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Telephone conversation # 9893, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 3/17/1966, 8:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 9655, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/22/1966, 9:04AM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • LIFE EDITORIAL; LBJ'S DESIRE FOR PEACE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM; RFK PROPOSAL; VIEWS OF JCS, FULBRIGHT IN CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS; FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, RUSK; AGENDA FOR WH MEETING TODAY; ROBERT KINTNER; INFLUENCE OF NYT; ARTHUR
Telephone conversation # 9516, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/19/1966, 7:19PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ APOLOGIZES FOR DELAY; LONG THANKS LBJ FOR INVITATION TO TRUMAN LIBRARY TOMORROW, DISCUSSES WAYNE MORSE'S SPEECH CRITICIZING VIETNAM POLICY, ASKS WH HELP IN WRITING SPEECH TO ANSWER MORSE; LBJ SUGGESTS LONG WORK WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY; ROBERT LANDRY
Telephone conversation # 9533, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1/25/1966, 12:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EISENHOWER RELAYS ANDREW GOODPASTER'S CONCERN THAT HIS BROTHER'S CRIMINAL RECORD MIGHT EMBARRASS LBJ; QUESTION OF WH ASSIGNMENT AFFECTING GOODPASTER'S PROMOTION CHANCES; LBJ SAYS HE HAS NO CONCERN ABOUT GOODPASTER'S BROTHER; UPCOMING VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9642, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/15/1966, 6:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • BUNDY CALLS FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, EN ROUTE BACK FROM VIETNAM, TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE REASSIGNMENT OF PHILIP CHADBOURNE FROM VIETNAM TO ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC POST
Telephone conversation # 10604, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/10/1966, 3:55PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 10796, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/17/1966, 5:59PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR REORGANIZATION IN AMBASSADORSHIPS IN VIETNAM, FRANCE, USSR; NEED FOR NEW IDEAS IN VIETNAM; TRANSFER OF FOY KOHLER TO STATE DEPT AND CHARLES BOHLEN TO USSR; TRANSFER OF HENRY CABOT LODGE TO FRANCE
Telephone conversation # 10269, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 6/28/1966, 12:55PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS NICHOLAS KATZENBACH SUPPORTS APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN AS FEDERAL JUDGE DESPITE SOME NEGATIVE REPORTS; RONNIE DUGGER'S TEXAS OBSERVER ARTICLE ABOUT YARBOROUGH'S OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY; SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT
Telephone conversation # 10421, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 7/22/1966, 8:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES REISCHAUER'S RESIGNATION AS AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN; MANSFIELD URGES REISCHAUER NOT TO RESIGN; OTHER POSITIONS FOR REISCHAUER; LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR REMARKS IN SENATE TODAY ANSWERING FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF FOREIGN AID, VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 12303, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/11/1967, 9:59AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DEAN RUSK'S DINNER FOR CABINET LAST NIGHT TO DISCUSS VIETNAM; PLANS FOR OCTOBER 21 ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATION; APPOINTMENT OF SPESSARD HOLLAND'S CANDIDATE TO FLORIDA JUDGESHIP; CRIPPLING AMENDMENTS TO CRIME BILL; SENATE AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL
Telephone conversation # 12503, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/9/1967, 10:12AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ READS ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S CABLE ON MOVE TO INSCRIBE VIETNAM ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL AGENDA; POSSIBLE RESOLUTION ON BOMBING CESSATION; NEED TO ANSWER FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF GALE MCGEE OR LEONARD MARKS AS UN AMBASSADOR; EDWARD
Telephone conversation # 12702, sound recording, LBJ and JACK HORNER, 2/5/1968, 8:34AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 12712, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/12/1968, 8:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAN (RFK?); DALEY SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMITTEE TO STUDY VIETNAM; POSSIBLE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR OTTO KERNER; ILLINOIS POLITICS; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS; BEN HEINEMAN; RFK AND POSSIBLE VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 12830, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/22/1968, 4:49PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EXTENSION OF EARLE WHEELER AS JCS CHAIRMAN FOR A YEAR; OTHER CHANGES IN MILITARY LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING WILLIAM WESTMORELAND AS ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF AND CREIGHTON ABRAMS AS HIS SUCCESSOR; RFK CAMPAIGN; SHIFT OF SENTIMENT ON VIETNAM BY DOD CIVILIAN
Telephone conversation # 13124, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONNELL, 6/20/1968, 4:44PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ CONTINUES READING LETTER FROM PAT NUGENT REQUESTING TRANSFER TO NEW DUTIES IN VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS MCCONNELL'S VIEWS ON REQUEST, DISCUSSES NUGENT'S BROTHER'S, CHARLES ROBB'S COMBAT SERVICE IN VIETNAM; MCCONNELL'S CONTINUATION AS AIR FORCE CHIEF
Telephone conversation # 11660, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/30/1967, 9:23AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH RFK AND THEIR DISCUSSION OF MODEL CITIES, RFK'S PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS, VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES RECENT PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY RFK, ABRAHAM RIBICOFF CRITICIZING LBJ, SAYS HE DOES NOT BELIEVE RFK COULD DEFEAT HIM
Telephone conversation # 11545, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/15/1967, 9:24AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF INCREASED BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM; VIET CONG MINING OF SAIGON CHANNEL WITH SOVIET MINES; POSSIBLE US MINING OF HAIPHONG; ROSTOW RECOMMENDS WESTMORELAND INCREASE PACE OF OPERATIONS IN VIETNAM; CANDIDATES FOR US AMBASSADOR
Telephone conversation # 11130, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 12/13/1966, 5:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR "TEX" GOLDSCHMIDT TO UN POST; LBJ INVITES GOLDBERG TO WH MEETING ON VARIOUS MATTERS INCLUDING VIETNAM, JOKES ABOUT J. FRANK DOBIE'S INABILITY TO SLEEP WHEN HE STAYED IN LINCOLN BEDROOM; GOLDBERG'S MEETING WITH ISRAELIS
Telephone conversation # 13216, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/24/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S HONOLULU MEETING; MIKE MANSFIELD'S LETTER CRITICIZING VIETNAM POLICY; OPPOSITION TO GUN CONTROL BILL BY JAMES EASTLAND, STROM THURMOND; JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ACTION ON NOMINATIONS INCLUDING JOHN CROOKER'S APPOINTMENT TO CAB; EDSON SESSIONS
Telephone conversation # 13323, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/27/1968, 11:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DIRKSEN WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; DIRKSEN'S OPPONENT; LBJ'S HEALTH; DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; PARIS PEACE TALKS; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S VIETNAM TRIP; ADVERSE EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT; APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE, DIRKSEN'S FCC
Telephone conversation # 13415, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/23/1968, 9:37AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • GEORGE BALL'S RESIGNATION AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN TO WORK IN HHH CAMPAIGN; SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL; VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; BASE AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN; BRIEFINGS FOR CANDIDATES; EFFECT OF CAMPAIGN ON FOREIGN POLICY; GEORGE KENNAN; HENRY
Telephone conversation # 13585, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 10/23/1968, 5:30PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF JOSEPH MEANY, SAYS HE DISAPPROVED LABOR DEPT REORGANIZATION PLAN BUT WILLARD WIRTZ ENACTED IT, REFUSES TO RESCIND IT; GOVS. OPPOSITION TO PLAN; EFFECT ON HHH CAMPAIGN IF WIRTZ RESIGNS; WIRTZ' CRITICISM OF VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3731, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 6/12/1964, 7:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RFK RECOMMENDS TERRY SANFORD FOR APPOINTMENT IN VIETNAM (TO REPLACE HENRY CABOT LODGE?)
Telephone conversation # 7190, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CHANCELLOR, 3/31/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DENIES NBC REPORT BY BOB GORALSKI THAT MAXWELL TAYLOR SOON WILL RESIGN AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM AND BE SUCCEEDED BY ALEXIS JOHNSON
Telephone conversation # 8116, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1965, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • JCS MEETING ON 2 PLANS FOR MORE US FORCES IN VIETNAM; POSSIBLE EISENHOWER BRIEFING; NUMBERS OF TROOPS IN EACH PLAN; EXTENSION OF TAYLOR'S APPOINTMENT; MIKE MANSFIELD'S, GEORGE AIKEN'S VIEWS; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; DETERIORATING VIETNAM SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 278, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS CORCORAN, 12/4/1963, 2:30PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS CORCORAN'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTEES FOR ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS AND AS US AMBASSADOR TO OAS; LBJ SAYS APPOINTEES SHOULD BE SPANISH-SPEAKING, YOUNG AND DYNAMIC LIKE FRANK STANTON; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CUBA AND VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 248, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 12/2/1963, 7:01PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS FOR FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS; FULBRIGHT DISCUSSES KENNEDY CENTER BILL; FUNDING FOR CENTER; AMENDMENTS TO FOREIGN AID BILL ON YUGOSLAVIA, POPULATION CONTROL; LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ABOUT ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS, CUBA, VIETNAM; HENRY CABOT LODGE; LAOS
Telephone conversation # 366, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/9/1963, 5:55PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • BUNDY SUGGESTS LBJ MEET WITH DAVID NES BEFORE NES ACCEPTS POSITION AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION IN SOUTH VIETNAM; NES' BACKGROUND; SUPPORT FOR NES' APPOINTMENT BY AVERELL HARRIMAN, DEAN RUSK AND HENRY CABOT LODGE; LBJ SAYS HE WILL MEET NES TOMORROW
Telephone conversation # 1815, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/1/1964, 6:28PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ READS PRESS COMMENTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; ORGANIZING WAR ON POVERTY; PEACE CORPS; JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH; EVALUATIONS OF JACK VAUGHN, BILL MOYERS, ROBERT MCNAMARA; PANAMA; VIETNAM; DIEM COUP; FRANCE; VP SELECTION; LBJ COMMENTS ON RUNNING
Telephone conversation # 1849, sound recording, LBJ and ELIZABETH ROWE, 2/3/1964, 6:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON VIETNAM, FRANK COFFIN, AND MRS. FRANKIE MUSE FREEMAN OF ST. LOUIS AS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE TO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO ACCEPT APPOINTMENT TO DC COMMISSION, ROWE SUGGESTS REAPPOINTING WALTER TOBRINER; WOMEN
Telephone conversation # 2239, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 2/29/1964, 3:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY; VALENTI REPORTS ON PUBLIC, PRESS REACTION; QUESTIONS ON VIETNAM, WILLIAM BUNDY APPOINTMENT; LBJ TELLS VALENTI TO CALL ROBERT SPIVAK; PLANS TO ATTEND SYMPHONY TONIGHT; RUMORS THAT VALENTI WILL SUCCEED
Telephone conversation # 2320, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 3/2/1964, 8:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON APPOINTING WILL MITCHELL TO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION; RICHARD RUSSELL'S TV APPEARANCE; LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE; PANAMA; CYPRUS; US ECONOMY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH HAROLD WILSON OF UK; LBJ READS VIETNAM STATEMENT PREPARED BY ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 4124, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 7/2/1964, 12:42PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ THANKS HARRIMAN FOR HIS REPORTS ON NATIONAL POLITICS; HARRIMAN ASKS IF PAUL HARKINS WILL ATTEND SWEARING IN OF MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM TODAY
Telephone conversation # 4139, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 7/3/1964, 11:18AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC REACTION TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; CALL FOR RESISTANCE BY MISSISSIPPI GOV. PAUL JOHNSON; LBJ'S PLANS TO CALL JOAN KENNEDY, JOSEPH KENNEDY, SR.; RFK'S PLANS TO MEET WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR; PLANS OF LYDIA TAYLOR TO GO TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4165, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 7/6/1964, 3:15PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RFK RECOMMENDS SENDING TREASURY DEPT ALCOHOL TAX UNIT, IRS AGENTS TO MISSISSIPPI TO HELP INVESTIGATION OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; KKK; LBJ WORRIES ABOUT USING IRS; SUGGESTION BY MAXWELL TAYLOR FOR CENTRAL US AUTHORITY IN LAOS, VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4167, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 7/6/1964, 3:15PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RFK RECOMMENDS SENDING TREASURY DEPT ALCOHOL TAX UNIT, IRS AGENTS TO MISSISSIPPI TO HELP INVESTIGATION OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; KKK; LBJ WORRIES ABOUT USING IRS; SUGGESTION BY MAXWELL TAYLOR FOR CENTRAL US AUTHORITY IN LAOS, VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3761, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 6/17/1964, 6:58PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • REPUBLICAN PARTISAN VOTES ON FOREIGN AID, EXCISE TAXES; FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT; OTTO PASSMAN; DWIGHT EISENHOWER, JFK, FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF RFK AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3779, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/18/1964, 5:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ANDERSON REPORTS ON TALK WITH MAX RABB ABOUT HENRY CABOT LODGE; CANDIDATES FOR AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM: LAWTON COLLINS, MAXWELL TAYLOR, JOHN MCCLOY, GEORGE BALL, ROSWELL GILPATRIC, GORDON GRAY; PANAMA; ARGENTINA, OIL EXPROPRIATION; AUTO CREDIT SALES
Telephone conversation # 3783, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/18/1964, 5:22PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • BUNDY REPORTS MEETING WITH UNIDENTIFIED PERSON ABOUT REPLACING HENRY CABOT LODGE AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LBJ REPORTS HIS CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT ANDERSON; POSSIBLE CANDIDATES: RFK, GORDON GRAY, JOHN MCCLOY; LAWTON COLLINS; NSC REORGANIZATION
Telephone conversation # 3799, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/20/1964, 1:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; RUSK REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH JOHN MCCLOY