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Telephone conversation # 4775, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/6/1964, 1:29PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN SOUTH; BUNDY REPORTS THAT HHH TOLD MARTIN AGRONSKY THIS MORNING ABOUT US COMMUNICATIONS WITH USSR ON VIETNAM; POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF PRESS LEAK; HHH'S STATEMENT TO PRESS ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACKS
Telephone conversation # 13715, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 11/4/1968, 2:54PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • YARBOROUGH SAYS PRESS REPORT THAT HE BELIEVES LBJ WILL RUN AGAINST HIM IN 1970 IS UNTRUE; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPORT, TELLS STORY ABOUT TEXAS POSTMASTER; HHH RALLY IN HOUSTON; PRESS REPORT JOHN CONNALLY BACKS NIXON; POLL SHOWING INCREASED SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 345, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID LAWRENCE, 12/9/1963, 9:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS LAWRENCE ABOUT CLOSING PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD, OTHER DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS, TO CUT FEDERAL SPENDING; PRESS RUMORS ABOUT POLITICIANS' LACK OF ENTHUSIASM FOR LBJ; LBJ DISCUSSES WIDE RANGE OF SUPPORT HE HAS; BILL GREEN'S ILLNESS
Telephone conversation # 2982, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/10/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REQUESTS FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING FOR REPUBLICAN GOVS.; FOREIGN POLICY, CIA BRIEFINGS FOR MAJOR CANDIDATES, FORMER PRESIDENTS; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON AFRICA, COMMUNISTS; MLF MEETING THIS AFTERNOON; DOUGLAS DILLON
Telephone conversation # 3521, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 4274, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/19/1964, 1:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: HORACE BUSBY MEMO; RUMORS THAT RFK BUGGED LBJ'S OFFICE; WITHDRAWAL FROM CAMPAIGN BY GEORGE WALLACE, EFFECT ON ALABAMA DELEGATION TO CONVENTION; LBJ'S UPCOMING PENTAGON VISIT, CHURCH ATTENDANCE, ACTIVITIES TODAY, RETURN
Telephone conversation # 4619, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/1/1964, 5:42PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ RECOUNTS EFFORTS TO GET POVERTY BILL VOTES; CLOSING NAVY SHIPYARDS; UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES ON ELIMINATION OF RFK AS VP NOMINEE, HIS ROLE IN CAMPAIGN, FUTURE; HYANNIS PORT STRATEGY MEETING OF RFK SUPPORTERS; 1962 BAN ON CAMPAIGNING BY CABINET
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 # 4633, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/3/1964, 10:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF INVITING JACQUELINE KENNEDY TO ATTEND JFK MEMORIAL AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; BRIEFING FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED SERVICES, FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEES ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK; POLITICAL EFFECTS OF INCIDENT; PRESS, PUBLIC STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 4692, sound recording, LBJ and OLIN JOHNSTON, 8/4/1964, 6:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JOHNSTON TELLS LBJ THAT FEDERAL PAY BILL HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS; DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING SIGNING CEREMONY; JOHNSTON TELLS LBJ HE HAS TOLD PRESS HE WILL VOTE FOR LBJ, EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF VOTERS' FEAR OF WAR AS CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 4777, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 8/6/1964, 1:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS BY HHH ON TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, STATEMENT INFERRING US MIGHT HAVE PROVOKED ATTACKS, US-USSR COMMUNICATIONS ON VIETNAM; HENRY FORD II'S VIEWS ON HHH AS POSSIBLE VP NOMINEE; RFK'S NOTE TO OTHER CABINET MEMBERS ON VP
Telephone conversation # 4802, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT JONES, 8/7/1964, 2:24PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT HHH'S PRESS LEAKS ABOUT EVENTS SURROUNDING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; JONES TELLS LBJ HIS CONSCIENCE DICTATES THAT HE VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL DESPITE POSSIBLE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES; LBJ THANKS JONES, ASSURES HIM OF HIS SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 6331, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 11/11/1964, 8:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANKS SANDERS FOR HELP IN WHISTLESTOP CAMPAIGN, REISSUES INVITATION TO RANCH; PRESS STORY ABOUT LBJ'S INVITATION TO RICHARD RUSSELL, SANDERS, OTHERS FOR 11/22/64 HUNTING TRIP; POLITICAL EFFECTS OF TRIP; BASE CLOSINGS IN GEORGIA
Telephone conversation # 5837, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 10/3/1964, 8:48PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WAGNER REPORTS ON RALLY TOMORROW AGAINST CLOSING OF BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; LBJ SAYS THAT DOD IS STUDYING ALL BASE CLOSINGS, WILL ANNOUNCE DECISION NEXT YEAR; COMPARISON OF MCNAMARA WITH ROBERT MOSES; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; RFK
Telephone conversation # 5820, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 10/2/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS FELDMAN TO CHECK ON PRESS LEAK OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S TESTIMONY TO WARREN COMMISSION AND ON GOVT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ESPIONAGE INDICTMENT OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV; FELDMAN REPORTS ON POSSIBLE NEW ETHICS CHARGES AGAINST WILLIAM MILLER
Telephone conversation # 6340, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/12/1964, 8:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • VISIT BY MEXICO'S PRESIDENT DIAZ ORDAZ TO RANCH; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS EFFORT TO HAVE CARL SANDERS RECONSIDER INVITATION TO HUNTING TRIP AT RANCH; PRESS STORY IMPLYING INVITATION WAS SLIGHT TO SANDERS; GEORGIA POLITICS; BASE CLOSINGS IN GEORGIA; RALPH
Telephone conversation # 6346, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 11/12/1964, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS ON CALLS TO RICHARD RUSSELL, RALPH MCGILL ABOUT MISUNDERSTANDING ON INVITATION TO HUNTING TRIP AT RANCH, ASKS SANDERS TO NOT REPEAT INFORMATION ON BASE CLOSINGS, TO IGNORE PRESS STORIES AND RECONSIDER INVITATION TO RANCH; GEORGIA
Telephone conversation # 5607, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 9/18/1964, 7:54PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S OHIO TRIP, LYNDA JOHNSON'S TRIP TO GREECE; STROM THURMOND'S SWITCH TO REPUBLICAN PARTY; SOUTHERN NEGRO VOTE; PENTAGON REACTION TO TONKIN GULF INCIDENT; POLARIS A-3 MISSILE; GOLDWATER CAMPAIGN; PHOTOS OF LBJ
Telephone conversation # 5969, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 10/27/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ PRAISES GORDON'S PRESS STORY ON FEDERAL BUDGET BUT TELLS HIM ALWAYS TO REFER TO HIM AS "PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON," NOT "THE PRESIDENT," ASKS FOR MORE STORIES ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND CUTTING GOVT WASTE, REMINISCES ABOUT PUBLICITY LBJ GENERATED
Telephone conversation # 8358, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; RUSK ASKS ABOUT GOLDBERG'S WORK WITH ZIONIST ORGANIZATIONS, TELLS LBJ HE APPROVES OF SELECTION OF GOLDBERG; OTHER CANDIDATES; HHH'S PRESS STATEMENT; GEORGE BALL; UN DELEGATION; ANNOUNCEMENT
Telephone conversation # 10051, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 4/27/1966, 9:29AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INVITES MILLS TO DEMOCRATIC FUND-RAISING EVENT IN HOUSTON TOMORROW; MILLS DISCUSSES CANDIDATE OPPOSING HIM FOR RE-ELECTION; LBJ ASKS MILLS TO TALK WITH PRESS, OTHER CONGRESSMEN ABOUT POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE IF SPENDING IS NOT CHECKED
Telephone conversation # 10135, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 5/23/1966, 10:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GEORGIA GOVERNOR'S RACE AND THREAT TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY THROUGHOUT SOUTH; LBJ DISCUSSES EFFECT OF CIVIL RIGHTS, ANTIWAR PROTESTS ON PUBLIC OPINION, COMMUNIST INFLUENCE ON PRESS IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 10138, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/25/1966, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DIRKSEN'S PROPOSAL THAT LBJ MEET WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON VIETNAM; RUSK'S MEETINGS WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; PATRICK NUGENT'S MOTHER'S ADMIRATION OF DIRKSEN; LIST OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES; RFK AND WIRETAPS
Telephone conversation # 9893, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 3/17/1966, 8:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TRANSFER OF W. TAPLEY BENNETT FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO PORTUGAL; PRESS CRITICISM OF BENNETT; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN US; VIETNAM BOMBING CAMPAIGN; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; QUESTION OF CARL SANDERS RUNNING AGAINST RICHARD RUSSELL IN GEORGIA SENATE RACE
Telephone conversation # 10290, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 6/30/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MARTIN'S UPCOMING SURGERY; LBJ'S SURGERY; MARTIN REPORTS ON TALKS WITH DIRKSEN, WILBUR MILLS ON US ECONOMY, TAXES; LBJ EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING, PRESS LEAKS BY MILLS; IMPOUNDING FEDERAL FUNDS; LBJ'S SPENDING CUTS; STOCK
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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 13607, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/28/1968, 10:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK SUGGESTS LBJ REMIND RICHARD NIXON OF EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION'S ROLE IN VIETNAM POLICY, SUGGESTS SEPARATE BRIEFINGS FOR CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; USE OF "UNCONDITIONAL" IN AGREEMENT WITH NORTH VIETNAM; NEED FOR BACKGROUND PRESS
Telephone conversation # 13550, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/16/1968, 3:27PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT DIRKSEN'S REPORTED STATEMENT THAT ADMINISTRATION IS PLAYING POLITICS WITH VIETNAM BEFORE THE ELECTION; DIRKSEN SAYS PRESS MISINTERPRETED HIS STATEMENT; LBJ STATES US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT AT PARIS PEACE TALKS
Telephone conversation # 13559, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/17/1968, 4:47PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK'S VIEWS ON PROGRESS AT PARIS PEACE TALKS; PRESS LEAKS; ALLEGED US DIFFERENCES WITH SAIGON; FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT WEIZMANN INSTITUTE IN ISRAEL; NIXON'S POSITION ON VIETNAM; ABBA EBAN VISIT; SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL
Telephone conversation # 13587, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/23/1968, 6:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT RICHARD NIXON IS CONCERNED THAT LBJ WILL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE IS TRYING TO GET PEACE, WILL INITIATE CONSULTATION WITH CANDIDATES WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENS THAT WARRANTS IT, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PRESS
Telephone conversation # 4952, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/15/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE; RUSK'S PLATFORM COMMITTEE SPEECH; LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER (ON MEAT IMPORTS?); ITEMS FOR PRESS CONFERENCE; PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO FOREIGN AID; MEAT IMPORT QUOTA BILL; US FORCES' ROLE
Telephone conversation # 616, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/20/1963, 10:36PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS COVERAGE OF AGREEMENT ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL, THANKS CONGRESSMEN FOR THEIR WORK, COMPLAINS ABOUT OTTO PASSMAN AND THE BILL; MRS. MCCORMACK PRAISES LBJ; STATUS OF OTHER APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT
Telephone conversation # 4817, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/7/1964, 8:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JOHN STEINBECK; DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM; ALLEGATIONS ABOUT ADAM YARMOLINSKY, POSSIBLE DOD APPOINTMENT; LBJ'S CONCEPT OF POVERTY PROGRAM; RFK'S FUTURE; PRESS CONFERENCE ITEMS; CIVIL RIGHTS STATEMENTS; DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT; JOE RAUH AND MFDP; HHH AS VP
Telephone conversation # 6328, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/11/1964, 8:26PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TEASES RUSSELL ABOUT SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBERS SERVING IN RESERVE UNITS; STROM THURMOND; RUSSELL REPORTS ON PRESS STORY ABOUT HIS TRIP TO LBJ RANCH ON 11/22/64, SUGGESTS LBJ CALL CARL SANDERS; LUCI JOHNSON'S REMARKS ABOUT LOSING
Telephone conversation # 12709, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN YOUNG, 2/7/1968, 10:21AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • YOUNG REPORTS ON FAVORABLE REACTION TO APPEARANCE BY DEAN RUSK; LBJ SUGGESTS YOUNG DISCUSS RUSK'S TALK WITH PRESS; YOUNG'S OPPONENT IN RE-ELECTION RACE; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FOR OPPONENT; YOUNG ASKS FOR HELP ON RETIREMENT OF COAST GUARD CUTTER
Telephone conversation # 12728, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/21/1968, 8:52AM? (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT 8/4/64 TONKIN GULF ATTACK AT SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; CRITICISM BY ALBERT GORE, SR., WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, EUGENE MCCARTHY; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS; U THANT'S PEACE PROPOSAL; EARLE WHEELER'S HEALTH