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Telephone conversation # 7660, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 5/13/1965, 9:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED TO IMPROVE WH PRESS RELATIONS, FOCUS ON VIETNAM, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; TODAY'S CABINET MEETING; ECONOMIC REPORT; ALLEGED OVERUSE OF TV BY LBJ; FRANK STANTON'S REACTION TO TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE; NEED FOR BETTER RESEARCH IN WH; WAYNE PHILLIPS
Telephone conversation # 9322, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/16/1965, 10:11AM (Item)
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  • BUNDY REPORTS ON INQUIRIES HE MADE TO NSC STAFF ABOUT LEAK TO DOUGLAS KIKER ON VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ TELLS BUNDY JUNIOR STAFF SHOULD REFER PRESS CALLS TO BUNDY OR MOYERS, DISCUSSES ORIGIN OF "SPUTTERING MAD" PRESS STORY ON ALUMINUM CRISIS
Telephone conversation # 9133, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 6:38PM (Item)
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  • ANNOUNCEMENT THAT JOE SWIDLER WILL TEMPORARILY ASSIST CALIFANO; CONFUSION OVER WHETHER SWIDLER WILL WORK ON ALUMINUM SITUATION OR NORTHEAST POWER FAILURE; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD; WH PRESS CORPS' COMMENTS ON LBJ'S HANDLING OF POWER
Telephone conversation # 215, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/1/1963, 4:45PM (Item)
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  • LBJ READS DRAFT PRESS RELEASE ABOUT LBJ'S LETTER TO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND STATEMENT TO MILITARY ON COST-CONSCIOUSNESS, THRIFT IN GOVT OPERATIONS; GORDON SAYS HE THINKS FEDERAL BUDGET CAN BE KEPT BELOW $100 BILLION, DISCUSSES ROLE OF COMPTROLLER
Telephone conversation # 1381, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 1/16/1964, 12:54PM (Item)
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  • WH DINNER FOR SENATORS; TAX BILL; DEFENSE SPENDING; POVERTY; EDUCATION; YOUTH EMPLOYMENT; DOMESTIC PEACE CORPS; AEC EXPENDITURES; REA BUDGET; SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUESTS; PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS; INTEREST RATES AND HOUSING MARKET; PRESS; ELLIOTT BELL
Telephone conversation # 3028, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/14/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
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  • AP STORY ON CHARGE BY CURTIS LEMAY OF USSR NARROWING GAP IN US ARMS STRENGTH; RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO REFUTE LEMAY'S CLAIM; SIMILAR CLAIM BY BARRY GOLDWATER; LBJ GIVES ADVICE ON HANDLING PRESS; DEFENSE BUDGET; DOD MEAT PURCHASES
Telephone conversation # 2853, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/4/1964, 12:34PM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE MEETING WITH MCNAMARA LATER TODAY; BRIEF MENTION OF LBJ'S "PROBLEM" WITH CURTIS LEMAY; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT DOD MEAT PURCHASES TO BE SHIPPED OVERSEAS; DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL BASE CLOSINGS
Telephone conversation # 3536, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/28/1964, 11:03AM (Item)
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  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: LBJ AND DOUGLAS DILLON'S STATEMENTS AT CEREMONY THIS MORNING; LBJ'S MEETINGS THIS MORNING WITH JOHN MCCONE ON WORLD SITUATION, WITH WILLARD WIRTZ ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, POVERTY, EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 4245, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/16/1964, 11:04AM (Item)
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  • ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: RISE IN EMPLOYMENT, WAGES; DECREASE IN FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT; GOLDWATER'S COMMENTS; STATEMENT ON RISE IN GNP; LBJ'S MEETING WITH PAUL HASLUCK OF AUSTRALIA; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS' PROTEST OF RECENT EO; LBJ'S WALK IN LAFAYETTE
Telephone conversation # 6470, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON CONGO RESCUE OPERATION; REBEL ATTACKS ON WHITES; APPARENT DEATH OF MISSIONARY PAUL CARLSON; US, AFRICAN REACTION TO US ROLE; MAXWELL TAYLOR INTERVIEW ON VIETNAM POLICY; STEEL PRICE INCREASE; SIGMA DELTA CHI STORY ON WH PRESS
Telephone conversation # 5969, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 10/27/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
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  • LBJ PRAISES GORDON'S PRESS STORY ON FEDERAL BUDGET BUT TELLS HIM ALWAYS TO REFER TO HIM AS "PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON," NOT "THE PRESIDENT," ASKS FOR MORE STORIES ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND CUTTING GOVT WASTE, REMINISCES ABOUT PUBLICITY LBJ GENERATED
Telephone conversation # 7056, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK?, 3/10/1965, 10:20PM? (Item)
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  • COOK? REPORTS ON WALL STREET JOURNAL INQUIRY ABOUT COOK'S WITHDRAWAL AS CANDIDATE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY DUE TO HIS WIFE'S HEALTH, ADVERSE INFORMATION IN HIS BACKGROUND CHECK; PRESS LEAKS; KERMIT GORDON; VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; SELMA, ALABAMA; DUPONT
Telephone conversation # 7191, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CHANCELLOR, 3/31/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
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  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF INACCURATE NBC STORY BY BOB GORALSKI THAT MAXWELL TAYLOR WILL SOON RESIGN AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; INACCURATE STORY ON TREASURY SECRETARY NOMINEE; LBJ EMPHASIZES THAT PRESS SHOULD CHECK TIPS WITH HIM; EFFECT ON ALEXIS
Telephone conversation # 8838, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/3/1965, 7:15PM (Item)
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  • BUNDY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON STEEL SETTLEMENT, TELLS HIM THAT GOVT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, REPORTS ON US CASUALTY; LBJ REPORTS ON RECORD STOCK MARKET; UK MONETARY SITUATION; LBJ TELLS BUNDY TO GIVE PRESS BACKGROUNDERS ON DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 8628, sound recording, LBJ and CONRAD COOPER, 8/26/1965, 11:45AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RESPONSE TO QUESTION AT PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY ABOUT CURRENT STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS HE HOPES BOTH SIDES CAN REACH RESPONSIBLE SETTLEMENT WHICH WILL BE IN NATIONAL INTEREST; COOPER TELLS LBJ THEY WILL TRY TO DO SO; VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9155, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/10/1965, 7:54PM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ HE HAS RELEASED PRESS STATEMENT THAT ALCOA HAS RESCINDED ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICAL COLUMN BY CHARLES BARTLETT; FUTURE ALUMINUM STOCKPILE RELEASES; ALCOA'S STATEMENT; POSITION OF OTHER ALUMINUM COMPANIES
Telephone conversation # 9191, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 11/28/1965, 10:29AM (Item)
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  • FOWLER'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS MEMO; POSSIBLE BUSINESS COUNCIL BRIEFING, QUADRIAD MEETING; PRESS QUESTIONS ON ECONOMY, POSSIBLE INTEREST RATE INCREASE; FRB NOMINEE; DIRECT INVESTMENT PROGRAM; EFFECT OF ALUMINUM CRISIS ON BUSINESS SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 9004, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/1/1965, 6:36PM (Item)
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  • RUSSELL REPORTS ON INQUIRIES TO HIS STAFF ABOUT PRESS LEAK OF AWARD OF DEFENSE CONTRACT TO LOCKHEED, DISCUSSES HIS TALKS WITH GEORGIA CONGRESSMEN ABOUT CONTRACT, EXPRESSES CONCERN HE MAY HAVE BEEN SOURCE OF LEAK; EFFECT OF CONTRACT ON LOCKHEED STOCK
Telephone conversation # 9109, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES RATIONALE FOR RELEASE OF ALUMINUM STOCKPILE TO MEET VIETNAM NEEDS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT, HIS WORK ON RUBBER SUPPLY IN WWII; PRESS STORIES ABOUT WH REACTION TO ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE; EFFECT OF INCREASE
Telephone conversation # 9111, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
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  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE, STOCKPILE RELEASE, PRESS REPORTING OF SITUATION; INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS; LBJ'S WORK ON WWII RUBBER SUPPLY; HIS RECOVERY FROM GALL BLADDER SURGERY; LBJ'S WORK AS COLLEGE NEWSPAPER EDITOR; WAR
Telephone conversation # 9113, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM (Item)
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  • CALIFANO REPORTS ON MEETING OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ON ALUMINUM SITUATION, INDUSTRY CONTACTS ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK BY ALCOA, REYNOLDS; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS' CONCERNS ABOUT PROCEEDING WITH STOCKPILE
Telephone conversation # 9116, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM (Item)
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  • CALIFANO DISCUSSES ALUMINUM STOCKPILE RELEASE; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS' CONCERNS ABOUT STOCKPILE RELEASE; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA MEET WITH JOHN HARPER ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK; QUESTION OF WAR PROFITEERING
Telephone conversation # 10051, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 4/27/1966, 9:29AM (Item)
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  • LBJ INVITES MILLS TO DEMOCRATIC FUND-RAISING EVENT IN HOUSTON TOMORROW; MILLS DISCUSSES CANDIDATE OPPOSING HIM FOR RE-ELECTION; LBJ ASKS MILLS TO TALK WITH PRESS, OTHER CONGRESSMEN ABOUT POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE IF SPENDING IS NOT CHECKED
Telephone conversation # 9885, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 3/14/1966, 11:32AM (Item)
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  • VANCE REPORTS ON WEEKEND PRESS STORIES ON JCS ATTRIBUTED TO EARLE WHEELER; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RATE OF DOD EXPENDITURES, DISCUSSES NEED TO REDUCE DOD SPENDING THAT IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO VIETNAM, ESPECIALLY US CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CIVILIAN CONTRACTS
Telephone conversation # 10782, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/16/1966, 11:45AM (Item)
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  • LBJ TELLS WIRTZ THAT ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS NEED TO COMBAT NEGATIVE PRESS AND SPREAD POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT US ECONOMY, INCREASED EMPLOYMENT AND PERSONAL INCOME; COMPARISON WITH ECONOMY DURING EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION WHEN NATION WAS NOT AT WAR
Telephone conversation # 10544, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/3/1966, 11:20AM (Item)
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  • NEED TO GENERATE BETTER PRESS STORIES ON ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 10273, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/28/1966, 5:33PM (Item)
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  • GOLDBERG'S DENIAL OF PRESS LEAK; TIMING OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM POL TARGETS; MILITARY FRUSTRATION ABOUT TARGET LIMITS; NORTH VIETNAMESE COMMENTS ON US OPPOSITION TO WAR; NEED FOR SUFFICIENT MILITARY FORCES; POSSIBLE EMERGENCY MEASURES IF WAR
Telephone conversation # 10290, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 6/30/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
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  • MARTIN'S UPCOMING SURGERY; LBJ'S SURGERY; MARTIN REPORTS ON TALKS WITH DIRKSEN, WILBUR MILLS ON US ECONOMY, TAXES; LBJ EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING, PRESS LEAKS BY MILLS; IMPOUNDING FEDERAL FUNDS; LBJ'S SPENDING CUTS; STOCK
Telephone conversation # 9352, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/31/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS STORY ON HHH'S TALK WITH MARCOS ON PHILIPPINE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION TO VIETNAM, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT STEEL PRICE INCREASE BY BETHLEHEM STEEL, POSSIBLE WAR PROFITEERING, SUGGESTS MCNAMARA TALK TO CLARK CLIFFORD ABOUT STEEL
Telephone conversation # 11573, sound recording, LBJ and JENNINGS RANDOLPH, 2/27/1967, 10:35PM (Item)
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  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CONGRESSIONAL DISCONTENT, SENATE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON DEFERRAL OF HIGHWAY FUNDS; RANDOLPH COMPLAINS ABOUT CHARLES SCHULTZE; LBJ DEFENDS HIS POLICY, READS CRITICAL PRESS STORY ON HEARINGS; FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT BILL
Telephone conversation # 11317, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 1/7/1967, 10:55AM (Item)
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  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL; PAY RAISE FOR POSTAL WORKERS; PROPOSED POSTAL RATE INCREASE; SCHEDULING NIGHTTIME STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CONFLICTS WITH OTHER CONGRESSIONAL EVENTS; DISRUPTION TO TV PROGRAMS; TELEVISING PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11360, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/16/1967, 4:19PM (Item)
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  • FOWLER'S MEETING WITH WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN; PRESS STORIES MARTIN MAY NOT BE REAPPOINTED TO FRB; REPUBLICAN ATTACK ON DEFENSE EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES; RUSSELL LONG'S STATEMENT; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON TAXES; BUSINESS VIEWS
Telephone conversation # 10808, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/19/1966, 5:30PM (Item)
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  • MELVIN LAIRD'S, GERALD FORD'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, NATHAN TWINING'S BOOK; VIETNAM TROOP LEVEL INCREASE; VIETNAM SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, US TROOP CEILING; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT ECONOMY
Telephone conversation # 10811, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT GORE, SR., 9/20/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
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  • GORE ADVISES LBJ TO PROPOSE TAX INCREASE BEFORE ELECTIONS; LBJ DISCUSSES BUDGETARY UNCERTAINTIES POSED BY VIETNAM, PENDING APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ASKING FOR TAX INCREASE NOW; NEGATIVE PRESS COVERAGE OF WH ECONOMIC POLICY
Telephone conversation # 9115, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 11/8/1965, time unknown (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 649, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 12/23/1963, 12:00PM (Item)
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  • LBJ QUESTIONS HELLER ABOUT EFFECT OF TAX CUT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT BOONDOGGLE PROJECTS IN POVERTY PROGRAM, REMINISCES ABOUT NYA, TELLS HELLER TO TALK TO PRESS AND EXPRESS OPTIMISM ABOUT ECONOMY
Telephone conversation # 9108, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
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  • POMFRET ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION OF WH REACTION TO ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS REPORTING, DISCUSSES HIS EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY STOCKPILES; QUESTION OF WAR PROFITEERING; INCREASED PROFITS IN ALUMINUM INDUSTRY
Telephone conversation # 9110, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
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  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS REPORTING OF GOVT STATEMENTS ON ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE, STOCKPILE RELEASE TO MEET VIETNAM NEEDS; INDUSTRY REACTION TO RELEASE; GARDNER ACKLEY'S REMARKS ON POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK; APPOINTMENT OF HUD SECRETARY; WWII RUBBER
Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
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  • JOHN CROOKER, SR. AND JR.; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME COURT?: CYRUS VANCE, CLARK CLIFFORD, RAMSEY CLARK, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS BIAS AGAINST LBJ; BOB KERR'S OPINION OF DOUGLAS DILLON; ANDRE MEYER'S, FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 218, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CAMPBELL, 12/1/1963, 5:10PM (Item)
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