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Telephone conversation # 4607, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/1/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • DICTABELT PREVIOUSLY MISFILED; LBJ IS MEETING WITH CARL VINSON AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ MET WITH VINSON FROM 11:35A TO 12:05P
  • Telephone conversation # 4607, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/1/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 4606, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/1/1964, 11:55AM? (Item)
  • DICTABELT PREVIOUSLY MISFILED; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS TIME OF CALL AS 9:00A; LBJ IS MEETING WITH CARL VINSON; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ MET WITH VINSON FROM 11:35A TO 12:05P
Telephone conversation # 6868, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/22/1965, 8:48AM (Item)
  • "ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF STRIKE IN VN DURING INTERIM PERIOD"; "WHAT SOVIETS ARE DOING"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • TIMING OF POSSIBLE AIRSTRIKE IN VIETNAM IN LIGHT OF UK-USSR PROPOSAL; PRESS REPORTS OF MOVEMENT OF USSR ANTI-AIRCRAFT; MCNAMARA'S UPCOMING CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; LBJ DISCUSSES TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION AS STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF US
Telephone conversation # 4662, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 10:53AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE MAHON AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4663, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 11:06AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE MAHON AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 7065, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/13/1965, 9:22AM (Item)
  • QUESTION OF USING FEDERAL TROOPS IN SELMA; ADVANTAGES OF USING FBI PERSONNEL INSTEAD OF TROOPS, MARSHALS; EFFECT OF USE OF TROOPS ON PASSAGE OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LEAD TIME FOR ALERTING, TRANSPORTING TROOPS; KERMIT GORDON; LBJ PRAISES MARGARET
Telephone conversation # 8506, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1965, 1:35PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "RE HIS TESTIFYING BEFORE ARMED SERVICES AND APPROPRIATIONS CMTEE"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATIONS PRECEDE AND FOLLOW CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 9170, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/13/1965, 10:50AM (Item)
  • ROBERT MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; MCNAMARA, CALIFANO ON HOLD 0:30 AND ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
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 # 12724, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/19/1968, 12:29PM (Item)
  • "FROM KENNY 2/21/68"; "RE ATTACK ON AUG 4 ALSO TONKIN GULF"; "OUGHT TO BE TRANSCRIBED"; "LISTENED TO YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING BELT; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE IS 2/19/1968; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS
Telephone conversation # 12728, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/21/1968, 8:52AM? (Item)
  • "FROM KENNY 2/21/68"; "LISTENED TO YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; "RE: FULBRIGHT AND GORE..."; TIME UNCERTAIN; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL FROM MCNAMARA AT 8:29A AND 8:52A; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN