Telephone conversation # 622, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/21/1963, 1:20PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 622, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/21/1963, 1:20PM

Duration: (min: sec):

0:56

Reference No.:

622

Description:

MCNAMARA DISCUSSES NEED TO MEET WITH AIRLINES AND MANUFACTURERS TO DETERMINE TYPE OF AIRPLANE THAT IS NEEDED (SST?), SAYS HE WILL MEET WITH THEM, COMPARES DIFFICULTY OF THIS DECISION TO DIFFICULTY OF DECISIONS ABOUT VIETNAM; LBJ PRAISES MCNAMARA

Contributor:

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

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

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Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 1

Speaker 2:

ROBERT MCNAMARA

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Defense; Transportation; Vietnam

Archivist's General Note:

"#1"; "RECORDING BEGUN IN MIDDLE OF FIRST THREE CALLS-THAT'S WHY MISSED PART OF-OPERATOR CALLED AND TOLD ME HE WAS TALKING"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; 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-00622

Date:

1963-12-21

Time Period:

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

Citation

Telephone conversation # 622, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/21/1963, 1:20PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 18, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-00622