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Telephone conversation # 827, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/31/1963, 1:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS NAJEEB HALABY'S MEMO ON EUGENE BLACK-STANLEY OSBORNE REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF SST; QUESTION OF NOTIFYING COMPANIES THAT HAD BEEN INVITED TO SUBMIT DESIGNS; BOEING'S POSITION; LBJ RECOMMENDS THAT MCNAMARA HEAD AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER SST
Telephone conversation # 2582, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/21/1964, 12:16PM (Item)
  • RUSK'S MEETING WITH MORMON PRESIDENT MCKAY; RUSK'S MEETING WITH DOBRYNIN ON RELEASE OF US PILOTS SHOT DOWN OVER EAST GERMANY; LBJ READS PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENT ON PANAMA, RUSK SUGGESTS REVISIONS; MOYERS DICTATES STATEMENT TO RUSK'S SECRETARY
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 # 4826, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/8/1964, 12:18PM (Item)
  • BUNDY UPDATES LBJ ON CYPRUS AND CONGO; DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO END CYPRUS CRISIS; GREECE; TURKEY; REQUEST FROM US AMBASSADOR TO CONGO FOR ASSISTANCE; BUNDY READS PROPOSED LETTER TO JORDAN'S KING HUSSEIN; PLANS FOR TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION SIGNING
Telephone conversation # 6895, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/27/1965, 11:12PM (Item)
  • RUSK ASKS LBJ TO READ CABLES FROM AVERELL HARRIMAN ON HIS MEETING WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER LEVI ESHKOL ABOUT US ARMS SALES TO JORDAN; HARRIMAN NEEDS RESPONSE BEFORE NEXT MEETING; WEST GERMAN TANK SALES TO ISRAEL; ISRAELI REQUEST FOR B-66
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 # 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 # 9190, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL CARTER, 11/26/1965, 9:11PM (Item)
  • "(NEWSWEEK)"; NOTE FROM JAKE JACOBSEN TO LBJ ATTACHED TO DICTABELT REMINDS LBJ HE AGREED TO TALK TO CARTER FOR NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON ROBERT MCNAMARA; SHORTHAND NOTATION READS "HE WILL TALK TO HIM TONIGHT"; CARTER ON HOLD 0:40; MUSIC AUDIBLE
Telephone conversation # 10005, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/2/1966, 10:14AM (Item)
  • MANSFIELD READS HIS PROPOSED REPLY TO GROMYKO'S STATEMENT ABOUT USSR'S POSITION ON PEACE IN VIETNAM, RECOMMENDS RECONVENING GENEVA CONFERENCE; LBJ SAYS US WILL STOP BOMBING, WITHDRAW TROOPS IF COMMUNISTS CEASE AGGRESSION, ASKS MANSFIELD TO CONSULT
Telephone conversation # 10437, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM BEVERLY MURPHY, 7/27/1966, 9:09AM (Item)
  • AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; WAGE, PRICE INCREASES; MURPHY SAYS TAX INCREASE MAY BE NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMY; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASES IN FEDERAL BUDGET DUE TO UPCOMING BILLS, VIETNAM SPENDING; POSSIBLE NEED FOR BILL TO END STRIKE; LBJ READS MEMO
Telephone conversation # 9473, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/10/1966, 8:28PM (Item)
  • COMPOSITION OF US DELEGATION TO FUNERAL OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI, QUESTIONS OF PROTOCOL, LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO SEND HHH; LBJ READS MOYERS' MEMOS SUGGESTING LBJ ATTEND SHASTRI'S FUNERAL, SEND HHH IF LBJ UNABLE TO GO; WINSTON CHURCHILL'S
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 # 13005, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 5/3/1968, 8:43AM (Item)
  • GOLDBERG DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO MESSAGE FROM HANOI PROPOSING PARIS AS SITE FOR VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, SUGGESTS US ACCEPT PARIS; LBJ SAYS HE IS PREPARING FOR PRESS CONFERENCE, ASKS GOLDBERG TO READ CABLE FROM HANOI AND GIVE HIS REACTION TO TOM JOHNSON
Telephone conversation # 11526, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 9:15AM (Item)
  • ROSTOW READS PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONS FROM ROBERT MCNAMARA ABOUT RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM AFTER CONCLUSION OF ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S UK VISIT; LBJ ASKS ROSTOW FOR HIS ANALYSIS OF KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11533, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/12/1967, 11:17PM (Item)
  • ROSTOW READS DRAFT US RESPONSE TO HAROLD WILSON ON HIS AND ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE; LBJ EDITS LANGUAGE ABOUT EXTENSION OF TET TRUCE AND ADDS SECTION ABOUT US MILITARY LEADERS' OPPOSITION TO TRUCE AND ITS EXTENSION
Telephone conversation # 11537, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/13/1967, 12:28PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON RESUMPTION OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, READS DRAFT PRESS RELEASE; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO HOLD ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A SHORT TIME BECAUSE LBJ HAS TOLD WALT ROSTOW TO CONTACT THE BRITISH
Telephone conversation # 11168, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 12/20/1966, 11:47AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF FRB, MONETARY POLICY, INTEREST RATES; LBJ ASKS FOWLER TO MEET WITH WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, ROBERT WEAVER ABOUT HOUSING LOANS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FEDERAL DEFICIT; FOWLER READS FROM MEMCON OF HIS MEETING WITH MICHEL
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 # 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