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Telephone conversation # 3610, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/2/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER LEVI ESHKOL; UPCOMING CALL WITH ROBERT ANDERSON REGARDING CHARLES DE GAULLE; FRANCE; HONOLULU MEETING ON VIETNAM; COMMENT BY MELVIN LAIRD ON PLANS FOR INVASION OF NORTH VIETNAM, PRESS REACTION
Telephone conversation # 6892, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/27/1965, 11:23AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • AVERELL HARRIMAN'S REQUEST THAT ROBERT KOMER CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY HIM ON THE REST OF HIS TRIP; RUSK ASKS THAT KOMER RETURN TO BRIEF OTHERS ON MIDEAST; SINKING OF ENEMY SHIP IN VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS FOR MORE SUGGESTIONS ON VIETNAM; VIETNAM TASK FORCE
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 # 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 # 2309, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/2/1964, 12:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CYPRUS; MESSAGE FROM LBJ TO ISMET INONU; MCNAMARA'S UPCOMING TRIP TO VIETNAM; UPCOMING BUNDY LUNCH WITH JOSEPH ALSOP; US POLICY IN VIETNAM; ROGER HILSMAN RESIGNATION AND WILLIAM BUNDY APPOINTMENT IN STATE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 3680, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO REPLACE HENRY CABOT LODGE IN VIETNAM: GEORGE BALL, JOHN MCCONE, MCNAMARA, WILLIAM GAUD, CLARK KERR, WESTMORELAND; CYPRUS; STATE DEPT PRESS LEAKS; LAOS; POVERTY PROGRAM; CARL HAYDEN; CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER
Telephone conversation # 7148, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/25/1965, 8:52AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • APPOINTMENT OF LODGE AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LODGE PRAISES WESTMORELAND, ALEXIS JOHNSON; NAPALM USE; GEORGE LODGE'S WORK IN CENTRAL AMERICA UNDER AID GRANT; FCC VACANCY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TV INTERESTS; JAMES BARCO; JAMES "JERRY" WADSWORTH
Telephone conversation # 7720, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 5/17/1965, 9:07AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM POLICY; ANDERSON'S MEETING WITH EISENHOWER; DELAY IN PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS DUE TO DOMINICAN CRISIS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT NYT COVERAGE, DISCUSSES SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ANDERSON COMPARES IT WITH LEBANON CRISIS
Telephone conversation # 8137, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/15/1965, 5:21PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LODGE'S APPEARANCE ON UK TV PROGRAM ON VIETNAM; UK COMMONWEALTH PROPOSAL TO APPOINT COMMISSION OF 3 PRIME MINISTERS TO EXPLORE PEACE EFFORTS; CHARGE THAT NASSER IS RE-SELLING US FOOD AID TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; UN PRESS LEAKS; AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 10741, sound recording, LBJ and MALCOLM TARLOV, 9/10/1966, 4:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT JEWISH TELEGRAPH AGENCY STORY THAT LBJ TOLD TARLOV US SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IS TIED TO JEWISH-AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR US POLICIES IN VIETNAM; TARLOV SAYS HE WAS MISQUOTED; JEWISH WAR VETERANS RESOLUTION
Telephone conversation # 10742, sound recording, LBJ and FELIX PUTTERMAN, 9/10/1966, 4:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CONVERSATION WITH MALCOLM TARLOV ABOUT JEWISH TELEGRAPH AGENCY STORY QUOTING LBJ AS SAYING THAT US SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IS TIED TO JEWISH-AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR US POLICIES IN VIETNAM; JEWISH WAR VETERANS RESOLUTION
Telephone conversation # 9348, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/31/1965, 9:33AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MEETING BETWEEN AVERELL HARRIMAN OR HHH WITH JAPAN'S PM SATO; HHH'S TALK WITH MARCOS ON PHILIPPINE MILITARY EFFORTS IN VIETNAM; G. MENNEN WILLIAMS AND MISSION TO AFRICA ON VIETNAM; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING; BOMBING HALT; RUSK'S DIPLOMATIC
Telephone conversation # 13761, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 11/23/1968, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF ENEMY ATTACK ON US RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT, WORDING OF AGREEMENT WITH NORTH VIETNAM FOR PEACE TALKS, POSSIBLE US RESPONSE TO ATTACK; DROP IN ENEMY INFILTRATION; US BOMBING IN LAOS; NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL ON SALE OF PHANTOM JETS
Telephone conversation # 13403, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/2/1968, 3:57PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DREW PEARSON'S COLUMN ON CHOICE OF HALE BOGGS, NOT EDMUND MUSKIE, TO HEAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM COMMITTEE; LBJ DISCUSSES HOW CONVENTION ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE, NEGOTIATIONS ON VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK; FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING FOR CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 13415, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/23/1968, 9:37AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • GEORGE BALL'S RESIGNATION AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN TO WORK IN HHH CAMPAIGN; SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL; VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; BASE AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN; BRIEFINGS FOR CANDIDATES; EFFECT OF CAMPAIGN ON FOREIGN POLICY; GEORGE KENNAN; HENRY
Telephone conversation # 13515, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/6/1968, 10:49PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT AVERELL HARRIMAN HAS NOT DENIED PRESS ACCOUNTS OF HIS ROLE IN HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; RUSK'S TALKS WITH ANDREI GROMYKO ON VIETNAM, MIDDLE EAST, BERLIN; RUSK'S SCHEDULE AND POSSIBLE HONOLULU
Telephone conversation # 11908, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 6/19/1967, 10:57PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; POLITICAL TURMOIL IN USSR; CHINESE CRITICISM OF KOSYGIN'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; LBJ'S SPEECH TODAY; VIETNAM BOMBING RAID; KOSYGIN'S UN SPEECH; US POSITION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
Telephone conversation # 1644, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/29/1964, 6:32PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • REVOCATION OF INSTRUCTIONS TO ANDREW O'MEARA IN PANAMA; VIETNAM; CYPRUS; COMMUNICATIONS DIFFICULTIES IN PANAMA, TURKEY; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE CARL VINSON, HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE; GEORGE BALL
Telephone conversation # 1708, sound recording, LBJ and MARSHALL MCNEIL, 1/31/1964, 9:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CRITICISM OF LBJ IN THE PRESS; LBJ SUMMARIZES HIS MEETINGS AND PHONE CALLS ON FOREIGN POLICY; INDONESIA; CYPRUS; VIETNAM; PANAMA
Telephone conversation # 2583, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/21/1964, 12:16PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MOYERS CONTINUES DICTATING PANAMA STATEMENT; LBJ ASKS RUSK FOR INFORMATION FOR PRESS CONFERENCE: CYPRUS, CAMBODIAN BORDER INCIDENT, VIETNAM BILATERAL TALKS; LBJ ASKS FOR HELP FOR REEDY FROM STATE PRESS SECRETARY; PRESS STORY ON RUSK'S RESIGNATION
Telephone conversation # 4281, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/20/1964, 6:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK REPORTS ON MEETING WITH JAMES EASTLAND ON OTTO OTEPKA CASE; UPCOMING VOTE ON OAS RESOLUTION REGARDING CUBAN ARMS SHIPMENTS TO VENEZEULA; ALLEGED US SHOOTING OF CUBAN SENTRY AT GUANTANAMO NAVAL BASE; CYPRUS; PRESS STORIES ON PLANS FOR VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 5245, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/28/1964, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • BUNDY UPDATES LBJ ON SITUATIONS IN SOUTH VIETNAM, CONGO, CYPRUS; BUDDHIST AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS; TRI QUANG; NGUYEN KHANH'S POLITICAL POSITION; FOREIGN AID BILL; POLICY ON USE OF COURIER PLANE; BUNDY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 5253, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/29/1964, 10:29AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK UPDATES LBJ ON SITUATIONS IN VIETNAM, CYPRUS, CONGO; DISCUSSION OF MAXWELL TAYLOR'S DEPARTURE; RUSK SAYS HE WILL GO TO PHILADELPHIA TO SPEAK AT AMVETS MEETING, WILL HAVE SHORT PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON, WILL APPEAR ON MEET THE PRESS
Telephone conversation # 4829, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 8/9/1964, 6:50AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4832, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/9/1964, 7:25AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF CYPRUS SITUATION; QUESTION OF LBJ RETURNING TO WASHINGTON, DC, AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRESS PLANE; GREECE; TURKEY; VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBILITY RFK WILL RUN FOR NEW YORK SENATE SEAT; JACQUELINE KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 4855, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/10/1964, 9:50AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SCHEDULING MEETING OF FOREIGN POLICY ADVISERS; BUNDY UPDATES LBJ ON CYPRUS, CONGO, VIETNAM; SPEECH, ARRANGEMENTS FOR TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION SIGNING CEREMONY; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S POLITICAL CONCERNS, CONGO NEGOTIATIONS WITH BELGIUM; RFK; THOMAS DODD
Telephone conversation # 4865, sound recording, LBJ and ALEC DOUGLAS HOME, 8/10/1964, 5:03PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ AND UK'S PRIME MINISTER DOUGLAS-HOME DISCUSS CYPRUS SITUATION, NEGOTIATIONS IN GENEVA; VIETNAM; GEORGE BALL
Telephone conversation # 4913, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/13/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK BY ARMY JOURNAL ABOUT YOUTH REHABILITATION PROGRAM TO TRAIN MEN NOT PREVIOUSLY QUALIFIED FOR DRAFT; POSSIBLE EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR POVERTY PROGRAM; MCNAMARA GIVES BRIEF SITUATION REPORT ON VIETNAM, CYPRUS, CONGO
Telephone conversation # 4819, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/8/1964, 8:24AM (Item)
  • "VIETNAM, CYPRUS, ETC."; SLIP LISTS CALL AT 8:24A, DAILY DIARY AT 8:35A
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 7182, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/30/1965, 8:14AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA'S TALK WITH JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON ON ALLEGED SURVEILLANCE OF RICHARD RESTON, WIRETAPS; SAIGON EMBASSY BOMBING; POSSIBLE POLICY CHANGE ON US COMBAT TROOPS IN VIETNAM; MAXWELL TAYLOR VISIT; MLK; PAY BILL; US MAYORS; MAURICE YAMEOGO, UPPER
Telephone conversation # 6834, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/14/1965, 1:02PM (Item)
  • "JORDAN"; "VIETNAM"
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 10047, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 4/22/1966, 7:15PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PAULINE FREDERICK STORY ON USSR PROPOSAL FOR PEACE TALKS IF US STOPS VIETNAM BOMBING, SUGGESTS STATE DEPT SPOKESMAN BRIEF PRESS ON NEED FOR ENEMY TO CEASE INFILTRATION ALSO; RUSK REPORTS BRIEFLY ON TRIP TO TURKEY FOR CENTO MEETING
Telephone conversation # 10444, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/29/1966, 10:40AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN LBJ AND UK'S HAROLD WILSON AT TODAY'S MEETING; UK ECONOMIC SITUATION; RHODESIA; UK'S EAST OF SUEZ DECISION; VIETNAM; WILSON'S RECENT VISIT TO USSR; GERMANY; MESSAGE TO "FOY" KOHLER? ON UNNAMED PERSONNEL MATTER
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 # 9346, sound recording, LBJ and LESTER PEARSON, 12/30/1965, 2:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CHRISTMAS GREETINGS; DISCUSSION OF US EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE IN VIETNAM; MCGEORGE BUNDY'S MEETING WITH CANADIANS; DIPLOMATIC TRIPS BY AVERELL HARRIMAN, ARTHUR GOLDBERG, GEORGE BALL; SIGNING OF US-CANADIAN AIR AGREEMENT
Telephone conversation # 9470, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 1/10/1966, 11:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DREW PEARSON REPORTS ON REACTIONS TO VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVES IN NEAR EAST, EUROPE, AND ISRAEL; LBJ SUMS UP NUMBER OF PRIVATE PEACE TALKS HELD IN PAST YEAR; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
Telephone conversation # 12003, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/15/1967, 9:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • JUNE 10 HOT LINE EXCHANGE; NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOVIETS, ANDREI GROMYKO; UK'S LACK OF SUPPORT FOR US POSITION IN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON JERUSALEM; RICHARD RUSSELL'S OPPOSITION TO LBJ SENDING PLANES TO CONGO; NORTH VIETNAM; GOLDBERG'S SISTER'S
Telephone conversation # 12944, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLOY, 4/30/1968, 2:29PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS MCCLOY TO ASK NASSER ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF HOLDING DISCUSSIONS IN CAIRO ON SITE SELECTION OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS; QUESTION OF JEWISH STAFF MEMBERS ATTENDING TALKS THERE; US AID TO JORDAN; ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE IN JERUSALEM
Telephone conversation # 13002, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 5/2/1968, 10:47AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SITE FOR VIETNAM PEACE TALKS; PROBLEMS WITH WARSAW AS SITE; COMMUNISTS' MISINTERPRETATION OF PRESS STORIES; US CONTACTS WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE IN LAOS, INDONESIA; INEFFECTIVENESS OF HARRY ASHMORE; LBJ READS LETTER FROM CHARLES ROBB TO LYNDA JOHNSON
Telephone conversation # 13559, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/17/1968, 4:47PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK'S VIEWS ON PROGRESS AT PARIS PEACE TALKS; PRESS LEAKS; ALLEGED US DIFFERENCES WITH SAIGON; FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT WEIZMANN INSTITUTE IN ISRAEL; NIXON'S POSITION ON VIETNAM; ABBA EBAN VISIT; SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL