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Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF VIETNAM POLICY; AGREEMENT AMONG US OFFICIALS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ ASKS ABOUT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR UNIDENTIFIED CANDIDATE FOR UNIDENTIFIED
Telephone conversation # 2347, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/4/1964, 7:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF DOROTHY FOSDICK; WALT ROSTOW; ELIE ABEL, CHALMERS ROBERTS STORIES ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S MEETING WITH JCS TODAY; LBJ WANTS TO MEET WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR, MCNAMARA BEFORE MCNAMARA'S VIETNAM TRIP; NUCLEAR TESTS; EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 3762, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 6/17/1964, 6:58PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RESTON'S STORY ON RFK OFFERING TO GO TO VIETNAM; US INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM: OPINIONS OF RESTON, LBJ, MIKE MANSFIELD, FRANK CHURCH, ERNEST GRUENING, WAYNE MORSE; LBJ REFLECTS ON ACTIONS AND ADVICE OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER; DE GAULLE ON NEUTRALIZATION
Telephone conversation # 3768, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/18/1964, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 9631, sound recording, LBJ and U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, 2/11/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM PORTER AS HEAD OF PACIFICATION IN VIETNAM; NEED TO PROVIDE LEGAL RESPONSE TO CRITICAL REPORTS BY MIKE MANSFIELD, JAMES GAVIN, GEORGE KENNAN; TELEVISED SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 7349, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 4/19/1965, 11:42AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PROBLEMS WITH APPOINTMENT OF FRANK MCKINNEY AS AMBASSADOR TO JAMAICA; MCKINNEY'S HEALTH, WISH TO BE NAMED AS AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM; FULBRIGHT'S DESIRE TO APPOINT CAREER FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS, CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; TRUE DAVIS
Telephone conversation # 9317, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1965, 12:58PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 10222, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • STATUS OF BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, AIRLINE LABOR DISPUTE; DIRKSEN'S CALL FOR BIPARTISAN VIETNAM MEETING; RICHARD HELMS AS REPLACEMENT FOR WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; CIA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; BOMBING PROGRAM; PEACE
Telephone conversation # 9516, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/19/1966, 7:19PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ APOLOGIZES FOR DELAY; LONG THANKS LBJ FOR INVITATION TO TRUMAN LIBRARY TOMORROW, DISCUSSES WAYNE MORSE'S SPEECH CRITICIZING VIETNAM POLICY, ASKS WH HELP IN WRITING SPEECH TO ANSWER MORSE; LBJ SUGGESTS LONG WORK WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY; ROBERT LANDRY
Telephone conversation # 9533, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1/25/1966, 12:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EISENHOWER RELAYS ANDREW GOODPASTER'S CONCERN THAT HIS BROTHER'S CRIMINAL RECORD MIGHT EMBARRASS LBJ; QUESTION OF WH ASSIGNMENT AFFECTING GOODPASTER'S PROMOTION CHANCES; LBJ SAYS HE HAS NO CONCERN ABOUT GOODPASTER'S BROTHER; UPCOMING VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 13585, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 10/23/1968, 5:30PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF JOSEPH MEANY, SAYS HE DISAPPROVED LABOR DEPT REORGANIZATION PLAN BUT WILLARD WIRTZ ENACTED IT, REFUSES TO RESCIND IT; GOVS. OPPOSITION TO PLAN; EFFECT ON HHH CAMPAIGN IF WIRTZ RESIGNS; WIRTZ' CRITICISM OF VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 8116, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1965, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • JCS MEETING ON 2 PLANS FOR MORE US FORCES IN VIETNAM; POSSIBLE EISENHOWER BRIEFING; NUMBERS OF TROOPS IN EACH PLAN; EXTENSION OF TAYLOR'S APPOINTMENT; MIKE MANSFIELD'S, GEORGE AIKEN'S VIEWS; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; DETERIORATING VIETNAM SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 3761, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 6/17/1964, 6:58PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • REPUBLICAN PARTISAN VOTES ON FOREIGN AID, EXCISE TAXES; FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT; OTTO PASSMAN; DWIGHT EISENHOWER, JFK, FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF RFK AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 6304, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/9/1964, 11:57AM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • GEORGIA, NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS; POLLS; LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ON VIETNAM, SELECTION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; WALTER JENKINS; TRANSITION; POSSIBLE DEFENSE CUTS; LYNDA AND LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN WORK; MARGARET CHASE SMITH ADS
Telephone conversation # 7175, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 3/27/1965, 12:40PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCCONE SUGGESTS GUS LONG AS POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR AS CIA DIRECTOR; POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST DUE TO LONG'S OIL INTERESTS; LBJ'S IMAGE AS OIL MAN; MCCONE OFFERS TO BRIEF EISENHOWER ON VIETNAM; LBJ EXPRESSES HIS RESPECT FOR EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 8559, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 8/18/1965, 8:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • WH DINNER LAST NIGHT FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS; GOLDBERG'S BRIEFING OF EISENHOWER ON UN DUES; JOB FOR JOHN EISENHOWER; CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS; WH DINNER FOR UN DELEGATES, MEETING WITH FIRST LADY FOR UN WOMEN; VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; INDIA
Telephone conversation # 8568, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 8660, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 8/27/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EISENHOWER WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; EISENHOWER PRAISES INFORMATION PROGRAMS IN VIETNAM, LAOS; APPOINTMENTS OF WILLIAM RABORN, WILLIAM MCKEE; RFK'S UPCOMING TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA; POSSIBLE VISIT BY MILTON EISENHOWER TO LATIN
Telephone conversation # 8208, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/29/1965, 4:32PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK TO CALL EISENHOWER ABOUT HIS CONCERNS THAT DNC IS CIRCULATING PRIVATE 1954 LETTER FROM EISENHOWER TO WINSTON CHURCHILL ON VIETNAM; HARLAN CLEVELAND; JOSEPH SISCO; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON ABOUT LBJ'S UN ANNIVERSARY
Telephone conversation # 9027, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 10/22/1965, 3:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DAVID BRESS' CONFIRMATION; POSSIBLE PUBLIC WORKS BILL VETO; EDMUND MUSKIE'S VIEWS, NEW ENGLAND PROJECT; HOUSE VOTE ON TEACHER CORPS; FULBRIGHT AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; POSSIBLE VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA ON LBJ'S HEALTH; CIVILIAN PAY
Telephone conversation # 9811, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 3/1/1966, 7:15PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
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 # 11388, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1/21/1967, 12:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EISENHOWER'S GALL BLADDER SURGERY; EISENHOWER ASKS IF JUSTICE DEPT WILL OVERRULE FCC APPROVAL OF ITT, ABC MERGER; MILITARY SITUATION IN VIETNAM; PEACE FEELERS; LBJ ASKS FOR MILTON EISENHOWER'S ADVICE ON LATIN AMERICA; ELLSWORTH BUNKER
Telephone conversation # 13735, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/14/1968, 10:56AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • NIXON SAYS HE WILL NOT NAME US AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY NOW, WILL APPOINT ROBERT MURPHY AS HIS REPRESENTATIVE ON FOREIGN POLICY, VIETNAM DURING TRANSITION; LBJ PRAISES MURPHY, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT USSR DURING TRANSITION; NIXON'S CONTACTS
Telephone conversation # 13736, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/14/1968, 4:33PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ SAYS ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROBERT MURPHY AS NIXON'S LIAISON WITH STATE DEPT WAS MISCONSTRUED AS AGREEMENT THAT MURPHY, NIXON WOULD APPROVE FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS; NIXON SAYS HE WILL NOT INTERFERE, HE SUPPORTS LBJ ON VIETNAM, NATO, NON-PROLIFERATION
Telephone conversation # 13570, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/22/1968, 5:24PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF LANGUAGE FOR SPEECH BY LBJ ON VIETNAM NEGOTIATIONS, BOMBING HALT; REVIEW OF LBJ'S EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE; TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND IMPACT ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, CANDIDATES; BRIEFING FOR EISENHOWER; POSITION FOR JUANITA ROBERTS
Telephone conversation # 7330, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 4/8/1965, 5:58PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • EISENHOWER PRAISES LBJ'S JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT, SUGGESTS US STUDY WAYS TO IMPROVE SUPPORT BY VIETNAMESE POPULACE OF SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; LBJ DISCUSSES FOREIGN REACTION TO SPEECH; EISENHOWER DISCUSSES NEED FOR NEW ASIAN
Telephone conversation # 7146, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/24/1965, 3:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SUCCESSOR TO MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LODGE'S POLICY ON USE OF TEAR GAS, DEFOLIANTS; IMPORTANCE OF CIVILIAN APPOINTEE; LODGE OFFERS TO RETURN AS AMBASSADOR; FCC VACANCY; LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EISENHOWER, LODGE; REPUBLICAN
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 # 9810, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 3/1/1966, 7:15PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 9825, sound recording, LBJ and MARGARET CHASE SMITH, 3/2/1966, 7:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF STANLEY TUPPER TO US-CANADIAN COMMISSION; SMITH TELLS LBJ SHE SUPPORTS APPOINTMENT; LBJ THANKS SMITH FOR SUPPORT ON VIETNAM; SMITH VOICES HER SUPPORT OF LBJ TO LADY BIRD JOHNSON, DISCUSSES BILL FOR PREFERENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL
Telephone conversation # 12721, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/19/1968, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 12841, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/23/1968, 12:46PM? (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 13129, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM?; CYRUS EATON AND USSR; ARMAND HAMMER; CONTRIBUTIONS TO LBJ LIBRARY; WH LUNCHEON YESTERDAY; STUART SYMINGTON AND SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL; ARMS TALKS WITH USSR; ABE FEINBERG; ARTHUR KRIM; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME
Telephone conversation # 13759, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/22/1968, 5:42PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • NIXON THANKS LBJ FOR MAKING PLANE AVAILABLE FOR FLORIDA TRIP, DISCUSSES NAMING HHH AS UN AMBASSADOR; LBJ SAYS HE HAS TALKED WITH HHH AND WILL MEET WITH HIM TONIGHT; NIXON DISCUSSES HIS EXPERIENCE AS FORMER VP; DISCUSSION OF VIETNAM, PARIS PEACE
Telephone conversation # 9039, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 13132, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1968, 8:02AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 13135, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 6/23/1968, 9:09AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 11236, sound recording, LBJ and A. W. MOURSUND, 12/30/1966, 2:39PM (Item)
  • Vietnam