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Telephone conversation # 8141, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/15/1965, 5:50PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO HOLD BRIEFLY DURING CALL WHILE HE LISTENS TO TV REPORT ON EDUCATION AID TO VIETNAM COMBAT VETERANS
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA UPDATES LBJ ON REBEL ACTION, US CASUALTIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, MILITARY ACTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM; VIET CONG, SOUTH VIETNAM CASUALTIES; MILITARY PAY BILL; UPCOMING ROLLING THUNDER, B-52 OPERATIONS; UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE
Telephone conversation # 9535, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/26/1966, 9:54AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM PEACE FEELER FROM MAYOR OF MILAN, ITALY; QUESTION OF WILLIAM DOUGLAS MEETING INFORMALLY WITH HO CHI MINH; LBJ EVALUATES VIETNAM SITUATION; LACK OF ENEMY RESPONSE TO BOMBING HALT; CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS ON VIETNAM POLICY; POSSIBLE CHINESE
Telephone conversation # 13614, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REVIEWS RECENT PEACE TALKS WITH NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON TALKS; NIXON'S ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM; APPROVAL OF BOMBING HALT OF NORTH VIETNAM BY MILITARY, CREIGHTON
Telephone conversation # 3610, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/2/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER LEVI ESHKOL; UPCOMING CALL WITH ROBERT ANDERSON REGARDING CHARLES DE GAULLE; FRANCE; HONOLULU MEETING ON VIETNAM; COMMENT BY MELVIN LAIRD ON PLANS FOR INVASION OF NORTH VIETNAM, PRESS REACTION
Telephone conversation # 3651, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/9/1964, 12:56PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT, ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON OTHER CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO INFORM; US POLICY ON VIETNAM; VIEWS OF DE GAULLE; FRANCE; CANADA'S BLAIR SEABORN MISSION TO NORTH VIETNAM; BOURKE HICKENLOOPER; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 6292, sound recording, LBJ and ALLEN ELLENDER, 11/8/1964, 11:56AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ELLENDER DISCUSSES LOUISIANA ELECTION RESULTS, EFFECT OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA; ELLENDER OFFERS LBJ HIS ADVICE ON VIETNAM AND NATO, EXPRESSES FEAR VIETNAM WILL BECOME ANOTHER KOREA, SKEPTICISM ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF US MILITARY MISSIONS
Telephone conversation # 9306, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/3/1965, 9:31AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC POLL; BUNDY'S CABLE ON VIETNAM DECISIONS; LBJ SAYS ADVISERS SHOULD MEET ON ALTERNATIVES BEFORE MEETING WITH HIM; POSSIBLE SEPARATE VIETNAM BUDGET; INTEREST RATE HIKE; DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS; DOMINICAN SITUATION; WH CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 9314, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/11/1965, 12:18PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; HANOI'S DENUNCIATION OF PAUSE; UPCOMING HAROLD WILSON VISIT; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE, CONCERN ABOUT PRESS LEAKS; US LOAN TO BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN TROOPS FOR VIETNAM; WILLIAM BENNETT AS AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL; GEORGE
Telephone conversation # 9326, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/20/1965, 9:12AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • PROPOSAL TO HOLD DOWN DOD BUDGET BY NOT FINANCING VIETNAM MILITARY COSTS BEYOND 1966; GERMAN OFFSET PAYMENT; POSSIBLE GERMAN MILITARY AID TO VIETNAM; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, EXCISE TAX, INCOME TAX; VIETNAM CHRISTMAS TRUCE, AIR RAID, PORT
Telephone conversation # 8145, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1965, 12:12PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 8146, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1965, 12:55PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT ON INCREASE IN US TROOPS IN VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES CRITICAL LABOUR STATEMENT IN UK HOUSE OF COMMONS, FULBRIGHT'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM TROOP INCREASE, SAYS HE IS LEAVING TO ATTEND BOBBY RUSSELL'S
Telephone conversation # 9650, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; LBJ'S IMPRESSIONS OF WESTMORELAND; GUERRILLA WARFARE; US TROOP COMMITMENTS; IMPACT OF WEATHER ON BOMBING CAMPAIGN, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S VIEWS ON NORTH VIETNAM; LUCE CITES US FAILURE TO IDENTIFY
Telephone conversation # 9651, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • US ISOLATIONISM; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S SUPPORT FOR INCLUDING VIET CONG IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; SENATE PLAN TO ASK THAT PRESIDENT SEEK SENATE APPROVAL BEFORE ESCALATING WAR; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 9610, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/2/1966, 5:29PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS IN BURMA, UN; LBJ'S MEETING WITH B. K. NEHRU ON EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO INDIA; NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF CLARK CLIFFORD; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY BY FULBRIGHT
Telephone conversation # 9638, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/14/1966, 4:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REVIEWS CRITICISM OF US VIETNAM POLICY, PEACE INITIATIVES, BOMBING PAUSES; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; ECONOMIC AID TO VIETNAM; HO CHI MINH'S DEMAND FOR VIET CONG RECOGNITION; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S REACTION TO RIBICOFF'S PROPOSAL FOR GENEVA CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 11012, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 11/3/1966, 6:33PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HEALTH AND UPCOMING SURGERY, BACKGROUND AND RESULTS OF MANILA CONFERENCE; VIETNAM SITUATION; ASIAN ECONOMIC PROGRESS; PROTESTS DURING ASIAN TRIP; COMMUNIST MISUNDERSTANDING OF EFFECT OF CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS ON VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 9338, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/27/1965, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; LBJ SAYS HE FAVORS HALT IF THERE IS HOPE OF PEACE, DISCUSSES REPORT FROM GEORGE BROWN? ON PORT CONGESTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS FROM MILITARY, HHH; PHILIPPINE CONTRIBUTION IN VIETNAM; PEACE EFFORTS; EFFECTIVENESS
Telephone conversation # 9502, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/17/1966, 9:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, POSSIBLE RESUMPTION OF BOMBING; PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR BOMBING HALT, MILITARY OPPOSITION; NORTH VIETNAM GOVT'S ATTITUDE; MILITARY IMPACT OF HALT; RAND STUDY OF VIET CONG DEFECTIONS, MORALE; RFK'S VIEWS; US SERVICEWOMEN
Telephone conversation # 2309, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/2/1964, 12:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CYPRUS; MESSAGE FROM LBJ TO ISMET INONU; MCNAMARA'S UPCOMING TRIP TO VIETNAM; UPCOMING BUNDY LUNCH WITH JOSEPH ALSOP; US POLICY IN VIETNAM; ROGER HILSMAN RESIGNATION AND WILLIAM BUNDY APPOINTMENT IN STATE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 2584, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/21/1964, 1:07PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA'S SPEECH ON VIETNAM NEXT WEEK; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA MEET WITH WAYNE MORSE, ERNEST GRUENING; LBJ ASKS FOR BRIEF STATEMENT ON VIETNAM POLICY, EVALUATION OF POSITIONS OF USSR, CHINA, UK, FRANCE; COST-CUTTING PROGRAM IN DOD; MILITARY BASE
Telephone conversation # 3680, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO REPLACE HENRY CABOT LODGE IN VIETNAM: GEORGE BALL, JOHN MCCONE, MCNAMARA, WILLIAM GAUD, CLARK KERR, WESTMORELAND; CYPRUS; STATE DEPT PRESS LEAKS; LAOS; POVERTY PROGRAM; CARL HAYDEN; CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER
Telephone conversation # 6868, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/22/1965, 8:48AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 6882, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH U THANT ABOUT HIS CRITICAL REMARKS TO PRESS ON VIETNAM, PROPOSAL THAT US HAVE BILATERAL TALKS WITH HANOI, ALLEGATION THAT US PEOPLE NOT FULLY INFORMED; US FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; DRAFT US ANSWER; ADLAI STEVENSON; TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 6884, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH UNIDENTIFIED PERSON ABOUT U THANT'S CRITICAL REMARKS ABOUT US AND VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT ADLAI STEVENSON'S REACTION TO U THANT'S REMARKS
Telephone conversation # 6885, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ THAT HE WILL HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON; LBJ SUGGESTS THAT RUSK SEND BALL TO THAT AFTERNOON'S CABINET MEETING WHILE RUSK PREPARES FOR PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ SUMMARIZES US POLICY IN VIETNAM; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION
Telephone conversation # 7016, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/4/1965, 10:41AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DEMONSTRATIONS AT US EMBASSY IN MOSCOW; LBJ TELLS RUSK TO CONFER WITH FULBRIGHT, REEDY ON RESPONSE, SUGGESTS RUSK AND OTHER US OFFICIALS GIVE REGULAR REPORTS TO PRESS, DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON VIETNAM POLICY; BUDDHIST PROTESTS; RESPONSE TO CRITICISM
Telephone conversation # 7022, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/5/1965, 10:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LICENSE TO FRENCH SUBORDINATE OF FRUEHAUF COMPANY TO SELL TRAILERS TO COMMUNIST CHINA; BOB GORALSKI'S VIETNAM STORY; NBC WH COVERAGE; RON NESSEN'S SUNDAY BROADCAST; JOHN CHANCELLOR; PRESS LEAKS; JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON; DECISION TO SEND MARINES
Telephone conversation # 7028, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/6/1965, 2:32PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DECISION TO SEND MARINES TO DANANG; LBJ READS PART OF MCGEORGE BUNDY MEMO ON POSSIBLE PEACE TALKS, UK VIEWS ON VIETNAM; NYT STORY ON POSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS BASED ON RUSK'S PRESS BRIEFING; PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SENDING MARINES; MIKE MANSFIELD
Telephone conversation # 7344, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL POTTER, 4/17/1965, 9:01AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POTTER ASKS LBJ TO CALL UNIDENTIFIED PERSON WHO IS HOSPITALIZED; LBJ BRIEFS POTTER ON VIETNAM, CEASEFIRE SUGGESTIONS FROM CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON AND OTHERS, POSTPONEMENT OF STATE VISITS UNTIL FOREIGN AID BILL HAS PASSED; FULBRIGHT'S LACK
Telephone conversation # 7347, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL POTTER, 4/17/1965, 9:01AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POTTER ASKS LBJ TO CALL UNIDENTIFIED PERSON WHO IS HOSPITALIZED; LBJ BRIEFS POTTER ON VIETNAM, CEASEFIRE SUGGESTIONS FROM CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON AND OTHERS, POSTPONEMENT OF STATE VISITS UNTIL FOREIGN AID BILL HAS PASSED; FULBRIGHT'S LACK
Telephone conversation # 7140, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 3/23/1965, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH GEORGE WALLACE ON SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; LBJ READS HIS RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON US POLICY ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S COMMITMENT TO PEACE, HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE; LBJ ASKS FOR PEARSON'S REACTION TO VOTING RIGHTS SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 7144, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/24/1965, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ HE WILL MAKE STATEMENT ON USE OF TEAR GAS IN VIETNAM AT STATE DEPT NOON PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT NEGATIVE COMMENTS MADE BY ALLIES; UPCOMING VISITS BY HAROLD WILSON, LAL SHASTRI; UK FOREIGN SECRETARY MICHAEL STEWART'S
Telephone conversation # 7642, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/12/1965, 5:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS FOR EVALUATION OF PROGRESS IN VIETNAM IN LAST 90 DAYS, DISCUSSES NEED FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN EUROPE OF US POLICY ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VIETNAM; LACK OF CIA WARNING ON DOMINICAN CRISIS; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE; CAAMANO'S ROLE
Telephone conversation # 7378, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT SPIVACK, 4/29/1965, 12:43PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH UK; MEETINGS WITH HAROLD WILSON, OTHER UK OFFICIALS, ITALIAN, GERMAN, JAPANESE LEADERS; MLF; DE GAULLE'S RECENT SPEECH; EFFECT OF US VIETNAM PROTESTS ON ENEMY; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN PROTEST MOVEMENT; WAYNE
Telephone conversation # 9200, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/30/1965, 9:09AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON TALKS WITH UK, GERMAN, NATO DEFENSE MINISTERS ON NUCLEAR SHARING, NATO NUCLEAR DEFENSE PLANNING, DISCUSSES HIS VISIT TO SOUTH VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S REPORT ON VIETNAM SITUATION; MEETING WITH RUSK, MCNAMARA, MCGEORGE BUNDY AT LBJ
Telephone conversation # 9317, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1965, 12:58PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM BENNETT AS AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL; GEORGE ANDERSON; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS' VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW VIETNAM CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; PRESS LEAKS; SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING HAROLD WILSON
Telephone conversation # 8134, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/15/1965, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DAVID BRUCE'S REQUEST THAT GEORGE BALL APPEAR ON UK TV PROGRAM ON VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE PREFERS DEAN ACHESON OR SOMEONE NOT IN US GOVT APPEAR; UK GOVT'S VIEWS; CALL BY LESTER PEARSON OF CANADA FOR BOMBING PAUSE; POSSIBLE APPEARANCE BY FULBRIGHT
Telephone conversation # 8135, sound recording, LBJ and BIRCH BAYH, 6/15/1965, 1:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • BAYH'S TALK WITH ROGER BRANIGIN ON STARTING STUDENT MOVEMENT SUPPORTING VIETNAM POLICY; COMMUNIST VICTORIES IN PROPAGANDA, MILITARY WAR; EFFECTIVENESS OF BOMBING; COMMUNISTS' REFUSAL TO NEGOTIATE; INTELLECTUALS' VIEWS; UN PEACE EFFORTS; OTHER
Telephone conversation # 8137, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/15/1965, 5:21PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LODGE'S APPEARANCE ON UK TV PROGRAM ON VIETNAM; UK COMMONWEALTH PROPOSAL TO APPOINT COMMISSION OF 3 PRIME MINISTERS TO EXPLORE PEACE EFFORTS; CHARGE THAT NASSER IS RE-SELLING US FOOD AID TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; UN PRESS LEAKS; AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 8147, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/17/1965, 3:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RESPONSE TO REPUBLICAN STATEMENT ON POSSIBLE INCREASE IN MILITARY SPENDING DUE TO VIETNAM TROOP INCREASE AND TO GEORGE MCGOVERN'S STATEMENT CRITICIZING US POLICY; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN PRESS, UPCOMING DINNER WITH JACKIE KENNEDY; RICHARD