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Telephone conversation # 11545, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/15/1967, 9:24AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF INCREASED BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM; VIET CONG MINING OF SAIGON CHANNEL WITH SOVIET MINES; POSSIBLE US MINING OF HAIPHONG; ROSTOW RECOMMENDS WESTMORELAND INCREASE PACE OF OPERATIONS IN VIETNAM; CANDIDATES FOR US AMBASSADOR
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11545, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/15/1967, 9:24AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
Telephone conversation # 2347, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/4/1964, 7:26PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF DOROTHY FOSDICK; WALT ROSTOW; ELIE ABEL, CHALMERS ROBERTS STORIES ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S MEETING WITH JCS TODAY; LBJ WANTS TO MEET WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR, MCNAMARA BEFORE MCNAMARA'S VIETNAM TRIP; NUCLEAR TESTS; EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 9198, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/29/1965, 3:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT ROSWELL GILPATRIC'S APPOINTMENT TO HEAD US EFFORT ON RHODESIA; POSSIBLE MEETING AT LBJ RANCH; MCGEORGE BUNDY'S SUCCESSOR; WALT ROSTOW; ROBERT KOMER; U. ALEXIS JOHNSON; DUTIES OF NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER; INTEREST RATE
Telephone conversation # 10145, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 5/27/1966, 5:11PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF UNNAMED PERSON AND MEMO ON PEACE INITIATIVES; LUCIUS BATTLE, WILLIAM BLAIR, EUGENE ROSTOW AS REPLACEMENT FOR THOMAS MANN; UNNAMED PERSON AS REPLACEMENT FOR GEORGE BALL; DOUGLAS DILLON, CYRUS VANCE, DAVID BRUCE AS UNDERSECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 9679, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/27/1966, 9:10AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT KINTNER; WALT ROSTOW OR BILL MOYERS AS POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT FOR MCGEORGE BUNDY AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER; LBJ SENDS HIS REGARDS TO MCNAMARA'S SON WHO IS BEING CONFIRMED TODAY
Telephone conversation # 10780, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/16/1966, 10:18AM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WILLIAM BUNDY'S BRIEFING ON FERDINAND MARCOS' VISIT, PHILIPPINE AID; JOSEPH SISCO'S BRIEFING ON CHINA; EFFORTS TO DEFLECT CRITICISM STATE DEPT IS ASIA-ORIENTED BY NEW AMBASSADORIAL AND STATE DEPT APPOINTMENTS; EUGENE ROSTOW; FOY
Telephone conversation # 10795, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/17/1966, 5:59PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF MEETING WITH UNNAMED PERSON (EUGENE ROSTOW?); LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR REORGANIZATION IN AMBASSADORSHIPS IN VIETNAM, FRANCE, USSR; WILLIAM WESTMORELAND; HENRY CABOT LODGE; FOY KOHLER; CHARLES BOHLEN; CREIGHTON ABRAMS
Telephone conversation # 10816, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/21/1966, 9:36AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA'S EFFORTS TO DELAY CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; LBJ'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON USE OF CHEMICALS IN VIETNAM, MELVIN LAIRD'S CHARGES ON VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S OPINION OF APPOINTMENTS OF NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, EUGENE ROSTOW, FOY