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  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH WALT ROSTOW AT 10:15A, 10:28A, AND 10:30A ON 6/23/1966; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • ROSTOW ASKS LBJ'S CLEARANCE OF MESSAGE TO CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER LESTER PEARSON REGARDING BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ TELLS ROSTOW HE IS BUSY NOW AND WILL REVIEW IT LATER
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 10252, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/23/1966, time unknown
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES CALLER IS WALT ROSTOW ON 11/27/1968; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • ROSTOW REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH UNNAMED ADVISER (ROBERT MURPHY?) TO RICHARD NIXON (ABOUT LBJ'S POSSIBLE MEETING WITH USSR?); LBJ SUGGESTS DEAN RUSK BRIEF UNNAMED ADVISER; DISCUSSION OF TIME THAT ROSTOW AND HIS FAMILY WILL ARRIVE AT LBJ RANCH TONIGHT
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 13775, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 11/27/1968, 12:03PM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • LBJ ASKS ROSTOW WHEN HE WILL RETURN FROM TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA BECAUSE HE MIGHT WANT ROSTOW TO ACCOMPANY HIM ON UNNAMED TRIP (TO HONOLULU TO MEET WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE, US ADVISERS ON VIETNAM?)
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 9613, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/3/1966, 5:35PM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH EUGENE ROSTOW ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO STATE DEPT POSITION; APPOINTMENT OF NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AS UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; KATZENBACH'S ABILITIES TO WORK WITH CONGRESS; LBJ CAUTIONS ROSTOW ABOUT PRESS LEAKS; JAMES MOYERS
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 10792, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 9/17/1966, 5:39PM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW READS PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONS FROM ROBERT MCNAMARA ABOUT RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM AFTER CONCLUSION OF ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S UK VISIT; LBJ ASKS ROSTOW FOR HIS ANALYSIS OF KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11526, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 9:15AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW REPORTS THAT DAVID BRUCE WANTS TO FILE HIS VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE BY CABLE; TIMING OF KOSYGIN'S FLIGHT AND RESUMPTION OF BOMBING; LBJ SAYS BRUCE DOES NOT NEED TO FILE CABLE SINCE HE HAS GIVEN ROSTOW HIS VIEWS
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11530, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/12/1967, 11:03PM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY; ROSTOW IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 10679, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 8/31/1966, 12:58PM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW SAYS HANOI HAS PROPOSED PARIS AS SITE FOR VIETNAM PEACE TALKS; LBJ SAYS HE PREFERS ALMOST ANY PLACE TO PARIS; QUESTION OF RESUMPTION OF BOMBING; SAN ANTONIO FORMULA; MILITARY PROGRESS IN HUE; ADVANTAGES OF PARIS OVER WARSAW AS SITE; PRESS
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 13004, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 5/3/1968, 1:00AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW REPORTS: NORTH VIETNAMESE HAVE SENT LBJ'S MESSAGE TO HO CHI MINH, DAVID BRUCE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM BEFORE END OF KOSYGIN'S UK VISIT, AND THERE ARE CONCERNS IN LONDON ABOUT LANGUAGE OF US RESPONSE TO PEACE
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11527, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 9:49AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW REPORTS THAT ROBERT MCNAMARA WILL HOLD HIS INSTRUCTIONS ON RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM UNTIL AFTER LBJ'S MEETING AT NOON TODAY WITH DEAN RUSK AND MCNAMARA
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11528, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 10:08AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW READS DRAFT US RESPONSE TO HAROLD WILSON ON HIS AND ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE; LBJ EDITS LANGUAGE ABOUT EXTENSION OF TET TRUCE AND ADDS SECTION ABOUT US MILITARY LEADERS' OPPOSITION TO TRUCE AND ITS EXTENSION
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11533, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/12/1967, 11:17PM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • 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
  • ROSTOW SAYS WILLIAM JORDEN HAS SPOKEN WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE PRESS MAN IN PARIS WHO SAYS NORTH VIETNAMESE DENY RECENT PRESS REPORTS THAT THEY HAVE REPLIED TO US PEACE PROPOSAL
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 13566, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 10/19/1968, 10:41AM?
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; WALT ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE
  • LBJ DISCUSSES VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS, BOMBING HALT AND RESUMPTION IF ENEMY VIOLATES AGREEMENT; WALT ROSTOW'S MEETING WITH ANATOLY DOBRYNIN; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' TRIP TO MEET WITH LBJ BEFORE LBJ ORDERS HALT; MILITARY SUPPORT FOR HALT, TALKS
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • ROSTOW READS DEAN RUSK'S DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON FIGHTING IN MIDDLE EAST; EVIDENCE OF WHO INITIATED HOSTILITIES BETWEEN ISRAEL, UAR; STATE DEPT MEETING WITH ABBA EBAN; CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING; LBJ SUGGESTS MEETING OF UNOFFICIAL ADVISERS
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11902, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/5/1967, 6:15AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW READS HO CHI MINH'S REPLY TO LBJ'S MESSAGE; PRESS LEAKS OF PEACE FEELER, LBJ'S MEETING WITH RFK; ETIENNE MANAC'H; RAMPARTS MAGAZINE STORY; COMMITTEE TO STUDY CIA FUNDING OF PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS; STUDY OF BAY OF PIGS; INCREASED BOMBING
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11544, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/15/1967, 9:24AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ IS MEETING WITH WALT ROSTOW AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • DISCUSSION OF WALT, ELSPETH ROSTOW JOINING UT FACULTY; LBJ DISCUSSES WALT ROSTOW'S WH DUTIES, REFUTES CRITICISM OF HIS ROLE IN VIETNAM POLICY, PRAISES ELSPETH ROSTOW; RANSOM CONGRATULATES LBJ ON BIRTH OF LUCINDA ROBB; UT INFLUENCE ON LYNDA ROBB
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • CLARK CLIFFORD SUGGESTS THAT HE TALK DIRECTLY WITH DEAN RUSK ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND TO SAVILLE DAVIS' INQUIRIES ABOUT NIXON ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SAY NOTHING AND THAT WALT ROSTOW WILL NOT MEET WITH DAVIS
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • LBJ MENTIONS UT'S INFLUENCE ON LADY BIRD, LYNDA ROBB; HACKERMAN SAYS UT WILL OFFER FACULTY POSTS TO WALT, ELSPETH ROSTOW; LBJ DISCUSSES WALT ROSTOW'S CRITICS, SAYS ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH ANATOLY DOBRYNIN ON VIETNAM; ERWIN DISCUSSES OFFERS TO ROSTOWS
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • "6:45-7:10PM"; "(TRANSCRIBED)"; NIXON ON HOLD 1:25; JIM JONES ASKS NIXON TO HOLD BECAUSE LBJ IS IN A MEETING; WALT ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • NIXON ASKS ABOUT HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON HALTING BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, ASKS IF US POSITION HAS CHANGED; LBJ READS FROM CREIGHTON ABRAMS' CABLE ON POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF BOMBING HALT; PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; ROSTOW SUMMARIZES ABRAMS' MORE RECENT
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • "ROSTOW TO JUANITA RE TURKISH AMBASSADOR"; SLIP LISTS THIS AS CALL FROM ROSTOW BUT ROBERTS REFERS TO CALLER AS "MR. TALBOT"
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; JIM JONES IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; HE AND LBJ ARE ON HOLD 1:12 WHILE DEAN RUSK, CLARK CLIFFORD, WALT ROSTOW ARE CONNECTED; RUSK AND CLIFFORD CANNOT HEAR EACH OTHER; CONTINUES ON NEXT
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • ROSTOW SUMMARIZES HIS CONVERSATION WITH DEAN RUSK, WRITES THAT RUSK IS SENDING DETAILED REPORT ON HIS MEETING WITH ANDREI GROMYKO TO WH VIA COURIER; ROSTOW WRITES BRIEF SUMMARY OF RUSK AND GROMYKO'S DISCUSSION OF VIETNAM, MISSILE TALKS, AND MIDDLE
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 13511, transcript, WALT ROSTOW and DEAN RUSK, 10/2/1968, time unknown
  • 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
  • MCGEE ON HOLD 0:35; INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH WILLIAM BLAIR, WILLIAM BUNDY, WILLIAM JORDAN AND WALT ROSTOW AT TIME OF CALL
  • 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
  • LBJ TELLS MANSFIELD THAT RUSK APPROVES MANSFIELD'S REPLY TO GROMYKO'S STATEMENT ABOUT USSR'S POSITION ON PEACE IN VIETNAM, ASKS MANSFIELD, OTHER SENATE LEADERS TO MEET WITH WALT ROSTOW, BILL MOYERS, RUSK AFTER EASTER
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH RFK AND NICHOLAS KATZENBACH ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE FEELER RFK RECEIVED RECENTLY; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER WALT ROSTOW SHOULD ATTEND MEETING; RUSK ADVISES LBJ TO WARN RFK ABOUT NEED FOR SECRECY IF PEACE FEELERS ARE TO SUCCEED
  • MCNAMARA ASKS IF WALT ROSTOW CAN DRAFT CONTINGENCY PRESS RELEASE ON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT WILL ARISE FOLLOWING HAROLD WILSON'S STATEMENT ABOUT HIS MEETINGS WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; RESUMPTION OF BOMBING, NAVAL GUNFIRE
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON RESUMPTION OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, READS DRAFT PRESS RELEASE; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO HOLD ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A SHORT TIME BECAUSE LBJ HAS TOLD WALT ROSTOW TO CONTACT THE BRITISH
  • SCHEDULING LBJ'S MEETING WITH MCNAMARA, DEAN RUSK, WALT ROSTOW ON ABM; MCNAMARA'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; MENDEL RIVERS AND NUCLEAR FRIGATE; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT JCS, PRESS LEAKS; ROWLAND EVANS STORY; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH JOSEPH KRAFT; JOSEPH
  • 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
  • KATZENBACH'S APPOINTMENT AS UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; APPOINTMENTS OF EUGENE ROSTOW, FOY KOHLER; NEED TO IMPROVE STATE DEPT'S CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS; WILLIAM MACOMBER; NEED FOR KATZENBACH'S SUCCESSOR AS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO HAVE LEGAL KNOWLEDGE
  • 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