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Telephone conversation # 760, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR KROCK, 12/26/1963, 9:50PM (Item)
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING DEER HUNTING, WALKING, READING BRIEFING PAPERS FOR LUDWIG ERHARD VISIT, SAYS HE SLEEPS 4 HOURS A NIGHT, SUGGESTS HE AND KROCK GET TOGETHER AT THE WHITE HOUSE NEXT WEEK
Telephone conversation # 3676, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/10/1964, 8:02PM (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON MEMO FOR NIGHT READING MATERIAL; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT STATE DEPT'S HANDLING OF PRESS REGARDING POSSIBLE DIPLOMATIC TRIP BY GEORGE BALL TO GREECE
Telephone conversation # 7567, sound recording, LBJ and KARL MUNDT, 5/4/1965, 11:59AM (Item)
  • MUNDT MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR HANDLING LBJ'S REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS, SENATE OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ READS MESSAGES FROM BILLY GRAHAM, TOM WATSON PRAISING HIS SPEECH LAST NIGHT ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 9175, sound recording, YOLANDA BOOZER and LOWELL THOMAS, JR., 11/16/1965, 8:22PM (Item)
  • COLLINS RADIO OPERATOR RELAYS TAPED GREETING FROM LOWELL THOMAS, JR., TO LBJ DURING FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT OVER BOTH POLES; WHILE WAITING FOR TAPE TO BE PLAYED BOOZER PLACES CALL TO "MARY JO" TO DISCUSS ITEM FOR LBJ'S NIGHT READING
Telephone conversation # 9807, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 3/1/1966, 2:40PM (Item)
  • SENATE HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT REAFFIRMING HIS AUTHORITY, WANTS STATEMENT MADE PRIOR TO VOTE TO TABLE AMENDMENT, READS JOHN MCCORMACK'S STATEMENT TODAY SUPPORTING VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11110, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and JUANITA ROBERTS, 12/3/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • "ON THE LIBRARY - MF READING"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • FEHMER READS MEMORANDA, DRAFT LETTERS FROM CLARK CLIFFORD, LAWSON KNOTT, OTHERS CONCERNING AGREEMENT WITH UT ON THE LBJ LIBRARY; ROBERTS ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE DRAFTS BY HORACE BUSBY, ASKS FEHMER TO MAKE COPIES OF DOCUMENTS FOR THE FILES
Telephone conversation # 11354, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/14/1967, 11:20AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA PRAISES NYT ARTICLE BY ADOLPH BERLE ABOUT LBJ, SAYS HE WANTED TO BE SURE LBJ READ IT; LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA HE HAS SEEN IT AND THANKS HIM FOR CALL
Telephone conversation # 170, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH ALSOP, 11/29/1963, 7:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; ALSOP EXPRESSES APPROVAL OF LBJ'S DECISION
Telephone conversation # 215, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/1/1963, 4:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS DRAFT PRESS RELEASE ABOUT LBJ'S LETTER TO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND STATEMENT TO MILITARY ON COST-CONSCIOUSNESS, THRIFT IN GOVT OPERATIONS; GORDON SAYS HE THINKS FEDERAL BUDGET CAN BE KEPT BELOW $100 BILLION, DISCUSSES ROLE OF COMPTROLLER
Telephone conversation # 218, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CAMPBELL, 12/1/1963, 5:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON COST-CONSCIOUSNESS, THRIFT IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS, MILITARY EXPENDITURES; COMPTROLLER GENERAL CAMPBELL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR STATEMENT AND LBJ
Telephone conversation # 390, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/10/1963, 4:40PM (Item)
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS THAT SENATE VOTED TO ACCEPT CONFERENCE REPORT ON HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES BILL; DISCUSSION OF REFERING TO BILL AS "MORSE-GREEN BILL"; STATUS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BILL; LBJ READS CARL ALBERT'S MEMO ON OTTO PASSMAN AND FOREIGN
Telephone conversation # 691, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 12/23/1963, 9:45PM (Item)
  • SALINGER ASKS IF VARIOUS PEOPLE CAN FLY ON LBJ'S PLANE TO ATTEND CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM GREEN'S FUNERAL; LBJ READS MANIFEST FOR AIR FORCE ONE; SALINGER ASKS LBJ ABOUT FRANCES LEWINE'S NEWS STORY ON LBJ'S CONVERSATION WITH JACQUELINE KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 1113, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY JERSIG, 1/1/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; UT-NAVY COTTON BOWL FOOTBALL GAME; LBJ INVITES JERSIG FAMILY TO VISIT AT THE RANCH; LBJ READS HOUSTON HARTE NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL ON LUDWIG ERHARD VISIT TO LBJ RANCH; GERMANY; JERSIG TELLS LBJ ABOUT HIS GRANDCHILDREN; DEER HUNTING
Telephone conversation # 1809, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/1/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • MOYERS READS STATEMENT LBJ WILL MAKE TO PRESS ANNOUNCING SHRIVER WILL HEAD POVERTY PROGRAM; TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND OPPOSITION TO THE APPOINTMENT; ADAM YARMOLINSKY; ROBERT MCNAMARA; ILLINOIS POLITICS
Telephone conversation # 1418, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CLARK, 1/18/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON BILL COLEMAN; LBJ READS CLARK MEMO ON CANDIDATES FOR PENNSYLVANIA FEDERAL CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP DISCUSSING CLARK'S AND WILLIAM GREEN'S CANDIDATES; APPOINTMENT OF BILL COLEMAN; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF COMMUNICATION
Telephone conversation # 1425, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 1/20/1964, 1:36PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS AP STORY ON ALBERT GORE'S CRITICISM OF TAX BILL'S EFFECT ON CONSUMERS, ASKS FOR RESPONSE FROM HHH; HELLER REPORTS ON AUTO INDUSTRY AND LOWERING PRICES, TALK WITH HAL KORDA ABOUT STEEL PRICES, WALTER REUTHER'S WAGE INCREASE DEMANDS
Telephone conversation # 1815, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/1/1964, 6:28PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PRESS COMMENTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; ORGANIZING WAR ON POVERTY; PEACE CORPS; JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH; EVALUATIONS OF JACK VAUGHN, BILL MOYERS, ROBERT MCNAMARA; PANAMA; VIETNAM; DIEM COUP; FRANCE; VP SELECTION; LBJ COMMENTS ON RUNNING
Telephone conversation # 2019, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 2/10/1964, 8:37PM (Item)
  • SALINGER READS DRAFT STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; DISCUSSION OF LANGUAGE CREDITING CONGRESSMEN: CARL ALBERT; CHARLES HALLECK; HALE BOGGS; JOHN MCCORMACK; EMANUEL CELLER; WILLIAM MCCULLOCH; LES ARENDS; EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 1168, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 1/3/1964, 2:00PM (Item)
  • JENKINS READS PUBLIC OPINION POLL RESULTS TO LBJ; ERIC GOLDMAN STORY; MCGEORGE BUNDY; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER; ESTHER PETERSON; PAYING A PERSONAL BILL FROM THE BENELUX TRIP; GALLUP POLL ON BARRY GOLDWATER, RICHARD NIXON
Telephone conversation # 1183, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT JACKSON, 1/4/1964, 8:45PM (Item)
  • MILLARD COPE'S DEATH; INQUIRY FROM MARGARET MAYER ABOUT LBJ'S PERSONAL FAMILY BUSINESS AND FINANCES; LBJ READS LETTER FROM MARGARET MAYER; BILL CLARK; 1964 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA; SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
Telephone conversation # 1276, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 1/8/1964, 7:31PM (Item)
  • REACTIONS TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPUBLICANS; POSSIBILITY OF LBJ MEETING DE GAULLE IN MARTINIQUE; FRANCE; LBJ READS ARTICLE ON GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO WRITE A SPEECH; HARRY BYRD; LBJ'S SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 1933, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 2/7/1964, 6:30PM (Item)
  • CUBA; LBJ READS HIS STATEMENT ON GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS; USSR; CUBAN NATIONALS ON BASE; PANAMA; FIDEL CASTRO
Telephone conversation # 1989, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 2/9/1964, 9:16PM (Item)
  • JOHN CONNALLY; JOE KILGORE; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; DON YARBOROUGH, LEVERETT EDWARDS APPOINTMENT; JENKINS READS DOM BONAFEDE NY HERALD-TRIBUNE STORY, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; LLOYD HAND; JOHN GRONOUSKI, RALPH YARBOROUGH, TEXAS POST OFFICE
Telephone conversation # 2371, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 3/6/1964, 7:55PM (Item)
  • SALINGER READS DRAFT STATEMENT COMMENDING THE SENATE ON PASSAGE OF FARM BILL AND ASKING FOR SPEEDY CONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE IN THE HOUSE OF THE FARM BILL AND FOOD STAMP BILL
Telephone conversation # 2391, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 3/7/1964, 1:07PM (Item)
  • REAPPOINTMENT OF J. L. ROBERTSON TO FRB; LBJ READS FROM NYT ARTICLE BY RICHARD MCGOWAN ON LABOR CRITICISM OF LBJ BECAUSE OF OVERTIME LEGISLATION; POSSIBLE PRESS LEAK FROM CEA
Telephone conversation # 2190, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS REVISIONS OF SECTIONS OF RUSK'S SPEECH ON VIETNAM, CUBA; PRESS STORIES ON PANAMA, WESTERN EUROPE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS BY STATE DEPT, NEED FOR WH TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FIRST
Telephone conversation # 2964, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 4/9/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; POSSIBLE NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION; REACTIONS OF OREN HARRIS, JOHN PASTORE, PHIL HART; PRESS STORIES ON REPUBLICAN ACTION IN HOUSE; H. R. GROSS; CEA EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC EFFECTS
Telephone conversation # 3027, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/14/1964, 1:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS UPI STORY ON RICHARD NIXON'S CALL TO "UNLEASH" SOUTH VIETNAM; BUNDY'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH WALTER LIPPMANN; CHINA; NGUYEN KHAHN; NEED FOR MESSAGE TO WILLIAM BUNDY TO CLARIFY VIETNAM POLICY FOR HENRY CABOT LODGE; LODGE'S POSSIBLE
Telephone conversation # 2320, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 3/2/1964, 8:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON APPOINTING WILL MITCHELL TO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION; RICHARD RUSSELL'S TV APPEARANCE; LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE; PANAMA; CYPRUS; US ECONOMY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH HAROLD WILSON OF UK; LBJ READS VIETNAM STATEMENT PREPARED BY ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 2564, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/19/1964, 1:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF UK TRADE WITH CUBA AND LBJ'S MEETING WITH UK PRIME MINISTER HOME; BUNDY READS STATE DEPT PRESS STATEMENT ON PANAMA
Telephone conversation # 2582, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/21/1964, 12:16PM (Item)
  • RUSK'S MEETING WITH MORMON PRESIDENT MCKAY; RUSK'S MEETING WITH DOBRYNIN ON RELEASE OF US PILOTS SHOT DOWN OVER EAST GERMANY; LBJ READS PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENT ON PANAMA, RUSK SUGGESTS REVISIONS; MOYERS DICTATES STATEMENT TO RUSK'S SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 2588, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/21/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS AND DEFENDS HIS STATEMENT ON PANAMA, REFERS TO HIS MEETING WITH BARBARA WARD EARLIER, HIS CALL TO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER IN MACON, GEORGIA; RUSSELL COMMENTS ON POPULAR OPINION, PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION ON PANAMA; UN; OAS
Telephone conversation # 2595, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 3/21/1964, 3:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS TRANSCRIPT OF QUESTIONS AND HIS ANSWERS CONCERNING PANAMA, RESIGNATION OF PIERRE SALINGER, WARREN COMMISSION, CUBA FROM HIS PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY
Telephone conversation # 4146, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 7/3/1964, 11:38AM (Item)
  • ESTABLISHMENT OF CONCILIATION SERVICE IN TEXAS TO IMPLEMENT CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, POSSIBLE APPOINTEES: LUTHER HOLCOMB, ROBERT STOREY, SAM BLOOM; LBJ ADVISES CONNALLY TO READ RECENT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE
Telephone conversation # 3791, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 6/19/1964, 5:20PM (Item)
  • CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SENATE VOTE; WILKINS READS NAACP? STATEMENT ON CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS DURING LBJ'S TRIP; HHH; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE: GEORGE TAYLOR, HAROLD WALKER, IVAN ALLEN; ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA; GREAT SOCIETY
Telephone conversation # 3793, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/19/1964, 7:03PM (Item)
  • REEDY READS UPI STORY ON US POLICY OF RISKING WAR WITH RED CHINA BY FIGHTING SPREAD OF COMMUNISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; COMPARISON TO BERLIN CRISIS; BROMLEY SMITH TOLD REEDY THAT STORY IS BASED ON OFF-THE-RECORD BRIEFING BY DEAN RUSK AT OVERSEAS PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3835, sound recording, LBJ and BURKE MARSHALL, 6/23/1964, 3:51PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO HEAD COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE, INCLUDING WILLIAM SIMKIN IN LABOR DEPT; LBJ READS PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT HE MADE ABOUT MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER
Telephone conversation # 3542, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 5/28/1964, 1:10PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR HOUSE RULE ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ READS PRESS STORY ON REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON POVERTY BILL; NEED FOR STATEMENT BY SARGENT SHRIVER ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECHES AT JOHNSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL, AT UT
Telephone conversation # 3643, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/9/1964, 10:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS BUNDY PROPOSED STATEMENT ON ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT TO BE ISSUED BY WILLIAM FOSTER IN GENEVA, QUESTIONS RELEASE OF STATEMENT ON DISARMAMENT IN LIGHT OF EVENTS IN LAOS; BUNDY SUGGESTS REVISIONS, RECOMMENDS STATEMENT BE HELD
Telephone conversation # 4219, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 7/11/1964, 6:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS HELLER IF HE LEAKED STORY TO UPI ABOUT TASK FORCE ON POSSIBLE USES OF SURPLUS MONEY IN FEDERAL TREASURY, READS PARTS OF STORY, DISCUSSES POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF STORY; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS ON VIETNAM, 1964 ELECTION CAMPAIGN