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Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON FAVORABLE EDITORIAL IN NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS ON VIETNAM; MANSFIELD'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; SENATE CRITICISM OF WAR; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S USE OF CRITICISM
  • Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 9312, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/8/1965, 10:52AM? (Item)
  • "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
Telephone conversation # 6884, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 11237, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/30/1966, 3:14PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 6868, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/22/1965, 8:48AM (Item)
  • "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 # 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 # 8212, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/30/1965, 3:50PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 7/1/1965, 10:35A; DATE DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 8319, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/8/1965, 5:35PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 10266, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/28/1966, 7:59AM (Item)
  • 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 (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 9351, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/31/1965, time unknown
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 # 11803, transcript, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/11/1967, 9:40AM (Item)
  • = Robert McNamara. DATE: 5/11/67 TIME: 9:40 AM CALLER: Robert McNamara Pages of Transcript: 2 pages Barbara Cline Archivist SERVICE SET . it . . ~~ r ,.) \. . B And just carry them out and depos t them across the street where we have allowed
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; TRANSCRIPT IS UNDATED AND DOES NOT IDENTIFY CALLER; NAME, DATE AND TIME OF CALL DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF TRANSCRIPT AND DAILY DIARY
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 # 8302, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/2/1965, 8:41AM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 7/14/1965, 6:15P; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES TIME AND DATE ARE 7/2/65, 8:41A; MUSIC AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; PREVIOUSLY OPENED IN PART ON TAPE SO.02
Telephone conversation # 9810, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 3/1/1966, 7:15PM (Item)
  • MARVIN WATSON IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND ANSWERS THE TELEPHONE; RECORDING OF CONVERSATION IS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED IN MIDDLE OF THE CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
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 # 12807, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/12/1968, 5:36PM (Item)
  • "3-13-68"; "RE GOLD BILL & LEGISLATION"; "SUMMARIZED"; "FROM BEDROOM MARCH 13, 1968" AND "LISTENED TO-YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 12817, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/15/1968, 8:11AM (Item)
  • "BEDROOM D. DALEY 3/14/68 OR 3/15"; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE IS 3/15/68; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; 0:15 MACHINE NOISE PRECEDES CALL; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE AT TIMES
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 # 12903, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/2/1968, 2:10PM (Item)
  • "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
Telephone conversation # 13313, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES MURPHY, 8/26/1968, 8:04AM (Item)
  • "B-2"; "THEN LATER-CHARLES MURPHY"; "(MURPHY FIRST) [LINED THROUGH]"; "--NOT SURE OF THE IDENTIFICATION ON THIS--OR SEQUENCE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; JIM JONES IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS
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 # 13553, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/16/1968, 4:40PM (Item)
  • "REGARDING THE BOMBING PAUSE"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 10/22/1968, 5:24P; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE AND TIME ARE 10/16/1968, 4:40P; CONTINUES WITH SOME INTERRUPTION FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
Telephone conversation # 13618, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:05PM (Item)
  • Reference No. 13618a November 25, 2008 Processing Note . Transcript only of this conversation; there is no recording. DATE: 10/31168 TIME: 6:05 PM CALLER: Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, George Wallace Pages ofTranscript: 15 pages Barbara Cline
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH JIM JONES AT TIME OF CALL; HHH, RICHARD NIXON, AND GEORGE WALLACE WERE REACHED BY TELEPHONE; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 3614, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/2/1964, 4:55PM (Item)
  • "TRANS" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RUSK IS IN HONOLULU; BUNDY IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5815, sound recording, LBJ and MILTON EISENHOWER, 10/2/1964, 4:00PM (Item)
  • EISENHOWER ON HOLD 1:20; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT CRITICAL CAMPAIGN REMARKS CONCERNING LBJ PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 7028, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/6/1965, 2:32PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 7344, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL POTTER, 4/17/1965, 9:01AM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7347
Telephone conversation # 7347, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL POTTER, 4/17/1965, 9:01AM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7344
Telephone conversation # 8502, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/2/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
  • "RANCH"; "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 7/31/65, 8:17A; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #8501
Telephone conversation # 8506, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1965, 1:35PM (Item)
  • "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
Telephone conversation # 8865, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 9/14/1965, 8:00PM (Item)
  • RUSSELL IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 9317, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1965, 12:58PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 8145, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1965, 12:12PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 8154, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 6/17/1965, 7:50PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY, FORD IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; LBJ IS MEETING WITH THOMAS DEWEY AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 8155, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 6/17/1965, 7:50PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORD IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; LBJ IS MEETING WITH THOMAS DEWEY AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING