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Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF VIETNAM POLICY; AGREEMENT AMONG US OFFICIALS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ ASKS ABOUT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR UNIDENTIFIED CANDIDATE FOR UNIDENTIFIED
Telephone conversation # 11601, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 3/1/1967, 9:53AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MANSFIELD READS PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF SUPPORT OF VIETNAM POLICY TO BE ATTACHED TO VIETNAM SUPPLEMENTAL BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CHANGES IN US MISSION TO VIETNAM INCLUDING APPOINTING ELLSWORTH BUNKER AS AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE
Telephone conversation # 2833, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/2/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CATTLEMEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT BEEF PRICES; DOD MEAT PURCHASES; ANDREW O'MEARA; DISCUSSION OF WILLIAM WESTMORELAND AS REPLACEMENT FOR HENRY CABOT LODGE AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; NIXON'S CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; PANAMA; CUBA; GUANTANAMO MILITARY BASE
Telephone conversation # 2347, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/4/1964, 7:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF DOROTHY FOSDICK; WALT ROSTOW; ELIE ABEL, CHALMERS ROBERTS STORIES ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S MEETING WITH JCS TODAY; LBJ WANTS TO MEET WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR, MCNAMARA BEFORE MCNAMARA'S VIETNAM TRIP; NUCLEAR TESTS; EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 3806, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/22/1964, 5:46PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 3750, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1964, 9:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO HENRY CABOT LODGE AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM: MAXWELL TAYLOR, ROSWELL GILPATRIC, GEORGE BALL; OBJECTIONS TO GILPATRIC BECAUSE OF TFX ISSUE; CONCERNS ABOUT US POLICY IN VIETNAM; ADVICE FROM MIKE MANSFIELD, RICHARD RUSSELL, CARL
Telephone conversation # 8501, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/2/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 8552, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN STENNIS, 8/18/1965, 1:02PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • "J. B." [JAMES P. COLEMAN?]; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE SPECULATING ON COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR THIS YEAR AND ITS EFFECTS ON NORTH VIETNAM'S AID REQUESTS TO CHINA, USSR; DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS; UNCERTAINTY ABOUT COSTS OF MILITARY
Telephone conversation # 9314, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/11/1965, 12:18PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 9656, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/22/1966, 9:04AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ARTHUR GOLDBERG; LBJ'S VIEWS ON UN; WH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING; WAYNE MORSE'S VIETNAM RESOLUTION; LBJ READS FROM MEMO ON FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS; EDWIN REISCHAUER; RAY CLINE; WILLIAM "RED" RABORN; MANSFIELD REPORT; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S REPORTS ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9610, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/2/1966, 5:29PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS IN BURMA, UN; LBJ'S MEETING WITH B. K. NEHRU ON EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO INDIA; NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF CLARK CLIFFORD; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY BY FULBRIGHT
Telephone conversation # 9619, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANATOS, 2/4/1966, 5:20PM? (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF DANIEL INOUYE ACCOMPANYING LBJ TO HONOLULU MEETING WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE, US ADVISERS; LBJ DISCUSSES DAMAGE DONE BY MANSFIELD'S REPORT ON VIETNAM, CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW BRIMMER TO FRB
Telephone conversation # 9631, sound recording, LBJ and U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, 2/11/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM PORTER AS HEAD OF PACIFICATION IN VIETNAM; NEED TO PROVIDE LEGAL RESPONSE TO CRITICAL REPORTS BY MIKE MANSFIELD, JAMES GAVIN, GEORGE KENNAN; TELEVISED SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 10401, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 7/1/1966, 9:40AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SANDERS PRAISES SUCCESSFUL ATTACK OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM, SAYS PUBLIC SUPPORTS BOMBING; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; CONFLICT BETWEEN DOJ, FTC OVER ANTITRUST COURT CASE ABOUT PROCTOR & GAMBLE'S ACQUISITION OF CLOROX; GEORGIA
Telephone conversation # 10816, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/21/1966, 9:36AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA'S EFFORTS TO DELAY CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; LBJ'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON USE OF CHEMICALS IN VIETNAM, MELVIN LAIRD'S CHARGES ON VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S OPINION OF APPOINTMENTS OF NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, EUGENE ROSTOW, FOY
Telephone conversation # 13546, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 10/16/1968, 9:34AM (Item)
  • "LOCAL"; "TRANSCRIBED"; "RE VIETNAM SITUATION"; "BAREFOOT SANDERS NOMINATION"; "NOMINATION OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE [LINED THROUGH]"
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ SAYS NORTH VIETNAM HAS NOT MET US BOMBING HALT CONDITIONS; EFFECT OF MCGEORGE BUNDY'S, HHH'S SPEECHES; GEORGE BALL; AVERELL HARRIMAN; SUGGESTION LBJ NAME ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS CHIEF JUSTICE; RECESS JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR BAREFOOT SANDERS
Telephone conversation # 2309, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/2/1964, 12:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CYPRUS; MESSAGE FROM LBJ TO ISMET INONU; MCNAMARA'S UPCOMING TRIP TO VIETNAM; UPCOMING BUNDY LUNCH WITH JOSEPH ALSOP; US POLICY IN VIETNAM; ROGER HILSMAN RESIGNATION AND WILLIAM BUNDY APPOINTMENT IN STATE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 3646, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 6/9/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RFK SUGGESTS LBJ INFORM CONGRESS ON LAOS AIR STRIKES; QUESTION OF CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PUBLIC OPINION ON VIETNAM; JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT, CLOTURE VOTE ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; JOHN STENNIS, APPOINTMENTS OF US MARSHAL, JUDGE IN MISSISSIPPI
Telephone conversation # 3680, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 7147, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/25/1965, 8:52AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 7148, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/25/1965, 8:52AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • APPOINTMENT OF LODGE AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LODGE PRAISES WESTMORELAND, ALEXIS JOHNSON; NAPALM USE; GEORGE LODGE'S WORK IN CENTRAL AMERICA UNDER AID GRANT; FCC VACANCY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TV INTERESTS; JAMES BARCO; JAMES "JERRY" WADSWORTH
Telephone conversation # 9307, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/3/1965, 9:31AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 9313, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/8/1965, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS AIR STRIKE IN RETALIATION FOR METROPOLE HOTEL BOMBING, DISCUSSES MISUNDERSTANDING WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY; LBJ SAYS HE FAVORS STRIKE; MAXWELL TAYLOR AS BUNDY'S SUCCESSOR; NSC STAFF OPERATIONS; NEED TO COUNTER CRITICAL NYT VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9317, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1965, 12:58PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 7848, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/31/1965, 10:42AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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)
  • Vietnam
  • 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)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 10222, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • STATUS OF BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, AIRLINE LABOR DISPUTE; DIRKSEN'S CALL FOR BIPARTISAN VIETNAM MEETING; RICHARD HELMS AS REPLACEMENT FOR WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; CIA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; BOMBING PROGRAM; PEACE
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 # 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