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Telephone conversation # 8353, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 7/19/1965, 6:34PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • SENATE PASSAGE OF COLD WAR GI BILL; CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON UNNAMED BILL; LBJ ASKS FULBRIGHT TO COME TO WH TO DISCUSS APPOINTMENT OF UN AMBASSADOR
Telephone conversation # 10222, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • STATUS OF BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, AIRLINE LABOR DISPUTE; DIRKSEN'S CALL FOR BIPARTISAN VIETNAM MEETING; RICHARD HELMS AS REPLACEMENT FOR WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; CIA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; BOMBING PROGRAM; PEACE
Telephone conversation # 570, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 12/20/1963, 1:10PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DUNGAN DISCUSSES SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE HANDLING OF COFFEE AGREEMENT; HARRY BYRD, SR.'S COMMENTS ABOUT AGREEMENT; PAUL DOUGLAS' OBJECTIONS TO AGREEMENT; DISCUSSION OF AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENT FOR FRANK COFFIN; APPOINTMENTS TO SEC, OTHER AGENCIES
Telephone conversation # 574, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 12/20/1963, 1:35PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DIRKSEN DISCUSSES DISAGREEMENT IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT VOTE ON COFFEE AGREEMENT, SUGGESTS LBJ CALL HARRY BYRD, SR.; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH STATE DEPT; APPOINTMENT FOR WILLIAM MACOMBER; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS VIEWS ON APPOINTING
Telephone conversation # 409, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 12/11/1963, 10:46AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • MUSKIE DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF FRANK COFFIN, MAINE POLITICS; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR MUSKIE BUT DISCUSSES CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTING COFFIN AS AMBASSADOR TO PANAMA, SUGGESTS APPOINTING HIM TO OECD; MUSKIE, LBJ DISCUSS THEIR SENATE COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 410, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 12/11/1963, 10:46AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • MUSKIE DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF FRANK COFFIN, MAINE POLITICS; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR MUSKIE BUT DISCUSSES CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTING COFFIN AS AMBASSADOR TO PANAMA, SUGGESTS APPOINTING HIM TO OECD; MUSKIE, LBJ DISCUSS THEIR SENATE COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 795, sound recording, LBJ and WALLACE BENNETT, 12/30/1963, 9:00AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • BENNETT DISCUSSES EDITORIAL ON FDIC APPOINTMENT, SAYS HE, EVERETT DIRKSEN WANT LBJ TO APPOINT KAY RANDALL; LBJ SAYS HE IS NOT REQUIRED TO APPOINT REPUBLICAN, JFK WOULD HAVE APPOINTED JOSEPH BARR; POSSIBLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS; ERHARD
Telephone conversation # 8552, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN STENNIS, 8/18/1965, 1:02PM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • "J. B." [JAMES P. COLEMAN?]; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE SPECULATING ON COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR THIS YEAR AND ITS EFFECTS ON NORTH VIETNAM'S AID REQUESTS TO CHINA, USSR; DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS; UNCERTAINTY ABOUT COSTS OF MILITARY
Telephone conversation # 9897, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM CROCKETT, 3/18/1966, 10:35AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO REPLACE LLOYD HAND AS CHIEF OF PROTOCOL: ANGIER BIDDLE DUKE, WARREN WOODWARD, DOUGLAS MACARTHUR II; POSSIBLE HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON ABBA SCHWARTZ' RESIGNATION
Telephone conversation # 9831, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/4/1966, 9:02AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • APPOINTMENTS FOR NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; INCREASED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HAWK POSITION; LODGE'S REPORT ON PROGRESS, MORALE IN VIETNAM; USSR AND BOMBING PAUSE; AIKEN'S TRIP TO CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 10526, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 8/2/1966, 3:43PM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 12712, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/12/1968, 8:30AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAN (RFK?); DALEY SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMITTEE TO STUDY VIETNAM; POSSIBLE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR OTTO KERNER; ILLINOIS POLITICS; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS; BEN HEINEMAN; RFK AND POSSIBLE VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 13216, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/24/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ'S HONOLULU MEETING; MIKE MANSFIELD'S LETTER CRITICIZING VIETNAM POLICY; OPPOSITION TO GUN CONTROL BILL BY JAMES EASTLAND, STROM THURMOND; JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ACTION ON NOMINATIONS INCLUDING JOHN CROOKER'S APPOINTMENT TO CAB; EDSON SESSIONS
Telephone conversation # 11658, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/28/1967, 4:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE ON CIA AND FUNDING OF PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS; QUESTION OF LBJ ASKING RICHARD RUSSELL TO SERVE ON COMMITTEE; LBJ REFERS TO RUSSELL'S SERVICE ON WARREN COMMISSION; WORDING OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT
Telephone conversation # 12701, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 2/3/1968, 11:14AM (Item)
  • BALL ASKS IF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY OFFICERS SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO COMMITTEE TO REVIEW CAPTURE OF USS PUEBLO; LBJ DESCRIBES MEMBERSHIP HE WANTS ON COMMITTEE; BALL SUGGESTS RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICER ALSO BE NAMED
Telephone conversation # 1382, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/16/1964, 1:15PM (Item)
  • PANAMA CRISIS; OAS PEACE COMMITTEE; LBJ DISCUSSES CONTENTS OF STATEMENT RUSK WILL MAKE AT WH DINNER FOR SENATORS; PERSONNEL DECISIONS; USIA APPOINTMENT FOR CARL ROWAN; APPOINTING A NEGRO AT USIA; DON WILSON; TED SORENSEN; JOHN BARTLOW MARTIN
Telephone conversation # 3343, sound recording, LBJ and EMANUEL CELLER, 5/5/1964, 11:32AM (Item)
  • CELLER RECOMMENDS LEONARD APPEL FOR MARITIME COMMISSION APPOINTMENT; CELLER'S TRIP TO GENEVA REPRESENTING US ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN MIGRATION; MICHAEL FEIGHAN'S OPPOSITION TO IMMIGRATION BILL
Telephone conversation # 6275, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/6/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • BUNDY SUGGESTS COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT TALENT HUNT; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE; DOUGLAS DILLON; POSSIBLE CHANGES IN WH STAFF; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS AT RANCH; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOM FINNEY; VISITS BY FOREIGN MINISTERS, HAROLD
Telephone conversation # 7315, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 4/2/1965, 5:33PM (Item)
  • LBJ EXTENDS INVITATION TO RFK TO FLY ON WH PLANE WITH EDWARD AND JACQUELINE KENNEDY TO DEDICATION OF JFK MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE; APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE TO STUDY CLOSING OF VA HOSPITALS; NEW YORK VA HOSPITALS; VA TESTIMONY AT SENATE HEARINGS
Telephone conversation # 6725, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 1/12/1965, 5:25PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS THAT HE IS TRYING TO GET AGREEMENT FROM IRISH GOVT ON SMATHERS' NOMINEE (RAYMOND GUEST?) FOR US AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND, ADVISES SMATHERS TO GET SUPPORT OF HARRY BYRD, SENATORS ON FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE FOR NOMINEE
Telephone conversation # 8842, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/8/1965, 1:00PM (Item)
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ HE WILL TESTIFY AT SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID TODAY, ASKS ABOUT LBJ'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON AID, KASHMIR CRISIS; US AID TO PAKISTAN, INDIA; HARLAN CLEVELAND'S SWEARING-IN AS NATO REPRESENTATIVE
Telephone conversation # 8374, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 7/23/1965, 3:11PM (Item)
  • ALMOST INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION OF VOTE LAST NIGHT ON POVERTY BILL?, COMMITTEE VOTE ON IMMIGRATION BILL?; LBJ'S CALL TO SAM GIBBONS?; LBJ INVITES MCCORMACK TO LBJ RANCH; GEORGE FELDMAN'S APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO MALTA; HIGHER EDUCATION, TAFT-HARTLEY
Telephone conversation # 9631, sound recording, LBJ and U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, 2/11/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM PORTER AS HEAD OF PACIFICATION IN VIETNAM; NEED TO PROVIDE LEGAL RESPONSE TO CRITICAL REPORTS BY MIKE MANSFIELD, JAMES GAVIN, GEORGE KENNAN; TELEVISED SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 13204, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/10/1968, 5:21PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN TO TALK TO WAYNE MORSE ABOUT MORSE'S OBJECTIONS TO APPOINTMENT OF EDSON SESSIONS AS AMBASSADOR TO ECUADOR; UPCOMING SENATE RECESS; GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION; STATUS OF JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE; HOMER THORNBERRY
Telephone conversation # 13210, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/15/1968, 5:52PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH STROM THURMOND, PROGRESS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON ABE FORTAS NOMINATION, GUN CONTROL BILL; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND UP JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS; DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH ADMIRAL JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; US AMBASSADOR
Telephone conversation # 13007, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 5/4/1968, 10:13AM (Item)
  • INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION IN VIETNAM; CLIFFORD'S UPCOMING TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S REACTION TO MARCH 31ST SPEECH, PEACE TALKS; SELECTION OF PARIS AS SITE OF TALKS; PROMOTION FOR JAMES