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Telephone conversation # 9346, sound recording, LBJ and LESTER PEARSON, 12/30/1965, 2:05PM (Item)
  • "PM OF CANADA"; PEARSON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • Pearson, Lester B. (Lester Bowles), 1897-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 9346, sound recording, LBJ and LESTER PEARSON, 12/30/1965, 2:05PM
  • LESTER PEARSON
Telephone conversation # 4690, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/4/1964, 5:50PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK; RUSK RECOMMENDS EITHER HE OR LBJ CALL CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER LESTER PEARSON; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO CALL HIM
Telephone conversation # 7344, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL POTTER, 4/17/1965, 9:01AM (Item)
  • POTTER ASKS LBJ TO CALL UNIDENTIFIED PERSON WHO IS HOSPITALIZED; LBJ BRIEFS POTTER ON VIETNAM, CEASEFIRE SUGGESTIONS FROM CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON AND OTHERS, POSTPONEMENT OF STATE VISITS UNTIL FOREIGN AID BILL HAS PASSED; FULBRIGHT'S LACK
Telephone conversation # 7347, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL POTTER, 4/17/1965, 9:01AM (Item)
  • POTTER ASKS LBJ TO CALL UNIDENTIFIED PERSON WHO IS HOSPITALIZED; LBJ BRIEFS POTTER ON VIETNAM, CEASEFIRE SUGGESTIONS FROM CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON AND OTHERS, POSTPONEMENT OF STATE VISITS UNTIL FOREIGN AID BILL HAS PASSED; FULBRIGHT'S LACK
Telephone conversation # 8134, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/15/1965, 12:30PM (Item)
  • DAVID BRUCE'S REQUEST THAT GEORGE BALL APPEAR ON UK TV PROGRAM ON VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE PREFERS DEAN ACHESON OR SOMEONE NOT IN US GOVT APPEAR; UK GOVT'S VIEWS; CALL BY LESTER PEARSON OF CANADA FOR BOMBING PAUSE; POSSIBLE APPEARANCE BY FULBRIGHT
Telephone conversation # 10252, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/23/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • ROSTOW ASKS LBJ'S CLEARANCE OF MESSAGE TO CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER LESTER PEARSON REGARDING BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ TELLS ROSTOW HE IS BUSY NOW AND WILL REVIEW IT LATER
Telephone conversation # 9349, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/31/1965, 9:44AM (Item)
  • POVERTY PROGRAM, DOD BUDGET; INACCURATE PRESS STORY ON LBJ'S TALK WITH CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON; ARRANGEMENTS FOR WH PRESS CORPS TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC; LBJ CAUTIONS MOYERS ABOUT WH STAFF TALKING TO PRESS ABOUT BUDGET, VIETNAM PEACE MOVES; PRESS
Oral history transcript, Paul G. Hoffman, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • almost non-existent ~ How do you explain this? H: I think former Prime Minister Lester Pearson put it in a phrase, "We've just got weary of well-doing." Further, quiet, constructi ve activity is never really newsworthy, you know. What is newsworthy
Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 3 (III), 8/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 agencts, was a little troublesome. The relationships between [Lester B.] Pearson and Johnson were not very good on Vietnam. Pearson did a rather, I think a rather
Oral history transcript, Harold Pachios, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ahead to tell you something about arrangements? G: Go ahead, while you are thinking about it. P: Let me tell you this story about Campobello. He was to meet with Lester Pearson, the prime minister of Canada, and he thought it was a good idea
  • and Austin; going to work for Press Secretary Bill Moyers; advancing a meeting between LBJ and the Prime Minister of Canada, Lester Pearson, at Campobello; LBJ’s gall bladder surgery; recording conversations between LBJ and the press office; LBJ’s
Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Telephone conversation # 9470, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 1/10/1966, 11:55AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; PEARSON ON HOLD 0:40; LBJ ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY TO RECORD THE CALL
  • DREW PEARSON REPORTS ON REACTIONS TO VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVES IN NEAR EAST, EUROPE, AND ISRAEL; LBJ SUMS UP NUMBER OF PRIVATE PEACE TALKS HELD IN PAST YEAR; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
  • Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 9470, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 1/10/1966, 11:55AM
  • DREW PEARSON
Telephone conversation # 7139, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 3/23/1965, 11:35AM (Item)
  • PEARSON ON HOLD FOR 2:05; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; LBJ TELLS OFFICE SECRETARY TO TELL PEARSON THAT HE IS IN A MEETING BUT WILL TRY TO TALK; PEARSON ASKS IF HE SHOULD CALL LATER BUT LBJ IS BUSY ALL DAY
  • PEARSON ASKS FOR VIETNAM BRIEFING BEFORE TRIP TO USSR, POLAND, HUNGARY; LBJ SUMMARIZES PAST, PRESENT US POLICY; SEATO TREATY; COMPARISON WITH MUNICH DECISIONS; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT SUGGESTED DIPLOMATIC, MILITARY ACTIONS; TEAR
  • Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7139, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 3/23/1965, 11:35AM
  • DREW PEARSON
Telephone conversation # 7140, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 3/23/1965, 11:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH GEORGE WALLACE ON SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; LBJ READS HIS RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON US POLICY ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S COMMITMENT TO PEACE, HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE; LBJ ASKS FOR PEARSON'S REACTION TO VOTING RIGHTS SPEECH
  • Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7140, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 3/23/1965, 11:35AM
  • DREW PEARSON
Telephone conversation # 13826, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 12/30/1968, 8:26AM (Item)
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; PEARSON'S PROMISE TO LECTURE AT UT; PALESTINIAN ATTACK ON EL AL AIRCRAFT, ISRAELI RESPONSE; PHANTOM JET SALE; COMMUNIST TENDENCY TO CREATE CRISES DURING US ELECTIONS, TRANSITIONS; APOLLO 8; PUEBLO; US ACCOMPLISHMENTS; LBJ'S
  • Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13826, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 12/30/1968, 8:26AM
  • DREW PEARSON
Telephone conversation # 7018, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US VIETNAM POLICY, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESS; WALTER LIPPMANN; DREW PEARSON; NYT STORY ON LBJ ADVISERS; CLARK CLIFFORD; DEAN ACHESON; JAMES ROWE; TOMMY CORCORAN; SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY; FDR COMMENT ON INFLUENCE OF CORCORAN, BEN
Telephone conversation # 10241, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1966, 9:48AM (Item)
  • DREW PEARSON STORY ACCUSING MENDEL RIVERS OF DRUNKENNESS; RIVERS' HEALTH; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RATE OF VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; EFFECT OF 6/30/1967 TERMINATION DATE ON MILITARY PURCHASING, DOD BUDGET; POSSIBLE NEED FOR MORE ECONOMIC AID FUNDS FOR VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 12702, sound recording, LBJ and JACK HORNER, 2/5/1968, 8:34AM (Item)
  • HORNER ASKS ABOUT SOUTH KOREAN PRESS REPORT ON PANMUNJON TALKS ON USS PUEBLO; LBJ SAYS PRESS IS LYING, COMPLAINS ABOUT MARVIN KALB, DREW PEARSON COLUMN ON WILLIAM WESTMORELAND; TET OFFENSIVE; SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 11062, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/28/1966, 10:43AM (Item)
  • PRESS HANDLING OF MEETING WITH SOUTH VIETNAM LEADERS ON CHRISTMAS TRUCE; LBJ DISCUSSES INDIAN FOOD SITUATION, NEED FOR MULTINATIONAL FOOD AID, DREW PEARSON COLUMNS ON ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S DIFFERENCES WITH STATE DEPT ON US POLICY ON COMMUNIST CHINA
Telephone conversation # 13402, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/2/1968, 3:57PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF UNHAPPINESS OF UNIDENTIFIED MALE WITH DIVISIONS WITHIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY; MARKS ASKS ABOUT LBJ'S VISIT TO LBJ RANCH, WISHES HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY; TODAY'S DREW PEARSON COLUMN ON CHOICE OF HALE BOGGS TO HEAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM
Telephone conversation # 13403, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/2/1968, 3:57PM (Item)
  • 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 # 13561, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/18/1968, 2:40PM (Item)
  • "VIETNAM & REPORTING REMARKS MADE BY SHRIVER TO DREW PEARSON" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT
Telephone conversation # 9878, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/10/1966, 10:34PM (Item)
  • MIX-UP IN HANDLING OF SIHANOUK'S INVITATION TO CONGRESS TO VISIT CAMBODIA; WITHDRAWAL OF INVITATION; STUART SYMINGTON'S VIEWS; TAX BILL; PROUTY AMENDMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT INFLATION; DREW PEARSON STORY; ABBA SCHWARTZ
Telephone conversation # 11556, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 2/20/1967, 9:40AM (Item)
  • JIM GARRISON INVESTIGATION OF JFK ASSASSINATION; HALE BOGGS' COMMENTS; DREW PEARSON'S REPORT OF CIA'S ROLE IN EFFORTS TO ASSASSINATE FIDEL CASTRO; ALLEGED WIRETAPS OF JIMMY HOFFA'S LAWYERS; CLARK REPORTS ON MIDWEST ATTITUDES ON VIETNAM, CIA, CRIME
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/3/1965 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Canadian Prime Minister Pearson gives speech about Vietnam; lunch with Pearson in Aspen Lodge; discussion is about Civil War and Lake Erie pollution; Lady Bird reads "Hurry Sundown" and goes for walk with Secret Serviceman Jerry Kivett; bowling
Folder, "[June 22, 1966 - National Security Council Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • does not believe there is a danger Who should we talk to ? Secretarv Rusk: The chiefs of governments with troops in Vietnam, .-· - 4 ­ Mr. Wilson and Mr. Pearson. Secretary Rusk: On this matter of retaliation, might the North Vietnamese try
Folder, "July 18, 1967 - 6:06 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Bundy, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • will not listen to anybody else except us." The President asked about Prime Minister Pearson of Canada and Prime Minister Wilson of Great Britain. The President said he wished that we could find something for Wilson to do. Walt Rostow said that Oliver Franks could
Folder, "[NSC Meeting] Discussion including / Major POL Targets, 6/22/1966, Volume 3, Tab 42," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • facilities . Se cretary Rusk: from the USSR. The President: Llewellyn Thompson does not believe there is a danger Who should we talk to ? Secretary Rusk: The chiefs of governments with troops in Vietnam, - 4 ­ Mr. Wilson and Mr. Pearson
Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 1 p.m. Pueblo 11 - Foreign Affairs Luncheon Rusk, McNamara, Clifford, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • and the attack on Blue House. We could tell the Soviets that since they have a security pact with the North Koreans they may want to interest themselves more in this matter. General Wheeler: {Talking to Walt Ros tow). Drew Pearson about that article he had
Folder, "March 19, 1968 - 1:01 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • and Cabot Lodge were also included in it. We should get the benefit of their substantive opinion. Then we could say you were meeting again with the same group. Drew Pearson wrote around that time about the group. The President then asked Tom Johnson to get
Folder, "December 3, 1968 1:29-2:54 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • on the limitation of strategic nuclear weapons can take place. Secretary Rusk: My remarks were over-reported. There are lots of questions on a summit. The President: The Pearson and Marvin Kalb stories were accurate. Nixon invited himself to ABM talks
Telephone conversation # 12810, sound recording and transcript, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 5:00PM (Item)
  • , and I went for Ridgeway from the other side. Ridgeway came in and had lunch with us. They all concluded that there was no alternative really better thai;i this one. I told him though that Drew Pearson was very upset••• one of the columnists•• and he
Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)
  • With Panama. January 16, 1964 XXI List of Items, Book I List of Items, Book I u5 Statement by the President in Response to a Report on 144 Immigration. January 17, 1g64 128 Remarks of Welcome at the White House to Prime Minister Pearson of Canada
Folder, "October 14, 1968 Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisory Group," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • are trying to stay on the horse. The President: What are the facts on the two times Drew Pearson says we blew peace. Secretary Rusk: I never heard of it. Secretary Clifford: Neither have I. The President: Get the Bunker-Abrams wire to Vance
Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • footage on this floor . We set aside an area which was to become the Secretary and Under Secretary's suite . An improvement was undertaken by GSA . I got a call one day from Drew Pearson, wanting to know about the three-quarters of a million dollars
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1965 (Friday) (Item)
  • ; helicopter to Camp David with friends; speech by Canadian Prime Minister Pearson about Vietnam; LBJ to bed while others watch a movie
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/2/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ; three guest speakers; Lady Bird records diary; LBJ & Lady Bird to Georgetown Club for reception for Speaker McCormack; to Hale Boggs' garden party; LBJ & Lady Bird have dinner at White House; visit from Hubert Humphrey, Drew Pearson & Frank Sinatra
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Manila Conference, 10/15/1966, Volume 4, Tab 47," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • and the Philippines President Marcos. There fo llowed a discussion of public information problems which was initiated by the President who referred to a leak to Drew Pearson of the sub­ stance of the President's conversation with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko
Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 3 (III), 6/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)