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Telephone conversation # 4779, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/6/1964, 2:03PM (Item)
  • "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LBJ ON HOLD 3:00; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT ROPER POLL PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH EDWIN JOHNSON AT TIME OF CALL
  • MCCORMACK REPORTS ON OPPOSITION TO ADAM YARMOLINSKY APPOINTMENT; POVERTY BILL HEAD COUNT; TIMING OF VOTES ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION, POVERTY BILL; DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES; YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT; ROBERT SIKES; MCCORMACK THANKS LBJ FOR REMARKS LAST
Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 7432, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 6:00PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; GEORGE REEDY IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING AND LANGUAGE OF LBJ'S STATEMENT ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DELAYS IN DRAFTING STATEMENT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION; WAYNE MORSE'S SPEECH; BUNDY RELAYS EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF SITUATION; OAS
Telephone conversation # 9351, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/31/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 9351, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/31/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 4808, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/7/1964, 3:01PM (Item)
  • "(LEGISLATION-POVERTY-VIETNAM)"; MCCORMACK IS MEETING WITH HARRY SHEPPARD, BERNIE SISK, CECIL KING AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • PARLIAMENTARY DELAYING TACTICS ON POVERTY BILL; ROBERT JONES; CHARLES HALLECK; CLIFFORD DAVIS' DEFEAT IN TENNESSEE PRIMARY; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; ED FOREMAN'S SPEECH CRITICIZING TIMING OF LBJ'S TONKIN GULF ADDRESS; GALLUP POLL; LBJ GREETS
Telephone conversation # 5852, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • "CONT."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS; MOYERS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 9810, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 3/1/1966, 7:15PM (Item)
  • MARVIN WATSON IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND ANSWERS THE TELEPHONE; RECORDING OF CONVERSATION IS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED IN MIDDLE OF THE CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 12717, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 2/14/1968, 9:46AM (Item)
  • "CC HAD CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH FILE OF JACK CONNOR...; DATE, "LISTENED TO YB" AND INCORRECT TIME 9:16A WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; 0:24 MACHINE NOISE
Telephone conversation # 12840, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/23/1968, 12:46PM? (Item)
  • "FR BEDROOM 3/23/68"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST CALL AT 1:50P BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES TIME IS EARLIER; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 12856, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SPARKMAN, 3/31/1968, 10:30PM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "RE PRES.'S MARCH 31ST SPEECH"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; IVO SPARKMAN? SPEAKS AFTER LBJ HANGS UP
Telephone conversation # 12903, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/2/1968, 2:10PM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-2-68"; "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CLARK CLIFFORD IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; 0:15 MACHINE NOISE PRECEDES CALL
Telephone conversation # 13553, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/16/1968, 4:40PM (Item)
  • "REGARDING THE BOMBING PAUSE"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 10/22/1968, 5:24P; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE AND TIME ARE 10/16/1968, 4:40P; CONTINUES WITH SOME INTERRUPTION FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
Telephone conversation # 173, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 11/29/1963, 7:11PM (Item)
  • "7"; "(TRANSCRIBED)"; MRS. FULBRIGHT IS MEETING WITH WILLIAM FULBRIGHT AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993
Telephone conversation # 412, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/11/1963, 2:45PM (Item)
  • #2"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ TALKS WITH UNIDENTIFIED MEN (BILL MOYERS AND JACK VALENTI?) ABOUT EDITING STATEMENTS, KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF HIS OFFICE; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
Telephone conversation # 3070, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 4/20/1964, 7:29PM (Item)
  • LBJ INTERRUPTS REEDY, PAUSES TO WATCH LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON TV, THEN TALKS TO WALTER JENKINS WHO IS WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4963, sound recording, LBJ and CHALMERS ROBERTS, 8/15/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF LBJ'S SPEECH ON TONKIN GULF RETALIATION; CHARLES HALLECK'S STATEMENT ABOUT LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT; GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ABOUT CHOICE OF REPUBLICAN VP CANDIDATE WILLIAM MILLER
Telephone conversation # 4703, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/4/1964, 9:02PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN IF ROBERT "FATS" EVERETT WILL RETURN TO VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL; LOBBYING EFFORTS OF NAM, FARM BUREAU AGAINST BILL; GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT; HEAD COUNT; POSSIBLE EFFECT OF TONKIN GULF ATTACKS ON VOTE; TIMING OF LBJ'S ADDRESS
Telephone conversation # 4715, sound recording, LBJ and BARRY GOLDWATER, 8/4/1964, 10:06PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS GOLDWATER HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON US RESPONSE TO TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, DISCUSSES TIMING OF STATEMENT TO AVOID ENDANGERING US FORCES; GOLDWATER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S ACTIONS
Telephone conversation # 4799, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/7/1964, 1:40PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ED FOREMAN'S SPEECH ON HOUSE FLOOR CRITICIZING TIMING OF LBJ'S ADDRESS ON RETALIATORY STRIKES FOLLOWING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; MCNAMARA LISTS POINTS JUSTIFYING DECISION TO MAKE ADDRESS; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO CALL CARL VINSON, CARL ALBERT
Telephone conversation # 5910, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 10/17/1964, 8:47PM (Item)
  • 0:45 OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ABE FORTAS AT TIME OF CALL
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 # 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 # 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 # 10055, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE HAYS, 4/28/1966, 12:50PM (Item)
  • "RE PROPOSED SPEECH - CONG. SENDING POTUS COPY"; HAYS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AND IS MEETING WITH UNIDENTIFIED MALE ("DON") AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY WITH "DON"
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 # 13706, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/2/1968, 9:18PM (Item)
  • "APPROX 9:20P"; "SUMMARIZED, YB"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
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
Telephone conversation # 10414, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/19/1966, 7:10PM (Item)
  • DALEY IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; TV OR RADIO PLAYING IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING