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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 # 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
  • LBJ QUESTIONS HELLER ABOUT EFFECT OF TAX CUT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT BOONDOGGLE PROJECTS IN POVERTY PROGRAM, REMINISCES ABOUT NYA, TELLS HELLER TO TALK TO PRESS AND EXPRESS OPTIMISM ABOUT ECONOMY
Telephone conversation # 11317, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 1/7/1967, 10:55AM (Item)
  • "RE NIGHT BEST FOR TV STATE OF UNION ADDRESS"; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE DICTABELT DUE TO POOR SOUND QUALITY; STANTON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL; PAY RAISE FOR POSTAL WORKERS; PROPOSED POSTAL RATE INCREASE; SCHEDULING NIGHTTIME STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CONFLICTS WITH OTHER CONGRESSIONAL EVENTS; DISRUPTION TO TV PROGRAMS; TELEVISING PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11332, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/11/1967, 3:20PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "RE COMPLIMENT ON PRES.'S STATE OF UNION ADDRESS."; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • MCNAMARA RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF UNNAMED MAN ON LBJ'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ SAYS SPEECH WAS TOO LONG, COMPARES IT TO JFK'S 1963 SPEECH, COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICISM THAT LBJ ABANDONED NEGROES AND THE POOR IN SPEECH