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Telephone conversation # 6854, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN NOTES NEGATIVE SPEECHES ON VIETNAM BY FRANK CHURCH, GEORGE MCGOVERN, OFFERS TO DEFEND LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ GIVES LENGTHY REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH WWII, KOREAN WAR, ADVICE ON NEGOTIATING WITH COMMUNISTS
Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF VIETNAM POLICY; AGREEMENT AMONG US OFFICIALS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ ASKS ABOUT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR UNIDENTIFIED CANDIDATE FOR UNIDENTIFIED
Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "ON VIETNAM"; "GEN. EISENHOWER'S [REPORT] ABOUT... NEGOTIATING WITH KOREA, CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH NV IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO NEGOTIATE"; DIARY LISTS CALLS AT 9:25A, 11:16A; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 7655, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/13/1965, 7:45PM (Item)
  • SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ATTACK ON REBEL RADIO STATION BY LOYALISTS; EISENHOWER'S RESPONSE TO BRIEFING ON BOMBING PAUSE IN VIETNAM; PRESS QUESTIONS ON PAUSE; COMMUNICATION FROM USSR ON PAUSE; TAD SZULC'S COMMUNICATIONS WITH CAAMANO
Telephone conversation # 7414, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 12:29PM (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS MRS. JUAN BOSCH HAS CALLED OFF PRESS CONFERENCE, ADLAI STEVENSON WILL COME TO WASHINGTON, ANDREW GOODPASTER WILL BRIEF EISENHOWER, AVERELL HARRIMAN IS AT EDWARD MURROW'S FUNERAL; LBJ ASKS THAT CARL ROWAN ATTEND MEETINGS ON DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 7432, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 6:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING AND LANGUAGE OF LBJ'S STATEMENT ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DELAYS IN DRAFTING STATEMENT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION; WAYNE MORSE'S SPEECH; BUNDY RELAYS EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF SITUATION; OAS
Telephone conversation # 7438, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 6:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S DRAFT STATEMENT ON DOMINICAN CRISIS; BUNDY SUMMARIZES US, OAS POSITION, ADVISES LBJ DELAY MAKING STATEMENT; WORDING OF SECTION ON COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT; EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF SITUATION; US CASUALTIES; LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO INFORM US PUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 7720, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 5/17/1965, 9:07AM (Item)
  • PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM POLICY; ANDERSON'S MEETING WITH EISENHOWER; DELAY IN PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS DUE TO DOMINICAN CRISIS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT NYT COVERAGE, DISCUSSES SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ANDERSON COMPARES IT WITH LEBANON CRISIS
Telephone conversation # 7832, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 5/26/1965, 3:26PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MILTON EISENHOWER'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; QUESTION OF MCGEORGE BUNDY GIVING BACKGROUND PRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS; EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE CONCERNS IF BUNDY GIVES ON-THE-RECORD BRIEFING; RUSK'S PRESS BRIEFING; JOHN B
Telephone conversation # 8576, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/19/1965, 7:13PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; WIRTZ ON HOLD 1:30; NEWS REPORT OF BILL MOYERS' PRESS BRIEFING ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LBJ, EISENHOWER AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL
Telephone conversation # 8154, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 6/17/1965, 7:50PM (Item)
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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 # 8221, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/30/1965, 7:35PM (Item)
  • PRESS HANDLING OF MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS TO VIETNAM?; TODAY'S MEETING ON VIETNAM (WITH EISENHOWER?); LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO TALK WITH RFK ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ EXPRESSES DOUBTS ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT POLICY; MCNAMARA REMINISCES ABOUT BAY
Telephone conversation # 9028, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 10/22/1965, 3:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CONCERNS ABOUT FOREIGN AID FOR INDIA, PAKISTAN AND NEED FOR NATIONS TO HELP THEMSELVES; ORIGINS OF ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS IN EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION; NEED FOR LAND, TAX REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA; LBJ'S STATEMENT ON FOREIGN AID BILL
Telephone conversation # 10048, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/25/1966, 10:35AM (Item)
  • PROMOTION OF JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SUPPORT OF DIRKSEN'S CANDIDATES FOR ILLINOIS APPOINTMENTS; PAUL DOUGLAS' CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTMENTS; DIRKSEN'S DEFEAT OF SIDNEY YATES; HOMER THORNBERRY'S APPOINTMENT; EISENHOWER'S TEXAS APPOINTMENTS
Telephone conversation # 10117, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MCINTYRE, 5/12/1966, 12:46PM (Item)
  • MCINTYRE SAYS WALTER REED HOSPITAL HAS ASKED HIM TO DELAY VISIT TO VIETNAM CASUALTIES TODAY BECAUSE LBJ IS COMING, ASKS IF HE CAN GO WITH LBJ; LBJ SAYS HE WAS GOING TO VISIT EISENHOWER, EVERETT DIRKSEN AND SOLDIERS, TELLS MCINTYRE NOT TO CHANGE HIS
Telephone conversation # 10221, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/9/1966, 12:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT DIRKSEN RECOMMENDS BIPARTISAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE BRIEFINGS HE HAS PROVIDED CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IN CONTRAST WITH BRIEFINGS HE RECEIVED DURING EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 9884, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNOR, 3/12/1966, 8:59AM (Item)
  • CONNOR EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; LBJ DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF CONGRESSMEN ANNOUNCING FEDERAL PROGRAMS IN THEIR DISTRICTS; EISENHOWER'S, JFK'S PROCEDURES FOR CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 10782, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/16/1966, 11:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS WIRTZ THAT ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS NEED TO COMBAT NEGATIVE PRESS AND SPREAD POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT US ECONOMY, INCREASED EMPLOYMENT AND PERSONAL INCOME; COMPARISON WITH ECONOMY DURING EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION WHEN NATION WAS NOT AT WAR
Telephone conversation # 10264, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 6/27/1966, 8:32AM (Item)
  • ANDERSON'S MEETING WITH WILBUR MILLS ON US ECONOMY; DIFFICULTY IN PASSING TAX BILL IN ELECTION YEAR; EFFECT OF VIETNAM ON FEDERAL BUDGET; PANAMA CANAL NEGOTIATIONS; POSSIBLE REAPPOINTMENT OF ROBERT FLEMING; EISENHOWERS' GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Telephone conversation # 13108, sound recording, LBJ and GORDON ALLOTT, 6/5/1968, 8:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR QUICK PASSAGE OF BILL AUTHORIZING SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, FORMER PRESIDENTS AND PERMITTING INTERAGENCY COOPERATION FOR PROTECTION; LBJ SAYS HE ORDERED PROTECTION FOLLOWING SHOOTING OF RFK; EISENHOWER'S
Telephone conversation # 11566, sound recording, LBJ and LESLIE ARENDS, 2/27/1967, 4:20PM (Item)
  • ARENDS PRAISES LBJ'S MEETING THIS MORNING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S FOREIGN POLICY AND VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ THANKS ARENDS FOR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT, REMINISCES ABOUT HIS OWN SUPPORT OF EISENHOWER'S FOREIGN POLICY
Telephone conversation # 11641, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 3/14/1967, 6:25PM (Item)
  • MORSE DISCUSSES CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON LATIN AMERICAN AID BEFORE LBJ'S TRIP TO PUNTA DEL ESTE SUMMIT; LBJ ASKS MORSE TO REVIEW EMERGENCY LABOR MATTER; CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR EISENHOWER BEFORE HIS TRIP TO BOGOTA; ORIGINS OF ALLIANCE
Telephone conversation # 11645, sound recording, LBJ and ARMISTEAD SELDEN, 3/16/1967, 4:52PM (Item)
  • WORDING OF CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON LATIN AMERICAN AID, PUNTA DEL ESTE SUMMIT MEETING; LBJ OBJECTS TO PROPOSED WORDING, REMINISCES ABOUT HIS SUPPORT OF SIMILAR RESOLUTION DURING EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION; REPUBLICAN CRITICISM OF RESOLUTION
Telephone conversation # 11653, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/25/1967, 11:10AM (Item)
  • JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON CIA IN INDIA; DISCUSSION OF NEWS PROGRAMMING ON EDUCATIONAL TV, POSSIBLE COMPETITION WITH NETWORK TV, USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ALLEGEDLY SLANTED COVERAGE; MILTON EISENHOWER AS HEAD OF PUBLIC TV
Telephone conversation # 11235, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 12/30/1966, 2:34PM (Item)
  • CONNALLY REPORTS THAT BROWN FOUNDATION WILL ISSUE PRESS RELEASE ON GRANTS THEY HAVE MADE, INCLUDING GRANTS FOR LBJ STATE PARK; LBJ ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECT OF ANNOUNCEMENT; LBJ SUGGESTS CONNALLY DISCUSS DONATIONS TO KENNEDY, EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 13607, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/28/1968, 10:45AM (Item)
  • RUSK SUGGESTS LBJ REMIND RICHARD NIXON OF EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION'S ROLE IN VIETNAM POLICY, SUGGESTS SEPARATE BRIEFINGS FOR CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; USE OF "UNCONDITIONAL" IN AGREEMENT WITH NORTH VIETNAM; NEED FOR BACKGROUND PRESS
Telephone conversation # 13525, sound recording, LBJ and TOM SCOTT, 10/8/1968, 8:25AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS SCOTT'S HELP WITH SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL TO FUND FORMER PRESIDENTS' OFFICES AND TRAVEL, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES; DISCUSSION OF FUNDING FOR SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR PRESIDENTS' WIDOWS AND FOR EISENHOWER COLLEGE
Telephone conversation # 13570, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/22/1968, 5:24PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF LANGUAGE FOR SPEECH BY LBJ ON VIETNAM NEGOTIATIONS, BOMBING HALT; REVIEW OF LBJ'S EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE; TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND IMPACT ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, CANDIDATES; BRIEFING FOR EISENHOWER; POSITION FOR JUANITA ROBERTS
Telephone conversation # 355, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/9/1963, 1:15PM (Item)
  • BILL GREEN'S ILLNESS; HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION; ASSIGNMENT OF JOHN YOUNG TO RULES COMMITTEE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION BILLS; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION COMPARED WITH EISENHOWER'S RECORD; OTTO
Telephone conversation # 7146, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/24/1965, 3:35PM (Item)
  • SUCCESSOR TO MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LODGE'S POLICY ON USE OF TEAR GAS, DEFOLIANTS; IMPORTANCE OF CIVILIAN APPOINTEE; LODGE OFFERS TO RETURN AS AMBASSADOR; FCC VACANCY; LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EISENHOWER, LODGE; REPUBLICAN
Telephone conversation # 8116, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1965, 6:40PM (Item)
  • JCS MEETING ON 2 PLANS FOR MORE US FORCES IN VIETNAM; POSSIBLE EISENHOWER BRIEFING; NUMBERS OF TROOPS IN EACH PLAN; EXTENSION OF TAYLOR'S APPOINTMENT; MIKE MANSFIELD'S, GEORGE AIKEN'S VIEWS; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; DETERIORATING VIETNAM SITUATION
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/18/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • Brandt, and I was glad to see there such old friends as B ill Douglas, Dean Ache son, L u c iu s C lay, and Tom C orcora n that Drew Pearson and Joe Alsop w ere included. Glad al so And Dr, M ilton Eisenhower, who's working on Lyndon's P r e sidential
  • Lady Bird has photos taken; controversy about Lady Bird's Alabama tenants and the poverty bill; Lady Bird works on mail; dinner at Mike Monroney's for the Walter Lippmanns; LBJ has stag luncheon for Willy Brandt; Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/3/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church with the Bill Wirtzes and Orville Freemans; swimming at the White House; Presidential Scholars program and Milton Eisenhower; LBJ golfs with Walter Jenkins and McGeorge Bundy; visit from Jesse
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/1/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • wrote a little note and sent some flow ers to M rs. Eisenhower, w h o's out at Walter R eed taking some tests. And then the dinner f o r the Eshkols. We m et them on the front steps a little b e fo r e eight, and went upstairs fo r the usual get
  • State visit of Israeli Prime Minister & Mrs. Eshkol; Lady Bird's speeches for Georgetown Visitation and Radcliffe; Lady Bird sends flowers to Mamie Eisenhower at Walter Reed; State dinner for Eshkols and exchange of state gifts; Lady Bird mentions
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/8/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • with family and friends while election coverage is on television; Republicans gain seats in the House; LBJ's working relationship with President Eisenhower
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/28/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • , and the James S. R o c k e fe lle r s of the F i r s t National C ity Bank of New Y o r k City. LrtL And then the Bob Steven s , f o r m e r l y in^Eisenhower government;, and the W alter Toueys o f the C&O R a ilw a y Company, who are^besides^associated tJ/t
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/6/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • representing 18 d ifferen t Presidential adm inistrations in the White House, ranging from the George Washington china- - the emblem of the Cincinnati on it ^ t o the Eisenhower china,-^ith the elaborate gold m edallion. And in the center, there would also
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/14/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Bill Moyers gives briefing on LBJ's health; Lady Bird sends telegram for President Eisenhower's birthday; Johnsons spend few hours in quiet, sunny room overlooking countryside; press were allowed to take photographs; Lady Bird goes to Great Falls
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/7/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Meeting to discuss upcoming speeches; Lady Bird's space trip to Huntsville, AL; office work; LBJ's press conference in East Room, with critique by Lady Bird; press conference questions; Eisenhower comment about press conferences; family dinner