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Telephone conversation # 13736, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/14/1968, 4:33PM (Item)
  • "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; NIXON ON HOLD 0:30; OFFICE SECRETARY SPEAKS WITH HIM BRIEFLY; LBJ APPARENTLY ON SPEAKERPHONE
  • LBJ SAYS ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROBERT MURPHY AS NIXON'S LIAISON WITH STATE DEPT WAS MISCONSTRUED AS AGREEMENT THAT MURPHY, NIXON WOULD APPROVE FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS; NIXON SAYS HE WILL NOT INTERFERE, HE SUPPORTS LBJ ON VIETNAM, NATO, NON-PROLIFERATION
  • Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
  • Telephone conversation # 13736, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/14/1968, 4:33PM
  • RICHARD NIXON
Telephone conversation # 13735, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/14/1968, 10:56AM (Item)
  • NIXON SAYS HE WILL NOT NAME US AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY NOW, WILL APPOINT ROBERT MURPHY AS HIS REPRESENTATIVE ON FOREIGN POLICY, VIETNAM DURING TRANSITION; LBJ PRAISES MURPHY, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT USSR DURING TRANSITION; NIXON'S CONTACTS
  • Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
  • Telephone conversation # 13735, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/14/1968, 10:56AM
  • RICHARD NIXON
Telephone conversation # 13759, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/22/1968, 5:42PM (Item)
  • "FIRST 1/2 ONE CALL"; "SECOND 1/2 IMPORTANT (NIXON)"; "22 NOV 5:50PM TOP THEN BOTTOM"; "NIXON" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT, "TRANSCRIBED" ON ENVELOPE; LBJ SPEAKS TO TOM JOHNSON WHO IS MEETING WITH HIM DURING CALL; TOM JOHNSON IS INAUDIBLE; CONTINUES
  • NIXON THANKS LBJ FOR MAKING PLANE AVAILABLE FOR FLORIDA TRIP, DISCUSSES NAMING HHH AS UN AMBASSADOR; LBJ SAYS HE HAS TALKED WITH HHH AND WILL MEET WITH HIM TONIGHT; NIXON DISCUSSES HIS EXPERIENCE AS FORMER VP; DISCUSSION OF VIETNAM, PARIS PEACE
  • Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
  • Telephone conversation # 13759, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/22/1968, 5:42PM
  • RICHARD NIXON
Telephone conversation # 13739, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 11/15/1968, 9:20AM (Item)
  • CLARIFICATION OF RICHARD NIXON'S STATEMENT WHICH PRESS MISCONSTRUED TO MEAN THAT LBJ HAD AGREED TO GET PRIOR APPROVAL FROM NIXON FOR DECISIONS DURING TRANSITION; ROBERT MURPHY'S ROLE AS NIXON'S OBSERVER AT STATE DEPT; NEED FOR OBSERVER FOR NIXON
Telephone conversation # 13751, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 3:33PM (Item)
  • RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; LBJ ADVISES NIXON TO KEEP CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS AT VA, GSA, FBI, CIA; J. EDGAR HOOVER; CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH; NIXON'S FRIENDSHIP WITH BEBE REBOZO; SALE OF SMATHERS' HOUSE TO NIXON; SMATHERS' PERSONAL
Telephone conversation # 13737, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 11/14/1968, 8:03PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROBERT MURPHY'S APPOINTMENT AS RICHARD NIXON'S LIAISON WHICH WAS MISCONSTRUED BY PRESS AS AGREEMENT THAT NIXON WOULD APPROVE DECISIONS DURING TRANSITION; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT USSR; MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LBJ
Telephone conversation # 13738, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 11/15/1968, 9:20AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR CLARIFICATION OF RICHARD NIXON'S STATEMENT WHICH PRESS MISCONSTRUED TO MEAN LBJ HAD AGREED TO GET PRIOR APPROVAL FROM NIXON FOR DECISIONS DURING TRANSITION; ROBERT MURPHY'S ROLE AS NIXON'S LIAISON, OBSERVER IN STATE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 13749, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 3:33PM (Item)
  • SMATHERS DISCUSSES RICHARD NIXON'S REQUEST TO BUY SMATHERS' HOUSE, NIXON'S PLAN TO OFFER UN POST TO HHH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HHH, PROBLEMS OF PRESIDENCY, HIS REGRET ABOUT NOT REPLACING JFK APPOINTEES, OFFERS ADVICE TO NIXON; DNC'S
Telephone conversation # 13804, sound recording, LBJ and EARL WARREN, 12/5/1968, 10:42AM (Item)
  • "RE HIS SWEARING-IN PRESIDENT-ELECT NIXON, AND NIXON ASKING HIM TO REMAIN ON THE COURT"
  • WARREN GIVES LBJ BACKGROUND OF PRESS STORY THAT RICHARD NIXON HAS ASKED WARREN TO REMAIN ON SUPREME COURT FOR REST OF COURT'S TERM; LBJ DISCUSSES SPECIAL SESSION TO RATIFY NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, RECESS APPOINTMENT FOR ARTHUR GOLDBERG
Telephone conversation # 13805, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/6/1968, 9:20AM (Item)
  • "RE AMB SHRIVER REQUESTING CALL BACK TO US TO SEE PRESIDENT-ELECT NIXON"; "SUMMARIZED, YB"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • RUSK REPORTS THAT SARGENT SHRIVER HAS SENT HIM PRIVATE MESSAGE THAT RICHARD NIXON WANTS TO MEET WITH SARGENT SHRIVER ON SUNDAY AND THAT NIXON MAY ASK SHRIVER TO ACCEPT POSITION AS UN AMBASSADOR; RUSK RECOMMENDS AUTHORIZING SHRIVER TO RETURN TO US
Telephone conversation # 13741, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HELMS, 11/15/1968, 8:05PM (Item)
  • HELMS TELLS LBJ THAT RICHARD NIXON HAS ASKED HELMS TO REMAIN AS CIA DIRECTOR; LBJ PRAISES HELMS, REQUESTS THAT NIXON HAVE SOMEONE BRIEF LBJ PERIODICALLY JUST AS LBJ HAD SOMEONE BRIEF DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND HARRY TRUMAN, DISCUSSES ROLE OF FORMER
Telephone conversation # 13757, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/22/1968, 12:24PM (Item)
  • SMATHERS SAYS HE TALKED WITH RICHARD NIXON ABOUT LBJ'S RESPONSE TO NIXON'S OFFER TO APPOINT HHH AS UN AMBASSADOR; LBJ SAYS HE WILL CALL SMATHERS AFTER LBJ MEETS WITH HHH TODAY; SMATHERS' WISH TO BE APPOINTED TO PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS BOARD OR ANOTHER
Telephone conversation # 13763, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/23/1968, 1:08PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH HHH ON RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH UN AMBASSADOR, HHH'S FUTURE PLANS; LBJ PRAISES ROBERT MURPHY, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS OF PRESIDENCY, NEED FOR NIXON TO HAVE STRONG FOREIGN POLICY ADVISERS; ANNA CHENNAULT
Telephone conversation # 13801, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON, 12/1/1968, 6:30PM (Item)
  • JACKSON SAYS RICHARD NIXON HAS ASKED HIM TO BE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE; LBJ PRAISES JACKSON, ENCOURAGES HIM TO TAKE JOB; JACKSON SAYS HE IS RELUCTANT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HIS SENATE SUCCESSOR, RECOMMENDS NIXON REAPPOINT CLARK CLIFFORD; NELSON
Telephone conversation # 13802, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON, 12/1/1968, 6:30PM (Item)
  • RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO APPOINT JACKSON SECRETARY OF DEFENSE; LBJ ENCOURAGES JACKSON TO ACCEPT, DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF JOB; NIXON'S SECRETARY OF STATE; LBJ TELLS HELEN JACKSON THAT HER HUSBAND SHOULD ACCEPT JOB, GREETS JACKSON'S SISTER GERTRUDE
Telephone conversation # 13765, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/23/1968, 6:06PM (Item)
  • HHH SAYS HE DECLINED RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH AS UN AMBASSADOR; HHH'S FUTURE PLANS; LBJ SUGGESTS NIXON NAME ROBERT MURPHY TO UN; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORY QUOTING ROBERT SHORT ABOUT POSSIBLE LAWSUIT TO RELEASE DNC TRUST FUND