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Telephone conversation # 5625, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/21/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 5625, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/21/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 9314, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/11/1965, 12:18PM (Item)
  • "B. 1 - BUNDY(?)"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; MUSIC AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 9339, sound recording, LBJ and MAXWELL TAYLOR, 12/27/1965, 8:56PM (Item)
  • TAYLOR ON HOLD 0:20; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCNAMARA AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US DOMESTIC CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM, ASKS TAYLOR'S VIEWS ON EXTENSION OF BOMBING HALT, PEACE EFFORTS; TAYLOR SAYS HE OPPOSES PAUSE BUT SAYS THIS IS BEST TIME FOR IT IF IT IS NECESSARY; U. S. GRANT SHARP'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; MILITARY
Telephone conversation # 10553, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ LISTENS TO TV NEWS AT TIMES DURING CONVERSATION; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 11559, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/20/1967, 5:20PM (Item)
  • SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 2/18/1967, 2:44P; DATE AND TIME DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL AND DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 13598, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/26/1968, 11:05AM (Item)
  • RUSK UPDATES LBJ ON VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF HAVING NLF, SOUTH VIETNAM IN PEACE TALKS AND OF TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND BEGINNING OF TALKS; LBJ QUESTIONS TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND PERCEPTION LBJ IS TRYING TO INFLUENCE
Telephone conversation # 13606, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/28/1968, 10:45AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH CREIGHTON ABRAMS; TIMING OF ORDERING BOMBING HALT, ANNOUNCING IT, AND BRIEFING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; NEED TO GIVE NGUYEN VAN THIEU, ALLIES ADVANCE NOTICE; ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S MEETING WITH THIEU
Telephone conversation # 12617, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/31/1968, time unknown (Item)
  • "FROM PAUL 2/8/68"; "DAMAGE TO NUCLEAR SHIP, BATTLES-KAISANG, ATTACK ON OUR EMBASSY, RETALIATION..." DATE DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL; TIME UNCERTAIN; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH MCNAMARA AT 7:24A, 7:38A; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS
  • Telephone conversation # 12617, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/31/1968, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 5852, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • "CONT."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS; MOYERS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 9337, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/25/1965, 12:50PM (Item)
  • BUNDY ON HOLD 2:12; BUNDY IS MEETING WITH CYRUS VANCE, "JACK" VALENTI? AT TIME OF CALL; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT CHRISTMAS TRUCE IN VIETNAM WHILE BUNDY ON HOLD; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 12717, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 2/14/1968, 9:46AM (Item)
  • "CC HAD CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH FILE OF JACK CONNOR...; DATE, "LISTENED TO YB" AND INCORRECT TIME 9:16A WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; 0:24 MACHINE NOISE
Telephone conversation # 12840, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/23/1968, 12:46PM? (Item)
  • "FR BEDROOM 3/23/68"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST CALL AT 1:50P BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES TIME IS EARLIER; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 12841, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/23/1968, 12:46PM? (Item)
  • "FR BEDROOM 3/23/68"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST CALL AT 1:50P BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES TIME IS EARLIER; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
Telephone conversation # 12856, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SPARKMAN, 3/31/1968, 10:30PM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "RE PRES.'S MARCH 31ST SPEECH"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; IVO SPARKMAN? SPEAKS AFTER LBJ HANGS UP
Telephone conversation # 13353, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/31/1968, 9:18AM? (Item)
  • "? NEED TO IDENTIFY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; SLIP, DAILY DIARY, WH OPS LOG LIST CALL TO HHH AT 10:18A (EASTERN TIME) BUT CALL WAS RECORDED ON DICTABELT BEFORE 9:30A CENTRAL TIME CALL TO RICHARD NIXON; HHH IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
Telephone conversation # 623, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/21/1963, 4:41PM (Item)
  • "#1"; CARL ALBERT IS MEETING WITH MCCORMACK AT TIME OF CALL; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART-DONOR'S DEED OF GIFT (C)
Telephone conversation # 641, sound recording, LBJ and HALE BOGGS, 12/21/1963, 8:07PM (Item)
  • "#4"; LBJ IS MEETING WITH WALTER JENKINS AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY AFTER LBJ PUTS CALL ON SPEAKERPHONE; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART-DONOR'S DEED OF GIFT (C)
Telephone conversation # 453, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/12/1963, 3:14PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT CLOSING DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS, SAYS HE ANNOUNCED ONLY SAN DIEGO NAVY YARD WILL BE CLOSED AT THIS TIME; GERALD FORD'S QUESTION TO MCNAMARA ABOUT WHY OTHER NAVY YARDS WILL NOT BE CLOSED
Telephone conversation # 727, sound recording, LBJ and WALKER STONE, 12/25/1963, 8:22PM (Item)
  • "#6"; "CALLS ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT-APPROX. 6 OR 7 CALLS"; "'MERRY CHRISTMAS' CALLS"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; STONE ON HOLD 0:35; STONE IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
Telephone conversation # 2982, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/10/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, BILL MOYERS? AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON HOLD 1:15
Telephone conversation # 3070, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 4/20/1964, 7:29PM (Item)
  • LBJ INTERRUPTS REEDY, PAUSES TO WATCH LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON TV, THEN TALKS TO WALTER JENKINS WHO IS WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4274, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/19/1964, 1:02PM (Item)
  • "TEXAS TRIP"; OFFICE CONVERSATION AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND DURING PORTIONS OF CALL; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 4957, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/15/1964, 2:44PM (Item)
  • "VIETNAM & POLITICS"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH LYNDA JOHNSON, JACK VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4958, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/15/1964, 2:50PM (Item)
  • "RE: RUMOR OF DROPPING ATOMIC BOMB - POLITICS"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; JACK VALENTI IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4962, sound recording, LBJ and CHALMERS ROBERTS, 8/15/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S RESPONSE TO GOLDWATER'S CHARGE THAT LBJ AUTHORIZED USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN TONKIN GULF; PROCEDURES FOR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SECURITY BRIEFINGS FOR CANDIDATES, FORMER PRESIDENTS; TIMING OF LBJ'S SPEECH ON TONKIN GULF RETALIATION; CHINA
Telephone conversation # 4963, sound recording, LBJ and CHALMERS ROBERTS, 8/15/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF LBJ'S SPEECH ON TONKIN GULF RETALIATION; CHARLES HALLECK'S STATEMENT ABOUT LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT; GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ABOUT CHOICE OF REPUBLICAN VP CANDIDATE WILLIAM MILLER
Telephone conversation # 4979, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/17/1964, 9:36AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS FROM REPORT BY JAMES PECK ON LABOR DEFECTIONS TO GOLDWATER, WHITE BACKLASH; GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; CHICAGO SUN-TIMES POLL; BUSINESS' NEED TO CREATE JOBS; EFFECTS OF TAX CUT; MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; 1948
Telephone conversation # 4903, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/13/1964, 10:32AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH KEN O'DONNELL AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4775, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/6/1964, 1:29PM (Item)
  • "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMO ROPER AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4799, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/7/1964, 1:40PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ED FOREMAN'S SPEECH ON HOUSE FLOOR CRITICIZING TIMING OF LBJ'S ADDRESS ON RETALIATORY STRIKES FOLLOWING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; MCNAMARA LISTS POINTS JUSTIFYING DECISION TO MAKE ADDRESS; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO CALL CARL VINSON, CARL ALBERT
Telephone conversation # 4802, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT JONES, 8/7/1964, 2:24PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE MEANY AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5057, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/20/1964, 1:30PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE SOUTHERN WALKOUT IF MFDP SEATED, ADVERSE TV COVERAGE; SMATHERS ASKS LBJ TO THANK SPESSARD HOLLAND FOR HIS VOTE ON BILL TO SUSPEND FCC EQUAL TIME RULE FOR DEBATES; APPOINTMENT OF LINTON COLLINS; MARTIN ANDERSEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT ORLANDO AFB
Telephone conversation # 6331, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 11/11/1964, 8:55PM (Item)
  • "LBJ RANCH"; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS
Telephone conversation # 5825, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 10/2/1964, 7:28PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH PETER LISAGOR AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5846, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/9/1964, 8:20AM (Item)
  • "TRIP SITE - LOUISVILLE, KY"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 7:20A; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 5874, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES GUY, 10/11/1964, 6:50AM (Item)
  • "LUBBOCK, TEX. FROM LBJ RANCH"; GUY ON HOLD 0:55; RODERICK IS MEETING WITH GUY AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 5875, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES GUY, 10/11/1964, 6:50AM (Item)
  • "EL PASO, TEXAS - THEN T DORRANCE RODERICK"; RODERICK IS MEETING WITH GUY AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 5891, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/15/1964, 7:26AM (Item)
  • "NYC"; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 7:16A; CONTINUES ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS