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- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 (45)
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 (12)
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- "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
- LBJ CONGRATULATES NIXON ON RECEIVING REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, OFFERS HIM BRIEFING ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH HHH; TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR BRIEFING FOR NIXON AT LBJ RANCH BY DEAN RUSK, CYRUS VANCE; NIXON'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Telephone conversation # 13304, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/8/1968, 4:09PM
- RICHARD NIXON
- NIXON DISCUSSES EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CALL ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS, SAYS HE WILL COOPERATE WITH LBJ, GO TO PARIS OR SAIGON IF NEEDED; LBJ REVIEWS HISTORY OF PEACE TALKS, BRIEFING OF CANDIDATES; LBJ
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Telephone conversation # 13710, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/3/1968, 1:54PM
- RICHARD NIXON
- 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
- NIXON IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
- CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE COMMUNIST INVOLVEMENT IN RIOTS AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO AND IN RIOTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; NIXON ASKS FOR MEETING WITH LLEWELLYN THOMPSON ABOUT CZECHOSLOVAKIA CRISIS
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Telephone conversation # 13355, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/31/1968, 9:30AM
- RICHARD NIXON
- LBJ ON HOLD 0:55 WHILE CALL TO NIXON IS PLACED; LBJ IS MEETING WITH PAUL GLYNN AT TIME OF CALL AND SPEAKS WITH HIM WHILE WAITING FOR NIXON'S CALL; NIXON IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
- LBJ READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON EASTERN EUROPE; ANATOLY DOBRYNIN'S MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK; NIXON ASKS ABOUT CURRENT SITUATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND AND POSSIBLE COMMUNIST INVOLVEMENT IN CHICAGO RIOTS; PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Telephone conversation # 13354, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/31/1968, 9:30AM
- RICHARD NIXON
- "SUNDAY"; "SUMMARIZED"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; NIXON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Telephone conversation # 13306, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/18/1968, 5:01PM
- RICHARD NIXON
- LBJ OFFERS SUGGESTION FOR STATEMENT NIXON CAN GIVE THE PRESS ABOUT THEIR CONVERSATION ON SOVIET INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Telephone conversation # 13310, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/20/1968, 11:22PM
- RICHARD NIXON
- 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
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Telephone conversation # 13523, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 10/7/1968, 5:11PM
- RICHARD NIXON
- "6:45-7:10PM"; "(TRANSCRIBED)"; NIXON ON HOLD 1:25; JIM JONES ASKS NIXON TO HOLD BECAUSE LBJ IS IN A MEETING; WALT ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
- NIXON ASKS ABOUT HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON HALTING BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, ASKS IF US POSITION HAS CHANGED; LBJ READS FROM CREIGHTON ABRAMS' CABLE ON POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF BOMBING HALT; PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; ROSTOW SUMMARIZES ABRAMS' MORE RECENT
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Telephone conversation # 13432, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 9/30/1968, 6:45PM
- RICHARD NIXON
- 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
- LBJ'S MEETING WITH ANATOLY DOBRYNIN ON SOVIET INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA; US NEGOTIATIONS WITH USSR ON ARMS CONTROL ISSUES; THREAT OF SOVIET INVASION TO US INTERESTS; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY BY DEMOCRATS; NIXON'S CONCERN ABOUT COMMENTS BY HHH
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Telephone conversation # 13309, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/20/1968, 11:22PM
- RICHARD NIXON
- CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SMATHERS' TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (RICHARD NIXON) ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; NIXON'S REPUTATION AS ANTI-COMMUNIST; RECENT REMARKS BY JOHN TOWER, ROBERT FINCH, MELVIN LAIRD
- 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
- 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
- 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 # 11015, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 11/5/1966, 5:14PM
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- FULBRIGHT'S CAMPAIGN PLANS; LBJ ASKS FULBRIGHT TO CALL BILL MOYERS TO DISCUSS FULBRIGHT POSSIBLY REBUTTING RICHARD NIXON'S CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY, MANILA CONFERENCE; FULBRIGHT EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT A RESPONSE WILL GIVE NIXON MORE PUBLICITY
Telephone conversation # 13612, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/30/1968, 10:25AM
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- NIXON'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; MELVIN LAIRD; JOHN MITCHELL; ANNA CHENNAULT; HISTORY OF BOMBING HALT NEGOTIATIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' SUPPORT FOR HALT; NIXON'S STATEMENT URGING SOVIETS, OTHERS JOIN TALKS; DELAY IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT JOINING
- SMATHERS' TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (RICHARD NIXON) ON REPORTS THAT JOHN TOWER, ANNA CHENNAULT ENCOURAGED SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT NIXON CAMPAIGN'S COMMENTS, REVIEWS NEGOTIATIONS AND REPORTS OF CHENNAULT'S
- LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH GEORGE SMATHERS, RICHARD NIXON ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; CHARGE THAT LBJ'S MOTIVES IN HALTING BOMBING ARE POLITICAL; SPIRO AGNEW'S ROLE IN CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM
- LBJ ASKS RUSK IF RICHARD NIXON SHOULD TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ENCOURAGE SOUTH VIETNAM TO JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS; QUESTION OF NIXON, MIKE MANSFIELD, OTHERS GOING TO SAIGON OR PARIS; TRANSITION ARRANGEMENTS; NYT STORY ON RESUMING ARMS TALKS WITH USSR
- 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
- DIRKSEN SAYS NIXON HEADQUARTERS HAS ASKED HIM ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, ASKS LBJ ABOUT PROGRESS OF NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ SAYS THERE HAS BEEN NO BREAKTHROUGH, DISCUSSES HIS CONFERENCE CALL TO HHH, RICHARD NIXON AND GEORGE WALLACE TO BRIEF THEM
- "? NEED TO IDENTIFY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; SLIP, DAILY DIARY, WH OPS LOG LIST CALL TO HHH AT 10:18A (EASTERN TIME) BUT CALL WAS RECORDED ON DICTABELT BEFORE 9:30A CENTRAL TIME CALL TO RICHARD NIXON; HHH IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
- HHH DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC VIETNAM PLATFORM AND HIS STATEMENT TO PRESS ABOUT NEED FOR HHH, NIXON TO MAINTAIN UNITY ON VIETNAM POLICY DURING CAMPAIGN; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE JOINT STATEMENT BY NIXON, HHH ON VIETNAM TO BE RELAYED TO HANOI AT PARIS PEACE
Telephone conversation # 13547, sound recording, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/16/1968, 11:41AM
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- RICHARD NIXON
- "CONFERENCE CALL"; "TO HON HUBERT HUMPHREY, HON RICHARD NIXON, HON GEORGE WALLACE"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH WALT ROSTOW AT TIME OF CALL AND SPEAKS WITH HIM BEFORE CONFERENCE CALL; LBJ IS ON SPEAKERPHONE AND IS ON HOLD 0:40
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- "RE MTG W/NIXON, HARRIMAN-VANCE, PLANS FOR HONOLULU, RUSK MTG W/PM'S"; "TRANSCRIBED-YB"; BEGINNING OF THIS RECORDING REPEATS PARTS OF REF #13512 AND #13513; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; TV AUDIBLE AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT
- NIXON'S REQUEST FOR MEETING; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT AVERELL HARRIMAN'S ROLE IN HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; GEORGE BALL; CYRUS VANCE; PRESS LEAKS; EFFECT OF SPEECH ON HANOI; HONOLULU MEETING AND RUSK'S MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN
- LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S ADVICE ON UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATES; CYRUS VANCE'S CONCERNS ABOUT HIS FUTURE; ROSWELL GILPATRIC; JOHN DICKEY; J. IRWIN MILLER; FRANK MURPHY; PRESS LEAK ABOUT US TROOP INCREASE; RICHARD NIXON'S VIETNAM STATEMENT; JOHN
- LBJ DISCUSSES CHARGES BY RICHARD NIXON'S SPOKESMAN HERBERT KLEIN THAT ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, INCLUDING CLIFFORD, JOSEPH CALIFANO, GEORGE BALL AND CYRUS VANCE, ARE USING VIETNAM PEACE TALKS TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR HHH; DISCUSSION OF HOW TO ANSWER
- RUSK SUGGESTS LBJ REMIND RICHARD NIXON OF EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION'S ROLE IN VIETNAM POLICY, SUGGESTS SEPARATE BRIEFINGS FOR CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; USE OF "UNCONDITIONAL" IN AGREEMENT WITH NORTH VIETNAM; NEED FOR BACKGROUND PRESS
Telephone conversation # 13613, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/30/1968, 10:25AM
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- CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF BOMBING HALT NEGOTIATIONS AND RICHARD NIXON'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; LBJ SAYS HE PLANS TO ANNOUNCE BOMBING HALT AND SAY THAT SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT MAY ATTEND NOVEMBER 6 PARIS MEETING; ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S
- TO NIXON
Telephone conversation # 13714, sound recording, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 11/4/1968, 12:27PM
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- CLARK CLIFFORD SUGGESTS THAT HE TALK DIRECTLY WITH DEAN RUSK ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND TO SAVILLE DAVIS' INQUIRIES ABOUT NIXON ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SAY NOTHING AND THAT WALT ROSTOW WILL NOT MEET WITH DAVIS
- YARBOROUGH SAYS PRESS REPORT THAT HE BELIEVES LBJ WILL RUN AGAINST HIM IN 1970 IS UNTRUE; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPORT, TELLS STORY ABOUT TEXAS POSTMASTER; HHH RALLY IN HOUSTON; PRESS REPORT JOHN CONNALLY BACKS NIXON; POLL SHOWING INCREASED SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 13773, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 11/25/1968, 9:05PM
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- FULBRIGHT'S RE-ELECTION; LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR SPECIAL SESSION TO RATIFY NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY; RICHARD NIXON'S VIEWS; EFFECT OF TREATY ON GERMANY, ISRAEL, INDIA, JAPAN; POSSIBLE MEETING WITH USSR; UPCOMING CHANGES IN JCS, SENATE; ANTARCTIC
- LBJ'S HEALTH; LBJ'S MEETING WITH DAVID KENNEDY ON NIXON ADMINISTRATION'S VIEWS ON TAX SURCHARGE, TAX REFORM; DOD RECORD ON HOUSING DISCRIMINATION NEAR MILITARY BASES; RICHARD RUSSELL'S STATEMENT ON USS PUEBLO; PRESS CRITICISM OF NAVY; DOD
- RUSK REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH UNIDENTIFIED MALE (RICHARD NIXON) ON VIETNAM, PARIS PEACE TALKS, BOMBING HALT, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, NATO 20TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING, NYT; DISCUSSION OF RUSK'S SCHEDULE, POSSIBLE TRIP TO HONOLULU BY RUSK AND LBJ
- NIXON
- LBJ ASKS RUSK'S VIEWS ON PROGRESS AT PARIS PEACE TALKS; PRESS LEAKS; ALLEGED US DIFFERENCES WITH SAIGON; FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT WEIZMANN INSTITUTE IN ISRAEL; NIXON'S POSITION ON VIETNAM; ABBA EBAN VISIT; SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL
- DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT RICHARD NIXON IS CONCERNED THAT LBJ WILL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE IS TRYING TO GET PEACE, WILL INITIATE CONSULTATION WITH CANDIDATES WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENS THAT WARRANTS IT, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PRESS
- RUSK'S APPEARANCE TOMORROW ON TODAY SHOW; RESPONSE TO RICHARD NIXON'S CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; ROBERT MCNAMARA'S STATEMENT YESTERDAY; ARTHUR GOLDBERG TRIP TO VIETNAM; UN VOTE ON CHINESE REPRESENTATION; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH HUNGARY, BULGARIA