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Telephone conversation # 6854, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DIRKSEN NOTES NEGATIVE SPEECHES ON VIETNAM BY FRANK CHURCH, GEORGE MCGOVERN, OFFERS TO DEFEND LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ GIVES LENGTHY REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH WWII, KOREAN WAR, ADVICE ON NEGOTIATING WITH COMMUNISTS
Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF VIETNAM POLICY; AGREEMENT AMONG US OFFICIALS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ ASKS ABOUT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR UNIDENTIFIED CANDIDATE FOR UNIDENTIFIED
Telephone conversation # 8221, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/30/1965, 7:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • PRESS HANDLING OF MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS TO VIETNAM?; TODAY'S MEETING ON VIETNAM (WITH EISENHOWER?); LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO TALK WITH RFK ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ EXPRESSES DOUBTS ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT POLICY; MCNAMARA REMINISCES ABOUT BAY
Telephone conversation # 10916, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 10/3/1966, 5:24PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SHORT DISCUSSION OF EISENHOWER'S HEALTH; EISENHOWER EXPLAINS HIS RECENT STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; RICHARD NIXON ON US IN VIETNAM; EISENHOWER CONTRASTS KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS, USE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT EISENHOWER'S POLICY ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3762, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 6/17/1964, 6:58PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RESTON'S STORY ON RFK OFFERING TO GO TO VIETNAM; US INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM: OPINIONS OF RESTON, LBJ, MIKE MANSFIELD, FRANK CHURCH, ERNEST GRUENING, WAYNE MORSE; LBJ REFLECTS ON ACTIONS AND ADVICE OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER; DE GAULLE ON NEUTRALIZATION
Telephone conversation # 9651, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • US ISOLATIONISM; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S SUPPORT FOR INCLUDING VIET CONG IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; SENATE PLAN TO ASK THAT PRESIDENT SEEK SENATE APPROVAL BEFORE ESCALATING WAR; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 9678, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/26/1966, 5:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LONG DISCUSSES SENATE ACTION TODAY ON VIETNAM AUTHORIZATION BILL; LBJ ASKS LONG TO TALK TO EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT PASSING VIETNAM BILLS, DISCUSSES DELAYS IN PASSING THEM, HHH'S MANY BRIEFINGS, POLICY THAT VP DOES NOT TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS; TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 13006, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 5/4/1968, 10:13AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH BESS AND HARRY TRUMAN YESTERDAY; CLIFFORD'S HEALTH; CLIFFORD REFUTES STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO HIM IN NYT EDITORIAL ON VIETNAM; INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION IN VIETNAM BEFORE AND SINCE MARCH 31ST SPEECH; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "ON VIETNAM"; "GEN. EISENHOWER'S [REPORT] ABOUT EXPERIENCE NEGOTIATING WITH KOREA, CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH NV IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO NEGOTIATE"; DIARY LISTS CALLS AT 9:25A, 11:16A; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Vietnam
  • HHH'S STATEMENTS ON ARMS TALKS, VIETNAM; EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH KOREAN WAR NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ ASKS RUSK, BUNDY, HHH TO TALK WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN; DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGATIVE SPEECHES; LATEST NEWS FROM VIETNAM; UN; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 6868, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/22/1965, 8:48AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 7720, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 5/17/1965, 9:07AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM POLICY; ANDERSON'S MEETING WITH EISENHOWER; DELAY IN PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS DUE TO DOMINICAN CRISIS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT NYT COVERAGE, DISCUSSES SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ANDERSON COMPARES IT WITH LEBANON CRISIS
Telephone conversation # 8577, sound recording, LBJ and BROMLEY SMITH, 8/20/1965, 11:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SMITH REPORTS ON ANDREW GOODPASTER'S MEETING WITH DWIGHT EISENHOWER IN WHICH EISENHOWER STRESSED HE WAS NOT CRITICIZING VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ TELLS SMITH TO DRAFT SPEECHES, BROCHURE SUPPORTING POLICY AND QUOTING CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, LETTERS FROM US
Telephone conversation # 8212, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/30/1965, 3:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK REPORTS THAT HE, MCNAMARA WILL REVIEW POLICY ON ARMY FOREIGN POLICY STUDIES LIKE PROJECT CAMELOT, ALSO TELLS LBJ THAT EISENHOWER'S LETTER TO WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS PUBLISHED IN HIS BOOK, NOT LEAKED BY STATE, WH; EISENHOWER'S SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 8303, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 7/2/1965, 11:02AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EISENHOWER ASKS LBJ'S HELP IN HAVING WRIGHT PATMAN HOLD HEARINGS ON BANK MERGER BILL; LBJ ASKS EISENHOWER'S ADVICE ON VIETNAM; POSSIBLE INCREASE IN GROUND TROOPS, CALL-UP OF RESERVES, NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION; AIR CAMPAIGN, INCREASED
Telephone conversation # 7843, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 5/31/1965, 8:44AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS VANCE IF US TROOP WITHDRAWAL IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS SAFE, JUSTIFIED; OAS MEETING; QUESTION OF SENDING ELLSWORTH BUNKER TO ASSIST JOSE MORA; PRESS STORY CALLING FOR SUBPOENA OF MCGEORGE BUNDY; PRESS LEAKS; VIETNAM MILITARY SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 7845, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 5/31/1965, 8:44AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS VANCE IF US TROOP WITHDRAWAL IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS SAFE, JUSTIFIED; OAS MEETING; QUESTION OF SENDING ELLSWORTH BUNKER TO ASSIST JOSE MORA; PRESS STORY CALLING FOR SUBPOENA OF MCGEORGE BUNDY; PRESS LEAKS; VIETNAM MILITARY SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 10221, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/9/1966, 12:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT DIRKSEN RECOMMENDS BIPARTISAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE BRIEFINGS HE HAS PROVIDED CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IN CONTRAST WITH BRIEFINGS HE RECEIVED DURING EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 9671, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/25/1966, 3:36PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE VIETNAM HEARINGS; POSSIBLE TESTIMONY BY MCNAMARA, HHH; LBJ OBJECTS TO HHH TESTIFYING, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DELAY ON FOREIGN AID BILL, READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT; LONG ASKS FOR MEMO ON URGENCY OF FOREIGN AID, TAX
Telephone conversation # 9806, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 3/1/1966, 2:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SENATE HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ DISCUSSES ADVANTAGE OF TABLING MORSE'S AMENDMENT, SUGGESTS LONG MAKE STATEMENT THAT TABLING THE AMENDMENT LEAVES RESOLUTION AND LBJ'S AUTHORITY IN VIETNAM UNDILUTED
Telephone conversation # 9807, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 3/1/1966, 2:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SENATE HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT REAFFIRMING HIS AUTHORITY, WANTS STATEMENT MADE PRIOR TO VOTE TO TABLE AMENDMENT, READS JOHN MCCORMACK'S STATEMENT TODAY SUPPORTING VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 13403, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/2/1968, 3:57PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DREW PEARSON'S COLUMN ON CHOICE OF HALE BOGGS, NOT EDMUND MUSKIE, TO HEAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM COMMITTEE; LBJ DISCUSSES HOW CONVENTION ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE, NEGOTIATIONS ON VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK; FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING FOR CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 13523, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 10/7/1968, 5:11PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • NIXON'S VISIT WITH DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ SAYS EISENHOWER SUPPORTS VIETNAM POLICY, READS MEMO ON 1954 GENEVA TALKS AND CLARK CLIFFORD'S MEMO ON HHH'S, MELVIN LAIRD'S STATEMENTS ON TROOP LEVELS; DISCUSSION OF NYT STORIES, US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING
Telephone conversation # 6869, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 2/22/1965, 10:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCCONE ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ TO REPORT ON MCCONE'S MEETING WITH EISENHOWER; LBJ'S SCHEDULE, VISIT TO LUCI JOHNSON'S SCHOOL; UK JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REQUEST FOR VIETNAM BRIEFING; LBJ DISCUSSES PAST, PRESENT US VIETNAM POLICY, TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 8116, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1965, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • JCS MEETING ON 2 PLANS FOR MORE US FORCES IN VIETNAM; POSSIBLE EISENHOWER BRIEFING; NUMBERS OF TROOPS IN EACH PLAN; EXTENSION OF TAYLOR'S APPOINTMENT; MIKE MANSFIELD'S, GEORGE AIKEN'S VIEWS; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; DETERIORATING VIETNAM SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 3761, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 6/17/1964, 6:58PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • REPUBLICAN PARTISAN VOTES ON FOREIGN AID, EXCISE TAXES; FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT; OTTO PASSMAN; DWIGHT EISENHOWER, JFK, FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF RFK AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 6740, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 1/19/1965, 2:29PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • FOR VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 7655, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/13/1965, 7:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ATTACK ON REBEL RADIO STATION BY LOYALISTS; EISENHOWER'S RESPONSE TO BRIEFING ON BOMBING PAUSE IN VIETNAM; PRESS QUESTIONS ON PAUSE; COMMUNICATION FROM USSR ON PAUSE; TAD SZULC'S COMMUNICATIONS WITH CAAMANO
Telephone conversation # 8207, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 6/29/1965, 3:55PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EISENHOWER EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT REPORT HE RECEIVED FROM MELVIN LAIRD THAT DNC IS CIRCULATING 1954 PERSONAL LETTER FROM EISENHOWER TO WINSTON CHURCHILL ABOUT VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE WILL INVESTIGATE MATTER, DISCUSSES PUBLIC LETTER FROM EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 8208, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/29/1965, 4:32PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK TO CALL EISENHOWER ABOUT HIS CONCERNS THAT DNC IS CIRCULATING PRIVATE 1954 LETTER FROM EISENHOWER TO WINSTON CHURCHILL ON VIETNAM; HARLAN CLEVELAND; JOSEPH SISCO; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON ABOUT LBJ'S UN ANNIVERSARY
Telephone conversation # 8209, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 6/29/1965, 5:36PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS INQUIRIES ABOUT 1954 PRIVATE LETTER FROM EISENHOWER TO WINSTON CHURCHILL ON VIETNAM THAT DNC IS ALLEGEDLY CIRCULATING, ASKS EISENHOWER TO GET HIM COPY OF LETTER AND HE WILL INVESTIGATE FURTHER; 1954 PUBLIC LETTER FROM EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 9684, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/28/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 10629, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/22/1966, 11:14AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 11388, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1/21/1967, 12:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EISENHOWER'S GALL BLADDER SURGERY; EISENHOWER ASKS IF JUSTICE DEPT WILL OVERRULE FCC APPROVAL OF ITT, ABC MERGER; MILITARY SITUATION IN VIETNAM; PEACE FEELERS; LBJ ASKS FOR MILTON EISENHOWER'S ADVICE ON LATIN AMERICA; ELLSWORTH BUNKER
Telephone conversation # 13735, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/14/1968, 10:56AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 8555, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 8/18/1965, 6:15PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EISENHOWER DISCUSSES HIS REMARKS TO THE PRESS ON UN DUES, SAYS HE HAS NOW BEEN BRIEFED BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG; LBJ READS BILL MOYERS' RESPONSE TO PRESS ON ALLEGED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EISENHOWER AND LBJ ON VIETNAM; EISENHOWER'S SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 8371, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 7/23/1965, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ OFFERS EISENHOWER USE OF CAMP DAVID; EISENHOWER DISCUSSES PHONE CALL FROM REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON VIETNAM; WESTMORELAND'S REQUEST FOR MORE TROOPS; EFFECT OF CRITICISM ON COMMUNISTS; DELIBERATIONS ON REQUEST; REPUBLICAN CRITICISM
Telephone conversation # 8373, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 7/23/1965, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ OFFERS EISENHOWER USE OF CAMP DAVID; EISENHOWER DISCUSSES PHONE CALL FROM REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON VIETNAM; WESTMORELAND'S REQUEST FOR MORE TROOPS; EFFECT OF CRITICISM ON COMMUNISTS; DELIBERATIONS ON REQUEST; REPUBLICAN CRITICISM
Telephone conversation # 8301, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 7/1/1965, 9:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 9895, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/17/1966, 10:02PM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • RFK'S REQUEST TO KATZENBACH TO BE ASKED TO MEETINGS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON DNC, CAMPAIGN FINANCES; LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH KENNEDYS; 1964 VP SELECTION, NY SENATE RACE; UPCOMING ELECTIONS; LBJ AND BAY OF PIGS, CUBAN MISSILE CRISES; RFK'S RECENT VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11909, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 6/19/1967, 10:57PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING BETWEEN LBJ, ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN PRESIDENTIAL VISITS TO NYC; SOVIET DIFFICULTIES IN MIDDLE EAST, CHINA, VIETNAM; LBJ'S SPEECH TODAY; ADVANTAGES OF QUIET DIPLOMACY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV