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Telephone conversation # 5639, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/23/1964, 11:04AM (Item)
  • RUSK'S RECENT TRIP; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO BRING MATERIAL ON 10 ACTS CONCERNING PEACE WHEN HE COMES TO WH TODAY, ASKS HIM TO REVIEW TEXT OF LBJ'S 9/16/64 SEATTLE SPEECH IN LIGHT OF RECENT TIME MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE NUCLEAR
Telephone conversation # 5815, sound recording, LBJ and MILTON EISENHOWER, 10/2/1964, 4:00PM (Item)
  • EISENHOWER ON HOLD 1:20; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT CRITICAL CAMPAIGN REMARKS CONCERNING LBJ PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 6420, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/19/1964, 7:26PM (Item)
  • "LBJ RANCH"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; DAILY DIARY INDICATES THAT LBJ IS AT FRANK ERWIN HOME IN AUSTIN AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 5501, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM S. WHITE, 9/5/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 7341, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 4/13/1965, 4:55PM (Item)
  • "(DON'T KNOW WHEN)"; TIME AND DATE FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 7124, sound recording, LBJ and BUFORD ELLINGTON, 3/18/1965, 9:13PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; JUANITA ROBERTS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTS LBJ'S CONVERSATION WITH ELLINGTON
Telephone conversation # 7681, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 7:29PM (Item)
  • SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST THIS AS CALL WITH "MR. DAVIDSON"; FORTAS ON HOLD 1:05; MCGEORGE BUNDY IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 7697, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 5/15/1965, 10:32AM (Item)
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; BALL ON HOLD 0:20
Telephone conversation # 7593, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD GOODWIN, 5/6/1965, 6:02PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING IS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED BY ANOTHER TELEPHONE CALL
Telephone conversation # 7405, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 10:50AM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 7429, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/30/1965, 5:40PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; MOYERS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE
Telephone conversation # 7430, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 5:45PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; GEORGE REEDY IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 7436, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 4/30/1965, 6:30PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; THOMAS MANN AND GEORGE BALL ARE MEETING WITH RUSK AT TIME OF CALL; RUSK BRIEFLY DISCUSSES CHANGES IN STATEMENT WITH THEM
Telephone conversation # 7771, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 5/18/1965, 6:50PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE STATEMENT ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BY ELLSWORTH BUNKER AT OAS; TIMING OF STATEMENT TO MAXIMIZE PRESS COVERAGE; RUSK SUGGESTS DRAFT BE CLEARED WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 8865, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 9/14/1965, 8:00PM (Item)
  • RUSSELL IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 8601, sound recording, LBJ and MENDEL RIVERS, 8/21/1965, 5:41PM (Item)
  • RIVERS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 8614, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 8/23/1965, 3:11PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH HARRY MCPHERSON, JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 8621, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/23/1965, 4:07PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; RIVERS IS MEETING WITH JOHN MCCORMACK AT TIME OF CALL; MOST OF CONVERSATION IS BETWEEN LBJ AND RIVERS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 9331, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/24/1965, 1:06PM (Item)
  • BUNDY ON HOLD 1:20; INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION AMONG TELEPHONE OPERATORS WHILE BUNDY ON HOLD; MUSIC AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 8145, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1965, 12:12PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HAROLD WILSON'S CONCERN THAT TIMING OF UPCOMING B-52 VIETNAM RAID WILL AFFECT ANNOUNCEMENT OF UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE; LBJ DISCUSSES UK, GERMAN POLLS ON VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS GROUP PROTESTING WAR
Telephone conversation # 8150, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 6/17/1965, 7:29PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; HARRIET MCCORMACK IS MEETING WITH JOHN MCCORMACK AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; MCCORMACKS ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR
Telephone conversation # 7838, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/27/1965, 7:03PM (Item)
  • SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 5/28/65; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH HENRY CABOT LODGE, JACK VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 7910, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/19/1965, 11:40AM (Item)
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154-19 MAY"; "1. PRESIDENT-ARNOLD [CROSSED OUT ON SLIP] FORTAS (END)"; "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS TIME AS 9:54; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING, BUT PORTION OF CALL NOT RECORDED; COMPLETE CONCURRENT RECORDING ON REF #7778
Telephone conversation # 10249, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/22/1966, 9:15PM (Item)
  • TIMING OF US BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; NEED TO GIVE ALLIES ADVANCE NOTICE OF BOMBING, POSSIBLE LEAKS AND DANGER TO US FORCES; ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S COMMENTS AT TODAY'S NSC MEETING ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RESIGNATION; RABBI J. J. WEINSTEIN'S
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
Telephone conversation # 10288, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/29/1966, 3:44PM (Item)
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME AND DATE FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 10421, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 7/22/1966, 8:05PM (Item)
  • OFFICE SECRETARY ANNOUNCES CALL; LBJ INITIALLY TELLS HER HE WILL CALL MANSFIELD BACK, THEN DECIDES TO TAKE CALL; EDWIN REISCHAUER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 9446, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/6/1966, 5:02PM (Item)
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ HE HAS NO WORD YET ON GARCIA GODOY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CBS STORY ON THAILAND, VIETNAM; PRESS STORIES ON BOMBING PAUSE; GOVT OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; BACKGROUND OF LBJ'S DECISION; LODGE, TIME MAGAZINE; STATE OF THE UNION; PEACE
Telephone conversation # 9454, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 1/7/1966, 11:04AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF DATE, TIME OF STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; GEORGE AIKEN'S STATEMENT ON RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM; PRESS STORY ON DURATION OF PAUSE; LBJ EMPHASIZES DURATION IS INDEFINITE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH MANSFIELD
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
Telephone conversation # 12852, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 3/31/1968, 4:54PM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED RE DPT OF DEFENSE MONEY MATTERS & BUDGET"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CLIFFORD IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
Telephone conversation # 12854, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/31/1968, 10:26PM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "RE PRES.'S MARCH 31ST SPEECH"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 12857, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 3/31/1968, 10:58PM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "RE PRES'S MARCH 31ST SPEECH"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; POOR SOUND QUALITY; STANTON IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; FINAL PORTION OF THIS CALL IS ALSO RECORDED ON REF #12859
Telephone conversation # 13706, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/2/1968, 9:18PM (Item)
  • "APPROX 9:20P"; "SUMMARIZED, YB"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 13318, sound recording, JIM JONES and DEAN RUSK'S SECRETARY, 8/26/1968, 10:25AM? (Item)
  • "B-1 RUSK"; "THEN LATER-CHARLES MURPHY"; "(MURPHY FIRST) [LINED THROUGH]"; "--NOT SURE OF THE IDENTIFICATION ON THIS--OR SEQUENCE"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; JONES ON HOLD 1:00 WHILE CALL IS CONNECTED
Telephone conversation # 13570, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/22/1968, 5:24PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF LANGUAGE FOR SPEECH BY LBJ ON VIETNAM NEGOTIATIONS, BOMBING HALT; REVIEW OF LBJ'S EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE; TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND IMPACT ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, CANDIDATES; BRIEFING FOR EISENHOWER; POSITION FOR JUANITA ROBERTS
Telephone conversation # 13619, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:28PM (Item)
  • November 25, 2008 Reference No. 13619& Processtn1 Note Transcript only ofthis conversation; there is no recording. The time ofthis conversation is n?t indicated on the transcript; the time is 6:28 p.m. DATE: 10/31/68 TIME: 6:28 PM CALLER: Mike
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS PARTICIPATING IN CALL ARE LESLIE ARENDS, HALE BOGGS, EVERETT DIRKSEN, THOMAS KUCHEL, JOHN MCCORMACK, MIKE MANSFIELD; JIM JONES IS MEETING WITH LBJ; TIME FROM DAILY
Telephone conversation # 649, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 12/23/1963, 12:00PM (Item)
  • "#2"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMER STAATS, KERMIT GORDON, MYER FELDMAN AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
Telephone conversation # 4952, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/15/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • "RE SPEECH RUSK IS PREPARING"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE REEDY, HORACE BUSBY AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 8578, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 8/20/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH LEE WHITE AT TIME OF CALL; WHITE SPEAKS BRIEFLY AT BEGINNING OF CALL; MLK ON HOLD 0:35; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL