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Telephone conversation # 1156, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY BELLMON, 1/2/1964, 3:30PM (Item)
  • "RE MEAT EXPORT/IMPORT W/ AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND"; BELLMON'S VOICE IS FAINT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • POSSIBLE PUBLIC MEETING ON BEEF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS WITH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS
Telephone conversation # 1166, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/3/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ SPEAKS TO PIERRE SALINGER WHO IS IN THE OFFICE WITH HIM AT TIME OF CALL; RUSK ON HOLD 1:15; RE-RECORD ON REF #1167; SKIPPING IN RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • SARGENT SHRIVER TRIP TO ISRAEL AND JORDAN; SCHEDULING HEAD OF STATE VISITS BY JORDAN, ISRAEL; STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV'S MESSAGE TO LBJ; GUBERNATORIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL CONCERN OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND MEAT IMPORTS; USSR
Telephone conversation # 1167, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/3/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ SPEAKS TO PIERRE SALINGER WHO MEETING WITH HIM AT TIME OF CALL; RUSK ON HOLD 1:15; RE-RECORD OF REF #1166; SKIPPING IN RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • SARGENT SHRIVER TRIP TO ISRAEL AND JORDAN; SCHEDULING HEAD OF STATE VISITS BY JORDAN, ISRAEL; STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV'S MESSAGE TO LBJ; GUBERNATORIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL CONCERN OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND MEAT IMPORTS; USSR
Telephone conversation # 1916, sound recording, LBJ and A. W. MOURSUND, 2/6/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING MADE FROM ORIGINAL REEL-TO-REEL TAPE
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 4904, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 8/13/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON RFK, HIS DECISION TO RUN FOR NEW YORK SENATE SEAT PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH KEN O'DONNELL AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 6262, sound recording, LBJ and HERSCHEL NEWSOM, 11/6/1964, 11:13AM (Item)
  • "LBJ RANCH"; NEWSOM ON HOLD 4:20; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 11:26A
  • NEWSOM CONGRATULATES LBJ, ASKS APPROVAL FOR DICK RUDDER TO ATTEND MEETING IN NEW ZEALAND; LBJ EXPRESSES DISAPPROVAL OF TRAVEL BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS; NEWSOM INVITES LBJ TO NATIONAL GRANGE MEETING; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING
Telephone conversation # 5640, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/23/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • "IN THE OFFICE TOGETHER (RECORDED ON INTERCOM) THE PRESIDENT AND MYER FELDMAN"; TIME AND DATE FROM DAILY DIARY; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 9/22/64
  • DISCUSSION OF EDMUND MUSKIE'S CONCERNS ABOUT US WOOL TEXTILE INDUSTRY, EFFECT OF WOOL IMPORTS ON ECONOMY OF MAINE AND NEW ENGLAND; EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS WITH EUROPEANS TO LIMIT WOOL EXPORTS TO US; LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO PORTLAND, MAINE
Telephone conversation # 1128, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/1/1964, 8:32PM (Item)
  • ACCORDING TO WH ENVELOPE, TIME OF CALL WAS 8:32A, BUT DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 8:32P; MOURSUND AND WEST ARE AT THE LBJ RANCH; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A & C
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; DC WEATHER; LBJ'S VISIT WITH LUDWIG ERHARD; US TROOPS IN GERMANY; TRADE WITH CUBA; FOREIGN AID TO INDONESIA; DURUM WHEAT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO TALLULAH FALLS, GEORGIA; UT-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME; DEER HUNTING; BOBBY RUSSELL
Telephone conversation # 2439, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/9/1964, 9:25PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LBJ TALKED TO MOYERS AT 9:30A AND 9:25P ON 3/9/64; SLIP LISTS CALL AT 9:30, BUT CONTEXT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES THAT THIS CALL WAS IN THE EVENING; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - C
  • DRAFT OF POVERTY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, NEED TO CONSULT HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, PHIL LANDRUM SPONSORING POVERTY BILL; WH SPEECHWRITERS; NEWSWEEK STORY ON RFK, NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP; PAUL CORBIN; WH PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 2858, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 4/6/1964, 3:20PM (Item)
  • FREEMAN REPORTS ON DROP IN BEEF IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; QUESTION OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF REDUCTION BY LBJ AND POSSIBLE EFFECT ON AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND; BEEF PRICES; COTTON-WHEAT FARM BILL; LBJ'S BUSY SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 4874, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 8/10/1964, 8:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT USDA, NIH PRESS LEAKS TO NEW YORK NEWS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR RESEARCH; LBJ INSTRUCTS FELDMAN TO TELL USDA, NIH TO USE UNEXPENDED FUNDS FROM THIS YEAR FOR CANCER, LEUKEMIA RESEARCH
Telephone conversation # 4315, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/23/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INACCURACIES IN PRESS STORIES; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW, ITEMS FOR INCLUSION: NEWS OF INCREASED AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ECONOMIC NEWS FROM WALTER HELLER
Telephone conversation # 10612, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/12/1966, 12:30PM (Item)
  • 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 # 2432, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH HARDING, 3/9/1964, 5:53PM (Item)
  • LBJ LOBBYS HARDING TO REPORT WHEAT BILL OUT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE; FARM BILL; NEWS STORY ON VISIT BY MORMON PRESIDENT DAVID MCKAY TO WH
Telephone conversation # 533, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/18/1963, 4:05PM (Item)
  • FREEMAN REPORTS ON MEETING WITH FARM BUREAU ON PRICE SUPPORTS FOR WHEAT, COTTON, DAIRY; LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CATTLE; PROPOSED VOLUNTARY PROGRAM ON BEEF IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND; FREEMAN'S MEETINGS ON AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Telephone conversation # 1259, sound recording, LBJ and JACK MILLER, 1/8/1964, 6:25PM (Item)
  • CATTLE SITUATION; NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN BEEF IMPORTS; LBJ TELLS HUMOROUS STORY TO DESCRIBE THE BEEF SUPPLY; OTTO OTEPKA CASE
Telephone conversation # 1915, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 2/6/1964, 6:47PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 2437, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/9/1964, 8:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS VISIT WITH JOHN MCCORMACK AND CARL ALBERT LAST NIGHT; FARM, FOOD STAMP, CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS; WINNING SUPPORT FROM NORTHERN DEMOCRATS; ADLAI STEVENSON; JONATHAN BINGHAM'S CANDIDACY AGAINST NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN CHARLES BUCKLEY
Telephone conversation # 2154, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1964, 10:37PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL CONCERNS ABOUT REPUBLICANS COMBINING NEGATIVE PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR BY CONTINENTAL GRAIN AND LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION RESISTANCE; REPORTS OF SABOTAGE OF FIRST SHIPMENT; NEW YORK LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Telephone conversation # 2832, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 4/2/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF MEAT IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; USDA AND DOD MEAT PURCHASES; CONGRESSIONAL CONCERNS ABOUT BEEF PRICES; COTTON-WHEAT FARM BILL; BALL GIVES LBJ UPDATE ON SITUATION IN BRAZIL
Telephone conversation # 3018, sound recording, LBJ and JACK BROOKS, 4/13/1964, 6:56PM (Item)
  • RECEPTION FOR WOMEN IN GOVT; LBJ'S APPEARANCE AT OPENING DAY BASEBALL GAME; JOHN CONNALLY; FRANK THOMPSON, VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN NEW JERSEY, ELSEWHERE; KEN O'DONNELL; VOTE ON FARM BILL, O. C. FISHER
Telephone conversation # 3025, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/14/1964, 12:50PM (Item)
  • EAST EUROPE GRAIN SHIPMENTS, GEORGE MEANY, COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS; LETTER TO BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT CASTELO BRANCO; NEWS STORY ON FULBRIGHT FOR SECRETARY OF STATE; CUBA, PANAMA, BRAZIL, CYPRUS; POLLS; JFK STAFF; RALPH DUNGAN, THOMAS MANN; WALTER LIPPMANN
Telephone conversation # 2310, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 3/2/1964, 12:46PM (Item)
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY; ANDERSON IS IN NEW MEXICO; LBJ ASKS OPERATOR FOR A BETTER CONNECTION, AND END OF CONVERSATION IS NOT RECORDED; LBJ TALKS WITH RUSSELL LONG WHO IS MEETING WITH HIM AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 2864, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 4/6/1964, 6:00PM (Item)
  • BALL ADVISES LBJ THAT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND HAVE RELEASED FIGURES ON REDUCTION IN MEAT IMPORTS; RELEASE OF STATEMENT BY USDA; CONGRESSIONAL CONCERNS ABOUT BEEF PRICES
Telephone conversation # 4118, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 7/2/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • CARL CURTIS, MIKE MANSFIELD AMENDMENTS ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA; IMPORT AGREEMENTS WITH AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, IRELAND; INCREASED US EXPORTS; ALBERT MITCHELL APPOINTMENT TO NATIONAL FOOD MARKETING COMMISSION; SAM RAYBURN VOTE ON TAFT-HARTLEY ACT
Telephone conversation # 3758, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/17/1964, 6:36PM (Item)
  • PRESS STORY ABOUT RFK RIDING TO AIRPORT WITH LBJ IN NYC; JACK ROSENTHAL'S CALL TO REEDY RELAYING INQUIRY FROM DOM BONAFEDE ABOUT "JAMES H. ROWE" BEING REGISTERED AS LOBBYIST FOR HAITI SUGAR ORGANIZATION; JIM ROWE; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, JOCK
Telephone conversation # 3930, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 6/26/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • USE OF CAMP DAVID BY WH STAFF; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ON JIM ROWE AS SUGAR LOBBYIST FOR HAITI, DUVALIER; ROWE'S RESPONSE TO JOCK WHITNEY; LETTER TO NORTH DAKOTA GOV. WILLIAM GUY; PLANS FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN TRIP; CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Telephone conversation # 4624, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/1/1964, 7:06PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ROBERT WAGNER; POVERTY PROGRAM IN NEW YORK; LBJ ASKS REUTHER'S AID IN GETTING VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO BILL, LABOR'S LOBBYING EFFORTS; FARMERS' UNION; UAW NEGOTIATIONS; RFK; RECENT POLL ON LBJ, VP
Telephone conversation # 5026, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/18/1964, 6:35PM (Item)
  • HOUSE REJECTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON COFFEE AGREEMENT; BALL REPORTS ON STATUS OF CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS; GREECE; TURKEY; DEAN ACHESON; IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND'S REACTION TO BILL
Telephone conversation # 8347, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN?, 7/16/1965, 7:30PM? (Item)
  • ALMOST INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION ABOUT USDA PRESS LEAK TO CHARLES BAILEY OF MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE ABOUT RECENT ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND AT LBJ RANCH; LBJ DISCUSSES LAND LEASES AT RANCH, COMPLAINS ABOUT LEAK, READS FROM NEWS STORY
Telephone conversation # 10106, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1966, 8:26AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES IMPACT OF VIETNAM SPENDING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, GREAT SOCIETY; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED DEFICIT, LACK OF LIBERAL SUPPORT FOR NEW PROGRAMS, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, ECONOMY AND UPCOMING
Telephone conversation # 10737, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/10/1966, 12:33PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE NYC SIGNING CEREMONY FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL; INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF BILL; COMPLICATIONS DUE TO NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE; LIBERAL PARTY AND FDR, JR.; CANDIDATES FOR US DELEGATION TO UN; PRESS STORY ON LBJ'S MEETING WITH JEWISH WAR
Telephone conversation # 11060, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 11/27/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • INDIAN FOOD SITUATION; USDA, STATE DEPT TALKS ON LOWERING COTTON LOAN RATES WITH MEXICO; COTTON PRICES; FREEMAN'S CONCERN ABOUT GAP IN INDIAN FOOD SUPPLY; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF NEW FOOD AID; COST OF WHEAT; NEED TO CUT
Telephone conversation # 11061, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 11/27/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • INDIAN FOOD SITUATION; LBJ SAYS INDIA SHOULD GET AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND HE WANTS CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF NEW AID; SORGHUM SHIPMENTS INSTEAD OF WHEAT; INDIAN POLITICAL SITUATION; PRESS STORIES ON INDIAN FOOD SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 13758, sound recording, LBJ and STUART LONG, 11/22/1968, 5:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL APPOINT LONG TO WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADVISORY BOARD, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR EMMA AND STUART LONG; DISCUSSION OF CATTLE BUSINESS; LBJ SAYS HE IS USING NEW LIQUID CATTLE FEED, OFFERS TO SHOW IT TO LONG; UPCOMING WEDDING OF THE LONGS
Telephone conversation # 654, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 12/23/1963, 12:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES STATUS OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL, ASKS ANDERSON TO TALK TO CHARLES HALLECK ABOUT PROVISION ON EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES OF SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; PRESS STORIES ON FEDERAL BUDGET, EXPENDITURES, NEW OBLIGATIONAL
Telephone conversation # 1345, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 1/13/1964, 1:25PM (Item)
  • BEEF IMPORTS, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ARGENTINA; FARMERS AND CATTLEMEN; WHEAT BILL; LBJ READS GALLUP POLL OF FARMERS; TVA, COMMODITY CREDIT CORP; BARRY GOLDWATER, THE SOUTH; TAX CUT; HAROLD COOLEY BILL; COTTON; FOOD FOR PEACE; EGYPT; POWER COMPANIES
Telephone conversation # 7141, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 3/23/1965, 4:54PM (Item)
  • MILLS REPORTS HOUSE TO INTRODUCE NEW MEDICARE BILL TOMORROW; COFFEE AGREEMENT; CANADIAN AUTO PARTS BILL; LBJ ASKS MILLS TO ENACT BILLS BY EASTER; COHEN SUMMARIZES MEDICARE BILL'S PROVISIONS; OPPOSITION OF AMA, INSURANCE COMPANIES; EFFECT ON FEDERAL
Telephone conversation # 11654, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 3/28/1967, 4:00PM (Item)
  • "RE JUDGESHIP APPMTS."; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ INTERRUPTS CLARK FOR ABOUT 1:00 TO LISTEN TO NEWS REPORT ABOUT DEAN RUSK
Telephone conversation # 11661, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 3/30/1967, 11:31AM (Item)
  • FREEMAN RECOMMENDS TARIFF COMMISSION ACTION RESTORING DAIRY IMPORTS TO PAST LEVEL; DUMPING BY WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, NEW ZEALAND; MILK PRICES; HHH'S MEMO ON FARM PROBLEMS; STATE, DOD CIVILIAN ADVISORY GROUPS; NEGATIVE POLL ON LBJ'S CABINET; RFK