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Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ BRIEFLY INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION TO LISTEN TO NEWS BROADCAST THAT IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; PREVIOUSLY OPENED ON TAPE K66.03, PNO 1; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • NAMING RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; CHARLES HORSKY; SUPREME COURT LAW AND ORDER CASES; STOKELY CARMICHAEL; TV SHOWS ON BLACK POWER, RIOTS, POLICE IN CLEVELAND, CHICAGO; THURGOOD MARSHALL; CLARK CLIFFORD'S DECLINING
Telephone conversation # 1907, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; STANTON ON HOLD 0:50; DAILY DIARY INDICATES STANTON IS IN OVAL ROOM AT WH; RECORDING MADE FROM ORIGINAL REEL-TO-REEL TAPE
  • New York
  • REMODELING LBJ'S OFFICE; FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 11/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS
Telephone conversation # 1909, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • "FROM NYC"; LBJ ALMOST INAUDIBLE; DAILY DIARY INDICATES STANTON IS AT WH; PARTIAL CONCURRENT RECORDING ON DICTABELT OF REF #1907 AND REF #1908; PREVIOUSLY OPENED ON TAPE K64.01, PNO 9
  • New York
  • FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 1/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS CONFIDENCE
Telephone conversation # 1142, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/2/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A
  • LBJ WILL APPOINT ELLSWORTH BUNKER AMBASSADOR TO OAS; THOMAS MANN; NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV MESSAGE TO ALL HEADS OF STATE; ARTHUR KROCK STORY ON LUDWIG ERHARD VISIT; USSR; GERMANY; TRADE WITH CUBA; LBJ EXPRESSES NEED FOR NEW IDEAS
Telephone conversation # 2514, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/16/1964, 4:40PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON PANAMA AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS; DISCUSSION OF PRESS REPORT THAT PANAMANIAN MINISTER SOLIS EXPECTS REVISION OF PANAMA CANAL TREATY, APPOINTING NEW AMBASSADOR TO PANAMA, OAS; BUNDY REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH JOHN HIGHTOWER; THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 5857, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 10/10/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • "F (LBJ)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH BILL MOYERS PRECEDES CALL
  • PRESS GUIDANCE FOR FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; HECKLING OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; LBJ'S NEW ORLEANS SPEECH; DAVID RABINOVITZ WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP; HARRIS POLL; NIXON'S STATEMENTS; WHISTLESTOP PRESS COVERAGE; LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5622, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD WELSH, 9/21/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • WELSH ON HOLD 1:39; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH DICK WEST OF DALLAS MORNING NEWS AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 6611, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/14/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LBJ SETS GOAL OF 100% VOTING; WAYS TO IMPROVE VOTER REGISTRATION; POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; HENRY REUSS' CHARGE OF DELAY IN CIVIL RIGHTS PROSECUTIONS; SUPREME COURT DECISION AFFIRMING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT; JOHN CONNOR; NEW
Telephone conversation # 5930, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/20/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING EDWIN WEISL, SR., AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ INTERRUPTS MCNAMARA TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS DURING CALL
Telephone conversation # 9317, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1965, 12:58PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM BENNETT AS AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL; GEORGE ANDERSON; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS' VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW VIETNAM CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; PRESS LEAKS; SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING HAROLD WILSON
Telephone conversation # 13348, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN BAILEY, 8/30/1968, 2:45PM (Item)
  • BAILEY ON HOLD 0:15; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 2:36P; SMALL CHILD IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
  • LBJ THANKS BAILEY FOR HIS SERVICE TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAYS HE IS DISTRESSED ABOUT BAILEY'S RESIGNATION AS DNC CHAIRMAN; LARRY O'BRIEN'S APPOINTMENT AS NEW DNC CHAIRMAN, HHH'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER; PRESS REPORTS OF DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT CONVENTION
Telephone conversation # 9429, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/5/1966, 4:55PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 13407, sound recording, LBJ and SOL TAISHOFF, 9/6/1968, 7:27PM (Item)
  • ENVELOPE INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 9/9/1968; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL ON 9/6/1968; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND; TAISHOFF IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT
  • TAISHOFF'S HEALTH; LBJ ASKS TAISHOFF'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO FCC, DISCUSSES CANDIDATES: JOSEPH BORKIN, JOHN CRISWELL, REX LEE; QUESTION OF LBJ FILLING VARIOUS VACANCIES, NOT NEW PRESIDENT; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • ra ry . We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e . But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
  • LBJ gives speech to National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago; LBJ Library meeting; responses to LBJ's March 31 speech; Lady Bird visits with her daughters; second LBJ Library meeting; office work; swearing-in ceremony of Angie Biddle Duke
Telephone conversation # 12514, transcript, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 12/6/1967, 2:35 PM (Item)
  • . This transcript begins with Marvin Watson entering the President's Office at' 2:35 PM_, but according to the President's Daily Diary, Goldberg's meeting with the President was from 1:24-2:30 PM. DATE: 12/6/67 TIME: 2:35 PM CALLER: Arthur Goldberg Pages
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY; THERE IS NO RECORDING OF THIS MEETING; DAILY DIARY LISTS MEETING BETWEEN LBJ AND ARTHUR GOLDBERG ON 12/6/1967 FROM 1:42P TO 2:50P; MARVIN WATSON APPARENTLY JOINED THE MEETING AT 2:35P
Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN, REQUEST FOR FUNDS; POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ BY HEARST NEWSPAPERS; OTHER PRESS ENDORSEMENTS; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CANDIDATES FOR JUSTICE DEPT POSTS; RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 8639, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 2:50PM (Item)
  • CONCERNS ABOUT BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; IMMIGRATION BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; NEW JUDGESHIPS, FEDERAL REGISTRARS FOR WASHINGTON, DC; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS' APPOINTMENT; AMENDMENT ON IMMIGRATION CEILING FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Telephone conversation # 10612, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/12/1966, 12:30PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA'S VACATION PLANS; CYRUS VANCE; LBJ'S DESIRE TO GET NEW IDEAS IN GOVT, FOREIGN POLICY, STATE DEPT; PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH COMMUNIST CHINA; TOMMY CORCORAN'S PLANTING NEW DEAL MEN IN DEPTS; PRESS REPORT ON CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 10918, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/3/1966, 5:57PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS CLARK HE IS NOW ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL; REAPPOINTMENT OF EDWARD RE TO FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OR TO DISTRICT COURT; APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY TRAVIA TO NEW YORK JUDGESHIP; RFK'S VIEWS ON TRAVIA AND ON HANDLING NEW YORK PATRONAGE
Telephone conversation # 13813, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 12/17/1968, 3:52PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEW IRS RULING (ON DEFERRED STOCK COMPENSATION) AND LBJ'S OBJECTIONS TO PROMULGATION OF NEW RULES IN LAST DAYS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION; SENATE'S FAILURE TO CONFIRM ABE FORTAS AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
Telephone conversation # 375, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/10/1963, 11:55AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF DAVID NES' APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, SAIGON; APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MANN TO NEW STATE DEPT POST; LBJ ASKS RUSK ABOUT US HOSTAGES IN BOLIVIA, DISSENSION AMONG SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERS; HENRY CABOT LODGE'S PRESS COMMENTS
Telephone conversation # 1364, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/15/1964, 4:30PM (Item)
  • FRANCE'S RECOGNITION OF COMMUNIST CHINA; US RECOGNIZING CHINA; PANAMA; OAS PEACE COMMISSION; SENDING JACK VAUGHN TO PANAMA; GEORGIA POLITICS; W. TAPLEY BENNETT AS POSSIBLE AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW INTER-OCEANIC CANAL; CARL SANDERS
Telephone conversation # 1903, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 2/6/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1915, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 2/6/1964, 6:47PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 2522, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 3/17/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • DUBINSKY PRAISES LBJ'S TV APPEARANCE YESTERDAY; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON REAPPOINTING MORRIS NOVIK TO USIA BOARD; LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT IN NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL RACE BETWEEN CHARLES BUCKLEY, JONATHAN BINGHAM; LBJ'S POLICY OF MAKING NO PRIMARY
Telephone conversation # 3025, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/14/1964, 12:50PM (Item)
  • EAST EUROPE GRAIN SHIPMENTS, GEORGE MEANY, COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS; LETTER TO BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT CASTELO BRANCO; NEWS STORY ON FULBRIGHT FOR SECRETARY OF STATE; CUBA, PANAMA, BRAZIL, CYPRUS; POLLS; JFK STAFF; RALPH DUNGAN, THOMAS MANN; WALTER LIPPMANN
Telephone conversation # 2567, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 3/20/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS DUNGAN TO GIVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE TO GEORGE REEDY AS NEW WH PRESS SECRETARY; DISCUSSION OF WOMEN CANDIDATES FOR AEC POSITION; AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS TO PHILIPPINES, DENMARK, PAKISTAN; ADLAI STEVENSON AND UN DELEGATION
Telephone conversation # 3627, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 6/4/1964, 6:15PM (Item)
  • PROPOSED DISCUSSION ON REDUCING AUTO PRICES WITH FREDERIC DONNER AT ERHARD DINNER; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS; US NEWS & WORLD REPORT INTERVIEW WITH HELLER; LABOR STATISTICS; TAX CUTS; APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR OKUN TO CEA; BUILDING TRADE UNIONS WAGE SETTLEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 4970, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/15/1964, 4:45PM (Item)
  • PROBLEM WITH CONFIRMATION OF PHILIP NICHOLS AS US CUSTOMS COURT JUDGE; CONFUSION OVER FBI REPORT ON SOMEONE WITH SIMILAR NAME; JUSTICE DEPT RELEASE OF REPORT TO REPUBLICAN SENATORS; RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; JEWISH VOTE
Telephone conversation # 5421, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/2/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ FOR RESPONSE TO PRESS STORY THAT JACQUELINE KENNEDY WILL BE NAMED AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE; LBJ REPORTS SHE HAD TURNED DOWN APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, POLITICAL NATURE
Telephone conversation # 4344, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/27/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO NASA POSITION; PRESS REACTION TO REUTERS NEWS STORY ON INCREASE IN US ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM; AMBASSADOR LEONARD UNGER'S OPPOSITION TO OPERATION IN PANHANDLE OF LAOS
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 5811, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 10/2/1964, 2:32PM (Item)
  • LBJ INQUIRES ABOUT MOYER'S HEALTH; DISCUSSION OF SPEECH DRAFTS, NEW CAMPAIGN TV AD PREPARED BY RICHARD GOODWIN; MOYERS REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH SARGENT SHRIVER ABOUT POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FOR EMMET RIORDAN IN POVERTY PROGRAM
Telephone conversation # 6335, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ABOUT WALTER JENKINS' RELEASE FROM HOSPITAL WHICH QUOTES MARJORIE JENKINS; WALTER JENKINS' FUTURE; CLARK CLIFFORD'S DISAPPOINTMENT ON NOT BEING NAMED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; RFK; "DON" (COOK)
Telephone conversation # 6336, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • RFK; CANDIDATES FOR CABINET APPOINTMENTS; "DON" (COOK) FOR TREASURY OR JUSTICE; TOM WATSON OR FRANK STANTON FOR HEW OR COMMERCE; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ABOUT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6391, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/18/1964, 9:25AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO VACANCIES IN HEW, TREASURY, REPUBLICAN VACANCIES ON FPC; FRANCES MCGOVERN; JAMES SWIDLER; DISCUSSION OF POLICY OF REQUESTING RESIGNATIONS OF APPOINTEES AT BEGINNING OF NEW ADMINISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 6601, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 12/2/1964, 7:20PM (Item)
  • WAGNER READS LBJ PRESS STORY ON FIGHT OVER LEADERSHIP OF NEW YORK STATE SENATE BETWEEN WAGNER AND RFK FORCES; ALLEGED SUPPORT FOR STANLEY STEINGUT BY EDWIN WEISL, SR.; LBJ TELLS WAGNER HE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSULT WITH HIM ON NYC PATRONAGE; WILLIAM
Telephone conversation # 5440, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/2/1964, 8:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF DON REYNOLDS' PREVIOUS TESTIMONY IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; "TOMMY" (CORCORAN'S?) CONTACT WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ON HANDLING NEW CHARGES IN SENATE; PRESS COVERAGE OF ISSUE; RFK'S RESIGNATION, APPOINTMENT OF HIS SUCCESSOR AS ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 7323, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/7/1965, 9:17AM (Item)
  • JOE RAUH'S CANDIDATE FOR WASHINGTON, DC COURT; NEED FOR MERIT APPOINTMENTS, APPOINTEES FROM CALIFORNIA, EXCELLENCE IN JUSTICE DEPT; VOTING RIGHTS BILL, INCLUSION OF NEW YORK PUERTO RICANS; POLL TAX AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION; LBJ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 6756, sound recording, LBJ and BUFORD ELLINGTON, 1/29/1965, 7:18PM (Item)
  • LBJ AND ELLINGTON DISCUSS THEIR COLDS; ELLINGTON TELLS LBJ HE IS READY TO JOIN THE ADMINISTRATION, ASKS LBJ TO TIME ANNOUNCEMENT SO THAT DEMOCRATIC MORNING NEWSPAPERS GET NEWS FIRST, TELLS LBJ HE HAD DISCUSSED HIS JOB WITH MARVIN WATSON