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Telephone conversation # 13609, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/29/1968, 10:30AM (Item)
  • RUSK DISCUSSES ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S MEETING WITH NGUYEN VAN THIEU, NGUYEN CAO KY ON PEACE TALKS; THIEU'S INSISTENCE ON NEED FOR MORE TIME BEFORE JOINING TALKS; POSSIBLE DELAY IN BOMBING HALT; CYRUS VANCE'S REPORT ON NORTH VIETNAMESE REACTION; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 13606, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/28/1968, 10:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH CREIGHTON ABRAMS; TIMING OF ORDERING BOMBING HALT, ANNOUNCING IT, AND BRIEFING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; NEED TO GIVE NGUYEN VAN THIEU, ALLIES ADVANCE NOTICE; ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S MEETING WITH THIEU
Telephone conversation # 13702, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/1/1968, 11:38AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOMBING HALT, CANDIDATES' REACTIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' STRATEGY; SOUTH VIETNAM'S RELUCTANCE TO JOIN PEACE TALKS FOLLOWING CONTACTS WITH NIXON'S ASSOCIATES; NGUYEN VAN THIEU'S DEMANDS; STATUS OF PRESIDENTIAL
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/3/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu refuses Paris peace talks; LBJ not sleeping well; Johnsons, staff & guests to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and Trinity Lutheran Church services; Harry Middleton interviews candidates for LBJ Library
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/20/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Park Service staff to LBJ Boyhood Home & one drives ranch with Lady Bird; tours of Danz, Martin and Scharnhorst Ranches; phone call from LBJ; film on LBJ Ranch; dinner; LBJ's meeting with President Thieu in Honolulu; LBJ & Lady Bird swim