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Telephone conversation # 10812, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/20/1966, 7:20PM (Item)
  • RUSK ON HOLD 1:05; RUSK IS IN NEW YORK AT TIME OF CALL AND IS COMPLETELY INAUDIBLE; BEFORE SHE ANNOUNCES CALL FROM RUSK, OFFICE SECRETARY TELLS LBJ THEY ARE UNABLE TO PLACE CALL TO EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK IF ANATOLY DOBRYNIN IS IN NEW YORK OR PARIS AND ABOUT WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED PERSON (EUGENE ROSTOW?) TO UNNAMED POST
Telephone conversation # 375, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/10/1963, 11:55AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF DAVID NES' APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, SAIGON; APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MANN TO NEW STATE DEPT POST; LBJ ASKS RUSK ABOUT US HOSTAGES IN BOLIVIA, DISSENSION AMONG SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERS; HENRY CABOT LODGE'S PRESS COMMENTS
Telephone conversation # 7941, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON POST ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CABLE FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RETURN TO WASHINGTON; MCNAMARA TELLS FORTAS HE WILL COME TO WH FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH NEW ZEALAND DEFENSE MINISTER
Telephone conversation # 11653, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/25/1967, 11:10AM (Item)
  • JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON CIA IN INDIA; DISCUSSION OF NEWS PROGRAMMING ON EDUCATIONAL TV, POSSIBLE COMPETITION WITH NETWORK TV, USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ALLEGEDLY SLANTED COVERAGE; MILTON EISENHOWER AS HEAD OF PUBLIC TV
Telephone conversation # 294, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 12/5/1963, 2:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS DUNGAN TO INQUIRE INTO BACKGROUND OF MIKE MANSFIELD'S SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED MAN TO UNNAMED POST, ASKS DUNGAN'S OPINION OF APPOINTMENT OF BURKE KNAPP OR THOMAS MANN TO ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS POSTS
Telephone conversation # 10563, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/5/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • DAVID BRUCE'S REFUSAL OF UNNAMED POST (UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE?); OTHER CANDIDATES: EUGENE BLACK, DOUGLAS DILLON; PRESS CRITICISM OF LBJ'S FAILURE TO FILL STATE DEPT POSTS; DON PRICE; CONCERNS ABOUT AGE OF CANDIDATES; ELLSWORTH BUNKER; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 13015, sound recording, LBJ and HAROLD LINDER, 5/22/1968, 10:30AM (Item)
  • "FROM THE BEDROOM 5/22/68 WEDNESDAY"; "(IN PUERTO RICO)"; "RE APMT. TO AN AMBASSADORIAL POST"; "TAX CUT MATTERS ALSO"; "$4 B TO $6 B"; LINDER IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • LBJ PRAISES LINDER, ASKS ABOUT LINDER'S WISH TO ACCEPT AMBASSADORSHIP; POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTMENT TO POST IN CANADA, THE NETHERLANDS, OR DENMARK; CONGRESSIONAL IMPASSE ON TAX BILL; CALL FOR $6 BILLION SPENDING CUT; LINDER'S SUCCESSOR AT EXPORT
Telephone conversation # 2180, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM CROCKETT, 2/25/1964, 10:58AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS CROCKETT TO PLACE UNIDENTIFIED ASSOCIATE OF HHH IN LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE POST
Telephone conversation # 357, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 12/9/1963, 3:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT MANN'S TRAVEL PLANS, DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF MANN TO STATE DEPT LATIN AMERICAN POST; POSSIBLE MEETING BETWEEN LBJ AND MEXICAN PRESIDENT IN TEXAS, WASHINGTON, DC, OR CALIFORNIA; CHAMIZAL TREATY; LBJ ASKS MANN'S OPINION OF ELLSWORTH
Telephone conversation # 1687, sound recording, LBJ and WALKER STONE, 1/31/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS, DEFENSE SPENDING; COMMENTS ON NYT, WASHINGTON POST, NEED FOR SUPPORT OF THOMAS MANN IN PRESS; INFLUENCE OF PRESS ON FOREIGN POLICY; PANAMA; CUBA; FOREIGN AID; CYPRUS; INDONESIA; PRESS RELATIONS WITH WH
Telephone conversation # 1257, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/8/1964, 6:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ON LBJ POSSIBLY MEETING WITH DE GAULLE IN FRANCE OR MARTINIQUE; RUSSELL RECALLS WWII CASABLANCA MEETING BETWEEN DE GAULLE, CHURCHILL, AND FDR; TROUBLES OF PRESIDENCY; PRESS; SALE OF THE ELMS; GERALD SIEGEL; WASHINGTON POST; DEAN
Telephone conversation # 2182, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 2/25/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH WILLIAM CROCKETT ABOUT LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE POST FOR HHH'S ASSOCIATE; LBJ ADVISES HHH ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, FARM BILL, TAX BILL; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR TV APPEARANCES TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION
Telephone conversation # 3820, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 6/23/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENTS OF MAXWELL TAYLOR, U. ALEXIS JOHNSON TO POSTS IN VIETNAM; REQUESTS FROM WILLIAM RYAN, OGDEN REID THAT LBJ MEET WITH PARENTS OF ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; STATUS OF SEARCH IN MISSISSIPPI FOR MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS
Telephone conversation # 6349, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/12/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • POST
Telephone conversation # 7018, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US VIETNAM POLICY, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESS; WALTER LIPPMANN; DREW PEARSON; NYT STORY ON LBJ ADVISERS; CLARK CLIFFORD; DEAN ACHESON; JAMES ROWE; TOMMY CORCORAN; SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY; FDR COMMENT ON INFLUENCE OF CORCORAN, BEN
Telephone conversation # 7145, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/24/1965, 3:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS LODGE TO FILL REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY, DISCUSSION OF DUTIES OF POST; PUBLIC SERVICE COMPONENT OF TV; COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE BOARD; UK TV SYSTEM; SUCCESSOR TO MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; NEED FOR CIVILIAN APPOINTEE; ALEXIS
Telephone conversation # 6755, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 1/29/1965, 2:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF EDWIN WEISL, JR., TO FEDERAL POST IN TREASURY OR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, POSSIBLY AS DELEGATE TO WORLD BANK; RFK AND WEISLS
Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • POST
Telephone conversation # 7365, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 4/26/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF US AMBASSADOR TO UN MISSION AT GENEVA AND OF PATRICIA HARRIS TO AMBASSADORIAL OR STATE DEPT POST; LBJ STRESSES THAT HE WANTS TO APPOINT NEGROES AND WOMEN; RICHARD GARDNER
Telephone conversation # 7401, sound recording, THOMAS MANN and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 4/30/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTS ON CALL FROM WASHINGTON POST THAT ONE OF THEIR REPORTERS ABOARD THE USS BOXER HEARD A MESSAGE FROM TAPLEY BENNETT TO WESSIN Y WESSIN EXPRESSING US SUPPORT FOR HIS FORCES
Telephone conversation # 7817, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/23/1965, 7:20PM (Item)
  • BUNDY, VANCE REQUEST CLARIFICATION OF INSTRUCTIONS IN CABLE 1208 ON DEPORTATION OF REBEL LEADERS AND HANDLING OF COMMUNISTS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; APPOINTEES TO DOMINICAN MILITARY POSTS; TIMING OF TALKS WITH GUZMAN, IMBERT
Telephone conversation # 7820, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and CYRUS VANCE, 5/23/1965, 7:55PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA CLARIFIES SECTIONS OF CABLE 1208 CONCERNING LENGTH OF TIME REBELS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SHOULD BE DEPORTED AND CONCERNING HANDLING OF COMMUNISTS; APPOINTEES TO DOMINICAN MILITARY POSTS
Telephone conversation # 7821, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/23/1965, 8:05PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED HANDLING OF COMMUNISTS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, APPOINTEES TO DOMINICAN MILITARY POSTS; NEGOTIATING STRATEGY WITH GUZMAN, IMBERT, OAS REPRESENTATIVE JOSE MORA
Telephone conversation # 8892, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/21/1965, 12:40PM (Item)
  • US DELEGATION TO UN; JAMES ROOSEVELT'S RESIGNATION FROM CONGRESS; GOLDBERG'S TALKS WITH JOSEPH KRAFT, MARY MCGRORY ABOUT RECENT COLUMNS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WASHINGTON POST'S ERRORS, EVANS-NOVAK COLUMN ON WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S RECENT SPEECH; BEN
Telephone conversation # 8614, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 8/23/1965, 3:11PM (Item)
  • NYT, WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE OF US INTERVENTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ MIMICS FULBRIGHT, DISCUSSES HIS NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT W. TAPLEY BENNETT; THOMAS DODD'S SPEECH DEFENDING US POLICY; TALMADGE DEFENDS BENNETT, DISCUSSES HIS BACKGROUND
Telephone conversation # 8615, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 8/23/1965, 3:11PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S HEARINGS ON US INTERVENTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS TALMADGE TO DEFEND W. TAPLEY BENNETT TO SENATE COMMITTEE; NYT, WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; THOMAS DODD'S SPEECH; COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT
Telephone conversation # 9112, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 11/8/1965, 9:11AM (Item)
  • USIA APPOINTMENT FOR MITCHELL WOLFSON; HOWARD WOODS' REQUEST TO MAKE INSPECTION TRIP OF USIA POSTS; MARKS ASKS TO GO TO VIETNAM TO PERSUADE USIA PERSONNEL TO EXTEND TOURS OF DUTY; BARRY ZORTHIAN'S REQUEST TO RETURN TO US; TRAVEL TO VIETNAM BY US
Telephone conversation # 7903, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/19/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF AGREEMENT BY JUAN BOSCH AND OTHER FACTIONS ON APPOINTMENTS OF DEFENSE MINISTER, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN POSTS; BUNDY'S RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC, AND APPOINTMENT OF US REPRESENTATIVE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO CONTINUE TALKS
Telephone conversation # 7940, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and GEORGE REEDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS FORTAS LBJ IS NOT TAKING CALLS; FORTAS ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO GEORGE REEDY; REEDY, FORTAS DISCUSS WHAT REEDY WILL SAY IN 11:00A PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT NYT, WASHINGTON POST STORIES ON US FORCES AIDING IMBERT IN DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 7947, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE WH STATEMENT TO PRESS IN RESPONSE TO NYT, WASHINGTON POST STORIES ON US TROOPS' ALLEGED AID TO IMBERT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ TELLS FORTAS HE WANTS ALL QUESTIONS REFERRED TO ROBERT MCNAMARA, ASKS WHAT MCNAMARA HAS LEARNED ABOUT INCIDENT
Telephone conversation # 8102, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/4/1965, 10:36AM (Item)
  • HOOVER DISCUSSES SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; JOSE MORA'S AND OAS' ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ ASKS HOOVER TO INVESTIGATE PRESS LEAKS TO WASHINGTON POST, NYT; ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOOVER TO MEET WITH LBJ
Telephone conversation # 9863, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/9/1966, 5:07PM (Item)
  • OTHER POST
Telephone conversation # 9875, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/10/1966, 2:55PM (Item)
  • MOYERS REPORTS ON TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (JAMES DEAKIN?) RELAYING REPORT THAT ABBA SCHWARTZ WILL CLAIM AT CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS THAT HIS RESIGNATION WAS DUE TO ANTI-SEMITISM IN STATE DEPT, WILL DENY BEING OFFERED OTHER POST; PAST CHARGES ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 9876, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 3/10/1966, 3:09PM? (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES INFORMATION HE RECEIVED THAT ABBA SCHWARTZ WILL DENY THAT HE WAS OFFERED OTHER POST BY BALL, RUSK AND WILL CHARGE ANTI-SEMITISM IN STATE DEPT; RESIGNATIONS IN OTHER DEPTS BECAUSE OF GOVT REORGANIZATION; LBJ'S POLICY ON ACCEPTING
Telephone conversation # 9886, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/14/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • RUSK DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH PALMER TO HEAD STATE DEPT BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS DESPITE CONGRESSIONAL, LABOR AND NEGRO COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR WAYNE FREDERICKS; LBJ SUGGESTS FREDERICKS BE OFFERED POST WITH AID, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 9891, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/15/1966, 4:35PM (Item)
  • RUSK'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; RUSK SUGGESTS INVITING DEAN ACHESON TO WH MEETING TOMORROW; WAYNE FREDERICKS AND AID POST; FOREIGN AID FOR AFRICA; RESIGNATION OF ITALIAN CABINET; MIKE MANSFIELD'S SPEECH ON NATO; ABBA SCHWARTZ; FRANCES KNIGHT
Telephone conversation # 9642, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/15/1966, 6:00PM (Item)
  • BUNDY CALLS FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, EN ROUTE BACK FROM VIETNAM, TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE REASSIGNMENT OF PHILIP CHADBOURNE FROM VIETNAM TO ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC POST
Telephone conversation # 10580, sound recording, LBJ and SIDNEY WEINBERG, 8/5/1966, 5:55PM (Item)
  • WEINBERG'S IDEAS FOR STATE DEPT POSTS: ELISHA GRAY II, FRANKLIN MURPHY, FRED EATON, TOM GATES, WALTER THAYER; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STEEL PRICE INCREASE, AIRLINE STRIKE; WEINBERG SUGGESTS SELECTIVE ECONOMIC CONTROLS AS USED IN KOREAN WAR; CHARLES
Telephone conversation # 10747, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 9/12/1966, 2:14PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON APPOINTMENT OF EITHER JOHN MCCLOY OR "DEAN" (ARTHUR DEAN?) TO UNNAMED POST; LBJ ALSO ASKS ABOUT OSCAR COX; POSSIBLE VETO OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE BILL
Telephone conversation # 10526, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 8/2/1966, 3:43PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK ON APPOINTMENT OF DAVID BRUCE OR ELLSWORTH BUNKER TO UNNAMED POST, ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, IRAN, NGUYEN CAO KY; RFK, SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE AIRLINE STRIKE BILL AND CONSEQUENCES OF 30, 60 OR 90-DAY