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Telephone conversation # 8137, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/15/1965, 5:21PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LODGE'S APPEARANCE ON UK TV PROGRAM ON VIETNAM; UK COMMONWEALTH PROPOSAL TO APPOINT COMMISSION OF 3 PRIME MINISTERS TO EXPLORE PEACE EFFORTS; CHARGE THAT NASSER IS RE-SELLING US FOOD AID TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; UN PRESS LEAKS; AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 8210, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 6/30/1965, 12:57PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ ASKS MANN FOR REPORT ON PROJECT CAMELOT; CALL FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS; NEED TO POSTPONE JULY CONSORTIUM MEETING, STATE VISITS BY INDIA, PAKISTAN UNTIL FOREIGN AID BILL IS PASSED; GEORGE WOODS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT RUSK'S HANDLING OF INDIA
Telephone conversation # 9032, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/22/1965, 4:00PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSK REPORTS ON RICHARD RUSSELL'S VIEWS ABOUT CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSELL, MENDEL RIVERS OVER SHIPS AUTHORIZED FOR NATIONALIST CHINA IN PENDING BILL; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FOREIGN AID; LBJ TELLS RUSK TO CALL RUSS BLANDFORD ABOUT RUSSELL-RIVERS CONFLICT
Telephone conversation # 7836, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/27/1965, 2:30PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • BUNDY ASKS HOW LBJ WANTS TO HANDLE MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LBJ WANTS PROGRAM HANDLED IN MANNER THAT GETS QUICKEST APPROPRIATION; LANGUAGE OF MESSAGE; QUESTION OF DIVIDING ECONOMIC AID, INFORMATION ASPECTS
Telephone conversation # 8108, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/8/1965, 5:05PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • QUESTION OF MAXWELL TAYLOR MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; SENATE OPPOSITION TO BILL ALLOWING WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO HEAD FAA; SST; FOREIGN AID BILL; SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 9665, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/22/1966, 6:50PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH BOURKE HICKENLOOPER ABOUT SENATE EFFORTS TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ MIMICS FULBRIGHT, ASKS RUSK TO TALK TO DIRKSEN ABOUT FOREIGN AID BILL; POSSIBLE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE ON RESCINDING TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 9684, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/28/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LONG REPORTS ON FOREIGN AID BILL IN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SUGGESTS HHH, MCNAMARA MEET INFORMALLY WITH SENATORS; LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY OF POLICY ON VP TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF HHH'S ASIAN TRIP
Telephone conversation # 9686, sound recording, LBJ and STUART SYMINGTON, 2/28/1966, 1:47PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • SYMINGTON REPORTS ON EFFORT TO VOTE OUT FOREIGN AID BILL IN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE THIS MORNING; FULBRIGHT'S REQUEST THAT HHH, MCNAMARA MEET WITH COMMITTEE; WAYNE MORSE'S COMMENTS; LOW ATTENDANCE AT ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATION AT UNIVERSITY
Telephone conversation # 9630, sound recording, LBJ and B. K. NEHRU, 2/10/1966, 6:14PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR HHH'S MEETING WITH INDIAN PRIME MINISTER GANDHI UPDATING HER ON VIETNAM, PEACE EFFORTS, FOOD AND MILITARY AID TO INDIA; LBJ GIVES OPTIMISTIC REPORT ON HONOLULU CONFERENCE WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE, US MILITARY LEADERS
Telephone conversation # 9638, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/14/1966, 4:25PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ REVIEWS CRITICISM OF US VIETNAM POLICY, PEACE INITIATIVES, BOMBING PAUSES; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; ECONOMIC AID TO VIETNAM; HO CHI MINH'S DEMAND FOR VIET CONG RECOGNITION; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S REACTION TO RIBICOFF'S PROPOSAL FOR GENEVA CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 10629, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/22/1966, 11:14AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • POSSIBLE VETO OF FARM BILL; INFLATION; LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO REQUEST TAX BILL; VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; RISING INTEREST RATES AND INVESTMENT CREDIT; FOREIGN AID CUTS; JOHN ROONEY; TEXAS LIBERALS AND SENATE RACE BETWEEN WAGGONER CARR, JOHN TOWER
Telephone conversation # 10446, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/29/1966, 10:50AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN LBJ AND HAROLD WILSON TODAY; UK ECONOMIC SITUATION; GERMAN OFFSET PROBLEM; TRANSFER OF US MILITARY FORCES FROM FRANCE TO UK; US PURCHASES OF SHIPS, AIRCRAFT ENGINES FROM UK; ALDABRA BASE; LBJ TEASES MCNAMARA ABOUT AID
Telephone conversation # 10241, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1966, 9:48AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • DREW PEARSON STORY ACCUSING MENDEL RIVERS OF DRUNKENNESS; RIVERS' HEALTH; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RATE OF VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; EFFECT OF 6/30/1967 TERMINATION DATE ON MILITARY PURCHASING, DOD BUDGET; POSSIBLE NEED FOR MORE ECONOMIC AID FUNDS FOR VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 10419, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANATOS, 7/22/1966, 4:10PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • MANATOS SAYS MANSFIELD IS DEFENDING LBJ IN SENATE AGAINST FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF FOREIGN AID, VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ READS LIST OF LEGISLATION, TREATIES AUTHORIZING US ACTION IN ASIA WHICH FULBRIGHT SUPPORTED; LBJ'S RECENT SPEECH TO AMERICAN ALUMNI
Telephone conversation # 10421, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 7/22/1966, 8:05PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES REISCHAUER'S RESIGNATION AS AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN; MANSFIELD URGES REISCHAUER NOT TO RESIGN; OTHER POSITIONS FOR REISCHAUER; LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR REMARKS IN SENATE TODAY ANSWERING FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF FOREIGN AID, VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 12006, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 7/26/1967, 9:59AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON TAX INCREASE; HIS MEETING WITH SENATE LEADERS YESTERDAY; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM SPENDING; FOREIGN AID CUTS; LBJ'S DESIRE TO CUT FEDERAL DEFICIT; STRATEGY FOR CIVILIAN, MILITARY PAY BILLS; SCHEDULING WH MEETING WITH WILBUR
Telephone conversation # 11701, sound recording, LBJ and SOL LINOWITZ, 4/4/1967, 8:35AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HOLDING UP SENATE CONSIDERATION OF WEAKENED RESOLUTION ON LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN AID, PUNTA DEL ESTE SUMMIT; CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AT SUMMIT; FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS ON BAY OF PIGS; PRESS COVERAGE OF SUMMIT, LBJ'S RECENT MEETING
Telephone conversation # 10801, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 9/19/1966, 12:40PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • DISCUSSION OF PENDING APPROPRIATIONS BILLS, INCLUDING DEFENSE, FOREIGN AID, PUBLIC WORKS, POVERTY AND EDUCATION; NEED TO CUT FEDERAL SPENDING; COMPARISON WITH 1957 ECONOMY; EFFECT OF FUTURE VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE AFTER ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 10942, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 10/11/1966, 5:20PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • CONGRESSIONAL FOREIGN AID CUTS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH ANDREI GROMYKO; LBJ REVIEWS 30-DAY BOMBING PAUSE, SITUATION IN CHINA AND INDONESIA, PEACE PROSPECTS, COMMUNIST PERCEPTION OF US POLITICS; FULBRIGHT'S HEALTH; LBJ SUGGESTS FULBRIGHT TALK
Telephone conversation # 597, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/20/1963, 6:06PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF OTTO PASSMAN'S ACTIONS IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT WITH LBJ ON BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES DIFFERENCES WITHIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON ISSUE; POSSIBLE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Telephone conversation # 598, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID BELL, 12/20/1963, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ ASKS BELL ABOUT FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; BELL SAYS CURRENT BILL WILL MEET MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, IS ACCEPTABLE IF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IS AVAILABLE LATER; LBJ QUESTIONS INITIAL REQUEST FOR HIGHER APPROPRIATION, ASKS BELL TO CALL
Telephone conversation # 616, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/20/1963, 10:36PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS COVERAGE OF AGREEMENT ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL, THANKS CONGRESSMEN FOR THEIR WORK, COMPLAINS ABOUT OTTO PASSMAN AND THE BILL; MRS. MCCORMACK PRAISES LBJ; STATUS OF OTHER APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT
Telephone conversation # 654, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 12/23/1963, 12:50PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES STATUS OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL, ASKS ANDERSON TO TALK TO CHARLES HALLECK ABOUT PROVISION ON EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES OF SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; PRESS STORIES ON FEDERAL BUDGET, EXPENDITURES, NEW OBLIGATIONAL
Telephone conversation # 749, sound recording, LBJ and GOULD LINCOLN, 12/25/1963, 8:50PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; LINCOLN PRAISES LBJ FOR HOUSE VOTE ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS REASONS FOR PUSHING FOR VOTE; LADY BIRD JOHNSON EXPRESSES HER APPRECIATION FOR LINCOLN'S COLUMN
Telephone conversation # 556, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 12/18/1963, 7:21PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; HHH SAYS LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT PASSED, DISCUSSES RICHARD RUSSELL AND AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS; NEED FOR LETTER FROM LBJ OPPOSING MUNDT AMENDMENT; CULTURAL CENTER BILL; THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 3393, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 5/11/1964, 2:36PM (Item)
  • POVERTY BILL; HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ABSENTEEISM; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, NEA, CATHOLIC POSITIONS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT NYA, AID TO CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS; CLOSING DEFENSE FACILITIES; AUTOMATION, LOSS OF DEFENSE JOBS; 1964 ELECTION; ADAM CLAYTON
Telephone conversation # 8560, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 8/18/1965, 8:05PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • AID FOR INDIA, PAKISTAN; STATE VISITS BY SHASTRI, AYUB; PLANS FOR WH DINNER FOR UN DELEGATES, MEETING WITH FIRST LADY FOR UN WOMEN; SAM RAYBURN STORY; NEED FOR IMPROVED STATE DEPT CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON; LBJ PRAISES CHARLES LIPSEN, CHATS WITH MRS
Telephone conversation # 9002, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 10/1/1965, 2:44PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ'S LUNCH WITH LATIN AMERICAN DIPLOMATS; FOREIGN AID, INFORMATION PROGRAMS; FULBRIGHT'S SPEECH CRITICIZING POLICY IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EUGENE MCCARTHY'S SPEECH SUPPORTING FULBRIGHT; SMATHERS' TALK WITH FULBRIGHT ABOUT CONSEQUENCES OF SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 8352, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 7/19/1965, 6:07PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • COLD WAR GI BILL; LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON UN AMBASSADOR APPOINTMENT, VARIOUS CANDIDATES; ARTHUR GOLDBERG; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE BALL; ABE FORTAS APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; INDIA-PAKISTAN AID
Telephone conversation # 8107, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/8/1965, 5:05PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON VIETNAM; HISTORY OF US ROLE; WESTMORELAND'S REQUEST FOR TROOPS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GEORGE AIKEN'S OPPOSITION TO ASIAN ECONOMIC AID; CONGRESSIONAL DOUBTS ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; BOMBING CAMPAIGN; SOUTH VIETNAMESE
Telephone conversation # 9682, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/28/1966, 8:53AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO REPEAL TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; POSSIBLE MOTION BY SENATE DOVES TO DECLARE WAR; NEED TO PASS FOREIGN AID BILL; TAX BILL; RFK'S VIEWS ON COALITION GOVT WITH VIET CONG; COMPARISON WITH LAOS SETTLEMENT; RECENT
Telephone conversation # 9812, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 3/2/1966, 6:05PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • HHH REPORTS ON MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON FOREIGN AID PROGRAM, HHH'S RECENT TRIP, VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, VIET CONG, COMMUNISTS' ROLE IN WAR; COMMENTS BY WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, ALBERT GORE, SR., JOSEPH CLARK, EUGENE
Telephone conversation # 13007, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 5/4/1968, 10:13AM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
  • INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION IN VIETNAM; CLIFFORD'S UPCOMING TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S REACTION TO MARCH 31ST SPEECH, PEACE TALKS; SELECTION OF PARIS AS SITE OF TALKS; PROMOTION FOR JAMES
Telephone conversation # 600, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT THOMAS, 12/20/1963, 6:48PM (Item)
  • ALBERT DISCUSSES VIEWS OF UNNAMED CONGRESSMAN (CARL ALBERT?) ON UNNAMED BILL (FOREIGN AID?) AND REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO ANOTHER BILL (SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS?); REPUBLICAN DEMAND FOR BUDGET ESTIMATE BEFORE VOTE, NEED FOR HOUSE RULE; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 334, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 12/7/1963, 12:55PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
Telephone conversation # 336, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/7/1963, 5:03PM (Item)
  • Foreign aid
Telephone conversation # 3422, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 5/13/1964, 2:45PM (Item)
  • STRATEGY FOR POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS; SOUTHERN, NORTHERN CONGRESSMEN'S VIEWPOINTS; FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN; TIP O'NEILL, HUGH CAREY, CLOSING OF NAVY YARDS IN BOSTON, BROOKLYN; LBJ REPORTS ON TEXAS DELEGATION LUNCHEON TODAY
Telephone conversation # 3452, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 5/14/1964, 9:50AM (Item)
  • POVERTY BILL; QUESTION OF PUTTING LANGUAGE ON AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS IN REPORT RATHER THAN BILL; HUGH CAREY; TIP O'NEILL, CLOSING DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS; FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN; ALABAMA PROPERTY OWNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON
Telephone conversation # 5840, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 10/6/1964, 1:01PM (Item)
  • GEORGIA POLITICS; HERMAN TALMADGE; SANDERS EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT LOSS OF IMPACTED SCHOOL AID DUE TO PROVISION OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT CURTAILING DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO SEGREGATED PROGRAMS; GEORGIA POLL; ETHICS CHARGES ABOUT WILLIAM MILLER
Telephone conversation # 6482, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN, 11/25/1964, 7:42PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES FROM CALIFORNIA; REPLACEMENT FOR PAUL "RED" FAY AS UNDERSECRETARY OF NAVY; RUDOLPH PETERSON AS POSSIBLE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS APPOINTEE; WH APPOINTMENT PROCESS; DAN LUEVANO; OPPOSITION TO TASK FORCE ON FEDERAL AID