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Telephone conversation # 6339, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/12/1964, 8:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KILDUFF REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH BOB GORALSKI, OTHERS ABOUT INACCURATE PRESS STORY THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL; LBJ INSTRUCTS KILDUFF ON PRESS HANDLING OF UPCOMING VISIT BY RICHARD RUSSELL AND OTHER GEORGIANS
Telephone conversation # 6347, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 11/12/1964, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SANDERS AGREES TO RECONSIDER INVITATION TO HUNTING TRIP WITH RICHARD RUSSELL, OTHERS; LBJ COMMENTS ON EFFORTS BY PRESS TO CREATE CONTROVERSY; PRESS STORY ALLEGEDLY LEAKED BY JOHN CONNALLY'S STAFF THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 7037, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/8/1965, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT DELAY IN TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA; PROTECTION FOR SOVIET, OTHER EMBASSIES; APPOINTMENTS TO POVERTY PROGRAM; OTHER APPOINTMENTS; POSSIBLE LBJ PRESS CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY, FOCUSING ON VIETNAM, SITUATION IN SELMA, ALABAMA
Telephone conversation # 159, sound recording, LBJ and LESLIE ARENDS, 11/29/1963, 6:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ SAYS HE HAS TRIED TO CONTACT SOMEONE (CHARLES HALLECK?) BEFORE MAKING ANNOUNCEMENT, ASKS ARENDS TO TRY TO CONTACT THAT PERSON, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3835, sound recording, LBJ and BURKE MARSHALL, 6/23/1964, 3:51PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO HEAD COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE, INCLUDING WILLIAM SIMKIN IN LABOR DEPT; LBJ READS PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT HE MADE ABOUT MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER
Telephone conversation # 3878, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL JOHNSON, 6/23/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND ALLEN DULLES AS OBSERVER IN SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; JOHNSON DESCRIBES MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITIES' COOPERATION WITH FBI IN SEARCH OF SWAMP, HIS PRESS STATEMENT, MISSISSIPPI'S DILEMMA, TENSION THERE
Telephone conversation # 3879, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL JOHNSON, 6/23/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND ALLEN DULLES AS OBSERVER IN SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; JOHNSON DESCRIBES MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITIES' COOPERATION WITH FBI IN SEARCH OF SWAMP, HIS PRESS STATEMENT, MISSISSIPPI'S DILEMMA, TENSION THERE
Telephone conversation # 6174, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 11/4/1964, 12:46PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ THANKS WEISL FOR SUPPORT, ASKS FOR HELP IN CONVEYING MESSAGE THAT LBJ'S VICTORY WAS A MANDATE AND IN IMPROVING LBJ'S PUBLIC IMAGE AND PRESS RELATIONS; LBJ'S VICTORY MARGIN COMPARED TO FDR'S, EISENHOWER'S; CAMPAIGN DEBT; ATTORNEY GENERAL
Telephone conversation # 6275, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/6/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY SUGGESTS COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT TALENT HUNT; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE; DOUGLAS DILLON; POSSIBLE CHANGES IN WH STAFF; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS AT RANCH; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOM FINNEY; VISITS BY FOREIGN MINISTERS, HAROLD
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6330, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/11/1964, 8:39PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORY THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL
Telephone conversation # 6338, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/12/1964, 8:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS KILDUFF TO ISSUE DENIAL OF NBC STORY THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL WITHOUT PRECLUDING POSSIBILITY THAT LBJ WILL MAKE FUTURE CHANGES IN CABINET; PRESS COVERAGE OF LUTHER HODGES' VISIT TO RANCH
Telephone conversation # 6386, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 11/17/1964, 1:37PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED RFK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; DON COOK; LBJ TELLS HOOVER TO CONSULT WITH EDWIN WEISL, SR., RELAYS WEISL'S ADMIRATION OF HOOVER, CAUTIONS HOOVER ABOUT PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 5613, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/19/1964, 2:27PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT KATZENBACH'S MOTHER, PRAISES HIS RECENT TELEVISED SPEECH, ASKS HIM TO MAKE OTHER APPEARANCES TO DISCUSS CRIME-FIGHTING EFFORTS, ADDRESS LABOR'S FEARS OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT CAUSING LOSS OF JOBS TO NEGROES; PRESS REPORTS OF CABINET
Telephone conversation # 5980, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/28/1964, 11:43PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S PRESS COMMENT ABOUT SCANDALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO RESEARCH WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN ABOUT EISENHOWER STAFF MEMBERS, DISCUSSES MEETING WITH JFK ABOUT POSSIBLE INDICTMENT OF EISENHOWER STAFF
Telephone conversation # 5981, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD'S ADVICE ABOUT HANDLING OF LBJ'S COMMENTS TO PRESS IN SAN DIEGO LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; PETER LISAGOR; PHIL POTTER; DOUGLAS KIKER
Telephone conversation # 5982, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING OF LBJ'S STATEMENT TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; CLIFFORD ADVISES LBJ ABOUT HANDLING REST OF CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5983, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/29/1964, 7:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON INFORMATION HE HAS RECEIVED ON CHARGES CONCERNING STAFF MEMBERS IN EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION TO CLARIFY STATEMENT LBJ MADE TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT PAST SCANDALS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT
Telephone conversation # 6870, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/24/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS WILLIAM CAHILL DECLINED WASHINGTON, DC, JUDGESHIP; OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; PRESS STORY ON POST OFFICE CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING; SENATE PROBE OF BANK FAILURES; VOTING RIGHTS BILL; EDWARD LONG'S MAIL COVER INVESTIGATION; IMMIGRATION BILL
Telephone conversation # 7165, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 3/26/1965, 9:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WHITE REPORTS ON CALL TO ANTHONY LIUZZO, WIDOWER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ TELLS WHITE TO SUPPLY MORE ITEMS TO PRESS; HARRY MCPHERSON; NEED TO APPOINT CALIFORNIAN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR; STEWART UDALL
Telephone conversation # 7077, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 3/18/1965, 10:40AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TRIP TO LBJ RANCH; BANKERS' MEETING YESTERDAY; TREASURY DEPT PRESS LEAKS; TREASURY SECRETARY CANDIDATES; ROBERT ROOSA; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; EUGENE BLACK; TOM WATSON; CARTER BURGESS; FRED KAPPEL; CRAWFORD GREENEWALT; HENRY "JOE" FOWLER; JOHN LOEB
Telephone conversation # 7147, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/25/1965, 8:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 7160, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/25/1965, 11:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON SHOOTING OF VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ SUGGESTS LEROY COLLINS GO TO ALABAMA AS MEDIATOR; REPUBLICAN COMMENTS ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; UPCOMING PRESS STORY ON GERALD FORD; VETERANS HOSPITALS HEARINGS; TAX COURT APPOINTMENT; SAMUEL "JACK
Telephone conversation # 8862, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/14/1965, 7:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CRITICISM OF DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT AS WASHINGTON, DC US ATTORNEY BECAUSE OF PAST SERVICE AS LAWYER FOR SERV-U CORP, BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO BRESS; WH RESPONSE TO PRESS
Telephone conversation # 8906, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/28/1965, 8:12PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • EMANUEL CELLER'S RECOMMENDATION OF EDWARD WEINFELD FOR US APPEALS COURT; APPOINTMENT OF WILFRED FEINBERG TO POST; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FRANCIS MORRISSEY APPOINTMENT; RFK'S REQUEST THAT LBJ APPOINT MORRISSEY, PARDON FRANK BOYKIN; DAVID BRESS
Telephone conversation # 9038, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OBJECTIONS IN SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO APPOINTMENTS OF JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT, WILFRED FEINBERG TO APPEALS COURT; RECESS APPOINTMENTS; ROMAN HRUSKA'S DEFENSE OF DAVID BRESS; PRESS LEAKS BY JOHN WILLIAMS; CARL CURTIS; JUDICIAL POST
Telephone conversation # 10138, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/25/1966, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 10792, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 9/17/1966, 5:39PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH EUGENE ROSTOW ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO STATE DEPT POSITION; APPOINTMENT OF NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AS UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; KATZENBACH'S ABILITIES TO WORK WITH CONGRESS; LBJ CAUTIONS ROSTOW ABOUT PRESS LEAKS; JAMES MOYERS
Telephone conversation # 12501, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 12/6/1967, 9:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LONG DISCUSSES RESULTS OF MISSOURI POLL ON 1968 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES; LONG'S RE-ELECTION RACE; MISSOURI POLITICS; WARREN HEARNES' OPPOSITION TO LBJ; RFK AND LIFE MAGAZINE STORIES ON LONG; THOMAS EAGLETON; LABOR SUPPORT FOR LONG; MISSOURI PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11543, sound recording, LBJ and CARROLL KILPATRICK, 2/14/1967, 7:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISPELS RUMOR THAT HE IS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENT OF RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES ON CLARK APPOINTMENT, VARIOUS MESSAGES TO CONGRESS
Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TOM CLARK AND WIRETAP CASE; NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S APPOINTMENT AS UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; STOKELY CARMICHAEL AND DEFEAT OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; JUSTICE DEPT VACANCIES; THURGOOD MARSHALL'S APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE RECORD; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11174, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 12/21/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CALIFANO'S TALK WITH FRANK MANKIEWICZ ABOUT RFK, FBI WIRETAPS; PRESS LEAKS OF FBI, JUSTICE DEPT DOCUMENTS; LBJ TELLS CALIFANO TO REPORT MATTER TO RAMSEY CLARK; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS; BILL MOYERS AND APPOINTMENTS OF FORMER WH STAFF; SARGENT
Telephone conversation # 13593, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 10/24/1968, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TO PRESS
Telephone conversation # 13766, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/23/1968, 6:06PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY QUOTING ROBERT SHORT ABOUT POSSIBLE LAWSUIT TO RELEASE DNC TRUST FUND; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT STORY, DISCUSSES LEGAL PROBLEMS CONCERNING USE OF MONEY IN TRUST FUND; LBJ SAYS HE SUPPORTS APPOINTMENT OF TERRY SANFORD AS DNC
Telephone conversation # 13203, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 7/1/1968, 5:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT FORTAS' ROLE IN WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; JOHN MCCLELLAN'S UNHAPPINESS WITH LBJ ABOUT HANDLING OF SIGNING OF UNNAMED BILL (CRIME BILL?)
Telephone conversation # 13205, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/11/1968, 8:26AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT DIRKSEN, SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD AND ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS; DISCUSSION OF RICHARD RUSSELL AND ALEXANDER LAWRENCE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT AND VARIOUS PENDING JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
Telephone conversation # 8863, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/14/1965, 7:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JACK MILLER'S SPEECH OPPOSING DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT AS WASHINGTON, DC US ATTORNEY BECAUSE OF BRESS' PAST SERVICE AS COUNSEL TO SERV-U CORP; CLARK MOLLENHOFF STORY; EFFECT OF PUBLICITY ON BOBBY BAKER CASE; WH, JUSTICE DEPT PRESS RESPONSE; DREW
Telephone conversation # 8204, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1965, 3:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • EDWARD LONG'S HEARINGS ON IRS WIRE TAPS; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO WIRE TAPS; RFK; PRESS LEAKS; CANDIDATES FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL; ARCHIBALD COX; CHARLES ALAN WRIGHT; NEED TO PROMOTE US TRAVEL TO HELP BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; US AMBASSADOR TO NATO; HARLAN
Telephone conversation # 11905, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 6/13/1967, 7:59AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • THURGOOD MARSHALL'S NOMINATION TO SUPREME COURT, HIS RECORD AS SOLICITOR GENERAL, HIS VIEWS ON CRIME; SUPREME COURT WIRETAP DECISION; CRIME BILL; CLARK'S RELATIONSHIP WITH FBI, J. EDGAR HOOVER; PRESS REACTION TO NOMINATION; MARSHALL'S ROLE IN BROWN
Telephone conversation # 12005, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/25/1967, 10:33AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • HOOVER REPORTS THAT MLK WILL GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING ON RIOTS; DROP IN VIOLENCE IN DETROIT; FEDERAL RESPONSE TO SITUATION; RIOTING IN CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND; OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF SIMON MCHUGH TO SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD