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Telephone conversation # 3612, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/2/1964, 4:05PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF US REACTION TO COMMENTS IN PRESS ABOUT ISRAEL MADE BY AMBASSADORS, PARTICULARLY UAR AMBASSADOR, FOLLOWING LBJ'S MEETING WITH LEVI ESHKOL TODAY
Telephone conversation # 3610, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/2/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER LEVI ESHKOL; UPCOMING CALL WITH ROBERT ANDERSON REGARDING CHARLES DE GAULLE; FRANCE; HONOLULU MEETING ON VIETNAM; COMMENT BY MELVIN LAIRD ON PLANS FOR INVASION OF NORTH VIETNAM, PRESS REACTION
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 # 6897, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/27/1965, 11:37PM (Item)
  • RESPONSE TO AVERELL HARRIMAN'S CABLES ON HIS MEETING WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER LEVI ESHKOL ON US ARMS SALES TO JORDAN; WEST GERMAN TANK SALES TO ISRAEL; ISRAELI REQUEST FOR B-66 AIRPLANES; ISRAEL, UAR ASSURANCE ON NON-ACQUISITION OF NUCLEAR
Telephone conversation # 12843, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 3/24/1968, 3:09PM (Item)
  • UPCOMING VOTE ON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAID BY ISRAEL; EFFORT TO AMEND RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN ARAB TERRORIST ACTIVITIES; LBJ'S LETTERS TO KING HUSSEIN, LEVI ESHKOL; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL; SOVIET AID TO ARABS; DOROTHY GOLDBERG'S
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/7/1968 (Item)
  • AFB, Texas (temperature 37 degrees), bitter cold winds some 3, 000 shivering San Antonioans greeted PM Levi Eshkol of Israel as President Johnson welcomed him. Members of the military were abundant. The Lackland AFB "Band of the West" { paraded onto
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/1/1964 (Item)
  • Excellency Levi Eshkol Prime Minister of Israel meets him at South Portico reviews troops makes welcoming remarks then walks with him to the office arriving at meeting w/ Prime Minister Eshkol alone Joined by Myer Feldman and Ambassador Harman of Israel JV
Telephone conversation # 3602, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 6/1/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • MIXUP IN SCHEDULING MEETING WITH LBJ; LEVI ESHKOL VISIT, ORTHODOX JEWISH SCHOOLS IN ISRAEL; FLORIDA POLL; DREW O'KEEFE AS POSSIBLE NEW IRS COMMISSIONER; CLOTURE VOTE ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION, VIOLENCE IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
Telephone conversation # 12506, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE CHRISTIAN, 12/11/1967, time unknown (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON CONFERENCE REPORT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BILL FOR CHRISTIAN'S PRESS BRIEFING; PRESS LEAKS; LBJ'S ACTIVITIES; ANNOUNCEMENT OF VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS, UPCOMING VISIT BY LEVI ESHKOL; LBJ'S VISIT TO KILLEEN, TEXAS
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 1/7/1968 (Item)
  • to the birthplace -- re: accommodations. 1:38 Returned to the main house with them. Lunch. 3:17 Went to Randolph Air Force Base via Jetstar with the President and Secretary Rusk. Arrival of Prime Minister and Mrs. Eshkol of Israel. 4:00 With Mrs. Eshkol and party
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/2/1964 (Item)
  • McGeo w/ ends Asst Prof. of History Israel Levi Have you Eshkol had a good How day are you Mr Met alone Bundy To Cabinet Room w/ the Harriman Bob Komer Prime Phillips Minister Talcott to meet w/ Secretary Amb Walworth Barbour Out a t 4:30
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 1/8/1968 (Item)
  • THE W H I T E H O U S E WASHINGTON MRS. LYNDO N B . JOHNSON , Daily Diary Date Monday, January 8, 1968 Mrs. Johnson bega n her day at (Place ) The LBJ Ranch Entry No. Time Activity Cold, icy day -- sleet. 10:05 With Mrs. Eshkol, Mrs. Harmon
Subject guide: Middle East (Item)
  • The Shah of Iran" 74 "1/7/68 Visit of Prime Minister & Mrs. Levi Eshkol of Israel" 87 "6/11/68 Dinner honoring the Shahanshah of Iran" 102 "10/22/68 H.E. Abba Eban, Foreign Minister of Israel" 113 "12/5/68 H.E. Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda of Iran" 117
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 6/1/1964 (Item)
  • Walked to President's office to go out to South Lawn to greet Prime Minister and Mrs. Eshkol 12:00 Doug Cater Talked to Ray Roberts re: sister's death 2:00 Mrs. Bundy and Liz 4:00 To Mr. Per 6:30 Return to White House Talked to Dorris Powell - Mrs. Philip
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/8/1968 (Item)
  • next to the President's bedroom for meeting w/President and PM Eshkol joined by Secy Rusk and Walt Rostow Lucius Battle joined Lucius 11:35am - 11:55am | " i .t , _ 11:55am - 1:50pm The Battle C/ joined ] ; group out - Presiden t and PM Eshkol
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/26/1965 (Item)
  • an d Commande r Hobb s - Pres gave Navy a ltr for PM Levi Eshkol Back t o Ova l R m Of r OFF THE R F C O R D w/Cong. Harle y Stagger s The Presiden t i n MW' s of c -w/Mik e Manato s an d Mr. ^ William (took pic s ) Back to office (Ova l Rm) ' owner
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Near/East Region, 2/21/1968, Volume 5, Tab 64," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • to the false charges levied against us last June, that we accept the idea that Nasser had been misinformed . Unless we do , resumption of relations is hopeless. Mr . Katzenbach said that we were prepared to resume relations if we had an opportunity. We did
Folder, "Middle East Crisis May 12 - June 19, 1967, Volume 9, Appendix P," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 20 (Item)
  • , was deeply concerned about the maintenance of peace in the Middle East . In a letter of May 17 to Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol , he had declared that the United States Government was well aware of the strain being placed on Israel's patience
Note, Bundy to LBJ, 6/9/67 (Item)
  • and does not need backgrounding here at the moment.) 3. PrimeMinister Eshkol has said that President Johnson "promised stood virtually alone. In the view of great things 11 but in the end Israel the United States this is a complete misreading
Folder, "Israel - Volume 6, 12/66 - 7/67 [4 of 4]," Country Files, NSF, Box 140 (Item)
  • OF THEIR OWN UNDER CAIRO BACKED PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANITHE WEST BANK ZATION LEADER SHUQAYRI THEY COULD HAVE IT. REPRESENTATIVES QUICKLY ASSURED HIM THAT WAS THE LAST THING THEY DES IRED. 6. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ESHKOL, STUNG BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL
Oral history transcript, Harold H. Saunders, interview 1 (I), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • and the Syrians, and I guess some increasingly belligerent remarks by [Israeli Prime Minister] Eshkol and some threatening noises from the Syrians. Looking back at it, I remember at the time I commented to somebody about the baseball theory of Middle East crises
  • and deciphering exactly what was happening; efforts toward a ceasefire vs. a ceasefire and withdrawal; Prime Minister Levi Eshkol of Israel; Saunders’ activities on the first day of the Six Day War; Eban’s understanding of U.S. policy regarding the Middle East
Folder, "Israel - Volume 6, 12/66 - 7/67 [3 of 4]," Country Files, NSF, Box 140 (Item)
  • need to hold in reserve. So far the Israelis have succeeded in keeping this apart from the rest of our relationshipo The only counter big enough to sway Eshkol, I suspect, will be the US-Israeli relationship itselfo By purely foreign policy standards
Folder, "Israel - Volume 6, 12/66 - 7/67 [1 of 4]," Country Files, NSF, Box 140 (Item)
  • and No. 2), suggest that the Isra~li Governme nt is moving toward a more open attitude- towards the Dimona nuclear complex vis-a-.vis the public. The February 3 item refers to a visit to the Dimona p lan t on February 1 by Prime Minister Levi ESHKOL
Folder, "Administrative History of the Department of State, Volume I, Chapter 4, Sections H, I, J [1 of 2]," State Dept. Administrative History Box 2 (Item)
  • President Johnson, too, was deeply concerned about the maintenance of peace in the Middle East. In a letter of May 17 to Israeli Prime Ministe~ Levi Eshkol, he had declared that the United States Government was well aware of the strain being placed
Folder, "Middle East - Volume I, 6/65-3/68 [2 of 3]," Country Files, NSF, Box 104 (Item)
  • ments capable of both buying off and suppressing revolutionary· opposition. Internal security in the smaller states is not, as it was in Aden, dependent on British troops but on local police and armed levies, trained and officered by the British
Oral history transcript, Arthur J. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • such a resolution because of the Vietnam War." I have always believed in candor. I reported my conversation with Eban to the State Department and to the White House. Well, the Israelis debated Eban's report and my comments in the cabinet meeting on Sunday. [Levi
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 3 (III), 1/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • --to keep it. B: Did you do any work on the Mid-East problem when you got back? M: I just sent the President a long memorandum and I met with [Levi] Eshkol and Abba Eban. In a curious way I was the instrument for getting out a piece of information
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/1/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • 'i MEMORANDUM
  • State visit of Israeli Prime Minister & Mrs. Eshkol; Lady Bird's speeches for Georgetown Visitation and Radcliffe; Lady Bird sends flowers to Mamie Eisenhower at Walter Reed; State dinner for Eshkols and exchange of state gifts; Lady Bird mentions
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/27/1967 (Item)
  • Jones with a draft of a letter to Levi Eshkol --the President made several * ZZZZ1ZZZZI modifications ( PM of Israel) ZZZZ President '"'I'flBBp part y again touring the ranches 6:30p The 7:05p I Changed to station wagon which Mrs. Johnson had brought
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • not to exaggerate it, almost a matter of life and death for their security. The President received [Levi] Eshkol at the Ranch in January of 1968--Eshkol was then the head of Israel--and Eshkol brought with him not only his ambassador and other members of his cabinet
  • North Vietnam’s reaction to LBJ’s 3/31/1968 speech; negotiating a location for meeting with the North Vietnamese; LBJ’s goals for the end of his presidency, including a tax increase; LBJ’s meeting with Levi Eshkol of Israel at the Ranch
Folder, "Middle East - Volume I, 6/65-3/68 [1 of 3]," Country Files, NSF, Box 104 (Item)
  • not believe we should tell the Israelis more than the foregoing. By withholding firm word on our intentions until Eshkol's visit in February, we may be able to dampen Israeli opposition to Jordan sales. '71.U,J& , ~ Nicholas deBo Kat)enba~ Acting SECRE'f
Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • believe it was, when [David] Ben-Gurion handed over to [Levi] Eshkol. Was this interpreted in some particular way in Cairo as--after all, Ben-Gurion was a pretty savage guy at times. N: Was Eshkol perceived as softer or. ? Curiously enough, I don't
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/27/1965 (Item)
  • , Austi n Secretary Rusk Rusk re messages fr Harriman re above Secretary Secretary Rusk Rusk on his mtg w/ Eshkol
Letter, Eban to LBJ, 6/8/67 (Item)
  • with I cannot leave without the United States. saying how deeply we have understood your own reactions and policies during this crucial week. Mr. Eshkol and I believe that your i ~ , ·,.., MINISTERFOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS personal statesmanship
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/7/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • LBJ goes to mass with Luci & Pat Nugent; visit of Prime Minister & Mrs. Levi Eshkol of Israel to the LBJ Ranch; lunch; LBJ & Lady Bird fly to San Antonio to meet visiting Israeli officials; LBJ & Prime Minister Eshkol give speeches; back to the LBJ
Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 2 (II), 12/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
President Johnson's foreign and domestic travel, "Trips (LBJ's)," Reference File (Item)
  • Office Buildin·g· - - als·o to Jan. 4 Breckenr,idge Hospital to see Ostrowidski Family Jan. s· - Bergstrum, AFB .Ja·n. 7 - Randolph, AFB, San Antonio .:. .Togreet PM & Mrs; Levi Eshkol of Israel Jan . . 11 Bergstrum, AFB - Savings Bond: Minuteman Award
Intelliigence memo, CIA to LBJ, 6/10/67, 3.40 PM (Item)
  • as t:hat Qi' gove1.·nmont ovet· a.t this time. who talked with cease-fix•e; it Foreign officials time was limited Yliuister Eshkol had lei't by· Eshkol tna~, indicate Israeli fightiug- Tel Aviv now. to "response," for the frcint, tension wi
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 29, May 25-31, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/6/1968 (Item)
  • to bedroom w/ President 9:30am- 10:00am. Dressing /; - Mrs. Johnson in to discuss lodging accommodations for Eshkol visit "and decisions as to where pu t staff and other visitors. ___™_ /L_ 9:25 t Secy ~f~ 'l0:l2am ~T~~ J. 10:26am f 10:42a - t 10:52a