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Telephone conversation # 12804, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/8/1968, 10:35AM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 3-8-68"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ'S 3/6/68 MEETING WITH FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN, SPARKMAN; SENATE DEBATE ON VIETNAM YESTERDAY; LBJ'S TALK WITH RICHARD RUSSELL; AUGUST 1964 TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; NEED FOR MORE TROOPS; DOD BUDGET; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; RESERVE
Telephone conversation # 9649, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/20/1966, 10:10AM? (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 02/22/1966; CONTENT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES DATE IS 02/20/1966; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • RFK'S RECENT STATEMENT SUGGESTING VIET CONG BE INCLUDED IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; CLARK CLIFFORD'S VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERS; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON LIMITING US OBJECTIVES IN VIETNAM, PESSIMISM
Telephone conversation # 12812, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 10:49PM (Item)
  • "JUANITA"; "FROM BEDROOM 3-14-68"; "TRANSCRIBED BY CAROL CURRIE (1 COPY)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH RFK ABOUT RFK'S FUTURE, VIETNAM COMMISSION; LBJ SUGGESTS RFK MEET WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON VIETNAM; RFK'S CRITICISM OF LACK OF SPENDING ON CITIES, KERNER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH EDWARD
Telephone conversation # 13618, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:05PM (Item)
  • stop the bombing and they shell the cities, or abuse the DMZ. r I • r ! !.. -4­ When I got back to Washington from New York, I w.e nt back to the Soviet Union and pointed out that I did not want to deceive anybody and didn 1 t want them
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH JIM JONES AT TIME OF CALL; HHH, RICHARD NIXON, AND GEORGE WALLACE WERE REACHED BY TELEPHONE; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 5245, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/28/1964, 10:17AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 6111, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON QUIET DAY IN WASHINGTON; LBJ'S HEALTH AFTER LAST CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES; LBJ THANKS RUSK FOR VISIT WITH CABINET YESTERDAY; VIETNAM SITUATION; RUSK'S MEETING WITH DOBRYNIN ABOUT CAMBODIA BORDER INCIDENTS; PEN PAL MESSAGE FROM NEW USSR
Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON FAVORABLE EDITORIAL IN NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS ON VIETNAM; MANSFIELD'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; SENATE CRITICISM OF WAR; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S USE OF CRITICISM
Telephone conversation # 8168, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/21/1965, 12:15PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS BASE-CLOSING SECTION DROPPED FROM BILL, BRIEFING TO BE HELD ON B-52 RAID; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO TALK TO RFK ABOUT HIS ALLEGED CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; CALL FOR NEW CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S DOUBTS ABOUT VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 8169, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/21/1965, 12:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S DOUBTS ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; JACOB JAVITS' CALL FOR NEW CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE ON INCREASED US TROOP COMMITMENT; NEGATIVE COMMUNIST RESPONSE TO UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE; HAROLD WILSON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO US
Telephone conversation # 8340, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 7/15/1965, 2:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WILKINS TO LOBBY FOR SENATE PASSAGE OF RENT SUBSIDY PROVISION OF HOUSING BILL; APPOINTMENT OF HUD, HEW SECRETARIES, UN AMBASSADOR, NEW YORK JUDGESHIPS; ROBERT WEAVER; BERL BERNHARD; JOHN GARDNER; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE BALL; RFK; CONSTANCE
Telephone conversation # 10221, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/9/1966, 12:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT DIRKSEN RECOMMENDS BIPARTISAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE BRIEFINGS HE HAS PROVIDED CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IN CONTRAST WITH BRIEFINGS HE RECEIVED DURING EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 9653, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 11:56AM (Item)
  • LUCE DESCRIBES HEDLEY DONOVAN EDITORIAL ON VIETNAM IN NEW ISSUE OF LIFE MAGAZINE; LBJ TELLS LUCE THAT CRISIS IN CONFIDENCE IN LEADERSHIP ON VIETNAM POLICY IS DEVELOPING, CITES SENATE OPPOSITION, DISSENT IN PRESS; POSSIBLE TROOP INCREASES; RFK; JAMES
Telephone conversation # 9830, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/4/1966, 9:02AM (Item)
  • LAST NIGHT'S CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; LBJ ASKS AIKEN'S ADVICE ON APPOINTMENT OF REPUBLICAN STANLEY TUPPER TO US-CANADIAN COMMISSION; TUPPER'S DESIRE TO GET OUT OF POLITICS; LBJ ASKS AIKEN TO RECOMMEND NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS FOR OTHER APPOINTMENTS
Telephone conversation # 9831, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/4/1966, 9:02AM (Item)
  • 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 # 10719, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 9/7/1966, 11:44AM (Item)
  • HARRIMAN DISCUSSES RESOLUTION CONDEMNING VIETNAM WAR OFFERED AT NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND COMPROMISE RESOLUTION IN LINE WITH ADMINISTRATION POSITION; LBJ SUGGESTS TABLING RESOLUTION; HARRIMAN READS COMPROMISE RESOLUTION TO SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 10720, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 9/7/1966, 11:44AM (Item)
  • HARRIMAN READS COMPROMISE RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM TO BE OFFERED AT NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; LBJ SAYS THAT PRESIDENT AND HARRIMAN SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN ISSUE BUT RESOLUTION SHOULD CONTAIN LANGUAGE SUPPORTING TROOPS, CONDEMNING
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 # 11540, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 2/14/1967, 9:50AM (Item)
  • MOYERS CALLS TO SAY GOODBYE, OFFER HIS HELP IN THE FUTURE; MOYERS EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR RESUMPTION OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, DISCUSSES VIEWS OF PRESS ON LBJ'S PERFORMANCE AS PRESIDENT; NEW POLL ON LBJ; RFK AND CITIZENS FOR KENNEDY-FULBRIGHT GROUP
Telephone conversation # 13733, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 11/13/1968, 5:15PM (Item)
  • DELOACH REPORTS ON SPIRO AGNEW'S SCHEDULE, CALLS MADE FROM HIS PLANE IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO ON 11/2/68 ON EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO ENTER PARIS PEACE TALKS; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH RICHARD NIXON
Telephone conversation # 13747, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/18/1968, 10:56AM (Item)
  • LBJ TEASES HHH ABOUT HIS TRIP TO FLORIDA; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO NEW YORK; HHH SAYS HE WILL VISIT CAPE KENNEDY; LBJ INVITES HHH TO WH FOR BRIEFING ON VIETNAM, STATUS OF PARIS PEACE TALKS; HHH SAYS HE WANTS TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Telephone conversation # 13401, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 9/2/1968, 10:10AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATING TACTICS AT VIETNAM PEACE TALKS IN PARIS; LBJ ASKS FOR NEW PROPOSALS; PEACE EFFORTS BY POPE PAUL, GOVT OF NORWAY; LBJ SUGGESTS MEETING WITH ADVISERS AT CAMP DAVID TO PROBE FOR IDEAS FOR PROPOSALS
Telephone conversation # 13411, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM S. WHITE, 9/9/1968, 12:24PM (Item)
  • "TO MARY RATHER"; "WM. S. WHITE FROM NEW ORLEANS" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 13436, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 9/30/1968, 8:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ REVIEWS HIS TALK WITH HHH ABOUT HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON POSSIBLE BOMBING HALT AND CONDITIONS ENEMY MUST MEET TO CONTINUE SUCH A HALT; LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PEACE TALKS; REPORTS OF INCREASED SOUTH VIETNAMESE
Telephone conversation # 6862, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FEINBERG, 2/20/1965, 11:00AM (Item)
  • ISRAELI REACTION TO POSSIBLE US ARMS SALES TO JORDAN; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL; JEWISH-AMERICAN VIEWS; AVERELL HARRIMAN TRIP; MYER FELDMAN; FEINBERG'S MEETING WITH RFK ON RFK'S PERSONAL RELATIONS WITH LBJ, NEW YORK JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT; CONSTANCE
Telephone conversation # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • HHH'S STATEMENTS ON ARMS TALKS, VIETNAM; EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH KOREAN WAR NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ ASKS RUSK, BUNDY, HHH TO TALK WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN; DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGATIVE SPEECHES; LATEST NEWS FROM VIETNAM; UN; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 12826, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 3/20/1968, 8:44AM (Item)
  • CLIFFORD REPORTS ON CALL FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY ABOUT RFK, VIETNAM, BUNDY'S OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO LBJ; JOHN LINDSAY'S CALL FOR WAR RESISTANCE; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH; NEED FOR NEW PEACE PLAN BALANCED WITH MILITARY EFFORT; PERCEPTION OF LBJ AS WAR
Telephone conversation # 13222, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 7/30/1968, 8:46PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO CONTINUE BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM, POSSIBLE NEW ENEMY OFFENSIVE, CANDIDATE HHH'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON VIETNAM; RICHARD HUGHES' CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM; SOVIET PRESSURE ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 12816, transcript, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/14/1968, 5:57PM (Item)
  • as happened." · What I am saying is it's always when a man puts a new man into a department like you do the Secretary of Defense, there is always the implication that he comes in with the idea of not -6­ necessarily following what's been there, but . he
  • MONETARY CRISIS; CLARK CLIFFORD'S MEETING WITH RFK TODAY; RFK'S DEMAND FOR REAPPRAISAL OF VIETNAM POLICY; DEAN ACHESON'S ADVICE TO LBJ; DALEY SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT HIS OWN COMMITTEE TO STUDY POLICY; RFK'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY