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Telephone conversation # 2603, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE FORRESTAL, 3/21/1964, 5:21PM (Item)
  • FORRESTAL REPORTS ON CAMBODIAN ACCOUNT OF RECENT BOMBING, SOUTH VIETNAM'S APOLOGY, PROPOSED US RESPONSE TO INCIDENT, SIHANOUK'S REQUEST FOR US COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES; FORRESTAL SAYS HE HAS SENT ROBERT MCNAMARA'S VIETNAM SPEECH TO LBJ FOR NIGHT
Telephone conversation # 7567, sound recording, LBJ and KARL MUNDT, 5/4/1965, 11:59AM (Item)
  • MUNDT MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR HANDLING LBJ'S REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS, SENATE OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ READS MESSAGES FROM BILLY GRAHAM, TOM WATSON PRAISING HIS SPEECH LAST NIGHT ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 7945, sound recording, BROMLEY SMITH and BENJAMIN READ?, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • READ? REPORTS THAT GEORGE BALL, THOMAS MANN, AND CARL ROWAN ARE OPPOSED TO SENDING DON WILSON OF USIA TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  • Read, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Huger), 1925-
  • Telephone conversation # 7945, sound recording, BROMLEY SMITH and BENJAMIN READ?, 5/20/1965, time unknown
  • BENJAMIN READ?
Telephone conversation # 9807, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 3/1/1966, 2:40PM (Item)
  • SENATE HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT REAFFIRMING HIS AUTHORITY, WANTS STATEMENT MADE PRIOR TO VOTE TO TABLE AMENDMENT, READS JOHN MCCORMACK'S STATEMENT TODAY SUPPORTING VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4643, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and THOMAS MORRIS, 8/3/1964, 4:50PM (Item)
  • MORRIS READS FIGURES ON DOD BEEF PURCHASES IN 1963, 1964 TO ROBERTS
Telephone conversation # 7772, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/18/1965, 6:54PM (Item)
  • HOOVER READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT
Telephone conversation # 11354, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/14/1967, 11:20AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA PRAISES NYT ARTICLE BY ADOLPH BERLE ABOUT LBJ, SAYS HE WANTED TO BE SURE LBJ READ IT; LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA HE HAS SEEN IT AND THANKS HIM FOR CALL
Telephone conversation # 13603, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/26/1968, 12:16PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE LOOKED AT BENJAMIN READ'S REPORT ON CYRUS VANCE, AVERELL HARRIMAN AND VIETNAM PEACE TALKS
Telephone conversation # 609, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/20/1963, 7:38PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS LANGUAGE OF PROVISION OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL CONCERNING EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES OF SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; JOHN MCCORMACK'S TALKS WITH OTTO PASSMAN ON ISSUE; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT WORLD SITUATION, MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Telephone conversation # 318, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 12/6/1963, 3:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CUTS IN FEDERAL EXPENDITURES IN ORDER TO PASS TAX BILL; WIRTZ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT INCREASED UNEMPLOYMENT AT ELECTION TIME; LBJ READS LIST OF VARIOUS PROPOSED FEDERAL EXPENDITURES
Telephone conversation # 184, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/29/1963, 8:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; RUSSELL SAYS HE CANNOT SERVE ON IT WITH EARL WARREN; LBJ INSISTS RUSSELL MUST SERVE; MOURSUND ENCOURAGES HIM TO SERVE; RUSSELL RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTS
Telephone conversation # 215, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/1/1963, 4:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS DRAFT PRESS RELEASE ABOUT LBJ'S LETTER TO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND STATEMENT TO MILITARY ON COST-CONSCIOUSNESS, THRIFT IN GOVT OPERATIONS; GORDON SAYS HE THINKS FEDERAL BUDGET CAN BE KEPT BELOW $100 BILLION, DISCUSSES ROLE OF COMPTROLLER
Telephone conversation # 218, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CAMPBELL, 12/1/1963, 5:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON COST-CONSCIOUSNESS, THRIFT IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS, MILITARY EXPENDITURES; COMPTROLLER GENERAL CAMPBELL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR STATEMENT AND LBJ
Telephone conversation # 240, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 12/2/1963, 3:47PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCCLELLAN TO INVESTIGATE WASTE IN GOVT CONTRACTS, READS LETTER TO CONTRACTORS ABOUT REDUCING DEFENSE SPENDING; MCCLELLAN SAYS HE WILL EMPHASIZE FRUGALITY IN SPEECHES, WILL CUT PROGRAMS IN HIS STATE IF NEEDED, ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ
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 # 1920, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/7/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S OPINION ON CUBA, GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS; MANSFIELD READS STATEMENT HE MADE EARLIER IN THE DAY; CUBAN FISHERMEN IN CUSTODY IN FLORIDA; CUBAN NATIONALS ON BASE; TAX BILL; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; HARRY BYRD
Telephone conversation # 1933, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 2/7/1964, 6:30PM (Item)
  • CUBA; LBJ READS HIS STATEMENT ON GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS; USSR; CUBAN NATIONALS ON BASE; PANAMA; FIDEL CASTRO
Telephone conversation # 2441, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/9/1964, 9:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED PANAMA AGREEMENT, NEGOTIATIONS TO DATE; THOMAS MANN; REMOVING SUBVERSIVES AT GUANTANAMO NAVAL BASE, CUBA; QUESTION OF REVISING PANAMA CANAL TREATY; POSSIBLE COUP IN PANAMA; LBJ PROPOSES MEETING ON VIETNAM AFTER ROBERT MCNAMARA
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 # 4236, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 7/14/1964, 5:36PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS FROM US MILITARY IN VIETNAM; LBJ READS FROM DISPATCH 101
Telephone conversation # 3663, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/9/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HIS MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS ON LAOS, VIETNAM; CONCERNS OF LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, GEORGE MAHON ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION; LBJ READS LETTER FROM MIKE MANSFIELD ON VIETNAM, LAOS; HENRY CABOT LODGE; CRITICAL PROVINCE PROGRAM; LBJ'S 1961
Telephone conversation # 3347, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 5/5/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS CABLE FROM ANDREW O'MEARA ASKING RFK TO ADDRESS SEMINAR ON STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE FOR CHILEAN MILITARY IN PANAMA CANAL ZONE; CONCERNS ABOUT CUBA, COMMUNIST INSURGENCY IN LATIN AMERICA
Telephone conversation # 4442, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER LIPPMANN, 7/30/1964, 6:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS HIS STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET MEMBERS, THOSE WHO MEET REGULARLY WITH CABINET, FROM VP NOMINATION; AP POLL OF DELEGATES ON CHOICE FOR VP; RFK; LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT TODAY ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF TEST BAN TREATY
Telephone conversation # 4979, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/17/1964, 9:36AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS FROM REPORT BY JAMES PECK ON LABOR DEFECTIONS TO GOLDWATER, WHITE BACKLASH; GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; CHICAGO SUN-TIMES POLL; BUSINESS' NEED TO CREATE JOBS; EFFECTS OF TAX CUT; MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; 1948
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 # 4892, sound recording, LBJ and HORACE BUSBY, 8/11/1964, 6:01PM (Item)
  • BUSBY CALLS LBJ BACK TO READ HIM MCNAMARA'S BUDGET FIGURES CITED IN DRAFT OF SPEECH FOR COUNTY OFFICIALS; LBJ DISCUSSES SOME CHANGES TO SPEECH, ASKS ABOUT OMISSION OF LANGUAGE ON RANGER VII, ADMINISTRATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Telephone conversation # 4900, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/12/1964, 6:06PM (Item)
  • BUNDY READS SUGGESTED RESPONSE BY SECRETARIES OF STATE, DEFENSE TO BARRY GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON AUTHORIZATION FOR MILITARY COMMANDERS TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS DURING TONKIN GULF INCIDENT; DISCUSSION OF SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL
Telephone conversation # 4632, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 8/3/1964, 9:46AM (Item)
  • ANDERSON READS LIST OF REPUBLICAN BUSINESSMEN FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT LBJ; SAM RAYBURN FOUNDATION; JUSTICE DEPT OBJECTION TO MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST MERGER; DISCUSSION OF TONKIN GULF INCIDENT, POSSIBLE POLITICAL EFFECTS
Telephone conversation # 4715, sound recording, LBJ and BARRY GOLDWATER, 8/4/1964, 10:06PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS GOLDWATER HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON US RESPONSE TO TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, DISCUSSES TIMING OF STATEMENT TO AVOID ENDANGERING US FORCES; GOLDWATER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S ACTIONS
Telephone conversation # 5915, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/19/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ HE WILL HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WALTER JENKINS' SECURITY CLEARANCE TOMORROW; LBJ READS PRESS REPORT OF GOLDWATER'S LETTER TO J. EDGAR HOOVER ABOUT LACK OF FBI INVESTIGATION OF JENKINS; JENKINS' SERVICE IN GOLDWATER'S AF RESERVE
Telephone conversation # 5597, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 1:55PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA READS PRESS STATEMENT ON ATTACK ON US DESTROYERS IN TONKIN GULF; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PLANS FOR MEETING OF MCNAMARA, RUSK, MCGEORGE BUNDY ON INCIDENT AND TIMING OF RELEASE OF MCNAMARA'S STATEMENT
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 # 7129, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/18/1965, 10:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS GEORGE WALLACE'S TELEGRAM REQUESTING FEDERAL CIVILIAN PROTECTION OF SELMA MARCH; LBJ AND KATZENBACH DISCUSS POSSIBLE RESPONSE, DICTATE STATEMENT TO FEHMER IN RESPONSE TO TELEGRAM; QUESTION OF WALLACE'S CALLING OUT ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD
Telephone conversation # 7131, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/18/1965, 10:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS GEORGE WALLACE'S TELEGRAM REQUESTING FEDERAL CIVILIAN PROTECTION OF SELMA MARCH; LBJ AND KATZENBACH DISCUSS POSSIBLE RESPONSE, DICTATE STATEMENT TO FEHMER IN RESPONSE TO TELEGRAM; QUESTION OF WALLACE'S CALLING OUT ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD
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 # 6848, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY TRUMAN, 2/16/1965, 12:35PM (Item)
  • TRUMAN READS PORTION OF STATEMENT HE HAS WRITTEN SUPPORTING LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; TRUMAN OFFERS TO MEET WITH LBJ IF NEEDED BUT HIS DOCTOR PREFERS HE NOT TRAVEL; LBJ THANKS HIM FOR SUPPORT, OFFERS TO COME TO MISSOURI OR CALL HIM FOR ADVICE
Telephone conversation # 7624, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 5/11/1965, 11:24AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT OAS INACTION; MANN READS MEMO ON US POSITION ON POSSIBLE TALKS ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH JUAN BOSCH'S REPRESENTATIVE; MANN RECOMMENDS HARRY SHLAUDEMAN ASSIST WITH TALKS; LBJ TELLS MANN TO HAVE ABE FORTAS ARRANGE TALKS
Telephone conversation # 7683, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/14/1965, 8:26PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT VIETNAM; REEDY READS LBJ PROPOSED STATEMENT ON DEATH OF FRANCES PERKINS; LBJ TELLS REEDY TO HAVE CALLS DIRECTED TO HORACE BUSBY INSTEAD OF JOE LAITIN TOMORROW WHEN REEDY IS OUT OF THE OFFICE, TELLS REEDY TO AVOID CALLS