Telephone conversation # 9611, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/2/1966, 7:10PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 9611, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/2/1966, 7:10PM

Duration: (min: sec):

2:18

Reference No.:

9611

Description:

MCNAMARA ASKS PERMISSION FOR AIR STRIKE ON DIEN BIEN PHU AIRFIELD ON LAOTIAN BORDER OF NORTH VIETNAM, OUTSIDE AREA ALREADY APPROVED FOR STRIKES; NORTH VIETNAMESE INFILTRATION IN AREA; LBJ GIVES HIS PERMISSION

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 2

Speaker 2:

ROBERT MCNAMARA

Other Speaker(s):

OFFICE CONVERSATION

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Congressional relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Southeast Asia; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

ALMOST INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH WARREN MAGNUSON, JOHN MCCORMACK, MIKE KIRWAN AT TIME OF CALL

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Restriction:

A (National Security)-SANITIZED

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-09611

Date:

1966-02-02

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Citation

Telephone conversation # 9611, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/2/1966, 7:10PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed June 11, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-09611