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- White House Telephone Recordings and Transcriptsx
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DATE RANGE
- 1968x
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- LBJ DISCUSSES PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ORVILLE FREEMAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR HHH IN 1968 RACE; RFK'S INQUIRY ABOUT CABINET MEMBERS' ROLE IN CAMPAIGN; OTHER OFFICIALS' SUPPORT FOR HHH; LBJ SAYS ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SHOULD…
- LBJ ASKS BLACK TO SUCCEED ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN FOR THE REMAINDER OF LBJ'S ADMINISTRATION, PRAISES BLACK'S PAST PUBLIC SERVICE; BLACK ASKS IF HE CAN CONSIDER MATTER; LBJ SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENT SOON
- BLACK DESCRIBES HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, ASKS WHOM HE SHOULD CONSULT ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN; LBJ DISCUSSES RESPONSIBILITES OF JOB, SUGGESTS BLACK TALK WITH CLARK CLIFFORD
- CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF BLACK AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN; LBJ SUGGESTS BLACK CONSULT CLARK CLIFFORD ABOUT BLACK TAKING LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM HIS BUSINESS; TIMING ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S…
- LBJ DISCUSSES ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S RESIGNATION AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN, ASKS BALL TO SERVE AS UN AMBASSADOR DURING REST OF LBJ'S ADMINISTRATION; BALL DISCUSSES HIS PERSONAL OBLIGATIONS, ASKS IF HE CAN CONSIDER IT AND GET BACK TO LBJ TOMORROW;…
- BALL DECLINES APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN; LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO BEGIN VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, HIS CONFIDENCE IN BALL, OTHER CANDIDATES FOR JOB INCLUDING JOHN MCCLOY, GALE MCGEE, LIVINGSTON MERCHANT, MCGEORGE BUNDY, CYRUS VANCE, EUGENE BLACK
- CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN; JOHN MCCLOY'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH LBJ ABOUT MIDDLE EAST
- WEISL, SR. SAYS HE THINKS GEORGE BALL WILL ACCEPT APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN DESPITE SACRIFICE IT WILL MEAN FOR LEHMAN BROTHERS
- BALL SAYS HE HAS DISCUSSED HIS APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN WITH EDWIN WEISL, SR., AND WITH BOBBY LEHMAN AND HAS DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT; LBJ EXPRESSES PLEASURE ABOUT BALL'S DECISION; DISCUSSION OF WHEN BALL CAN ASSUME THE OFFICE