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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 # 1477, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/22/1964, 6:55PM (Item)

LBJ READS STATEMENT HE PLANS TO ISSUE ON PANAMA CRISIS, UPDATES RUSSELL ON SITUATION; LBJ REPORTS ON PENNSYLVANIA PRESIDENTIAL POLL RESULTS; RUSSELL TELLS LBJ OF HIS SUPPORT, ASSESSES EISENHOWER; DISCUSSION OF BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, JOHN

Telephone conversation # 1576, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 1/25/1964, 6:00PM (Item)

MANN READS AND LBJ EDITS PROPOSED STATEMENT CONCERNING US EMBARGO OF SHIPS TRADING WITH CUBA IN RESPONSE TO CHARGES BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN BOB WILSON; STATE DEPT MEETING WITH LONGSHOREMEN, MARITIME LABOR UNIONS; US POSITION ON EXPORTING WHEAT

Telephone conversation # 1276, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 1/8/1964, 7:31PM (Item)

REACTIONS TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPUBLICANS; POSSIBILITY OF LBJ MEETING DE GAULLE IN MARTINIQUE; FRANCE; LBJ READS ARTICLE ON GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO WRITE A SPEECH; HARRY BYRD; LBJ'S SCHEDULE

Telephone conversation # 2190, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1964, 11:40AM (Item)

LBJ READS REVISIONS OF SECTIONS OF RUSK'S SPEECH ON VIETNAM, CUBA; PRESS STORIES ON PANAMA, WESTERN EUROPE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS BY STATE DEPT, NEED FOR WH TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FIRST

Telephone conversation # 2715, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/30/1964, 8:35PM (Item)

RUSK REPORTS ON SITUATION IN BRAZIL, READS DRAFT MESSAGE TO BE SENT TO LINCOLN GORDON; JOAO GOULART; RELEASE OF 1/64 HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT ON BRAZIL; DISCUSSION OF MCGEORGE BUNDY CABLE ON PANAMA, WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S RECENT SPEECH

Telephone conversation # 7329, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR "TEX" GOLDSCHMIDT, 4/8/1965, 10:27AM (Item)

JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH VIETNAMESE NEGATIVE REACTION; LBJ READS CRITICAL CABLES ON SPEECH; LBJ'S REPORT ON 1961 VIETNAM TRIP; MEKONG DELTA; EUGENE BLACK AND UN TASK FORCE; LBJ ASKS ELIZABETH GOLDSCHMIDT TO DRAFT MEDICARE

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 # 7406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 11:30AM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS THAT MRS. JUAN BOSCH IS GOING TO GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE; COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO VIETNAM; COMMUNIST REACTION TO LBJ'S JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH; LBJ READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON LATIN AMERICA

Telephone conversation # 7424, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 5:00PM (Item)

BUNDY READS AP 176 REPORT ON US CASUALTIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, TELLS LBJ THEY HAVE NO CONFIRMATION OF REPORT; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS, PUBLIC REACTION TO SITUATION, REQUESTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON QUESTION OF COMMUNIST INVOLVEMENT

Telephone conversation # 7425, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/30/1965, 5:05PM (Item)

LBJ READS DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON DOMINICAN CRISIS; MCNAMARA SUGGESTS ADDING LANGUAGE ON SAFE EVACUATION ALREADY COMPLETED, ON US SUPPORT FOR CEASEFIRE, SUGGESTS STATEMENT ON CUBAN ROLE IN REVOLT BE MADE BY OTHER OFFICIALS, NOT PRESIDENT

Telephone conversation # 7436, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 4/30/1965, 6:30PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF WHETHER OR NOT LBJ SHOULD MAKE STATEMENT ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; RUSK ADVISES LBJ NOT TO EMPHASIZE COMMUNIST INVOLVEMENT IN CRISIS; LBJ READS CURRENT DRAFT STATEMENT; RUSK AGREES TO REVISED LANGUAGE

Telephone conversation # 9656, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/22/1966, 9:04AM (Item)

ARTHUR GOLDBERG; LBJ'S VIEWS ON UN; WH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING; WAYNE MORSE'S VIETNAM RESOLUTION; LBJ READS FROM MEMO ON FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS; EDWIN REISCHAUER; RAY CLINE; WILLIAM "RED" RABORN; MANSFIELD REPORT; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S REPORTS ON VIETNAM

Telephone conversation # 10419, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANATOS, 7/22/1966, 4:10PM (Item)

MANATOS SAYS MANSFIELD IS DEFENDING LBJ IN SENATE AGAINST FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF FOREIGN AID, VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ READS LIST OF LEGISLATION, TREATIES AUTHORIZING US ACTION IN ASIA WHICH FULBRIGHT SUPPORTED; LBJ'S RECENT SPEECH TO AMERICAN ALUMNI

Telephone conversation # 9482, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 1/10/1966, 10:29PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS HHH TO ATTEND FUNERAL OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI; ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIP; LBJ READS FROM MOYERS' MEMO ADVISING LBJ TO GO TO FUNERAL BUT LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT GO, STRESSES NEED FOR HHH TO AVOID PRESS LEAKS

Telephone conversation # 13135, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 6/23/1968, 9:09AM (Item)

JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR ALEXANDER LAWRENCE; APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT; FORTAS' RECENT SPEECH ON CIVIL DISSENT; LBJ READS LIST OF CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED FORTAS, SUGGESTS REAPPOINTING TOM CLARK AND DISMISSING RAMSEY

Telephone conversation # 11606, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/2/1967, 3:15PM (Item)

LBJ READS FROM RFK'S SENATE SPEECH PROPOSING BOMBING HALT TO BRING ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; RECENT 6-DAY BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO PREPARE ANALYSIS OF SPEECH FOR FRIENDLY SENATORS TO USE TO REBUT RFK

Telephone conversation # 11409, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/25/1967, 8:22PM (Item)

LBJ SAYS BOBBY BAKER CASE WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED; LBJ READS NEW HARRIS POLL SHOWING DROP IN RFK'S POPULARITY FOLLOWING WILLIAM MANCHESTER BOOK CONTROVERSY; LBJ'S STANDINGS IN POLL; RFK'S UPCOMING TRIP TO EUROPE

Telephone conversation # 13318, sound recording, JIM JONES and DEAN RUSK'S SECRETARY, 8/26/1968, 10:25AM? (Item)

JONES ASKS DEAN RUSK'S SECRETARY TO READ RUSK'S CHANGES TO DRAFT SPEECH THAT LBJ MAY DELIVER TO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; SECRETARY DICTATES CHANGES TO JONES

Telephone conversation # 13321, sound recording, LBJ and MARVIN WATSON, 8/26/1968, 10:39AM (Item)

LBJ READS PART OF SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HE WILL MAKE AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; PLANS FOR LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO ATTEND CONVENTION; POSSIBLE NEED FOR FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL DEMONSTRATORS; EFFORTS TO DRAFT LBJ OR EDWARD KENNEDY

Telephone conversation # 13324, sound recording, JIM JONES? and HORACE BUSBY, 8/27/1968, time unknown (Item)

BUSBY READS DRAFT SPEECH FOR LBJ TO DELIVER AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, RECOMMENDS LBJ DELIVER THE SPEECH TONIGHT

Telephone conversation # 13433, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 9/30/1968, 6:45PM (Item)

NIXON STATES HIS POSITION ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; LBJ READS LATEST CABLE FROM CREIGHTON ABRAMS ON BOMBING EFFECTIVENESS, POSSIBLE ADVERSE AFFECTS OF HALT; LBJ SAYS HE IS TRYING TO RUN THE WAR, NOT THE CAMPAIGN, DISCUSSES CONDITIONS NECESSARY

Telephone conversation # 61, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/26/1963, 1:11PM (Item)

LBJ IS APPARENTLY READING DRAFT OF HIS SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS TAX AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS; WALTER REUTHER'S AND HHH'S MEETING WITH SCANDINAVIAN LEADERS

Telephone conversation # 8898, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/22/1965, 12:45PM (Item)

LBJ, GOLDBERG CONGRATULATE EACH OTHER ON INDIA-PAKISTAN CEASEFIRE IN KASHMIR; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH AYUB KHAN, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING, READS PRESS STORIES ON CEASEFIRE; PROBLEMS IN SENATE ON REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B OF TAFT-HARTLEY ACT

Telephone conversation # 11902, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 6/5/1967, 6:15AM (Item)

ROSTOW READS DEAN RUSK'S DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON FIGHTING IN MIDDLE EAST; EVIDENCE OF WHO INITIATED HOSTILITIES BETWEEN ISRAEL, UAR; STATE DEPT MEETING WITH ABBA EBAN; CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING; LBJ SUGGESTS MEETING OF UNOFFICIAL ADVISERS

Telephone conversation # 13315, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES MURPHY, 8/26/1968, 8:04AM (Item)

LBJ'S POSITION ON DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM PLANK ON HALTING ALL BOMBING IN VIETNAM; EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT ON INFILTRATION; INCREASED DANGER TO US TROOPS; LBJ READS DRAFT OF SPEECH HE MAY DELIVER TO CONVENTION; HHH'S VIEWS ON PLANK

Telephone conversation # 13432, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 9/30/1968, 6:45PM (Item)

NIXON ASKS ABOUT HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON HALTING BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, ASKS IF US POSITION HAS CHANGED; LBJ READS FROM CREIGHTON ABRAMS' CABLE ON POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF BOMBING HALT; PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; ROSTOW SUMMARIZES ABRAMS' MORE RECENT

Telephone conversation # 13547, sound recording, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/16/1968, 11:41AM (Item)

LBJ BRIEFS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON US POSITION ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT, ASKS THEM NOT TO MAKE SPEECHES THAT WILL IMPAIR NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS HE WILL ADVISE ALL OF THEM OF ANY BREAKTHROUGH, READS WH PRESS RELEASE ON PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; AL SMITH

Telephone conversation # 13551, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/16/1968, 4:40PM (Item)

CLIFFORD SAYS EDMUND MUSKIE WANTS BRIEFING ON SOUTHEAST ASIA; LBJ'S BRIEFING OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON STATUS OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS; HHH'S RESPONSE; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT MUSKIE; LBJ READS DRAFT SPEECH FOR AL SMITH DINNER, ASKS CLIFFORD'S

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)

had dinner and then to bed. The second most important news of the day was that Lynda heard from Chuck -- her first letter in two weeks -- a short one. from a mission to find a big stack of mail. He said he had returned He had only time to read two