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Telephone conversation # 1913, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/6/1964, 1:25PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; VALENTI ANSWERS TELEPHONE, TRANSFERS CALL TO LBJ; RECORDING MADE FROM ORIGINAL REEL-TO-REEL TAPE; FORMERLY CLOSED - A
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1142, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/2/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A
  • LBJ WILL APPOINT ELLSWORTH BUNKER AMBASSADOR TO OAS; THOMAS MANN; NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV MESSAGE TO ALL HEADS OF STATE; ARTHUR KROCK STORY ON LUDWIG ERHARD VISIT; USSR; GERMANY; TRADE WITH CUBA; LBJ EXPRESSES NEED FOR NEW IDEAS
Telephone conversation # 1152, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 1/2/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "KHRUSHCHEV"; BUNDY ON HOLD FOR 2:00, OFFICE CONVERSATION ON BUNDY'S SIDE WHILE ON HOLD; RE-RECORD ON REF #1153; SKIPPING IN RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS BUNDY TO MEET WITH RUSK AND OTHER EXPERTS TO FORMULATE NEW PEACE INITIATIVES AND PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV'S PROPOSAL; USSR; LBJ REFERS TO HIS ADVISERS AS "WISE MEN"; WALTER LIPPMANN
Telephone conversation # 1153, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 1/2/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "KHRUSHCHEV"; BUNDY ON HOLD FOR 2:00, OFFICE CONVERSATION ON BUNDY'S SIDE WHILE ON HOLD; SKIPPING IN RECORDING, RE-RECORD OF REF #1152; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS BUNDY TO MEET WITH RUSK AND OTHER EXPERTS TO FORMULATE NEW PEACE INITIATIVES AND PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV'S PROPOSAL; USSR; LBJ REFERS TO HIS ADVISERS AS "WISE MEN"; WALTER LIPPMANN
Telephone conversation # 1166, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/3/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ SPEAKS TO PIERRE SALINGER WHO IS IN THE OFFICE WITH HIM AT TIME OF CALL; RUSK ON HOLD 1:15; RE-RECORD ON REF #1167; SKIPPING IN RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • SARGENT SHRIVER TRIP TO ISRAEL AND JORDAN; SCHEDULING HEAD OF STATE VISITS BY JORDAN, ISRAEL; STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV'S MESSAGE TO LBJ; GUBERNATORIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL CONCERN OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND MEAT IMPORTS; USSR
Telephone conversation # 1167, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/3/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ SPEAKS TO PIERRE SALINGER WHO MEETING WITH HIM AT TIME OF CALL; RUSK ON HOLD 1:15; RE-RECORD OF REF #1166; SKIPPING IN RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • SARGENT SHRIVER TRIP TO ISRAEL AND JORDAN; SCHEDULING HEAD OF STATE VISITS BY JORDAN, ISRAEL; STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV'S MESSAGE TO LBJ; GUBERNATORIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL CONCERN OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND MEAT IMPORTS; USSR
Telephone conversation # 1128, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/1/1964, 8:32PM (Item)
  • ACCORDING TO WH ENVELOPE, TIME OF CALL WAS 8:32A, BUT DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 8:32P; MOURSUND AND WEST ARE AT THE LBJ RANCH; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A & C
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; DC WEATHER; LBJ'S VISIT WITH LUDWIG ERHARD; US TROOPS IN GERMANY; TRADE WITH CUBA; FOREIGN AID TO INDONESIA; DURUM WHEAT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO TALLULAH FALLS, GEORGIA; UT-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME; DEER HUNTING; BOBBY RUSSELL
Telephone conversation # 9649, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/20/1966, 10:10AM? (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 02/22/1966; CONTENT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES DATE IS 02/20/1966; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • 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 # 7645, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/12/1965, 10:50PM (Item)
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS NEGOTIATIONS WITH JUAN BOSCH ON POSSIBLE STRUCTURE OF NEW GOVT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EMILIO ALMONTE JIMENEZ, SILVESTRE ANTONIO GUZMAN, JULIO POSTIGO, RAFAEL FERNANDEZ AS POSSIBLE MEMBERS OF NEW GOVT; COMMUNISTS
Telephone conversation # 2114, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/19/1964, 11:43AM (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN ZANZIBAR; QUESTION OF RECOGNITION OF NEW GOVERNMENT; PROBLEMS COORDINATING WITH UK; ARRANGING TELEPHONE CALL TO PRIME MINISTER ALEC DOUGLAS HOME
Telephone conversation # 1364, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/15/1964, 4:30PM (Item)
  • FRANCE'S RECOGNITION OF COMMUNIST CHINA; US RECOGNIZING CHINA; PANAMA; OAS PEACE COMMISSION; SENDING JACK VAUGHN TO PANAMA; GEORGIA POLITICS; W. TAPLEY BENNETT AS POSSIBLE AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW INTER-OCEANIC CANAL; CARL SANDERS
Telephone conversation # 1911, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/6/1964, 12:52PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 3025, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/14/1964, 12:50PM (Item)
  • EAST EUROPE GRAIN SHIPMENTS, GEORGE MEANY, COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS; LETTER TO BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT CASTELO BRANCO; NEWS STORY ON FULBRIGHT FOR SECRETARY OF STATE; CUBA, PANAMA, BRAZIL, CYPRUS; POLLS; JFK STAFF; RALPH DUNGAN, THOMAS MANN; WALTER LIPPMANN
Telephone conversation # 3709, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 6/12/1964, 1:54PM (Item)
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS BALL TO CONSULT EVERETT DIRKSEN ON CONCERNS ABOUT USSR CONSULAR TREATY BEFORE IT BECOMES A POLITICAL ISSUE; NUCLEAR TREATY; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE; NEED TO IMPROVE STATE DEPT PRESS BRIEFINGS
Telephone conversation # 5026, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/18/1964, 6:35PM (Item)
  • HOUSE REJECTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON COFFEE AGREEMENT; BALL REPORTS ON STATUS OF CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS; GREECE; TURKEY; DEAN ACHESON; IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND'S REACTION TO BILL
Telephone conversation # 5962, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 10/24/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • NEGATIVE TEXAS NEWSPAPER AD STATING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT WILL CAUSE WHITES TO LOSE JOBS TO NEGROES; UK'S NEW ECONOMIC PROGRAM, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CRISIS; VIETNAM; WEATHER AGREEMENT WITH USSR; LBJ'S SPEECH ON 10/28/64; TONIGHT'S TV PROGRAM ON YOUTH
Telephone conversation # 6111, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON QUIET DAY IN WASHINGTON; LBJ'S HEALTH AFTER LAST CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES; LBJ THANKS RUSK FOR VISIT WITH CABINET YESTERDAY; VIETNAM SITUATION; RUSK'S MEETING WITH DOBRYNIN ABOUT CAMBODIA BORDER INCIDENTS; PEN PAL MESSAGE FROM NEW USSR
Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • 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 # 7663, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 5/14/1965, 12:01PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR CONTINGENCY PLANS, NEW IDEAS, FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IF TALKS WITH JUAN BOSCH FAIL; POSSIBLE NEED TO MOVE MILITARY FORCES NORTH OF SANTO DOMINGO; WORSENING ECONOMIC SITUATION THERE; PRESS LEAK AT OAS; CHRONOLOGY OF OAS ACTION
Telephone conversation # 7757, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 12:50PM (Item)
  • BUNDY AND FORTAS DISCUSS NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DOUBTS OF GUZMAN'S ABILITY TO CONTROL NEW GOVT; UNDISCLOSED REBEL EXCEPTION TO ONE ASPECT OF AGREEMENT; FORTAS' RELUCTANCE TO CONTINUE TALKS WITH REBELS
Telephone conversation # 7780, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/19/1965, 12:00PM (Item)
  • HOOVER READS INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ CRITICIZES STATE DEPT, DISCUSSES ABE FORTAS' ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS AND LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT COMMUNISTS IN NEW DOMINICAN GOVT
Telephone conversation # 8849, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 9/10/1965, 3:56PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS HOOVER'S ADVICE ABOUT SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HOOVER EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT COMMUNIST INFLUENCE, ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT THERE, DISCUSSES RECENT MEETING ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW DOMINICAN GOVT; UPCOMING DOMINICAN ELECTIONS; JUAN
Telephone conversation # 8169, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/21/1965, 12:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S DOUBTS ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; JACOB JAVITS' CALL FOR NEW CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE ON INCREASED US TROOP COMMITMENT; NEGATIVE COMMUNIST RESPONSE TO UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE; HAROLD WILSON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO US
Telephone conversation # 9027, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 10/22/1965, 3:05PM (Item)
  • DAVID BRESS' CONFIRMATION; POSSIBLE PUBLIC WORKS BILL VETO; EDMUND MUSKIE'S VIEWS, NEW ENGLAND PROJECT; HOUSE VOTE ON TEACHER CORPS; FULBRIGHT AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; POSSIBLE VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA ON LBJ'S HEALTH; CIVILIAN PAY
Telephone conversation # 11910, sound recording, LBJ and JULIAN GOODMAN, 6/21/1967, 9:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES CONTINUING EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING BETWEEN LBJ AND ALEXSEI KOSYGIN DURING KOSYGIN'S VISIT TO UN AND PROBLEMS THAT NEWS REPORTS ABOUT POSSIBLE MEETING HAVE CREATED; SOVIET PROBLEMS IN MIDDLE EAST, CHINA, VIETNAM; POLITICAL TURMOIL
Telephone conversation # 11021, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/7/1966, 9:10AM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING SURGERY, REPORTS ON MANILA CONFERENCE AND VIETNAM SITUATION; ADDITIONAL VIETNAM ASSISTANCE FROM THAILAND, SOUTH KOREA; ELECTIONS IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND; LBJ INVITES DIRKSEN TO LBJ RANCH
Telephone conversation # 11034, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 11/11/1966, 10:00AM (Item)
  • "NEW YORK"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 13826, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 12/30/1968, 8:26AM (Item)
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; PEARSON'S PROMISE TO LECTURE AT UT; PALESTINIAN ATTACK ON EL AL AIRCRAFT, ISRAELI RESPONSE; PHANTOM JET SALE; COMMUNIST TENDENCY TO CREATE CRISES DURING US ELECTIONS, TRANSITIONS; APOLLO 8; PUEBLO; US ACCOMPLISHMENTS; LBJ'S
Telephone conversation # 654, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 12/23/1963, 12:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES STATUS OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL, ASKS ANDERSON TO TALK TO CHARLES HALLECK ABOUT PROVISION ON EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES OF SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; PRESS STORIES ON FEDERAL BUDGET, EXPENDITURES, NEW OBLIGATIONAL
Telephone conversation # 6862, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FEINBERG, 2/20/1965, 11:00AM (Item)
  • ISRAELI REACTION TO POSSIBLE US ARMS SALES TO JORDAN; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL; JEWISH-AMERICAN VIEWS; AVERELL HARRIMAN TRIP; MYER FELDMAN; FEINBERG'S MEETING WITH RFK ON RFK'S PERSONAL RELATIONS WITH LBJ, NEW YORK JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT; CONSTANCE
Telephone conversation # 7330, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 4/8/1965, 5:58PM (Item)
  • EISENHOWER PRAISES LBJ'S JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT, SUGGESTS US STUDY WAYS TO IMPROVE SUPPORT BY VIETNAMESE POPULACE OF SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; LBJ DISCUSSES FOREIGN REACTION TO SPEECH; EISENHOWER DISCUSSES NEED FOR NEW ASIAN
Telephone conversation # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • 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 # 7733, sound recording, LBJ and BRUCE PALMER, 5/18/1965, 12:01AM (Item)
  • IMBERT'S VIEWS ON AGREEMENT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ ASKS BENNETT'S OPINION OF DEAL; LEAKS TO TAD SZULC; MARTIN CONCURS ON AGREEMENT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT GUZMAN, IMBERT; MANN DISCUSSES NEW PRESS STORY THAT LOYALISTS, IMBERT WILL DENOUNCE DEAL
Telephone conversation # 9015, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 10/5/1965, 6:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS THAT HE WILL HAVE GALL BLADDER SURGERY, WILL NAME NEW YORK STATE JUDGE JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT; RFK DISCUSSES PAPAL NUNCIO'S CONCERNS ABOUT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CURRENT SITUATION THERE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH POPE
Telephone conversation # 13222, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 7/30/1968, 8:46PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO CONTINUE BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM, POSSIBLE NEW ENEMY OFFENSIVE, CANDIDATE HHH'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON VIETNAM; RICHARD HUGHES' CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM; SOVIET PRESSURE ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 13350, transcript, JIM JONES? and DEAN RUSK, 8/30/1968, 10:15PM (Item)
  • arrangements to go back any time. So, I would suggest that the President, in the absence of some new develop:mm.ent in he situation, get some sleep and we'll be in touch with him if we need to. Goodbye ••••