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Telephone conversation # 383, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/10/1963, 3:14PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA SAYS HE ANNOUNCED CANCELLATION OF DYNASOAR PROGRAM TO PRESS AT NOON BRIEFING; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA ABOUT JAMES WEBB'S COMMENTS TO PRESS; MCNAMARA DISCUSSES ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSING OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO REPORT
Telephone conversation # 2152, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/21/1964, 7:45AM (Item)
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  • BIRCH BAYH ANNOUNCEMENT ON STUDEBAKER, KAISER CONTRACTS IN INDIANA, APPROVAL BY ARMY UNDER SECRETARY STEPHEN AILES, DISPLACEMENT OF OHIO WORKERS; WARREN ROGERS PRESS STORY ON JCS, GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS IN CUBA; FIRING OF CUBAN WORKERS; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 4949, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/15/1964, 12:15PM (Item)
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  • INFORMATION FOR PRESS ON ROLE OF US FORCES IN CONGO; PRESS CONFERENCE ITEMS: COUNTERINSURGENCY (COIN) AIRCRAFT, POSSIBLE SPEED RECORD ON A-11 AIRCRAFT; LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION POLICY ON DEFENSE CONTRACTS; EL PASO, TEXAS, (ED
Telephone conversation # 8568, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
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  • 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 # 9322, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/16/1965, 10:11AM (Item)
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  • BUNDY REPORTS ON INQUIRIES HE MADE TO NSC STAFF ABOUT LEAK TO DOUGLAS KIKER ON VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ TELLS BUNDY JUNIOR STAFF SHOULD REFER PRESS CALLS TO BUNDY OR MOYERS, DISCUSSES ORIGIN OF "SPUTTERING MAD" PRESS STORY ON ALUMINUM CRISIS
Telephone conversation # 9133, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 6:38PM (Item)
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  • ANNOUNCEMENT THAT JOE SWIDLER WILL TEMPORARILY ASSIST CALIFANO; CONFUSION OVER WHETHER SWIDLER WILL WORK ON ALUMINUM SITUATION OR NORTHEAST POWER FAILURE; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD; WH PRESS CORPS' COMMENTS ON LBJ'S HANDLING OF POWER
Telephone conversation # 345, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID LAWRENCE, 12/9/1963, 9:55AM (Item)
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  • LBJ TELLS LAWRENCE ABOUT CLOSING PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD, OTHER DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS, TO CUT FEDERAL SPENDING; PRESS RUMORS ABOUT POLITICIANS' LACK OF ENTHUSIASM FOR LBJ; LBJ DISCUSSES WIDE RANGE OF SUPPORT HE HAS; BILL GREEN'S ILLNESS
Telephone conversation # 453, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/12/1963, 3:14PM (Item)
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  • 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 # 470, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/13/1963, 3:00PM (Item)
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  • PRIOR TO LEAVING TO ATTEND NATO CONFERENCE, MCNAMARA REPORTS ON COVERAGE OF HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ON DEFENSE INSTALLATION CLOSINGS, DOD BUDGET; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH US DIPLOMATS, PRAISES MCNAMARA, CAUTIONS HIM ABOUT WORKING TOO HARD
Telephone conversation # 1907, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
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  • REMODELING LBJ'S OFFICE; FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 11/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS
Telephone conversation # 1909, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
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  • FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 1/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS CONFIDENCE
Telephone conversation # 1458, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 1/22/1964, 12:10PM (Item)
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  • PRESS STORIES ON BUDGET; WALL STREET JOURNAL STORY ON BUDGET "GIMMICKS"; WASHINGTON STAR EDITORIAL; LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON SAVINGS IN EXCESS OF $100 MILLION IN DEPTS SUCH AS DOD, USDA, AEC, AND FROM GOVT ASSET SALES
Telephone conversation # 3028, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/14/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
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  • AP STORY ON CHARGE BY CURTIS LEMAY OF USSR NARROWING GAP IN US ARMS STRENGTH; RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO REFUTE LEMAY'S CLAIM; SIMILAR CLAIM BY BARRY GOLDWATER; LBJ GIVES ADVICE ON HANDLING PRESS; DEFENSE BUDGET; DOD MEAT PURCHASES
Telephone conversation # 3089, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/21/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
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  • BUNDY ASKS IF JOHN MCCONE SHOULD BE AT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP BRIEFING TOMORROW; NSC MEETING TOMORROW; PLUTONIUM REACTORS; INFORMATION FOR PRESS ON LUNCH MEETING TODAY; CUTBACK IN URANIUM PRODUCTION; VIETNAM, LAOS
Telephone conversation # 2853, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/4/1964, 12:34PM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE MEETING WITH MCNAMARA LATER TODAY; BRIEF MENTION OF LBJ'S "PROBLEM" WITH CURTIS LEMAY; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT DOD MEAT PURCHASES TO BE SHIPPED OVERSEAS; DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL BASE CLOSINGS
Telephone conversation # 2903, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/8/1964, 11:10AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH UNIDENTIFIED MALE (CURTIS LEMAY?); UPCOMING MILITARY EXERCISES; SHOOTDOWN OF US AIRPLANE OVER EAST GERMANY; HANDLING REACTION TO BASE CLOSINGS IN MASSACHUSETTS; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 3159, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 4/28/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
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  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL; CLOSURE OF MASSACHUSETTS NAVY YARD; IMPACT ON RAILROADS; PRESS STORIES ON DEFEAT OF BILL
Telephone conversation # 3160, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/28/1964, 6:25PM (Item)
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  • LBJ JOKES ABOUT PRESS STORY ON HIS KISSING MARGARET MCNAMARA AT WOMEN DOERS' LUNCH; JCS, CUTBACK IN URANIUM PRODUCTION; PLANNING FOR TRIPS BY CYRUS VANCE, WILLIAM TYLER; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; DEAN RUSK
Telephone conversation # 4619, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/1/1964, 5:42PM (Item)
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  • LBJ RECOUNTS EFFORTS TO GET POVERTY BILL VOTES; CLOSING NAVY SHIPYARDS; UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES ON ELIMINATION OF RFK AS VP NOMINEE, HIS ROLE IN CAMPAIGN, FUTURE; HYANNIS PORT STRATEGY MEETING OF RFK SUPPORTERS; 1962 BAN ON CAMPAIGNING BY CABINET
Telephone conversation # 6331, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 11/11/1964, 8:55PM (Item)
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  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANKS SANDERS FOR HELP IN WHISTLESTOP CAMPAIGN, REISSUES INVITATION TO RANCH; PRESS STORY ABOUT LBJ'S INVITATION TO RICHARD RUSSELL, SANDERS, OTHERS FOR 11/22/64 HUNTING TRIP; POLITICAL EFFECTS OF TRIP; BASE CLOSINGS IN GEORGIA
Telephone conversation # 5837, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 10/3/1964, 8:48PM (Item)
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  • WAGNER REPORTS ON RALLY TOMORROW AGAINST CLOSING OF BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; LBJ SAYS THAT DOD IS STUDYING ALL BASE CLOSINGS, WILL ANNOUNCE DECISION NEXT YEAR; COMPARISON OF MCNAMARA WITH ROBERT MOSES; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; RFK
Telephone conversation # 6340, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/12/1964, 8:55AM (Item)
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  • VISIT BY MEXICO'S PRESIDENT DIAZ ORDAZ TO RANCH; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS EFFORT TO HAVE CARL SANDERS RECONSIDER INVITATION TO HUNTING TRIP AT RANCH; PRESS STORY IMPLYING INVITATION WAS SLIGHT TO SANDERS; GEORGIA POLITICS; BASE CLOSINGS IN GEORGIA; RALPH
Telephone conversation # 6346, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 11/12/1964, 10:25AM (Item)
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  • LBJ REPORTS ON CALLS TO RICHARD RUSSELL, RALPH MCGILL ABOUT MISUNDERSTANDING ON INVITATION TO HUNTING TRIP AT RANCH, ASKS SANDERS TO NOT REPEAT INFORMATION ON BASE CLOSINGS, TO IGNORE PRESS STORIES AND RECONSIDER INVITATION TO RANCH; GEORGIA
Telephone conversation # 6429, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/20/1964, 4:10PM (Item)
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  • PRESS COVERAGE OF CLOSING OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS; RFK PROPOSAL TO STUDY CLOSING OF BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; MISSING T-28 PLANES EN ROUTE FROM THAILAND TO LAOS; LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA TO MEET WITH STEWART UDALL ABOUT POSSIBLE CONSERVATION USES FOR CLOSED
Telephone conversation # 7019, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/4/1965, 11:39AM (Item)
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  • PRESS STORIES ON SENATE RULES COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION OF BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBLE J. EDGAR HOOVER MEETING WITH COMMITTEE; JUSTICE DEPT REPORT ON DON REYNOLDS, TFX, AND LBJ'S ALLEGED USE OF COUNTERPART FUNDS ON HONG KONG TRIP AS VP; BOBBY BAKER GRAND
Telephone conversation # 7573, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 5/4/1965, 1:01PM (Item)
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  • VANCE TELLS LBJ HOW PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS WILL BE ALLOCATED; DISCUSSION OF TRANSMITTING LBJ'S MESSAGE ALONG WITH BILL; VANCE'S PRESS BACKGROUNDER ON BILL; LBJ ASKS FOR COPY OF BILL
Telephone conversation # 7599, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS DEAN RUSK NOT ATTEND NATO MEETING BECAUSE OF CONTINUING CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VIETNAM SITUATION; GEORGE BALL; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH ON EUROPE; OAS; "WISE MEN" DELEGATION TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW AIRPLANE FOR PRESS
Telephone conversation # 7799, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/21/1965, 1:45PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VANCE'S TALKS WITH IMBERT; LBJ INVITES MCNAMARA FAMILY FOR WEEKEND VISIT TO CAMP DAVID; LBJ'S LUNCH WITH PRESS TODAY; MENDEL RIVERS' BASE CLOSING PLAN; VIETNAM COUP; DECISION TO SEND TROOPS TO DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 8621, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/23/1965, 4:07PM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS RIVERS' ADVICE ON NEW POLICY ON DRAFTING MARRIED MEN, READS PRESS STORY ON ISSUE; LANGUAGE OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL PROVISION REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS; MILITARY PAY BILL
Telephone conversation # 9155, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/10/1965, 7:54PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ HE HAS RELEASED PRESS STATEMENT THAT ALCOA HAS RESCINDED ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICAL COLUMN BY CHARLES BARTLETT; FUTURE ALUMINUM STOCKPILE RELEASES; ALCOA'S STATEMENT; POSITION OF OTHER ALUMINUM COMPANIES
Telephone conversation # 9191, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 11/28/1965, 10:29AM (Item)
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  • FOWLER'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS MEMO; POSSIBLE BUSINESS COUNCIL BRIEFING, QUADRIAD MEETING; PRESS QUESTIONS ON ECONOMY, POSSIBLE INTEREST RATE INCREASE; FRB NOMINEE; DIRECT INVESTMENT PROGRAM; EFFECT OF ALUMINUM CRISIS ON BUSINESS SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 9004, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/1/1965, 6:36PM (Item)
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  • RUSSELL REPORTS ON INQUIRIES TO HIS STAFF ABOUT PRESS LEAK OF AWARD OF DEFENSE CONTRACT TO LOCKHEED, DISCUSSES HIS TALKS WITH GEORGIA CONGRESSMEN ABOUT CONTRACT, EXPRESSES CONCERN HE MAY HAVE BEEN SOURCE OF LEAK; EFFECT OF CONTRACT ON LOCKHEED STOCK
Telephone conversation # 9109, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES RATIONALE FOR RELEASE OF ALUMINUM STOCKPILE TO MEET VIETNAM NEEDS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT, HIS WORK ON RUBBER SUPPLY IN WWII; PRESS STORIES ABOUT WH REACTION TO ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE; EFFECT OF INCREASE
Telephone conversation # 9111, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
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  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE, STOCKPILE RELEASE, PRESS REPORTING OF SITUATION; INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS; LBJ'S WORK ON WWII RUBBER SUPPLY; HIS RECOVERY FROM GALL BLADDER SURGERY; LBJ'S WORK AS COLLEGE NEWSPAPER EDITOR; WAR
Telephone conversation # 9113, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM (Item)
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  • CALIFANO REPORTS ON MEETING OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ON ALUMINUM SITUATION, INDUSTRY CONTACTS ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK BY ALCOA, REYNOLDS; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS' CONCERNS ABOUT PROCEEDING WITH STOCKPILE
Telephone conversation # 9116, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM (Item)
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  • CALIFANO DISCUSSES ALUMINUM STOCKPILE RELEASE; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS' CONCERNS ABOUT STOCKPILE RELEASE; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA MEET WITH JOHN HARPER ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK; QUESTION OF WAR PROFITEERING
Telephone conversation # 9885, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 3/14/1966, 11:32AM (Item)
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  • VANCE REPORTS ON WEEKEND PRESS STORIES ON JCS ATTRIBUTED TO EARLE WHEELER; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RATE OF DOD EXPENDITURES, DISCUSSES NEED TO REDUCE DOD SPENDING THAT IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO VIETNAM, ESPECIALLY US CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CIVILIAN CONTRACTS
Telephone conversation # 10770, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/14/1966, 10:20AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES AP STORY QUOTING HIGH-RANKING MILITARY OFFICER ON WASTE IN VIETNAM CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS; MCNAMARA SAYS HE CAUTIONED OFFICIALS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS FOLLOWING SIMILAR NYT STORY; POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY BY ESCAPED POW DIETER
Telephone conversation # 10290, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 6/30/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
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  • MARTIN'S UPCOMING SURGERY; LBJ'S SURGERY; MARTIN REPORTS ON TALKS WITH DIRKSEN, WILBUR MILLS ON US ECONOMY, TAXES; LBJ EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING, PRESS LEAKS BY MILLS; IMPOUNDING FEDERAL FUNDS; LBJ'S SPENDING CUTS; STOCK
Telephone conversation # 9352, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/31/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS STORY ON HHH'S TALK WITH MARCOS ON PHILIPPINE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION TO VIETNAM, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT STEEL PRICE INCREASE BY BETHLEHEM STEEL, POSSIBLE WAR PROFITEERING, SUGGESTS MCNAMARA TALK TO CLARK CLIFFORD ABOUT STEEL