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Telephone conversation # 11910, sound recording, LBJ and JULIAN GOODMAN, 6/21/1967, 9:50AM (Item)
  • "PRESIDENT OF NBC";"RE PAULINE ON THE MORNING SHOW SAYING KOSYGIN IS MEETING PRES. JOHNSON WHEN IN FACT K. HAS NOT AGREED TO MEET THE PRES."
  • LBJ DISCUSSES CONTINUING EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING BETWEEN LBJ AND ALEXSEI KOSYGIN DURING KOSYGIN'S VISIT TO UN AND PROBLEMS THAT NEWS REPORTS ABOUT POSSIBLE MEETING HAVE CREATED; SOVIET PROBLEMS IN MIDDLE EAST, CHINA, VIETNAM; POLITICAL TURMOIL
Telephone conversation # 11912, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1967, 10:45PM (Item)
  • "FROM A PAY PHONE WITH INFO ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA & INQUIRING ABOUT MIDDLE EAST MATTERS BEFORE UN, KOSYGIN, ISRAEL, EGYPT, ETC."; "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN TOMORROW; SAUDI ARABIAN KING FAISAL'S RECENT MEETING WITH MIDDLE EASTERN DIPLOMATIC OFFICIALS; FAISAL'S CONCERN ABOUT TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY IN MIDDLE EAST; ISRAELI POSITION ON SYRIAN, JORDANIAN BOUNDARIES
Telephone conversation # 11913, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1967, 10:45PM (Item)
  • "FROM A PAY PHONE WITH INFO ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA & INQUIRING ABOUT MIDDLE EAST MATTERS BEFORE UN, KOSYGIN, ISRAEL, EGYPT, ETC."; "SUMMARIZED"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HOPES FOR OUTCOME OF MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; KING FAISAL'S RECENT MEETING; LACK OF ARAB UNITY EXCEPT OVER JEWS; JACOB JAVITS' STATEMENTS; JOHN WILLIAMS' OBSTRUCTION OF DEBT LIMIT BILL; SENATE ACTION ON CENSURE OF THOMAS DODD
Telephone conversation # 12307, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/22/1967, 5:50PM (Item)
  • "RE MATERIAL TO SEE BEFORE MEETING...; ALSO WILL SEND OVER DRAFT OF A REPLY TO KOSYGIN. 'HIS LETTER DOESN'T AMOUNT TO MUCH.'"; "TRANSCRIBED IN FULL YB 4/7/70"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 11/2/67; DATE, TIME OF CALL DETERMINED FROM CONTENT, DAILY
  • RUSK SAYS HE IS PREPARING MATERIAL FOR LBJ'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, DISCUSSES TIMING OF MEETING; LBJ TELLS RUSK HE HAS INVITED SENATE LEADERSHIP TOMORROW; DISCUSSION OF ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S RECENT LETTER TO LBJ AND DRAFT RESPONSE
Telephone conversation # 11526, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 9:15AM (Item)
  • ROSTOW READS PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONS FROM ROBERT MCNAMARA ABOUT RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM AFTER CONCLUSION OF ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S UK VISIT; LBJ ASKS ROSTOW FOR HIS ANALYSIS OF KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11530, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/12/1967, 11:03PM (Item)
  • ROSTOW REPORTS THAT DAVID BRUCE WANTS TO FILE HIS VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE BY CABLE; TIMING OF KOSYGIN'S FLIGHT AND RESUMPTION OF BOMBING; LBJ SAYS BRUCE DOES NOT NEED TO FILE CABLE SINCE HE HAS GIVEN ROSTOW HIS VIEWS
Telephone conversation # 11908, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 6/19/1967, 10:57PM (Item)
  • "RE JOHNSON-KOSYGIN MEETING"; "TRANSCRIBED (SHOULD BE A THIRD TAPE) INCOMPLETE"; "FRM MANSION 6-21-67"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; POLITICAL TURMOIL IN USSR; CHINESE CRITICISM OF KOSYGIN'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; LBJ'S SPEECH TODAY; VIETNAM BOMBING RAID; KOSYGIN'S UN SPEECH; US POSITION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
Telephone conversation # 5974, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 10/27/1964, 1:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO DEVELOP STATEMENT FOR LBJ TO USE IN CAMPAIGN ABOUT MESSAGE FROM NEW USSR LEADER ALEXSEI KOSYGIN WHICH WAS RELAYED BY FOY KOHLER; DISCUSSION OF BEST CITY IN WHICH TO USE THE STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 11915, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 6/25/1967, 9:44PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN AT GLASSBORO; EISENHOWER REMINISCES ABOUT TALKS WITH USSR IN 1955; LBJ DISCUSSES BACKGROUND OF ARRANGING MEETING, THANKS EISENHOWER FOR HIS SUPPORT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HIS HEALTH
Telephone conversation # 11916, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 6/25/1967, 9:44PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN AT GLASSBORO; EISENHOWER REMINISCES ABOUT TALKS WITH USSR IN 1955; LBJ DISCUSSES BACKGROUND OF ARRANGING MEETING, THANKS EISENHOWER FOR HIS SUPPORT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HIS HEALTH
Telephone conversation # 11610, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/2/1967, 3:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES RFK'S SENATE SPEECH PROPOSING BOMBING HALT TO BRING ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, REVIEWS PAST US BOMBING PAUSES AND PEACE EFFORTS; HAROLD WILSON-ALEXSEI KOSYGIN PEACE EFFORT
Telephone conversation # 11524, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/9/1967, 9:07AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK'S VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S CALL FOR CESSATION OF US BOMBING OF VIETNAM IN SPEECH DURING VISIT TO LONDON; RUSK DISCUSSES BRITISH PEACE PROPOSAL; QUESTION OF NEED FOR BOTH SIDES TO STOP AUGMENTATION OF FORCES; WH RESPONSE TO PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11525, sound recording, GEORGE CHRISTIAN and DEAN RUSK, 2/9/1967, time unknown (Item)
  • RUSK DICTATES WORDING FOR CHRISTIAN'S STATEMENT TO PRESS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM; RUSK'S UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 11529, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/12/1967, 10:13PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US RESPONSE TO ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE, DISCUSSES BOMBING CESSATION WHEN NORTH VIETNAM CEASES INFILTRATION; NEED FOR RECORD TO SHOW THAT US HAS PURSUED PEACE PROPOSAL
Telephone conversation # 11531, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/12/1967, 11:08PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS THAT DAVID BRUCE WILL NOT FILE CABLE REPORTING HIS VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE
Telephone conversation # 11532, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/12/1967, 11:08PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS THAT DAVID BRUCE WILL NOT FILE CABLE REPORTING HIS VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE
Telephone conversation # 11533, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/12/1967, 11:17PM (Item)
  • ROSTOW READS DRAFT US RESPONSE TO HAROLD WILSON ON HIS AND ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE; LBJ EDITS LANGUAGE ABOUT EXTENSION OF TET TRUCE AND ADDS SECTION ABOUT US MILITARY LEADERS' OPPOSITION TO TRUCE AND ITS EXTENSION
Telephone conversation # 11536, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/13/1967, 11:55AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA ASKS IF WALT ROSTOW CAN DRAFT CONTINGENCY PRESS RELEASE ON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT WILL ARISE FOLLOWING HAROLD WILSON'S STATEMENT ABOUT HIS MEETINGS WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; RESUMPTION OF BOMBING, NAVAL GUNFIRE
Telephone conversation # 11539, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/13/1967, 12:31PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION TO SHOW THAT IT HAS PURSUED ALL AVENUES FOR PEACE DURING HAROLD WILSON-ALEXSEI KOSYGIN VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE
Telephone conversation # 11909, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 6/19/1967, 10:57PM (Item)
  • "RE JOHNSON-KOSYGIN MEETING"; "TRANSCRIBED (SHOULD BE A THIRD TAPE) INCOMPLETE"; "FRM MANSION 6-21-67"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING BETWEEN LBJ, ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN PRESIDENTIAL VISITS TO NYC; SOVIET DIFFICULTIES IN MIDDLE EAST, CHINA, VIETNAM; LBJ'S SPEECH TODAY; ADVANTAGES OF QUIET DIPLOMACY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
Telephone conversation # 11903, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/5/1967, 7:57AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ MOSCOW HOT LINE IS OPERATING AND ALEXSEI KOSYGIN IS ASKING IF LBJ NEAR HOT LINE MACHINE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR LBJ TO RECEIVE MESSAGE; MCNAMARA READS SOVIET MESSAGE ABOUT MIDDLE EAST CRISIS; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S ADVICE ABOUT RESPONSE
Telephone conversation # 11914, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 6/25/1967, 9:44PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN AT GLASSBORO, INCLUDING DISCUSSIONS ON NON-PROLIFERATION, ARMS REDUCTION, MIDDLE EAST CRISIS, VIETNAM, CUBA, CHINA; EISENHOWER RECOMMENDS DESALINIZATION PROGRAM AS MEANS TO ALLEVIATE PROBLEMS IN MIDDLE
Telephone conversation # 11605, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/2/1967, 3:04PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES RFK'S SENATE SPEECH PROPOSING BOMBING HALT TO BRING ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; PAST US BOMBING PAUSES, PEACE EFFORTS; LBJ'S MESSAGES TO HO CHI MINH; HAROLD WILSON-ALEXSEI KOSYGIN PEACE EFFORT; BACKGROUND OF 37-DAY BOMBING PAUSE
Telephone conversation # 11911, transcript, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 6/21/1967, 2:03PM (Item)
  • AIKEN CONGRATULATES LBJ ON BIRTH OF HIS GRANDSON PATRICK LYNDON, HANDLING OF MIDDLE EAST CRISIS; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; SOVIET CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S RECENT TRIP TO VERMONT; LBJ JOKES ABOUT HIS GRANDSON'S
Telephone conversation # 5975, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/27/1964, 2:39PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S GEORGIA TRIP; COMMITMENT TO WARNER ROBINS AFB; LBJ DISCUSSES STATEMENT ABOUT MESSAGE FROM KOSYGIN, NEED FOR OTHER CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT GENERATING PUBLICITY AS RICHARD KLEBERG'S SECRETARY; MARJORIE MCNAMARA'S CAMPAIGNING
Telephone conversation # 8206, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/28/1965, 5:35PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS B-52 STRIKE IN VIETNAM WAS CANCELLED BUT GROUND OPERATION PROCEEDED; VIET CONG ATTACKS ON SOUTH VIETNAMESE; POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT OF MARINE BATTALIONS; EFFECTS OF BOMBING; BARBARA WARD'S REPORT OF SHASTRI-KOSYGIN MEETING; SINO-SOVIET
Telephone conversation # 9475, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/10/1966, 8:38PM (Item)
  • COMPOSITION OF US DELEGATION TO FUNERAL OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI, QUESTIONS OF PROTOCOL, LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO SEND HHH; POTENTIAL MEETING WITH KOSYGIN IN INDIA; OPPORTUNITY FOR RUSK TO RETURN THROUGH VIETNAM, CONSULT HENRY CABOT LODGE
Telephone conversation # 9480, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/10/1966, 10:25PM (Item)
  • COMPOSITION OF US DELEGATION TO FUNERAL OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI; QUESTION OF SENDING HHH OR RUSK OR BOTH; POSSIBLE TALKS WITH KOSYGIN IN INDIA; POSSIBLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR RUSK TO MEET AVERELL HARRIMAN, TRAVEL ON WITH HIM TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11527, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 9:49AM (Item)
  • ROSTOW REPORTS: NORTH VIETNAMESE HAVE SENT LBJ'S MESSAGE TO HO CHI MINH, DAVID BRUCE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM BEFORE END OF KOSYGIN'S UK VISIT, AND THERE ARE CONCERNS IN LONDON ABOUT LANGUAGE OF US RESPONSE TO PEACE