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Telephone conversation # 3913, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/26/1964, 11:24AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT TOPICS FOR HIS MORNING PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ DOES NOT WANT PUBLICITY FOR HIS UPCOMING POLITICAL SPEECHES; ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRESS IN DETROIT; POSSIBILITY OF LBJ CANCELLING TRIP TO MAYO CLINIC; LBJ'S MEETING WITH ALLEN DULLES
Telephone conversation # 4840, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/9/1964, 8:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PROBLEM SEATING MFDP, IMPACT ON SOUTHERN STATES; SOUTHERN GOVERNORS' COOPERATION ON LOUISIANA SCHOOL DESEGREGATION, INVESTIGATION OF MURDERS IN MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RFK; GEORGE MEANY; DETROIT LABOR DAY
Telephone conversation # 5923, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 10/20/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BOBBY BAKER'S ALLEGED ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES; CONTINUED FBI INVESTIGATION OF BOBBY BAKER; DON REYNOLDS; BOB KERR'S CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN; NEGOTIATIONS IN DETROIT BETWEEN UAW AND GM
Telephone conversation # 5510, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 9/5/1964, 6:42PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON MISFITS IN ARMY; WILLIAM MILLER'S ATTACK ON HHH; GOLDWATER'S OPPOSITION TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; GEORGIA VERDICT IN L.A. PENN CASE; POLLS; PEARSON'S BRAIN TRUST IDEA, MYER FELDMAN, TYLER ABELL, LEONARD MARKS; LBJ'S DETROIT
Telephone conversation # 12005, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/25/1967, 10:33AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • HOOVER REPORTS THAT MLK WILL GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING ON RIOTS; DROP IN VIOLENCE IN DETROIT; FEDERAL RESPONSE TO SITUATION; RIOTING IN CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND; OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF SIMON MCHUGH TO SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD
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 # 7184, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/30/1965, 9:12AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • VULNERABILITY OF US EMBASSY IN SAIGON; US RESPONSE TO EMBASSY BOMBING; REQUEST FOR MORE AIRCRAFT IN THAILAND; CASUALTIES; MILITARY SUPPLIES; BOMBING TARGETS; PUBLIC INFORMATION ON VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS; RFK AND KKK PRESS STORY; JOSEPH ALSOP; WIRETAPS
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 # 13344, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/29/1968, 7:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ PRAISES DALEY FOR HIS WORK AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; DALEY SAYS HE IS SORRY LBJ DID NOT ATTEND CONVENTION; LBJ DENOUNCES PRESS COVERAGE OF RIOTING, CONVENTION; LBJ TELLS DALEY TO READ PRESS REPORT OF LIZ CARPENTER'S SPEECH TO DEMOCRATIC
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 # 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 # 3937, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/29/1964, 12:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS IF LBJ HAS SPOKEN WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER ABOUT SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER IN MISSISSIPPI; PRESS REPORTS ON STATEMENT BY HENRY CABOT LODGE FOLLOWING MEETING WITH LBJ; LODGE'S POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, OPINION
Telephone conversation # 3947, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 6/29/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DALEY EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LBJ INVITES DALEY, WIFE TO WH; LBJ REPORTS ON MISSISSIPPI SITUATION, VIETNAM; 1964 CAMPAIGN; BARRY GOLDWATER; ISSUES IN ILLINOIS, UNEMPLOYMENT, MODERNIZATION; CIVIL RIGHTS; INFLUENCE OF PRESS; VP SELECTION; POVERTY
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 # 6174, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 11/4/1964, 12:46PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ THANKS WEISL FOR SUPPORT, ASKS FOR HELP IN CONVEYING MESSAGE THAT LBJ'S VICTORY WAS A MANDATE AND IN IMPROVING LBJ'S PUBLIC IMAGE AND PRESS RELATIONS; LBJ'S VICTORY MARGIN COMPARED TO FDR'S, EISENHOWER'S; CAMPAIGN DEBT; ATTORNEY GENERAL
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 # 5877, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FURTHER DISCUSSION OF ARREST OF WALTER JENKINS ON MORALS CHARGE AND POSSIBLE PRESS STORIES ABOUT INCIDENT
Telephone conversation # 5880, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 8:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS DISCLOSURE OF WALTER JENKINS' HOSPITALIZATION, ARREST ON MORALS CHARGE; ANNOUNCEMENT OF JENKINS' RESIGNATION; JENKINS' 1959 ARREST; POLICY ON FBI INVESTIGATIONS OF WH STAFF
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 # 5821, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 10/2/1964, 5:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FELDMAN GIVES LBJ REPORT ON GOVT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ESPIONAGE INDICTMENT OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV, LEAK OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S TESTIMONY TO WARREN COMMISSION; LBJ ASKS FOR STATEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE USE IN PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW
Telephone conversation # 6386, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 11/17/1964, 1:37PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED RFK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; DON COOK; LBJ TELLS HOOVER TO CONSULT WITH EDWIN WEISL, SR., RELAYS WEISL'S ADMIRATION OF HOOVER, CAUTIONS HOOVER ABOUT PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 5555, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 9/9/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • LBJ ON HOLD 1:24; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSCRIPT OF TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH JACK VALENTI, GEORGE REEDY AT TIME OF CALL
  • Press relations
Telephone conversation # 5613, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/19/1964, 2:27PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT KATZENBACH'S MOTHER, PRAISES HIS RECENT TELEVISED SPEECH, ASKS HIM TO MAKE OTHER APPEARANCES TO DISCUSS CRIME-FIGHTING EFFORTS, ADDRESS LABOR'S FEARS OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT CAUSING LOSS OF JOBS TO NEGROES; PRESS REPORTS OF CABINET
Telephone conversation # 5980, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/28/1964, 11:43PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 5981, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD'S ADVICE ABOUT HANDLING OF LBJ'S COMMENTS TO PRESS IN SAN DIEGO LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; PETER LISAGOR; PHIL POTTER; DOUGLAS KIKER
Telephone conversation # 5982, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING OF LBJ'S STATEMENT TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; CLIFFORD ADVISES LBJ ABOUT HANDLING REST OF CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5983, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/29/1964, 7:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON INFORMATION HE HAS RECEIVED ON CHARGES CONCERNING STAFF MEMBERS IN EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION TO CLARIFY STATEMENT LBJ MADE TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT PAST SCANDALS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT
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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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