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Telephone conversation # 3940, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/29/1964, 1:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • INFORMATION FOR PRESS ON SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER IN MISSISSIPPI; QUESTION OF PRESS COVERAGE OF LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH OLIN Johnston, Gladys Atkinson (Gladys Elizabeth Atkinson), 1901-1976 JOHNSTON, MRS. JOE
Telephone conversation # 6339, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/12/1964, 8:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KILDUFF REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH BOB GORALSKI, OTHERS ABOUT INACCURATE PRESS STORY THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL; LBJ INSTRUCTS KILDUFF ON PRESS HANDLING OF UPCOMING VISIT BY RICHARD RUSSELL AND OTHER GEORGIANS
Telephone conversation # 6347, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 11/12/1964, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SANDERS AGREES TO RECONSIDER INVITATION TO HUNTING TRIP WITH RICHARD RUSSELL, OTHERS; LBJ COMMENTS ON EFFORTS BY PRESS TO CREATE CONTROVERSY; PRESS STORY ALLEGEDLY LEAKED BY JOHN CONNALLY'S STAFF THAT CLARK CLIFFORD WILL BE APPOINTED ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 11377, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/20/1967, 12:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS PRESS REPORT OF BOBBY BAKER'S TESTIMONY AT HIS TRIAL; LBJ'S MEMORY OF EVENTS; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON RESPONDING TO PRESS, DISCUSSES BOB KERR'S POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS; QUESTION OF LBJ TESTIFYING AT TRIAL; IRS DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE BAKER
Telephone conversation # 13409, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 9/7/1968, 10:14AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • INVESTIGATION OF CHICAGO RIOTS DURING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE; BUGGING BY PRESS; COMMUNIST ROLE IN VIETNAM PROTESTS; RAMSEY CLARK'S VIEWS OF RIOTS; ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY; POSSIBLE USE OF OEO FUNDS
Telephone conversation # 159, sound recording, LBJ and LESLIE ARENDS, 11/29/1963, 6:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ SAYS HE HAS TRIED TO CONTACT SOMEONE (CHARLES HALLECK?) BEFORE MAKING ANNOUNCEMENT, ASKS ARENDS TO TRY TO CONTACT THAT PERSON, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 491, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 12/14/1963, 12:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ SAYS PIERRE SALINGER WILL BE ASKED BY PRESS ABOUT RELEASE OF BOBBY BAKER'S TAX RETURN TO SENATE INVESTIGATORS, EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT WH HAS NOT YET RECEIVED IT; JENKINS DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO GET IT
Telephone conversation # 492, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 12/14/1963, 12:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, LBJ'S INSURANCE POLICY, JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; LBJ ASKS FELDMAN ABOUT STATUS OF REQUEST FOR BOBBY BAKER'S INCOME TAX RETURN; FELDMAN DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT PROCESS FOR RELEASING TAX
Telephone conversation # 3116, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 4/23/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT POLICY OF NOTIFYING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REGARDING FEDERAL PROJECTS AWARDED IN THEIR DISTRICTS; PRESS CONFERENCE QUESTION ABOUT FRED BLACK BRIBERY TRIAL; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT CHARGES OF CORRUPTION IN GOVT
Telephone conversation # 5413, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/1/1964, 7:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INQUIRES ABOUT ALLEGATIONS MADE BY DON REYNOLDS THAT MATTHEW MCCLOSKEY MADE ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOBBY BAKER IN 1960 CAMPAIGN; LBJ REQUESTS THAT FBI RE-INTERVIEW REYNOLDS; PRESS STORY THAT LBJ WILL NOT BE ON BALLOT IN IOWA
Telephone conversation # 4701, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/4/1964, 8:47PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS WHITE IF HE HAS INFORMED FBI THEY MAY ISSUE PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BODIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS HAVE BEEN FOUND; WHITE REPORTS ON CALLS TO THEIR FAMILIES; LBJ ASKS HIM TO CALL OGDEN REID, WILLIAM RYAN, ASKS WHITE TO REVIEW
Telephone conversation # 6275, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/6/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY SUGGESTS COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT TALENT HUNT; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE; DOUGLAS DILLON; POSSIBLE CHANGES IN WH STAFF; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS AT RANCH; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOM FINNEY; VISITS BY FOREIGN MINISTERS, HAROLD
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
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 # 6870, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/24/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS WILLIAM CAHILL DECLINED WASHINGTON, DC, JUDGESHIP; OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; PRESS STORY ON POST OFFICE CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING; SENATE PROBE OF BANK FAILURES; VOTING RIGHTS BILL; EDWARD LONG'S MAIL COVER INVESTIGATION; IMMIGRATION BILL
Telephone conversation # 7019, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/4/1965, 11:39AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON SENATE RULES COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION OF BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBLE J. EDGAR HOOVER MEETING WITH COMMITTEE; JUSTICE DEPT REPORT ON DON REYNOLDS, TFX, AND LBJ'S ALLEGED USE OF COUNTERPART FUNDS ON HONG KONG TRIP AS VP; BOBBY BAKER GRAND
Telephone conversation # 7020, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/4/1965, 11:39AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON STATUS OF GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF BOBBY BAKER; LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO MEET WITH PRESS ABOUT INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 7059, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/11/1965, 10:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ SUGGESTS KATZENBACH HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA, ALABAMA, SITUATION AND STATUS OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL; FEDERAL COURT PROCEEDINGS; LEGALITY OF USE OF FEDERAL TROOPS; LBJ'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; MIKE MANSFIELD'S NOTE CRITICIZING KATZENBACH
Telephone conversation # 7060, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/11/1965, 10:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA, ALABAMA EVENTS, VOTING RIGHTS BILL; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CRITICISM OF KATZENBACH, ANGER AT CLOSING OF MONTANA VA HOSPITAL; CANCELLATION OF VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; KATZENBACH'S WORK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, HHH, ON 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 7165, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 3/26/1965, 9:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WHITE REPORTS ON CALL TO ANTHONY LIUZZO, WIDOWER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ TELLS WHITE TO SUPPLY MORE ITEMS TO PRESS; HARRY MCPHERSON; NEED TO APPOINT CALIFORNIAN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR; STEWART UDALL
Telephone conversation # 7077, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 3/18/1965, 10:40AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TRIP TO LBJ RANCH; BANKERS' MEETING YESTERDAY; TREASURY DEPT PRESS LEAKS; TREASURY SECRETARY CANDIDATES; ROBERT ROOSA; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; EUGENE BLACK; TOM WATSON; CARTER BURGESS; FRED KAPPEL; CRAWFORD GREENEWALT; HENRY "JOE" FOWLER; JOHN LOEB
Telephone conversation # 7147, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/25/1965, 8:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCH; LODGE OFFERS TO RETURN AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LBJ OUTLINES QUALITIES NEEDED BY AMBASSADOR; JOHN MCNAUGHTON AS POSSIBLE CHIEF OF STAFF, ALEXIS JOHNSON AS DEPUTY AMBASSADOR; PRESS STORIES ON TEAR GAS; CONFLICTS
Telephone conversation # 7160, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/25/1965, 11:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON SHOOTING OF VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ SUGGESTS LEROY COLLINS GO TO ALABAMA AS MEDIATOR; REPUBLICAN COMMENTS ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; UPCOMING PRESS STORY ON GERALD FORD; VETERANS HOSPITALS HEARINGS; TAX COURT APPOINTMENT; SAMUEL "JACK
Telephone conversation # 8862, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/14/1965, 7:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CRITICISM OF DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT AS WASHINGTON, DC US ATTORNEY BECAUSE OF PAST SERVICE AS LAWYER FOR SERV-U CORP, BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO BRESS; WH RESPONSE TO PRESS
Telephone conversation # 8906, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/28/1965, 8:12PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • EMANUEL CELLER'S RECOMMENDATION OF EDWARD WEINFELD FOR US APPEALS COURT; APPOINTMENT OF WILFRED FEINBERG TO POST; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FRANCIS MORRISSEY APPOINTMENT; RFK'S REQUEST THAT LBJ APPOINT MORRISSEY, PARDON FRANK BOYKIN; DAVID BRESS
Telephone conversation # 9038, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OBJECTIONS IN SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO APPOINTMENTS OF JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT, WILFRED FEINBERG TO APPEALS COURT; RECESS APPOINTMENTS; ROMAN HRUSKA'S DEFENSE OF DAVID BRESS; PRESS LEAKS BY JOHN WILLIAMS; CARL CURTIS; JUDICIAL POST
Telephone conversation # 10121, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/13/1966, 7:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES VOTE IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH NEW OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR CIA, FBI, INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, SUGGESTS HOOVER MAKE EFFORTS TO STOP ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS
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 # 9520, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/19/1966, 8:06PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH GIVES LBJ BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF CONVICTED LABOR OFFICIAL LAWRENCE CALLANAN, SUGGESTS RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT ALLEGATIONS BY JOHN WILLIAMS THAT CALLANAN HAS SINCE MADE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 10792, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 9/17/1966, 5:39PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH EUGENE ROSTOW ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO STATE DEPT POSITION; APPOINTMENT OF NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AS UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; KATZENBACH'S ABILITIES TO WORK WITH CONGRESS; LBJ CAUTIONS ROSTOW ABOUT PRESS LEAKS; JAMES MOYERS
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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 13203, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 7/1/1968, 5:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT FORTAS' ROLE IN WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; JOHN MCCLELLAN'S UNHAPPINESS WITH LBJ ABOUT HANDLING OF SIGNING OF UNNAMED BILL (CRIME BILL?)
Telephone conversation # 13205, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/11/1968, 8:26AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT DIRKSEN, SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD AND ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS; DISCUSSION OF RICHARD RUSSELL AND ALEXANDER LAWRENCE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT AND VARIOUS PENDING JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
Telephone conversation # 13334, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 8/29/1968, 11:29AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CLARK REPORTS ON FBI BACKGROUND CHECKS OF POSSIBLE VP NOMINEES EDMUND MUSKIE, FRED HARRIS, DANIEL INOUYE; LBJ ASKS CLARK'S EVALUATION OF THOSE THREE AND TERRY SANFORD, CARL SANDERS; RIOTS IN CHICAGO AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; PRESS COVERAGE