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Telephone conversation # 5879, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/14/1964, 8:02PM (Item)
  • New York
  • LBJ REPORTS ON EXTENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF WALTER JENKINS' ARREST ON MORALS CHARGE; DISCUSSION OF WH REACTION TO ARREST; JENKINS' RESIGNATION; COVERAGE OF JENKINS' ARREST, HOSPITALIZATION BY NYT, WASHINGTON POST, OTHER PAPERS; JENKINS' 1959 ARREST
Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ BRIEFLY INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION TO LISTEN TO NEWS BROADCAST THAT IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; PREVIOUSLY OPENED ON TAPE K66.03, PNO 1; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • UNNAMED POST
Telephone conversation # 52, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH ALSOP, 11/25/1963, 10:40AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF COMMISSION TO REVIEW FBI REPORT ON JFK ASSASSINATION; RECENT WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS LENGTHY DELIBERATIONS ON INVESTIGATION; ALSOP PRAISES LBJ'S RECENT DECISIONS
Telephone conversation # 3820, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 6/23/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENTS OF MAXWELL TAYLOR, U. ALEXIS JOHNSON TO POSTS IN VIETNAM; REQUESTS FROM WILLIAM RYAN, OGDEN REID THAT LBJ MEET WITH PARENTS OF ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; STATUS OF SEARCH IN MISSISSIPPI FOR MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS
Telephone conversation # 3895, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 6/24/1964, 7:21PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WHITE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL ON MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI, JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; WHITE REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH CARROLL KILPATRICK
Telephone conversation # 6870, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/24/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • 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 # 8861, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 9/14/1965, 7:21PM? (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT 1964 CAMPAIGN, POST OFFICE SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, JACK MILLER'S SPEECH CRITICIZING DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT; TELEPHONE OPERATOR REPORTS ON STATUS OF LBJ'S CALL TO ABE FORTAS; LBJ ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH
Telephone conversation # 8906, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/28/1965, 8:12PM (Item)
  • 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)
  • 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 # 8102, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/4/1965, 10:36AM (Item)
  • HOOVER DISCUSSES SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; JOSE MORA'S AND OAS' ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ ASKS HOOVER TO INVESTIGATE PRESS LEAKS TO WASHINGTON POST, NYT; ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOOVER TO MEET WITH LBJ
Telephone conversation # 12706, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER MONDALE, 2/7/1968, 7:54AM (Item)
  • MONDALE EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT OF LEE LOEVINGER TO FEDERAL JUDGESHIP; LBJ DISCUSSES POLICY ON APPOINTMENTS TO WASHINGTON, DC CIRCUIT COURT, DISCUSSES OTHER POSSIBLE JUDICIAL POSTS, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LOEVINGER, MONDALE, HHH, ORVILLE
Telephone conversation # 11618, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 3/7/1967, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS YARBOROUGH'S OPINION OF CANDIDATES FOR AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC POST, KARL ROLVAAG AS AMBASSADOR TO ICELAND; YARBOROUGH'S TEXAS TRIP, VISIT WITH WALTER HALL; YARBOROUGH'S RECORD OF SUPPORTING LBJ; AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 11651, sound recording, LBJ and MITCHELL ROGOVIN, 3/24/1967, 12:12PM (Item)
  • ROGOVIN DISCUSSES POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF PAUL TREUSCH OR MOXLEY FEATHERSTON TO TAX COURT; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS TO APPOINT SOMEONE WHO WILL SUPPORT TAXPAYERS; DIFFICULTY IN GETTING HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO ACCEPT GOVT POST; ROGOVIN PRAISES RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 13593, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 10/24/1968, 11:00AM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF LOUIS HECTOR OR JOHN CROWN TO UNNAMED POST; POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR TO WILLARD WIRTZ IF LBJ ACCEPTS WIRTZ' RESIGNATION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE ON WH STAFF BEING OFFERED LUCRATIVE JOBS, SAYS STAFF SHOULD NOT TALK
Telephone conversation # 13751, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 3:33PM (Item)
  • RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; LBJ ADVISES NIXON TO KEEP CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS AT VA, GSA, FBI, CIA; J. EDGAR HOOVER; CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH; NIXON'S FRIENDSHIP WITH BEBE REBOZO; SALE OF SMATHERS' HOUSE TO NIXON; SMATHERS' PERSONAL
Telephone conversation # 13204, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/10/1968, 5:21PM (Item)
  • "RUSK CAME IN TODAY"; "RE SESSIONS AMBASSADORIAL POST"; SHORTHAND NOTES ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 7/3/68; CONTENT INDICATES DATE IS 7/10/68; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DIRKSEN IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
Telephone conversation # 44, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 11/25/1963, 10:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WASHINGTON POST'S CALL FOR PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, SUGGESTS FBI MAKE FULL REPORT ON ITS INVESTIGATION AND SAYS TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL HOLD COURT OF INQUIRY; LBJ ASKS HOOVER TO TALK TO PRESS
Telephone conversation # 6400, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 11/18/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • GERALD SIEGEL'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION FROM WASHINGTON POST TO TAKE UNNAMED FEDERAL JOB; LBJ JOKES THAT PHILIP GRAHAM SHOULD HAVE HIRED HIM; APPOINTMENT OF WASHINGTON, DC, POLICE CHIEF; WALTER TOBRINER'S FAILURE TO CONSULT WH; BOBBY BAKER; RFK