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Telephone conversation # 6854, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DIRKSEN NOTES NEGATIVE SPEECHES ON VIETNAM BY FRANK CHURCH, GEORGE MCGOVERN, OFFERS TO DEFEND LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ GIVES LENGTHY REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH WWII, KOREAN WAR, ADVICE ON NEGOTIATING WITH COMMUNISTS
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 # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "ON VIETNAM"; "GEN. EISENHOWER'S [REPORT] ABOUT... NEGOTIATING WITH KOREA, CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH NV IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO NEGOTIATE"; DIARY LISTS CALLS AT 9:25A, 11:16A; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • Vietnam
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON FAVORABLE EDITORIAL IN NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS ON VIETNAM; MANSFIELD'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; SENATE CRITICISM OF WAR; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S USE OF CRITICISM
Telephone conversation # 9647, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/19/1966, 1:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE FUTURE TROOP COMMITMENTS IN VIETNAM; OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY BY LABOR LEADERS JACOB POTOFSKY, WALTER REUTHER; LBJ READS REPORT ON BATTLE AT AN KHE, VIETNAM; MARITIME UNION RESOLUTION ON BOYCOTTING SHIPS; TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B; WAGE
Telephone conversation # 9535, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/26/1966, 9:54AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM PEACE FEELER FROM MAYOR OF MILAN, ITALY; QUESTION OF WILLIAM DOUGLAS MEETING INFORMALLY WITH HO CHI MINH; LBJ EVALUATES VIETNAM SITUATION; LACK OF ENEMY RESPONSE TO BOMBING HALT; CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS ON VIETNAM POLICY; POSSIBLE CHINESE
Telephone conversation # 9646, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/19/1966, 1:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES REPORTS THAT LABOR FEELS ADMINISTRATION DID NOT FULLY SUPPORT EFFORTS TO REPEAL TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B; WIRTZ RECOMMENDS LBJ POINT OUT IMPORTANCE OF OTHER LEGISLATION, VIETNAM TO LABOR LEADERS; VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVES; US VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 11009, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 11/3/1966, 5:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS ON SUCCESS OF MANILA CONFERENCE AND ASIAN TRIP; SITUATION IN VIETNAM; GERALD FORD'S RECENT CRITICAL COMMENTS ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S UPCOMING SURGERY; LBJ OFFERS TO SEND MCCORMACK INFORMATION ON VIETNAM AND MANILA CONFERENCE TO USE WHILE
Telephone conversation # 2191, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/25/1964, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MCNAMARA'S SPEECH ON DEFENSE BUDGET CUTS, VIETNAM, TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TONIGHT; DISCUSSION OF US-VIETNAM POLICY, FALL OF "DOMINOES," JFK'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW 1000 TROOPS; LBJ SUGGESTS GEN. SHOUP JOIN MCNAMARA'S VIETNAM TRIP
Telephone conversation # 3522, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/27/1964, 11:24AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CANADA, BLAIR SEABORN DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES IN VIETNAM, LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH; VIEWS OF MANSFIELD, FORRESTAL, WALTER LIPPMANN; POPULAR OPPOSITION TO WAR
Telephone conversation # 3603, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 6/1/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION, VIOLENCE IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA; MLK; MARTIN ANDERSEN, CATTLE PRICES; CATTLE TAX SHELTERS; BEEF EXPORTS; EXCISE TAXES; FEDERAL BUDGET; CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM, LAOS; REPUBLICAN CRITICISM; BILLY GRAHAM'S COMMENTS ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 6887, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/26/1965, 9:10AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON POSSIBLE AIR STRIKE TONIGHT IN VIETNAM; NEED TO MOVE TROOPS TO DANANG; LBJ REQUESTS IDEAS FOR MILITARY STRATEGY IN VIETNAM; REVIEW OF LAST NIGHT'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; DIFFICULTY IN STOPPING INFILTRATION
Telephone conversation # 7552, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 5/3/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH BETANCOURT; BETANCOURT'S VIEWS ON DOMINICAN CRISIS, PRIOR OAS APPROVAL FOR US ACTION; FUTURE LEADERSHIP IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ADDITIONAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS; SENATE VIETNAM CRITICS; CONSULTATION WITH ALLIES
Telephone conversation # 7384, sound recording, LBJ and GALE MCGEE, 4/29/1965, 4:29PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ THANKS MCGEE FOR HIS STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES REPORTS ON EFFECT OF VIETNAM PROTESTS ON ENEMY; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE ON STUDENT MOVEMENT; ARTHUR DEAN'S COMMENTS ON KOREAN WAR NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ REMINISCES ON SIGNING ANTI-WAR PETITION
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 # 9651, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • US ISOLATIONISM; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S SUPPORT FOR INCLUDING VIET CONG IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; SENATE PLAN TO ASK THAT PRESIDENT SEEK SENATE APPROVAL BEFORE ESCALATING WAR; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 9663, sound recording, LBJ and WALKER STONE, 2/22/1966, 5:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ THANKS STONE FOR VIETNAM EDITORIALS, ASKS FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT; RFK'S CALL FOR COALITION GOVT WITH VIET CONG; WAYNE MORSE'S EFFORT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; SENATE OPPOSITION TO APPROPRIATIONS BILL; DEATH OF MERRIMAN SMITH'S SON
Telephone conversation # 9602, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE MCCARTHY, 2/1/1966, 9:20AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EFFECT OF CONGRESSIONAL, PRESS CRITICISM ON NORTH VIETNAM; CONSULTATION WITH JAMES GAVIN; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE, OPPOSITION TO OVERTHROW OF DIEM; IMPROVEMENT IN STABILITY OF SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT, POSSIBLE ELECTIONS; INFLUENCE OF NYT; STATE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 9638, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/14/1966, 4:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REVIEWS CRITICISM OF US VIETNAM POLICY, PEACE INITIATIVES, BOMBING PAUSES; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; ECONOMIC AID TO VIETNAM; HO CHI MINH'S DEMAND FOR VIET CONG RECOGNITION; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S REACTION TO RIBICOFF'S PROPOSAL FOR GENEVA CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 11012, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 11/3/1966, 6:33PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HEALTH AND UPCOMING SURGERY, BACKGROUND AND RESULTS OF MANILA CONFERENCE; VIETNAM SITUATION; ASIAN ECONOMIC PROGRESS; PROTESTS DURING ASIAN TRIP; COMMUNIST MISUNDERSTANDING OF EFFECT OF CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS ON VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 13612, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/30/1968, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • NIXON'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; MELVIN LAIRD; JOHN MITCHELL; ANNA CHENNAULT; HISTORY OF BOMBING HALT NEGOTIATIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' SUPPORT FOR HALT; NIXON'S STATEMENT URGING SOVIETS, OTHERS JOIN TALKS; DELAY IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT JOINING
Telephone conversation # 13617, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, BOMBING HALT; ROLE OF USSR IN TALKS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT STATEMENTS BY NIXON AND MELVIN LAIRD, REPUBLICAN CONTACTS WITH SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; DIRKSEN QUESTIONS EFFECT OF HALT ON PRESIDENTIAL
Telephone conversation # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "ON VIETNAM"; "GEN. EISENHOWER'S [REPORT] ABOUT EXPERIENCE NEGOTIATING WITH KOREA, CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH NV IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO NEGOTIATE"; DIARY LISTS CALLS AT 9:25A, 11:16A; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Vietnam
  • HHH'S STATEMENTS ON ARMS TALKS, VIETNAM; EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH KOREAN WAR NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ ASKS RUSK, BUNDY, HHH TO TALK WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN; DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGATIVE SPEECHES; LATEST NEWS FROM VIETNAM; UN; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 9654, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/22/1966, 9:04AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RFK'S PROPOSAL FOR COALITION GOVT WITH VIET CONG IN SOUTH VIETNAM; HHH'S COMMENTS ON PROPOSAL; LBJ'S DESIRE TO REBUILD VIETNAM; FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, CIVIL RIGHTS; ROGER HILSMAN'S CRITICISM; CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING ON HHH'S TRIP, VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9649, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/20/1966, 10:10AM? (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RFK'S RECENT STATEMENT SUGGESTING VIET CONG BE INCLUDED IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; CLARK CLIFFORD'S VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERS; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON LIMITING US OBJECTIVES IN VIETNAM, PESSIMISM
Telephone conversation # 2305, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/2/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 2584, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/21/1964, 1:07PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA'S SPEECH ON VIETNAM NEXT WEEK; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA MEET WITH WAYNE MORSE, ERNEST GRUENING; LBJ ASKS FOR BRIEF STATEMENT ON VIETNAM POLICY, EVALUATION OF POSITIONS OF USSR, CHINA, UK, FRANCE; COST-CUTTING PROGRAM IN DOD; MILITARY BASE
Telephone conversation # 3519, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; RUSSELL EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT PROGRESS IN VIETNAM, DOUBTS ABOUT SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVT, FEARS OF CHINESE INTERVENTION, LACK OF POPULAR SUPPORT FOR WAR; QUESTION OF SUPPORTING SEATO TREATY
Telephone conversation # 3520, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIEWS ON VIETNAM, LAOS; SENATE TESTIMONY BY ROBERT MCNAMARA; LBJ DESCRIBES ADVICE HE RECEIVES, US CASUALTIES, REPUBLICAN TACTICS; HENRY CABOT LODGE; DIEM COUP; LUCIUS CLAY, OMAR BRADLEY AS ADVISERS; FEAR OF CHINESE INTERVENTION; MIKE MANSFIELD MEMO
Telephone conversation # 3521, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; ROBERT MCNAMARA; USSR, CHINA SPLIT; PRESS STORIES; EFFECTIVENESS OF BOMBING; COMPARISON WITH KOREA; QUESTION OF US WITHDRAWAL; DISCUSSION OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH OVER VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 6868, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/22/1965, 8:48AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • TIMING OF POSSIBLE AIRSTRIKE IN VIETNAM IN LIGHT OF UK-USSR PROPOSAL; PRESS REPORTS OF MOVEMENT OF USSR ANTI-AIRCRAFT; MCNAMARA'S UPCOMING CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; LBJ DISCUSSES TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION AS STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF US
Telephone conversation # 6882, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH U THANT ABOUT HIS CRITICAL REMARKS TO PRESS ON VIETNAM, PROPOSAL THAT US HAVE BILATERAL TALKS WITH HANOI, ALLEGATION THAT US PEOPLE NOT FULLY INFORMED; US FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; DRAFT US ANSWER; ADLAI STEVENSON; TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 6885, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ THAT HE WILL HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON; LBJ SUGGESTS THAT RUSK SEND BALL TO THAT AFTERNOON'S CABINET MEETING WHILE RUSK PREPARES FOR PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ SUMMARIZES US POLICY IN VIETNAM; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION
Telephone conversation # 6886, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ADVISES RUSK ON WHAT HE SHOULD SAY ABOUT US POLICY IN VIETNAM IN UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 7022, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/5/1965, 10:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LICENSE TO FRENCH SUBORDINATE OF FRUEHAUF COMPANY TO SELL TRAILERS TO COMMUNIST CHINA; BOB GORALSKI'S VIETNAM STORY; NBC WH COVERAGE; RON NESSEN'S SUNDAY BROADCAST; JOHN CHANCELLOR; PRESS LEAKS; JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON; DECISION TO SEND MARINES
Telephone conversation # 7634, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/12/1965, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ANTI-VIETNAM WAR PICKETING; POSSIBLE COMPROMISE WITH MENDEL RIVERS, EDWARD HEBERT ON PLAN TO MERGE ARMY RESERVES, NATIONAL GUARD; LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; RADIO STATION; PRESS CRITICISM OF CIA'S FAILURE TO PREDICT
Telephone conversation # 7582, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 5/5/1965, 11:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ LOBBIES FOR PASSAGE OF SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS BILL; BILL AS SHOW OF CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM POLICY; MAHON'S CONCERNS ABOUT TERRORISM; LBJ DEFENDS US ACTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; OAS ROLE; ENEMY CASUALTIES IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 7378, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT SPIVACK, 4/29/1965, 12:43PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH UK; MEETINGS WITH HAROLD WILSON, OTHER UK OFFICIALS, ITALIAN, GERMAN, JAPANESE LEADERS; MLF; DE GAULLE'S RECENT SPEECH; EFFECT OF US VIETNAM PROTESTS ON ENEMY; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN PROTEST MOVEMENT; WAYNE
Telephone conversation # 7394, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 4/29/1965, 5:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • HOOVER REPORTS ON HIS PLANS TO MEET WITH SENATORS EVERETT DIRKSEN AND THOMAS DODD, CONGRESSMEN H. ALLEN SMITH OF CALIFORNIA, PAUL ROGERS OF FLORIDA, ON UNNAMED MATTER (COMMUNIST INFLUENCE ON VIETNAM PROTEST MOVEMENT?)
Telephone conversation # 7406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS THAT MRS. JUAN BOSCH IS GOING TO GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE; COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO VIETNAM; COMMUNIST REACTION TO LBJ'S JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH; LBJ READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON LATIN AMERICA
Telephone conversation # 7720, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 5/17/1965, 9:07AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM POLICY; ANDERSON'S MEETING WITH EISENHOWER; DELAY IN PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS DUE TO DOMINICAN CRISIS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT NYT COVERAGE, DISCUSSES SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ANDERSON COMPARES IT WITH LEBANON CRISIS