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Telephone conversation # 13555, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 10/16/1968, 5:12PM (Item)
  • LBJ TEASES LONG ABOUT LONG'S ABSENCES FROM WASHINGTON, DC, TO CAMPAIGN, DISCUSSES CONVERSATION WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ABOUT MAKING FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; LONG DISCUSSES COSTS OF BASE; LBJ EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT FOR LONG
Telephone conversation # 13567, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 10/22/1968, 9:10AM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS CLARK CLIFFORD IS TRYING TO GET AGREEMENT WITHIN DOD TO MAKE FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, A PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; LONG SAYS ALLEN ELLENDER WILL BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF DOD BUDGET IF IT IS; LBJ SAYS HE SUPPORTS KEEPING BASE OPEN
Telephone conversation # 13574, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 10/22/1968, 5:54PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS LONG THAT THOMAS MORRIS AND CLARK CLIFFORD HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT TO MAKE FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, A PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR BILL DRIVER, ASKS LONG TO SEE THAT DRIVER REMAINS AS HEAD OF VA IN NEXT