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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 # 4315, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/23/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INACCURACIES IN PRESS STORIES; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW, ITEMS FOR INCLUSION: NEWS OF INCREASED AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ECONOMIC NEWS FROM WALTER HELLER
Telephone conversation # 8621, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/23/1965, 4:07PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS RIVERS' ADVICE ON NEW POLICY ON DRAFTING MARRIED MEN, READS PRESS STORY ON ISSUE; LANGUAGE OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL PROVISION REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS; MILITARY PAY BILL
Telephone conversation # 10612, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/12/1966, 12:30PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA'S VACATION PLANS; CYRUS VANCE; LBJ'S DESIRE TO GET NEW IDEAS IN GOVT, FOREIGN POLICY, STATE DEPT; PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH COMMUNIST CHINA; TOMMY CORCORAN'S PLANTING NEW DEAL MEN IN DEPTS; PRESS REPORT ON CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 13561, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/18/1968, 2:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT HANOI HAS REPLIED TO LATEST US PEACE PROPOSALS, READS PORTIONS OF STORY, NOTES NEWS STORIES THAT JACQUELINE KENNEDY WILL MARRY ARISTOTLE ONASSIS; DEROGATORY REMARKS ABOUT RUSK MADE BY SARGENT SHRIVER IN PARIS
Telephone conversation # 1395, sound recording, LBJ and ROSWELL GILPATRIC, 1/17/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • PRESS LEAK ON VIETNAM AP STORY; LBJ'S UNHAPPINESS WITH NEWS REPORT ON HIS NAVAL COMMISSION AND HIS DESIRE TO RESIGN HIS COMMISSION
Telephone conversation # 6203, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 11/5/1964, 10:37AM (Item)
  • ELECTION RESULTS IN TENNESSEE, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, MONTANA, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS; CALLERS TEASE HHH ABOUT HIS WESTERN ATTIRE; LBJ GREETS MONTOYA IN SPANISH; DELEGATION TO INAUGURATION IN MEXICO; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; POSSIBLE MEETING
Telephone conversation # 10046, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 4/22/1966, 6:45PM (Item)
  • 1:54 OFFICE NOISE PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS APPARENTLY LISTENING TO NBC TV NEWS AT TIME OF CALL; GOLDBERG IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; LBJ ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY FOR COPY OF HENRY CABOT LODGE'S WEEKLY REPORT
  • LBJ ASKS GOLDBERG TO TALK TO PAULINE FREDERICK ABOUT STORY ON USSR PROPOSAL FOR PEACE TALKS IF US STOPS VIETNAM BOMBING; GOLDBERG'S OPPOSITION TO BOMBING CAMBODIA; LBJ ASKS FOR NEW US INITIATIVES ON AFRICA, ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE; BILL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 375, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/10/1963, 11:55AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF DAVID NES' APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, SAIGON; APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MANN TO NEW STATE DEPT POST; LBJ ASKS RUSK ABOUT US HOSTAGES IN BOLIVIA, DISSENSION AMONG SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERS; HENRY CABOT LODGE'S PRESS COMMENTS
Telephone conversation # 1911, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/6/1964, 12:52PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 2082, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 2/14/1964, 12:20PM (Item)
  • BROWN ASKS LBJ TO ADDRESS BUSINESS GROUP IN NYC; UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES; POLLS; CUBA; VIETNAM; NEW PANAMA CANAL; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION & KERR-MCGEE; NASA; RALPH YARBOROUGH; JOHN CONNALLY; DON YARBOROUGH; JOE KILGORE; JIM WRIGHT; ALLAN SHIVERS
Telephone conversation # 2346, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 3/4/1964, 6:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ROSTOW ABOUT NEWS LEAKS CONTRIBUTING TO CHALMERS ROBERTS STORY ON NORTH VIETNAM; ROSTOW RELATES SUMMARY OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY ON VIETNAM THAT HE HAS TOLD OTHERS; ELIE ABEL STORY; LBJ'S CALIFORNIA SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 2572, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/20/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • BUNDY ASKS LBJ TO REVIEW DRAFT REPLY TO HENRY CABOT LODGE; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SCHEDULE, INCLUDING MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD; BUNDY'S WEEKEND PLANS; POSSIBLE PRESS CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK; GEORGE REEDY AS NEW WH PRESS SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 3699, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 6/11/1964, 6:11PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS RFK FOR HIS LETTER OFFERING TO GO TO VIETNAM, ASKS HIS HELP IN SELECTING NEW AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3220, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/30/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT OPTIMISTIC PRESS REPORTS ON BATTLE IN VIETNAM; USIA IN VIETNAM; HENRY CABOT LODGE; PRESS CRITICISM OF LBJ; UPCOMING TRIP BY MCNAMARA, EARLE WHEELER TO VIETNAM; LBJ WANTS NEW MILITARY IDEAS BESIDES BOMBING; LBJ DETERMINED TO WIN WAR
Telephone conversation # 5008, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/17/1964, 8:10PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE COMPOSITION OF FUNERAL DELEGATION IF ITALY'S PRESIDENT ANTONIO SEGNI DIES: LADY BIRD JOHNSON, EARL WARREN, EISENHOWER; POLICY THAT LBJ WILL NOT LEAVE COUNTRY; CHANGES IN VIETNAM GOVT; RFK, ADLAI STEVENSON, ROBERT WAGNER AND NEW YORK SENATE
Telephone conversation # 5244, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/28/1964, 8:28AM (Item)
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 5245, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/28/1964, 10:17AM (Item)
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 4832, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/9/1964, 7:25AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF CYPRUS SITUATION; QUESTION OF LBJ RETURNING TO WASHINGTON, DC, AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRESS PLANE; GREECE; TURKEY; VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBILITY RFK WILL RUN FOR NEW YORK SENATE SEAT; JACQUELINE KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 4904, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 8/13/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON RFK, HIS DECISION TO RUN FOR NEW YORK SENATE SEAT PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH KEN O'DONNELL AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4718, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 8/4/1964, 11:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ APOLOGIZES FOR LATENESS OF CALL; HARRIMAN SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS RFK'S FUTURE, DEMOCRATIC PARTY SITUATION IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK; LBJ WILL SET UP MEETING; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO SYRACUSE, STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF ATTACKS
Telephone conversation # 4719, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/5/1964, 10:52AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 4344, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/27/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO NASA POSITION; PRESS REACTION TO REUTERS NEWS STORY ON INCREASE IN US ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM; AMBASSADOR LEONARD UNGER'S OPPOSITION TO OPERATION IN PANHANDLE OF LAOS
Telephone conversation # 4727, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/5/1964, 2:54PM (Item)
  • REUTHER CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS TONKIN GULF STATEMENT; DISCUSSION OF EFFORTS TO GET VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; LBJ COMPARES POVERTY BILL VOTE TO FDR'S DEFEAT ON SUPREME COURT-PACKING BILL; NEED FOR LIBERAL REPUBLICAN VOTES IN NEW YORK; UAW
Telephone conversation # 6234, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/5/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS MCNAMARA FOR HELP IN CAMPAIGN; ELECTION RESULTS IN TEXAS AND ORLANDO, FLORIDA; JOHN CONNALLY; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S DEFEAT OF GEORGE BUSH; RECRUITING NEW TALENT FOR GOVT VACANCIES; VIETNAM SITUATION AND POSSIBLE CHANGE IN US POLICY
Telephone conversation # 6262, sound recording, LBJ and HERSCHEL NEWSOM, 11/6/1964, 11:13AM (Item)
  • NEWSOM CONGRATULATES LBJ, ASKS APPROVAL FOR DICK RUDDER TO ATTEND MEETING IN NEW ZEALAND; LBJ EXPRESSES DISAPPROVAL OF TRAVEL BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS; NEWSOM INVITES LBJ TO NATIONAL GRANGE MEETING; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING
Telephone conversation # 5689, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/24/1964, 9:24PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS BUNDY ABOUT REPORT HE RECEIVED FROM WALTER LIPPMANN ABOUT UPCOMING NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; DISCUSSION OF DISCOURAGING REPORTS ABOUT POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 5593, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 11:46AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA GIVES LBJ REPORT ON PT BOATS' ATTACK ON US DESTROYERS IN TONKIN GULF, DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTION, NEED TO MAKE PRESS STATEMENT; LBJ CAUTIONS ABOUT ACTING HASTILY WITHOUT ADEQUATE PROOF OF ATTACK; ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW WEAPONS
Telephone conversation # 5962, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 10/24/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • NEGATIVE TEXAS NEWSPAPER AD STATING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT WILL CAUSE WHITES TO LOSE JOBS TO NEGROES; UK'S NEW ECONOMIC PROGRAM, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CRISIS; VIETNAM; WEATHER AGREEMENT WITH USSR; LBJ'S SPEECH ON 10/28/64; TONIGHT'S TV PROGRAM ON YOUTH
Telephone conversation # 6111, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON QUIET DAY IN WASHINGTON; LBJ'S HEALTH AFTER LAST CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES; LBJ THANKS RUSK FOR VISIT WITH CABINET YESTERDAY; VIETNAM SITUATION; RUSK'S MEETING WITH DOBRYNIN ABOUT CAMBODIA BORDER INCIDENTS; PEN PAL MESSAGE FROM NEW USSR
Telephone conversation # 7331, sound recording, LBJ and PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER, 4/9/1965, 12:05AM (Item)
  • GEN. JAMES FOGLE?, CYRUS VANCE AT PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER REPORT ON STATUS OF MISSING US NAVY PILOT, AIRPLANE, POSSIBLY DOWNED OVER HAINAN ISLAND AFTER DOGFIGHT WITH CHINESE FOLLOWING VIETNAM AIR MISSION; LBJ ASKS THEM TO CALL WITH NEWS REGARDLESS
Telephone conversation # 7333, sound recording, LBJ and PENTAGON COMMAND CENTER, 4/9/1965, 3:55AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GEN. COX? FOR UPDATE ON SEARCH FOR MISSING US NAVY PILOT POSSIBLY DOWNED OVER HAINAN ISLAND; COX? REPORTS HE HAS NO MORE NEWS; LBJ ASKS FOR INFORMATION ON DOGFIGHT WITH CHINESE, REPORT THAT MIG WAS DOWNED, AND FOR UPDATE ON AIR RAIDS
Telephone conversation # 6842, sound recording, LBJ and LT. COL. MIKE COOK, 2/15/1965, 10:16PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIPS BY DWIGHT EISENHOWER, ANDREW GOODPASTER TO NEW YORK TOMORROW, THEN FOR BOTH TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, DC, ON WEDNESDAY FOR MEETING ON VIETNAM; QUESTION OF USING JETSTAR OR AIR FORCE ONE FOR EISENHOWER'S TRIP
Telephone conversation # 6844, sound recording, LBJ and LT. COL. MIKE COOK, 2/15/1965, 10:23PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF USING JETSTAR OR AIR FORCE ONE TO BRING DWIGHT EISENHOWER FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEW YORK; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PUBLICITY INVOLVED BY USING AIR FORCE ONE BUT WANTS EISENHOWER TO HAVE BEST FACILITIES POSSIBLE FOR TRIP
Telephone conversation # 6846, sound recording, LBJ and ANDREW GOODPASTER, 2/15/1965, 10:25PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GOODPASTER TO GO TO NEW YORK TO BRIEF DWIGHT EISENHOWER FULLY ON VIETNAM PRIOR TO EISENHOWER'S MEETING WITH LBJ; DISCUSSION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIP
Telephone conversation # 6850, sound recording, LBJ and C. V. "TED" CLIFTON, 2/16/1965, 12:38PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR BRINGING ANDREW GOODPASTER AND DWIGHT EISENHOWER TO WASHINGTON, DC, FROM NEW YORK FOR MEETING ON VIETNAM; LBJ TELLS CLIFTON TO AVOID PUBLICITY AND PRESS LEAKS ABOUT TRIP
Telephone conversation # 6852, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 2/16/1965, 6:09PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "GEN. EISENHOWER IN NEW YORK"; "RE MEETING TOGETHER IN WASH."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON FAVORABLE EDITORIAL IN NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS ON VIETNAM; MANSFIELD'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; SENATE CRITICISM OF WAR; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S USE OF CRITICISM
Telephone conversation # 7599, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • 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