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Telephone conversation # 13748, transcript, TOM JOHNSON and SPIRO AGNEW, 11/19/1968, 3:43PM (Item)

SPIRO AGNEW'S SECRETARY
Reference No. 13748 November 20, 2008 Processing Note Transcript only ofthis conversation; there is no recording. DATE: 11/19/68 TIME: 3:43 PM CALLER: Spiro Agnew, Tom Johnson Pages ofTranscript: 3 pages Barbara Cline Archivist : .. Belle
DISCUSSION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR LBJ'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT AGNEW TOMORROW
Agnew, Spiro T. (Spiro Theodore), 1918-1996
Telephone conversation # 13748, transcript, TOM JOHNSON and SPIRO AGNEW, 11/19/1968, 3:43PM
SPIRO AGNEW

Telephone conversation # 13602, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/26/1968, 11:47AM (Item)

EVALUATION OF SPIRO AGNEW; POSSIBLE PERCEPTION LBJ IS ORDERING BOMBING HALT TO AFFECT ELECTION; GEORGIA POLITICS; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH FOR HHH; RUSSELL PRAISES LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LYNDON NUGENT; PEACE TALKS; INCREASED ENEMY CASUALTIES; CREIGHTON

Telephone conversation # 13711, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/3/1968, 2:18PM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH GEORGE SMATHERS, RICHARD NIXON ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; CHARGE THAT LBJ'S MOTIVES IN HALTING BOMBING ARE POLITICAL; SPIRO AGNEW'S ROLE IN CONTACTS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM

Telephone conversation # 13733, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 11/13/1968, 5:15PM (Item)

DELOACH REPORTS ON SPIRO AGNEW'S SCHEDULE, CALLS MADE FROM HIS PLANE IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO ON 11/2/68 ON EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO ENTER PARIS PEACE TALKS; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH RICHARD NIXON

Telephone conversation # 13302, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/8/1968, 2:01PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF ARRANGING MEETING BETWEEN HHH AND LBJ AT LBJ RANCH; LBJ SAYS HE HAS PLANS TO INSPECT AUSTIN HOUSING PROJECT BUT WILL TRY TO RESCHEDULE THEM; HHH EXPRESSES SURPRISE AT SELECTION OF SPIRO AGNEW AS REPUBLICAN VP NOMINEE

Telephone conversation # 13730, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 11/12/1968, 8:30PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS DELOACH TO INVESTIGATE CALLS BETWEEN SPIRO AGNEW, ANNA CHENNAULT CONCERNING EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS; LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER, DELOACH; HOOVER'S RELUCTANCE TO RESIGN, HIS AGE

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 (Item)

over the position early in 1965, holding it for eight years. In both the 1968 and 1972 elections, Ford was a loyal supporter of Richard Nixon, who had been a friend for many years. When Spiro Agnew resigned from the office of Vice President late

President's Daily Diary entry, 8/10/1968 (Item)

Saturday t or t Activity LD (include visited by) President departed the front lawn --in his car. . . and to landing strip area to greet Mr. Richard Nixon and party Also aboard: The Governor of Maryland, Hon. Spiro T. Agnew /\,.- Nixon aides ; Dwight

President's Daily Diary entry, 12/16/1968 (Item)

by ) 8:35pm T . 8:39p . 16 , 196 8 o th e Sout h Portic o wit h Vice President - Elec t Spiro Agnew m Presiden t returne d t o Secon d Floo r 8:53p w 8:58p t o 9:07p t m p - hav e th e Docto r com e u p 9:16p t JAx 10:19p t / Agen t Clin t

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/25/1967 (Item)

. Then the President, the Lee family went to the Blue Room to form the receiving line. n,,,,, 25 The White House p October 1967 Wednesday Activity (inctude vtshed by) To Office To mansion w/ Robert Kintner * for LUNCH at 2:20pm OFF RECORD MW Governor Spiro

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 24 (XXIV), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and [Spiro] Agnew were vulnerable--their leadership qualities or lack of them, deviousness, harking back to the fur coat, the Nixon-Kennedy debates. So I saw a potential for very powerful spots. Now the record shows that they were powerful in the attack

Folder, "August 10, 1968 - 12:25 p.m. President's briefing of Former Vice President Nixon and Gov. Agnew," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

WITHDRAWA1L SHEET (P'RE.S:IDEN,TJAL LIBRARIES) - - -- I • . l AUGUST 10, 1968 - 12:25 p. m. Briefing of Vice President Nixon and Governor Agnew The President Secretary Rusk Director Helms Cyrus Vance Former VP Nixon Governor Agnew
Folder, "August 10, 1968 - 12:25 p.m. President's briefing of Former Vice President Nixon and Gov. Agnew," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 2 (II), 8/26/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

bombing halt; the end of LBJ's presidency; Humphrey's opinion of Spiro Agnew

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 25 (XXV), 8/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

nothing as a result of that. We'd pursue this from all aspects. George Mitchell brought up the possibility that Muskie should challenge Spiro Agnew to a debate. Presently there is no Wallace vice-presidential candidate so we don't have the third candidate
of vice-presidential debates; Spiro Agnew's reputation; Wallace's support from organized labor; money to promote voter registration in New York; the campaign status in September 1968; campaign committee meetings; the recording and release of the Salt Lake

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

. And from the Senate Gale and Lor.raine McGee and Senator M;uskie and his pretty wife, and the Joe Montoyas. When it's a l"t;ncheon, we try to have a Governor from closi:>Y· ~ And so we invited the Spiro Agnews. A sizeable contingent from the House. who

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/10/1968 (Saturday) (Item)

o r e to in v ite h e r a n d M r s . Agnew to c o m e a lo n g to lu n ch . She s a id sh e h a d b e t t e r not b e c a u s e of a s i c k d a u g h te r w ith a s o r e t h r o a t a n d f e v e r a n d sh e s h o u ld s t a y in th e h o te l
Cyrus Vance, Dick Helms & Dean Rusk fly to LBJ Ranch; Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew arrive by plane; lunch; guests depart; Lady Bird still feeling ill, lies down to read; tours of Danz & Martin Ranches; Marvin & Marion Watson arrive by plane; George

Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 1/20/1969 (Item)

and Mrs. Nixon, Senator Dirksen, Speaker McCormack, Vice President and Mrs. Humphrey, Vice President-elect and Mrs. Agnew, Senator Mansfield, Congressman G. Ford, Senator Jordan, Congressman Carl Albert, Lynda, Luci, Ambassador Leonard Marks, Mr. and Mrs

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/18/1967 (Item)

o f Main e (Kenneth M . Curtis ) The Governo r o f Maryland (Spiro T. Agnew ) The Governo r o f Massachusetts (John A . Volpe ) The Governo r o f Michiga n (George Romney) The Governo r o f Minnesot a (Harold LeVander ) The Governo r o f Mississippi

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 28 (XXVIII), 9/24/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Meanwhile, as I became more active, I focused on the role that [Spiro] Agnew had assumed on behalf of Nixon. He traveled the country extensively. He was riding high in 1970 and so was Nixon. They envisioned making a significant breakthrough in the off-year
to get television time; O'Brien's televised speech regarding Nixon's decision to invade Cambodia and reaction to the speech among Democrats; Spiro Agnew's attacks on O'Brien; Frank Stanton and CBS agreeing to give the DNC four thirty-minute loyal

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/20/1969 (Item)

. Dirksen Car #2 - Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Nixon, Speaker McCormack Car #3 - VP Humphrey, VPres, -elect Agnew, Sen. Mansfield, Cong. Gerald Ford Car #4 - Mrs. H, Mrs. A, Sen. Jordan, Cong. Albert Arrived at Capitol w/Mrs. Johnson, Luci and Lynda Swearing-in o f

Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 8/10/1968 (Item)

Sat, Aug 10 Dictated at the ranch August 2-17, 1968 1. 10:30a Secretary Rusk, Director Helms, Amb. "Vance arrived to front lawn w/ Pres 2. 12:00n Mr. Nixo n arrived 1:15p LUNCH - Mrs. J Nixon, Agnew 3. Rusk , Helms , Vanc e Nixon aides: Bob

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Frances Lewine (Item)

Oral history transcript, William M. Colmer, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

met [Spiro] Agnew, although I was a senior member and chairman of a committee. F: Where were you when Kenn~dy was assassinated? Were you here or were you up in Washington? C: I was in Washington. F: How did you get the news? C: I think I'd

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 31 (XXXI), 12/10/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Spiro Agnew, which did indicate I was having some impact on the White House. He became personal in his attacks on me, which I relished because I felt that was evidence I was having some modicum of success. During that time I was repeatedly demanding

Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 12/16/1968 (Item)

and mingled. 7:30 Ladies left. 7:35 Talked with Liz re: Les (had just had a serious operation). Joined the President and Vice President-elect Agnew in the West Hall. 8:46 To the theater to say hello to the house guests watching film. 8:49 Returned

Oral history transcript, Cartha D. (Deke) DeLoach, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

did. There had been five calls made by Agnew's plane, none to the South Vietnamese Ambassador, none to the Department of State and I advised the White House that there hadn't been any in that regard and that's all there was to it. This matter was blown
Commission; the 1964 Democratic National Convention; allegations of microphone on Nixon’s plane; calls made from Spiro Agnew’s plane; Anna Chennault. DeLoach’s relationship with Walter Jenkins, Marvin Watson. Jenkins’ departure from the White House staff

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 9 (IX), 4/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

tendency in a campaign. Your own people are apt to react strongly to hard-hitting spots. We had that with [Spiro] Agnew and then Nixon at a later date, by the same Tony Schwartz. G: Oh, really? O: Yes. G: Which spots in particular? O: We had one

Folder, "White House Fashion Show, 2/29/1968 [1 of 3]," White House Social Files, Bess Abell Files, Box 23 (Item)

M. Curtis (Pauline) Maryland Mrs. Spiro T. Agnew (Elinor) Massachusetts Mrs. John A. Volpe (Jemiie) Minnesota Mrs. Harold LeVander (Iantha) Mississippi Mrs. John Bell Williams (Elizabeth) Missouri Mrs. Warren E. Hearnes {Betty Sue) Montana

Oral history transcript, George Wallace, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

] Humphrey and Mr. [Spiro] Agnew would say the same thing. In fact, there's a picture of those boys, with the exception of one or two of them, there on the wall where I gave a luncheon for them after the campaign. And the President was kind and gracious

Oral history transcript, George P. Miller, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to tell you. Because we were down at the White House after Mr. Nixon was elected. They invited the committees down there, Science and Astronautics and Science and Space, or Space, Science, and Astronautics in the Senate. Council, one Mr. Spiro Agnew

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 32 (XXXII), 12/11/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in terms of the bigness. A favorable decision and the opposition of the Justice Department is simply because of bigness. He goes on to say, "There is another internal memo. It follows the 1970 [Spiro] Agnew meeting, which suggests that Kleindienst

Reference File, "Dogs (Johnson family's)" (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert N. Ginsburgh, interview 1 (I), 6/2/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

[Spiro] Agnew. RG: Yes. G: William Safire's book-- RG: That's strictly speculation. I do know that she knew about it. 18 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Oral history transcript, Adrian S. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of say, "Well, we expect you to say that," you know. But you know--while the "New Left" calls the New York Times and the Post the Establishment press, Spiro T. Agnew doesn't. Nor does Richard Nixon. Maybe we've come a long ways when the supporters

Oral history transcript, John Michael Dunn, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

like that. But it became kind ()f obvious that Romney ,vas a Spiro Agnew in disguise, and was not :>'Icn a good candidate. think the general feeljn~~ ;.12.3 At that point I that he'd rather run against Nixon than LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, David Halberstam, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/9/1965 (Item)

McCrocklin , Presiden t o f SWTSC —andi^UMrs **J McCrocklin ^& _ Mr. A l Brieger , Treasure r o f SWTSC ~ and sC Mrs JBrieger^,-£-ts Dr. Walke r Agnew an d J. T. Hudma n of the Alumni Association " and Mrs Agnew Headman Cong. J . J . Pickl e ^ to presen t

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