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Telephone conversation # 7797, sound recording, LBJ and WH SITUATION ROOM, 5/21/1965, 1:00AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • WH SITUATION ROOM REPORTS ON APPOINTMENT OF JOSE MORA AS OAS MEDIATOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, CEASEFIRE, ANTHONY SOLOMON'S INQUIRY ABOUT PAYMENT OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, INTELLIGENCE REPORT, USSR COMMENTS ON VIETNAM, VIETNAM AIR
Telephone conversation # 8035, sound recording, WH SITUATION ROOM and LBJ, 5/21/1965, 1:00AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • WH SITUATION ROOM REPORTS ON APPOINTMENT OF JOSE MORA AS OAS MEDIATOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, CEASEFIRE, ANTHONY SOLOMON'S INQUIRY ABOUT PAYMENT OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, INTELLIGENCE REPORT, USSR COMMENTS ON VIETNAM, VIETNAM AIR
Telephone conversation # 13711, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1968, 2:18PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH GEORGE SMATHERS, RICHARD NIXON ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; CHARGE THAT LBJ'S MOTIVES IN HALTING BOMBING ARE POLITICAL; SPIRO AGNEW'S ROLE IN CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 7843, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 5/31/1965, 8:44AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS VANCE IF US TROOP WITHDRAWAL IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS SAFE, JUSTIFIED; OAS MEETING; QUESTION OF SENDING ELLSWORTH BUNKER TO ASSIST JOSE MORA; PRESS STORY CALLING FOR SUBPOENA OF MCGEORGE BUNDY; PRESS LEAKS; VIETNAM MILITARY SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 7845, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 5/31/1965, 8:44AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS VANCE IF US TROOP WITHDRAWAL IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS SAFE, JUSTIFIED; OAS MEETING; QUESTION OF SENDING ELLSWORTH BUNKER TO ASSIST JOSE MORA; PRESS STORY CALLING FOR SUBPOENA OF MCGEORGE BUNDY; PRESS LEAKS; VIETNAM MILITARY SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 9888, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 3/14/1966, 7:49PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT CONTACTS BETWEEN DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMUNIST BLOC COUNTRIES, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS; ABBA SCHWARTZ; WAYNE MORSE; INFLUENCE OF USSR, ANATOLY DOBRYNIN ON CONGRESSIONAL VIETNAM CRITICS; LEAKS TO JOSEPH ALSOP
Telephone conversation # 9829, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/4/1966, 8:44AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE YESTERDAY; NEED FOR SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR WH, CONGRESSIONAL STAFFS; FULBRIGHT'S QUESTIONS ABOUT CHINESE AGGRESSION IN VIETNAM; FULBRIGHT'S, LBJ'S EVALUATION OF MCNAMARA; MARJORIE MCNAMARA
Telephone conversation # 13704, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 11/1/1968, 1:57PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS THAT HHH NOT MENTION VIETNAM UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DUE TO PRECARIOUS STATE OF PEACE TALKS; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF HHH'S STATEMENTS, ANNA CHENNAULT'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE; PRESS QUESTIONS ON POLITICAL EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT; LBJ'S
Telephone conversation # 13706, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/2/1968, 9:18PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ SAYS SOUTH VIETNAM HAD AGREED TO BOMBING HALT AND TO PARTICIPATE IN PEACE TALKS, DISCUSSES INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS OF ANNA CHENNAULT'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT, WARNS DIRKSEN OF CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH CONTACTS; DIRKSEN SAYS HE WILL TALK
Telephone conversation # 13708, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/3/1968, 1:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SMATHERS' TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (RICHARD NIXON) ON REPORTS THAT JOHN TOWER, ANNA CHENNAULT ENCOURAGED SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT NIXON CAMPAIGN'S COMMENTS, REVIEWS NEGOTIATIONS AND REPORTS OF CHENNAULT'S
Telephone conversation # 13709, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/3/1968, 1:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SMATHERS' TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (RICHARD NIXON) ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; NIXON'S REPUTATION AS ANTI-COMMUNIST; RECENT REMARKS BY JOHN TOWER, ROBERT FINCH, MELVIN LAIRD
Telephone conversation # 13710, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/3/1968, 1:54PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • NIXON DISCUSSES EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CALL ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS, SAYS HE WILL COOPERATE WITH LBJ, GO TO PARIS OR SAIGON IF NEEDED; LBJ REVIEWS HISTORY OF PEACE TALKS, BRIEFING OF CANDIDATES; LBJ
Telephone conversation # 13714, sound recording, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 11/4/1968, 12:27PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CLARK CLIFFORD SUGGESTS THAT HE TALK DIRECTLY WITH DEAN RUSK ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND TO SAVILLE DAVIS' INQUIRIES ABOUT NIXON ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SAY NOTHING AND THAT WALT ROSTOW WILL NOT MEET WITH DAVIS
Telephone conversation # 13726, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/9/1968, 8:13AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH RICHARD NIXON ABOUT PARIS PEACE TALKS, SAYS NIXON WILL HAVE EVERETT DIRKSEN RELAY MESSAGE TO SOUTH VIETNAM THAT NIXON SUPPORTS LBJ, URGE THEM TO JOIN TALKS; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO BRIEF DIRKSEN BEFORE HIS MEETING WITH BUI
Telephone conversation # 334, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 12/7/1963, 12:55PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSSELL COMPLAINS ABOUT SERVING ON WARREN COMMISSION; DISCUSSION OF MOVING MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO ARMED SERVICES; RUSSELL'S OPPOSITION TO POLICY ON VIETNAM, LAOS; LBJ INVITES RUSSELL TO WH TO DISCUSS
Telephone conversation # 3440, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 5/13/1964, 4:47PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • OTTO OTEPKA; THOMAS DODD; IDA VOTE; PROPOSED REQUEST FOR BUDGET SUPPLEMENTAL FOR ECONOMIC, MILITARY AID FUNDS FOLLOWING TRIP BY ROBERT MCNAMARA TO VIETNAM; LBJ REPORTS HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH CONGRESSMEN ABOUT FOREIGN AID
Telephone conversation # 4281, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/20/1964, 6:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK REPORTS ON MEETING WITH JAMES EASTLAND ON OTTO OTEPKA CASE; UPCOMING VOTE ON OAS RESOLUTION REGARDING CUBAN ARMS SHIPMENTS TO VENEZEULA; ALLEGED US SHOOTING OF CUBAN SENTRY AT GUANTANAMO NAVAL BASE; CYPRUS; PRESS STORIES ON PLANS FOR VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4314, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/23/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES LACK OF PRESS COVERAGE OF YESTERDAY'S CABINET MEETING, WAYS TO IMPROVE COVERAGE, COVERAGE OF PEACE CORPS EVENT TODAY; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INACCURATE PRESS STORIES ON WARREN COMMISSION REPORT, NORTH VIETNAM, PENTAGON PROJECTS, CUBA, NYC
Telephone conversation # 6607, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/9/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RICHARD RUSSELL; DOD PROGRAM FOR DRAFT REJECTEES; DON REYNOLDS' CHARGES ON TFX, GRUMMAN IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; AIR FORCE PLANE CRASH YESTERDAY; REQUEST FOR DEFENSE BUDGET BREAKDOWN FOR GROMYKO MEETING; UK; MLF; SOUTH VIETNAM POLITICS; NEED FOR WH
Telephone conversation # 7056, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK?, 3/10/1965, 10:20PM? (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • COOK? REPORTS ON WALL STREET JOURNAL INQUIRY ABOUT COOK'S WITHDRAWAL AS CANDIDATE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY DUE TO HIS WIFE'S HEALTH, ADVERSE INFORMATION IN HIS BACKGROUND CHECK; PRESS LEAKS; KERMIT GORDON; VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; SELMA, ALABAMA; DUPONT
Telephone conversation # 7184, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/30/1965, 9:12AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 7064, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/13/1965, 9:22AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO DEVELOP ANSWERS TO VIETNAM QUESTIONS, DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH KERMIT GORDON ABOUT APPOINTMENT AS TREASURY SECRETARY; GORDON'S CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING JOB; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA ENCOURAGE GORDON TO ACCEPT NOMINATION; SELMA
Telephone conversation # 7672, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/14/1965, 4:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • HOOVER ASKS FEHMER TO TELL LBJ HE DISCUSSED GEORGE FELDMAN APPOINTMENT WITH JOHN MCCORMACK AND DISCUSSED FUNDS FOR USIA PROPAGANDA ACTIVITY IN VIETNAM WITH JOHN ROONEY AS LBJ HAD ASKED HIM TO DO IN MEETING EARLIER TODAY
Telephone conversation # 7673, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/14/1965, 7:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HOOVER'S DISCUSSIONS WITH JOHN MCCORMACK ABOUT GEORGE FELDMAN APPOINTMENT AND WITH JOHN ROONEY ABOUT FUNDS FOR USIA PROPAGANDA ACTIVITY IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 7781, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/19/1965, 12:37PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA ANALYZES ALTERNATIVES FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SETTLEMENT; THOMAS MANN'S VIEW; FBI CLEARANCE OF CABINET APPOINTEES; GEORGE SMATHERS' REQUEST THAT SOLDIERS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RECEIVE SAME TAX BENEFITS AS THOSE IN VIETNAM; NEGATIVE EFFECT
Telephone conversation # 10138, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/25/1966, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 9503, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/17/1966, 9:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • KOREAN, PHILIPPINE, GERMAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIETNAM WAR EFFORT; KOREAN AID REQUEST; CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF BASE CLOSINGS, DEFERRAL OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION; STUDY ON CLOSING OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS ARMORY; RESUMPTION OF BOMBING
Telephone conversation # 10262, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 6/25/1966, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ SAYS HE HAS ASKED ATTORNEY GENERAL TO STUDY PRESS LEAKS OF VIETNAM OPERATIONAL PLANS, ASKS BALL AND MCNAMARA TO ASSEMBLE LOG OF MEDIA CONTACTS AT STATE, DOD; BALL DISCUSSES CALL HE RECEIVED FROM PHILIP GEYELIN ABOUT BOMBING, GEYELIN'S SUBSEQUENT
Telephone conversation # 10270, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/28/1966, 2:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS IT MADE CLEAR THAT JCS HAVE CHOSEN TIME, MILITARY ASPECTS OF MISSION IN LIGHT OF PREVIOUS PRESS LEAKS; WASHINGTON STAR'S DEFERRAL OF RICHARD FRYKLUND STORY ON BOMBING; SOURCE OF LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 10285, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/29/1966, 10:24AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • HOOVER REPORTS ON FBI'S INVESTIGATION INTO PRESS LEAK ON BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM WHICH INDICATES GEORGE BALL IS SOURCE OF LEAK
Telephone conversation # 10286, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/29/1966, 10:24AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • HOOVER CONTINUES TO REPORT ON FBI'S INVESTIGATION INTO PRESS LEAK ON BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM WHICH INDICATES GEORGE BALL IS SOURCE OF LEAK; BALL'S DENIAL THAT HE IS SOURCE OF LEAK; BALL'S SOCIAL CONTACT WITH PHILIP GEYELIN
Telephone conversation # 10287, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/29/1966, 10:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • HOOVER READS REPORT OF FBI INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE BALL ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; BALL'S CONTACTS WITH PHILIP GEYELIN
Telephone conversation # 9477, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/10/1966, 8:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11917, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONNELL, 6/18/1967, 12:28PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCCONNELL REPORTS THAT INVESTIGATION HAS DETERMINED THAT US AIRPLANE INADVERTENTLY STRAFED SOVIET FREIGHTER TURKESTAN DURING ATTACK AGAINST NORTH VIETNAM AND THAT COL. JACK BROUGHTON COVERED UP THE ATTACK; LBJ TELLS MCCONNELL TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
Telephone conversation # 11547, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/15/1967, 12:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 13733, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 11/13/1968, 5:15PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DELOACH REPORTS ON SPIRO AGNEW'S SCHEDULE, CALLS MADE FROM HIS PLANE IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO ON 11/2/68 ON EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO ENTER PARIS PEACE TALKS; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH RICHARD NIXON
Telephone conversation # 11612, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 3/2/1967, 9:22PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11544, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/15/1967, 9:24AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • OF VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 13702, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/1/1968, 11:38AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOMBING HALT, CANDIDATES' REACTIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' STRATEGY; SOUTH VIETNAM'S RELUCTANCE TO JOIN PEACE TALKS FOLLOWING CONTACTS WITH NIXON'S ASSOCIATES; NGUYEN VAN THIEU'S DEMANDS; STATUS OF PRESIDENTIAL
Telephone conversation # 13713, sound recording, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 11/4/1968, 12:27PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR REPORTER SAVILLE DAVIS' INQUIRIES ABOUT NIXON ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM; INTELLIGENCE REPORTS OF ANNA CHENNAULT'S ACTIVITIES; RUSK, CLIFFORD URGE THAT LBJ NOT MAKE INFORMATION PUBLIC; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS