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Telephone conversation # 336, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/7/1963, 5:03PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH RICHARD RUSSELL ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, DOD BUDGET; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CLOSING NAVY YARDS IN BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK; UPCOMING MEETING ON DOD BUDGET; OPPOSITION TO CANCELLATION OF DYNASOAR
Telephone conversation # 5861, sound recording, LBJ and ALEX ROSE, 10/10/1964, 2:22PM (Item)
  • "1) DUBINSKY ADV.; 2) GOLDWATER ON SUMMIT COMM. OF BIRCH SOCIETY, OTHER ITEMS RE CAMPAIGN; 3) HATS"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; TELEPHONE CALL IS CUT OFF; SEE REF #5863
  • STETSON HATS FOR LBJ TO GIVE AWAY AND RESULTING INCREASE IN HAT SALES; WILLIAM MILLER'S REMARKS ABOUT NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY; ETHICAL CHARGES ABOUT MILLER COMPARED WITH BOBBY BAKER; PUBLICITY FOR GOLDWATER'S MEMBERSHIP IN JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY
Telephone conversation # 5893, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/15/1964, 7:26AM (Item)
  • "NYC"; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 7:16A; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND ON NEXT RECORDING
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 6612, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/14/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • NEW IDEAS FROM JUSTICE DEPT FOR LBJ'S AGENDA FOR NEXT 4 YEARS; POSSIBLE USE OF CLOSED DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS FOR CONSERVATION, RECREATION; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT AUSTIN SLUM CLEARANCE PROJECT; DON REYNOLDS' CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 4272, sound recording, LBJ and C. V. "TED" CLIFTON, 7/18/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • "TEXAS TRIP"; SLIP LISTS TIME AS 10:16A, DAILY DIARY AS 11:20A; CONTENT INDICATES TIME IS 11:20A; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE BELT DUE TO POOR SOUND; CLIFTON ON HOLD 1:06
  • LBJ ASKS CLIFTON ABOUT CBS INQUIRY INTO SPENDING FOR WH PHOTOGRAPHERS, PHOTO LAB, INSTRUCTS CLIFTON THAT ALL REPRINTS OF PHOTOS OF LBJ MUST BE APPROVED; UNFAVORABLE DALLAS MORNING NEWS STORY ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIP TO LBJ RANCH
Telephone conversation # 5246, sound recording, LBJ and OVETA CULP HOBBY, 8/28/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • "ATLANTIC CITY"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; VALENTI, HHH ARE MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 11:27A
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 3195, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/29/1964, 6:26PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS ABOUT HIS INTERVIEW WITH WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTERS ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; REPUBLICANS CIRCULATING COPIES OF NEWS STORIES; US NEWS & WORLD REPORT ARTICLE; ANNOUNCEMENT OF SALE OF THE ELMS
Telephone conversation # 6354, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 11/16/1964, 8:25AM (Item)
  • RFK TELLS LBJ HE IS BACK IN WASHINGTON, DC, WORKING; LBJ REPORTS HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, NEW PROGRAMS; EDWARD KENNEDY'S RECOVERY AND RE-ELECTION; LBJ ASKS RFK IF HE LIKES HIS NEW JOB, COMMENTS THAT HE HAD BEEN HAPPIEST IN THE SENATE
Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN, REQUEST FOR FUNDS; POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ BY HEARST NEWSPAPERS; OTHER PRESS ENDORSEMENTS; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CANDIDATES FOR JUSTICE DEPT POSTS; RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 8639, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 2:50PM (Item)
  • CONCERNS ABOUT BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; IMMIGRATION BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; NEW JUDGESHIPS, FEDERAL REGISTRARS FOR WASHINGTON, DC; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS' APPOINTMENT; AMENDMENT ON IMMIGRATION CEILING FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Telephone conversation # 2479, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 2:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES O'BRIEN FOR SWIM, TO DINNER WHEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; TONIGHT'S WH CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; BRUCE ALGER; CIVIL RIGHTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE, WISCONSIN PRIMARIES; PAUL CORBIN; MARY MCGRORY
Telephone conversation # 2417, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 3/9/1964, 4:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S CONDITION; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; PROBLEMS WITH PRESS; PRESS STORIES ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; JFK LIBRARY?; RFK AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP NOMINATION; LBJ INVITES WEISLS AND SAM NEWHOUSE TO LUNCH
Telephone conversation # 3018, sound recording, LBJ and JACK BROOKS, 4/13/1964, 6:56PM (Item)
  • RECEPTION FOR WOMEN IN GOVT; LBJ'S APPEARANCE AT OPENING DAY BASEBALL GAME; JOHN CONNALLY; FRANK THOMPSON, VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN NEW JERSEY, ELSEWHERE; KEN O'DONNELL; VOTE ON FARM BILL, O. C. FISHER
Telephone conversation # 5244, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/28/1964, 8:28AM (Item)
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 5882, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 10/14/1964, 8:45PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5895, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 10/15/1964, 9:12AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 6336, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • RFK; CANDIDATES FOR CABINET APPOINTMENTS; "DON" (COOK) FOR TREASURY OR JUSTICE; TOM WATSON OR FRANK STANTON FOR HEW OR COMMERCE; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ABOUT WALTER JENKINS
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 # 6118, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/3/1964, 5:45PM (Item)
  • MOYERS TELLS LBJ THAT KENTUCKY HAS DECLARED LBJ WINNER; OLIVER QUAYLE PROJECTIONS FOR KENTUCKY, INDIANA, NATIONWIDE; LBJ QUESTIONS BASIS FOR PROJECTIONS; NEW JERSEY, OKLAHOMA RETURNS; LBJ ASKS MOYERS TO TELL CABINET MEMBERS THAT LBJ WILL BE CALLING
Telephone conversation # 5429, sound recording, LBJ and ALEX ROSE, 9/2/1964, 5:32PM (Item)
  • ROSE CONGRATULATES LBJ ON NOMINATION, VP SELECTION, DISCUSSES POLL ON HHH-WILLIAM MILLER, RFK NEW YORK SENATE RACE, ASKS LBJ'S LEGAL VOTING ADDRESS; DISCUSSION OF SENATE VICTORY OF MEDICARE AMENDMENT; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON HANDLING PUBLICITY ON BOBBY
Telephone conversation # 6756, sound recording, LBJ and BUFORD ELLINGTON, 1/29/1965, 7:18PM (Item)
  • LBJ AND ELLINGTON DISCUSS THEIR COLDS; ELLINGTON TELLS LBJ HE IS READY TO JOIN THE ADMINISTRATION, ASKS LBJ TO TIME ANNOUNCEMENT SO THAT DEMOCRATIC MORNING NEWSPAPERS GET NEWS FIRST, TELLS LBJ HE HAD DISCUSSED HIS JOB WITH MARVIN WATSON
Telephone conversation # 10106, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1966, 8:26AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES IMPACT OF VIETNAM SPENDING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, GREAT SOCIETY; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED DEFICIT, LACK OF LIBERAL SUPPORT FOR NEW PROGRAMS, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, ECONOMY AND UPCOMING
Telephone conversation # 10757, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/12/1966, 8:35PM (Item)
  • VETO OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE BILL; GOLDBERG DISCUSSES PROPOSED SIGNING CEREMONY IN NYC FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL; NEW YORK POLITICS; LBJ PRAISES JEWISH CEREMONY AT CORRINE BOGGS' WEDDING, ASKS GOLDBERG TO BE HIS LABOR LIAISON; UN
Telephone conversation # 9402, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/2/1966, 12:56PM (Item)
  • LBJ OFFERS DIRKSEN NEW YEAR'S, BIRTHDAY GREETINGS; INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF BETHLEHEM STEEL PRICE INCREASE; WAR-PROFITEERING; LBJ DISCUSSES ESTIMATES OF COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR IN FEDERAL BUDGET REQUEST; DIRKSEN ADVISES LBJ TO USE LOWER ESTIMATE; JOHN
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 # 11022, sound recording, JAKE JACOBSEN and JOHN DOW, 11/8/1966, 11:50PM (Item)
  • JACOBSEN CONGRATULATES DOW ON HIS RE-ELECTION, ASKS ABOUT OTHER NEW YORK RACES; DOW SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT OTHER RACES BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN PREOCCUPIED WITH HIS OWN RACE, OFFERS HIS BEST WISHES ON SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF LBJ'S UPCOMING SURGERY
Telephone conversation # 2528, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 3/18/1964, 8:09AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 4791, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 8/7/1964, 8:22AM (Item)
  • NEW YORK, ILLINOIS POVERTY BILL VOTES; CHARGE OF UNDUE WH INFLUENCE; LBJ'S COLD; GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT; CONCERNS ABOUT POLITICAL EFFECT OF POVERTY PROGRAM; LIFE MAGAZINE ARTICLES; RFK; ROPER POLL; WHITE BACKLASH; REPUBLICAN BACKLASH; SYRACUSE
Telephone conversation # 5885, sound recording, LBJ and MILDRED STEGALL, 10/14/1964, 9:36PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 6109, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • MOYERS GIVES LBJ REPORT ON ELECTION RETURNS, HEAVY TURNOUT; POLLSTER'S ANALYSES OF RETURNS; KANSAS; NEW YORK; RFK SENATE RACE; GEORGIA; HEAVY NEGRO TURNOUT IN SOUTH; RETURNS IN REPUBLICAN SAN ANTONIO PRECINCT; MOYERS' VISIT WITH WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 9193, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 11/29/1965, 9:35AM (Item)
  • FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH LONG, BUSINESSMEN IN NEW ORLEANS; LBJ TELLS LONG OF HIS MEETING WITH ALBERT GORE ON GORE'S CONCERNS ABOUT LONG SERVING AS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MAJORITY WHIP; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN AND INTEREST RATES; INCREASED FEDERAL BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 9015, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 10/5/1965, 6:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS THAT HE WILL HAVE GALL BLADDER SURGERY, WILL NAME NEW YORK STATE JUDGE JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT; RFK DISCUSSES PAPAL NUNCIO'S CONCERNS ABOUT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CURRENT SITUATION THERE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH POPE
Telephone conversation # 10410, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/15/1966, 9:15PM (Item)
  • FUND-RAISING TO PAY OFF DNC DEBT; RFK'S CLAIM FOR PART OF MONEY RAISED IN NEW YORK; LBJ'S NEGATIVE VIEWS OF DNC; PRESS STORIES THAT PRESIDENT'S CLUB INFLUENCES DOJ ACTION IN ANTITRUST CASES; ANHEUSER-BUSCH CASE; GANGS AND CHICAGO RIOTS; MLK; THOMAS
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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/13/1966 (Sunday) (Item)
  • a b le a n d w e ll d r e s s e d . L y n d o n w as s tr e t c h e d out in h is p a ja m a s , d rin k in g te a , an d th e y w e r e a p p a r e n tly e n jo y in g t h e i r v i s i t . N ixon w a s s a y in g , of th e New Y o rk T im e s
  • Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1965 (Friday) (Item)
  • a s t i c a b o u t go ing to New Y o r k a t 2:00 o 'c l o c k to s ta y a t M a r y L a s k e r ' s h o u s e a n d h av e d a te s w ith D av e, who r e m a i n s t h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g young m a n sh e kn ow s in s p i t e of q u ite
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/27/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • u ite n a t u r a l in L u c i 's h o u s e h o ld . B u t p e r h a p s not e x a c t l y w h at the p r e s s i s u s e d to. We a r r i v e d in v e r y f u ll n u m b e r c o n s id e r in g th at the b ig new s w a s m o r e th a n a th o u s
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/9/1968 (Friday) (Item)
  • e r too . And M a r i e - - a t l a s t L yndon is a c h ie v in g one of h i s a m b itio n s - - h e 's g e ttin g M a r i e tau g h t to sw im . And th e n B e r n i c e B u r g c a m e a n d gave m e a new h a i r - d o , and u n d e r the d r