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Telephone conversation # 13612, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/30/1968, 10:25AM (Item)
  • NIXON'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; MELVIN LAIRD; JOHN MITCHELL; ANNA CHENNAULT; HISTORY OF BOMBING HALT NEGOTIATIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' SUPPORT FOR HALT; NIXON'S STATEMENT URGING SOVIETS, OTHERS JOIN TALKS; DELAY IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT JOINING
Telephone conversation # 13708, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/3/1968, 1:25PM (Item)
  • SMATHERS' TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (RICHARD NIXON) ON REPORTS THAT JOHN TOWER, ANNA CHENNAULT ENCOURAGED SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT NIXON CAMPAIGN'S COMMENTS, REVIEWS NEGOTIATIONS AND REPORTS OF CHENNAULT'S
Telephone conversation # 13701, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/1/1968, 8:31AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH ANNOUNCING VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; DISCUSSION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF CREIGHTON ABRAMS, ELLSWORTH BUNKER; EFFECT OF STATEMENTS, ACTIVITIES OF HHH AND NIXON ON PEACE TALKS; RELUCTANCE OF SOUTH VIETNAM TO JOIN PEACE TALKS
Telephone conversation # 13515, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/6/1968, 10:49PM (Item)
  • "RE MTG W/NIXON, HARRIMAN-VANCE, PLANS FOR HONOLULU, RUSK MTG W/PM'S"; "TRANSCRIBED-YB"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 13620, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 10/31/1968, 6:52PM (Item)
  • LBJ REVIEWS LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, SAYS HE WILL ISSUE ORDER TONIGHT TO STOP BOMBING; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF NIXON ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR HALT; RESPONSE TO CHARGE THAT HALT IS POLITICALLY
Telephone conversation # 13702, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/1/1968, 11:38AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOMBING HALT, CANDIDATES' REACTIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' STRATEGY; SOUTH VIETNAM'S RELUCTANCE TO JOIN PEACE TALKS FOLLOWING CONTACTS WITH NIXON'S ASSOCIATES; NGUYEN VAN THIEU'S DEMANDS; STATUS OF PRESIDENTIAL
Telephone conversation # 13703, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 11/1/1968, 1:09PM (Item)
  • YARBOROUGH PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH ON BOMBING HALT, SAYS COKE STEVENSON, ALLAN SHIVERS WILL ATTEND RICHARD NIXON'S RALLY IN TEXAS, ASKS LBJ TO GET PRICE DANIEL TO ATTEND HHH'S HOUSTON RALLY; LBJ REVIEWS HISTORY OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, HIS DECISION