Telephone conversation # 551, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT THOMAS, 12/18/1963, 5:40PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 551, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT THOMAS, 12/18/1963, 5:40PM

Duration: (min: sec):

3:33

Reference No.:

551

Description:

LBJ TEASES THOMAS ABOUT NOT ATTENDING MEETING TODAY, ASKS IF HE SHOULD CUT BUDGET OR LET CONGRESS CUT IT, DISCUSSES FAA BUDGET; THOMAS DISCUSSES LBJ'S POPULARITY, SAYS HE WILL WORK WITH LBJ ON BUDGET, ASKS ABOUT JACK VALENTI, ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ LATER

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Thomas, Albert, 1898-1966

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 1

Speaker 2:

ALBERT THOMAS

Other Speaker(s):

TELEPHONE OPERATOR

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Congressional relations; Federal budget; Humor and mimicry; Legislation; Public relations; Transportation

Archivist's General Note:

"#4"; AT END OF CALL LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO TRANSFER THOMAS TO JACK VALENTI; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-00551

Date:

1963-12-18

Time Period:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 551, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT THOMAS, 12/18/1963, 5:40PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed June 15, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-00551