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Telephone conversation # 8552, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN STENNIS, 8/18/1965, 1:02PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • "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 # 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 # 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 # 3646, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 6/9/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RFK SUGGESTS LBJ INFORM CONGRESS ON LAOS AIR STRIKES; QUESTION OF CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PUBLIC OPINION ON VIETNAM; JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT, CLOTURE VOTE ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; JOHN STENNIS, APPOINTMENTS OF US MARSHAL, JUDGE IN MISSISSIPPI
Telephone conversation # 9893, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 3/17/1966, 8:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • TRANSFER OF W. TAPLEY BENNETT FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO PORTUGAL; PRESS CRITICISM OF BENNETT; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN US; VIETNAM BOMBING CAMPAIGN; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; QUESTION OF CARL SANDERS RUNNING AGAINST RICHARD RUSSELL IN GEORGIA SENATE RACE
Telephone conversation # 10269, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 6/28/1966, 12:55PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS NICHOLAS KATZENBACH SUPPORTS APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN AS FEDERAL JUDGE DESPITE SOME NEGATIVE REPORTS; RONNIE DUGGER'S TEXAS OBSERVER ARTICLE ABOUT YARBOROUGH'S OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY; SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT
Telephone conversation # 12303, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/11/1967, 9:59AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DEAN RUSK'S DINNER FOR CABINET LAST NIGHT TO DISCUSS VIETNAM; PLANS FOR OCTOBER 21 ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATION; APPOINTMENT OF SPESSARD HOLLAND'S CANDIDATE TO FLORIDA JUDGESHIP; CRIPPLING AMENDMENTS TO CRIME BILL; SENATE AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL
Telephone conversation # 13323, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/27/1968, 11:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DIRKSEN WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; DIRKSEN'S OPPONENT; LBJ'S HEALTH; DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; PARIS PEACE TALKS; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S VIETNAM TRIP; ADVERSE EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT; APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE, DIRKSEN'S FCC
Telephone conversation # 7313, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/2/1965, 8:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • WISCONSIN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; JOHN STENNIS' CANDIDATE FOR FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS VACANCY; LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH ADA ON VIETNAM, CIVIL RIGHTS; JOE RAUH; MLK'S PROPOSED ECONOMIC BOYCOTT; BURKE MARSHALL AS POSSIBLE CIA DIRECTOR; PAT COYNE
Telephone conversation # 8412, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/28/1965, 7:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • GOLDBERG CONGRATULATES LBJ ON PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ABE FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; UN RESPONSE TO STATEMENT; GOLDBERG'S TALK WITH U THANT ON PEACE EFFORTS; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S RECENT REPORT; HOUSE REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B
Telephone conversation # 8532, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/11/1965, 7:37PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REUTHER'S HELP ON BEAUTIFICATION BILL; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING WITH LBJ; REUTHER REPORTS ON HIS RECENT MEETING WITH WORLD TRADE UNION CONGRESS ON VIETNAM, CONGRATULATES LBJ ON APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, ARTHUR GOLDBERG, JOHN GARDNER
Telephone conversation # 8392, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 7/26/1965, 3:51PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • APPOINTMENT OF OREN HARRIS TO JUDGESHIP, POSSIBLE EFFECT ON PENDING LEGISLATION; MCCLELLAN'S CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM; ABRAHAM RIBICOFF AND PASSAGE OF "URBAN AFFAIRS BILL" (HUD CREATION?); LBJ TEASES ABOUT ASKING NORMA MCCLELLAN TO GO FOR BOAT RIDE
Telephone conversation # 9850, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/7/1966, 3:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ABBA SCHWARTZ' RESIGNATION; NEED FOR MORE AUSTRALIAN, KOREAN TROOPS FOR VIETNAM; JOSEPH PALMER OR WAYNE FREDERICKS AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS; NEED TO APPOINT NEGROES IN STATE DEPT; FRANKLIN WILLIAMS; FULBRIGHT'S CHINA STUDY
Telephone conversation # 10526, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 8/2/1966, 3:43PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 13101, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/3/1968, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON BOMBING HALT; CURRENT US VIETNAM POLICY, NEGOTIATING CONDITIONS; EFFECT OF SPEECH ON ELECTION; REPUBLICAN VACANCIES; JAMES RUSSELL WIGGINS' APPOINTMENT TO UN; ABE FORTAS; POSSIBLE NOMINATION OF TOM CLARK AS CHIEF
Telephone conversation # 13503, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 10/1/1968, 10:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ AGREES TO MEET WITH CONGRESSMEN ABOUT FUNDS FOR PHILADELPHIA FEDERAL COURT BUILDING; SENATE DEBATE ON ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION AS CHIEF JUSTICE; HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; EFFECT OF SPEECH ON ELECTION; RECENT ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 7146, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/24/1965, 3:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SUCCESSOR TO MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LODGE'S POLICY ON USE OF TEAR GAS, DEFOLIANTS; IMPORTANCE OF CIVILIAN APPOINTEE; LODGE OFFERS TO RETURN AS AMBASSADOR; FCC VACANCY; LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EISENHOWER, LODGE; REPUBLICAN
Telephone conversation # 8352, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 7/19/1965, 6:07PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9810, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 3/1/1966, 7:15PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 13129, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM?; CYRUS EATON AND USSR; ARMAND HAMMER; CONTRIBUTIONS TO LBJ LIBRARY; WH LUNCHEON YESTERDAY; STUART SYMINGTON AND SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL; ARMS TALKS WITH USSR; ABE FEINBERG; ARTHUR KRIM; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME
Telephone conversation # 11654, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 3/28/1967, 4:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 9039, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 8355, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/19/1965, 8:28PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 8356, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/19/1965, 8:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 8357, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 8358, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 10612, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/12/1966, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 13132, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1968, 8:02AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 13133, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/23/1968, 8:43AM? (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 13135, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 6/23/1968, 9:09AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 12734, transcript, MARVIN WATSON and RICHARD DALEY, 2/28/1968, 10:20AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DALEY'S MEETING YESTERDAY WITH UNNAMED MAN AND THAT PERSON'S SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY AND FOR UNIFIED DEMOCRATIC TICKET; DALEY ASKS THAT APPOINTMENT OF OTTO KERNER TO JUDGESHIP BE SENT TO SENATE SO SAM SHAPIRO CAN BECOME GOV.
Telephone conversation # 12810, sound recording and transcript, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 5:00PM (Item)
  • are pushing him on this thing of entering into the California primary. He doesn't want to do it if we can get some way of talking about, or some kind of a vehicle of an analysis or a review of this whole Vietnam thing. He says he 1 s not opposed
  • Vietnam
  • DALEY ENCOURAGES LBJ TO APPOINT COMMISSION TO STUDY VIETNAM POLICY, DISCUSSES CALL FROM RFK ABOUT HIS POLITICAL FUTURE; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING YESTERDAY WITH TED SORENSEN; POSSIBLE TROOP INCREASE; DALEY SUGGESTS LBJ INCLUDE WAR CRITICS