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  • LBJ REPORTS RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT, ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON OTHER CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO INFORM; US POLICY ON VIETNAM; VIEWS OF DE GAULLE; FRANCE; CANADA'S BLAIR SEABORN MISSION TO NORTH VIETNAM; BOURKE HICKENLOOPER; PRESS
  • Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001
  • Telephone conversation # 3651, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/9/1964, 12:56PM
  • MIKE MANSFIELD
  • "SUMMARIZED"; MANSFIELD IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON VIETNAM; HISTORY OF US ROLE; WESTMORELAND'S REQUEST FOR TROOPS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GEORGE AIKEN'S OPPOSITION TO ASIAN ECONOMIC AID; CONGRESSIONAL DOUBTS ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; BOMBING CAMPAIGN; SOUTH VIETNAMESE
  • Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001
  • Telephone conversation # 8107, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/8/1965, 5:05PM
  • MIKE MANSFIELD
  • VIEWS ON VIETNAM, LAOS; SENATE TESTIMONY BY ROBERT MCNAMARA; LBJ DESCRIBES ADVICE HE RECEIVES, US CASUALTIES, REPUBLICAN TACTICS; HENRY CABOT LODGE; DIEM COUP; LUCIUS CLAY, OMAR BRADLEY AS ADVISERS; FEAR OF CHINESE INTERVENTION; MIKE MANSFIELD MEMO
  • and ):have the blood of these boys on my conscience. I hope that each of you will support tne in this move so that we will have just one voice in foreign affairs at this very critical time. SERVICE SET I am 10/31/68 7 MANSFIELD: Mr. President: Mike
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS PARTICIPATING IN CALL ARE LESLIE ARENDS, HALE BOGGS, EVERETT DIRKSEN, THOMAS KUCHEL, JOHN MCCORMACK, MIKE MANSFIELD; JIM JONES IS MEETING WITH LBJ; TIME FROM DAILY
  • CANADA, BLAIR SEABORN DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES IN VIETNAM, LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH; VIEWS OF MANSFIELD, FORRESTAL, WALTER LIPPMANN; POPULAR OPPOSITION TO WAR