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  • "EARLY", "10" LINED THROUGH ON SLIP; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS WHICH LIST CALL AT 11:52A EASTERN TIME; TIME ADJUSTED TO REFLECT CENTRAL TIME AT LBJ RANCH; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; RUSK ALMOST INAUDIBLE AT TIMES
  • TIME OF CALL UNCERTAIN; WH OPS LOGS LISTS CALLS WITH RUSK AT 9:18A, 9:35A, 10:26A; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Telephone conversation # 6884, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, time unknown
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY (CENTRAL STANDARD TIME); SLIP LISTS CALL AT 4:15P (EASTERN STANDARD TIME); RUSK ON HOLD ABOUT 0:30; POOR SOUND QUALITY
  • "ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF STRIKE IN VN DURING INTERIM PERIOD"; "WHAT SOVIETS ARE DOING"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • TIMING OF POSSIBLE AIRSTRIKE IN VIETNAM IN LIGHT OF UK-USSR PROPOSAL; PRESS REPORTS OF MOVEMENT OF USSR ANTI-AIRCRAFT; MCNAMARA'S UPCOMING CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; LBJ DISCUSSES TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION AS STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF US
  • Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown
  • "B. 1 - BUNDY(?)"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; MUSIC AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
  • 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
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT JOHN NANCE GARNER'S VIEWS OF VICE PRESIDENCY PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ROBERT THOMPSON OF LA TIMES AT TIME OF CALL; MCNAMARA ON HOLD 1:00
  • MCNAMARA ON HOLD 0:25; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
  • MCNAMARA ASKS FOR AUTHORITY TO BOMB POL TARGETS IN HANOI, HAIPHONG; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT TIMING OF MISSION, USSR'S RESPONSE IF SOVIET TANKER HIT; EFFECTS OF BOMBING ON MILITARY EFFORT, MORALE OF US TROOPS; ENEMY MORALE AND MILITARY EFFORT IN SOUTH
  • Telephone conversation # 9351, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/31/1965, time unknown
  • SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 2/18/1967, 2:44P; DATE AND TIME DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL AND DAILY DIARY
  • 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 # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown
  • 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
  • "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
  • "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
  • "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
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-2-68"; "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CLARK CLIFFORD IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; 0:15 MACHINE NOISE PRECEDES CALL
  • "? 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
  • "TRANS" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RUSK IS IN HONOLULU; BUNDY IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7347
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7344
  • "RANCH"; "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 7/31/65, 8:17A; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #8501
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "RE HIS TESTIFYING BEFORE ARMED SERVICES AND APPROPRIATIONS CMTEE"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATIONS PRECEDE AND FOLLOW CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR AT TIME OF CALL
  • RUSSELL IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HAROLD WILSON'S CONCERN THAT TIMING OF UPCOMING B-52 VIETNAM RAID WILL AFFECT ANNOUNCEMENT OF UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE; LBJ DISCUSSES UK, GERMAN POLLS ON VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS GROUP PROTESTING WAR
  • "SUMMARIZED"; VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY, FORD IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; LBJ IS MEETING WITH THOMAS DEWEY AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "POTTUS TO MIKE MANATOS"; DAILY DIARY AND WH OPS LOGS LIST TIME AS 5:20P; SLIP LISTS CALL AT 4:21P; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ TELLS HHH TO KEEP WH INFORMED OF HIS WHEREABOUTS IN CASE LBJ WANTS HIM TO JOIN HONOLULU MEETING; HHH'S TRAVEL PLANS; PRESS REPORTS THAT LBJ, HHH ARE BOTH TRAVELING AT SAME TIME
  • TIMING OF US BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; NEED TO GIVE ALLIES ADVANCE NOTICE OF BOMBING, POSSIBLE LEAKS AND DANGER TO US FORCES; ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S COMMENTS AT TODAY'S NSC MEETING ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RESIGNATION; RABBI J. J. WEINSTEIN'S
  • GOLDBERG'S DENIAL OF PRESS LEAK; TIMING OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM POL TARGETS; MILITARY FRUSTRATION ABOUT TARGET LIMITS; NORTH VIETNAMESE COMMENTS ON US OPPOSITION TO WAR; NEED FOR SUFFICIENT MILITARY FORCES; POSSIBLE EMERGENCY MEASURES IF WAR
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ HE HAS NO WORD YET ON GARCIA GODOY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CBS STORY ON THAILAND, VIETNAM; PRESS STORIES ON BOMBING PAUSE; GOVT OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; BACKGROUND OF LBJ'S DECISION; LODGE, TIME MAGAZINE; STATE OF THE UNION; PEACE
  • RUSK DISCUSSES ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S MEETING WITH NGUYEN VAN THIEU, NGUYEN CAO KY ON PEACE TALKS; THIEU'S INSISTENCE ON NEED FOR MORE TIME BEFORE JOINING TALKS; POSSIBLE DELAY IN BOMBING HALT; CYRUS VANCE'S REPORT ON NORTH VIETNAMESE REACTION; JOHN
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE OF CALL IS 11/11/1968; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • "(B.2)"; "TRANSCR HB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • "SUNDAY"; "SUMMARIZED"; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME OF CALL AS 5:15P