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Telephone conversation # 5882, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 10/14/1964, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS CONNALLY OF WALTER JENKINS' ARREST ON MORALS CHARGE; CANCELLATION OF LBJ'S FUND-RAISING DINNER IN DALLAS BECAUSE OF ASSOCIATIONS WITH JFK ASSASSINATION; JENKINS' RESIGNATION; CONNALLY ADVISES LBJ TO CANCEL SUNDAY EVENTS, APPEAR WITH HIS
Telephone conversation # 4922, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/14/1964, 2:40PM (Item)
  • "THINGS FOR PRESS BRIEFING"
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF QUESTION AT REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT LBJ'S CONVERSATION WITH NYC MAYOR ROBERT WAGNER, TOPICS INCLUDING RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; REQUESTS FOR PRESS CONFERENCE WITH LBJ; LBJ CRITICIZES REEDY'S HANDLING OF PRESS BRIEFING; WH PRESS
Telephone conversation # 6360, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/16/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DOUGLAS KIKER'S STORY ON ST. LOUIS TRIP; CRITICISM OF WH PRESS OFFICE BY CABINET, OTHERS; NEED TO IMPROVE WH PRESS OFFICE; LACK OF EFFECTIVE PUBLICITY ABOUT WH; PRESS LEAKS; STORIES THAT LBJ'S ELECTION WAS RESULT OF FEAR OF GOLDWATER; EDWIN WEISL
Telephone conversation # 11204, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON ADVERSE PORTRAYAL OF LBJ IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ DISCUSSES RESIGNATIONS OF WH STAFF; POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE; ROWLAND EVANS' STORY ON GEORGE MEANY'S MEETING WITH LBJ; MARVIN WATSON; PRESS SOURCES
Telephone conversation # 1538, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/25/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS; STORY ON POLL TAX AMENDMENT; BARRY GOLDWATER; PRESS AND BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; CYRUS VANCE; NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK POLITICS; CHARLES BUCKLEY; ROBERT WAGNER; ROBERT MEYNER; TED SORENSEN'S RESIGNATION TO WRITE BOOK
Telephone conversation # 2572, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/20/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY ASKS LBJ TO REVIEW DRAFT REPLY TO HENRY CABOT LODGE; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SCHEDULE, INCLUDING MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD; BUNDY'S WEEKEND PLANS; POSSIBLE PRESS CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK; GEORGE REEDY AS NEW WH PRESS SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 3517, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/27/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONDOLENCE LETTERS UPON DEATH OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER JAWAHARLAL NEHRU; DEAN RUSK TO ATTEND FUNERAL; EVERETT DIRKSEN; PROBLEM WITH TELEPROMPTER AT DEMOCRATIC GALA LAST NIGHT; CANDIDATES FOR ASSISTANT WH PRESS SECRETARY; PRESS COVERAGE FOR NY
Telephone conversation # 4348, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/27/1964, 12:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS HANDLING OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS GROUPS, INCLUDING SUPERINTENDENTS OF EDUCATION; PRESS HANDLING (OF LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH BARRY GOLDWATER?); RUMORS THAT LBJ WILL MEET WITH JAMES FARMER
Telephone conversation # 6471, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SIGMA DELTA CHI ARTICLE CRITICIZING WH PRESS RELATIONS; PRESS COVERAGE OF RICHARD RUSSELL VISIT; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSELL ON PROJECT 100,000 FOR DRAFT REJECTEES, CONGO CRISIS; CRITICISM OF RUSSELL'S USE OF GOVT PLANE TO RETURN FOR MEETING
Telephone conversation # 7184, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/30/1965, 9:12AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • VULNERABILITY OF US EMBASSY IN SAIGON; US RESPONSE TO EMBASSY BOMBING; REQUEST FOR MORE AIRCRAFT IN THAILAND; CASUALTIES; MILITARY SUPPLIES; BOMBING TARGETS; PUBLIC INFORMATION ON VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS; RFK AND KKK PRESS STORY; JOSEPH ALSOP; WIRETAPS
Telephone conversation # 9488, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/13/1966, 1:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY THAT MOYERS MAY RESIGN AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; MOYERS', RICHARD GOODWIN'S WORK ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; ALLEGED WH DISSENSION; CONTRIBUTIONS OF ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO SPEECH; MOYERS' ATTITUDE; MARVIN WATSON
Telephone conversation # 1901, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 2/5/1964, 6:24PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TED SORENSEN REMAINING AVAILABLE TO WORK FOR LBJ WHEN HE LEAVES THE WH STAFF; ANNA ROSENBERG; RFK; BARNEY BALABAN; LBJ REFERS TO NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, COMMENTS ON ADVERSE PRESS CRITICISM AND BURDENS OF PRESIDENCY
Telephone conversation # 2525, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/17/1964, 12:49PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT REEDY'S HEALTH; REEDY CRITIQUES DRAFT OF LBJ'S SPEECH FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY DINNER; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION IN SENATE RULES COMMITTEE; STEWART ALSOP COLUMN, OTHER UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES; RFK; "TEXAS MAFIA" VS. "IRISH MAFIA" ON WH
Telephone conversation # 2602, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/21/1964, 4:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON TENNESSEE, FLORIDA STRIKE SITUATIONS; LBJ PRAISES WIRTZ' RECENT TV APPEARANCE; POSSIBLE TRIP BY LBJ, WIRTZ, TO UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN WHEELING, PITTSBURGH, SOUTH BEND; GEORGE REEDY AS PRESS SECRETARY; WOMEN APPOINTEES; BESSIE
Telephone conversation # 2630, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/24/1964, 10:16AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY REPORTS HE HAS GIVEN GEORGE REEDY INFORMATION FOR PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO REVIEW STATEMENT ON FOREIGN POLICY TO ANSWER CRITICISM; BUNDY REPORTS ON PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS, POSSIBILITY OF PIERRE SALINGER ACTING AS LIAISON ON PANAMA
Telephone conversation # 3904, sound recording, LBJ and C. V. "TED" CLIFTON, 6/25/1964, 7:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF USE OF BACK-UP JETSTAR PLANE FOR LBJ'S TRIP TO DETROIT, MINNEAPOLIS, MAYO CLINIC; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT SECRET SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS; DISCUSSION OF CHARGES FOR USE OF AIRCRAFT, PRESS PLANE FOR DETROIT AND ROCHESTER
Telephone conversation # 3408, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/12/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF WARNING ABOUT PRESS BRIEFINGS, MENTIONS CUTTING OFF LIGHTS AT THE WH; NEED FOR REVISIONS IN SPEECH TO REMOVE ATTACK ON GEORGE WALLACE
Telephone conversation # 4465, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLASS CATER, 7/31/1964, 8:47PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS CATER ABOUT PRESS REACTION TO HIS STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET FROM VP NOMINATION, DISCUSSES BACKGROUND OF DECISION TO MAKE STATEMENT, SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS CANDIDATES: ADLAI STEVENSON, RUSK, MCNAMARA, SARGENT SHRIVER, RFK, ORVILLE FREEMAN
Telephone conversation # 4846, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/9/1964, 10:46AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TRAVEL PLANS; LBJ RECOUNTS TALK WITH JOHN CONNALLY; LBJ WANTS MOYERS, CATER AND BUSBY TO ALSO BRIEF COLUMNISTS; HANDLING WH PRESS; '64 CAMPAIGN; REEDY DISCUSSES STATEMENT ON CYPRUS FOR 1:00P BRIEFING; BUSINESSMEN'S LUNCHEON TOMORROW; LBJ'S HEALTH
Telephone conversation # 5176, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/25/1964, 11:06AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ITEMS FOR REEDY'S BRIEFING; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; RFK'S ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SENATE; WH STAFF CONVENTION ACTIVITIES; LBJ READS STATEMENT IN WHICH HE DECLINES TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT, EXPRESSES DISCOURAGEMENT WITH PRESIDENCY, PRESS, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT; US
Telephone conversation # 5219, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/26/1964, 12:41PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ FOR RESPONSE TO PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT STORY THAT WH THEATER WILL BE CONVERTED INTO TV STUDIO, ABOUT MIKE MANSFIELD'S ALLEGED STATEMENT THAT LBJ WILL GO TO ATLANTIC CITY TOMORROW MORNING, AND ABOUT TELEGRAM FROM EUGENE MCCARTHY TO LBJ
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 5877, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FURTHER DISCUSSION OF ARREST OF WALTER JENKINS ON MORALS CHARGE AND POSSIBLE PRESS STORIES ABOUT INCIDENT
Telephone conversation # 5880, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 8:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS DISCLOSURE OF WALTER JENKINS' HOSPITALIZATION, ARREST ON MORALS CHARGE; ANNOUNCEMENT OF JENKINS' RESIGNATION; JENKINS' 1959 ARREST; POLICY ON FBI INVESTIGATIONS OF WH STAFF
Telephone conversation # 5980, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/28/1964, 11:43PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S PRESS COMMENT ABOUT SCANDALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO RESEARCH WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN ABOUT EISENHOWER STAFF MEMBERS, DISCUSSES MEETING WITH JFK ABOUT POSSIBLE INDICTMENT OF EISENHOWER STAFF
Telephone conversation # 5981, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD'S ADVICE ABOUT HANDLING OF LBJ'S COMMENTS TO PRESS IN SAN DIEGO LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; PETER LISAGOR; PHIL POTTER; DOUGLAS KIKER
Telephone conversation # 5982, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING OF LBJ'S STATEMENT TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; CLIFFORD ADVISES LBJ ABOUT HANDLING REST OF CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5983, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/29/1964, 7:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON INFORMATION HE HAS RECEIVED ON CHARGES CONCERNING STAFF MEMBERS IN EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION TO CLARIFY STATEMENT LBJ MADE TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT PAST SCANDALS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT
Telephone conversation # 5486, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/4/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY REPORTS THAT UPI AUSTIN QUOTES FRANK ERWIN SAYING THAT THERE WAS A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE LBJ ON FINAL DAY OF CONVENTION IN ATLANTIC CITY; LBJ TELLS REEDY HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT; PRESS INQUIRY ABOUT LBJ'S LABOR DAY SPEECH MARKING OPENING
Telephone conversation # 7165, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 3/26/1965, 9:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WHITE REPORTS ON CALL TO ANTHONY LIUZZO, WIDOWER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ TELLS WHITE TO SUPPLY MORE ITEMS TO PRESS; HARRY MCPHERSON; NEED TO APPOINT CALIFORNIAN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR; STEWART UDALL
Telephone conversation # 8147, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/17/1965, 3:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RESPONSE TO REPUBLICAN STATEMENT ON POSSIBLE INCREASE IN MILITARY SPENDING DUE TO VIETNAM TROOP INCREASE AND TO GEORGE MCGOVERN'S STATEMENT CRITICIZING US POLICY; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN PRESS, UPCOMING DINNER WITH JACKIE KENNEDY; RICHARD
Telephone conversation # 8184, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/23/1965, 10:58AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK'S SPEECH; LBJ'S UN ANNIVERSARY SPEECH; AGENDA FOR MEETING ON VIETNAM, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ITEMS FOR PRESS; ARRANGEMENTS FOR REGULAR TUESDAY LUNCH MEETING; RFK'S SPEECH, LEAK OF GILPATRIC REPORT ON NON-PROLIFERATION; JOSEPH ALSOP COLUMN ON B-52
Telephone conversation # 8186, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/24/1965, 10:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY ASKS LBJ'S PERMISSION TO INCLUDE STAFF AT STATE, DOD IN WORK ON STUDIES; DRAFT OF LBJ'S UN ANNIVERSARY SPEECH; WAYNE MORSE MEMO ON VIETNAM; RFK'S SPEECH; IMPLEMENTATION, RELEASE OF GILPATRIC REPORT ON NON-PROLIFERATION; ADRIAN FISHER; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11553, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/18/1967, 8:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO DON OBERDORFER STORY ON LOCKHEED CONTRACTS; JFK ADMINISTRATION'S INVOLVEMENT IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS; AWARDING CONTRACTS IN DEPRESSED AREAS; LBJ REITERATES WH POLICY ON DEFENSE CONTRACTS; PRESS STORY ON CIA, TEXAS
Telephone conversation # 11559, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/20/1967, 5:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON FACTS HE HAS OBTAINED ABOUT ALLEGED WH INVOLVEMENT IN AWARDING OF LOCKHEED CONTRACTS; MARVIN WATSON'S RECORDS OF CONTACTS ON MATTER; PRESS COVERAGE OF MCNAMARA'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON BOMBING OF VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11542, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 2/14/1967, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT CARL ROWAN'S LEAK OF CIVIL RIGHTS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS BEFORE IT WAS DELIVERED; WILKINS DISCUSSES PRESS INQUIRIES HE HAS RECEIVED ON MESSAGE; CALIFORNIA FUND-RAISER; DISCUSSION OF MEMBERS OF CIVIL RIGHTS COMMUNITY TO CONSULT
Telephone conversation # 11174, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 12/21/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CALIFANO'S TALK WITH FRANK MANKIEWICZ ABOUT RFK, FBI WIRETAPS; PRESS LEAKS OF FBI, JUSTICE DEPT DOCUMENTS; LBJ TELLS CALIFANO TO REPORT MATTER TO RAMSEY CLARK; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS; BILL MOYERS AND APPOINTMENTS OF FORMER WH STAFF; SARGENT
Telephone conversation # 13593, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 10/24/1968, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TO PRESS
Telephone conversation # 8301, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 7/1/1965, 9:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MOYERS REPORTS ON HIS LUNCH WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY; BUNDY'S RECENT SPEECHES; LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS CONTACTS WITH BUNDY, OTHER WH STAFF; RFK; MOYERS ADVOCATES MORE CANDOR WITH PRESS; LBJ DISCUSSES JACK VALENTI'S RECENT SPEECH, LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS
Telephone conversation # 11205, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS SOURCES; ROWLAND EVANS, ROBERT NOVAK COLUMN ON POLITICAL EFFECT OF WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK, WH RECORDS OF EVENTS AFTER JFK ASSASSINATION; WIRETAP FEUD BETWEEN RFK, J. EDGAR HOOVER; WH PRESS LEAKS; MARVIN WATSON; STORIES ABOUT LBJ RANCH ROAD