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Telephone conversation # 4779, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/6/1964, 2:03PM (Item)
  • "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LBJ ON HOLD 3:00; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT ROPER POLL PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH EDWIN JOHNSON AT TIME OF CALL
  • MCCORMACK REPORTS ON OPPOSITION TO ADAM YARMOLINSKY APPOINTMENT; POVERTY BILL HEAD COUNT; TIMING OF VOTES ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION, POVERTY BILL; DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES; YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT; ROBERT SIKES; MCCORMACK THANKS LBJ FOR REMARKS LAST
Telephone conversation # 5162, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 8/24/1964, 7:16PM (Item)
  • RESTON ON HOLD 2:15; RESTON IS IN ATLANTIC CITY, MEETING WITH SULZBERGER AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • RESTON ASKS IF LBJ HAS SELECTED HHH FOR VP; LBJ TELLS HIM HE HAS NOT DECIDED; TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT COMPARED WITH 1960 CONVENTION; LBJ ASKS RESTON'S, SULZBERGER'S VIEWS ON CONVENTION, PLATFORM, MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP, MENTIONS SOUTH VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 6111, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 6111, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 9339, sound recording, LBJ and MAXWELL TAYLOR, 12/27/1965, 8:56PM (Item)
  • TAYLOR ON HOLD 0:20; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCNAMARA AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US DOMESTIC CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM, ASKS TAYLOR'S VIEWS ON EXTENSION OF BOMBING HALT, PEACE EFFORTS; TAYLOR SAYS HE OPPOSES PAUSE BUT SAYS THIS IS BEST TIME FOR IT IF IT IS NECESSARY; U. S. GRANT SHARP'S OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; MILITARY
Telephone conversation # 10553, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ LISTENS TO TV NEWS AT TIMES DURING CONVERSATION; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 13598, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/26/1968, 11:05AM (Item)
  • RUSK UPDATES LBJ ON VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF HAVING NLF, SOUTH VIETNAM IN PEACE TALKS AND OF TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND BEGINNING OF TALKS; LBJ QUESTIONS TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND PERCEPTION LBJ IS TRYING TO INFLUENCE
Telephone conversation # 13606, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/28/1968, 10:45AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH CREIGHTON ABRAMS; TIMING OF ORDERING BOMBING HALT, ANNOUNCING IT, AND BRIEFING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; NEED TO GIVE NGUYEN VAN THIEU, ALLIES ADVANCE NOTICE; ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S MEETING WITH THIEU
Telephone conversation # 4808, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/7/1964, 3:01PM (Item)
  • "(LEGISLATION-POVERTY-VIETNAM)"; MCCORMACK IS MEETING WITH HARRY SHEPPARD, BERNIE SISK, CECIL KING AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • PARLIAMENTARY DELAYING TACTICS ON POVERTY BILL; ROBERT JONES; CHARLES HALLECK; CLIFFORD DAVIS' DEFEAT IN TENNESSEE PRIMARY; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; ED FOREMAN'S SPEECH CRITICIZING TIMING OF LBJ'S TONKIN GULF ADDRESS; GALLUP POLL; LBJ GREETS
Telephone conversation # 9825, sound recording, LBJ and MARGARET CHASE SMITH, 3/2/1966, 7:50PM (Item)
  • "RE MAN FROM HER STATE AND APPOINTING HIM TO US-CANADIAN BORDER COMMISSION-SEN. SMITH APPROVED"; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS ALSO MEETING WITH J.R. PARTEN; OFFICE CONVERSATION IN BACKGROUND
Telephone conversation # 12717, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 2/14/1968, 9:46AM (Item)
  • "CC HAD CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH FILE OF JACK CONNOR...; DATE, "LISTENED TO YB" AND INCORRECT TIME 9:16A WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; 0:24 MACHINE NOISE
Telephone conversation # 12840, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/23/1968, 12:46PM? (Item)
  • "FR BEDROOM 3/23/68"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST CALL AT 1:50P BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES TIME IS EARLIER; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 12841, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/23/1968, 12:46PM? (Item)
  • "FR BEDROOM 3/23/68"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST CALL AT 1:50P BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES TIME IS EARLIER; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
Telephone conversation # 12855, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/31/1968, 10:27PM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "RE PRES.'S MARCH 31ST SPEECH"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS CALLER AS BILL WHITE; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
Telephone conversation # 12856, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SPARKMAN, 3/31/1968, 10:30PM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "RE PRES.'S MARCH 31ST SPEECH"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; IVO SPARKMAN? SPEAKS AFTER LBJ HANGS UP
Telephone conversation # 12858, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 3/31/1968, 11:06PM (Item)
  • "FROM BEDROOM 4-1-68"; "RE PRES.'S MARCH 31ST SPEECH"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; DOROTHY GOLDBERG IS MEETING WITH ARTHUR GOLDBERG AT TIME OF CALL; VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; GOLDBERGS ARE ALMOST INAUDIBLE
Telephone conversation # 13313, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES MURPHY, 8/26/1968, 8:04AM (Item)
  • "B-2"; "THEN LATER-CHARLES MURPHY"; "(MURPHY FIRST) [LINED THROUGH]"; "--NOT SURE OF THE IDENTIFICATION ON THIS--OR SEQUENCE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; JIM JONES IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS
Telephone conversation # 13353, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/31/1968, 9:18AM? (Item)
  • "? NEED TO IDENTIFY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; SLIP, DAILY DIARY, WH OPS LOG LIST CALL TO HHH AT 10:18A (EASTERN TIME) BUT CALL WAS RECORDED ON DICTABELT BEFORE 9:30A CENTRAL TIME CALL TO RICHARD NIXON; HHH IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
Telephone conversation # 13553, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/16/1968, 4:40PM (Item)
  • "REGARDING THE BOMBING PAUSE"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 10/22/1968, 5:24P; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE AND TIME ARE 10/16/1968, 4:40P; CONTINUES WITH SOME INTERRUPTION FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
Telephone conversation # 13618, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:05PM (Item)
  • Reference No. 13618a November 25, 2008 Processing Note . Transcript only of this conversation; there is no recording. DATE: 10/31168 TIME: 6:05 PM CALLER: Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, George Wallace Pages ofTranscript: 15 pages Barbara Cline
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH JIM JONES AT TIME OF CALL; HHH, RICHARD NIXON, AND GEORGE WALLACE WERE REACHED BY TELEPHONE; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
Telephone conversation # 4219, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 7/11/1964, 6:35PM (Item)
  • "UPI STORY ABOUT TASK FORCE RE MONEY & TAXES"; LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE REEDY AT TIME OF CALL, SPEAKS WITH REEDY BRIEFLY DURING CALL
Telephone conversation # 4957, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/15/1964, 2:44PM (Item)
  • "VIETNAM & POLITICS"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH LYNDA JOHNSON, JACK VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4958, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/15/1964, 2:50PM (Item)
  • "RE: RUMOR OF DROPPING ATOMIC BOMB - POLITICS"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; JACK VALENTI IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4962, sound recording, LBJ and CHALMERS ROBERTS, 8/15/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S RESPONSE TO GOLDWATER'S CHARGE THAT LBJ AUTHORIZED USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN TONKIN GULF; PROCEDURES FOR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SECURITY BRIEFINGS FOR CANDIDATES, FORMER PRESIDENTS; TIMING OF LBJ'S SPEECH ON TONKIN GULF RETALIATION; CHINA
Telephone conversation # 4963, sound recording, LBJ and CHALMERS ROBERTS, 8/15/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF LBJ'S SPEECH ON TONKIN GULF RETALIATION; CHARLES HALLECK'S STATEMENT ABOUT LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT; GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ABOUT CHOICE OF REPUBLICAN VP CANDIDATE WILLIAM MILLER
Telephone conversation # 5008, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/17/1964, 8:10PM (Item)
  • DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME OF CALL AS 8:05P; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 5244, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/28/1964, 8:28AM (Item)
  • JENKINS REPORTS ON FAVORABLE REACTION TO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS; LBJ DISCUSSES VIETNAM SITUATION, ASKS FOR NUMBER OF TIMES HIS SPEECH WAS INTERRUPTED BY APPLAUSE; INVITES SAM FORE, MRS. FORE, DOUGLAS WYNN TO GO TO LBJ RANCH WITH HIM
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 # 4715, sound recording, LBJ and BARRY GOLDWATER, 8/4/1964, 10:06PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS GOLDWATER HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON US RESPONSE TO TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, DISCUSSES TIMING OF STATEMENT TO AVOID ENDANGERING US FORCES; GOLDWATER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S ACTIONS
Telephone conversation # 4775, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/6/1964, 1:29PM (Item)
  • "TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMO ROPER AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 4799, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/7/1964, 1:40PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ED FOREMAN'S SPEECH ON HOUSE FLOOR CRITICIZING TIMING OF LBJ'S ADDRESS ON RETALIATORY STRIKES FOLLOWING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; MCNAMARA LISTS POINTS JUSTIFYING DECISION TO MAKE ADDRESS; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO CALL CARL VINSON, CARL ALBERT
Telephone conversation # 4802, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT JONES, 8/7/1964, 2:24PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE MEANY AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5627, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/21/1964, 12:29PM (Item)
  • "SEP 21 PRESS CONFERENCE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 5815, sound recording, LBJ and MILTON EISENHOWER, 10/2/1964, 4:00PM (Item)
  • EISENHOWER ON HOLD 1:20; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT CRITICAL CAMPAIGN REMARKS CONCERNING LBJ PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 7697, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 5/15/1965, 10:32AM (Item)
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; BALL ON HOLD 0:20
Telephone conversation # 9332, sound recording, LBJ and WARREN MAGNUSON, 12/24/1965, 5:08PM (Item)
  • MAGNUSON ON HOLD 0:30; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 9039, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE?; OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; LBJ IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH MARVIN WATSON AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 9048, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 10/30/1965, 4:03PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; WILKINS ON HOLD 1:15; OFFICE NOISE PRECEDES CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 10203, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 6/2/1966, 1:11PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ARTHUR GOLDBERG AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 9675, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 2/25/1966, 4:02PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH BILL MOYERS AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 9856, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 3/9/1966, 9:15AM (Item)
  • ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; LBJ THANKS DOUGLAS FOR HIS ACTION YESTERDAY (ON TAX BILL?), DISCUSSES FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY OF RECENT BILLS; GEORGE MEANY'S SUGGESTION ON TIMING, RATE OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES IN PENDING BILL; EFFECT OF BILL ON ELECTIONS