Contacts with LBJ as VP; LBJ and civil rights legislation;LBJ's involvement with the downfall of Joseph McCarthy; HHH's position on Vietnam during 1968 campaign; RFK; Dallek's comments on Richard Nixon's involvement in the 1968 Vietnam peace negotiations; LBJ's White House taping system; comparison of LBJ's abilities in domestic and foreign affairs; LBJ's inheritance of the Vietnam situation; McNamara's assessment of the LBJ presidency; Six Day War, 1967; hot line call from Kosygin.