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Telephone conversation # 4169, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/7/1964, 11:10AM (Item)
  • "PRESS MATTERS"
  • Press relations
  • ITEMS FOR REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING: LBJ'S UPCOMING SCHEDULE, ACTIVITIES WHILE AT LBJ RANCH; PRESS STORIES ON GREECE, TURKEY, PROPOSAL BY USSR TO JAPAN REGARDING UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE; BARRY GOLDWATER'S PRESS SECRETARY, ED NELLOR; WH PRESS RELATIONS
Telephone conversation # 1688, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/31/1964, 3:11PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DOUGLAS KIKER STORY ABOUT STATE DEPT; PRESS LEAKS; JOHN STEELE; HUGH SIDEY; UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES ON FOREIGN POLICY; LBJ'S COMMENTS TO PRESS ON PANAMA, CYPRUS, RFK TRIP TO INDONESIA; T-39 AIRPLANE SHOT DOWN OVER EAST GERMANY; VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 2583, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/21/1964, 12:16PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MOYERS CONTINUES DICTATING PANAMA STATEMENT; LBJ ASKS RUSK FOR INFORMATION FOR PRESS CONFERENCE: CYPRUS, CAMBODIAN BORDER INCIDENT, VIETNAM BILATERAL TALKS; LBJ ASKS FOR HELP FOR REEDY FROM STATE PRESS SECRETARY; PRESS STORY ON RUSK'S RESIGNATION
Telephone conversation # 2908, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 4/8/1964, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY'S UPCOMING PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH FOY KOHLER, CURTIS LEMAY; PRESS STORIES ON CHARLES MURPHY, AVERELL HARRIMAN, G. MENNEN WILLIAMS; WISCONSIN PRIMARY; PRESS ATTITUDES TOWARDS LBJ; DOUG KIKER; POSSIBLE RAILROAD STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 11525, sound recording, GEORGE CHRISTIAN and DEAN RUSK, 2/9/1967, time unknown (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK DICTATES WORDING FOR CHRISTIAN'S STATEMENT TO PRESS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM; RUSK'S UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 4271, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/18/1964, 9:14AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA GIVES LBJ INFORMATION TO PROVIDE PRESS IF ASKED ABOUT NYT ARTICLE BY HANSON BALDWIN ON USSR MISSILE DEVELOPMENTS; US MISSILE PROGRAM; PRESS LEAKS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT US RESPONSE TO USSR'S FIRING ON AND BOARDING OF US WHEAT SHIP SISTER KATINGO
Telephone conversation # 4775, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/6/1964, 1:29PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN SOUTH; BUNDY REPORTS THAT HHH TOLD MARTIN AGRONSKY THIS MORNING ABOUT US COMMUNICATIONS WITH USSR ON VIETNAM; POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF PRESS LEAK; HHH'S STATEMENT TO PRESS ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACKS
Telephone conversation # 7037, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/8/1965, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT DELAY IN TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA; PROTECTION FOR SOVIET, OTHER EMBASSIES; APPOINTMENTS TO POVERTY PROGRAM; OTHER APPOINTMENTS; POSSIBLE LBJ PRESS CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY, FOCUSING ON VIETNAM, SITUATION IN SELMA, ALABAMA
Telephone conversation # 8192, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD GRIFFIN, 6/24/1965, 4:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ CALLS GRIFFIN TO DISCOUNT PRESS STORY THAT HE IS MAKING MAJOR POLICY SPEECH AT UN ANNIVERSARY EVENT IN SAN FRANCISCO; JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON STORY ON NON-PROLIFERATION; LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS LEAKS, PRAISES BALTIMORE SUN
Telephone conversation # 9454, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 1/7/1966, 11:04AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF DATE, TIME OF STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; GEORGE AIKEN'S STATEMENT ON RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM; PRESS STORY ON DURATION OF PAUSE; LBJ EMPHASIZES DURATION IS INDEFINITE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH MANSFIELD
Telephone conversation # 11515, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/6/1967, 3:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES RFK'S REQUEST FOR A MEETING WITH LBJ ABOUT VIETNAM PRESS FEELER RFK RECEIVED DURING HIS TRIP TO FRANCE; RFK'S LEAKS TO PRESS; RUSK GIVES LBJ EVALUATION OF PEACE FEELER, ADVISES LBJ TO MEET WITH RFK
Telephone conversation # 1811, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/1/1964, 4:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK COMMENTS ON LBJ'S TV PRESS CONFERENCE; DISCUSSION OF CHARLES DE GAULLE'S PROPOSAL ON SOUTHEAST ASIA, VIETNAM; FRANCE; USSR
Telephone conversation # 3016, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/13/1964, 4:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS REPORTS ON DEATH OF NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
Telephone conversation # 25, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/23/1963, 5:52PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY DISCUSSES SCHEDULING LBJ'S PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN LEADERS WHO ARE ATTENDING FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JFK; NOTIFYING PRESS OF THE MEETINGS
Telephone conversation # 1632, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 1/29/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS KILDUFF TO PREPARE ANDY HATCHER FOR AFTERNOON PRESS BRIEFING: LOSS OF T-39 AIRPLANE OVER EAST GERMANY, LBJ'S COMMITMENT TO PLACE FIFTY WOMEN IN TOP GOVT JOBS, CYPRUS, AND LBJ NOT APPOINTING BOB MCKINNEY TO AEC
Telephone conversation # 1649, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KOMER, 1/30/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS FOR SUMMARY ON PANAMA, CYPRUS, VIETNAM, T-39 AIRPLANE LOST OVER EAST GERMANY; PRESS LEAKS FROM UK
Telephone conversation # 1919, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 2/7/1964, 11:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CUBA; LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ON GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS, DISCUSSES STEPS HE IS TAKING; POSSIBLE PRESS REACTION; USSR; CUBAN NATIONALS ON BASE; CUBAN FISHERMEN IN CUSTODY IN FLORIDA
Telephone conversation # 2443, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/10/1964, 10:57AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • EXACT WORDING OF PROPOSED PANAMA AGREEMENT; QUESTION OF REVISING PANAMA CANAL TREATY; PRESS STORIES ON PANAMA; US AIR FORCE PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER EAST GERMANY; THOMAS MANN; CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS
Telephone conversation # 2185, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES REYNOLDS, 2/25/1964, 11:06AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REYNOLDS REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS ON LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE CONCERNING WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR; LANE KIRKLAND; GEORGE MEANY; WILLARD WIRTZ; CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS COVERAGE
Telephone conversation # 2189, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS JOHNSON, 2/25/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE ABOUT US WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR; GEORGE MEANY; LBJ'S DESIRE TO KEEP JFK'S AGREEMENTS; CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS COVERAGE OF DISPUTE; LABOR DEPT, COMMERCE DEPT POSITIONS; NICHOLAS JOHNSON'S AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION
Telephone conversation # 2673, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/27/1964, 8:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY REPORTS THAT US AIR FORCE PILOTS SHOT DOWN OVER EAST GERMANY HAVE BEEN RELEASED, SENATE HAS REJECTED WAYNE MORSE'S MOTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; DISCUSSION OF RESPONSE TO PRESS ON BOTH MATTERS
Telephone conversation # 2692, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 3/28/1964, 2:05PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DUNGAN GIVES LBJ PRESS CONFERENCE INFORMATION ON WOMEN APPOINTEES; MARY BUNTING FOR AEC, PATRICIA HARRIS OR JEANNE NOBLE FOR PUERTO RICO COMMISSION, ELIZABETH MAY FOR EXPORT-IMPORT BANK; RUMORS OF DUNGAN, DEAN RUSK RESIGNATIONS; USSR STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 2697, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/28/1964, 3:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK ABOUT HIS PRESS RESPONSE TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF US POLICY ON PANAMA, CUBA, CHINA; RUSK REPORTS ON RUMORS REGARDING USSR AND CHINA, RELEASE OF US PILOTS SHOT DOWN OVER EAST GERMANY; DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF WOMEN
Telephone conversation # 3028, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/14/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • AP STORY ON CHARGE BY CURTIS LEMAY OF USSR NARROWING GAP IN US ARMS STRENGTH; RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO REFUTE LEMAY'S CLAIM; SIMILAR CLAIM BY BARRY GOLDWATER; LBJ GIVES ADVICE ON HANDLING PRESS; DEFENSE BUDGET; DOD MEAT PURCHASES
Telephone conversation # 2582, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/21/1964, 12:16PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK'S MEETING WITH MORMON PRESIDENT MCKAY; RUSK'S MEETING WITH DOBRYNIN ON RELEASE OF US PILOTS SHOT DOWN OVER EAST GERMANY; LBJ READS PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENT ON PANAMA, RUSK SUGGESTS REVISIONS; MOYERS DICTATES STATEMENT TO RUSK'S SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 2903, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/8/1964, 11:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH UNIDENTIFIED MALE (CURTIS LEMAY?); UPCOMING MILITARY EXERCISES; SHOOTDOWN OF US AIRPLANE OVER EAST GERMANY; HANDLING REACTION TO BASE CLOSINGS IN MASSACHUSETTS; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 3793, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/19/1964, 7:03PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY READS UPI STORY ON US POLICY OF RISKING WAR WITH RED CHINA BY FIGHTING SPREAD OF COMMUNISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; COMPARISON TO BERLIN CRISIS; BROMLEY SMITH TOLD REEDY THAT STORY IS BASED ON OFF-THE-RECORD BRIEFING BY DEAN RUSK AT OVERSEAS PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3521, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; ROBERT MCNAMARA; USSR, CHINA SPLIT; PRESS STORIES; EFFECTIVENESS OF BOMBING; COMPARISON WITH KOREA; QUESTION OF US WITHDRAWAL; DISCUSSION OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH OVER VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4234, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/14/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK REPORTS ON DESALINIZATION TALKS WITH USSR, ASKS PERMISSION TO GIVE BACKGROUND PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ WARNS THAT GOLDWATER MAY ACCUSE RUSK OF GIVING SECRETS TO USSR, BUT EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF DESALINIZATION FOR PEACE, SOLVING WORLD'S WATER
Telephone conversation # 4247, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 7/16/1964, 1:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY ASKS APPROVAL OF PRESS BACKGROUNDER ON TALKS WITH USSR ON DESALINIZATION; LBJ WARNS BUNDY ABOUT POSSIBLE CRITICISM BY BARRY GOLDWATER
Telephone conversation # 4248, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/16/1964, 4:24PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: GNP FIGURES, TALKS WITH USSR ON DESALINIZATION; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN BARRY GOLDWATER WILL ACCUSE ADMINISTRATION OF BEING SOFT ON COMMUNISM BECAUSE OF DESALINIZATION TALKS, ESTABLISHMENT OF US EMBASSY
Telephone conversation # 3709, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 6/12/1964, 1:54PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS BALL TO CONSULT EVERETT DIRKSEN ON CONCERNS ABOUT USSR CONSULAR TREATY BEFORE IT BECOMES A POLITICAL ISSUE; NUCLEAR TREATY; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE; NEED TO IMPROVE STATE DEPT PRESS BRIEFINGS
Telephone conversation # 3143, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/27/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY REPORTS CONVERSATION BETWEEN ANATOLY DOBRYNIN, LLEWELLYN THOMPSON ON CUBA; DOBRYNIN'S APPEARANCE AT GRIDIRON DINNER; BUNDY REPORTS PRAISE FOR LBJ'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPEECH; GOLFING; LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO GIVE HIM INFORMATION FOR PRESS
Telephone conversation # 4777, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 8/6/1964, 1:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS BY HHH ON TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, STATEMENT INFERRING US MIGHT HAVE PROVOKED ATTACKS, US-USSR COMMUNICATIONS ON VIETNAM; HENRY FORD II'S VIEWS ON HHH AS POSSIBLE VP NOMINEE; RFK'S NOTE TO OTHER CABINET MEMBERS ON VP
Telephone conversation # 5820, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 10/2/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS FELDMAN TO CHECK ON PRESS LEAK OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S TESTIMONY TO WARREN COMMISSION AND ON GOVT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ESPIONAGE INDICTMENT OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV; FELDMAN REPORTS ON POSSIBLE NEW ETHICS CHARGES AGAINST WILLIAM MILLER
Telephone conversation # 5821, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 10/2/1964, 5:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FELDMAN GIVES LBJ REPORT ON GOVT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ESPIONAGE INDICTMENT OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV, LEAK OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S TESTIMONY TO WARREN COMMISSION; LBJ ASKS FOR STATEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE USE IN PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW
Telephone conversation # 6868, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/22/1965, 8:48AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 6882, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH U THANT ABOUT HIS CRITICAL REMARKS TO PRESS ON VIETNAM, PROPOSAL THAT US HAVE BILATERAL TALKS WITH HANOI, ALLEGATION THAT US PEOPLE NOT FULLY INFORMED; US FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; DRAFT US ANSWER; ADLAI STEVENSON; TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 7002, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/1/1965, 10:46AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON POSSIBLE VIETNAM AIR STRIKE TONIGHT; POSSIBLE REACTION OF CHINA, USSR; LBJ EXPRESSES DISMAY ABOUT PRESS LEAKS ON VIETNAM; TODAY'S NYT STORY; 12/64 VIETNAM DECISIONS; SOURCE OF LEAKS; JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON; TAD SZULC
Telephone conversation # 7016, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/4/1965, 10:41AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DEMONSTRATIONS AT US EMBASSY IN MOSCOW; LBJ TELLS RUSK TO CONFER WITH FULBRIGHT, REEDY ON RESPONSE, SUGGESTS RUSK AND OTHER US OFFICIALS GIVE REGULAR REPORTS TO PRESS, DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON VIETNAM POLICY; BUDDHIST PROTESTS; RESPONSE TO CRITICISM