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Telephone conversation # 2347, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/4/1964, 7:26PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF DOROTHY FOSDICK; WALT ROSTOW; ELIE ABEL, CHALMERS ROBERTS STORIES ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S MEETING WITH JCS TODAY; LBJ WANTS TO MEET WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR, MCNAMARA BEFORE MCNAMARA'S VIETNAM TRIP; NUCLEAR TESTS; EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 5630, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/21/1964, 6:55PM (Item)
  • BUNDY RECOMMENDS THAT WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, NOT ADLAI STEVENSON, RESPOND FOLLOWING GOLDWATER'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH EISENHOWER; DISCUSSION OF TIME MAGAZINE STORY AND GOLDWATER'S STATEMENTS ON DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Telephone conversation # 5651, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF GOLDWATER'S USE OF CAMPAIGN ISSUE ABOUT DELEGATION OF PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS, EISENHOWER'S POSITION ON ISSUE; VALENTI? REPORTS ON SCOTT LUCAS' OFFER TO ACCOMPANY LBJ ON CAMPAIGN APPEARANCE IN ILLINOIS
Telephone conversation # 5690, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/26/1964, 11:17AM (Item)
  • SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM, POSSIBLE COUP AGAINST NGUYEN KHANH; POSSIBLE CHINESE NUCLEAR TEST; REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS; EARLE WHEELER, ANDREW GOODPASTER MEETING WITH EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 5692, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/26/1964, 11:58AM (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON EARLE WHEELER'S MEETING WITH EISENHOWER ON DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS; DISCUSSION OF REPETITION OF STATEMENT MADE BY LBJ IN HIS RECENT SPEECH IN SEATTLE ON THIS ISSUE; LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO HAVE BILL MOYERS CALL HIM
Telephone conversation # 5622, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD WELSH, 9/21/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT COOPERATION OF LABOR, BUSINESS AND GOVT; APPOINTMENTS TO COMSAT BOARD; LBJ ASKS WELSH FOR MEMO ON PLANNED INCREASED FEDERAL SPENDING ON DEFENSE AND SPACE IN NEXT 4 YEARS, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 6740, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 1/19/1965, 2:29PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES FORD ON ELECTION AS HOUSE MINORITY LEADER; PRESS STORY THAT FORD COMPLAINED ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT BRIEFED HIM; LBJ'S PLANS TO WORK WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERS AS HE WORKED WITH EISENHOWER; BELGIAN PRESS LEAKS; FORD'S SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 6854, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN NOTES NEGATIVE SPEECHES ON VIETNAM BY FRANK CHURCH, GEORGE MCGOVERN, OFFERS TO DEFEND LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ GIVES LENGTHY REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH WWII, KOREAN WAR, ADVICE ON NEGOTIATING WITH COMMUNISTS
Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF VIETNAM POLICY; AGREEMENT AMONG US OFFICIALS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ ASKS ABOUT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR UNIDENTIFIED CANDIDATE FOR UNIDENTIFIED
Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "ON VIETNAM"; "GEN. EISENHOWER'S [REPORT] ABOUT... NEGOTIATING WITH KOREA, CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH NV IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO NEGOTIATE"; DIARY LISTS CALLS AT 9:25A, 11:16A; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 7655, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/13/1965, 7:45PM (Item)
  • SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ATTACK ON REBEL RADIO STATION BY LOYALISTS; EISENHOWER'S RESPONSE TO BRIEFING ON BOMBING PAUSE IN VIETNAM; PRESS QUESTIONS ON PAUSE; COMMUNICATION FROM USSR ON PAUSE; TAD SZULC'S COMMUNICATIONS WITH CAAMANO
Telephone conversation # 7414, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 12:29PM (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS MRS. JUAN BOSCH HAS CALLED OFF PRESS CONFERENCE, ADLAI STEVENSON WILL COME TO WASHINGTON, ANDREW GOODPASTER WILL BRIEF EISENHOWER, AVERELL HARRIMAN IS AT EDWARD MURROW'S FUNERAL; LBJ ASKS THAT CARL ROWAN ATTEND MEETINGS ON DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 7432, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 6:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING AND LANGUAGE OF LBJ'S STATEMENT ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DELAYS IN DRAFTING STATEMENT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION; WAYNE MORSE'S SPEECH; BUNDY RELAYS EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF SITUATION; OAS
Telephone conversation # 7438, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 6:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S DRAFT STATEMENT ON DOMINICAN CRISIS; BUNDY SUMMARIZES US, OAS POSITION, ADVISES LBJ DELAY MAKING STATEMENT; WORDING OF SECTION ON COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT; EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF SITUATION; US CASUALTIES; LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO INFORM US PUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 7720, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 5/17/1965, 9:07AM (Item)
  • PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM POLICY; ANDERSON'S MEETING WITH EISENHOWER; DELAY IN PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS DUE TO DOMINICAN CRISIS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT NYT COVERAGE, DISCUSSES SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ANDERSON COMPARES IT WITH LEBANON CRISIS
Telephone conversation # 7832, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 5/26/1965, 3:26PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MILTON EISENHOWER'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; QUESTION OF MCGEORGE BUNDY GIVING BACKGROUND PRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS; EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE CONCERNS IF BUNDY GIVES ON-THE-RECORD BRIEFING; RUSK'S PRESS BRIEFING; JOHN B
Telephone conversation # 8568, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS; CUT IN USIA PRESS SUBSCRIPTIONS; MOVIES FOR US TROOPS IN VIETNAM; TV BROADCASTS FOR SOUTH VIETNAMESE; POSSIBLE MARKS' MEETINGS WITH MILTON, DWIGHT EISENHOWER; RADIO FOR COMMUNIST CHINA; USIA APPOINTMENTS, BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 8575, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/19/1965, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S STATEMENT SUPPORTING LBJ IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION ABOUT THEIR ALLEGED DIFFERENCES ON VIETNAM; GERALD FORD; LBJ INVITES BUNDY TO JOIN MEETING WITH EUGENE BLACK; BLACK'S REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA
Telephone conversation # 8659, sound recording, LBJ and ANDREW GOODPASTER, 8/27/1965, 11:26AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS IF GOODPASTER KNOWS WHY DWIGHT EISENHOWER IS CALLING LBJ; GOODPASTER TELLS LBJ HE DOES NOT KNOW BUT IT MIGHT BE TO WISH LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RELAYS HIS OWN BIRTHDAY GREETINGS; LBJ PRAISES GOODPASTER'S WORK
Telephone conversation # 8154, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 6/17/1965, 7:50PM (Item)
  • OF EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 8155, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 6/17/1965, 7:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS GOODPASTER'S REPORT OF HIS BRIEFING OF EISENHOWER ON VIETNAM, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FORD EXPRESSES SUPPORT OF B-52 RAID, SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO THOMAS DEWEY; LBJ JOKES WITH FORD ABOUT TRADING MELVIN LAIRD FOR WAYNE MORSE
Telephone conversation # 8221, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/30/1965, 7:35PM (Item)
  • PRESS HANDLING OF MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS TO VIETNAM?; TODAY'S MEETING ON VIETNAM (WITH EISENHOWER?); LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO TALK WITH RFK ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ EXPRESSES DOUBTS ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT POLICY; MCNAMARA REMINISCES ABOUT BAY
Telephone conversation # 10048, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/25/1966, 10:35AM (Item)
  • PROMOTION OF JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SUPPORT OF DIRKSEN'S CANDIDATES FOR ILLINOIS APPOINTMENTS; PAUL DOUGLAS' CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTMENTS; DIRKSEN'S DEFEAT OF SIDNEY YATES; HOMER THORNBERRY'S APPOINTMENT; EISENHOWER'S TEXAS APPOINTMENTS
Telephone conversation # 10117, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MCINTYRE, 5/12/1966, 12:46PM (Item)
  • MCINTYRE SAYS WALTER REED HOSPITAL HAS ASKED HIM TO DELAY VISIT TO VIETNAM CASUALTIES TODAY BECAUSE LBJ IS COMING, ASKS IF HE CAN GO WITH LBJ; LBJ SAYS HE WAS GOING TO VISIT EISENHOWER, EVERETT DIRKSEN AND SOLDIERS, TELLS MCINTYRE NOT TO CHANGE HIS
Telephone conversation # 10221, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/9/1966, 12:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT DIRKSEN RECOMMENDS BIPARTISAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE BRIEFINGS HE HAS PROVIDED CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IN CONTRAST WITH BRIEFINGS HE RECEIVED DURING EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 9884, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNOR, 3/12/1966, 8:59AM (Item)
  • CONNOR EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; LBJ DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF CONGRESSMEN ANNOUNCING FEDERAL PROGRAMS IN THEIR DISTRICTS; EISENHOWER'S, JFK'S PROCEDURES FOR CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 10782, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/16/1966, 11:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS WIRTZ THAT ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS NEED TO COMBAT NEGATIVE PRESS AND SPREAD POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT US ECONOMY, INCREASED EMPLOYMENT AND PERSONAL INCOME; COMPARISON WITH ECONOMY DURING EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION WHEN NATION WAS NOT AT WAR
Telephone conversation # 10250, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/23/1966, 8:14AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA ASKS LBJ'S PERMISSION FOR HIMSELF, CYRUS VANCE, DEAN RUSK TO BRIEF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ABOUT BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF BRIEFING FOR DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS IN SAIGON, WASHINGTON, DC
Telephone conversation # 10264, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/27/1966, 8:32AM (Item)
  • ANDERSON'S MEETING WITH WILBUR MILLS ON US ECONOMY; DIFFICULTY IN PASSING TAX BILL IN ELECTION YEAR; EFFECT OF VIETNAM ON FEDERAL BUDGET; PANAMA CANAL NEGOTIATIONS; POSSIBLE REAPPOINTMENT OF ROBERT FLEMING; EISENHOWERS' GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Telephone conversation # 10288, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/29/1966, 3:44PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO HAVE ANDREW GOODPASTER, DOD LIAISON PEOPLE PERSUADE DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO MAKE STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF POL BOMBING IN NORTH VIETNAM, SAYS HE PREFERS DOD PEOPLE DO THIS, NOT WH CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON STAFF
Telephone conversation # 10403, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 7/5/1966, 8:20AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS THAT HARRIMAN, ANDREW GOODPASTER, ROBERT KOMER BRIEF NATIONAL GOVS. CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM, PEACE FEELERS, PACIFICATION; GOODPASTER'S BRIEFING OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ INVITES HARRIMAN TO LBJ RANCH
Telephone conversation # 13108, sound recording, LBJ and GORDON ALLOTT, 6/5/1968, 8:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR QUICK PASSAGE OF BILL AUTHORIZING SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, FORMER PRESIDENTS AND PERMITTING INTERAGENCY COOPERATION FOR PROTECTION; LBJ SAYS HE ORDERED PROTECTION FOLLOWING SHOOTING OF RFK; EISENHOWER'S
Telephone conversation # 11566, sound recording, LBJ and LESLIE ARENDS, 2/27/1967, 4:20PM (Item)
  • ARENDS PRAISES LBJ'S MEETING THIS MORNING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S FOREIGN POLICY AND VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ THANKS ARENDS FOR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT, REMINISCES ABOUT HIS OWN SUPPORT OF EISENHOWER'S FOREIGN POLICY
Telephone conversation # 11653, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/25/1967, 11:10AM (Item)
  • JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON CIA IN INDIA; DISCUSSION OF NEWS PROGRAMMING ON EDUCATIONAL TV, POSSIBLE COMPETITION WITH NETWORK TV, USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ALLEGEDLY SLANTED COVERAGE; MILTON EISENHOWER AS HEAD OF PUBLIC TV
Telephone conversation # 11310, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/4/1967, 7:54PM (Item)
  • LBJ WISHES DIRKSEN HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DISCUSSES DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S ADVICE ON ABM ISSUE; VIEWS OF SCIENTISTS, JCS ON MATTER; GERALD FORD'S RECENT STATEMENT ON ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 13607, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/28/1968, 10:45AM (Item)
  • 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 # 13741, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HELMS, 11/15/1968, 8:05PM (Item)
  • HELMS TELLS LBJ THAT RICHARD NIXON HAS ASKED HELMS TO REMAIN AS CIA DIRECTOR; LBJ PRAISES HELMS, REQUESTS THAT NIXON HAVE SOMEONE BRIEF LBJ PERIODICALLY JUST AS LBJ HAD SOMEONE BRIEF DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND HARRY TRUMAN, DISCUSSES ROLE OF FORMER
Telephone conversation # 13306, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/18/1968, 5:01PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S HEALTH; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S TRIP TO VIETNAM; CLARK CLIFFORD'S STATEMENT ON BOMBING PAUSE; LETTER FROM UNNAMED MALE (MCGEORGE BUNDY?); COMMENTS ON EUGENE MCCARTHY'S PROPOSED VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK BY NSC, DEAN RUSK; DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S
Telephone conversation # 13570, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/22/1968, 5:24PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF LANGUAGE FOR SPEECH BY LBJ ON VIETNAM NEGOTIATIONS, BOMBING HALT; REVIEW OF LBJ'S EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE; TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND IMPACT ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, CANDIDATES; BRIEFING FOR EISENHOWER; POSITION FOR JUANITA ROBERTS
Telephone conversation # 7146, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/24/1965, 3:35PM (Item)
  • SUCCESSOR TO MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LODGE'S POLICY ON USE OF TEAR GAS, DEFOLIANTS; IMPORTANCE OF CIVILIAN APPOINTEE; LODGE OFFERS TO RETURN AS AMBASSADOR; FCC VACANCY; LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EISENHOWER, LODGE; REPUBLICAN