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Telephone conversation # 9179, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/17/1965, 12:28PM (Item)

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MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ HE BELIEVES HE, THOMAS MANN HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON COPPER PRICE ROLLBACK, STOCKPILE RELEASE WITH LEADERS OF ANACONDA, KENNECOTT; DETAILS OF AGREEMENT; NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHILE FOLLOWING DOMESTIC ACTION; CABINET MEETING ON ISSUE

Telephone conversation # 7054, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:32PM? (Item)

CONDITION OF JAMES REEB; STATUS OF COURT ACTION IN SELMA, ALABAMA; MLK DECISION TO DEDICATE MARCH TO REEB; WH MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS; HHH MEMO; POSSIBLE FEDERAL ACTION, ARREST OF AL LINGO, JIM CLARK; MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN AND VOTING RIGHTS BILL

Telephone conversation # 116, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 11/28/1963, 3:21PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS EASTLAND WHAT ACTIONS SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IS TAKING ON INVESTIGATION OF ASSASSINATION OF JFK; EASTLAND SAYS THEY PLAN TO HOLD HEARINGS; LBJ DISCUSSES APPOINTING PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ASSASSINATION, ITS POSSIBLE

Telephone conversation # 3821, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 6/23/1964, 12:45PM (Item)

REQUESTS FROM WILLIAM RYAN, OGDEN REID THAT LBJ MEET WITH PARENTS OF ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; LBJ'S MEETINGS ON CYPRUS CRISIS; RESIGNATION OF HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LBJ STRESSES NEED FOR ACTION ON OUTSTANDING BILLS

Telephone conversation # 5530, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS DEWEY, 9/8/1964, 5:05PM (Item)

DEWEY REPORTS ON MEETING WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER, OFFERS TO EDIT HOOVER'S REPORT ON RIOTS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FEDERAL ACTION; FBI; DEWEY'S EXPERIENCE WITH HARLEM RIOTS, WISH TO KEEP HIS WORK ON REPORT SECRET; WALTER JENKINS AS WH LIAISON

Telephone conversation # 5556, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/9/1964, 5:30PM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS THAT HE HAS ASKED J. EDGAR HOOVER FOR COMPILATION OF FBI REPORTS ON URBAN RIOTS FOR USE BY LBJ, POSSIBLE USE BY SMALL GROUP INCLUDING KATZENBACH, FOR FORMULATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION; LBJ EXPRESSES COMPLETE CONFIDENCE

Telephone conversation # 6613, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/14/1964, 11:45AM (Item)

LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH ABOUT ANTITRUST ACTION AGAINST SCRIPPS-HOWARD PAPER IN OHIO IN PREPARATION FOR HIS UPCOMING MEETING WITH WALKER STONE; DISCUSSION OF COMPETITION BETWEEN HEARST AND CHANDLER NEWSPAPERS IN LA AND EFFECT ON LOCAL AREA CALIFORNIA

Telephone conversation # 5980, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/28/1964, 11:43PM (Item)

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 # 5991, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/31/1964, 3:28PM (Item)

FORTAS REPORTS ON UNFOUNDED RUMOR FROM FLORIDA RECEIVED BY DREW PEARSON; POSSIBLE LIBEL ACTION IF STORY IS RUN; RUMOR THAT REPUBLICANS WILL MAKE "BOMBSHELL" REPORT TODAY; LBJ ASKS SOMEONE TO CONTACT LES CARPENTER ABOUT SOURCE OF RUMOR

Telephone conversation # 5433, sound recording, LBJ and THEODORE MCKELDIN, 9/2/1964, 6:30PM (Item)

LBJ TELLS BALTIMORE MAYOR MCKELDIN HE HAS RECEIVED WIRE FROM MCKELDIN AND MARYLAND GOV. MILLARD TAWES CONCERNING POSSIBLE RIOTING IN BALTIMORE, HAS REFERRED IT TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AND FBI FOR ACTION

Telephone conversation # 5435, sound recording, LBJ and MILLARD TAWES, 9/2/1964, 6:55PM (Item)

LBJ TELLS MARYLAND GOV. TAWES HE HAS RECEIVED WIRE FROM TAWES AND BALTIMORE MAYOR MCKELDIN CONCERNING POSSIBLE RIOTING IN BALTIMORE, HAS REFERRED IT TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AND FBI FOR ACTION

Telephone conversation # 7029, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/8/1965, 8:10AM (Item)

SITUATION IN SELMA, ALABAMA; ACTIONS OF SHERIFF, STATE TROOPERS YESTERDAY; MLK; POSSIBLE COURT ORDER TO ALLOW MARCH; INJURIES TO MARCHERS, FBI AGENT; LISTER HILL; LBJ SUGGESTS BUFORD ELLINGTON MEET WITH GEORGE WALLACE; JOHN LEWIS; JACK ROSENTHAL

Telephone conversation # 7039, sound recording, LBJ and LISTER HILL, 3/8/1965, 4:24PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS HILL'S ADVICE ON SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; WALLACE'S ACTION IN UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA DESEGREGATION; KATZENBACH AS POSSIBLE FRIEND OF COURT IN MLK'S SUIT; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH MLK; PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS; LEROY COLLINS AS POSSIBLE

Telephone conversation # 7094, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE WALLACE, 3/18/1965, 4:33PM (Item)

WALLACE REPORTS ON INFLUX OF PROTESTERS TO ALABAMA, THEIR INFLAMMATORY ACTIONS, INABILITY OF ALABAMA FORCES TO MAINTAIN ORDER DURING SELMA MARCH; POSSIBLE NEED FOR FEDERAL HELP; LBJ ENCOURAGES WALLACE TO AVOID FURTHER POSTPONEMENT, CALL UP NATIONAL

Telephone conversation # 10554, sound recording, LBJ and GARDNER ACKLEY, 8/4/1966, 9:24AM (Item)

LBJ ASKS ACKLEY'S VIEWS ON ECONOMIC SITUATION, DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH WILBUR MILLS YESTERDAY ON FEDERAL BUDGET INCREASE, TAXES; STEEL PRICE INCREASE; POSSIBLE ANTITRUST ACTION AGAINST US, GERMAN STEEL COMPANIES

Telephone conversation # 10417, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/22/1966, 9:37AM (Item)

ALLEGATIONS THAT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS INFLUENCE DOJ ACTION IN ANTITRUST CASES; LBJ'S POLICY THAT DNC, WH NOT BE INVOLVED IN CASES; LBJ DISCUSSES RFK, PRESIDENT'S CLUB; AUGUST BUSCH'S FUND-RAISING; NEED FOR LEGAL ADVICE; JFK'S USE OF WH FOR FUND

Telephone conversation # 11393, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/21/1967, 6:14PM (Item)

J. EDGAR HOOVER'S POSITION ON CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; CLARK GIVES LBJ HISTORY OF REQUESTS FOR PRESIDENTS TO TESTIFY IN COURT; QUESTION OF LBJ TESTIFYING IN BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; SEC ALLEGATIONS ABOUT JAMES QUIGLEY'S ACTIONS ON WATER CONTRACTS

Telephone conversation # 13216, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/24/1968, 10:15AM (Item)

LBJ'S HONOLULU MEETING; MIKE MANSFIELD'S LETTER CRITICIZING VIETNAM POLICY; OPPOSITION TO GUN CONTROL BILL BY JAMES EASTLAND, STROM THURMOND; JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ACTION ON NOMINATIONS INCLUDING JOHN CROOKER'S APPOINTMENT TO CAB; EDSON SESSIONS

Telephone conversation # 51, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH ALSOP, 11/25/1963, 10:40AM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES INVESTIGATION OF JFK ASSASSINATION BY FBI AND BY TEXAS COURT OF INQUIRY, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT STATE SOVEREIGNTY; ALSOP PRAISES LBJ'S ACTIONS BUT SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMISSION TO REVIEW FBI REPORT TO ENSURE ITS PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE

Telephone conversation # 7055, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:32PM? (Item)

WASHINGTON RELIGIOUS LEADER'S CRITICAL REMARKS ON TV TONIGHT ABOUT LBJ'S HANDLING OF SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; WH MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS ABOUT JUSTICE DEPT ACTION, VOTING RIGHTS BILL; PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN USE OF FEDERAL MARSHALS; VIOLENCE

Telephone conversation # 7139, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 3/23/1965, 11:35AM (Item)

PEARSON ASKS FOR VIETNAM BRIEFING BEFORE TRIP TO USSR, POLAND, HUNGARY; LBJ SUMMARIZES PAST, PRESENT US POLICY; SEATO TREATY; COMPARISON WITH MUNICH DECISIONS; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT SUGGESTED DIPLOMATIC, MILITARY ACTIONS; TEAR

Telephone conversation # 10011, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 4/3/1966, 9:22AM (Item)

WIRTZ READS PROPOSED WH STATEMENT AND CABLE FROM LBJ ON ENDING BLFE UNION RAILROAD STRIKE, REVIEWS COURT ACTION; LBJ QUESTIONS NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION; COMPARISON WITH NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM; JOHN MCCORMACK'S

Telephone conversation # 10552, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)

FORTAS DISCUSSES POLITICS OF AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STRIKE, STEEL PRICE INCREASE; RFK, JOHN HOOKER AND TENNESSEE GOVERNOR'S RACE; POSSIBLE ANTITRUST ACTION AGAINST US, GERMAN STEEL COMPANIES; COMPANIES' REASONS FOR STEEL PRICE

Telephone conversation # 10410, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/15/1966, 9:15PM (Item)

FUND-RAISING TO PAY OFF DNC DEBT; RFK'S CLAIM FOR PART OF MONEY RAISED IN NEW YORK; LBJ'S NEGATIVE VIEWS OF DNC; PRESS STORIES THAT PRESIDENT'S CLUB INFLUENCES DOJ ACTION IN ANTITRUST CASES; ANHEUSER-BUSCH CASE; GANGS AND CHICAGO RIOTS; MLK; THOMAS

Telephone conversation # 12002, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/15/1967, 9:15AM (Item)

GOLDBERG'S PESSIMISM ABOUT UN; UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON JERUSALEM; US ABSTENTION; GOLDBERG ADVOCATES TAX INCREASE; NEWARK RIOTS; GUNNAR JARRING AS POSSIBLE MIDEAST MEDIATOR; CONGO; SOVIET ACTIONS IN MIDDLE EAST; TENSE HOT LINE EXCHANGE ON JUNE 10