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Telephone conversation # 8141, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/15/1965, 5:50PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO HOLD BRIEFLY DURING CALL WHILE HE LISTENS TO TV REPORT ON EDUCATION AID TO VIETNAM COMBAT VETERANS
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA UPDATES LBJ ON REBEL ACTION, US CASUALTIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, MILITARY ACTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM; VIET CONG, SOUTH VIETNAM CASUALTIES; MILITARY PAY BILL; UPCOMING ROLLING THUNDER, B-52 OPERATIONS; UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE
Telephone conversation # 9306, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/3/1965, 9:31AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC POLL; BUNDY'S CABLE ON VIETNAM DECISIONS; LBJ SAYS ADVISERS SHOULD MEET ON ALTERNATIVES BEFORE MEETING WITH HIM; POSSIBLE SEPARATE VIETNAM BUDGET; INTEREST RATE HIKE; DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS; DOMINICAN SITUATION; WH CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 9326, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/20/1965, 9:12AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • PROPOSAL TO HOLD DOWN DOD BUDGET BY NOT FINANCING VIETNAM MILITARY COSTS BEYOND 1966; GERMAN OFFSET PAYMENT; POSSIBLE GERMAN MILITARY AID TO VIETNAM; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, EXCISE TAX, INCOME TAX; VIETNAM CHRISTMAS TRUCE, AIR RAID, PORT
Telephone conversation # 9650, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; LBJ'S IMPRESSIONS OF WESTMORELAND; GUERRILLA WARFARE; US TROOP COMMITMENTS; IMPACT OF WEATHER ON BOMBING CAMPAIGN, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S VIEWS ON NORTH VIETNAM; LUCE CITES US FAILURE TO IDENTIFY
Telephone conversation # 9651, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • US ISOLATIONISM; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S SUPPORT FOR INCLUDING VIET CONG IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; SENATE PLAN TO ASK THAT PRESIDENT SEEK SENATE APPROVAL BEFORE ESCALATING WAR; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 9610, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/2/1966, 5:29PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS IN BURMA, UN; LBJ'S MEETING WITH B. K. NEHRU ON EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO INDIA; NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF CLARK CLIFFORD; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY BY FULBRIGHT
Telephone conversation # 9638, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/14/1966, 4:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REVIEWS CRITICISM OF US VIETNAM POLICY, PEACE INITIATIVES, BOMBING PAUSES; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; ECONOMIC AID TO VIETNAM; HO CHI MINH'S DEMAND FOR VIET CONG RECOGNITION; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S REACTION TO RIBICOFF'S PROPOSAL FOR GENEVA CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 9502, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/17/1966, 9:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, POSSIBLE RESUMPTION OF BOMBING; PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR BOMBING HALT, MILITARY OPPOSITION; NORTH VIETNAM GOVT'S ATTITUDE; MILITARY IMPACT OF HALT; RAND STUDY OF VIET CONG DEFECTIONS, MORALE; RFK'S VIEWS; US SERVICEWOMEN
Telephone conversation # 6868, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/22/1965, 8:48AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • TIMING OF POSSIBLE AIRSTRIKE IN VIETNAM IN LIGHT OF UK-USSR PROPOSAL; PRESS REPORTS OF MOVEMENT OF USSR ANTI-AIRCRAFT; MCNAMARA'S UPCOMING CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; LBJ DISCUSSES TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION AS STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF US
Telephone conversation # 6882, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH U THANT ABOUT HIS CRITICAL REMARKS TO PRESS ON VIETNAM, PROPOSAL THAT US HAVE BILATERAL TALKS WITH HANOI, ALLEGATION THAT US PEOPLE NOT FULLY INFORMED; US FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; DRAFT US ANSWER; ADLAI STEVENSON; TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 6885, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ THAT HE WILL HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON; LBJ SUGGESTS THAT RUSK SEND BALL TO THAT AFTERNOON'S CABINET MEETING WHILE RUSK PREPARES FOR PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ SUMMARIZES US POLICY IN VIETNAM; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION
Telephone conversation # 7344, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL POTTER, 4/17/1965, 9:01AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POTTER ASKS LBJ TO CALL UNIDENTIFIED PERSON WHO IS HOSPITALIZED; LBJ BRIEFS POTTER ON VIETNAM, CEASEFIRE SUGGESTIONS FROM CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON AND OTHERS, POSTPONEMENT OF STATE VISITS UNTIL FOREIGN AID BILL HAS PASSED; FULBRIGHT'S LACK
Telephone conversation # 7347, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL POTTER, 4/17/1965, 9:01AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POTTER ASKS LBJ TO CALL UNIDENTIFIED PERSON WHO IS HOSPITALIZED; LBJ BRIEFS POTTER ON VIETNAM, CEASEFIRE SUGGESTIONS FROM CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON AND OTHERS, POSTPONEMENT OF STATE VISITS UNTIL FOREIGN AID BILL HAS PASSED; FULBRIGHT'S LACK
Telephone conversation # 7140, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 3/23/1965, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 8137, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/15/1965, 5:21PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LODGE'S APPEARANCE ON UK TV PROGRAM ON VIETNAM; UK COMMONWEALTH PROPOSAL TO APPOINT COMMISSION OF 3 PRIME MINISTERS TO EXPLORE PEACE EFFORTS; CHARGE THAT NASSER IS RE-SELLING US FOOD AID TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; UN PRESS LEAKS; AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 8147, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/17/1965, 3:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RESPONSE TO REPUBLICAN STATEMENT ON POSSIBLE INCREASE IN MILITARY SPENDING DUE TO VIETNAM TROOP INCREASE AND TO GEORGE MCGOVERN'S STATEMENT CRITICIZING US POLICY; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN PRESS, UPCOMING DINNER WITH JACKIE KENNEDY; RICHARD
Telephone conversation # 8103, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/5/1965, 4:50PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "(RE VIETNAM) & (RE DOM. REP & DOD MATTERS, LEGISLATION)"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Vietnam
  • MILITARY PAY BILL; VIEWS OF DAVID BRUCE, CHARLES BOHLEN, LYMAN LEMNITZER ON PROPOSAL TO BOMB IL-28S; USSR, UK REACTION; PRESS COVERAGE OF NATO MEETING; WH MEETING TO REVIEW VIETNAM; MAXWELL TAYLOR; INCREASED CASUALTIES, VIET CONG ATTACKS; US FORCES
Telephone conversation # 8108, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/8/1965, 5:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • QUESTION OF MAXWELL TAYLOR MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; SENATE OPPOSITION TO BILL ALLOWING WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO HEAD FAA; SST; FOREIGN AID BILL; SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 10215, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN COWLES, 6/8/1966, 11:51AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ THANKS COWLES FOR LETTER PROPOSING INCOME TAX SURTAX, DISCUSSES ECONOMIC SITUATION, FEDERAL BUDGET, DIFFICULTY IN ENACTING TAX BILL, RECENT VIETNAM MILITARY ACTIONS; COWLES ASKS IF MORE TROOPS WILL BE SENT TO VIETNAM AND IF US WILL SUPPORT UK
Telephone conversation # 10222, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • STATUS OF BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, AIRLINE LABOR DISPUTE; DIRKSEN'S CALL FOR BIPARTISAN VIETNAM MEETING; RICHARD HELMS AS REPLACEMENT FOR WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; CIA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; BOMBING PROGRAM; PEACE
Telephone conversation # 12805, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE BLACK, 3/11/1968, 8:28AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S TALKS WITH WRIGHT PATMAN, FULBRIGHT, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BILL; FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BANK; TREASURY DEPT'S OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS; DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIVISION ON VIETNAM; SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 6869, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 2/22/1965, 10:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCCONE ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ TO REPORT ON MCCONE'S MEETING WITH EISENHOWER; LBJ'S SCHEDULE, VISIT TO LUCI JOHNSON'S SCHOOL; UK JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REQUEST FOR VIETNAM BRIEFING; LBJ DISCUSSES PAST, PRESENT US VIETNAM POLICY, TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 8312, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 7/7/1965, 8:05PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MLK DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL, EFFORTS TO REGISTER NEGROES; POLL TAX ISSUE; NEED TO RE-BUILD SUPPORT FOR BILL; MLK DISCUSSES INACCURATE PRESS INTERPRETATION OF HIS RECENT STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CONCERNS ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 3821, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 6/23/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • REQUESTS FROM WILLIAM RYAN, OGDEN REID THAT LBJ MEET WITH PARENTS OF ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; LBJ'S MEETINGS ON CYPRUS CRISIS; RESIGNATION OF HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LBJ STRESSES NEED FOR ACTION ON OUTSTANDING BILLS
Telephone conversation # 5245, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/28/1964, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • BUNDY UPDATES LBJ ON SITUATIONS IN SOUTH VIETNAM, CONGO, CYPRUS; BUDDHIST AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS; TRI QUANG; NGUYEN KHANH'S POLITICAL POSITION; FOREIGN AID BILL; POLICY ON USE OF COURIER PLANE; BUNDY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 4838, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/9/1964, 8:44AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ TELLS REEDY WHAT TO TELL PRESS ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES YESTERDAY, TODAY: CONSULTATIONS ON VIETNAM, CONGO, CYPRUS; DISCUSSIONS ON POVERTY BILL DURING HIS FLIGHT FROM DC TO TEXAS; ATTENDANCE AT BESS BEEMAN'S FUNERAL, THEN RETURN TO DC
Telephone conversation # 4913, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/13/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK BY ARMY JOURNAL ABOUT YOUTH REHABILITATION PROGRAM TO TRAIN MEN NOT PREVIOUSLY QUALIFIED FOR DRAFT; POSSIBLE EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR POVERTY PROGRAM; MCNAMARA GIVES BRIEF SITUATION REPORT ON VIETNAM, CYPRUS, CONGO
Telephone conversation # 6607, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/9/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RICHARD RUSSELL; DOD PROGRAM FOR DRAFT REJECTEES; DON REYNOLDS' CHARGES ON TFX, GRUMMAN IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; AIR FORCE PLANE CRASH YESTERDAY; REQUEST FOR DEFENSE BUDGET BREAKDOWN FOR GROMYKO MEETING; UK; MLF; SOUTH VIETNAM POLITICS; NEED FOR WH
Telephone conversation # 7182, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/30/1965, 8:14AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MCNAMARA'S TALK WITH JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON ON ALLEGED SURVEILLANCE OF RICHARD RESTON, WIRETAPS; SAIGON EMBASSY BOMBING; POSSIBLE POLICY CHANGE ON US COMBAT TROOPS IN VIETNAM; MAXWELL TAYLOR VISIT; MLK; PAY BILL; US MAYORS; MAURICE YAMEOGO, UPPER
Telephone conversation # 8532, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/11/1965, 7:37PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REUTHER'S HELP ON BEAUTIFICATION BILL; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING WITH LBJ; REUTHER REPORTS ON HIS RECENT MEETING WITH WORLD TRADE UNION CONGRESS ON VIETNAM, CONGRATULATES LBJ ON APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, ARTHUR GOLDBERG, JOHN GARDNER
Telephone conversation # 9849, sound recording, LBJ and U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, 3/7/1966, 2:55PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS JOHNSON TO DRAFT LETTERS TO ABBA SCHWARTZ ACCEPTING HIS RESIGNATION AND TO AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER THANKING HIM FOR TROOPS FOR VIETNAM; NEED FOR MORE KOREAN, PHILIPPINE TROOPS; CANDIDATES FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICAN
Telephone conversation # 10437, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM BEVERLY MURPHY, 7/27/1966, 9:09AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 11703, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON, 4/4/1967, 10:14AM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • LEE METCALF'S RECENT STATEMENT ON CHARLES LUCE; LBJ RECOMMENDS NO FURTHER ACTION BE TAKEN ON WEAKENED RESOLUTION ON LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN AID, PUNTA DEL ESTE SUMMIT; VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS ON SST; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CONCERNS
Telephone conversation # 11117, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/8/1966, 10:26AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 9680, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/28/1966, 7:50AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • FULBRIGHT'S SUGGESTION FOR HANOI CONTACTS; EUGENE BLACK'S ASIAN TRIP; ALLEGED MILITARY UNIFORM SHORTAGE; VIETNAM TROOP LEVELS; SUPPORT PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; AVOIDING RESERVE CALL-UP; GEORGE MAHON'S CONCERNS ABOUT DOD STAFF; REPEAL OF TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 13007, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 5/4/1968, 10:13AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION IN VIETNAM; CLIFFORD'S UPCOMING TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S REACTION TO MARCH 31ST SPEECH, PEACE TALKS; SELECTION OF PARIS AS SITE OF TALKS; PROMOTION FOR JAMES
Telephone conversation # 7336, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 4/9/1965, 9:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 8515, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 8/6/1965, 6:16PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
Telephone conversation # 9841, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 3/7/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • REUTHER'S HAND INJURY; LBJ DISCUSSES WORLD SITUATION, DEGAULLE, VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; REUTHER ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ ON LABOR PROBLEMS, MICHIGAN POLITICAL SITUATION; DEFEAT OF TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B REPEAL; TRANSFER OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE TO DOJ
Telephone conversation # 11649, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 3/18/1967, 5:30PM (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
  • LBJ GIVES HHH ADVICE ON BRIEFINGS HHH IS TO GIVE ON ASIA; SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON PUNTA DEL ESTE RESOLUTION; GEORGE MCGOVERN; OUTER SPACE TREATY; INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT BILL; HHH'S TRIP TO EUROPE; NATO; CHART OF VIETNAM PEACE