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  • "THESE CALLS ARE ALL RELATIVE TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON COORDINATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEOPLE THE...STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF DATE AND TIME OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
  • "THESE CALLS ARE ALL RELATIVE TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON COORDINATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEOPLE THE...STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS"; "RE: BEST NIGHT FOR TV STATE OF THE UNION"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; STANTON IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • DISCUSSION OF TIME FOR STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION OF TV PROGRAMMING
  • "THESE CALLS ARE ALL RELATIVE TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON COORDINATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEOPLE THE WORDING FOR ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE NEWSPAPERS AND TELEVISION MEDIA THE TIME AND DATE FOR PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS"
  • MCCORMACK CONFIRMS DATE AND TIME OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
  • BUSBY DICTATES DRAFT OF STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TO VICKI MCCAMMON
  • Telephone conversation # 1141, sound recording, VICKI MCCAMMON and HORACE BUSBY, 1/2/1964, time unknown
  • CALLER REPORTS ON RESEARCH ON NUMBER OF APPLAUSES IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGES BY EISENHOWER AND JFK
  • Telephone conversation # 1262, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 1/8/1964, time unknown
  • CALLER REPORTS ON RESEARCH ON NUMBER OF APPLAUSES IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGES BY EISENHOWER AND JFK
  • Telephone conversation # 1263, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 1/8/1964, time unknown
  • SOUND OF BROADCAST IN BACKGROUND ABOUT STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; BOOZER INTERRUPTS WITH INCOMING CALL WHICH LBJ DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE
  • Telephone conversation # 1265, sound recording, LBJ and YOLANDA BOOZER, 1/8/1964, time unknown
  • "THESE CALLS ARE ALL RELATIVE TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON COORDINATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEOPLE THE...STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS"; POOR SOUND QUALITY
  • LBJ TELLS DIRKSEN DATE AND TIME OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; DIRKSEN TELLS LBJ THAT HE AND MIKE MANSFIELD HAVE MET ON COMMITTEE SCHEDULES AND HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES
  • "THESE CALLS ARE ALL RELATIVE TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON COORDINATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEOPLE THE...STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ TELLS MANSFIELD DATE AND TIME OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, DISCUSSES VARIOUS SCHEDULING CONFLICTS
  • "#6"; "CALLS ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT-APPROX. 6 OR 7 CALLS"; "'MERRY CHRISTMAS' CALLS"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; FRIENDLY ON HOLD 0:40; VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; PREVIOUSLY
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; LBJ ASKS FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY TO RECORD THE CALL; EMANUEL CELLER AND GERALD FORD ARE MEETING WITH HALE BOGGS AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH BILL MOYERS AT TIME OF CALL
  • BOGGS NOTIFIES LBJ THAT HOUSE IS IN SESSION AND PREPARED TO RECEIVE ANY MESSAGES OR COMMUNICATIONS THAT LBJ WOULD CARE TO SEND; DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULE FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; FORD OFFERS LBJ NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
  • "RE PRES. MAKING HIS STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TONIGHT 9:30P"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; GERALD FORD, HALE BOGGS, LEW DESCHLER ARE MEETING WITH CARL ALBERT AT TIME OF CALL
  • ALBERT, FORD OFFICIALLY INFORM LBJ THAT CONGRESS IS IN SESSION; LBJ JOKES WITH GERALD FORD ABOUT INCREASE IN REPUBLICAN MEMBERSHIP; JOHN FOGARTY'S DEATH; HALE BOGGS' HEALTH; UPCOMING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; LBJ DISCUSSES THEME AND LENGTH
  • "7"; "'MERRY CHRISTMAS' CALLS ON DEC. 25, 1963 BY PRES."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DOES NOT SPEAK ON THIS RECORDING; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; LBJ ASKS FRIENDLY FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, BRIEFLY DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, INCLUDING CIVIL RIGHTS, TAX, MEDICAL CARE BILLS
  • "#3"; LBJ IS MEETING WITH DAVID LAWRENCE AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING COCKTAIL PARTY FOR DNC IN JANUARY; POSSIBLE CONFLICTS BECAUSE OF LBJ'S TRIP TO LBJ RANCH AND STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
  • "#4"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; POOR SOUND QUALITY; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES RANDOLPH ON SLEEPING CAR PORTERS UNION SETTLEMENT; RANDOLPH SAYS HE RECEIVED GREAT COOPERATION FROM LABOR DEPT, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH AT THE UN
  • "#14"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LEE WHITE IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ SUGGESTS BRINGING ROY WILKINS, JAMES FARMER, MLK, WHITNEY YOUNG, A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, FEMALE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER TO LBJ RANCH TO DISCUSS STATE OF THE UNION; WHITE SUGGESTS WILLARD WIRTZ, HOBART TAYLOR, JR. COME; WH MEETING WITH SNCC; LBJ'S DEER
  • "#23"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; MURPHY ON HOLD 0:25; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ ASKS MURPHY TO BRIEF HARRY TRUMAN ON GENERAL WORLD SITUATION, FEDERAL BUDGET AND GET TRUMAN'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
  • "SUMMARIZED"; SOUND QUALITY IS VERY POOR; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RE-RECORD ON REF #1177; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A
  • POSSIBLE STATE VISITS BY PHILIPPINES, JORDAN, ISRAEL; SHRIVER TRIP; ROBERT BARNES AS AMBASSADOR TO JORDAN; PRESS STORY ON BRUSSELS AGREEMENT, COMMON MARKET; POSSIBLE VISIT WITH DE GAULLE; FRANCE; TRADE WITH CUBA; GERMANY; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH
  • "SUMMARIZED"; SOUND QUALITY VERY POOR; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RE-RECORD OF REF #1176; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A
  • POSSIBLE STATE VISITS BY PHILIPPINES, JORDAN, ISRAEL; SHRIVER TRIP; ROBERT BARNES AS AMBASSADOR TO JORDAN; PRESS STORY ON BRUSSELS AGREEMENT, COMMON MARKET; POSSIBLE VISIT WITH DE GAULLE; FRANCE; TRADE WITH CUBA; GERMANY; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH
  • DISCUSSION OF UNIDENTIFIED LETTER CONCERNING ISSUANCE OF BONDS; TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; THE ECONOMY; INTEREST RATES; DOUGLAS DILLON
  • LBJ IS MEETING WITH JACK VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL AND SPEAKS WITH HIM DURING CONVERSATION WITH MORSE
  • JACK VALENTI'S CALL IS MISTAKENLY ROUTED TO LBJ; LBJ AND MORSE DISCUSS BULL THAT MORSE SOLD LBJ; MORSE PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ ASKS MORSE'S SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION BILL; INCREASED FUNDING FOR EDUCATION; CATHOLIC CRITICISM OF EDUCATION
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ HE HAS NO WORD YET ON GARCIA GODOY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CBS STORY ON THAILAND, VIETNAM; PRESS STORIES ON BOMBING PAUSE; GOVT OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; BACKGROUND OF LBJ'S DECISION; LODGE, TIME MAGAZINE; STATE OF THE UNION; PEACE
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF DATE, TIME OF STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; GEORGE AIKEN'S STATEMENT ON RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM; PRESS STORY ON DURATION OF PAUSE; LBJ EMPHASIZES DURATION IS INDEFINITE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH MANSFIELD
  • "EARLY A.M."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • 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
  • "NYC"; "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP LISTS TIME AS 5:50P; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; WILKINS ON HOLD 1:20; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MARVIN WATSON, ROBERT WEAVER, ROBERT WOOD, LOUIS MARTIN AT TIME OF CALL; WATSON ANSWERS TELEPHONE, GIVES CALL TO LBJ
  • ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT WEAVER AS HUD SECRETARY AND ROBERT WOOD AS UNDERSECRETARY; WILKINS COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ EXHORTS WILKINS TO WORK ON LEGISLATION; WILKINS CONGRATULATES WOODS, WEAVER AND SPEAKS
  • "FROM BEDROOM 1-17-68"; THIS CALL RECORDED ON DICTABELT WITH 12/19/1967 CALL WITH HENRY "JOE" FOWLER (REF #12508, 12509); DATE DETERMINED FROM CONTENT OF CALL; TIME UNCERTAIN; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA AT 10:11A AND 4:49P
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES DEAN RUSK'S CALL ABOUT BOMBING RESTRICTIONS ON HANOI, HAIPHONG; "PACKERS" PEACE INITIATIVE WITH ROMANIA; DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL BUDGET, DOD BUDGET; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT INABILITY TO CONTROL BUDGET; DRAFT STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
  • Telephone conversation # 12605, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/14/1968, time unknown
  • "#2"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMER STAATS, KERMIT GORDON, MYER FELDMAN AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ QUESTIONS HELLER ABOUT EFFECT OF TAX CUT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT BOONDOGGLE PROJECTS IN POVERTY PROGRAM, REMINISCES ABOUT NYA, TELLS HELLER TO TALK TO PRESS AND EXPRESS OPTIMISM ABOUT ECONOMY
  • "#6"; 1:30 OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, MLK PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH JACK VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ APPARENTLY ON SPEAKERPHONE; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994 AS TWO SEPARATE RECORDINGS
  • LBJ ASKS FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, DISCUSSES JET MAGAZINE STORY ABOUT LBJ NOT HAVING PHOTOS TAKEN WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH HARRY BYRD, SR. ON TAX BILL
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  • "(RE STATE OF UNION SPEECH)"; "PRES. GAVE HIM POINTS ON DRAFTING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TV OR RADIO BROADCAST OF FOOTBALL GAME AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • DISCUSSION OF DRAFT STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ SUGGESTS THEMES OF FOREIGN POLICY, VIETNAM, BETTER AMERICA, FOOD AND POPULATION CONTROL; MOYERS' UPCOMING PRESS BRIEFING; GEORGE CHRISTIAN'S HEALTH; MOYERS DISCUSSES FRANK PORTER'S STORY ON TAX
  • "THESE CALLS ARE ALL RELATIVE TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON COORDINATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEOPLE THE...STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS"; "RE NIGHT FOR STATE OF UNION & DATE"; MCCORMACK PUTS LBJ ON HOLD DURING CALL; LBJ SPEAKS WITH OTHERS IN HIS OFFICE WHILE
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT OF INVITATION FROM MCCORMACK TO LBJ TO ADDRESS CONGRESS ON STATE OF THE UNION AND LBJ'S ACCEPTANCE OF IT; LBJ SAYS WH WILL NOTIFY SENATE LEADERS IF MCCORMACK WILL NOTIFY HOUSE LEADERS
  • 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
  • CORCORAN'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CORCORAN COMPARES LBJ WITH EISENHOWER, JFK, FDR; CORCORAN PRAISES LBJ'S STYLE; BARRY GOLDWATER; GARDINER SYMONDS; GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
  • NUMBER OF APPLAUSES IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; BARRY GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT; PRESS REACTION; LBJ COMPLIMENTS SORENSEN AS SPEECHWRITER FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
  • "RE NIGHT BEST FOR TV STATE OF UNION ADDRESS"; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE DICTABELT DUE TO POOR SOUND QUALITY; STANTON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL; PAY RAISE FOR POSTAL WORKERS; PROPOSED POSTAL RATE INCREASE; SCHEDULING NIGHTTIME STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CONFLICTS WITH OTHER CONGRESSIONAL EVENTS; DISRUPTION TO TV PROGRAMS; TELEVISING PRESS
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "RE COMPLIMENT ON PRES.'S STATE OF UNION ADDRESS."; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • MCNAMARA RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF UNNAMED MAN ON LBJ'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ SAYS SPEECH WAS TOO LONG, COMPARES IT TO JFK'S 1963 SPEECH, COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICISM THAT LBJ ABANDONED NEGROES AND THE POOR IN SPEECH
  • "SEN. EDWARD LONG, MO."; "RE HIGH COMPLIMENT ON PRES.'S STATE OF UNION LAST NIGHT"; LONG IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LONG COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS LAST NIGHT, RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF MISSOURIANS, AND PRAISES LBJ'S COMMENTS IN ADDRESS ON WIRETAPS AND BUGS
  • LBJ DISCUSSES SCHEDULING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS TO AVOID CONFLICTS WITH UPCOMING HEAD OF STATE VISITS
  • STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LES ARENDS' AND "CHARLIE" (HALLECK'S?) REACTION TO THE PROPOSED FEDERAL BUDGET; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPUBLICANS
  • STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; AGRICULTURAL AND CATTLE IMPORTS; AUSTRALIAN BEEF; FEDERAL BUDGET