Telephone conversation # 4681, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 5:09PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 4681, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 5:09PM

Duration: (min: sec):

1:37

Reference No.:

4681

Description:

MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ THAT PRESS HAS BROKEN STORY ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, LEAK ALLEGEDLY CAME FROM CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE; MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS DOD ISSUE PRESS STATEMENT ON ATTACK, REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH DOUGLAS DILLON ON US RESPONSE, EFFORTS TO REACH RFK

Contributor:

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

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 2

Speaker 2:

ROBERT MCNAMARA

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968; Congressional relations; Defense; Press relations; Vietnam

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-04681

Date:

1964-08-04

Time Period:

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

Transcript:

Transcribed by LBJ's staff. Transcript not yet digitized.

Citation

Telephone conversation # 4681, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 5:09PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-04681