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Telephone conversation # 8660, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 8/27/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • 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
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 8660, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 8/27/1965, 11:30AM
  • DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 11915, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 6/25/1967, 9:44PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN AT GLASSBORO; EISENHOWER REMINISCES ABOUT TALKS WITH USSR IN 1955; LBJ DISCUSSES BACKGROUND OF ARRANGING MEETING, THANKS EISENHOWER FOR HIS SUPPORT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HIS HEALTH
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11915, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 6/25/1967, 9:44PM
  • DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 11916, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 6/25/1967, 9:44PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN AT GLASSBORO; EISENHOWER REMINISCES ABOUT TALKS WITH USSR IN 1955; LBJ DISCUSSES BACKGROUND OF ARRANGING MEETING, THANKS EISENHOWER FOR HIS SUPPORT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HIS HEALTH
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11916, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 6/25/1967, 9:44PM
  • DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 7330, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 4/8/1965, 5:58PM (Item)
  • "PALM DESERT, CALIF., W/MCGEO. BUNDY & MR. EUGENE BLACK"; "SUMMARIZED"; EISENHOWER ON HOLD 0:50; LBJ IS ON SPEAKERPHONE, MEETING WITH EUGENE BLACK, MCGEORGE BUNDY; EISENHOWER SPEAKS WITH BLACK
  • 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
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7330, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 4/8/1965, 5:58PM
  • DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 8555, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 8/18/1965, 6:15PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; EISENHOWER ON HOLD 1:30; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH CHARLES SCHULTZE, ELMER STAATS, JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL
  • EISENHOWER DISCUSSES HIS REMARKS TO THE PRESS ON UN DUES, SAYS HE HAS NOW BEEN BRIEFED BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG; LBJ READS BILL MOYERS' RESPONSE TO PRESS ON ALLEGED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EISENHOWER AND LBJ ON VIETNAM; EISENHOWER'S SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM POLICY
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 8555, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 8/18/1965, 6:15PM
  • DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 8371, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 7/23/1965, 11:45AM (Item)
  • "GENERAL EISENHOWER'S VOICE ENTIRELY INAUDIBLE"; "ALL THESE BELTS OF POOR QUALITY-ALL INAUDIBLE" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELTS; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #8373; RECORDING IS INTERRUPTED BY RECORDING OF FOLLOWING
  • LBJ OFFERS EISENHOWER USE OF CAMP DAVID; EISENHOWER DISCUSSES PHONE CALL FROM REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON VIETNAM; WESTMORELAND'S REQUEST FOR MORE TROOPS; EFFECT OF CRITICISM ON COMMUNISTS; DELIBERATIONS ON REQUEST; REPUBLICAN CRITICISM
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 8371, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 7/23/1965, 11:45AM
  • DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 8373, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 7/23/1965, 11:45AM (Item)
  • "GENERAL EISENHOWER'S VOICE ENTIRELY INAUDIBLE"; "ALL THESE BELTS OF POOR QUALITY-ALL INAUDIBLE" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELTS; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #8371
  • LBJ OFFERS EISENHOWER USE OF CAMP DAVID; EISENHOWER DISCUSSES PHONE CALL FROM REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON VIETNAM; WESTMORELAND'S REQUEST FOR MORE TROOPS; EFFECT OF CRITICISM ON COMMUNISTS; DELIBERATIONS ON REQUEST; REPUBLICAN CRITICISM
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 8373, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 7/23/1965, 11:45AM
  • DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 12401, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 11/4/1967, 10:05AM (Item)
  • EISENHOWER DECLINES INVITATION TO DINNER FOR EISAKU SATO; EISENHOWER'S WH PORTRAIT; VIETNAM PROGRESS; BUTTERCUP PEACE EFFORT; SOUTH VIETNAMESE ELECTIONS; POW EXCHANGE; RFK; MLK; RIOTS; ANTIWAR MOVEMENT; EISENHOWER SAYS HE IS PLEASED WITH VIETNAM
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 12401, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 11/4/1967, 10:05AM
  • DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 12723, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/19/1968, 12:17PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS PRESS STORIES, SCIENTISTS' CABLE TO EISENHOWER ABOUT USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN VIETNAM; UNSUITABILITY OF USING TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN KHE SANH; LBJ OFFERS TO HAVE SCIENTISTS BRIEFED; LBJ'S VISIT WITH THE EISENHOWERS
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 12723, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/19/1968, 12:17PM
  • DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 12722, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/19/1968, 12:17PM (Item)
  • EISENHOWER DISCUSSES CABLE HE HAS RECEIVED FROM SCIENTISTS ABOUT USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS STORIES ON MATTER, CONFUSION CAUSED BY SCIENTISTS' VISIT TO VIETNAM TO STUDY BARRIER SYSTEM, MINES
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 12722, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/19/1968, 12:17PM
  • DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 3768, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/18/1964, 11:16AM (Item)
  • 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)
  • 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 # 13523, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 10/7/1968, 5:11PM (Item)
  • NIXON'S VISIT WITH DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ SAYS EISENHOWER SUPPORTS VIETNAM POLICY, READS MEMO ON 1954 GENEVA TALKS AND CLARK CLIFFORD'S MEMO ON HHH'S, MELVIN LAIRD'S STATEMENTS ON TROOP LEVELS; DISCUSSION OF NYT STORIES, US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING
Telephone conversation # 3761, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 6/17/1964, 6:58PM (Item)
  • 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 # 3762, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 6/17/1964, 6:58PM (Item)
  • 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 # 8568, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • 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 # 8575, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/19/1965, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S STATEMENT SUPPORTING LBJ IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION ABOUT THEIR ALLEGED DIFFERENCES ON VIETNAM; GERALD FORD; LBJ INVITES BUNDY TO JOIN MEETING WITH EUGENE BLACK; BLACK'S REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA
Telephone conversation # 10250, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/23/1966, 8:14AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA ASKS LBJ'S PERMISSION FOR HIMSELF, CYRUS VANCE, DEAN RUSK TO BRIEF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ABOUT BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF BRIEFING FOR DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS IN SAIGON, WASHINGTON, DC
Telephone conversation # 13306, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/18/1968, 5:01PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S HEALTH; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S TRIP TO VIETNAM; CLARK CLIFFORD'S STATEMENT ON BOMBING PAUSE; LETTER FROM UNNAMED MALE (MCGEORGE BUNDY?); COMMENTS ON EUGENE MCCARTHY'S PROPOSED VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK BY NSC, DEAN RUSK; DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S
Telephone conversation # 12721, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/19/1968, 11:00AM (Item)
  • SARGENT SHRIVER'S RESIGNATION FROM OEO, POSSIBLE AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENT; ILLINOIS POLITICS; RICHARD DALEY; UNPOPULARITY OF OEO; LBJ'S RECENT MEETINGS WITH US TROOPS, PILOTS, DWIGHT EISENHOWER; AVERELL HARRIMAN; ARTHUR DEAN; ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S
Telephone conversation # 7636, sound recording, LBJ and ANDREW GOODPASTER, 5/12/1965, 11:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GOODPASTER TO BRIEF EISENHOWER ON VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ SUMMARIZES US INVOLVEMENT IN DOMINICAN CRISIS; NEGOTIATIONS WITH JUAN BOSCH; COMMUNIST ROLE; LBJ OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO EISENHOWER, EXPRESSES APPRECIATION
Telephone conversation # 8559, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 8/18/1965, 8:05PM (Item)
  • 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 # 8208, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/29/1965, 4:32PM (Item)
  • 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 # 6869, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 2/22/1965, 10:45AM (Item)
  • "SAW EISENHOWER"; "JOHN -"; "BRITAIN WANTS A BRIEFING ON VN, PRES. WILL CALL HIM BACK TODAY OR TOMORROW TO TALK FURTHER"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS SPEAKER AS JOHN ADAMS; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • MCCONE ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ TO REPORT ON MCCONE'S MEETING WITH EISENHOWER; LBJ'S SCHEDULE, VISIT TO LUCI JOHNSON'S SCHOOL; UK JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REQUEST FOR VIETNAM BRIEFING; LBJ DISCUSSES PAST, PRESENT US VIETNAM POLICY, TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "ON VIETNAM"; "GEN. EISENHOWER'S [REPORT] ABOUT EXPERIENCE NEGOTIATING WITH KOREA, CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH NV IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO NEGOTIATE"; DIARY LISTS CALLS AT 9:25A, 11:16A; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • HHH'S STATEMENTS ON ARMS TALKS, VIETNAM; EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH KOREAN WAR NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ ASKS RUSK, BUNDY, HHH TO TALK WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN; DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGATIVE SPEECHES; LATEST NEWS FROM VIETNAM; UN; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 6740, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 1/19/1965, 2:29PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES FORD ON ELECTION AS HOUSE MINORITY LEADER; PRESS STORY THAT FORD COMPLAINED ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT BRIEFED HIM; LBJ'S PLANS TO WORK WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERS AS HE WORKED WITH EISENHOWER; BELGIAN PRESS LEAKS; FORD'S SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 6854, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN NOTES NEGATIVE SPEECHES ON VIETNAM BY FRANK CHURCH, GEORGE MCGOVERN, OFFERS TO DEFEND LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ GIVES LENGTHY REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH WWII, KOREAN WAR, ADVICE ON NEGOTIATING WITH COMMUNISTS
Telephone conversation # 7655, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/13/1965, 7:45PM (Item)
  • SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ATTACK ON REBEL RADIO STATION BY LOYALISTS; EISENHOWER'S RESPONSE TO BRIEFING ON BOMBING PAUSE IN VIETNAM; PRESS QUESTIONS ON PAUSE; COMMUNICATION FROM USSR ON PAUSE; TAD SZULC'S COMMUNICATIONS WITH CAAMANO
Telephone conversation # 7414, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 12:29PM (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS MRS. JUAN BOSCH HAS CALLED OFF PRESS CONFERENCE, ADLAI STEVENSON WILL COME TO WASHINGTON, ANDREW GOODPASTER WILL BRIEF EISENHOWER, AVERELL HARRIMAN IS AT EDWARD MURROW'S FUNERAL; LBJ ASKS THAT CARL ROWAN ATTEND MEETINGS ON DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 7432, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 6:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING AND LANGUAGE OF LBJ'S STATEMENT ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DELAYS IN DRAFTING STATEMENT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION; WAYNE MORSE'S SPEECH; BUNDY RELAYS EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF SITUATION; OAS
Telephone conversation # 7438, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 6:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S DRAFT STATEMENT ON DOMINICAN CRISIS; BUNDY SUMMARIZES US, OAS POSITION, ADVISES LBJ DELAY MAKING STATEMENT; WORDING OF SECTION ON COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT; EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF SITUATION; US CASUALTIES; LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO INFORM US PUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 7720, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 5/17/1965, 9:07AM (Item)
  • 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 # 7832, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 5/26/1965, 3:26PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MILTON EISENHOWER'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; QUESTION OF MCGEORGE BUNDY GIVING BACKGROUND PRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS; EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE CONCERNS IF BUNDY GIVES ON-THE-RECORD BRIEFING; RUSK'S PRESS BRIEFING; JOHN B
Telephone conversation # 8221, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/30/1965, 7:35PM (Item)
  • PRESS HANDLING OF MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS TO VIETNAM?; TODAY'S MEETING ON VIETNAM (WITH EISENHOWER?); LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO TALK WITH RFK ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ EXPRESSES DOUBTS ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT POLICY; MCNAMARA REMINISCES ABOUT BAY
Telephone conversation # 10221, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/9/1966, 12:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT DIRKSEN RECOMMENDS BIPARTISAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE BRIEFINGS HE HAS PROVIDED CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IN CONTRAST WITH BRIEFINGS HE RECEIVED DURING EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 7146, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/24/1965, 3:35PM (Item)
  • 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 # 8116, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1965, 6:40PM (Item)
  • 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