10:52AM (Item)
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; YOUNGBLOOD ANSWERS TELEPHONE, ASKS IF MCNAMARA CAN HOLD; MCNAMARA ON HOLD ABOUT 4:00; MCNAMARA AND LBJ ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5857, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 10/10/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • "F (LBJ)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH BILL MOYERS PRECEDES CALL
  • PRESS GUIDANCE FOR FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; HECKLING OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; LBJ'S NEW ORLEANS SPEECH; DAVID RABINOVITZ WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP; HARRIS POLL; NIXON'S STATEMENTS; WHISTLESTOP PRESS COVERAGE; LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5859, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 10/10/1964, 1:21PM (Item)
  • LENGTHY NOTES ON SLIP DESCRIBING CALL; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • LBJ ASKS CONNALLY'S HELP IN FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; CONNALLY'S OKLAHOMA TRIP; ARIZONA SENATE RACE; MARVIN WATSON'S ASSISTANCE TO LBJ; CONNALLY'S POLITICAL FUTURE; DALLAS NEWS ENDORSEMENT; POLLS; LBJ'S TEXAS TRIP; SPEECHES BY ALLAN SHIVERS, PRICE
Telephone conversation # 5865, sound recording, LBJ and ANTONIO TAYLOR, 10/10/1964, 7:44PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; TAYLOR IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LBJ ASKS THE TAYLORS TO CAMPAIGN WITH HENRY GONZALEZ IN NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, LOS ANGELES, TEXAS, ESPECIALLY TO SPANISH-SPEAKING GROUPS, EMPHASIZING PEACE, PROSPERITY; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR JOSEPH MONTOYA; SECRET SERVICE IN SANTA FE FOR POSSIBLE LBJ
Telephone conversation # 5866, sound recording, LADY BIRD JOHNSON and ANTONIO TAYLOR, 10/10/1964, 7:44PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ DOES NOT SPEAK IN THIS RECORDING; TAYLORS ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON COMMENTS ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; TAYLORS CAMPAIGNING FOR LBJ; NEW MEXICO POLITICS; JOSEPH MONTOYA; DIANA MACARTHUR'S CAMPAIGN RALLY WITH HHH; FAMILY MATTERS; CLINTON ANDERSON; CAMPAIGN VISIT BY BETHINE CHURCH, YMELDA DIXON
Telephone conversation # 5894, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/15/1964, 7:26AM (Item)
  • "NYC"; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 7:16A; CONTINUES FROM 3 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
  • New York
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 # 5583, sound recording, LBJ and HORACE BUSBY, 9/14/1964, 7:55PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LBJ IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH WALTER JENKINS AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ SPEAKS WITH JENKINS BEFORE CALL AND JENKINS ALSO SPEAKS BRIEFLY WITH BUSBY
  • LBJ ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION OF FIGURES ON CREATION OF NEW JOBS AND ON INCREASE IN AVERAGE WEEKLY INCOME WHICH ARE USED IN DRAFT SPEECH TO CONVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL ASSN OF MACHINISTS
Telephone conversation # 5952, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 10/23/1964, 7:05PM (Item)
  • DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH HHH AT TIME OF CALL; HHH PUTS DUBINSKY ON HOLD 2:30 DURING CALL TO DISCUSS ARRANGEMENTS FOR SPEECH WITH LBJ
  • LBJ'S UPCOMING SCHEDULE; LBJ TELLS DUBINSKY HHH WILL ADDRESS NEW YORK RALLY INSTEAD OF LBJ BECAUSE HE WILL BE SPEAKING TO MORMON GROUP IN SALT LAKE CITY; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF ADS ANNOUNCING HHH AS SPEAKER, OTHER CAMPAIGN ADS
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 # 10616, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 8/16/1966, 4:59PM (Item)
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • ANDERSON DISCUSSES LOCATION OF UPCOMING SPEECH BY LBJ IN NEW MEXICO; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON'S ADVICE ON INTEREST RATE INCREASE; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN'S ILLNESS; FRB'S THEORY ON MONETARY RESTRAINT; FEDERAL CONTROL OF CREDIT AND MONEY SUPPLY; TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 9471, sound recording, LBJ and HALE BOGGS, 1/10/1966, 12:40PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY TO RECORD THE CALL; EMANUEL CELLER AND GERALD FORD ARE MEETING WITH HALE BOGGS AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH BILL MOYERS AT TIME OF CALL
  • BOGGS NOTIFIES LBJ THAT HOUSE IS IN SESSION AND PREPARED TO RECEIVE ANY MESSAGES OR COMMUNICATIONS THAT LBJ WOULD CARE TO SEND; DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULE FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; FORD OFFERS LBJ NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
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 # 2439, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/9/1964, 9:25PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LBJ TALKED TO MOYERS AT 9:30A AND 9:25P ON 3/9/64; SLIP LISTS CALL AT 9:30, BUT CONTEXT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES THAT THIS CALL WAS IN THE EVENING; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - C
  • DRAFT OF POVERTY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, NEED TO CONSULT HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, PHIL LANDRUM SPONSORING POVERTY BILL; WH SPEECHWRITERS; NEWSWEEK STORY ON RFK, NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP; PAUL CORBIN; WH PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 5246, sound recording, LBJ and OVETA CULP HOBBY, 8/28/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • "ATLANTIC CITY"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; VALENTI, HHH ARE MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 11:27A
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 5853, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • "CONT."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; MOYERS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • HARRIS TEXAS POLL; DALLAS NEWS ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; LBJ GIVES LIST OF TASKS FOR JENKINS: THANK YOU TO BETTY TALMADGE, CHARLES GUY; PUBLICITY FOR PRINCETONIAN ARTICLE; BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN ADS; USE OF TERM "PRESIDENT," NOT "LBJ"; JIM NOVY; CAMPAIGN
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 # 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
Telephone conversation # 4315, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/23/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INACCURACIES IN PRESS STORIES; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW, ITEMS FOR INCLUSION: NEWS OF INCREASED AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ECONOMIC NEWS FROM WALTER HELLER
Telephone conversation # 5908, sound recording, LBJ and PALMER HOYT, 10/17/1964, 6:50PM (Item)
  • HOYT CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS SPEECHES, CAMPAIGNING, TELLS HIM OF HIS RECENT SPEECH ENDORSING LBJ; LBJ ASKS HOYT TO TAKE NEW POLL STUDYING EFFECT OF WALTER JENKINS' ARREST ON ELECTION, REPORTS FINDINGS OF NEW WESTCHESTER COUNTY POLL
Telephone conversation # 5968, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 10/26/1964, 11:45PM (Item)
  • "NYC"; LBJ PUTS RFK ON HOLD DURING CONVERSATION TO CHECK ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIP TO NEW YORK
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT CARRYING THEM; RFK ASKS LBJ TO HAVE MOTORCADE THROUGH LONG ISLAND ON UPCOMING TRIP TO NEW YORK; LBJ'S DELAWARE TRIP; EFFORTS TO DEFEAT JOHN WILLIAMS; NEGRO VOTE
Telephone conversation # 7043, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD KENNEDY, 3/8/1965, 9:10PM (Item)
  • KENNEDY ASKS ABOUT DISCUSSING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOR NEW ENGLAND IN SPEECH TOMORROW; LBJ DISCUSSES APPALACHIA PROGRAM, SUPPORT FOR NEW ENGLAND, ADVISES KENNEDY TO INTRODUCE BILL; IMMIGRATION BILL; LBJ DENIES REPORTS OF BREAK
Telephone conversation # 8621, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/23/1965, 4:07PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS RIVERS' ADVICE ON NEW POLICY ON DRAFTING MARRIED MEN, READS PRESS STORY ON ISSUE; LANGUAGE OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL PROVISION REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS; MILITARY PAY BILL
Telephone conversation # 141, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID LAWRENCE, 11/29/1963, 3:14PM (Item)
  • LBJ PRAISES US NEWS & WORLD REPORT, THANKS LAWRENCE FOR HIS SUPPORT; LAWRENCE PRAISES LBJ; LBJ ASKS LAWRENCE TO SEND MEMOS ON HIS IDEAS, THANKS HIM FOR HIS PAST SUPPORT, DISCUSSES CHALLENGES OF PRESIDENCY, SAYS HE WILL SEND ARTICLE ON HIS PHILOSOPHY
Telephone conversation # 1900, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 2/5/1964, 5:56PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1901, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 2/5/1964, 6:24PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1195, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/6/1964, 3:40PM (Item)
  • CONSOLIDATING WH PHOTOGRAPHERS' LABS; YOICHI OKAMOTO; INDONESIA; SUKARNO; FOREIGN AID BILL; NAJEEB HALABY AND SST BOARD; EDWARD MURROW SUCCESSOR AT USIA; NEW SPEECHWRITERS; TED SORENSEN RESIGNATION; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER; JOHN B. MARTIN; ADAM
Telephone conversation # 1240, sound recording, LBJ and GUS WORTHAM, 1/8/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; FEDERAL BUDGET; SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN NEW MEXICO; HOUSTON BANK MERGER; ALBERT THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 2346, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 3/4/1964, 6:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ROSTOW ABOUT NEWS LEAKS CONTRIBUTING TO CHALMERS ROBERTS STORY ON NORTH VIETNAM; ROSTOW RELATES SUMMARY OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY ON VIETNAM THAT HE HAS TOLD OTHERS; ELIE ABEL STORY; LBJ'S CALIFORNIA SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 2350, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 3/4/1964, 8:50PM (Item)
  • VALENTI RECOMMENDS THAT LBJ ANNOUNCE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF WOMEN TONIGHT AT FIRST ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AWARDS CEREMONY
Telephone conversation # 4231, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 7/14/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AT AEC; REPUBLICAN CONVENTION KEYNOTE SPEECH LAST NIGHT; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON FOR PUBLIC OPINION POLL IN NEW MEXICO
Telephone conversation # 4602, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES FARLEY, 8/1/1964, 10:02AM (Item)
  • FARLEY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS STATEMENT ON VP NOMINATION; RFK'S POSSIBLE NEW YORK SENATE RACE; STATEMENT BY FARLEY AT HERSHEY CONFERENCE; DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION, CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; ROBERT WOODRUFF'S POLITICAL LEANINGS
Telephone conversation # 4977, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/17/1964, 9:22AM (Item)
  • WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE; FEAR THAT CIVIL RIGHTS WILL AFFECT JOBS, HOUSING; INFORMAL NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR GOLDWATER; PROPOSED TAXI FARE INCREASE IN NYC; LYNDA JOHNSON'S VISIT TO NYC, TV SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 5244, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/28/1964, 8:28AM (Item)
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 5245, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/28/1964, 10:17AM (Item)
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 5275, sound recording, LBJ and RHEA HOWARD, 8/31/1964, 8:42AM (Item)
  • HOWARD CONGRATULATES LBJ ON CONVENTION, ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, HHH AS VP NOMINEE; MRS. JOHNSON THANKS HOWARD FOR SUPPORT; LBJ, HOWARD DISCUSS TEXAS POLITICAL SITUATION, DALLAS MORNING NEWS SUPPORT FOR LBJ, PRESS ENDORSEMENTS, JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY IN SAN
Telephone conversation # 4685, sound recording, LBJ and LOUIS SELTZER, 8/4/1964, 5:21PM (Item)
  • SELTZER ASKS LBJ TO MAKE STATEMENT BY TELEPHONE DURING DEDICATION OF CLEVELAND'S NEW PUBLIC HALL ON AUGUST 28; LBJ ASKS SELTZER TO SEND DETAILS TO HIS APPOINTMENTS SECRETARY; SELTZER PRAISES LBJ FOR HIS ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT