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Telephone conversation # 7567, sound recording, LBJ and KARL MUNDT, 5/4/1965, 11:59AM (Item)

MUNDT MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR HANDLING LBJ'S REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS, SENATE OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ READS MESSAGES FROM BILLY GRAHAM, TOM WATSON PRAISING HIS SPEECH LAST NIGHT ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Folder, "February 9, 1968 - 10:15 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

move the 82nd Airborne to Vietnam. Secretary McNamara: This worries me. call up a National Guard division. This means we would have to The President: I read Wilbur Mills a couple ·of intelligence reports last night. It appears that he is getting weak

Folder, "October 18, 1967 - 7:30 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Katzenbach, Rostow, Kissinger, Fortas, Taylor, Clifford," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT lom FROM: Torn Johnson Attached are the notes of your Wednesday night meeting, in the Cabinet R oorn. (J)(JJ.;Jl/!j /4, 1, I 1 Those that attended were: Secretary of State Dean Rusk Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara

Folder, "October 2, 1967 - 11:50 a.m. President's meeting with Colonel Olds and Col. Cross ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

night (in San Antonio, Texas), we have demonstrated that we are willing to stop the bombing if the halt would lead to prompt and productive discussions. ''If we had stopped the bombing along the DMZ, those guns would not be silent this morning

Telephone conversation # 13618, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:05PM (Item)

and General ·. .h •' ' . f Jf : Wheeler and Mr. Helms of the CIA, and Mr. Ros tow. I'm t t Ir I ------~--~~~~~~~~~~------~~~~--~--------~---~~--~~~~~i .. '' .· ; . i I· • I i -2 " reading from -- I want to i·ead a brief background

Folder, "October 5, 1967 - 6:55 p.m. McNamara, Rusk, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

the toughness of the times ahead. !he President read his speech which is scheduled for Saturday night at a Salute to the President in Washington. SECRETARY McNAMARA: Left before the speech was concluded because of another engagement. SECRETARY RUSK: Said he

Folder, "[January-March 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

military people feel it can be handled. The President said he had been assured by the Joint Chiefs that Khe Sanh could be defended. 3. On Korea, the President read Clark Clifford's statement to the Congressional leaders a day or two before, outlining

Folder, "January 31, 1968 - 8:40 a.m. Pueblo 13 - Breakfast with Congressional Leaders & Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. All of them believe he is prepared to handle the situation in Vietnam. General Wheeler: I will read to you excerpts received at 4:18 this morn ing from General Westmoreland. "'~ ~- I c;·;c· --~ \.;;._\.,,-,. ._ --< _::::::ZS :=·'')r: ICC4lC

Telephone conversation # 9807, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 3/1/1966, 2:40PM (Item)

SENATE HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT REAFFIRMING HIS AUTHORITY, WANTS STATEMENT MADE PRIOR TO VOTE TO TABLE AMENDMENT, READS JOHN MCCORMACK'S STATEMENT TODAY SUPPORTING VIETNAM

Telephone conversation # 3027, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/14/1964, 1:00PM (Item)

LBJ READS UPI STORY ON RICHARD NIXON'S CALL TO "UNLEASH" SOUTH VIETNAM; BUNDY'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH WALTER LIPPMANN; CHINA; NGUYEN KHAHN; NEED FOR MESSAGE TO WILLIAM BUNDY TO CLARIFY VIETNAM POLICY FOR HENRY CABOT LODGE; LODGE'S POSSIBLE

Telephone conversation # 3793, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/19/1964, 7:03PM (Item)

REEDY READS UPI STORY ON US POLICY OF RISKING WAR WITH RED CHINA BY FIGHTING SPREAD OF COMMUNISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; COMPARISON TO BERLIN CRISIS; BROMLEY SMITH TOLD REEDY THAT STORY IS BASED ON OFF-THE-RECORD BRIEFING BY DEAN RUSK AT OVERSEAS PRESS

Telephone conversation # 3663, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/9/1964, 6:20PM (Item)

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 # 7028, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/6/1965, 2:32PM (Item)

DECISION TO SEND MARINES TO DANANG; LBJ READS PART OF MCGEORGE BUNDY MEMO ON POSSIBLE PEACE TALKS, UK VIEWS ON VIETNAM; NYT STORY ON POSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS BASED ON RUSK'S PRESS BRIEFING; PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SENDING MARINES; MIKE MANSFIELD

Telephone conversation # 7329, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR "TEX" GOLDSCHMIDT, 4/8/1965, 10:27AM (Item)

JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH VIETNAMESE NEGATIVE REACTION; LBJ READS CRITICAL CABLES ON SPEECH; LBJ'S REPORT ON 1961 VIETNAM TRIP; MEKONG DELTA; EUGENE BLACK AND UN TASK FORCE; LBJ ASKS ELIZABETH GOLDSCHMIDT TO DRAFT MEDICARE

Telephone conversation # 7140, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 3/23/1965, 11:35AM (Item)

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 # 7406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 11:30AM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS THAT MRS. JUAN BOSCH IS GOING TO GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE; COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO VIETNAM; COMMUNIST REACTION TO LBJ'S JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH; LBJ READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON LATIN AMERICA

Telephone conversation # 8529, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 8/11/1965, 8:15AM (Item)

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 # 8155, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 6/17/1965, 7:50PM (Item)

LBJ READS GOODPASTER'S REPORT OF HIS BRIEFING OF EISENHOWER ON VIETNAM, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FORD EXPRESSES SUPPORT OF B-52 RAID, SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO THOMAS DEWEY; LBJ JOKES WITH FORD ABOUT TRADING MELVIN LAIRD FOR WAYNE MORSE

Telephone conversation # 9647, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/19/1966, 1:50PM (Item)

POSSIBLE FUTURE TROOP COMMITMENTS IN VIETNAM; OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY BY LABOR LEADERS JACOB POTOFSKY, WALTER REUTHER; LBJ READS REPORT ON BATTLE AT AN KHE, VIETNAM; MARITIME UNION RESOLUTION ON BOYCOTTING SHIPS; TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B; WAGE

Telephone conversation # 9656, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/22/1966, 9:04AM (Item)

ARTHUR GOLDBERG; LBJ'S VIEWS ON UN; WH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING; WAYNE MORSE'S VIETNAM RESOLUTION; LBJ READS FROM MEMO ON FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS; EDWIN REISCHAUER; RAY CLINE; WILLIAM "RED" RABORN; MANSFIELD REPORT; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S REPORTS ON VIETNAM

Telephone conversation # 9671, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/25/1966, 3:36PM (Item)

SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE VIETNAM HEARINGS; POSSIBLE TESTIMONY BY MCNAMARA, HHH; LBJ OBJECTS TO HHH TESTIFYING, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DELAY ON FOREIGN AID BILL, READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT; LONG ASKS FOR MEMO ON URGENCY OF FOREIGN AID, TAX

Telephone conversation # 9522, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/21/1966, 11:01AM (Item)

RUSK READS STATEMENT HE WILL MAKE AT HIS UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT CURRENT AND PAST VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, BOMBING HALT, LACK OF RESPONSE FROM HANOI; LBJ SUGGESTS STRONGER LANGUAGE ON HANOI'S DECISION TO CONTINUE AGGRESSION, NEED TO RESUME

Telephone conversation # 10719, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 9/7/1966, 11:44AM (Item)

HARRIMAN DISCUSSES RESOLUTION CONDEMNING VIETNAM WAR OFFERED AT NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND COMPROMISE RESOLUTION IN LINE WITH ADMINISTRATION POSITION; LBJ SUGGESTS TABLING RESOLUTION; HARRIMAN READS COMPROMISE RESOLUTION TO SECRETARY

Telephone conversation # 10720, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 9/7/1966, 11:44AM (Item)

HARRIMAN READS COMPROMISE RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM TO BE OFFERED AT NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; LBJ SAYS THAT PRESIDENT AND HARRIMAN SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN ISSUE BUT RESOLUTION SHOULD CONTAIN LANGUAGE SUPPORTING TROOPS, CONDEMNING

Telephone conversation # 10419, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANATOS, 7/22/1966, 4:10PM (Item)

MANATOS SAYS MANSFIELD IS DEFENDING LBJ IN SENATE AGAINST FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF FOREIGN AID, VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ READS LIST OF LEGISLATION, TREATIES AUTHORIZING US ACTION IN ASIA WHICH FULBRIGHT SUPPORTED; LBJ'S RECENT SPEECH TO AMERICAN ALUMNI

Telephone conversation # 12503, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/9/1967, 10:12AM (Item)

LBJ READS ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S CABLE ON MOVE TO INSCRIBE VIETNAM ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL AGENDA; POSSIBLE RESOLUTION ON BOMBING CESSATION; NEED TO ANSWER FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF GALE MCGEE OR LEONARD MARKS AS UN AMBASSADOR; EDWARD

Telephone conversation # 11601, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 3/1/1967, 9:53AM (Item)

MANSFIELD READS PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF SUPPORT OF VIETNAM POLICY TO BE ATTACHED TO VIETNAM SUPPLEMENTAL BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CHANGES IN US MISSION TO VIETNAM INCLUDING APPOINTING ELLSWORTH BUNKER AS AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE

Telephone conversation # 11606, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/2/1967, 3:15PM (Item)

LBJ READS FROM RFK'S SENATE SPEECH PROPOSING BOMBING HALT TO BRING ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; RECENT 6-DAY BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO PREPARE ANALYSIS OF SPEECH FOR FRIENDLY SENATORS TO USE TO REBUT RFK

Telephone conversation # 13318, sound recording, JIM JONES and DEAN RUSK'S SECRETARY, 8/26/1968, 10:25AM? (Item)

JONES ASKS DEAN RUSK'S SECRETARY TO READ RUSK'S CHANGES TO DRAFT SPEECH THAT LBJ MAY DELIVER TO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; SECRETARY DICTATES CHANGES TO JONES

Telephone conversation # 13321, sound recording, LBJ and MARVIN WATSON, 8/26/1968, 10:39AM (Item)

LBJ READS PART OF SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HE WILL MAKE AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; PLANS FOR LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO ATTEND CONVENTION; POSSIBLE NEED FOR FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL DEMONSTRATORS; EFFORTS TO DRAFT LBJ OR EDWARD KENNEDY

Telephone conversation # 13523, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 10/7/1968, 5:11PM (Item)

NIXON'S VISIT WITH DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ SAYS EISENHOWER SUPPORTS VIETNAM POLICY, READS MEMO ON 1954 GENEVA TALKS AND CLARK CLIFFORD'S MEMO ON HHH'S, MELVIN LAIRD'S STATEMENTS ON TROOP LEVELS; DISCUSSION OF NYT STORIES, US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING

Telephone conversation # 13543, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/15/1968, 10:32AM (Item)

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 # 12822, transcript, MARVIN WATSON and RICHARD DALEY, 3/18/1968, 5:15PM (Item)

been reading about this coznmission from Kennedy. about it. We've started reading DALEY: Oh, yes. WATSON: I want to tell you what we know about it. Mel Elfrin, of Newsweek magazine, tells us he got his original tip from a freind of Ted

Telephone conversation # 8512, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 8/6/1965, 4:31PM (Item)

QUAISON-SACKEY'S TRIP TO TEXAS; DESALINIZATION BILL; LBJ READS LETTER FROM GHANA'S PRESIDENT NKRUMAH ABOUT HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO HANOI, CONCERNS ABOUT HIS SAFETY DUE TO US BOMBING; LBJ DISCUSSES US DESIRE FOR PEACE IF NORTH VIETNAM STOPS AGGRESSION

Telephone conversation # 8620, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/23/1965, 3:30PM (Item)

LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH MENDEL RIVERS ABOUT VETOED MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL; RIVERS' RECENT COMMENTS ADVOCATING BOMBING CHINA; MILITARY PAY BILL; LBJ READS AP STORY QUOTING LETTER SUPPORTING US POLICY FROM MARINE WHO DIED

Telephone conversation # 9337, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/25/1965, 12:50PM (Item)

BUNDY THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS, REPORTS ON STATUS OF TRUCE IN SOUTH VIETNAM, READS PROPOSED STATEMENT TO BE ISSUED FROM RANCH ABOUT EXTENSION OF TRUCE; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT RIGHT-WING REACTION, ADVISABILITY OF WH ANNOUNCEMENT, RFK'S

Telephone conversation # 11544, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/15/1967, 9:24AM (Item)

ROSTOW READS HO CHI MINH'S REPLY TO LBJ'S MESSAGE; PRESS LEAKS OF PEACE FEELER, LBJ'S MEETING WITH RFK; ETIENNE MANAC'H; RAMPARTS MAGAZINE STORY; COMMITTEE TO STUDY CIA FUNDING OF PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS; STUDY OF BAY OF PIGS; INCREASED BOMBING

Telephone conversation # 13313, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES MURPHY, 8/26/1968, 8:04AM (Item)

MURPHY READS HALE BOGGS' PROPOSED DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM PLANK ON BOMBING IN VIETNAM, SAYS HHH ACCEPTS IT; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT ACCEPT PLANK THAT IMPLIES BOMBING WILL STOP, THAT IT MAY ENDANGER US TROOPS, SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY

Telephone conversation # 13315, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES MURPHY, 8/26/1968, 8:04AM (Item)

LBJ'S POSITION ON DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM PLANK ON HALTING ALL BOMBING IN VIETNAM; EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT ON INFILTRATION; INCREASED DANGER TO US TROOPS; LBJ READS DRAFT OF SPEECH HE MAY DELIVER TO CONVENTION; HHH'S VIEWS ON PLANK

Telephone conversation # 13354, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/31/1968, 9:30AM (Item)

LBJ READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON EASTERN EUROPE; ANATOLY DOBRYNIN'S MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK; NIXON ASKS ABOUT CURRENT SITUATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND AND POSSIBLE COMMUNIST INVOLVEMENT IN CHICAGO RIOTS; PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL