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  • LOUELLA DIRKSEN
  • "SUMMARIZED"; DIRKSEN ON HOLD 0:20; LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON AND LOUELLA DIRKSEN IS MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN AT TIME OF CALL
  • DIRKSEN TELLS LBJ THAT NYT STORY REPORTING THAT HE AND LBJ HAVE PARTED COMPANY ON VIETNAM IS INACCURATE; LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN TO MEET WITH HIM NEXT WEEK; TIME, ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING; LADY BIRD JOHNSON AND MRS. DIRKSEN EXCHANGE NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 9466, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/8/1966, 7:34PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • "TRANCRIBED-YB"; "MIDDLE BAND: 11:22 A.M. TO SEN. EVERETT DIRKSEN"
  • LBJ REVIEWS PROPOSALS IN HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH THAT US HALT BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM AND THAT NORTH VIETNAMESE REINSTITUTE DMZ; LBJ SAYS HE WILL GIVE DIRKSEN BRIEFING ON SPEECH AFTER IT HAS BEEN ANALYZED, DISCUSSES HHH'S CALL LAST NIGHT
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13506, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 11:22AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY; DIRKSEN IS INAUDIBLE
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH, DISCUSSES CANDIDATES FOR UN AMBASSADORSHIP AND VIEWS OF RICHARD RUSSELL, WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN'S EVALUATION OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; PROBLEMS WITH SUPREME COURT
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 8356, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/19/1965, 8:35PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN'S PROPOSAL THAT LBJ MEET WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON VIETNAM; RUSK'S MEETINGS WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; PATRICK NUGENT'S MOTHER'S ADMIRATION OF DIRKSEN; LIST OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES; RFK AND WIRETAPS
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10138, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/25/1966, 11:30AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; DIRKSEN IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LBJ OFFERS DIRKSEN NEW YEAR'S, BIRTHDAY GREETINGS; INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF BETHLEHEM STEEL PRICE INCREASE; WAR-PROFITEERING; LBJ DISCUSSES ESTIMATES OF COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR IN FEDERAL BUDGET REQUEST; DIRKSEN ADVISES LBJ TO USE LOWER ESTIMATE; JOHN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 9402, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/2/1966, 12:56PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN ON HOLD 0:25
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH RUSSELL LONG, OTHER DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION BILL, SUGGESTS DIRKSEN TALK WITH JOHN WILLIAMS, ASKS DIRKSEN TO MANAGE BILL, DISCUSSES DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S PHONE
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10920, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/3/1966, 7:45PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • "AT WALTER REED HOSPITAL"; DIRKSEN ON HOLD 0:30; LBJ TELLS OFFICE SECRETARY TO "TAKE IT"
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH, DISCUSSES HIS OWN UPCOMING SURGERY, REPORTS ON SUCCESS OF MANILA CONFERENCE AND ASIAN TRIP; PROGRESS IN ASIAN ECONOMY; UPCOMING SOUTH VIETNAM ELECTION; LBJ THANKS DIRKSEN FOR HIS SUPPORT, SAYS HE WON'T MAKE CAMPAIGN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11006, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/3/1966, 4:37PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; DIRKSEN'S OPPONENT; LBJ'S HEALTH; DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; PARIS PEACE TALKS; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S VIETNAM TRIP; ADVERSE EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT; APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE, DIRKSEN'S FCC
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13323, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/27/1968, 11:15AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY WITH SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE BEFORE TALKING WITH DIRKSEN
  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT DIRKSEN RECOMMENDS BIPARTISAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE BRIEFINGS HE HAS PROVIDED CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IN CONTRAST WITH BRIEFINGS HE RECEIVED DURING EISENHOWER
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10221, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/9/1966, 12:00PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MEASURES HE RECOMMENDS TO COOL OFF ECONOMY, ASKS DIRKSEN'S ASSISTANCE IN PASSAGE OF BILL TO SUSPEND INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT AND ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION; DIRKSEN DISCUSSES POSSIBLE IMPOUNDMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10730, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/8/1966, 4:00PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING SURGERY, REPORTS ON MANILA CONFERENCE AND VIETNAM SITUATION; ADDITIONAL VIETNAM ASSISTANCE FROM THAILAND, SOUTH KOREA; ELECTIONS IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND; LBJ INVITES DIRKSEN TO LBJ RANCH
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11021, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/7/1966, 9:10AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • LBJ SAYS SOUTH VIETNAM HAD AGREED TO BOMBING HALT AND TO PARTICIPATE IN PEACE TALKS, DISCUSSES INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS OF ANNA CHENNAULT'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT, WARNS DIRKSEN OF CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH CONTACTS; DIRKSEN SAYS HE WILL TALK
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13706, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/2/1968, 9:18PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN OH HOLD 0:40; NOISE OF CROWD IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • DIRKSEN SAYS NIXON HEADQUARTERS HAS ASKED HIM ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, ASKS LBJ ABOUT PROGRESS OF NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ SAYS THERE HAS BEEN NO BREAKTHROUGH, DISCUSSES HIS CONFERENCE CALL TO HHH, RICHARD NIXON AND GEORGE WALLACE TO BRIEF THEM
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13549, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/16/1968, 1:40PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT DIRKSEN'S REPORTED STATEMENT THAT ADMINISTRATION IS PLAYING POLITICS WITH VIETNAM BEFORE THE ELECTION; DIRKSEN SAYS PRESS MISINTERPRETED HIS STATEMENT; LBJ STATES US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT AT PARIS PEACE TALKS
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13550, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/16/1968, 3:27PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • 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
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 6854, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • 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
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13617, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH RICHARD NIXON, SAYS NIXON DENIES INTERFERING WITH VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ SAYS THAT NIXON SHOULD SEND MESSAGE TO SOUTH VIETNAMESE IN SUPPORT OF LBJ, URGING THEM TO SEND DELEGATION TO PARIS PEACE TALKS NEXT
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13722, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/8/1968, 2:54PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • SHORTHAND NOTES INTERSPERSED WITH "MANSFIELD RE VN; DIRKSEN'S PLANS [SHORTHAND NOTES], GUN CONTROL BILL, SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13216, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/24/1968, 10:15AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT RICHARD NIXON IS CONCERNED THAT LBJ WILL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HE IS TRYING TO GET PEACE, WILL INITIATE CONSULTATION WITH CANDIDATES WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENS THAT WARRANTS IT, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PRESS
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13587, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/23/1968, 6:02PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 3807, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1964, 6:05PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7641, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/12/1965, 4:45PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11912, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1967, 10:45PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11913, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1967, 10:45PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 12205, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/28/1967, 9:54AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13132, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1968, 8:02AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11610, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/2/1967, 3:50PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13614, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13615, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13616, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • LBJ JOKES ABOUT COST OF SENDING FLOWERS, WIRE TO DIRKSEN, DISCUSSES NEED FOR SENATE VOTE ON NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY; EFFECT OF US RATIFICATION ON GERMANY, ITALY, INDIA, ISRAEL; DIRKSEN'S ROLE AS LIAISON WITH RICHARD NIXON ON VIETNAM; EUROPEAN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13770, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/24/1968, 9:36AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 12807, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/12/1968, 5:36PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • RUSK REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK TRACED TO EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH DIRKSEN ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; PAUL DOUGLAS
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH RICHARD NIXON ABOUT PARIS PEACE TALKS, SAYS NIXON WILL HAVE EVERETT DIRKSEN RELAY MESSAGE TO SOUTH VIETNAM THAT NIXON SUPPORTS LBJ, URGE THEM TO JOIN TALKS; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO BRIEF DIRKSEN BEFORE HIS MEETING WITH BUI
  • RUSK REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ SUGGESTS WILLIAM BUNDY CALL BUI DIEM PRIOR TO DIRKSEN'S MEETING WITH DIEM TO WARN DIEM THAT CONGRESS WILL NOT SUPPORT VIETNAM WAR IF SOUTH VIETNAM DOES NOT JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS
  • LBJ INFORMS HHH ABOUT RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES ON ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT, ASKS HHH'S ADVICE ON WHICH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO INFORM, WHO SHOULD INFORM THEM; HHH RECOMMENDS RUSK, MCNAMARA MEET WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, BOURKE
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK; LBJ ASKS DESAUTELS ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON OFF-THE-RECORD MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, ARRANGEMENTS FOR NOTIFYING CONGRESSMEN; EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA, ALABAMA EVENTS, VOTING RIGHTS BILL; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CRITICISM OF KATZENBACH, ANGER AT CLOSING OF MONTANA VA HOSPITAL; CANCELLATION OF VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; KATZENBACH'S WORK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, HHH, ON 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS
  • 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