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Telephone conversation # 7002, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/1/1965, 10:46AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON POSSIBLE VIETNAM AIR STRIKE TONIGHT; POSSIBLE REACTION OF CHINA, USSR; LBJ EXPRESSES DISMAY ABOUT PRESS LEAKS ON VIETNAM; TODAY'S NYT STORY; 12/64 VIETNAM DECISIONS; SOURCE OF LEAKS; JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON; TAD SZULC
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 # 9535, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/26/1966, 9:54AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM PEACE FEELER FROM MAYOR OF MILAN, ITALY; QUESTION OF WILLIAM DOUGLAS MEETING INFORMALLY WITH HO CHI MINH; LBJ EVALUATES VIETNAM SITUATION; LACK OF ENEMY RESPONSE TO BOMBING HALT; CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS ON VIETNAM POLICY; POSSIBLE CHINESE
Telephone conversation # 13222, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 7/30/1968, 8:46PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO CONTINUE BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM, POSSIBLE NEW ENEMY OFFENSIVE, CANDIDATE HHH'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON VIETNAM; RICHARD HUGHES' CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM; SOVIET PRESSURE ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 8552, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN STENNIS, 8/18/1965, 1:02PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • "J. B." [JAMES P. COLEMAN?]; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE SPECULATING ON COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR THIS YEAR AND ITS EFFECTS ON NORTH VIETNAM'S AID REQUESTS TO CHINA, USSR; DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS; UNCERTAINTY ABOUT COSTS OF MILITARY
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 # 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 # 13617, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, BOMBING HALT; ROLE OF USSR IN TALKS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT STATEMENTS BY NIXON AND MELVIN LAIRD, REPUBLICAN CONTACTS WITH SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; DIRKSEN QUESTIONS EFFECT OF HALT ON PRESIDENTIAL
Telephone conversation # 13725, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/8/1968, 9:23PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS SOUTH VIETNAM'S FAILURE TO JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS, HISTORY OF NEGOTIATIONS, US CONTACTS WITH SOVIETS, US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; NIXON SAYS HE WILL CONTACT BUI DIEM AND URGE SOUTH VIETNAM TO PARTICIPATE IN TALKS
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 # 2584, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/21/1964, 1:07PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA'S SPEECH ON VIETNAM NEXT WEEK; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA MEET WITH WAYNE MORSE, ERNEST GRUENING; LBJ ASKS FOR BRIEF STATEMENT ON VIETNAM POLICY, EVALUATION OF POSITIONS OF USSR, CHINA, UK, FRANCE; COST-CUTTING PROGRAM IN DOD; MILITARY BASE
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 # 6868, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/22/1965, 8:48AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • TIMING OF POSSIBLE AIRSTRIKE IN VIETNAM IN LIGHT OF UK-USSR PROPOSAL; PRESS REPORTS OF MOVEMENT OF USSR ANTI-AIRCRAFT; MCNAMARA'S UPCOMING CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; LBJ DISCUSSES TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION AS STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF US
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 # 7140, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 3/23/1965, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH GEORGE WALLACE ON SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; LBJ READS HIS RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON US POLICY ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S COMMITMENT TO PEACE, HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE; LBJ ASKS FOR PEARSON'S REACTION TO VOTING RIGHTS SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 7642, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/12/1965, 5:50PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS FOR EVALUATION OF PROGRESS IN VIETNAM IN LAST 90 DAYS, DISCUSSES NEED FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN EUROPE OF US POLICY ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VIETNAM; LACK OF CIA WARNING ON DOMINICAN CRISIS; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE; CAAMANO'S ROLE
Telephone conversation # 7697, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 5/15/1965, 10:32AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • BALL REPORTS USSR HAS RECONSIDERED VIETNAM PEACE FEELER SENT THROUGH PIERRE SALINGER; GUIDANCE FOR RUSK'S TALK WITH GROMYKO; ECONOMIC AID FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; INADEQUACY OF US PRESS BRIEFINGS; QUAYLE POLL; DEAN ACHESON'S PAPER ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 7378, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT SPIVACK, 4/29/1965, 12:43PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH UK; MEETINGS WITH HAROLD WILSON, OTHER UK OFFICIALS, ITALIAN, GERMAN, JAPANESE LEADERS; MLF; DE GAULLE'S RECENT SPEECH; EFFECT OF US VIETNAM PROTESTS ON ENEMY; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN PROTEST MOVEMENT; WAYNE
Telephone conversation # 8169, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/21/1965, 12:15PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S DOUBTS ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; JACOB JAVITS' CALL FOR NEW CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE ON INCREASED US TROOP COMMITMENT; NEGATIVE COMMUNIST RESPONSE TO UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE; HAROLD WILSON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO US
Telephone conversation # 8187, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/24/1965, 10:00AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE LANGUAGE IN UN ANNIVERSARY SPEECH ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; PRESS LEAKS FROM STATE DEPT; EAST GERMAN HELICOPTER FLIGHTS OVER WEST BERLIN; POSSIBLE MEETING OF PANEL OF CONSULTANTS ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Telephone conversation # 8196, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/26/1965, 7:38AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON UN ARTICLE 19 CONTROVERSY ON NON-PAYMENT OF DUES; ADLAI STEVENSON'S VIEWS; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTIONS; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, KY, NEGOTIATIONS WITH VIET CONG; U THANT PEACE EFFORT; LBJ'S UN
Telephone conversation # 8399, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 7/26/1965, 5:46PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE ACTION AGAINST SAM SITES IN NORTH VIETNAM; RECOMMENDATIONS OF LBJ'S ADVISERS; POSSIBLE SOVIET, CHINESE, WORLD REACTION TO BOMBING HANOI; DEPLOYMENT OF GROUND TROOPS WITHOUT RESERVE CALL-UP; RUSSELL'S CONCERNS ABOUT SOUTH VIETNAMESE
Telephone conversation # 8403, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 7/27/1965, 2:43PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • FULBRIGHT'S REQUEST FOR WH MEETING ON VIETNAM WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; LBJ'S CONSULTATIONS WITH CONGRESS; PEACE EFFORTS; LIMITED GROUND TROOP INCREASE TO PROTECT OUR FORCES BUT NOT PROVOKE SOVIETS, CHINESE; POSSIBLE REGULAR BRIEFINGS BY RUSK
Telephone conversation # 9888, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 3/14/1966, 7:49PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT CONTACTS BETWEEN DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMUNIST BLOC COUNTRIES, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS; ABBA SCHWARTZ; WAYNE MORSE; INFLUENCE OF USSR, ANATOLY DOBRYNIN ON CONGRESSIONAL VIETNAM CRITICS; LEAKS TO JOSEPH ALSOP
Telephone conversation # 9893, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 3/17/1966, 8:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • TRANSFER OF W. TAPLEY BENNETT FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO PORTUGAL; PRESS CRITICISM OF BENNETT; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN US; VIETNAM BOMBING CAMPAIGN; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; QUESTION OF CARL SANDERS RUNNING AGAINST RICHARD RUSSELL IN GEORGIA SENATE RACE
Telephone conversation # 10006, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 4/2/1966, 10:40AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK SAYS HE APPROVES OF MIKE MANSFIELD'S REPLY TO GROMYKO'S STATEMENT ABOUT USSR'S POSITION ON PEACE IN VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS RUSK FOR ANALYSIS OF GROMYKO'S STATEMENT, USSR RESPONSE TO US OFFENSIVE; RUSK SAYS USSR FEARS LOSING NORTH VIETNAM TO CHINA
Telephone conversation # 9813, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 3/2/1966, 6:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • HHH'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON VIETNAM; ROLE OF USSR IN PEACE EFFORTS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S INFLUENCE WITH COMMITTEE; HHH RELAYS FULBRIGHT'S PERSONAL REMARKS ABOUT WAR; QUESTIONS ABOUT VIET CONG ROLE
Telephone conversation # 9637, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/14/1966, 4:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES RIBICOFF'S PROPOSAL TO RECONVENE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM; HAROLD WILSON'S OFFER TO MEET WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE DURING HIS VISIT TO USSR; RECENT PEACE EFFORTS; INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI'S LETTER; US VIEWS ON RECOGNIZING VIET
Telephone conversation # 10403, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 7/5/1966, 8:20AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS THAT HARRIMAN, ANDREW GOODPASTER, ROBERT KOMER BRIEF NATIONAL GOVS. CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM, PEACE FEELERS, PACIFICATION; GOODPASTER'S BRIEFING OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ INVITES HARRIMAN TO LBJ RANCH
Telephone conversation # 11030, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 11/11/1966, 9:20AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S HEALTH, UPCOMING SURGERY; MANSFIELD'S PROPOSAL FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES PEACE EFFORTS, VIEWS OF US SOLDIERS IN VIETNAM; NORODOM SIHANOUK AND CAMBODIA; MANSFIELD'S PROPOSED VISIT TO CHINA, HANOI, USSR, OUTER
Telephone conversation # 13607, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/28/1968, 10:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK SUGGESTS LBJ REMIND RICHARD NIXON OF EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION'S ROLE IN VIETNAM POLICY, SUGGESTS SEPARATE BRIEFINGS FOR CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; USE OF "UNCONDITIONAL" IN AGREEMENT WITH NORTH VIETNAM; NEED FOR BACKGROUND PRESS
Telephone conversation # 13701, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/1/1968, 8:31AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH ANNOUNCING VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; DISCUSSION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF CREIGHTON ABRAMS, ELLSWORTH BUNKER; EFFECT OF STATEMENTS, ACTIVITIES OF HHH AND NIXON ON PEACE TALKS; RELUCTANCE OF SOUTH VIETNAM TO JOIN PEACE TALKS
Telephone conversation # 13704, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 11/1/1968, 1:57PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS THAT HHH NOT MENTION VIETNAM UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DUE TO PRECARIOUS STATE OF PEACE TALKS; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF HHH'S STATEMENTS, ANNA CHENNAULT'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE; PRESS QUESTIONS ON POLITICAL EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT; LBJ'S
Telephone conversation # 13708, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/3/1968, 1:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • SMATHERS' TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (RICHARD NIXON) ON REPORTS THAT JOHN TOWER, ANNA CHENNAULT ENCOURAGED SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT NIXON CAMPAIGN'S COMMENTS, REVIEWS NEGOTIATIONS AND REPORTS OF CHENNAULT'S
Telephone conversation # 13515, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/6/1968, 10:49PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT AVERELL HARRIMAN HAS NOT DENIED PRESS ACCOUNTS OF HIS ROLE IN HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; RUSK'S TALKS WITH ANDREI GROMYKO ON VIETNAM, MIDDLE EAST, BERLIN; RUSK'S SCHEDULE AND POSSIBLE HONOLULU
Telephone conversation # 13569, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/22/1968, 9:50AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CYRUS VANCE ON US POSITION ON BOMBING HALT, PEACE TALKS WITH NORTH VIETNAM; SOVIET ROLE AS INTERMEDIARY WITH NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HALT MAY APPEAR POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, SAYS TALKS MUST BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER HALT
Telephone conversation # 13581, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/23/1968, 10:05AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSSELL'S HEALTH; LBJ REPORTS ON VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' SUPPORT FOR BOMBING HALT; NEGOTIATIONS ON TIMING OF BEGINNING OF TALKS AFTER BOMBING HALT; POSSIBLE PRESS LEAKS; US RESPONSE IF NORTH VIETNAM VIOLATES DMZ OR SHELLS
Telephone conversation # 1811, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/1/1964, 4:32PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK COMMENTS ON LBJ'S TV PRESS CONFERENCE; DISCUSSION OF CHARLES DE GAULLE'S PROPOSAL ON SOUTHEAST ASIA, VIETNAM; FRANCE; USSR
Telephone conversation # 11908, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 6/19/1967, 10:57PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; POLITICAL TURMOIL IN USSR; CHINESE CRITICISM OF KOSYGIN'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; LBJ'S SPEECH TODAY; VIETNAM BOMBING RAID; KOSYGIN'S UN SPEECH; US POSITION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT