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Telephone conversation # 9447, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/6/1966, 5:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ SUGGESTS THAT RUSK EMPHASIZE TO PRESS THAT LBJ IS NOT RELUCTANT TO USE POWER IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUT THAT HE MUST GET CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR MILITARY EXPENDITURES
Telephone conversation # 9478, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/10/1966, 9:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • COMPOSITION OF US DELEGATION TO FUNERAL OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI; LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO SEND HHH; POTENTIAL REACTION OF INDIAN PEOPLE, PRESS TO HHH NOT GOING; JOHN SHERMAN COOPER; JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH; PROPOSED TRIP BY RUSK TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9485, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 1/10/1966, 10:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS HHH THAT US DELEGATION TO INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI'S FUNERAL WILL INCLUDE HHH, DEAN RUSK, JOHN SHERMAN COOPER AND JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, CAUTIONS HHH TO AVOID PRESS CONTACTS UNTIL WH ANNOUNCES PLANS, DISCUSSES TRAVEL PLANS
Telephone conversation # 11907, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 6/14/1967, 7:48AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LONG DISCUSSES HIS EFFORTS TO DEFEND THOMAS DODD IN SENATE DEBATE ON DODD'S CENSURE; LBJ'S APPEARANCE AT TESTIMONIAL DINNER FOR DODD, HIS ROLE IN RAISING MONEY FOR DODD; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS FROM SENATORS, DISCUSSES RECENT LEAK ON MIDDLE
Telephone conversation # 12501, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 12/6/1967, 9:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LONG DISCUSSES RESULTS OF MISSOURI POLL ON 1968 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES; LONG'S RE-ELECTION RACE; MISSOURI POLITICS; WARREN HEARNES' OPPOSITION TO LBJ; RFK AND LIFE MAGAZINE STORIES ON LONG; THOMAS EAGLETON; LABOR SUPPORT FOR LONG; MISSOURI PRESS
Telephone conversation # 13002, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 5/2/1968, 10:47AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SITE FOR VIETNAM PEACE TALKS; PROBLEMS WITH WARSAW AS SITE; COMMUNISTS' MISINTERPRETATION OF PRESS STORIES; US CONTACTS WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE IN LAOS, INDONESIA; INEFFECTIVENESS OF HARRY ASHMORE; LBJ READS LETTER FROM CHARLES ROBB TO LYNDA JOHNSON
Telephone conversation # 13149, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY AND LBJ'S MEETING WITH TIME MAGAZINE REPORTER LAST NIGHT; LBJ'S PERSONAL ASSOCIATION WITH FORTAS; PRESS STORIES ON CHARGES OF CRONYISM IN NOMINATIONS
Telephone conversation # 11553, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/18/1967, 8:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO DON OBERDORFER STORY ON LOCKHEED CONTRACTS; JFK ADMINISTRATION'S INVOLVEMENT IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS; AWARDING CONTRACTS IN DEPRESSED AREAS; LBJ REITERATES WH POLICY ON DEFENSE CONTRACTS; PRESS STORY ON CIA, TEXAS
Telephone conversation # 11559, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/20/1967, 5:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON FACTS HE HAS OBTAINED ABOUT ALLEGED WH INVOLVEMENT IN AWARDING OF LOCKHEED CONTRACTS; MARVIN WATSON'S RECORDS OF CONTACTS ON MATTER; PRESS COVERAGE OF MCNAMARA'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON BOMBING OF VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11573, sound recording, LBJ and JENNINGS RANDOLPH, 2/27/1967, 10:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CONGRESSIONAL DISCONTENT, SENATE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON DEFERRAL OF HIGHWAY FUNDS; RANDOLPH COMPLAINS ABOUT CHARLES SCHULTZE; LBJ DEFENDS HIS POLICY, READS CRITICAL PRESS STORY ON HEARINGS; FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT BILL
Telephone conversation # 11613, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/6/1967, 4:03PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK REPORTS ON DEFECTION OF STALIN'S DAUGHTER SVETLANA, CONCERNS ABOUT HER SAFETY; RUSK'S MEETING WITH PATRICK DEAN ON VISIT TO UK BY US OFFICIAL; PRESS LEAKS; RUSK'S SCHEDULE; SPACE TREATY; U THANT'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; CONGRESSIONAL PEACE
Telephone conversation # 11637, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 3/13/1967, 6:48PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT FOR JOHN REED; CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT OF REPUBLICAN AS ASSISTANT TO FARRIS BRYANT; PRESS STORY ON SENATE DEMOCRATS' CONCERNS ABOUT ASSOCIATION WITH LBJ; MAINE POLITICS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT 1957 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 11701, sound recording, LBJ and SOL LINOWITZ, 4/4/1967, 8:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HOLDING UP SENATE CONSIDERATION OF WEAKENED RESOLUTION ON LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN AID, PUNTA DEL ESTE SUMMIT; CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AT SUMMIT; FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS ON BAY OF PIGS; PRESS COVERAGE OF SUMMIT, LBJ'S RECENT MEETING
Telephone conversation # 11383, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/20/1967, 7:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS LEAKS ABOUT CRIME COMMISSION REPORT, CLARK'S VIEWS ON WIRETAPPING; SOURCE OF LEAKS; JAMES VORENBERG; JUSTICE DEPT CONTACTS WITH RFK; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; LBJ DISCUSSES VARIOUS NEGOTIATIONS WITH USSR; BOBBY
Telephone conversation # 11404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN; PRESS LEAKS FROM CRIME COMMISSION; KATZENBACH DEFENDS COMMISSION; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DISSENT IN CONGRESS; NEW HARRIS POLL; WILLIAM MANCHESTER
Telephone conversation # 11510, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 2/3/1967, 10:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS THAT RFK'S OFFICE IS LEAKING INFORMATION TO PRESS ABOUT LBJ'S APPOINTMENTS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FOR FORMER CONGRESSMAN JOHN GILLIGAN IN TRANSPORTATION DEPT; APPOINTMENTS FOR OTHER FORMER CONGRESSMEN
Telephone conversation # 11514, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/4/1967, 2:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS EFFORTS TO PERSUADE EVERETT DIRKSEN TO SUPPORT RATIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR, ASKS MANSFIELD TO QUIETLY TALK TO HHH ABOUT THESE EFFORTS AND TO ASK HHH TO TEMPER HIS REMARKS TO THE PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11540, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 2/14/1967, 9:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MOYERS CALLS TO SAY GOODBYE, OFFER HIS HELP IN THE FUTURE; MOYERS EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR RESUMPTION OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, DISCUSSES VIEWS OF PRESS ON LBJ'S PERFORMANCE AS PRESIDENT; NEW POLL ON LBJ; RFK AND CITIZENS FOR KENNEDY-FULBRIGHT GROUP
Telephone conversation # 11542, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 2/14/1967, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT CARL ROWAN'S LEAK OF CIVIL RIGHTS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS BEFORE IT WAS DELIVERED; WILKINS DISCUSSES PRESS INQUIRIES HE HAS RECEIVED ON MESSAGE; CALIFORNIA FUND-RAISER; DISCUSSION OF MEMBERS OF CIVIL RIGHTS COMMUNITY TO CONSULT
Telephone conversation # 11543, sound recording, LBJ and CARROLL KILPATRICK, 2/14/1967, 7:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISPELS RUMOR THAT HE IS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENT OF RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES ON CLARK APPOINTMENT, VARIOUS MESSAGES TO CONGRESS
Telephone conversation # 11206, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ, WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DISTRACTION OF MANCHESTER CONTROVERSY; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION; ANTIWAR PROTESTS; POVERTY BUDGET; PRESS STORIES ON CLARK CLIFFORD; LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 11207, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REMINISCENCES ABOUT HIS WORK ON 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RACES; WH CONTRIBUTIONS TO 1962 RACES; FUND-RAISING IN 1966 ELECTION; LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY OF DNC, CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES; RESPONSE TO PRESS ON NEWSWEEK ARTICLE, WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S
Telephone conversation # 11317, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 1/7/1967, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL; PAY RAISE FOR POSTAL WORKERS; PROPOSED POSTAL RATE INCREASE; SCHEDULING NIGHTTIME STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CONFLICTS WITH OTHER CONGRESSIONAL EVENTS; DISRUPTION TO TV PROGRAMS; TELEVISING PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11344, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/12/1967, 10:09AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SCHEDULING LBJ'S MEETING WITH MCNAMARA, DEAN RUSK, WALT ROSTOW ON ABM; MCNAMARA'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; MENDEL RIVERS AND NUCLEAR FRIGATE; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT JCS, PRESS LEAKS; ROWLAND EVANS STORY; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH JOSEPH KRAFT; JOSEPH
Telephone conversation # 11360, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/16/1967, 4:19PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FOWLER'S MEETING WITH WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN; PRESS STORIES MARTIN MAY NOT BE REAPPOINTED TO FRB; REPUBLICAN ATTACK ON DEFENSE EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES; RUSSELL LONG'S STATEMENT; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON TAXES; BUSINESS VIEWS
Telephone conversation # 10808, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/19/1966, 5:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MELVIN LAIRD'S, GERALD FORD'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, NATHAN TWINING'S BOOK; VIETNAM TROOP LEVEL INCREASE; VIETNAM SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, US TROOP CEILING; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT ECONOMY
Telephone conversation # 10811, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT GORE, SR., 9/20/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GORE ADVISES LBJ TO PROPOSE TAX INCREASE BEFORE ELECTIONS; LBJ DISCUSSES BUDGETARY UNCERTAINTIES POSED BY VIETNAM, PENDING APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ASKING FOR TAX INCREASE NOW; NEGATIVE PRESS COVERAGE OF WH ECONOMIC POLICY
Telephone conversation # 10841, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS MACARTHUR II, 9/26/1966, 6:11PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL REACTION TO FERDINAND MARCOS' INVITATION TO LBJ TO ATTEND ASIAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS; MACARTHUR RELAYS REACTION OF HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF MARCOS' ANNOUNCEMENT, LBJ'S ACCEPTANCE
Telephone conversation # 10843, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/26/1966, 7:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS REPORTS OF HIS ALLEGED SUPPORT OF LEONARD FARBSTEIN IN NEW YORK PRIMARY ELECTION BECAUSE OF FARBSTEIN'S SUPPORT OF LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; NEW YORK RACE AS TEST OF SUPPORT OF POLICY; LBJ ASKS FOR REWRITE OF LETTER TO HENRY
Telephone conversation # 10857, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/30/1966, 4:37PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FERDINAND MARCOS' REQUEST TO POSTPONE MANILA CONFERENCE UNTIL MID-NOVEMBER; MCNAMARA OFFERS FACILITIES AT CLARK AFB FOR PRESS; CONCERNS ABOUT POSTPONEMENT BECAUSE OF SOUTH VIETNAM'S POLITICAL SITUATION, ELECTIONS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Telephone conversation # 10928, sound recording, LBJ and GARDNER ACKLEY, 10/6/1966, 12:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PROPOSED RESPONSE TO ANTICIPATED QUESTIONS ABOUT ECONOMIC SITUATION, POSSIBLE TAX BILL AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY; LBJ ASKS ACKLEY TO CONSIDER QUESTION OF PROPOSING TAX BILL AFTER CONGRESS ADJOURNS BUT BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
Telephone conversation # 11117, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/8/1966, 10:26AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WILLIAM DOUGLAS' CALL ABOUT HARRY ASHMORE'S, WILLIAM BAGGS' PLANS TO MEET WITH HO CHI MINH IN HANOI; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS STORIES ON INDIAN FOOD SHORTAGES, DISCUSSES NEED FOR MULTILATERAL FOOD AID, INDIAN SELF-HELP; CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS ON AID
Telephone conversation # 11179, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 12/21/1966, 7:12PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC GOVS.; RFK; WARREN HEARNES' CRITICISM OF LBJ'S APPOINTEE FOR MISSOURI OEO DIRECTOR AND OF LBJ'S PUBLIC IMAGE; GOVS.' CRITICISM OF PATRONAGE, CIVIL RIGHTS, POVERTY PROGRAM; PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING
Telephone conversation # 11181, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/21/1966, 7:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MOYERS REPORTS ON RICHARD GOODWIN'S CALL ABOUT PRESS LEAKS OF RFK'S ROLE IN FBI WIRETAPS WHEN HE WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL; LBJ SAYS RFK SHOULD CALL LBJ DIRECTLY, EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON WIRETAPS AND HIS OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS
Telephone conversation # 10944, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 10/13/1966, 2:57PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FREEMAN WARNS LBJ THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS AT UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT FLUCTUATIONS IN COMMODITY PRICES, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS WITH PASSAGE OF FOOD FOR FREEDOM BILL; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CHANGES MADE TO BILL IN THE SENATE BY GEORGE MCGOVERN
Telephone conversation # 10952, sound recording, LBJ and ALAN BOYD, 10/15/1966, 8:05PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WATSON? DISCUSSES PROBLEM REACHING BOYD, CONNECTS HIM TO LBJ; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE, EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT PRESS LEAKS, NYT STORY BOYD WILL TAKE JOB WITH RAILROAD LOBBY, NOT AS TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, ASKS TO MEET AFTER
Telephone conversation # 11031, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/11/1966, 9:44AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT HE, DEAN RUSK, WALT ROSTOW, EARLE WHEELER RECOMMEND DEFERMENT OF BOMBING OF CERTAIN TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM BECAUSE OF DIPLOMATIC CONCERNS; PROBABILITY OF FUTURE DIPLOMATIC PROBLEMS; REACTION TO LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 11047, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 11/22/1966, 12:17PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S HEALTH; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS OF JOB CORPS, VISTA; JAMES MCCROCKLIN; WILLIAM KELLY; WILLIAM CROOK; LBJ SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE RECESS APPOINTMENTS; SHRIVER'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; SHRIVER REQUESTS MEETING
Telephone conversation # 11061, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 11/27/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • INDIAN FOOD SITUATION; LBJ SAYS INDIA SHOULD GET AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND HE WANTS CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF NEW AID; SORGHUM SHIPMENTS INSTEAD OF WHEAT; INDIAN POLITICAL SITUATION; PRESS STORIES ON INDIAN FOOD SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 11062, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/28/1966, 10:43AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS HANDLING OF MEETING WITH SOUTH VIETNAM LEADERS ON CHRISTMAS TRUCE; LBJ DISCUSSES INDIAN FOOD SITUATION, NEED FOR MULTINATIONAL FOOD AID, DREW PEARSON COLUMNS ON ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S DIFFERENCES WITH STATE DEPT ON US POLICY ON COMMUNIST CHINA