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Telephone conversation # 3501, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 5/25/1964, 9:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF NEED TO APPOINT ASSOCIATE PRESS SECRETARY WHO COULD SUBSTITUTE FOR GEORGE REEDY AS NEEDED, POSSIBLE CANDIDATES, INCLUDING RON NESSON; LBJ TEASES MRS. VALENTI ABOUT NOT RETURNING HIS CALLS, JOKES ABOUT JACK VALENTI'S GOLF GAME WITH LBJ
Telephone conversation # 9489, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/13/1966, 1:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY THAT MOYERS MAY RESIGN AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; MARVIN WATSON; NEED FOR MOYERS TO ANSWER STORY BEFORE LEAVING ON TRIP; LBJ PRAISES MOYERS, DISCUSSES HIS FUTURE; MOYERS' VIEWS OF WH PRESS SECRETARY'S JOB; WH PRESS OFFICE; MCGEORGE BUNDY
Telephone conversation # 2874, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 4/7/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • UPCOMING PRESS BRIEFING; RICHARD GOODWIN'S WH ROLE; DOUGLAS MACARTHUR FUNERAL; WILLIAM DOHERTY RESIGNATION; HARRY RANSOM, JACK VAUGHN APPOINTMENT; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S SPEEDING; LBJ'S SCHEDULE, UPCOMING TRIPS; ORGANIZATION OF WH PRESS OFFICE
Telephone conversation # 6256, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/6/1964, 10:24AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KILDUFF SUGGESTS LBJ HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW; RESPONSE TO PRESS ON LBJ'S TRAVEL PLANS; POSSIBLE HHH TRIP TO EUROPE; STATE DEPT LEAKS; HHH'S PRESS OPERATION; DUTIES OF VP; NYT STORY ON APPOINTMENT OF SPACE CZAR; WALL STREET JOURNAL STORY ON WH
Telephone conversation # 6352, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/14/1964, 7:47PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S AND REEDY'S SCHEDULES, PLANS; PRESS STORIES THAT REEDY WILL RESIGN, SOURCE OF LEAK; CRITICISM OF WH PRESS OPERATIONS BY STATE, DOD; NEED FOR ASSISTANT WH PRESS SECRETARY; PIERRE SALINGER; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; MEXICAN COVERAGE OF DIAZ ORDAZ
Telephone conversation # 6360, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/16/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DOUGLAS KIKER'S STORY ON ST. LOUIS TRIP; CRITICISM OF WH PRESS OFFICE BY CABINET, OTHERS; NEED TO IMPROVE WH PRESS OFFICE; LACK OF EFFECTIVE PUBLICITY ABOUT WH; PRESS LEAKS; STORIES THAT LBJ'S ELECTION WAS RESULT OF FEAR OF GOLDWATER; EDWIN WEISL
Telephone conversation # 2239, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 2/29/1964, 3:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY; VALENTI REPORTS ON PUBLIC, PRESS REACTION; QUESTIONS ON VIETNAM, WILLIAM BUNDY APPOINTMENT; LBJ TELLS VALENTI TO CALL ROBERT SPIVAK; PLANS TO ATTEND SYMPHONY TONIGHT; RUMORS THAT VALENTI WILL SUCCEED
Telephone conversation # 3819, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/23/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT FILMING LBJ'S STATEMENTS ON HENRY CABOT LODGE, SOUTHEAST ASIA; LBJ CRITICIZES PRESS COVERAGE OF PRESS CONFERENCES
Telephone conversation # 3517, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/27/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONDOLENCE LETTERS UPON DEATH OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER JAWAHARLAL NEHRU; DEAN RUSK TO ATTEND FUNERAL; EVERETT DIRKSEN; PROBLEM WITH TELEPROMPTER AT DEMOCRATIC GALA LAST NIGHT; CANDIDATES FOR ASSISTANT WH PRESS SECRETARY; PRESS COVERAGE FOR NY
Telephone conversation # 6361, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/16/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED TO IMPROVE WH PRESS OFFICE; WAY THAT THOSE IN WASHINGTON, DC PERCEIVE EVENTS DIFFERENTLY THAN REST OF COUNTRY; RUMORS THAT PIERRE SALINGER WILL HEAD USIA, CARL ROWAN TO HEAD HEW; INFLUENCE OF WASHINGTON, DC CLIQUE; PRESS LEAKS; OTHER WH
Telephone conversation # 8568, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS; CUT IN USIA PRESS SUBSCRIPTIONS; MOVIES FOR US TROOPS IN VIETNAM; TV BROADCASTS FOR SOUTH VIETNAMESE; POSSIBLE MARKS' MEETINGS WITH MILTON, DWIGHT EISENHOWER; RADIO FOR COMMUNIST CHINA; USIA APPOINTMENTS, BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 9488, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/13/1966, 1:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY THAT MOYERS MAY RESIGN AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; MOYERS', RICHARD GOODWIN'S WORK ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; ALLEGED WH DISSENSION; CONTRIBUTIONS OF ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO SPEECH; MOYERS' ATTITUDE; MARVIN WATSON
Telephone conversation # 2539, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 3/18/1964, 4:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT POLICY ON ANNOUNCING JUDICIAL RESIGNATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS AT THE SAME TIME; DISCUSSION OF PRESS COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 2841, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and GEORGE REEDY, 4/2/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MOYERS GIVES REEDY LBJ'S GUIDELINES FOR INFORMING PRESS, CARROLL KILPATRICK OF WASHINGTON POST, ABOUT APPOINTING HORACE BUSBY TO WH STAFF
Telephone conversation # 8316, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 7/8/1965, 4:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO CALL SENATORS FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, KUCHEL, AND HICKENLOOPER AND TELL THEM HE HAS APPOINTED BILL MOYERS AS WH PRESS SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 1197, sound recording, LBJ and WHITNEY YOUNG, 1/6/1964, 3:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RELATIONS WITH NEGRO COMMUNITY; LBJ ASKS YOUNG ABOUT GERRI WHITTINGTON AND DISCUSSES JET MAGAZINE ARTICLE ABOUT HER
Telephone conversation # 2692, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 3/28/1964, 2:05PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DUNGAN GIVES LBJ PRESS CONFERENCE INFORMATION ON WOMEN APPOINTEES; MARY BUNTING FOR AEC, PATRICIA HARRIS OR JEANNE NOBLE FOR PUERTO RICO COMMISSION, ELIZABETH MAY FOR EXPORT-IMPORT BANK; RUMORS OF DUNGAN, DEAN RUSK RESIGNATIONS; USSR STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 2567, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 3/20/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS DUNGAN TO GIVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE TO GEORGE REEDY AS NEW WH PRESS SECRETARY; DISCUSSION OF WOMEN CANDIDATES FOR AEC POSITION; AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS TO PHILIPPINES, DENMARK, PAKISTAN; ADLAI STEVENSON AND UN DELEGATION
Telephone conversation # 2596, sound recording, LBJ and ISABELLE SHELTON, 3/21/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WOMEN APPOINTEES; SARAH HUGHES; GEORGE REEDY'S APPOINTMENT AS PRESS SECRETARY; LBJ RELATES STORIES FROM HIS BOYHOOD FOR STORY SHELTON IS WRITING; ROAD JOB; LBJ'S MOTHER'S INFLUENCE ON HIM; LBJ'S CHILDHOOD OPINIONS OF PRESIDENTS JEFFERSON, JACKSON
Telephone conversation # 2597, sound recording, LBJ and ISABELLE SHELTON, 3/21/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S MOTHER'S INFLUENCE; BOYHOOD JOBS; WORKING ON MOTHER'S NEWSPAPER; SHOESHINE JOB; SWTSTC SCHOOLDAYS; ROAD JOBS; EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; LADY BIRD'S ABILITY TO ANALYZE SPEECHES, INFLUENCE ON LBJ; WOMEN APPOINTEES; PRESS LEAKS; MRS. GEORGE
Telephone conversation # 2602, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/21/1964, 4:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON TENNESSEE, FLORIDA STRIKE SITUATIONS; LBJ PRAISES WIRTZ' RECENT TV APPEARANCE; POSSIBLE TRIP BY LBJ, WIRTZ, TO UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN WHEELING, PITTSBURGH, SOUTH BEND; GEORGE REEDY AS PRESS SECRETARY; WOMEN APPOINTEES; BESSIE
Telephone conversation # 3046, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and ABE FORTAS, 4/16/1964, 6:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FORTAS ASKS ROBERTS TO RELAY TO LBJ HIS PRAISE FOR LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE, CIVIL RIGHTS STATEMENT, APPOINTMENT OF ROGER STEVENS AS LBJ'S SPECIAL ASSISTANT ON ARTS
Telephone conversation # 3545, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/29/1964, 12:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF RELEASING ITEM FOR PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF UNIDENTIFIED PERSON FROM BROWN UNIVERSITY TO UNIDENTIFIED POSITION (ROBERT W. MORSE AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF NAVY?); PROCESS OF CLEARING INFORMATION THROUGH WALTER JENKINS, RALPH
Telephone conversation # 3498, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/25/1964, 12:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: RESIGNATION OF JACK M. WHITNEY II FROM SEC; POLICY OF NOT ANNOUNCING RESIGNATIONS UNTIL SUCCESSOR NAMED; LBJ'S TRIP TO TEXAS THIS WEEKEND, SPEECH AT JOHNSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL, LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT TOO MANY REPORTERS
Telephone conversation # 3506, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 5/26/1964, 11:21AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENT OF HAMER BUDGE TO SEC AS RECOMMENDED BY CHARLES HALLECK; COURT REPORTER FOR WH PRESS OFFICE; APPOINTMENTS TO VACANCIES ON SEC, MARITIME COMMISSION, FPC, FTC, TARIFF COMMISSION; REPUBLICAN VACANCIES, APPROVAL BY EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 4843, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 8/9/1964, 9:23AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES SHRIVER ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF MAURICE MITCHELL TO HEAD JOB CORPS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT NYA EXPERIENCE; LBJ'S PERSONAL LOBBYING; CONGRESS' SUCCESSFUL RECORD; ADAM YARMOLINSKY; PRESS AND WH STAFF
Telephone conversation # 6159, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/4/1964, 9:56AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENTS AND STRUCTURE OF WH STAFF; NEED FOR DEPUTY FOR BUNDY, BETTER PRESS RELATIONS; CANDIDATES FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS; RICHARD GOODWIN; JOHN BARTLOW MARTIN; HORACE BUSBY; JOSEPH CALIFANO; TOM FINNEY; LARRY O'BRIEN AND UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE
Telephone conversation # 6275, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/6/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY SUGGESTS COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT TALENT HUNT; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE; DOUGLAS DILLON; POSSIBLE CHANGES IN WH STAFF; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS AT RANCH; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOM FINNEY; VISITS BY FOREIGN MINISTERS, HAROLD
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6375, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 11/16/1964, 5:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MACY TELLS LBJ HE IS IN MEETING WITH RALPH DUNGAN DISCUSSING TRANSFER OF DUNGAN'S WORK TO MACY; LBJ CAUTIONS MACY ABOUT MENTIONING DUNGAN'S RESIGNATION TO PRESS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID SARNOFF AS HEAD OF GSA; NEED FOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Telephone conversation # 6389, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/17/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PROPOSED BELGIAN PARADROP IN CONGO; PRESS LEAKS; PROTECTING AMERICAN LIVES THERE; POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR TO JOHN MCCONE AT CIA; FRANK PACE; CLARK KERR; JAMES ALFRED PERKINS; CANDIDATES FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY; TOM WATSON; LEROY COLLINS; JOHN CONNOR; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 5980, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/28/1964, 11:43PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S PRESS COMMENT ABOUT SCANDALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO RESEARCH WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN ABOUT EISENHOWER STAFF MEMBERS, DISCUSSES MEETING WITH JFK ABOUT POSSIBLE INDICTMENT OF EISENHOWER STAFF
Telephone conversation # 5981, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD'S ADVICE ABOUT HANDLING OF LBJ'S COMMENTS TO PRESS IN SAN DIEGO LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; PETER LISAGOR; PHIL POTTER; DOUGLAS KIKER
Telephone conversation # 5982, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING OF LBJ'S STATEMENT TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; CLIFFORD ADVISES LBJ ABOUT HANDLING REST OF CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5983, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/29/1964, 7:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON INFORMATION HE HAS RECEIVED ON CHARGES CONCERNING STAFF MEMBERS IN EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION TO CLARIFY STATEMENT LBJ MADE TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT PAST SCANDALS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT
Telephone conversation # 7165, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 3/26/1965, 9:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WHITE REPORTS ON CALL TO ANTHONY LIUZZO, WIDOWER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ TELLS WHITE TO SUPPLY MORE ITEMS TO PRESS; HARRY MCPHERSON; NEED TO APPOINT CALIFORNIAN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR; STEWART UDALL
Telephone conversation # 7505, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/1/1965, 11:39AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY APOLOGIZES FOR DELAY IN RELAYING CABLES TO LBJ, REPORTS ON CHESTER BOWLES' VACATION REQUEST; DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT FOR JOHN LEDDY; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF SAM GILSTRAP AS REPLACEMENT FOR BENJAMIN READ; LBJ INSTRUCTS BUNDY ON PRESS CONTACTS
Telephone conversation # 8567, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES CALL MARKS MADE ON TV CONTRACT FOR UNNAMED COLUMNIST; MARKS' PLANS FOR USIA CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE PROGRAMS ENACTED BY CONGRESS, LBJ; LBJ TELLS MARKS TO CUT USIA BUDGET; CUTS IN WH NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS; WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 8315, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/8/1965, 1:19PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S EVALUATION OF CANDIDATE FOR USIA DIRECTOR; DEPUTY DIRECTOR, VOICE OF AMERICA VACANCIES; BILL MOYERS' APPOINTMENT AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH CALIFANO OR ADAM YARMOLINSKY TO WH STAFF; WH DOMESTIC POLICY
Telephone conversation # 8333, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/9/1965, 3:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK ABOUT WARREN ROGERS' STORY THAT STATE DEPT PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMATS DID NOT APPROVE OF APPOINTMENT OF HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH VIETNAM; RUSK TELLS LBJ THAT RICHARD GOODWIN HAS TOLD PRESS THAT RUSK, GEORGE BALL