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Telephone conversation # 3806, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/22/1964, 5:46PM (Item)
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  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR WHO ACCEPTED AMBASSADORSHIP TO VIETNAM; U. ALEXIS JOHNSON; POSSIBLE PRESS CONFERENCE BY LBJ ON VIETNAM; PRESS STORY ON MARINE DIVISION GOING TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3734, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/13/1964, 5:07PM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS REPORTS ON RETURN OF MAXWELL TAYLOR FROM EUROPE; AIR FORCE JETS STORY; VIETNAM; LAOS; POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO HENRY CABOT LODGE: TERRY SANFORD, GEORGE BALL, WILLIAM WESTMORELAND, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, ROBERT ANDERSON; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 8501, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/2/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
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  • RUSK'S PRESS CONFERENCE; JOHN STENNIS', RICHARD RUSSELL'S CRITICAL VIETNAM STATEMENTS; GERALD FORD'S PRESS LEAK ON MIKE MANSFIELD'S VIEWS, CALLING UP RESERVES; INDIA, PAKISTAN FOREIGN AID; KOMER MEMO ON PAKISTAN; POSSIBLE VIETNAM POLL; RUSSELL'S
Telephone conversation # 8502, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/2/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
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  • RUSK'S PRESS CONFERENCE; JOHN STENNIS', RICHARD RUSSELL'S CRITICAL VIETNAM STATEMENTS; GERALD FORD'S PRESS LEAK ON MIKE MANSFIELD'S VIEWS, CALLING UP RESERVES; INDIA, PAKISTAN FOREIGN AID; KOMER MEMO ON PAKISTAN; POSSIBLE VIETNAM POLL; RUSSELL'S
Telephone conversation # 8568, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
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  • WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS; CUT IN USIA PRESS SUBSCRIPTIONS; MOVIES FOR US TROOPS IN VIETNAM; TV BROADCASTS FOR SOUTH VIETNAMESE; POSSIBLE MARKS' MEETINGS WITH MILTON, DWIGHT EISENHOWER; RADIO FOR COMMUNIST CHINA; USIA APPOINTMENTS, BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 12702, sound recording, LBJ and JACK HORNER, 2/5/1968, 8:34AM (Item)
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  • 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 # 375, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/10/1963, 11:55AM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF DAVID NES' APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, SAIGON; APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MANN TO NEW STATE DEPT POST; LBJ ASKS RUSK ABOUT US HOSTAGES IN BOLIVIA, DISSENSION AMONG SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERS; HENRY CABOT LODGE'S PRESS COMMENTS
Telephone conversation # 3680, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO REPLACE HENRY CABOT LODGE IN VIETNAM: GEORGE BALL, JOHN MCCONE, MCNAMARA, WILLIAM GAUD, CLARK KERR, WESTMORELAND; CYPRUS; STATE DEPT PRESS LEAKS; LAOS; POVERTY PROGRAM; CARL HAYDEN; CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER
Telephone conversation # 4344, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/27/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO NASA POSITION; PRESS REACTION TO REUTERS NEWS STORY ON INCREASE IN US ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM; AMBASSADOR LEONARD UNGER'S OPPOSITION TO OPERATION IN PANHANDLE OF LAOS
Telephone conversation # 7056, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK?, 3/10/1965, 10:20PM? (Item)
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  • COOK? REPORTS ON WALL STREET JOURNAL INQUIRY ABOUT COOK'S WITHDRAWAL AS CANDIDATE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY DUE TO HIS WIFE'S HEALTH, ADVERSE INFORMATION IN HIS BACKGROUND CHECK; PRESS LEAKS; KERMIT GORDON; VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; SELMA, ALABAMA; DUPONT
Telephone conversation # 7191, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CHANCELLOR, 3/31/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
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  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF INACCURATE NBC STORY BY BOB GORALSKI THAT MAXWELL TAYLOR WILL SOON RESIGN AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; INACCURATE STORY ON TREASURY SECRETARY NOMINEE; LBJ EMPHASIZES THAT PRESS SHOULD CHECK TIPS WITH HIM; EFFECT ON ALEXIS
Telephone conversation # 7192, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/31/1965, 11:20AM (Item)
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  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT NBC STORY BY BOB GORALSKI THAT MAXWELL TAYLOR WILL SOON RESIGN AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM, ASKS RUSK TO INVESTIGATE PRESS LEAK FROM STATE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 7194, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/31/1965, 3:46PM (Item)
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  • STORY ON MAXWELL TAYLOR'S RESIGNATION; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH TAYLOR; STORY ON US RESPONSE TO EMBASSY BOMBING; EARLE WHEELER'S PROPOSAL TO BOMB HAIPHONG; PRESS LEAKS; PAT COYNE OR RICHARD HELMS AS POSSIBLE CIA DIRECTOR; VETERANS HOSPITALS
Telephone conversation # 7147, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/25/1965, 8:52AM (Item)
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  • SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCH; LODGE OFFERS TO RETURN AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LBJ OUTLINES QUALITIES NEEDED BY AMBASSADOR; JOHN MCNAUGHTON AS POSSIBLE CHIEF OF STAFF, ALEXIS JOHNSON AS DEPUTY AMBASSADOR; PRESS STORIES ON TEAR GAS; CONFLICTS
Telephone conversation # 8412, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/28/1965, 7:20PM (Item)
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  • GOLDBERG CONGRATULATES LBJ ON PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ABE FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; UN RESPONSE TO STATEMENT; GOLDBERG'S TALK WITH U THANT ON PEACE EFFORTS; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S RECENT REPORT; HOUSE REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B
Telephone conversation # 9191, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 11/28/1965, 10:29AM (Item)
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  • FOWLER'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS MEMO; POSSIBLE BUSINESS COUNCIL BRIEFING, QUADRIAD MEETING; PRESS QUESTIONS ON ECONOMY, POSSIBLE INTEREST RATE INCREASE; FRB NOMINEE; DIRECT INVESTMENT PROGRAM; EFFECT OF ALUMINUM CRISIS ON BUSINESS SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 9307, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/3/1965, 9:31AM (Item)
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  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ORVILLE FREEMAN ON FOOD AID TO INDIA; PRESS LEAKS; ROBERT KOMER; CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED MCGEORGE BUNDY; RUSK'S ADMIRATION OF BUNDY; KOMER'S ABRASIVENESS; MEETING WITH LBJ ON VIETNAM; VIETNAM BUDGET; OTHER COUNTRIES' TROOP
Telephone conversation # 9314, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/11/1965, 12:18PM (Item)
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  • POSSIBLE VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; HANOI'S DENUNCIATION OF PAUSE; UPCOMING HAROLD WILSON VISIT; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE, CONCERN ABOUT PRESS LEAKS; US LOAN TO BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN TROOPS FOR VIETNAM; WILLIAM BENNETT AS AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL; GEORGE
Telephone conversation # 9317, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1965, 12:58PM (Item)
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  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM BENNETT AS AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL; GEORGE ANDERSON; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS' VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW VIETNAM CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; PRESS LEAKS; SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING HAROLD WILSON
Telephone conversation # 8333, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/9/1965, 3:50PM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS RUSK ABOUT WARREN ROGERS' STORY THAT STATE DEPT PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMATS DID NOT APPROVE OF APPOINTMENT OF HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH VIETNAM; RUSK TELLS LBJ THAT RICHARD GOODWIN HAS TOLD PRESS THAT RUSK, GEORGE BALL
Telephone conversation # 8357, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
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  • RUSK REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK TRACED TO EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH DIRKSEN ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; PAUL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 8358, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
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  • APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; RUSK ASKS ABOUT GOLDBERG'S WORK WITH ZIONIST ORGANIZATIONS, TELLS LBJ HE APPROVES OF SELECTION OF GOLDBERG; OTHER CANDIDATES; HHH'S PRESS STATEMENT; GEORGE BALL; UN DELEGATION; ANNOUNCEMENT
Telephone conversation # 7848, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/31/1965, 10:42AM (Item)
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  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES FOR NEW STUDY OF INDIA, PAKISTAN; FRANK STANTON VIETNAM TRIP; MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND REFORM; JOHN MCNAUGHTON AS VIETNAM DEPUTY AMBASSADOR; PRESS STORIES ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, OAS; JUAN
Telephone conversation # 7850, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/31/1965, 10:42AM (Item)
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  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES FOR NEW STUDY OF INDIA, PAKISTAN; FRANK STANTON VIETNAM TRIP; MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND REFORM; JOHN MCNAUGHTON AS VIETNAM DEPUTY AMBASSADOR; PRESS STORIES ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, OAS; JUAN
Telephone conversation # 8108, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/8/1965, 5:05PM (Item)
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  • QUESTION OF MAXWELL TAYLOR MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; SENATE OPPOSITION TO BILL ALLOWING WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO HEAD FAA; SST; FOREIGN AID BILL; SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 10138, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/25/1966, 11:30AM (Item)
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  • DIRKSEN'S PROPOSAL THAT LBJ MEET WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON VIETNAM; RUSK'S MEETINGS WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; PATRICK NUGENT'S MOTHER'S ADMIRATION OF DIRKSEN; LIST OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES; RFK AND WIRETAPS
Telephone conversation # 9893, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 3/17/1966, 8:35AM (Item)
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  • TRANSFER OF W. TAPLEY BENNETT FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO PORTUGAL; PRESS CRITICISM OF BENNETT; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN US; VIETNAM BOMBING CAMPAIGN; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; QUESTION OF CARL SANDERS RUNNING AGAINST RICHARD RUSSELL IN GEORGIA SENATE RACE
Telephone conversation # 10604, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/10/1966, 3:55PM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S ADVICE ON UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATES; CYRUS VANCE'S CONCERNS ABOUT HIS FUTURE; ROSWELL GILPATRIC; JOHN DICKEY; J. IRWIN MILLER; FRANK MURPHY; PRESS LEAK ABOUT US TROOP INCREASE; RICHARD NIXON'S VIETNAM STATEMENT; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 10612, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/12/1966, 12:30PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA'S VACATION PLANS; CYRUS VANCE; LBJ'S DESIRE TO GET NEW IDEAS IN GOVT, FOREIGN POLICY, STATE DEPT; PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH COMMUNIST CHINA; TOMMY CORCORAN'S PLANTING NEW DEAL MEN IN DEPTS; PRESS REPORT ON CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 11157, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/19/1966, 9:25AM (Item)
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  • UK VIEWS ON US BOMBING OF VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO GIVE PRESS EXAMPLES OF HORRIBLE ENEMY ACTIONS TO COUNTER CRITICISM OF US; MESSAGE TO KURT KIESINGER; MARQUIS CHILDS AND RUMOR CLARK CLIFFORD WILL REPLACE RUSK; RFK, CRITICISM OF LBJ AT GOVS
Telephone conversation # 11178, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/21/1966, 7:09PM (Item)
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  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC GOVS. WITH WHOM HE MET TODAY, THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY PROGRAM, PATRONAGE AND CIVIL RIGHTS; RUSK REPORTS ON QUESTIONS ON ABM, VIETNAM, FOOD FOR INDIA THAT HE RECEIVED AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ ADVISES RUSK
Telephone conversation # 13738, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 11/15/1968, 9:20AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR CLARIFICATION OF RICHARD NIXON'S STATEMENT WHICH PRESS MISCONSTRUED TO MEAN LBJ HAD AGREED TO GET PRIOR APPROVAL FROM NIXON FOR DECISIONS DURING TRANSITION; ROBERT MURPHY'S ROLE AS NIXON'S LIAISON, OBSERVER IN STATE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 7190, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CHANCELLOR, 3/31/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 9312, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/8/1965, 10:52AM? (Item)
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  • RUSK'S PLANS TO MEET WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; LBJ SUGGESTS RUSK HAVE PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANSWER JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, JAMES CAMERON STORIES ON VIETNAM; MAXWELL TAYLOR AS MCGEORGE BUNDY'S SUCCESSOR; ROBERT KOMER; DELEGATION TO UNIDENTIFIED
Telephone conversation # 9110, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
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  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS REPORTING OF GOVT STATEMENTS ON ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE, STOCKPILE RELEASE TO MEET VIETNAM NEEDS; INDUSTRY REACTION TO RELEASE; GARDNER ACKLEY'S REMARKS ON POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK; APPOINTMENT OF HUD SECRETARY; WWII RUBBER
Telephone conversation # 9681, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/28/1966, 7:50AM (Item)
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  • MCGEORGE BUNDY'S MEMO ON APPOINTMENT OF WH SPECIAL ASSISTANT ON VIETNAM; ROBERT KINTNER; JOHN MCNAUGHTON; ROBERT KOMER; PRESS LEAKS FROM SAIGON TO JOSEPH ALSOP, WARD JUST, NEIL SHEEHAN; RFK'S STATEMENT ABOUT VIET CONG YESTERDAY; RESPONSE OF MOYERS
Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
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  • JOHN CROOKER, SR. AND JR.; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME COURT?: CYRUS VANCE, CLARK CLIFFORD, RAMSEY CLARK, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS BIAS AGAINST LBJ; BOB KERR'S OPINION OF DOUGLAS DILLON; ANDRE MEYER'S, FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 2309, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/2/1964, 12:35PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 2347, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/4/1964, 7:26PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 4937, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/14/1964, 6:55PM (Item)
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