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Telephone conversation # 6854, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 13307, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/18/1968, 5:23PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S TRIP TO VIETNAM; HHH'S STATEMENT ABOUT VIETNAM ON FACE THE NATION; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION DURING BOMBING PAUSES; DEAN RUSK'S COMMENTS ON EUGENE MCCARTHY'S PROPOSED DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM PLANK
Telephone conversation # 3522, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/27/1964, 11:24AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CANADA, BLAIR SEABORN DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES IN VIETNAM, LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH; VIEWS OF MANSFIELD, FORRESTAL, WALTER LIPPMANN; POPULAR OPPOSITION TO WAR
Telephone conversation # 3651, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/9/1964, 12:56PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT, ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON OTHER CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO INFORM; US POLICY ON VIETNAM; VIEWS OF DE GAULLE; FRANCE; CANADA'S BLAIR SEABORN MISSION TO NORTH VIETNAM; BOURKE HICKENLOOPER; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 9650, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; LBJ'S IMPRESSIONS OF WESTMORELAND; GUERRILLA WARFARE; US TROOP COMMITMENTS; IMPACT OF WEATHER ON BOMBING CAMPAIGN, BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ'S VIEWS ON NORTH VIETNAM; LUCE CITES US FAILURE TO IDENTIFY
Telephone conversation # 9638, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 2/14/1966, 4:25PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REVIEWS CRITICISM OF US VIETNAM POLICY, PEACE INITIATIVES, BOMBING PAUSES; HONOLULU CONFERENCE; ECONOMIC AID TO VIETNAM; HO CHI MINH'S DEMAND FOR VIET CONG RECOGNITION; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S REACTION TO RIBICOFF'S PROPOSAL FOR GENEVA CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 13612, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/30/1968, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • NIXON'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; MELVIN LAIRD; JOHN MITCHELL; ANNA CHENNAULT; HISTORY OF BOMBING HALT NEGOTIATIONS; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' SUPPORT FOR HALT; NIXON'S STATEMENT URGING SOVIETS, OTHERS JOIN TALKS; DELAY IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT JOINING
Telephone conversation # 13306, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/18/1968, 5:01PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S HEALTH; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S TRIP TO VIETNAM; CLARK CLIFFORD'S STATEMENT ON BOMBING PAUSE; LETTER FROM UNNAMED MALE (MCGEORGE BUNDY?); COMMENTS ON EUGENE MCCARTHY'S PROPOSED VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK BY NSC, DEAN RUSK; DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S
Telephone conversation # 13543, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/15/1968, 10:32AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK SUGGESTS US NOTIFY FERDINAND MARCOS OF POSSIBLE VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; BRIEFINGS FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES; POSSIBLE SHIFT BY NORTH VIETNAM AT PARIS TALKS; LBJ READS US CONDITIONS, TRANSCRIPT OF 9/30/68 CALL WITH RICHARD
Telephone conversation # 9338, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/27/1965, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; LBJ SAYS HE FAVORS HALT IF THERE IS HOPE OF PEACE, DISCUSSES REPORT FROM GEORGE BROWN? ON PORT CONGESTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS FROM MILITARY, HHH; PHILIPPINE CONTRIBUTION IN VIETNAM; PEACE EFFORTS; EFFECTIVENESS
Telephone conversation # 9649, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/20/1966, 10:10AM? (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RFK'S RECENT STATEMENT SUGGESTING VIET CONG BE INCLUDED IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; CLARK CLIFFORD'S VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERS; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON LIMITING US OBJECTIVES IN VIETNAM, PESSIMISM
Telephone conversation # 9502, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/17/1966, 9:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • VIETNAM DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, POSSIBLE RESUMPTION OF BOMBING; PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR BOMBING HALT, MILITARY OPPOSITION; NORTH VIETNAM GOVT'S ATTITUDE; MILITARY IMPACT OF HALT; RAND STUDY OF VIET CONG DEFECTIONS, MORALE; RFK'S VIEWS; US SERVICEWOMEN
Telephone conversation # 3521, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; ROBERT MCNAMARA; USSR, CHINA SPLIT; PRESS STORIES; EFFECTIVENESS OF BOMBING; COMPARISON WITH KOREA; QUESTION OF US WITHDRAWAL; DISCUSSION OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH OVER VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4239, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ROWAN, 7/14/1964, 7:28PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S REQUEST THAT FRANK STANTON VISIT VIETNAM, SOUTHEAST ASIA TO STUDY SITUATION, NEED TO EASE CONCERNS OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER ABOUT VIETNAM, ROWAN'S LACK OF ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF REQUEST; LBJ RELAYS STANTON'S PRAISE OF USIA FILM ON JFK
Telephone conversation # 3680, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO REPLACE HENRY CABOT LODGE IN VIETNAM: GEORGE BALL, JOHN MCCONE, MCNAMARA, WILLIAM GAUD, CLARK KERR, WESTMORELAND; CYPRUS; STATE DEPT PRESS LEAKS; LAOS; POVERTY PROGRAM; CARL HAYDEN; CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER
Telephone conversation # 6459, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/23/1964, 3:48PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA ABOUT PRESS STORY STATING MAXWELL TAYLOR WILL RECOMMEND BOMBING IN LAOS, NORTH VIETNAM OR POSSIBLY RESIGN; JOSEPH ALSOP ARTICLE ON GEORGE BALL REPORT WHICH LBJ HAS NOT SEEN YET; LBJ'S RECENT TALK WITH ALSOP; MCNAMARA COMPLAINS
Telephone conversation # 6882, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH U THANT ABOUT HIS CRITICAL REMARKS TO PRESS ON VIETNAM, PROPOSAL THAT US HAVE BILATERAL TALKS WITH HANOI, ALLEGATION THAT US PEOPLE NOT FULLY INFORMED; US FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; DRAFT US ANSWER; ADLAI STEVENSON; TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 6889, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/26/1965, 5:21PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ REPORTS ON MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON WHO WANTS GREATER AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH U THANT ABOUT PEACE TALKS ON VIETNAM; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS INQUIRIES ON STEVENSON VISIT AND STEVENSON'S RESPONSE; FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; STEVENSON'S FUTURE
Telephone conversation # 6890, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/26/1965, 5:35PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK REPORTS ON ADLAI STEVENSON'S PRESS GUIDANCE STATEMENT ON VIETNAM PEACE PROPOSALS; LBJ REQUESTS BRIEFINGS FOR HENRY CABOT LODGE, COMMENTS ON HIS STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS
Telephone conversation # 7017, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ PROTESTS WECHSLER'S COLUMN ABOUT LBJ'S FRIENDSHIP WITH WILLIAM S. WHITE, EFFECT ON WHITE'S COLUMN ON U THANT, VIETNAM; US AID TO BURMA; NYT STORY ABOUT LBJ'S CLOSEST ADVISERS; ABE FORTAS; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOMMY CORCORAN; JAMES ROWE; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 7018, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US VIETNAM POLICY, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESS; WALTER LIPPMANN; DREW PEARSON; NYT STORY ON LBJ ADVISERS; CLARK CLIFFORD; DEAN ACHESON; JAMES ROWE; TOMMY CORCORAN; SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY; FDR COMMENT ON INFLUENCE OF CORCORAN, BEN
Telephone conversation # 7058, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 3/11/1965, 9:16AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • FURTHER DISCUSSION OF PRESS LEAKS; JOHN CONNOR AS COMMERCE SECRETARY; CONNOR'S ACTIONS TO ENCOURAGE COMPANIES (TO CURB INVESTMENTS ABROAD?); HAROLD WILSON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO US; UK BUDGET; UK CRITICISM OF US SOUTHEAST ASIA AND VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 7329, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR "TEX" GOLDSCHMIDT, 4/8/1965, 10:27AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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 # 7359, sound recording, LBJ and WH SITUATION ROOM, 4/24/1965, 7:51AM (Item)
  • "(VIETNAM)"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Vietnam
  • SITUATION ROOM DUTY OFFICER REPORTS ON US AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE AIR MISSIONS OVERNIGHT IN VIETNAM; MAXWELL TAYLOR'S CABLE ON SOUTH VIETNAMESE PREMIER QUAT'S CONCERNS ABOUT PROPOSED CONFERENCE WITH CAMBODIA; PRESS REPORTS OF VIET CONG ATTACKS NEAR
Telephone conversation # 7444, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/30/1965, 8:00PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF WHETHER GEORGE BALL OR AVERELL HARRIMAN SHOULD ATTEND SEATO MEETING; LBJ ASKS IF BALL HAS FINISHED REPORT ON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVES, COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF PUBLICITY FOR HEALTH, AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS IN VIETNAM; WALLACE GREENE'S
Telephone conversation # 9307, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/3/1965, 9:31AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ORVILLE FREEMAN ON FOOD AID TO INDIA; PRESS LEAKS; ROBERT KOMER; CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED MCGEORGE BUNDY; RUSK'S ADMIRATION OF BUNDY; KOMER'S ABRASIVENESS; MEETING WITH LBJ ON VIETNAM; VIETNAM BUDGET; OTHER COUNTRIES' TROOP
Telephone conversation # 8135, sound recording, LBJ and BIRCH BAYH, 6/15/1965, 1:20PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • BAYH'S TALK WITH ROGER BRANIGIN ON STARTING STUDENT MOVEMENT SUPPORTING VIETNAM POLICY; COMMUNIST VICTORIES IN PROPAGANDA, MILITARY WAR; EFFECTIVENESS OF BOMBING; COMMUNISTS' REFUSAL TO NEGOTIATE; INTELLECTUALS' VIEWS; UN PEACE EFFORTS; OTHER
Telephone conversation # 7848, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/31/1965, 10:42AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES FOR NEW STUDY OF INDIA, PAKISTAN; FRANK STANTON VIETNAM TRIP; MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND REFORM; JOHN MCNAUGHTON AS VIETNAM DEPUTY AMBASSADOR; PRESS STORIES ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, OAS; JUAN
Telephone conversation # 7850, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/31/1965, 10:42AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES FOR NEW STUDY OF INDIA, PAKISTAN; FRANK STANTON VIETNAM TRIP; MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND REFORM; JOHN MCNAUGHTON AS VIETNAM DEPUTY AMBASSADOR; PRESS STORIES ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, OAS; JUAN
Telephone conversation # 10225, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 6/13/1966, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • PROGRESS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND ITS NEGATIVE EFFECT ON COMMUNISTS; NBC PROGRAM ON FRINGE POLITICS; DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF VIETNAM CRITICISM ON MORALE; PLAN TO INCREASE MILITARY EFFORT; DEMOCRATIC FUND-RAISING; JOHN MECOM AND SALE OF HOUSTON
Telephone conversation # 9624, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 2/5/1966, 10:15AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ DISCUSSES UPCOMING HONOLULU MEETING WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE, US ADVISERS, ASKS HHH TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE ON TRAVEL PLANS; US FOOD AID TO INDIA; NEED FOR US SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN; KOREAN, PHILIPPINE, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM; CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 10273, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/28/1966, 5:33PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • GOLDBERG'S DENIAL OF PRESS LEAK; TIMING OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM POL TARGETS; MILITARY FRUSTRATION ABOUT TARGET LIMITS; NORTH VIETNAMESE COMMENTS ON US OPPOSITION TO WAR; NEED FOR SUFFICIENT MILITARY FORCES; POSSIBLE EMERGENCY MEASURES IF WAR
Telephone conversation # 9348, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/31/1965, 9:33AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • MEETING BETWEEN AVERELL HARRIMAN OR HHH WITH JAPAN'S PM SATO; HHH'S TALK WITH MARCOS ON PHILIPPINE MILITARY EFFORTS IN VIETNAM; G. MENNEN WILLIAMS AND MISSION TO AFRICA ON VIETNAM; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING; BOMBING HALT; RUSK'S DIPLOMATIC
Telephone conversation # 9446, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/6/1966, 5:02PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 10841, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS MACARTHUR II, 9/26/1966, 6:11PM (Item)
  • "AT STATE DEPT RE HIS CONGRESSIONAL CONTACTS ON THE POSSIBLE MARCOS INVITATION TO THE PRESIDENT TO GO TO ASIAN CONFERENCE IN PHILIPPINES ON VIETNAM"
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL REACTION TO FERDINAND MARCOS' INVITATION TO LBJ TO ATTEND ASIAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS; MACARTHUR RELAYS REACTION OF HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF MARCOS' ANNOUNCEMENT, LBJ'S ACCEPTANCE
Telephone conversation # 11015, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 11/5/1966, 5:14PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • FULBRIGHT'S CAMPAIGN PLANS; LBJ ASKS FULBRIGHT TO CALL BILL MOYERS TO DISCUSS FULBRIGHT POSSIBLY REBUTTING RICHARD NIXON'S CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY, MANILA CONFERENCE; FULBRIGHT EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT A RESPONSE WILL GIVE NIXON MORE PUBLICITY
Telephone conversation # 13704, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 11/1/1968, 1:57PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • LBJ ASKS THAT HHH NOT MENTION VIETNAM UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DUE TO PRECARIOUS STATE OF PEACE TALKS; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF HHH'S STATEMENTS, ANNA CHENNAULT'S CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE; PRESS QUESTIONS ON POLITICAL EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT; LBJ'S
Telephone conversation # 13710, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/3/1968, 1:54PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • NIXON DISCUSSES EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CALL ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS, SAYS HE WILL COOPERATE WITH LBJ, GO TO PARIS OR SAIGON IF NEEDED; LBJ REVIEWS HISTORY OF PEACE TALKS, BRIEFING OF CANDIDATES; LBJ
Telephone conversation # 13761, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 11/23/1968, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • DISCUSSION OF ENEMY ATTACK ON US RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT, WORDING OF AGREEMENT WITH NORTH VIETNAM FOR PEACE TALKS, POSSIBLE US RESPONSE TO ATTACK; DROP IN ENEMY INFILTRATION; US BOMBING IN LAOS; NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL ON SALE OF PHANTOM JETS
Telephone conversation # 1811, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/1/1964, 4:32PM (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • RUSK COMMENTS ON LBJ'S TV PRESS CONFERENCE; DISCUSSION OF CHARLES DE GAULLE'S PROPOSAL ON SOUTHEAST ASIA, VIETNAM; FRANCE; USSR