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Telephone conversation # 10916, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 10/3/1966, 5:24PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SHORT DISCUSSION OF EISENHOWER'S HEALTH; EISENHOWER EXPLAINS HIS RECENT STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; RICHARD NIXON ON US IN VIETNAM; EISENHOWER CONTRASTS KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS, USE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT EISENHOWER'S POLICY ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3663, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/9/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HIS MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS ON LAOS, VIETNAM; CONCERNS OF LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, GEORGE MAHON ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION; LBJ READS LETTER FROM MIKE MANSFIELD ON VIETNAM, LAOS; HENRY CABOT LODGE; CRITICAL PROVINCE PROGRAM; LBJ'S 1961
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 # 7384, sound recording, LBJ and GALE MCGEE, 4/29/1965, 4:29PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ THANKS MCGEE FOR HIS STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES REPORTS ON EFFECT OF VIETNAM PROTESTS ON ENEMY; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE ON STUDENT MOVEMENT; ARTHUR DEAN'S COMMENTS ON KOREAN WAR NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ REMINISCES ON SIGNING ANTI-WAR PETITION
Telephone conversation # 9306, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/3/1965, 9:31AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC POLL; BUNDY'S CABLE ON VIETNAM DECISIONS; LBJ SAYS ADVISERS SHOULD MEET ON ALTERNATIVES BEFORE MEETING WITH HIM; POSSIBLE SEPARATE VIETNAM BUDGET; INTEREST RATE HIKE; DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS; DOMINICAN SITUATION; WH CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 9602, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE MCCARTHY, 2/1/1966, 9:20AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EFFECT OF CONGRESSIONAL, PRESS CRITICISM ON NORTH VIETNAM; CONSULTATION WITH JAMES GAVIN; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE, OPPOSITION TO OVERTHROW OF DIEM; IMPROVEMENT IN STABILITY OF SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT, POSSIBLE ELECTIONS; INFLUENCE OF NYT; STATE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 9619, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANATOS, 2/4/1966, 5:20PM? (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF DANIEL INOUYE ACCOMPANYING LBJ TO HONOLULU MEETING WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE, US ADVISERS; LBJ DISCUSSES DAMAGE DONE BY MANSFIELD'S REPORT ON VIETNAM, CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW BRIMMER TO FRB
Telephone conversation # 9623, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/5/1966, 8:27AM? (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • NEED TO IMPROVE LOBBYING EFFORTS FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SMALL BUSINESS LEGISLATION; MANSFIELD'S REPORT ON VIETNAM; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ COMPARES SAM RAYBURN, CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL
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 # 7018, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US VIETNAM POLICY, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESS; WALTER LIPPMANN; DREW PEARSON; NYT STORY ON LBJ ADVISERS; CLARK CLIFFORD; DEAN ACHESON; JAMES ROWE; TOMMY CORCORAN; SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY; FDR COMMENT ON INFLUENCE OF CORCORAN, BEN
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 # 9307, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/3/1965, 9:31AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ORVILLE FREEMAN ON FOOD AID TO INDIA; PRESS LEAKS; ROBERT KOMER; CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED MCGEORGE BUNDY; RUSK'S ADMIRATION OF BUNDY; KOMER'S ABRASIVENESS; MEETING WITH LBJ ON VIETNAM; VIETNAM BUDGET; OTHER COUNTRIES' TROOP
Telephone conversation # 9911, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 3/24/1966, 3:04PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • GOLDBERG PRAISES LBJ'S NATO SPEECH; PRESS COVERAGE OF SPEECH AND GOLDBERG'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; DOD POLICY ON SPOUSES' TRAVEL IN GOVT PLANES; LBJ'S TRIP TO MRS. EMMANUEL CELLER'S FUNERAL; GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM SPEECH; UK
Telephone conversation # 9655, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/22/1966, 9:04AM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • LIFE EDITORIAL; LBJ'S DESIRE FOR PEACE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM; RFK PROPOSAL; VIEWS OF JCS, FULBRIGHT IN CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS; FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, RUSK; AGENDA FOR WH MEETING TODAY; ROBERT KINTNER; INFLUENCE OF NYT; ARTHUR
Telephone conversation # 9666, sound recording, LBJ and THRUSTON MORTON, 2/23/1966, 11:53AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ THANKS MORTON FOR HIS WIRE PRAISING TESTIMONY OF UNNAMED ADMINISTRATION MEMBER (DEAN RUSK?) IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON VIETNAM; MORTON EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT HIS NON-PARTISAN WORK WITH MORTON
Telephone conversation # 9807, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 3/1/1966, 2:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SENATE HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT REAFFIRMING HIS AUTHORITY, WANTS STATEMENT MADE PRIOR TO VOTE TO TABLE AMENDMENT, READS JOHN MCCORMACK'S STATEMENT TODAY SUPPORTING VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9541, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 1/28/1966, 4:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • HHH DISCUSSES PLAN TO GO TO GREENBRIER RESORT TONIGHT, RETURN TO WH FOR VIETNAM MEETING TOMORROW; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT HHH'S RETURN WILL LEAK, ALERT NORTH VIETNAM TO US MILITARY ACTION, REMINISCES ABOUT LEAK OF JCS LETTER DURING CUBAN MISSILE
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 # 13401, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 9/2/1968, 10:10AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATING TACTICS AT VIETNAM PEACE TALKS IN PARIS; LBJ ASKS FOR NEW PROPOSALS; PEACE EFFORTS BY POPE PAUL, GOVT OF NORWAY; LBJ SUGGESTS MEETING WITH ADVISERS AT CAMP DAVID TO PROBE FOR IDEAS FOR PROPOSALS
Telephone conversation # 6740, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 1/19/1965, 2:29PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • FOR VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 6847, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 2/15/1965, 10:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ AND TRUMAN DISCUSS VIETNAM, COMPARE IT TO KOREAN CONFLICT; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT LETTER HE SENT TO TRUMAN FOLLOWING OUTBREAK OF KOREAN WAR; TRUMAN PRAISES LBJ'S HANDLING OF EVENTS; LBJ INVITES TRUMAN TO COME TO WH TO MEET WITH HIM; TRUMAN'S ILL
Telephone conversation # 8602, sound recording, LBJ and LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, 8/21/1965, 5:55PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9109, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 9865, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 3/9/1966, 7:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • STRATEGY FOR HANDLING TAX BILL IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, SENATE VOTE ON CONFERENCE REPORT; HARTKE AMENDMENT ON TELEPHONE EXCISE TAXES; PROUTY AMENDMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY; CONCERNS ABOUT NEED FOR MORE FUNDS FOR VIETNAM; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT HANDLING
Telephone conversation # 9684, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/28/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 9831, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/4/1966, 9:02AM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • APPOINTMENTS FOR NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; INCREASED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HAWK POSITION; LODGE'S REPORT ON PROGRESS, MORALE IN VIETNAM; USSR AND BOMBING PAUSE; AIKEN'S TRIP TO CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 11566, sound recording, LBJ and LESLIE ARENDS, 2/27/1967, 4:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ARENDS PRAISES LBJ'S MEETING THIS MORNING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S FOREIGN POLICY AND VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ THANKS ARENDS FOR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT, REMINISCES ABOUT HIS OWN SUPPORT OF EISENHOWER'S FOREIGN POLICY
Telephone conversation # 11119, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/8/1966, 12:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PORT CONGESTION, AIRFIELD LANDING RIGHTS IN VIETNAM AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE RELUCTANCE TO IMPROVE SITUATION, TELLS STORY ABOUT RICHARD KLEBERG'S REPLY TO UNHAPPY CONSTITUENT; MCNAMARA SAYS US MILITARY SHOULD TAKE OVER
Telephone conversation # 8620, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/23/1965, 3:30PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 12510, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE LOCKE, 12/27/1967, 9:45AM (Item)
  • "12/27/1967 LOCKE?" AND SHORTHAND NOTES ON SLIP; "DEPUTY AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH VIETNAM TELLING PRES. HE WISHES TO RESIGN AND COME BACK TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR."; SECOND SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 12/27/1968; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS
  • Vietnam
  • LOCKE ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ ABOUT LOCKE'S RESIGNATION AS DEPUTY AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM TO RUN FOR GOV. OF TEXAS; LOCKE'S REPLACEMENT; TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF LOCKE'S PLANS; JOHN CONNALLY; LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS CANDIDACY IN 1941 SENATE RACE
Telephone conversation # 4808, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/7/1964, 3:01PM (Item)
  • "(LEGISLATION-POVERTY-VIETNAM)"; MCCORMACK IS MEETING WITH HARRY SHEPPARD, BERNIE SISK, CECIL KING AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 9110, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 9895, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/17/1966, 10:02PM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • RFK'S REQUEST TO KATZENBACH TO BE ASKED TO MEETINGS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON DNC, CAMPAIGN FINANCES; LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH KENNEDYS; 1964 VP SELECTION, NY SENATE RACE; UPCOMING ELECTIONS; LBJ AND BAY OF PIGS, CUBAN MISSILE CRISES; RFK'S RECENT VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 10291, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 6/30/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE DROP IN FEDERAL DEFICIT; LBJ DISCUSSES ADVICE HE HAS GIVEN FRIENDS NOT TO EXPAND BUSINESS TOO RAPIDLY; POSSIBILITY VIETNAM WAR MAY END SOONER THAN EXPECTED; MARIGOLD PEACE FEELER; SUCCESSFUL BOMBING MISSION YESTERDAY; CONCERNS ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 12901, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 4/1/1968, 4:03PM (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 # 13309, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/20/1968, 11:22PM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ANATOLY DOBRYNIN ON SOVIET INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA; US NEGOTIATIONS WITH USSR ON ARMS CONTROL ISSUES; THREAT OF SOVIET INVASION TO US INTERESTS; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY BY DEMOCRATS; NIXON'S CONCERN ABOUT COMMENTS BY HHH
Telephone conversation # 5627, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/21/1964, 12:29PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 5703, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/19/1964, 1:10PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 8601, sound recording, LBJ and MENDEL RIVERS, 8/21/1965, 5:41PM (Item)
  • Vietnam