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  • "TEXAS TRIP"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; JOHN CONNALLY IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; TRANSCRIPT INCORRECTLY LISTS TIME AS 8:25P
  • DICTABELT PREVIOUSLY MISFILED; LBJ IS MEETING WITH CARL VINSON AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ MET WITH VINSON FROM 11:35A TO 12:05P
  • Telephone conversation # 4607, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/1/1964, time unknown
  • MCNAMARA ON HOLD 0:30; SLIP LISTS TIME AS 8:42A BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES TIME IS 3:36P; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • "THIS ONE DONE"; VANCE IS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND IS MEETING WITH BRUCE PALMER AT TIME OF CALL
  • Telephone conversation # 8010, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and CYRUS VANCE, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 2311, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/2/1964, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 2312, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/2/1964, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 8001, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and GEORGE BALL, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 8023, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • "#6"; "CALLS ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT-APPROX. 6 OR 7 CALLS"; "'MERRY CHRISTMAS' CALLS"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; MCNAMARA ON HOLD 0:20; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD AT TIME OF CALL; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING MADE FROM ORIGINAL REEL-TO-REEL TAPE; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A
  • DICTABELT PREVIOUSLY MISFILED; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS TIME OF CALL AS 9:00A; LBJ IS MEETING WITH CARL VINSON; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ MET WITH VINSON FROM 11:35A TO 12:05P
  • "ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF STRIKE IN VN DURING INTERIM PERIOD"; "WHAT SOVIETS ARE DOING"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • 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
  • "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; SLIP LISTS CALL AT 9:15P; RUSK IS MEETING WITH MCNAMARA AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JOHN GRONOUSKI AT TIME OF CALL; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7985; MCNAMARA IS IN WH SITUATION ROOM AT TIME OF CALL
  • TAYLOR ON HOLD 0:20; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCNAMARA AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US DOMESTIC CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM, ASKS TAYLOR'S VIEWS ON EXTENSION OF BOMBING HALT, PEACE EFFORTS; TAYLOR SAYS HE OPPOSES PAUSE BUT SAYS THIS IS BEST TIME FOR IT IF IT IS NECESSARY; U. S. GRANT SHARP'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; MILITARY
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT JOHN NANCE GARNER'S VIEWS OF VICE PRESIDENCY PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ROBERT THOMPSON OF LA TIMES AT TIME OF CALL; MCNAMARA ON HOLD 1:00
  • Telephone conversation # 7904, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 7922, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 7923, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 7928, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and ROBERT MCNAMARA'S OFFICE, 5/19/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 7941, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 7949, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 7950, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 7958, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 7980, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and ROBERT MCNAMARA'S OFFICE, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 8000, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and GEORGE BALL, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 8007, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and DEAN RUSK, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • Telephone conversation # 8008, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and JOHN MCNAUGHTON, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • "PRES-MCN, BUNDY [MOYERS], ARNOLD"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; FORTAS, MCNAMARA ARE MEETING WITH MOYERS AT TIME OF CALL; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7796, RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH REF #8012
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME AND DATE FROM DAILY DIARY; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT TIMING OF BRIEFING OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM, POSSIBLE LEAKS AND DANGER TO US FORCES IF WEATHER CAUSES DELAY IN MISSION
  • MCNAMARA ON HOLD 0:25; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
  • MCNAMARA ASKS FOR AUTHORITY TO BOMB POL TARGETS IN HANOI, HAIPHONG; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT TIMING OF MISSION, USSR'S RESPONSE IF SOVIET TANKER HIT; EFFECTS OF BOMBING ON MILITARY EFFORT, MORALE OF US TROOPS; ENEMY MORALE AND MILITARY EFFORT IN SOUTH
  • SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 2/18/1967, 2:44P; DATE AND TIME DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL AND DAILY DIARY
  • "FROM BEDROOM 1-17-68"; THIS CALL RECORDED ON DICTABELT WITH 12/19/1967 CALL WITH HENRY "JOE" FOWLER (REF #12508, 12509); DATE DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL; TIME UNCERTAIN; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA AT 10:11A AND 4:49P
  • Telephone conversation # 12605, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/14/1968, time unknown
  • "FROM PAUL 2/8/68"; "DAMAGE TO NUCLEAR SHIP, BATTLES-KAISANG, ATTACK ON OUR EMBASSY, RETALIATION..." DATE DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL; TIME UNCERTAIN; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH MCNAMARA AT 7:24A, 7:38A; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS
  • Telephone conversation # 12617, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/31/1968, time unknown
  • "TRANS"; DURING CONVERSATION LBJ SPEAKS TO WALTER REUTHER WHO IS IN HIS OFFICE AT THE TIME OF THE CALL
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH DREW PEARSON, KARL-HEINZ HAGEN AT TIME OF CALL
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME AND DATE FROM DAILY DIARY