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Telephone conversation # 10808, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/19/1966, 5:30PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 11009, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 11/3/1966, 5:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS ON SUCCESS OF MANILA CONFERENCE AND ASIAN TRIP; SITUATION IN VIETNAM; GERALD FORD'S RECENT CRITICAL COMMENTS ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S UPCOMING SURGERY; LBJ OFFERS TO SEND MCCORMACK INFORMATION ON VIETNAM AND MANILA CONFERENCE TO USE WHILE
Telephone conversation # 13614, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REVIEWS RECENT PEACE TALKS WITH NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON TALKS; NIXON'S ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM; APPROVAL OF BOMBING HALT OF NORTH VIETNAM BY MILITARY, CREIGHTON
Telephone conversation # 13307, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/18/1968, 5:23PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S TRIP TO VIETNAM; HHH'S STATEMENT ABOUT VIETNAM ON FACE THE NATION; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION DURING BOMBING PAUSES; DEAN RUSK'S COMMENTS ON EUGENE MCCARTHY'S PROPOSED DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM PLANK
Telephone conversation # 13222, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 7/30/1968, 8:46PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 3768, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/18/1964, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN BUSINESS COMMUNITY; ANDERSON RECOMMENDS BILL DRAPER OR MILTON EISENHOWER AS VIETNAM AMBASSADOR; MAXWELL TAYLOR; JOHN MCCLOY; EUGENE BLACK; PRESS CRITICISM; ADVICE FROM DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ'S CONCERNS FOR VIETNAM, NGUYEN KHANH
Telephone conversation # 3769, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/18/1964, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF MILTON EISENHOWER, MAXWELL TAYLOR; LUCIUS? CLAY, DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN MCCLOY, OR GEORGE CHAMPION AS VIETNAM AMBASSADOR; DWIGHT EISENHOWER FOR WILLIAM SCRANTON; BARRY GOLDWATER; WOMEN'S, JEWISH VOTE; PANAMA; LIBERALS, PRESS, VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 6292, sound recording, LBJ and ALLEN ELLENDER, 11/8/1964, 11:56AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ELLENDER DISCUSSES LOUISIANA ELECTION RESULTS, EFFECT OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA; ELLENDER OFFERS LBJ HIS ADVICE ON VIETNAM AND NATO, EXPRESSES FEAR VIETNAM WILL BECOME ANOTHER KOREA, SKEPTICISM ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF US MILITARY MISSIONS
Telephone conversation # 5815, sound recording, LBJ and MILTON EISENHOWER, 10/2/1964, 4:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SUCCESSFUL EVENT AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY YESTERDAY; RIGHT-WING CRITICISM OF LBJ ON DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS, VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ DISCUSSES VIETNAM SITUATION, HIS PAST SUPPORT FOR DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND GEORGE HUMPHREY
Telephone conversation # 5573, sound recording, LBJ and TOM WICKER, 9/13/1964, 4:43PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • WICKER ASKS LBJ FOR HIS VIEWS ON VIETNAM IN LIGHT OF ATTEMPTED COUP AGAINST NGUYEN KHANH, US POLITICAL SITUATION; LBJ REPLIES HE IS WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS, DISCUSSES HAWK AND DOVE POSITIONS, SAYS US POLICY IS TO HELP SOUTH VIETNAM HELP ITSELF
Telephone conversation # 9678, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/26/1966, 5:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LONG DISCUSSES SENATE ACTION TODAY ON VIETNAM AUTHORIZATION BILL; LBJ ASKS LONG TO TALK TO EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT PASSING VIETNAM BILLS, DISCUSSES DELAYS IN PASSING THEM, HHH'S MANY BRIEFINGS, POLICY THAT VP DOES NOT TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS; TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 10254, sound recording, LBJ and BIRCH BAYH, 6/23/1966, 6:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • BAYH ASKS ADVICE ON INDIANA DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, POSSIBLE ANTI-VIETNAM SPEECH BY VANCE HARTKE; LBJ DISCUSSES HARTKE, DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S RECORD, NEED TO HONOR TREATY COMMITMENTS, REFERS TO LOUIS LUDLOW'S PEACE PETITION, PATRICK NUGENT'S BROTHER
Telephone conversation # 10401, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 7/1/1966, 9:40AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SANDERS PRAISES SUCCESSFUL ATTACK OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM, SAYS PUBLIC SUPPORTS BOMBING; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; CONFLICT BETWEEN DOJ, FTC OVER ANTITRUST COURT CASE ABOUT PROCTOR & GAMBLE'S ACQUISITION OF CLOROX; GEORGIA
Telephone conversation # 12824, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 3/20/1968, 8:36AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • REUTHER'S MEETING (WITH UAW BOARD?); LBJ DISCUSSES CHANGE IN ENEMY STRATEGY IN VIETNAM, US RESPONSE, PEACE EFFORTS, SAYS HE WILL WIN NOMINATION DESPITE PROBLEMS WITH ECONOMY, VIETNAM, MIDDLE EAST; SETBACK IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OPEN HOUSING
Telephone conversation # 13006, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 5/4/1968, 10:13AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH BESS AND HARRY TRUMAN YESTERDAY; CLIFFORD'S HEALTH; CLIFFORD REFUTES STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO HIM IN NYT EDITORIAL ON VIETNAM; INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION IN VIETNAM BEFORE AND SINCE MARCH 31ST SPEECH; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 11012, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 11/3/1966, 6:33PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HEALTH AND UPCOMING SURGERY, BACKGROUND AND RESULTS OF MANILA CONFERENCE; VIETNAM SITUATION; ASIAN ECONOMIC PROGRESS; PROTESTS DURING ASIAN TRIP; COMMUNIST MISUNDERSTANDING OF EFFECT OF CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS ON VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 13598, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/26/1968, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK UPDATES LBJ ON VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF HAVING NLF, SOUTH VIETNAM IN PEACE TALKS AND OF TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND BEGINNING OF TALKS; LBJ QUESTIONS TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND PERCEPTION LBJ IS TRYING TO INFLUENCE
Telephone conversation # 13612, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/30/1968, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • NIXON'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; MELVIN LAIRD; JOHN MITCHELL; ANNA CHENNAULT; HISTORY OF BOMBING HALT NEGOTIATIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' SUPPORT FOR HALT; NIXON'S STATEMENT URGING SOVIETS, OTHERS JOIN TALKS; DELAY IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT JOINING
Telephone conversation # 13617, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, BOMBING HALT; ROLE OF USSR IN TALKS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT STATEMENTS BY NIXON AND MELVIN LAIRD, REPUBLICAN CONTACTS WITH SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; DIRKSEN QUESTIONS EFFECT OF HALT ON PRESIDENTIAL
Telephone conversation # 13711, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1968, 2:18PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH GEORGE SMATHERS, RICHARD NIXON ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; CHARGE THAT LBJ'S MOTIVES IN HALTING BOMBING ARE POLITICAL; SPIRO AGNEW'S ROLE IN CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 13725, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/8/1968, 9:23PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS SOUTH VIETNAM'S FAILURE TO JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS, HISTORY OF NEGOTIATIONS, US CONTACTS WITH SOVIETS, US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; NIXON SAYS HE WILL CONTACT BUI DIEM AND URGE SOUTH VIETNAM TO PARTICIPATE IN TALKS
Telephone conversation # 13304, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/8/1968, 4:09PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES NIXON ON RECEIVING REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, OFFERS HIM BRIEFING ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH HHH; TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR BRIEFING FOR NIXON AT LBJ RANCH BY DEAN RUSK, CYRUS VANCE; NIXON'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 13306, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/18/1968, 5:01PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S HEALTH; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S TRIP TO VIETNAM; CLARK CLIFFORD'S STATEMENT ON BOMBING PAUSE; LETTER FROM UNNAMED MALE (MCGEORGE BUNDY?); COMMENTS ON EUGENE MCCARTHY'S PROPOSED VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK BY NSC, DEAN RUSK; DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S
Telephone conversation # 13411, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM S. WHITE, 9/9/1968, 12:24PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE SPEECH BY LBJ AT AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; CALLS FOR VIETNAM BOMBING HALT BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG, MIKE MANSFIELD; ENEMY SHELLING OF DANANG; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' VIEWS ON NEED FOR BOMBING; VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
Telephone conversation # 13512, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/3/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • "PORTIONS OF 2 BS"; "AT THE UN IN NYC (RE PRES'S VISIT WITH CY VANCE---THE POST ARTICLES BY KRAFT, MURRAY MARDER AND EVANS-NOVAK ON THE VP'S VIETNAM SPEECH
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS ACCOUNTS OF GEORGE BALL'S, AVERELL HARRIMAN'S ROLES IN HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; HARRIMAN'S COMMENTS ON EFFECT OF SPEECH ON PARIS PEACE TALKS; LBJ'S TALK WITH CYRUS VANCE ABOUT SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 13543, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/15/1968, 10:32AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK SUGGESTS US NOTIFY FERDINAND MARCOS OF POSSIBLE VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; BRIEFINGS FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES; POSSIBLE SHIFT BY NORTH VIETNAM AT PARIS TALKS; LBJ READS US CONDITIONS, TRANSCRIPT OF 9/30/68 CALL WITH RICHARD
Telephone conversation # 13546, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 10/16/1968, 9:34AM (Item)
  • "LOCAL"; "TRANSCRIBED"; "RE VIETNAM SITUATION"; "BAREFOOT SANDERS NOMINATION"; "NOMINATION OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE [LINED THROUGH]"
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ SAYS NORTH VIETNAM HAS NOT MET US BOMBING HALT CONDITIONS; EFFECT OF MCGEORGE BUNDY'S, HHH'S SPEECHES; GEORGE BALL; AVERELL HARRIMAN; SUGGESTION LBJ NAME ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS CHIEF JUSTICE; RECESS JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR BAREFOOT SANDERS
Telephone conversation # 13550, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/16/1968, 3:27PM (Item)
  • "B.4(A)"; "LD"; "(CHAMPAIGN, ILL)"; "RE: BEING ASKED ABOUT A STATEMENT HE IS REPORTED TO HAVE MADE ABOUT PLAYING POLITICS WITH VIETNAM BEFORE THE ELECTION"; "ITEMS TO AND NOT TO MENTION IN THAT REGARD"
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT DIRKSEN'S REPORTED STATEMENT THAT ADMINISTRATION IS PLAYING POLITICS WITH VIETNAM BEFORE THE ELECTION; DIRKSEN SAYS PRESS MISINTERPRETED HIS STATEMENT; LBJ STATES US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT AT PARIS PEACE TALKS
Telephone conversation # 13565, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 10/18/1968, 3:54PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • STATUS OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS IN PARIS, PROSPECTS FOR BOMBING HALT; EASTLAND DISCUSSES REACTION EDWARD KENNEDY RECEIVED IN BOSTON AFTER HIS VISIT TO SOUTH VIETNAM; LBJ AGAIN TEASES ABOUT EASTLAND'S CATTLEMEN FRIENDS WHO BREED CHAROLAIS CATTLE
Telephone conversation # 9683, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/28/1966, 8:53AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; O'BRIEN'S COMPARISON OF RFK, JFK; POSITIVE REACTION TO O'BRIEN'S VIETNAM SPEECH; LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO TALK TO DIRKSEN, MANSFIELD ON PASSING VIETNAM BILLS, HANDLING WAYNE MORSE AMENDMENT
Telephone conversation # 13353, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/31/1968, 9:18AM? (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • HHH DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC VIETNAM PLATFORM AND HIS STATEMENT TO PRESS ABOUT NEED FOR HHH, NIXON TO MAINTAIN UNITY ON VIETNAM POLICY DURING CAMPAIGN; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE JOINT STATEMENT BY NIXON, HHH ON VIETNAM TO BE RELAYED TO HANOI AT PARIS PEACE
Telephone conversation # 2476, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/11/1964, 1:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF FILM FOR CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION TONIGHT; RUSK REPORTS ON CYPRUS, PANAMA, VIETNAM; RUSK SUGGESTS PRESS CONFERENCE BY LBJ; REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES, HENRY CABOT LODGE, LBJ SUGGESTS RUSK CONTACT MCNAMARA IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 2305, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/2/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE, PRESS STORIES; VIETNAM; HENRY CABOT LODGE, 1964 CAMPAIGN; PANAMA; CYPRUS; TURKEY; LBJ AND ISMET INONU; THOMAS DODD DEMAND TO INVESTIGATE GHANA; WILLIAM BUNDY'S APPOINTMENT; LBJ ASKS FOR VIETNAM STATEMENT, CUBA STUDY
Telephone conversation # 3520, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 3521, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; ROBERT MCNAMARA; USSR, CHINA SPLIT; PRESS STORIES; EFFECTIVENESS OF BOMBING; COMPARISON WITH KOREA; QUESTION OF US WITHDRAWAL; DISCUSSION OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH OVER VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3681, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER PROJECT; CALIFORNIA; BARRY GOLDWATER; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; SPEECHES BY RUSSELL, ROBERT BYRD; ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, MLK; LAOS RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS; RUSSELL'S, LBJ'S VIEWS OF VIETNAM; POSSIBLE UN INVOLVEMENT; U THANT; DOMINO
Telephone conversation # 5686, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/24/1964, 8:39PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ TEASES MCNAMARA ABOUT HIS TEXAS TRIP, GOLDWATER'S REMARKS ABOUT "JOHNSON'S WAR"; DISCOURAGING CABLES FROM MAXWELL TAYLOR ABOUT VIETNAM; DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS ISSUE; MANLIO BROSIO VISIT TO SAC HEADQUARTERS; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 6726, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/13/1965, 3:07PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ RELAYS JOSEPH ALSOP'S REPORT OF DISCUSSION AT ROWLAND EVANS' HOUSE LAST NIGHT, SUGGESTING LBJ USED JOHN MCCONE'S BRIEFING TO SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AS MEANS OF BLAMING JFK FOR VIETNAM SITUATION; LBJ'S LOYALTY TO JFK AS VP
Telephone conversation # 7697, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 5/15/1965, 10:32AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • BALL REPORTS USSR HAS RECONSIDERED VIETNAM PEACE FEELER SENT THROUGH PIERRE SALINGER; GUIDANCE FOR RUSK'S TALK WITH GROMYKO; ECONOMIC AID FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; INADEQUACY OF US PRESS BRIEFINGS; QUAYLE POLL; DEAN ACHESON'S PAPER ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9339, sound recording, LBJ and MAXWELL TAYLOR, 12/27/1965, 8:56PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US DOMESTIC CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM, ASKS TAYLOR'S VIEWS ON EXTENSION OF BOMBING HALT, PEACE EFFORTS; TAYLOR SAYS HE OPPOSES PAUSE BUT SAYS THIS IS BEST TIME FOR IT IF IT IS NECESSARY; U. S. GRANT SHARP'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; MILITARY