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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
Telephone conversation # 6360, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/16/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DOUGLAS KIKER'S STORY ON ST. LOUIS TRIP; CRITICISM OF WH PRESS OFFICE BY CABINET, OTHERS; NEED TO IMPROVE WH PRESS OFFICE; LACK OF EFFECTIVE PUBLICITY ABOUT WH; PRESS LEAKS; STORIES THAT LBJ'S ELECTION WAS RESULT OF FEAR OF GOLDWATER; EDWIN WEISL
Telephone conversation # 1815, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/1/1964, 6:28PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 2305, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/2/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE, PRESS STORIES; VIETNAM; HENRY CABOT LODGE, 1964 CAMPAIGN; PANAMA; CYPRUS; TURKEY; LBJ AND ISMET INONU; THOMAS DODD DEMAND TO INVESTIGATE GHANA; WILLIAM BUNDY'S APPOINTMENT; LBJ ASKS FOR VIETNAM STATEMENT, CUBA STUDY
Telephone conversation # 3517, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/27/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONDOLENCE LETTERS UPON DEATH OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER JAWAHARLAL NEHRU; DEAN RUSK TO ATTEND FUNERAL; EVERETT DIRKSEN; PROBLEM WITH TELEPROMPTER AT DEMOCRATIC GALA LAST NIGHT; CANDIDATES FOR ASSISTANT WH PRESS SECRETARY; PRESS COVERAGE FOR NY
Telephone conversation # 4436, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 7/30/1964, 5:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ROWE REPORTS ON TALK WITH ADLAI STEVENSON ON VP NOMINATION; PRESS REPORTS ABOUT STATEMENT BY JACQUELINE KENNEDY; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO TALK WITH HHH ABOUT NEED FOR LOYALTY AS VP, RECOUNTS HIS TALK WITH JFK ON VP NOMINATION; PRESS LEAK ABOUT FPC
Telephone conversation # 4956, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/15/1964, 2:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF SIGNING (POVERTY?) BILL; ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF SARGENT SHRIVER TO HEAD POVERTY PROGRAM; MOYERS RELAYS PRESS COMMENTS ON LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE; APPOINTMENTS OF SHRIVER'S DEPUTY, OTHER POVERTY PROGRAM APPOINTMENTS
Telephone conversation # 5421, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/2/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ FOR RESPONSE TO PRESS STORY THAT JACQUELINE KENNEDY WILL BE NAMED AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE; LBJ REPORTS SHE HAD TURNED DOWN APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, POLITICAL NATURE
Telephone conversation # 5857, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 10/10/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS GUIDANCE FOR FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; HECKLING OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; LBJ'S NEW ORLEANS SPEECH; DAVID RABINOVITZ WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP; HARRIS POLL; NIXON'S STATEMENTS; WHISTLESTOP PRESS COVERAGE; LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
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 # 6608, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK KERR, 12/11/1964, 3:05PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS REPORT ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF KERR AS SECRETARY OF HEW; POSSIBLE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR ANTHONY CELEBREZZE; EDMUND G."PAT" BROWN; DELAY IN KERR'S RESIGNATION DUE TO STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS AT BERKELEY; POSSIBLE RESPONSE BY KERR
Telephone conversation # 5471, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/3/1964, 6:16PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT PRESS RELEASE OF LBJ'S REMARKS TO BUSINESS, FINANCIAL LEADERS ON NATIONAL INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE FOR LBJ, HHH; JOHN CONNER'S RESPONSE TO PRESS QUESTIONS; QUESTIONS ABOUT MAX ROBB'S ROLE; APPOINTMENT OF RFK'S SUCCESSOR AS ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 7348, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 4/19/1965, 11:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT HANDLING OF APPOINTMENT OF FRANK MCKINNEY AS AMBASSADOR TO JAMAICA; HARRY TRUMAN'S BACKING OF MCKINNEY; MCKINNEY'S PRESS STATEMENT; TRUE DAVIS; LBJ TELLS MACY TO MAKE APPOINTMENT CHECKLIST; FPC VACANCY; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 9488, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/13/1966, 1:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY THAT MOYERS MAY RESIGN AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; MOYERS', RICHARD GOODWIN'S WORK ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; ALLEGED WH DISSENSION; CONTRIBUTIONS OF ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO SPEECH; MOYERS' ATTITUDE; MARVIN WATSON
Telephone conversation # 12702, sound recording, LBJ and JACK HORNER, 2/5/1968, 8:34AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 12506, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE CHRISTIAN, 12/11/1967, time unknown (Item)
  • "FROM MACHINE AT RANCH 12-11-67"; "PRES. J. & GEORGE CHRISTIAN RE WHAT TO TELL PRESS ABOUT PENDING SOCIAL SEC. LEG."; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON CONFERENCE REPORT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BILL FOR CHRISTIAN'S PRESS BRIEFING; PRESS LEAKS; LBJ'S ACTIVITIES; ANNOUNCEMENT OF VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS, UPCOMING VISIT BY LEVI ESHKOL; LBJ'S VISIT TO KILLEEN, TEXAS
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 # 1809, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/1/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MOYERS READS STATEMENT LBJ WILL MAKE TO PRESS ANNOUNCING SHRIVER WILL HEAD POVERTY PROGRAM; TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND OPPOSITION TO THE APPOINTMENT; ADAM YARMOLINSKY; ROBERT MCNAMARA; ILLINOIS POLITICS
Telephone conversation # 1364, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/15/1964, 4:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
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Telephone conversation # 1907, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REMODELING LBJ'S OFFICE; FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 11/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS
Telephone conversation # 1909, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 1/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS CONFIDENCE
Telephone conversation # 2111, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 2/19/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FREEMAN RECOMMENDS BOB LEWIS TO REPLACE ROWLAND RENNE AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LBJ'S DESIRE TO APPOINT WOMAN; WOMEN'S VOTE; PRESS; WILLIAM PROXMIRE; GAYLORD NELSON; STATUS OF FARM BILL, ALLEN ELLENDER; LBJ PRAISES JANE
Telephone conversation # 2006, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 2/10/1964, 8:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DNC OPERATIONS; PAUL CORBIN; RFK; JOHN CONNALLY, PRESS STORY ON LBJ; HANK BROWN; UPCOMING TEXAS LABOR MEETING; APPOINTMENT OF DON YARBOROUGH'S FATHER-IN-LAW LEVERETT EDWARDS TO NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD; POSSIBLE RESIGNATION OF JOHN BAILEY
Telephone conversation # 2489, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 3/12/1964, 2:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON JANET LEIGH AS NOMINEE FOR AMBASSADOR TO FINLAND; DELOACH REPORTS ON SPEECH ABOUT PAUL CORBIN, POSSIBLY CRITICAL OF RFK, BY AUGUST JOHANSEN ON HOUSE FLOOR TODAY; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES ON BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 2342, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 3/3/1964, 5:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JENKINS GIVES FURTHER REPORT ON COST OF PROPOSED HEW FACILITIES TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, AND WEST VIRGINIA OR POSSIBLY NORTH CAROLINA; ELMER STAATS, ROBERT BYRD; STATEMENT TO PRESS ON COURT OF CLAIMS VACANCY
Telephone conversation # 2602, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/21/1964, 4:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON TENNESSEE, FLORIDA STRIKE SITUATIONS; LBJ PRAISES WIRTZ' RECENT TV APPEARANCE; POSSIBLE TRIP BY LBJ, WIRTZ, TO UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN WHEELING, PITTSBURGH, SOUTH BEND; GEORGE REEDY AS PRESS SECRETARY; WOMEN APPOINTEES; BESSIE
Telephone conversation # 3768, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/18/1964, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN BUSINESS COMMUNITY; ANDERSON RECOMMENDS BILL DRAPER OR MILTON EISENHOWER AS VIETNAM AMBASSADOR; MAXWELL TAYLOR; JOHN MCCLOY; EUGENE BLACK; PRESS CRITICISM; ADVICE FROM DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ'S CONCERNS FOR VIETNAM, NGUYEN KHANH
Telephone conversation # 3769, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/18/1964, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF MILTON EISENHOWER, MAXWELL TAYLOR; LUCIUS? CLAY, DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN MCCLOY, OR GEORGE CHAMPION AS VIETNAM AMBASSADOR; DWIGHT EISENHOWER FOR WILLIAM SCRANTON; BARRY GOLDWATER; WOMEN'S, JEWISH VOTE; PANAMA; LIBERALS, PRESS, VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4392, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 7/29/1964, 2:17PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MEETING WITH RFK TODAY ON HIS DECISION NOT TO SELECT RFK AS VP NOMINEE; RFK'S FUTURE PLANS, CANDIDATES FOR HIS REPLACEMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; RFK'S ASSISTANCE IN CAMPAIGN; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETING; LBJ REFLECTS ON HIS EXPERIENCE
Telephone conversation # 4603, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/1/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS CRITICISM OF LBJ'S LATIN AMERICAN POLICY; PANAMA; CUBA; BRAZIL; LBJ ASKS SMATHERS TO COMMEND THOMAS MANN; ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS; WH MEETINGS WITH LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS, WIVES; FLORIDA VOTES ON POVERTY BILL; PAUL ROGERS' CANDIDATE
Telephone conversation # 4823, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/8/1964, 10:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SEATING OF MFDP AT CONVENTION; VANCE HARTKE, INDIANA POLITICS; HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL; RFK'S FUTURE; NEED FOR SENATE APPROVAL OF HOUSE POVERTY BILL AMENDMENTS ON LOYALTY OATH, EDITH GREEN'S FARM PROVISIONS; PRESS QUESTION ABOUT ADAM
Telephone conversation # 4881, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/11/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT ADAM YARMOLINSKY, HIS ROLE IN POVERTY PROGRAM, FOLLOWING EVANS & NOVAK COLUMN; POSSIBLE SPEECH BY HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON IN RESPONSE TO GOLDWATER'S DEFENSE SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 4381, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 7/29/1964, 10:32AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LONG'S EFFORTS TO GET PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN MISSOURI; FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN'S POSITION ON CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; ESTHER PETERSON'S INVOLVEMENT WITH PAUL DOUGLAS' TRUTH-IN-LENDING BILL; APPOINTMENT OF ZEIGEL NEFF TO JUSTICE DEPT BOARD
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 # 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 # 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 # 6601, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 12/2/1964, 7:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WAGNER READS LBJ PRESS STORY ON FIGHT OVER LEADERSHIP OF NEW YORK STATE SENATE BETWEEN WAGNER AND RFK FORCES; ALLEGED SUPPORT FOR STANLEY STEINGUT BY EDWIN WEISL, SR.; LBJ TELLS WAGNER HE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSULT WITH HIM ON NYC PATRONAGE; WILLIAM
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