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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/5/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)

e b e s t w ir e w e could an d a ll w o rd s a r e h o llo w . A s L yndon le f t to go to w o rk h e tu rn e d to m e and s a id "W e'v e l o s t th e s te e l c fig h t; we m a y lo s e th e w a r . T h e y a r e going to in d ic t B o b b y
nap; news story about Pat Nugent; Lady Bird is interviewed by New York Times about art; Willard Deasons and Emmet Riordans for dinner and to pick out one of Him's beagle puppies; Lady Bird reads "Guns of August"

Telephone conversation # 7946, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and KEN GADDIS, 5/20/1965, time unknown

Telephone conversation # 519, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 12/17/1963, 6:05PM (Item)

"#2"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994

"SEP 21 PRESS CONFERENCE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER PRESS CONFERENCE HAS BEGUN

Telephone conversation # 6473, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/24/1964, 9:20AM (Item)

"RANCH"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 9:15A; OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH JACK VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL

1:45 OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRADE, LATIN AMERICA, PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ROBERT SAYRE AT TIME OF CALL

Telephone conversation # 7822, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 5/24/1965, 11:50AM (Item)

MANN'S HEALTH; TIME, NEWSWEEK STORIES CRITICAL OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ADVISERS; WITHDRAWAL OF US TROOPS; TRANSFER OF NEGOTIATIONS TO OAS; LBJ'S DOUBTS ABOUT GUZMAN, MANN'S ABOUT JUAN BOSCH; BALAGUER'S FEAR OF IMBERT; FALL OF DONALD REID CABRAL GOVT

Telephone conversation # 8639, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 2:50PM (Item)

KATZENBACH ON HOLD 1:00; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; EMANUEL CELLER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL

Telephone conversation # 8370, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/21/1965, 4:31PM (Item)

VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS INAUDIBLE AND LBJ IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES

Telephone conversation # 7947, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 11:05AM (Item)

"[TELEPHONE] 2154"; "ARNOLD-PRESIDENT (2 CALLS-10:45-11:15)"; "2, 10:45-11:15" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; SPEED VARIES ON ORIGINAL RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY

Telephone conversation # 7948, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 11:15AM (Item)

"[TELEPHONE] 2154"; "ARNOLD-PRESIDENT (2 CALLS-10:45-11:15)"; "2, 10:45-11:15" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; SPEED VARIES ON ORIGINAL RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH REF #7949, #7950

Telephone conversation # 8116, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1965, 6:40PM (Item)

"SUMMARIZED"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH HARRY OPPENHEIMER AND IS ALSO APPARENTLY MEETING WITH JACK VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; PREVIOUSLY OPENED IN PART

Telephone conversation # 13601, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/26/1968, 11:47AM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON BIRTH OF LYNDA ROBB'S DAUGHTER LUCINDA, CONTACTING CHARLES ROBB IN VIETNAM, BABY'S NAME; VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; US CONDITIONS FOR TALKS, BOMBING HALT; TIMING OF HALT AND ELECTION; WILLIAM WESTMORELAND'S ALLEGED REMARKS ON LATIN

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