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- Pre-Presidentialx
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- LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PORT CONGESTION, AIRFIELD LANDING RIGHTS IN VIETNAM AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE RELUCTANCE TO IMPROVE SITUATION, TELLS STORY ABOUT RICHARD KLEBERG'S REPLY TO UNHAPPY CONSTITUENT; MCNAMARA SAYS US MILITARY SHOULD TAKE OVER…
- LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT; LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT PREPARATIONS; FEDERAL BUDGET; HISTORY OF MIDTERM CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION RESULTS AFTER PRESIDENTIAL LANDSLIDES; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; CRITICISM BY GOVS.; LETTER TO U THANT ON…
- LBJ TELLS WIRTZ THAT ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS NEED TO COMBAT NEGATIVE PRESS AND SPREAD POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT US ECONOMY, INCREASED EMPLOYMENT AND PERSONAL INCOME; COMPARISON WITH ECONOMY DURING EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION WHEN NATION WAS NOT AT WAR
- LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO CUT DEFENSE SPENDING, REMINISCES ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS HE CONDUCTED AS SENATOR, ENCOURAGES VINSON TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION, DISCUSSES SAM RAYBURN'S ROLE IN LBJ'S DECISION TO RUN FOR VP; VINSON DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO CUT…
- DISCUSSION OF PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF A-11 RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT, CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS FROM SENATORS; OXCART; RUSSELL MENTIONS HIS SENATE SPEECH TODAY PRAISING LBJ'S POSITION ON 1957 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
- LBJ DISCUSSES PROVIDING REGULAR SECURITY BRIEFINGS FOR JOHN MCCORMACK SIMILAR TO BRIEFINGS GIVEN TO LBJ WHEN HE WAS VP, SAYS HE WILL MAKE STATEMENT TOMORROW AT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING ABOUT CARL HAYDEN'S ATTENDANCE AT SOME WH MEETINGS
- LBJ DISCUSSES LETTER TO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS ABOUT REDUCING SPENDING AND HIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO CIVILIAN, MILITARY PERSONNEL THAT COST-CONSCIOUSNESS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THEIR EFFICIENCY REPORTS, REMINISCES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE INVESTIGATING WASTE AS…
- LBJ DISCUSSES MCNAMARA'S SPEECH ON DEFENSE BUDGET CUTS, VIETNAM, TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TONIGHT; DISCUSSION OF US-VIETNAM POLICY, FALL OF "DOMINOES," JFK'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW 1000 TROOPS; LBJ SUGGESTS GEN. SHOUP JOIN MCNAMARA…
- VIEWS ON VIETNAM, LAOS; SENATE TESTIMONY BY ROBERT MCNAMARA; LBJ DESCRIBES ADVICE HE RECEIVES, US CASUALTIES, REPUBLICAN TACTICS; HENRY CABOT LODGE; DIEM COUP; LUCIUS CLAY, OMAR BRADLEY AS ADVISERS; FEAR OF CHINESE INTERVENTION; MIKE MANSFIELD MEMO…
- 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