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Telephone conversation # 7599, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL WITH MCNAMARA AT 12:15P
  • MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS DEAN RUSK NOT ATTEND NATO MEETING BECAUSE OF CONTINUING CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VIETNAM SITUATION; GEORGE BALL; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH ON EUROPE; OAS; "WISE MEN" DELEGATION TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW AIRPLANE FOR PRESS
Telephone conversation # 7730, sound recording, LBJ and BROMLEY SMITH, 5/17/1965, 4:45PM (Item)
  • SMITH REPORTS THAT TAD SZULC OF NYT HAS FILED STORY ABOUT MCGEORGE BUNDY'S TRIP TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO NEGOTIATE WITH GUZMAN, JUAN BOSCH ABOUT POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT OF CRISIS, AND THAT SIMILAR STORY IS IN WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS
Telephone conversation # 9317, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/11/1965, 12:58PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • 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 # 9320, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES MURPHY, 12/13/1965, 1:40PM (Item)
  • "CAB"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • LBJ PRAISES MURPHY, ASKS HIM TO ENCOURAGE US AIRLINES TO PROMOTE US TRAVEL BY US CITIZENS, FOREIGNERS; ADVERSE IMPACT OF FOREIGN TRAVEL ON BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; PROPOSED UK CHARTER SERVICE TO US; NEED TO INCREASE US CHARTER FLIGHTS, DEVISE NEW TRAVEL
Telephone conversation # 13902, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/1/1969, 1:03PM (Item)
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; LONG EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE THAT HE WILL WIN RACE FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP AGAINST EDWARD KENNEDY; LBJ WARNS LONG THAT HEAD COUNT LBJ DISCUSSED WITH HHH INDICATES KENNEDY WILL WIN; DISCUSSION OF COMMITMENTS OF VARIOUS SENATORS
Telephone conversation # 13348, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN BAILEY, 8/30/1968, 2:45PM (Item)
  • BAILEY ON HOLD 0:15; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 2:36P; SMALL CHILD IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
  • LBJ THANKS BAILEY FOR HIS SERVICE TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAYS HE IS DISTRESSED ABOUT BAILEY'S RESIGNATION AS DNC CHAIRMAN; LARRY O'BRIEN'S APPOINTMENT AS NEW DNC CHAIRMAN, HHH'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER; PRESS REPORTS OF DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT CONVENTION
Memo, Fleming to LBJ, 6/5/67, 2.10 PM (Item)
  • in Vietnam. from Tel Aviv that At 1 p. m. ABC 1 s Ray Maloney reported Israelis are jubilant tonight, believing that they are winning the war. Nancy Dickerson, on her 1 :55 news show, lead with State 1 s announce­ ment that the United States is neutral
  • Broadcast news
  • President's Daily Diary
Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)
  • : ·:. .•.'../ •/,;:._._ppecial Message to the Congress recommends the establishment of a .. ,.,:' ; ::,_:\ :~:·:· : . new 9abinet Department of Housing alld Community Development . .·.·;-~.-~·>·:
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/21/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • the ranch country; Gwen Gibson of the New Y ork H erald Tribune; and M ary Packinham of the Chicago Tribune; and M u riel Dobbins of the B altim ore Sun, Karen K le in felter, the best thing that happene d to the Dallas N ew s in years; and Norm a Ekdahl
Telephone conversation # 736, sound recording, LBJ and AMON CARTER, JR., 12/25/1963, 8:39PM (Item)
  • "7"; "'MERRY CHRISTMAS' CALLS ON DEC. 25, 1963 BY PRES."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CARTER ON HOLD 01:05; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; CARTER MENTIONS INCREASED SUPPORT FOR LBJ; UPCOMING BBQ; LADY BIRD DISCUSSES WESTERN ART FOR WH, MARY LASKER'S ASSISTANCE; LBJ DISCUSSES FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS, NEED FOR GOOD TEXAS WH PRESS COVERAGE; UPCOMING SPECIAL NEWS SECTION
Telephone conversation # 2439, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/9/1964, 9:25PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LBJ TALKED TO MOYERS AT 9:30A AND 9:25P ON 3/9/64; SLIP LISTS CALL AT 9:30, BUT CONTEXT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES THAT THIS CALL WAS IN THE EVENING; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - C
  • DRAFT OF POVERTY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, NEED TO CONSULT HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, PHIL LANDRUM SPONSORING POVERTY BILL; WH SPEECHWRITERS; NEWSWEEK STORY ON RFK, NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP; PAUL CORBIN; WH PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 4272, sound recording, LBJ and C. V. "TED" CLIFTON, 7/18/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • "TEXAS TRIP"; SLIP LISTS TIME AS 10:16A, DAILY DIARY AS 11:20A; CONTENT INDICATES TIME IS 11:20A; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE BELT DUE TO POOR SOUND; CLIFTON ON HOLD 1:06
  • LBJ ASKS CLIFTON ABOUT CBS INQUIRY INTO SPENDING FOR WH PHOTOGRAPHERS, PHOTO LAB, INSTRUCTS CLIFTON THAT ALL REPRINTS OF PHOTOS OF LBJ MUST BE APPROVED; UNFAVORABLE DALLAS MORNING NEWS STORY ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIP TO LBJ RANCH
Telephone conversation # 5246, sound recording, LBJ and OVETA CULP HOBBY, 8/28/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • "ATLANTIC CITY"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; VALENTI, HHH ARE MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 11:27A
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 5853, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • "CONT."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; MOYERS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • HARRIS TEXAS POLL; DALLAS NEWS ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; LBJ GIVES LIST OF TASKS FOR JENKINS: THANK YOU TO BETTY TALMADGE, CHARLES GUY; PUBLICITY FOR PRINCETONIAN ARTICLE; BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN ADS; USE OF TERM "PRESIDENT," NOT "LBJ"; JIM NOVY; CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 9649, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/20/1966, 10:10AM? (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 02/22/1966; CONTENT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES DATE IS 02/20/1966; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • RFK'S RECENT STATEMENT SUGGESTING VIET CONG BE INCLUDED IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; CLARK CLIFFORD'S VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERS; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON LIMITING US OBJECTIVES IN VIETNAM, PESSIMISM
Telephone conversation # 9429, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/5/1966, 4:55PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 12403, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD BERLIN, 11/4/1967, 12:34PM (Item)
  • SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT CONTAINS NOTE ON SUBJECT OF CONVERSATION, INCORRECTLY INDENTIFIES CALLER AS J. EDGAR HOOVER, 11/5/67, 6:15P; CONTENT INDICATES CALLER IS RICHARD BERLIN; DATE, TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION
  • BERLIN TELLS LBJ THAT ALLEGED BACKING OF RFK BY NEW ENGLAND PUBLISHER (WILLIAM LOEB) IS NOT ACCURATE; LOEB'S TIES TO STYLES BRIDGES; SENATE PREPAREDNESS SUBCOMMITTEE INVESTIGATION OF RELATIVE OF LOEB?; BERLIN OFFERS TO CONTACT BRIDGES' WIDOW ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 12812, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 10:49PM (Item)
  • "JUANITA"; "FROM BEDROOM 3-14-68"; "TRANSCRIBED BY CAROL CURRIE (1 COPY)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH RFK ABOUT RFK'S FUTURE, VIETNAM COMMISSION; LBJ SUGGESTS RFK MEET WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON VIETNAM; RFK'S CRITICISM OF LACK OF SPENDING ON CITIES, KERNER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH EDWARD
Telephone conversation # 13407, sound recording, LBJ and SOL TAISHOFF, 9/6/1968, 7:27PM (Item)
  • ENVELOPE INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 9/9/1968; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL ON 9/6/1968; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND; TAISHOFF IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT
  • 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
Folder, "Misc. Correspondence - 1965," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)
  • Mr. Lea Ciovannitti Natloaal Broadca1tt•1 Coapany 30 lockefeller flau New York City, New Yon Dear 1.aDDJt All tbe eaclo1ed 1211llde1 are approwed for your••• Pl•••• ba•• color neaaU.Yea ude of the 32 1Ud•• 1• tb• boa aarked "Rep PlN•e•" We'd
Memo, Fleming to LBJ, 6/6/67, 12.10 PM (Item)
  • fire that struck an Israeli half-track. (Later, news came sustained Monday.) that Ted Yates, NBC pr~ucer, d _,,,J J ,,,.J._c:.., had died of wounds W ..I ~ On noon programs, Ray Scherer reported signs elsewhere pointed to UAR breaking relations
  • Broadcast news
  • President's Daily Diary
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • ra ry . We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e . But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
  • LBJ gives speech to National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago; LBJ Library meeting; responses to LBJ's March 31 speech; Lady Bird visits with her daughters; second LBJ Library meeting; office work; swearing-in ceremony of Angie Biddle Duke
Folder, "Whistle Stop [3 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)
  • ~edominant goals are evident: She will endeavor to make the distaff White House a showcase for women in action; she will combine sociability with social conscience. 11 _!lichard Boyce Washington Daily News November, 1964 HThe new First Lady is a sweet
Folder, "Whistle Stop [5 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)
  • . Tapers, Pub. Florida Flambeau - Tues & Fr. (Cell. Students •f Fla. State u., Editers C&ttaheochee V'Pensac1la News) (6,500) & Publiahers. - News (Fri. Ind.) (680? ) ~s. Elizabeth Chasin, Ed.; W.R. Ramsey, Pub. P.O. - Citizen (Negri-Tues-Dem) Walter B
Folder, "Kentucky Trip – May 21, 1964 – Mrs. Johnson [Clippings]," White House Social Files, Liz Carpenter Subject Files, Box 5 (Item)
  • . SpeQ!al to The New York Tl01es . . . .. WASHINGTON,.May !2 - In for small businesses much of· ·America, there are ers. pockets of poverty in the midst The . Appalachia and farm­ program, of · plepty. ,~ Jiut in Appalachia, strictly ·a regional one
Telephone conversation # 12514, transcript, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 12/6/1967, 2:35 PM (Item)
  • . This transcript begins with Marvin Watson entering the President's Office at' 2:35 PM_, but according to the President's Daily Diary, Goldberg's meeting with the President was from 1:24-2:30 PM. DATE: 12/6/67 TIME: 2:35 PM CALLER: Arthur Goldberg Pages
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY; THERE IS NO RECORDING OF THIS MEETING; DAILY DIARY LISTS MEETING BETWEEN LBJ AND ARTHUR GOLDBERG ON 12/6/1967 FROM 1:42P TO 2:50P; MARVIN WATSON APPARENTLY JOINED THE MEETING AT 2:35P
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/10/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • . conversation, And h a d a n t h o l o g y --"Chicago Rugged, white it c ompletely un- r a t h e r lik e He h a d n 't hea rd about l i t t le hard I h a d h a d b ro ught He was shaggy h a i r e d , almost in a dutch b o b . t>¥tainT3 l e d in his
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/27/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • u ite n a t u r a l in L u c i 's h o u s e h o ld . B u t p e r h a p s not e x a c t l y w h at the p r e s s i s u s e d to. We a r r i v e d in v e r y f u ll n u m b e r c o n s id e r in g th at the b ig new s w a s m o r e th a n a th o u s
  • LBJ's 60th birthday; Lady Bird watched Democratic National Convention until 3 a.m.; Lady Bird talks to Lynda Robb on phone; Mrs. Richard Daley invites Lady Bird to luncheon in Chicago; LBJ & Jake Pickle swim; Liz Carpenter calls with Convention
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/1/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y . W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t . A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
  • Lady Bird views January & March 1968 films at Anacostia Naval Film Lab; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb shop for Chuck Robb's birthday; LBJ lunches with Mayor Richard J. Daley; Daley wants the Johnsons to attend Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Oral history transcript, Robert Fleming, interview S-I, 11/8/1979, by David Culbert (Item)
  • it and he would forget he had asked and so i·t wouldn't ~ome up again. But also, after a reasonably short period, he had me start monitoring the I evening news shows and those memorandums that you saw were the daily product of those. I couldn't tell you
  • Daily summaries of TV networks to LBJ; Bureau Chiefs set up TV control room at White House; Bill Moyers and Peter Benchley leaving the White House; Jack Valenti; monitored 11:00 to 1:00pm TV news shows for LBJ; LBJ believed Texans were resented
Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ranging from six to seven o'clock. could make the very early morning shows here. They used The wire services And even the dailies, the specials, the New York Times or the Washington Post, could make a late edition, you .see. And every other period
Folder, "Whistle Stop [6 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)
  • . that no Southerner upon us. that It is thE> choice and a new nullification. of the Old South, If there breast, where you have every man John of our region C. Calhoun was the highest model that that a glory has been choice. is deep
Transcript, Background Press Briefing, 6/9/67, 5.05 PM (Item)
  • And there intereated who were But, all sort. so signatories 40 or I am atill ehould now, aa a raeult a new ball clear wedded by t.he May 23rd we are there not be no border of the war having game? Does the May 23rd statement A 23rd statement O
  • President's Daily Diary
Telephone conversation # 721, sound recording, EDWIN "JIGGS" FAUVER and KTBC NEWS DESK, 12/25/1963, time unknown (Item)
  • FAUVER ASKS SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR FOR PHONE NUMBER OF KTBC NEWS, THEN PLACES CALL; WHEN CALL IS CONNECTED, FAUVER ASKS FOR PAUL BOLTON, THEN TELLS KTBC NEWS DESK ABOUT HELICOPTER BRINGING NEWS FILM TO AUSTIN, CONFIRMS LANDING SITE FOR HELICOPTER
  • Telephone conversation # 721, sound recording, EDWIN "JIGGS" FAUVER and KTBC NEWS DESK, 12/25/1963, time unknown
  • KTBC NEWS DESK
Telephone conversation # 5876, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • "NEW YORK C."; FORTAS IS MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD AT TIME OF CALL; CLIFFORD IS LISTED ON SLIP BUT DOES NOT SPEAK; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ HOARSE, FORTAS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • New York
  • FORTAS TELLS LBJ THAT WALTER JENKINS HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR NERVOUS EXHAUSTION FOLLOWING HIS ARREST LAST WEEK ON MORALS CHARGE; FORTAS' AND CLIFFORD'S EFFORTS TO SUPPRESS NEWS STORIES OF ARREST; JENKINS' 1959 ARREST; POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 7006, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD KENNEDY, 3/1/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • "RE APPALACHIAN PROGRAM AND RELATED TO NEW ENGLAND"
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY, PROSPECTS OF APPALACHIA BILL, SUGGESTS KENNEDY LOBBY FOR BILL IN ORDER TO PASS NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BILL; EDWARD BOLAND'S MEETING WITH MCNAMARA ON CLOSING OF SPRINGFIELD ARMORY IN MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND STUDY
Telephone conversation # 8624, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 8/23/1965, 6:52PM (Item)
  • VANCE DISCUSSES MENDEL RIVERS' CURRENT POSITION ON LANGUAGE OF PROVISION OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS, READS PROPOSED NEW LANGUAGE; TIMING OF VOTE ON NEW BILL IN HOUSE
Telephone conversation # 4343, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/27/1964, 10:45AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF REUTERS NEWS REPORT OF INCREASE IN US SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, ADVISERS TO VIETNAM; WH, DOD RESPONSE TO NEWS STORY
Telephone conversation # 1538, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/25/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS; STORY ON POLL TAX AMENDMENT; BARRY GOLDWATER; PRESS AND BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; CYRUS VANCE; NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK POLITICS; CHARLES BUCKLEY; ROBERT WAGNER; ROBERT MEYNER; TED SORENSEN'S RESIGNATION TO WRITE BOOK
Telephone conversation # 2380, sound recording, LBJ and BEN BRADLEE, 3/7/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • BRADLEE ASKS VALENTI FOR GUIDANCE ON NEW HAMPSHIRE SITUATION; REQUEST FROM CHARLES ROBERTS TO SEE LBJ; QUESTION OF PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY; RFK AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP NOMINATION; PAUL CORBIN