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Telephone conversation # 8353, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 7/19/1965, 6:34PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • SENATE PASSAGE OF COLD WAR GI BILL; CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON UNNAMED BILL; LBJ ASKS FULBRIGHT TO COME TO WH TO DISCUSS APPOINTMENT OF UN AMBASSADOR
Telephone conversation # 10222, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • 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 # 8552, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN STENNIS, 8/18/1965, 1:02PM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • "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 # 9831, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/4/1966, 9:02AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • APPOINTMENTS FOR NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; INCREASED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HAWK POSITION; LODGE'S REPORT ON PROGRESS, MORALE IN VIETNAM; USSR AND BOMBING PAUSE; AIKEN'S TRIP TO CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 10526, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 8/2/1966, 3:43PM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK ON APPOINTMENT OF DAVID BRUCE OR ELLSWORTH BUNKER TO UNNAMED POST, ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, IRAN, NGUYEN CAO KY; RFK, SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE AIRLINE STRIKE BILL AND CONSEQUENCES OF 30, 60 OR 90-DAY
Telephone conversation # 13216, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/24/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • 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 # 11658, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/28/1967, 4:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE ON CIA AND FUNDING OF PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS; QUESTION OF LBJ ASKING RICHARD RUSSELL TO SERVE ON COMMITTEE; LBJ REFERS TO RUSSELL'S SERVICE ON WARREN COMMISSION; WORDING OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT
Telephone conversation # 12701, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 2/3/1968, 11:14AM (Item)
  • BALL ASKS IF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY OFFICERS SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO COMMITTEE TO REVIEW CAPTURE OF USS PUEBLO; LBJ DESCRIBES MEMBERSHIP HE WANTS ON COMMITTEE; BALL SUGGESTS RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICER ALSO BE NAMED
Telephone conversation # 8842, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/8/1965, 1:00PM (Item)
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ HE WILL TESTIFY AT SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID TODAY, ASKS ABOUT LBJ'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON AID, KASHMIR CRISIS; US AID TO PAKISTAN, INDIA; HARLAN CLEVELAND'S SWEARING-IN AS NATO REPRESENTATIVE
Telephone conversation # 8374, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 7/23/1965, 3:11PM (Item)
  • ALMOST INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION OF VOTE LAST NIGHT ON POVERTY BILL?, COMMITTEE VOTE ON IMMIGRATION BILL?; LBJ'S CALL TO SAM GIBBONS?; LBJ INVITES MCCORMACK TO LBJ RANCH; GEORGE FELDMAN'S APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO MALTA; HIGHER EDUCATION, TAFT-HARTLEY
Telephone conversation # 9631, sound recording, LBJ and U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, 2/11/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • 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 # 13210, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/15/1968, 5:52PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH STROM THURMOND, PROGRESS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON ABE FORTAS NOMINATION, GUN CONTROL BILL; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND UP JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS; DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH ADMIRAL JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; US AMBASSADOR
Telephone conversation # 13007, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 5/4/1968, 10:13AM (Item)
  • INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION IN VIETNAM; CLIFFORD'S UPCOMING TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S REACTION TO MARCH 31ST SPEECH, PEACE TALKS; SELECTION OF PARIS AS SITE OF TALKS; PROMOTION FOR JAMES