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Telephone conversation # 6854, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 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 # 11009, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 11/3/1966, 5:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS ON SUCCESS OF MANILA CONFERENCE AND ASIAN TRIP; SITUATION IN VIETNAM; GERALD FORD'S RECENT CRITICAL COMMENTS ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S UPCOMING SURGERY; LBJ OFFERS TO SEND MCCORMACK INFORMATION ON VIETNAM AND MANILA CONFERENCE TO USE WHILE
Telephone conversation # 13614, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REVIEWS RECENT PEACE TALKS WITH NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON TALKS; NIXON'S ASSOCIATES' CONTACTS WITH SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM; APPROVAL OF BOMBING HALT OF NORTH VIETNAM BY MILITARY, CREIGHTON
Telephone conversation # 13307, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/18/1968, 5:23PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S TRIP TO VIETNAM; HHH'S STATEMENT ABOUT VIETNAM ON FACE THE NATION; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION DURING BOMBING PAUSES; DEAN RUSK'S COMMENTS ON EUGENE MCCARTHY'S PROPOSED DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM PLANK
Telephone conversation # 2191, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/25/1964, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MCNAMARA'S SPEECH ON DEFENSE BUDGET CUTS, VIETNAM, TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TONIGHT; DISCUSSION OF US-VIETNAM POLICY, FALL OF "DOMINOES," JFK'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW 1000 TROOPS; LBJ SUGGESTS GEN. SHOUP JOIN MCNAMARA'S VIETNAM TRIP
Telephone conversation # 3522, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/27/1964, 11:24AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CANADA, BLAIR SEABORN DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES IN VIETNAM, LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH; VIEWS OF MANSFIELD, FORRESTAL, WALTER LIPPMANN; POPULAR OPPOSITION TO WAR
Telephone conversation # 3603, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 6/1/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION, VIOLENCE IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA; MLK; MARTIN ANDERSEN, CATTLE PRICES; CATTLE TAX SHELTERS; BEEF EXPORTS; EXCISE TAXES; FEDERAL BUDGET; CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM, LAOS; REPUBLICAN CRITICISM; BILLY GRAHAM'S COMMENTS ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3651, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/9/1964, 12:56PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT, ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON OTHER CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO INFORM; US POLICY ON VIETNAM; VIEWS OF DE GAULLE; FRANCE; CANADA'S BLAIR SEABORN MISSION TO NORTH VIETNAM; BOURKE HICKENLOOPER; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3663, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/9/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HIS MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS ON LAOS, VIETNAM; CONCERNS OF LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, GEORGE MAHON ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION; LBJ READS LETTER FROM MIKE MANSFIELD ON VIETNAM, LAOS; HENRY CABOT LODGE; CRITICAL PROVINCE PROGRAM; LBJ'S 1961
Telephone conversation # 9650, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; LBJ'S IMPRESSIONS OF WESTMORELAND; GUERRILLA WARFARE; US TROOP COMMITMENTS; IMPACT OF WEATHER ON BOMBING CAMPAIGN, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S VIEWS ON NORTH VIETNAM; LUCE CITES US FAILURE TO IDENTIFY
Telephone conversation # 9638, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/14/1966, 4:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REVIEWS CRITICISM OF US VIETNAM POLICY, PEACE INITIATIVES, BOMBING PAUSES; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; ECONOMIC AID TO VIETNAM; HO CHI MINH'S DEMAND FOR VIET CONG RECOGNITION; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S REACTION TO RIBICOFF'S PROPOSAL FOR GENEVA CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 12601, sound recording, LBJ and EARLE WHEELER, 1/3/1968, 2:47PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF TARGETS SCHEDULED FOR AIR STRIKES IN HANOI AREA; DEAN RUSK'S REQUEST THAT STRIKES BE DEFERRED BECAUSE OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH CAMBODIA, ROMANIA; STATUS OF VIETNAM BARRIER; US TROOP DEPLOYMENTS TO VIETNAM; THAI AND KOREAN TROOPS
Telephone conversation # 11012, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 11/3/1966, 6:33PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HEALTH AND UPCOMING SURGERY, BACKGROUND AND RESULTS OF MANILA CONFERENCE; VIETNAM SITUATION; ASIAN ECONOMIC PROGRESS; PROTESTS DURING ASIAN TRIP; COMMUNIST MISUNDERSTANDING OF EFFECT OF CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS ON VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 13612, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/30/1968, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • NIXON'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; MELVIN LAIRD; JOHN MITCHELL; ANNA CHENNAULT; HISTORY OF BOMBING HALT NEGOTIATIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' SUPPORT FOR HALT; NIXON'S STATEMENT URGING SOVIETS, OTHERS JOIN TALKS; DELAY IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT JOINING
Telephone conversation # 13306, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/18/1968, 5:01PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 13543, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/15/1968, 10:32AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK SUGGESTS US NOTIFY FERDINAND MARCOS OF POSSIBLE VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; BRIEFINGS FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES; POSSIBLE SHIFT BY NORTH VIETNAM AT PARIS TALKS; LBJ READS US CONDITIONS, TRANSCRIPT OF 9/30/68 CALL WITH RICHARD
Telephone conversation # 9338, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/27/1965, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; LBJ SAYS HE FAVORS HALT IF THERE IS HOPE OF PEACE, DISCUSSES REPORT FROM GEORGE BROWN? ON PORT CONGESTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS FROM MILITARY, HHH; PHILIPPINE CONTRIBUTION IN VIETNAM; PEACE EFFORTS; EFFECTIVENESS
Telephone conversation # 9649, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/20/1966, 10:10AM? (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 9502, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/17/1966, 9:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, POSSIBLE RESUMPTION OF BOMBING; PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR BOMBING HALT, MILITARY OPPOSITION; NORTH VIETNAM GOVT'S ATTITUDE; MILITARY IMPACT OF HALT; RAND STUDY OF VIET CONG DEFECTIONS, MORALE; RFK'S VIEWS; US SERVICEWOMEN
Telephone conversation # 2603, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE FORRESTAL, 3/21/1964, 5:21PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • FORRESTAL REPORTS ON CAMBODIAN ACCOUNT OF RECENT BOMBING, SOUTH VIETNAM'S APOLOGY, PROPOSED US RESPONSE TO INCIDENT, SIHANOUK'S REQUEST FOR US COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES; FORRESTAL SAYS HE HAS SENT ROBERT MCNAMARA'S VIETNAM SPEECH TO LBJ FOR NIGHT
Telephone conversation # 3519, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; RUSSELL EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT PROGRESS IN VIETNAM, DOUBTS ABOUT SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVT, FEARS OF CHINESE INTERVENTION, LACK OF POPULAR SUPPORT FOR WAR; QUESTION OF SUPPORTING SEATO TREATY
Telephone conversation # 3520, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIEWS ON VIETNAM, LAOS; SENATE TESTIMONY BY ROBERT MCNAMARA; LBJ DESCRIBES ADVICE HE RECEIVES, US CASUALTIES, REPUBLICAN TACTICS; HENRY CABOT LODGE; DIEM COUP; LUCIUS CLAY, OMAR BRADLEY AS ADVISERS; FEAR OF CHINESE INTERVENTION; MIKE MANSFIELD MEMO
Telephone conversation # 3521, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; ROBERT MCNAMARA; USSR, CHINA SPLIT; PRESS STORIES; EFFECTIVENESS OF BOMBING; COMPARISON WITH KOREA; QUESTION OF US WITHDRAWAL; DISCUSSION OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH OVER VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3531, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 5/27/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • "NOT TRANSCRIBED"; "CAMBODIA, LAOS, VIETNAM & UN"; STEVENSON IS IN NYC, DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • Vietnam
  • STEVENSON RECOMMENDS UN ACTION IN SECURITY COUNCIL ON LAOS, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM; POSSIBLE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON LAOS; FEAR OF CHINESE INTERVENTION; CAMBODIAN NEUTRALITY; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SITUATION; AVERELL HARRIMAN
Telephone conversation # 3646, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 6/9/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RFK SUGGESTS LBJ INFORM CONGRESS ON LAOS AIR STRIKES; QUESTION OF CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PUBLIC OPINION ON VIETNAM; JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT, CLOTURE VOTE ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; JOHN STENNIS, APPOINTMENTS OF US MARSHAL, JUDGE IN MISSISSIPPI
Telephone conversation # 3486, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1964, 6:56PM (Item)
  • "NOT TRANSCRIBED"; "RE ADLAI STEVENSON SPEECH & VIETNAM; RE INTERFERING WITH PEOPLE'S FREEDOM & CAMBODIAN COMPLAINT"
  • Vietnam
  • DRAFT OF UN SPEECH BY ADLAI STEVENSON ON CAMBODIA BORDER VIOLATION; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM, NEED TO IMPROVE VIETNAMESE LOCAL GOVT, COUNTERINSURGENCY WARFARE VERSUS AIR WAR; POSSIBLE HONOLULU CONFERENCE; HENRY CABOT LODGE
Telephone conversation # 3488, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/21/1964, 12:42PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON JCS VIEWS ON ALTITUDE OF RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS OVER LAOS, NORTH VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEES; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO "NO WIN" POLICY; MELVIN LAIRD; GERALD FORD; WILLIAM MINSHALL; GLENARD LIPSCOMB
Telephone conversation # 3680, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO REPLACE HENRY CABOT LODGE IN VIETNAM: GEORGE BALL, JOHN MCCONE, MCNAMARA, WILLIAM GAUD, CLARK KERR, WESTMORELAND; CYPRUS; STATE DEPT PRESS LEAKS; LAOS; POVERTY PROGRAM; CARL HAYDEN; CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER
Telephone conversation # 3681, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER PROJECT; CALIFORNIA; BARRY GOLDWATER; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; SPEECHES BY RUSSELL, ROBERT BYRD; ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, MLK; LAOS RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS; RUSSELL'S, LBJ'S VIEWS OF VIETNAM; POSSIBLE UN INVOLVEMENT; U THANT; DOMINO
Telephone conversation # 6459, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/23/1964, 3:48PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA ABOUT PRESS STORY STATING MAXWELL TAYLOR WILL RECOMMEND BOMBING IN LAOS, NORTH VIETNAM OR POSSIBLY RESIGN; JOSEPH ALSOP ARTICLE ON GEORGE BALL REPORT WHICH LBJ HAS NOT SEEN YET; LBJ'S RECENT TALK WITH ALSOP; MCNAMARA COMPLAINS
Telephone conversation # 6882, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH U THANT ABOUT HIS CRITICAL REMARKS TO PRESS ON VIETNAM, PROPOSAL THAT US HAVE BILATERAL TALKS WITH HANOI, ALLEGATION THAT US PEOPLE NOT FULLY INFORMED; US FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; DRAFT US ANSWER; ADLAI STEVENSON; TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 6889, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/26/1965, 5:21PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS ON MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON WHO WANTS GREATER AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH U THANT ABOUT PEACE TALKS ON VIETNAM; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS INQUIRIES ON STEVENSON VISIT AND STEVENSON'S RESPONSE; FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; STEVENSON'S FUTURE
Telephone conversation # 6890, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/26/1965, 5:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK REPORTS ON ADLAI STEVENSON'S PRESS GUIDANCE STATEMENT ON VIETNAM PEACE PROPOSALS; LBJ REQUESTS BRIEFINGS FOR HENRY CABOT LODGE, COMMENTS ON HIS STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS
Telephone conversation # 7017, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ PROTESTS WECHSLER'S COLUMN ABOUT LBJ'S FRIENDSHIP WITH WILLIAM S. WHITE, EFFECT ON WHITE'S COLUMN ON U THANT, VIETNAM; US AID TO BURMA; NYT STORY ABOUT LBJ'S CLOSEST ADVISERS; ABE FORTAS; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOMMY CORCORAN; JAMES ROWE; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 7018, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US VIETNAM POLICY, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESS; WALTER LIPPMANN; DREW PEARSON; NYT STORY ON LBJ ADVISERS; CLARK CLIFFORD; DEAN ACHESON; JAMES ROWE; TOMMY CORCORAN; SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY; FDR COMMENT ON INFLUENCE OF CORCORAN, BEN
Telephone conversation # 7359, sound recording, LBJ and WH SITUATION ROOM, 4/24/1965, 7:51AM (Item)
  • "(VIETNAM)"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Vietnam
  • SITUATION ROOM DUTY OFFICER REPORTS ON US AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE AIR MISSIONS OVERNIGHT IN VIETNAM; MAXWELL TAYLOR'S CABLE ON SOUTH VIETNAMESE PREMIER QUAT'S CONCERNS ABOUT PROPOSED CONFERENCE WITH CAMBODIA; PRESS REPORTS OF VIET CONG ATTACKS NEAR
Telephone conversation # 7444, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 8:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF WHETHER GEORGE BALL OR AVERELL HARRIMAN SHOULD ATTEND SEATO MEETING; LBJ ASKS IF BALL HAS FINISHED REPORT ON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVES, COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF PUBLICITY FOR HEALTH, AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS IN VIETNAM; WALLACE GREENE'S
Telephone conversation # 8529, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 8/11/1965, 8:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES FULBRIGHT ON SUCCESS OF HIS TRIP TO BRAZIL, READS JACK VALENTI'S REPORT ON TRIP; FULBRIGHT'S TRIP TO SEARCY, ARKANSAS, FOLLOWING FIRE IN TITAN MISSILE SILO; LBJ REPORTS ON WH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS ON VIETNAM, US PEACE EFFORTS
Telephone conversation # 9307, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/3/1965, 9:31AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ORVILLE FREEMAN ON FOOD AID TO INDIA; PRESS LEAKS; ROBERT KOMER; CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED MCGEORGE BUNDY; RUSK'S ADMIRATION OF BUNDY; KOMER'S ABRASIVENESS; MEETING WITH LBJ ON VIETNAM; VIETNAM BUDGET; OTHER COUNTRIES' TROOP