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Telephone conversation # 2874, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 4/7/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • UPCOMING PRESS BRIEFING; RICHARD GOODWIN'S WH ROLE; DOUGLAS MACARTHUR FUNERAL; WILLIAM DOHERTY RESIGNATION; HARRY RANSOM, JACK VAUGHN APPOINTMENT; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S SPEEDING; LBJ'S SCHEDULE, UPCOMING TRIPS; ORGANIZATION OF WH PRESS OFFICE
Telephone conversation # 6352, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/14/1964, 7:47PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S AND REEDY'S SCHEDULES, PLANS; PRESS STORIES THAT REEDY WILL RESIGN, SOURCE OF LEAK; CRITICISM OF WH PRESS OPERATIONS BY STATE, DOD; NEED FOR ASSISTANT WH PRESS SECRETARY; PIERRE SALINGER; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; MEXICAN COVERAGE OF DIAZ ORDAZ
Telephone conversation # 7348, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 4/19/1965, 11:25AM (Item)
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  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT HANDLING OF APPOINTMENT OF FRANK MCKINNEY AS AMBASSADOR TO JAMAICA; HARRY TRUMAN'S BACKING OF MCKINNEY; MCKINNEY'S PRESS STATEMENT; TRUE DAVIS; LBJ TELLS MACY TO MAKE APPOINTMENT CHECKLIST; FPC VACANCY; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 8568, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
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  • WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS; CUT IN USIA PRESS SUBSCRIPTIONS; MOVIES FOR US TROOPS IN VIETNAM; TV BROADCASTS FOR SOUTH VIETNAMESE; POSSIBLE MARKS' MEETINGS WITH MILTON, DWIGHT EISENHOWER; RADIO FOR COMMUNIST CHINA; USIA APPOINTMENTS, BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 159, sound recording, LBJ and LESLIE ARENDS, 11/29/1963, 6:15PM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ SAYS HE HAS TRIED TO CONTACT SOMEONE (CHARLES HALLECK?) BEFORE MAKING ANNOUNCEMENT, ASKS ARENDS TO TRY TO CONTACT THAT PERSON, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 2693, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/28/1964, 2:10PM (Item)
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  • PLANS FOR PRESS CONFERENCE AT RANCH THIS AFTERNOON TO ANNOUNCE WOMEN APPOINTEES MARY BUNTING, ELIZABETH MAY, PATRICIA HARRIS; POSSIBLE QUESTIONS ON RUMORS OF DEAN RUSK'S RESIGNATION, ALASKA EARTHQUAKE, LBJ'S SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 2596, sound recording, LBJ and ISABELLE SHELTON, 3/21/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
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  • WOMEN APPOINTEES; SARAH HUGHES; GEORGE REEDY'S APPOINTMENT AS PRESS SECRETARY; LBJ RELATES STORIES FROM HIS BOYHOOD FOR STORY SHELTON IS WRITING; ROAD JOB; LBJ'S MOTHER'S INFLUENCE ON HIM; LBJ'S CHILDHOOD OPINIONS OF PRESIDENTS JEFFERSON, JACKSON
Telephone conversation # 3768, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/18/1964, 11:16AM (Item)
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  • SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN BUSINESS COMMUNITY; ANDERSON RECOMMENDS BILL DRAPER OR MILTON EISENHOWER AS VIETNAM AMBASSADOR; MAXWELL TAYLOR; JOHN MCCLOY; EUGENE BLACK; PRESS CRITICISM; ADVICE FROM DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ'S CONCERNS FOR VIETNAM, NGUYEN KHANH
Telephone conversation # 3769, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/18/1964, 11:16AM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF MILTON EISENHOWER, MAXWELL TAYLOR; LUCIUS? CLAY, DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN MCCLOY, OR GEORGE CHAMPION AS VIETNAM AMBASSADOR; DWIGHT EISENHOWER FOR WILLIAM SCRANTON; BARRY GOLDWATER; WOMEN'S, JEWISH VOTE; PANAMA; LIBERALS, PRESS, VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 5980, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/28/1964, 11:43PM (Item)
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  • LBJ'S PRESS COMMENT ABOUT SCANDALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO RESEARCH WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN ABOUT EISENHOWER STAFF MEMBERS, DISCUSSES MEETING WITH JFK ABOUT POSSIBLE INDICTMENT OF EISENHOWER STAFF
Telephone conversation # 5981, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
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  • LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD'S ADVICE ABOUT HANDLING OF LBJ'S COMMENTS TO PRESS IN SAN DIEGO LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; PETER LISAGOR; PHIL POTTER; DOUGLAS KIKER
Telephone conversation # 5982, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING OF LBJ'S STATEMENT TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; CLIFFORD ADVISES LBJ ABOUT HANDLING REST OF CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5983, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/29/1964, 7:52AM (Item)
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  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON INFORMATION HE HAS RECEIVED ON CHARGES CONCERNING STAFF MEMBERS IN EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION TO CLARIFY STATEMENT LBJ MADE TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT PAST SCANDALS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT
Telephone conversation # 7057, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 3/11/1965, 9:16AM (Item)
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  • NOMINATION OF SUCCESSOR TO DOUGLAS DILLON AS TREASURY SECRETARY; PRESS LEAKS; DON COOK; WRIGHT PATMAN AND FRB; JOHN LOEB; DAVID "KENDALL" (KENNEDY?); RUDOLPH PETERSON; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN; MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE; MONETARY
Telephone conversation # 7165, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 3/26/1965, 9:27AM (Item)
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  • WHITE REPORTS ON CALL TO ANTHONY LIUZZO, WIDOWER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ TELLS WHITE TO SUPPLY MORE ITEMS TO PRESS; HARRY MCPHERSON; NEED TO APPOINT CALIFORNIAN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR; STEWART UDALL
Telephone conversation # 8567, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES CALL MARKS MADE ON TV CONTRACT FOR UNNAMED COLUMNIST; MARKS' PLANS FOR USIA CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE PROGRAMS ENACTED BY CONGRESS, LBJ; LBJ TELLS MARKS TO CUT USIA BUDGET; CUTS IN WH NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS; WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 8658, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/27/1965, 10:56AM (Item)
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  • ITEMS FOR MOYERS' PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S BIRTHDAY MESSAGES AND GIFTS FROM FRIENDS, HEADS OF STATE; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; POSSIBLE CANCELLATION OF TRIP TO RANCH; STATEMENTS ABOUT DISABLED VETERANS' BILL; POSSIBLE VETO OF HIGHWAY BILL
Telephone conversation # 9317, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1965, 12:58PM (Item)
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  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM BENNETT AS AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL; GEORGE ANDERSON; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS' VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW VIETNAM CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; PRESS LEAKS; SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING HAROLD WILSON
Telephone conversation # 8906, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/28/1965, 8:12PM (Item)
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  • EMANUEL CELLER'S RECOMMENDATION OF EDWARD WEINFELD FOR US APPEALS COURT; APPOINTMENT OF WILFRED FEINBERG TO POST; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FRANCIS MORRISSEY APPOINTMENT; RFK'S REQUEST THAT LBJ APPOINT MORRISSEY, PARDON FRANK BOYKIN; DAVID BRESS
Telephone conversation # 10572, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/5/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 11553, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/18/1967, 8:30AM (Item)
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  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO DON OBERDORFER STORY ON LOCKHEED CONTRACTS; JFK ADMINISTRATION'S INVOLVEMENT IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS; AWARDING CONTRACTS IN DEPRESSED AREAS; LBJ REITERATES WH POLICY ON DEFENSE CONTRACTS; PRESS STORY ON CIA, TEXAS
Telephone conversation # 11233, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 12/30/1966, 2:00PM (Item)
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  • PLANS FOR LBJ STATE PARK; JOHN BEN SHEPPERD'S APPOINTMENT; NEED TO COORDINATE CONNALLY'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON LBJ STATE PARK CONTROVERSY WITH WILL ODOM, PREPARE ODOM FOR PRESS INQUIRIES; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT; LBJ'S PLAN TO MEET WITH JAMES
Telephone conversation # 11236, sound recording, LBJ and A. W. MOURSUND, 12/30/1966, 2:39PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JOHN CONNALLY'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON LBJ STATE PARK CONTROVERSY, JOHN BEN SHEPPERD'S APPOINTMENT; NEED TO PREPARE WILL ODOM, JIMMIE DELLINGER FOR PRESS INQUIRIES; BROWN FOUNDATION'S GRANT TO LBJ STATE PARK; JOHNSON FOUNDATION'S CONTRIBUTIONS
Telephone conversation # 10952, sound recording, LBJ and ALAN BOYD, 10/15/1966, 8:05PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WATSON? DISCUSSES PROBLEM REACHING BOYD, CONNECTS HIM TO LBJ; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE, EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT PRESS LEAKS, NYT STORY BOYD WILL TAKE JOB WITH RAILROAD LOBBY, NOT AS TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, ASKS TO MEET AFTER
Telephone conversation # 11047, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 11/22/1966, 12:17PM (Item)
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  • LBJ'S HEALTH; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS OF JOB CORPS, VISTA; JAMES MCCROCKLIN; WILLIAM KELLY; WILLIAM CROOK; LBJ SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE RECESS APPOINTMENTS; SHRIVER'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; SHRIVER REQUESTS MEETING
Telephone conversation # 13737, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 11/14/1968, 8:03PM (Item)
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  • DISCUSSION OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROBERT MURPHY'S APPOINTMENT AS RICHARD NIXON'S LIAISON WHICH WAS MISCONSTRUED BY PRESS AS AGREEMENT THAT NIXON WOULD APPROVE DECISIONS DURING TRANSITION; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT USSR; MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LBJ
Telephone conversation # 13738, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 11/15/1968, 9:20AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR CLARIFICATION OF RICHARD NIXON'S STATEMENT WHICH PRESS MISCONSTRUED TO MEAN LBJ HAD AGREED TO GET PRIOR APPROVAL FROM NIXON FOR DECISIONS DURING TRANSITION; ROBERT MURPHY'S ROLE AS NIXON'S LIAISON, OBSERVER IN STATE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 13739, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 11/15/1968, 9:20AM (Item)
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  • CLARIFICATION OF RICHARD NIXON'S STATEMENT WHICH PRESS MISCONSTRUED TO MEAN THAT LBJ HAD AGREED TO GET PRIOR APPROVAL FROM NIXON FOR DECISIONS DURING TRANSITION; ROBERT MURPHY'S ROLE AS NIXON'S OBSERVER AT STATE DEPT; NEED FOR OBSERVER FOR NIXON
Telephone conversation # 13804, sound recording, LBJ and EARL WARREN, 12/5/1968, 10:42AM (Item)
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  • WARREN GIVES LBJ BACKGROUND OF PRESS STORY THAT RICHARD NIXON HAS ASKED WARREN TO REMAIN ON SUPREME COURT FOR REST OF COURT'S TERM; LBJ DISCUSSES SPECIAL SESSION TO RATIFY NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, RECESS APPOINTMENT FOR ARTHUR GOLDBERG
Telephone conversation # 5243, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/28/1964, 1:31AM (Item)
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  • HOUSTON POST STORY THAT REEDY RESIGNED BECAUSE LBJ WENT TO CONVENTION 8/26 AS PIERRE SALINGER SUGGESTED; RICHARD DALEY; MFDP; STORY THAT THOMAS DODD WILL REPLACE RFK; PRESS INQUIRY ABOUT HHH FLYING IN SAME PLANE WITH LBJ TO TEXAS; LBJ'S SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 5868, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MARIE FEHMER ATTENDING CHURCH TOMORROW; POLLS; JENKINS REPORTS ON CALLS; CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES; NEW MEXICO; MARY LASKER, SWEARING-IN OF KENNEDY CENTER TRUSTEES; RFK'S REQUEST FOR LBJ'S HELP; DNC; MCNAMARA PRESS APPEARANCES; GOLDWATER AND JOHN BIRCH
Telephone conversation # 13765, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/23/1968, 6:06PM (Item)
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  • HHH SAYS HE DECLINED RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH AS UN AMBASSADOR; HHH'S FUTURE PLANS; LBJ SUGGESTS NIXON NAME ROBERT MURPHY TO UN; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORY QUOTING ROBERT SHORT ABOUT POSSIBLE LAWSUIT TO RELEASE DNC TRUST FUND
Telephone conversation # 13207, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 7/13/1968, 10:25AM (Item)
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  • MARKS REPORTS ON TALK WITH "DREW" (PEARSON) ABOUT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS FOR DAVID BRESS, HOMER THORNBERRY, ABE FORTAS; FCC RULINGS; AT&T INVOLVEMENT IN MARYLAND SENATE RACE; PHOTOS OF LBJ IN US EMBASSIES; USIA DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS; PRESS REVIEWS
Telephone conversation # 13407, sound recording, LBJ and SOL TAISHOFF, 9/6/1968, 7:27PM (Item)
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  • TAISHOFF'S HEALTH; LBJ ASKS TAISHOFF'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO FCC, DISCUSSES CANDIDATES: JOSEPH BORKIN, JOHN CRISWELL, REX LEE; QUESTION OF LBJ FILLING VARIOUS VACANCIES, NOT NEW PRESIDENT; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
Telephone conversation # 135, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 11/29/1963, 1:40PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 170, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH ALSOP, 11/29/1963, 7:00PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 486, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 12/14/1963, 12:05PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 795, sound recording, LBJ and WALLACE BENNETT, 12/30/1963, 9:00AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 2104, sound recording, LBJ and OREN HARRIS, 2/17/1964, 1:50PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 2347, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/4/1964, 7:26PM (Item)
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