Telephone conversation # 4763, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/5/1964, 6:00PM
Duration: (min: sec):
2:24
Reference No.:
4763
Description:
MCNAMARA AND JCS RECOMMEND THAT ORDERS TO US FORCES REVERT TO PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS TO ATTACK NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES ONLY IF THEY SHOW HOSTILE INTENT; DISCUSSION OF USSR STATEMENT TODAY, QUIET REACTION TO US RESPONSE TO TONKIN GULF ATTACKS
Contributor:
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009
Collection:
Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
Defense; Diplomacy; USSR and Eastern Europe; Vietnam
Archivist's General Note:
"VIETNAM"; MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH EARLE WHEELER AT TIME OF CALL
Rights:
Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description
Specific Item Type:
Telephone conversation
Type:
Audio
Format:
Dictation belt
Identifier:
tel-04763
Date:
1964-08-05
Time Period:
Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)
Citation
Telephone conversation # 4763, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/5/1964, 6:00PM,
Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings,
LBJ Presidential Library,
accessed March 29, 2024,
https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-04763